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J.kl Z t The' courts have decided.- that refusing to'take a M. r periodical from the office, -or removing and facie' evidence of fraud. - -: From the Religious Herald.".; EtUs of Imaersion No. U rf - U ViaiJex woald finit a hard task to rifore existence "of any other mods of baptism, than iaaersion for the first ten ; centuries after, the Srth of Christ, it is a matter of especial wonder dalle did not ascribe the-great" apostacj and arly corraption'of thfr churchVto thV prevalence & that mode.-;-' The united; testimony;, o& all tliBrch histonan3,w profes conclusively 1 that Jim Bsnioa was practised throughout the purest ages Christianity, and sprinkling or"; potinog was sat introduced Atin til ' theVc&ufclt had s tac)me tloroDghly Romanized ;-and that,inv every age, those Christians rwho contended for aTpure'chris- fiaaitjr, by whatever. . oam e .known, -Montahists Ponatists, Paulicians, -Paterincs Culdecs, "Al- Hgenses, WaldensesLollards&c;; down to the Eeforraation, immersed j a ' If the mode had con fiesd to engender the-.errors ofRomanism," ac wr&g to Vindex's theory ,the-..introduction of tpiiMag ought to have, exercised a salutary in fsasee in removing its en-orsy and1 bringing it bek to apostolic; parity I ;.V ' " : ; The bowl, as AYall asserts was first ttse'd r by CJria, and by blra was spritiklmg introduced, ffu disciple, John Knoxths founder of Scotch frcsbyterianismiatrodaced it mto that conntryl Presbyterians, therefore, arc .thechiefy patrons ud supporters of sprinklfngv : Theyf entertain a tost serious repagnance to going dowri into Jthe nter, and in many casesprefer losing; a, mem ber rather than perform so disagreeable a" task. l&dext we presume, would, admit that they, at least, are entirely free from the sad delusion , in Vicb. immersion binds its victims. A Sprinkling king happily free from such an evil, we might fell presume- that v the - Scotch" Presbyterian ctnrch would ever exhibit" a lively 1 pattern of primitive Christianity ; , that no suck delusions as rindex charges on the Baptists would ever sully feilustre, or dim its purity. What says history ? Sprinkling failed to preserve it impure church : t a cburchVf regenerated and professeii Chris tians.. Time after time the'statement . has been Bade, that a large portion of its-ministers were Biers formalists destitute of the Hfor and : power f religion- ' The.ntimber has been variously es 6nated at from two-thirds to, three-fourth s.-r- Thia was, probably," an' xaggeration-rr-but X the tumber was,' aad is, , very; large. 1 .The Free etach is supposed to have carried off nearly all 4e evangelical or converted portion. And what ws tree of the ministry was equally. true "of the Members; i-It may be pleaded as'an excrrse, that h alliance with the StateiaducexTthis ; sad de tlae. Yet,"a pure'modej with a, baptism, the 2aand seal , of regeneration," ought to" have unteracted the evils of this allianee.'Wat1a ch that is lovely and of good, report i - there is a largeaggrcgate of formal profession m the wotch Presbyterian church. Ala Ireland, its condition was still more deplore l-'e. A few years agOj a large number proba-- a majority of the Presbyterian chnrches,-had abraced; Unitanamsra ; and the ortnodox lurches, as the only way to preserve themselves ca the eontagion, withdrew and formed a sep arate body; 'Except in the-jthfee Northern ties, fifty years ago, there. was Ascarcely a Presbyterian church to be found in England free ka Unitarianisni. A Ministers and . members oigratiag from the'North of Ireland and Scot brought to tha U.t S. this formal, 'anti gelical spiriL Some of the Maryland church itrongly exhibited this characteristic Y their gious profession forming no barrier with many ttbers, to participating' in" worldly. pleasures J amusements. A member of a: Presbyterian i:-2rch b Baltimore stated to the . writeri that -hejoiaed the ehurchheA could-n:t find member who professed lo have " experiinsed J ccange of heart ! Owing toA theAlaborscf a -ful minister, a most happy reform has since place." If immersion, then, has . been the lP?y parent cf (!:I-:ion b the' Baptist church, fAng has not .preserved the Presbyterian as grievous errors. -ere sprmkllr.- - - 3 Crst brouU inta -3 net rr:::rvei ly its vr.z fieri fAilA- into . i . ... -j 3 - i C-l Ur.:t;rur.'."m., Jv:r:iical rcu- " -5 -r 3 r:"-" nmiiiuiij nuui wa3 . enkindled, whosa radiance has -.been felt throughout Ecrcre. - .' , -The followbg is tha hst para.Traph of this no table production of Vbi: . " ' -- V -' From time to time, as leisure mav serve, the writer hopes to be able to pressnt to the Chris tian public, some of the ether Evils of Immer sion, as olject3 cf warning, of pity; and of pray er." If the reader "will cast his eve forward to the list: Campbellism, Thomasism, Ironsideism, rejection of the Old Testament. Closo Commu nion, stunted progress in knowledge, .the great ignorance of mrses,- servitude to . ordinances, andothers still, he will have patience till each can bo reached in its season. '-" 'y . ' ' - - Cajmpbellism Is tha first on the list. Elder C. was a. Presbyterian minister before he'joraed the Baptists, and his baptismal; remissioni we pre sumei he brought with him, and still adheres to na Itia vtAwo Ark viaI'wa iV. a'' a 'ZT - IA VYe can only divide ;the honor -if ! he .learned immersion from" ua; he is indebted, for remission to the . Presbyterians. ;r-We;clea"r the"skirt"of our garments of Thomasism ; he.went .outfrom ;the Reformers ; but,wetnintufrlng?siri,V theAoff ppring of Presby teria'nism : is a yery: fair; ofiset. Ironsideism" does; not owe its peculiarities to im mersion v That'is'a secondary matter with them ---electionf predestinaUonVAforekndw!edger ''arc their, favorite dogmas, for which tney . afo4 equal ly strenuous as the more ortbodox'Presby terldns and' th ey . bear ' about' the" Asamerrelation to the Baptist churp.b as UhoiCovenantersji and -those secedefs from the Presbyterian chnrch whoAnse only! Rouse's version of th'eP8alm'g,J.do:; to Ih'e Presby terians,'A Rejection of the OldTcstament" q why tiot add the' New; too 7: there iwould be as much truth in one as the .otherDoes Vindexi himself i believe, this incredible tale ? Close ." ' ' t, Communion: A-Infant baptism: rather - than" im mersion is the stumbling-block in,the way. Ser- vuuae to ordinances i. xnaiyinaex; never meet with a Presbyterian mother, whof when her babe was sick i co'uld nbt be. satisfied -until t it ; was sprinkled:dreading above all other things' that it should die without baptism iL '-. If he - has : not, we have. . .s - - A j A t qne." perio d, during th? present century, the -Whig party inEngland claimed the--posses sion of a, far-larger -share of talent and ability than their adversaries' 5 This gave rise to much ridicule, "and - ;to : the " nick-name A of V all '. the talents,,, -: It has .ever been a favorite ; theme with Presbyterian writers to .extol; their jwn ability,' talents' and learnings and to deny those gifts to the BaptistSi, A ; worthy pupil of this school, Vindex descants with evident self-com placency and flippancy on'" the stunted progress in knowledgethe great iguoranee of the t mass es';, in ;tho; Baptist church: Withont- better proof, we might reasonably doubt the competen-' cy of our judge, and prefer, resorting to ". a f less bigotted and prejudiced tribunal. ButA we are willing to wave tbia point, and to enter . our plea in 'abatement; We'i admits freely; then', ,'that many of bur .ministers Ajure not- educated-, men have "not been to' College ; know neither-ALatin nor Greet; -.Thesej wt believejjarc ; indispensa ble'requisitea aa the Presbyterian ministry. In the Northern States we have few nneducated minis- ters-iri'the South and West, manyw; The pio- .: 1 ti:li;!.'.i.:-... J.i ' - . -.J. neers oi toe uapiisicnuxcu in tuis otate, were uieu of little learning : but possessing good abilities and ardent piety, the Lord blcseed their labors,' and chnrches were multiplied. They needed pastors ana coma noi wait nntu tne preacners naa gone through a protracted .courseV of: study. A Multi tudes were every: where perishing f for'lackof knowledge, and every one that could point them to the Saviour of sinners, was needed for imme diate service", whether fully qualified or '.not. Had we repelled men;Aapt to - teach, faithful, pious and laborious, we' fihould probably, at this day have as few churchesand members as vthe Presbyterians. VVe could "not" learn from the New Testament that a knowledge of Latin; and G reek," or a theological - training, was ? an indis pensable' requisite to preaching the gospel," We value learning as highly as v Others,- and rhope at no distant day to be able to send into the har rest only well-disciplined and cultivated men. But we prefer at present sending out godly men, competent to instruct, if unacquainted with, any lanma;o bat their own; rather, than souls should perishA or; churches ".die" for want of preachers; A man may liave passed through College with little profit, and with no qualifications to instruct oth. . , . ' , ' ' " "j n--t-i-l;.- ers. We nave znown in "Our uay jrresuju;rian ministers versed in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, yet very poor preachers having no aptness to " . VI' : .i i - t - t t.'J teach;, un the .otner nana, we ua? uav uicu who set their mark on the age richly, endowed and eminently useful, who. were never at College'. Bunyanj Andrew Fuller, Booth, the cider riaii, Andrew Broaddus," Baldwin,: &e. ? A ; , . ' "-";". " Whilst we have. many : uneducated mhistcrs, we have' an " aggregate of educated men,, fully equal to the combined host of the Presbyterian church; and suicientAto redeem ns from the charge of inferiority ; . Can they furnish an equal to Way land ?. Have they a more brilliant wri ter than Williams ?.:AHave,they!fumish'ed class! cal text-books' for schools equal to those of DrsI Conant and Kendrick ? Have, they., any supe riors in Gcrcan azd cbcsical literature ' to Dr, r-irs end Dr. Chasa ; cr;in the South abler writers cr scLol than Drs. Curtis, Jonhson Fur.:r, RejnA:::, D;;-, :.Ianly,' sr., zrA How cll? IIiv3 t'.c'r ccra:-tatcrs evinced 'ccr r-' "-1 r-"7-.:-. 'zT- l:v.II::'-:tttsdJ.I .... TC . i : ii O I . . j t 3 j. t j v-i.-a f;:tAo C; r:-ti:-d c!.- A. . ' ...... EALEIGH, II. ;C, FRIDAY, JUNE- 25; 1852. cuserand judge.- Within the last twenty-five years we - have founded twenty -Colleges" and theological, institutions, besides about ten en dowed Female institutes of a . high order ; have formed two domestio .missionary societies two rubhcation societies; two Bible societies; a for eign mission society, and an Indian mission socio-: ty. We haveuncreased four-fold our foreign mission contributions, ten-fold our domestie mis sion contributions ; have published a number of works, penned by our own writers, and have dis tributed them extensively amonsrst our members Though our progress has not .been such as we could have wished, yet we think it will- fully compare with" thit made by the Presbyterian church ;and if we could have come up to. what Vindex might 1 have deemed an nnstunted pro gtess, we should have left it far , behind . .Ignorance .of, theA masses ! ; Very complimen tary; truly. ;It is quite probable that wa.havca argcr proportion of the poorefr-classes of .society in our churches than afo found in.the Presbyte rian. A1 The poor are to have the gospel preached to them; and woaiin to fulfirtheinjonction.vAVe invite Ihem to our meeting-houscsf try to. afford mem gooa accommoaauon ; ana . to.'preacn me gospel to theni with plainness and simplicity-- The result is that many of them join our churches. But ignorance is notalways the necessary adjunct of j poverty Though not versed inv scholastic tore; he man who earns Jus., daily bread by the swcat.fof his brow, may be a man, of good mind, sound'judgraent and fair lutelligenceii T' Jt js suc,h men, tuough poor;as regardsworldly substance", that inost valued and appreciate the gbspsl. ,A home-spun ooat is no t index .to 'the capacity .'of its wearer; A russet gown may, covert the exte- nor ox a pious ana mteiugennemaie ; -wniisr. me. world-has seen many a learned dunce and wealthy dotard.ArV.But tbe-majority of our.mernbership in this State will well compare with that of the Pres- Dyierian or any otoer cnurcn.j n comprises tpe, bone and sinew of bnrjand ; the surest supports andjirmest reliances of our country. - ' They - are1 planters or iarmers, uvmg ou tneir ownianao --Men, -if not classically educated, though many are,-) well-instructed,- active, industriousintelli gent ; with means sufficiently ajn pie , to .provide well for their families, and to educate their chil drcn. ; We wish no better or wealthier members. Wc arc not without lawyers have a fair share of physicians and other professional men. . We had a .rcspectaDie quota, ;oi representatives in ine Convention and m ono county-a icw.years agoi every magistrate- on the ; bench, every ' militia ofiicer, of the higher grades,' and all "the lawyers, were members of tho Baptist church. A ,We need only .more piety, more' united effort; mora ' libe rali, to make us despite all the ignorance ,and siunieu progress, luipuwu to us -uy v inuex, to place us in theAvanguard of the Presbyterian, Or any "other church -in this State. - AV- A " -'Av- . - A. ; Are Prcminms Bets? , . " . . -' - .. - -t i, . !" 1 - vThe following Series "ofPremiums" offered by Mn-Anderson, ( a -Protestant,) and his friends in England to Catholics,", appeared in the En glish papers lately, and have- been copied into ine AJnerician anu . x oreitja uurisuau v muu, the organ of the Union and Evangelical Alliance, .i .m -' . i-': VJ -T-.. !;oL-f-i!.'J ' IT!.' edited; by Dr;..Baird and ? others, Pe Jobaptist Protestants. '- So; it is'decided that Pedobaptists neither in - this country .nor England, consider. Premiums offered for Scriptures to sustain doc- trines tor practices as bets, or the offering of 4ltAfM tfAn Vrt f init . AtK- At fimlAtn tit i Yaacf . w .'-;( - .v-' "c-- t -- 7'.. w - .y' .' S -I when offered by them to Catholics though they consider them so. when offered by v Baptists ; to them ! j t Circumstances alter -,. cases, t Here are the piemiums and challenges .AA A""" A-"" ' A CHALLENGE TO"ROMAN CATHOLlCS;' , This advertisemeat is being , extensively cir culated ; in"-the , English papers; and no doubt wuuia interest oar reaaers : - . - -r 100,jrcward 7.will; be rgiven' to anyperson who canT produce , the Roman Catholic, rule. of faith. . ' - ' - A- 100 to any person who can produce the tra ditions of the Church of Rome, and prove them to be genuine, authentio, and divine A t fc r A;' 100 to any" person whop can produce the unanimous consent - oi the lathers in their in- terpretations of the- Scripture. ' 4 c 100 to any priest who can give "an in- fallible,' interpretation - of any passage of Scrip ture. 1 ; - -. - .- . ; : f-. , . vl00 to any person who can tell where the infalUbilityA of the . Church of Rome ia to be found. . - ii.. - . - -'v - .1 . j- .. . . . .-. . .s. ... ,. . "f , 100 for the best mothod of discovering, the true" Church . without the exercise o of private judgment. 'i A ' ' A-A ' : r AA , - : v100 for any command - of Christ or A his Apostles forbidin the people to read the Scrip- 100 for any command of Christ or.his. Apos ties to worship the wafer or bow down to picture- or images..; -" - ' . ; . . - -: - , f A100 for "any command of Christ or his Apos tles to worship the. Virgin .Mary, ;A'- :'A " . 100 for any command of Christ or hisAApos ties to worship saints or angels.;; -1 fj. 100 for any command 'of Christ or his Apos ties to take away the'eup from the laity in the sacrament cf the Lord s beppcr. "1CD for znj command cf Christ or his Apos tics ferlill tba chr-y to nifry. .'. 1C0 fr any pn:3-;3 of 'Scripture remric; us to t:hev2 t!;3 do . i. ci- purgat-ry. ."1 r '1 .-.? e-nrr of Christ or hi 100 for any passage of Scripture authorizing the Church of Rome .to grant indulgences "for sin. . , v - - - , - ' -,--., . -.--. -. - .- ' - , 100 for the production of any articlevofdL vine faith necessary to salvation which cannot be read cn or proved by the Bible. V "A ;A : A; ' : At a time like the present, when tho ARoman Catholic priests - are so r ergarly looting ;after property kidnapping, young . ladies of fortune into nunneries extorting money from their de luded votaries ; on ? their death-beds turning their chapels into theatres bringing Irish actors on the stage:to t ni is 0 : funds,. the above is a fair opportunity- of filling their coffirs if they have truth .0."$ their side, as the rewards stated will be given.on compliance with the conditionsr ' lIr.-AAtkinson .-cchalleng'ss Dr." Cahill, or any other A Roman v Catholic w priest or layman , to PUBLIC DISCUSSION on the -above' sub jectyu-v ; . r A": Nor .have Pedobaptists in England, aloha" of fered . rewards . for Scripture ; proof;- butA also in" this country. C The following appeared in ' the -Watchman and Observer, a "Presbyterian ;pap?r at Richmond, Va.Vand;is offered ly' Presbyte rims;". ; "''-i'' 'v.'a'" ; 'V';"-' "Afi100 reward toAany Roman Catholic who wil-fiod iii -the New-Testament,--a'smgle in t.ance of auricular confession to either priest or aposUe.:' , :- - ; : i $200 reward to .any:Roman'iCatholic; who will point "out ? a.- single passage in the , Scriptures; which states that hp Uishops of Romeeither "as the successors of St. Peter," or in any other char acter, were 'to be in their 5M;szo?i!the Heads of the Universal Church, ;- vA ' . - s-" $300 ; .reward ,to T any Roman v. Catholic who will prove from 'the'5criptures,w that theuse of images was recommended either by Christ or his Apostles-, ..A- "f-;V 'A - A, . A. -A -A'j ' - - 400 reward to anyrIloman; Catholic who" will show by the Scriptures, that Christian' bish- ops anur priests are torpiaaenAO marry.', ' Now, since tbei own .practice fully vindicates me from the premiumToffjrcd. . some three -years since, and as it seems to. be a great weapon? with Protestants agaictet Catholics, J will also offer a few premiums to . Pedobaptists, for Scriptures; to sustain some of the papal and prctestavt tra ditions they perpetuate If it is not-wrong in them.it cannot be in me, r - To 4 ALL PCDOSAPTIST-' CATHOLICS AND- Plio- , - , TESTANTS. . - , 1st, 1 will Tenew the grand . premium offered some years since. i v i v - 't'" " ' "v . ; $1,000 for a passage in the Bible . affording a plain precept for, or example of, Infant' Sprink ling for Christian boptism- v " '- " -A-- ; 500 to any who will furnish -a solitary pas sage, usually relied on or quoted by Pcdobap. tisis to prove ?niani oapuam, wnicn nas not ocen denied as authority forthe practice byemincnt nd standard Pedobaptlsi divines:? Avs p. u;; ' - $100 to any one who will produce", from stan dard historians, a solitary" instance of infant bap tism' among Christians'. ( some heathen"" nations having practiced it before the coming of Christ,) before the third century. A A J C t - $100. to "apy - one who wilt produce an in stance of pouring or sprinkling-aaiong Christians, f , - , . : ; $ lpo "to any oae who will produce. Scriptural authority, toj prove : that' the visible Christian Church;-:' as - organized by'Jesas ' Christ; iVan institution identical ;with tho. Jewish common wcalth-i-ornationonce called?: the Church m the Wildcrness.j - 5Ar" ':)S. : " ' $100 to any one producing Scriptural author ityto prove that baptism, comes ia. the room pr place of circumcision. '. r . " $100 to any "one for one passage in the Bible in which BaptizoVi in the Septuagint br.'New Tes tament is translated in our version by to sprinkle ----- ' -- - ' x - ... or pour upon.:; . -. - r A$100 to any one producing Scripture to prove that the peculiar , form of Church.; organization and" government, wero; left to the dbcretionof Christians in any ago;" or ages : after Christ. . t $100, that Christians, ; as individuals, or as Churches; have a right to" change the ordinances or externalsVof religion -,W? taught in'the New 1 estament, .- in tne lease, wnetner in. suostance or form;- by addition; , diminution, ychange.or substitution. ", ' r , 11 : 'f To Episcopalians. 1 :" " ;vAThe following . premiums fare offered to any one producing plain ScriptararprooL A - $100 for, the polity of tho Episcopal Church' A $1 00 for the six orders of officers found in that Church": Archbishops .Bishops,; Dean,- XUurate or Vicar, Priest and Deacon. .- $100 for. god-fathers and god-mothers, or sponsors to officiate at baptism. $100 for two baptisms, one of unbelieving m- fantsand the one otheluving'Avlla.'---. ?':. . $100 that infants or others, in their baptism, are ' made members of Christ, children of God.' and inheritors cf lA kingdom of heaven." - (See Catechism or Book cf Common Prayer.)., V $100 for Corijirmation, as taught and obser ved by this Church. '' , - A" ' 1 $100 for communion cf the sick, as held and taught.by thb Church. - - ' : . "-A" v A '$100 . for reading prayers privately or in churches, instead cf prafing . " ', . $1C0 for the union cf Churci and State, and for a King or Qac'ea tD bo tb.3 head of the Church.-; :' :"r-A ' -: A.:. ---r . fort- ::rv-ac3 c e u Eas trr' A A A v -. .I'To Presbyterians.'. - T 1 . We offer the following premiums" to any one producing plain scriptural, proof. , ' A - . ' $100 for Church' government as held by them."" A .'. - ' AA A 4 A $ 1 00 ' for : proof that ? the government of the Presby terian ' church, is democratic or republi caq. " i vl' A - A $100 fora bench of Ruling Elders.Vruling the Church" by the jrrace of God." j .-. ' $100 that baptism is a sign and seal of the Covenant of Grace, of ingrafting into Christ, of regeneration - of remission, (See Presbyterian Confession for this.) ;-f A- r $100 that infants of believers are born "Aov," Zi $100 tiat they arq born into; or members of, theXhurch.v r J-s- ;-"'.', A $ J 00 that jbe servants young or, old, of.be lievers Ought not to be, baptized - and taken into the Church, if the children of believers have the rizbtlv" 7 AAV "A ,A ! ;v ; i $ 100 - that all : the members ' of a' Christian Church Ah'ave notan equal right to the supper ana -ait. i privileges,-una. tnaij uie ; imanus aou servants "of .the" Presbyterian .Church have not an equal ; right to - the "suppsras the othsr members." " - ' ; rf 1 ' To Methodists fI .offer the following premiums for plain Scri'pA tural proof,' .t " ' "f ,V. ;.'Ir,""-,,r 100, 'for the -polity of thV Methodist E. . ' $ 1 00 ; for ' pro if, '. from reason , or revelation that thecovernmentbf the Meth odist E. Church is not 'a. ' clerical arigtooracy---in' theadminis tratlon i-of which the people .have;? no - voicLe, (Extract frdm speech 'oj ' Hon.Jt ' Johnson,' religious despotism, and its ..tendency . dangerous to the,., permanancy . of our republican - and free institutions 7 . ; C- A"A'' "$100 for its .legislative 'power, ';.,,'' A -;$100 for the authority, vested in the Church of Christ to exclude its member when there is no violation .of Scripture or .even ! immorality,' as Methodists do for refusing to attend V Class' a'mau's tradition'; -'' - r. ' - ' ? " $100 : for,; admitting seakors unregenerat e persons into "the Church'. A. , ; ,fr' , -A j $100 for receiving members on , probation, of six months, 4and admittmg,un baptized probation ers ana. seekers, and even unregeserate persons, as sucb,to partakeA of , thej Lord's Supper as a 4t means of grace,' - ' ' O v $100 for " Love-Feasts,"v as field by Metho dists.' . , - ' - . v. " v '; A $100 that the "ministers of the Church have the 'exclusive rizht to receive and exclude "mem hers without the voice of thelaity.' - - ' - .; $100 for superior and inferior -orders of min isterssuch as Bishops, Presiding Elders,- Elders, &c.; andfor ;the inferior minister to swear ' alle giance and obedience" to. his? superior goyera or. , T " - v-' -$100to any MethodIs.t;;wlio,wjn-prove from the Discipline, and Bishop Hedding on th6,-adr. ministration of the: Discipline that the Metho- -distJEpiscopal Societies areopea or free in com munion; "or" that a Methodist'mioister can give a general inyition tOvairother;professed Chris tian churches, without examination or r question, wiihout knowingly violating f the express law of his - society, -governing .the adraimstratio.n of the '- ii'-.i'' A:'. i i j: supper, as wen as too ?gsuenu ? ruies; anu uuties of preachers which Me pledges, himself, in com mon with every other Methodistwhcn, received into the society to -enjoin.', ----: ' ! ? $100 to any "one ?ho pan prove that the doc trine of baptismal regeneration is "not .taught in Wesley's Works Doctrinal Tracts andfMeth odist Discipline, v . : - . - , . - . ; A'To'Campbelites. . -" " -$100 for" reason or revelation, w prove that rio: person can be pardoned, regenerated, justified orsaveain neaven, unieaa luimenttu .iu water,- and; that tooin the. belief Aaad.for the intent, that the efficacy of Christ!s blood, is" brought in contact with bis" conscience, vhite buriectin the icaUrftJia taught , By Mr.. Campbell . and the writers of the current -Rcformatlos, A;-: r Arv v 1 If any one of the ; above premiums is claimed, tho authority haJI ; be presented and discussed before - an4 impartial jury .of sixpersbns; mutu ally selected 2j the parties and the law govern- ing trials uy jury, rejuiiivc wuo uctiswu, nic party so ' claiming furnishing the authority he relies upon, to thd'defendant aV least. one month , JL j- - -' v x - ".. . -before the discussion. J S J.R-GRAVESV Editor " Tenk, Baptist Nashville. .-..o- ' , Additional and Isaporbnt Evidence ; ': 'r,' (From the'London Encycloiedia", VoL 3.) . ;;: 5 Baptism, Baptizo, - Derived from the Greek Bapto and Baptize.The primary meaning is.fp. dipto plunge, to.immerge. Protestant Chris tians use"it strictly in its. primary. senseor, with greater latitude "of: meaning; -.according to their respective tenets, on the ' subject'of the rite of baptism, ,as an ordinance of Christianity. ; It is sometimes employed - figuratively, j to ": express overwhelming sorrows the covering cf the earth by 'the ,dews ot; hea'ven ; and the sacred in fluence ' of the Spirit, of Gc 1 in cleansing tho heart. - ".' (From the Encyolopedia JietropoIIiiana, London.) Whether immersioa culy wa3 the rzzh cf c:3- ing this, sacramental symbol is a -assiioa .which .heedooVdeialn l!:3 cn-::r:r, :.e3 La ttIII deult- less,- ia :cc-f:- A y . rr.h czrti'a j:ri-ci-l2s al- f "WHOLE. 'NO. 1107 posed to exist r! sprinkling; .rather tAin ia ira v, i -3 mersing the candidate; the discretionary author-r. i' C; y of any church clearly extends. : -. - This article ' was prepared by Saauel HinJj, D; D.,Tiishop of Norwich. ' . Save tii far your Scrap ' Book.--. Teni-:Baptist.J ' A -.- : Even the wise 'virgins slumbered and slept. As" sinners sleep in; their I sins, so A Christiars sometimes,' .sleep.," over their duty." A This ia"- strange think' . : T- .It is strange," if wo consider" what" has been " " done for; them.; G6d has loved theni with an everlasting, love. For th?m the' Saviour hasA died. J The IIoW Ghost has b( RPnt. Anrrn frftTV heaverl . to renew their llPfirtfi StrtH lfnrl fhom ir l.nnst.5. i hey have, been made alive from .thei - ' deady andieen. made not only children, but heirs A-'-' of Godv Andhow can they sleep, fbrwhom so '..-A'; A: t . , ..., M - ' . - 1 r -- - . .. - - " much has been done ? - : " .-'- ''' -A '- It isslrapge; if we .consider their professions.''.' They have subscribed with their own -bands. uu- v ' to; tho Lord; acknowledged hir right to- thcra'il- and. broughVto fecP their; need-pf 'Christ, they)! uwcu iu,ue ma. iviitru vuuviucm oi vuuir sins. y iwweu w Dis sceptre, ana -maas a tuu .sarrenaer -to4 bim; They '-kept back ;nothing: then'; - they madeio reserveA'And.when they'stood up in A.-.' iut) gruab : cuugicgauuu, . 10 pruiess tueir laun ia - Christv thererwas no reserve made in their dedi- i- cation to' bim who bled for them.A- 'And often since they have repeated their vows; and" said wo .'A-;- -wilt servo' the "LYrd. Yet after Jail, they fall asleep, and this may well excite astonishment. .. . V It is' strange if wdcousider j theif ; circumstani; f; ? ces. They "pro .engaged,; ia' a warfare.1' ."Hell ' A A and their sinsresist their, course.': and vet thev. - A. ; S sleep on the, field of battle, and when their leader criesAto'army.U they are . surrottpdedjwith'tempwv tatiens; .within them are the,rcmnants of corrup-A A " IT fi ' -. i ; . J ;.,t.-.-- '.i .i .. - -s,'",.- tion, -witnom . ana- arouna tncra xna seaucnons - ? ... : ; . . . . ... . ir ... V ana -allurements or .xne woria ; tneyj. neea to v -'-: V1 watch and pray, and yet: they sleep I ;they. aro . - the salt of the earth, the ligh'tf of the world, and sianti in me most solemn relations to tne cause or. .- ' : Christ and to : perishing mcn;:they are under' " the' songest obligations to be ever vigilant and t A r I active.: On them is' suspended ; instrumentlly .-. -the "salration'of souls 1 and the- conversion 6f the world 1 k How then can they sleep? ;. How strange - - that they can slumber, with the - weight ofiaA-' : II:. 'i-A.. .'.f. i, . i .1 j ? - .i ' , .; woria resting cpon tneic saouiaers, wun .tae ass-' tiny of immortals suspended - upon their seal and , watchfulness I .Christians asleep. Iritis astrangt ' thing Homt and Foreign Record. - V- - A,' ' Preparation for Death, v - A a ;- Whenyoulie down :at-night j compose ;your spirit as if you were not to awako till tho .bear-.-- j ens be no more " And when you' awake in thb'v morning, consider that newlday as'your last, and -live ' accordiflgly.' Surely . that night cometh, of which you will never, see 'the morningyor that . morning of which you will never see the night; A butAwhich.-ofyour ABiornings or nights will bo' . suchvyou know not ALef the mantle of worldly enjoyments hang loose about you, that it may bo, easily dropped "when ' death comes to carry ybSu- -into." another. 'world.?;-. When thecom iffibrsak ing the ground it is eadyfor the sickle, when A -s thVfruIt is ripe; it falls off the tree '. easily- So ' whena Christian's heart is truly weaned from the world, he ii prepared for death, and it will be the more "easy for him. A heart disengaged trom the world is a heavenly one, and then wo are ready for heaven, when our heart is there . before us. -j&itron. .. What CbarJJr(es.', New York Recorder t says : The Godi v. . .-. t ways are not as our ways." ; The discovery of gold ' in the West is to be the anse of the first effeetuarinroad upon the crystallized civilization of the Chinese. A' J ' i; -' . ' . ... ( - - - - . (t( . . V We firmly .belieTe that the imigration now? going on from China to California, will have the effect to make an entire revolution in the habits of the ChinesQ living upon the coasts of the em- ' pire. By a strange. movement of . GodV provi dence, we are thronged by the Irish. and Ger mans on tie one side of the continentand the Chinese on the other. ,Tbe duty of the Chris- tiin;in view of these facts, is obvious Inf few years the countless thousands to whom if a sand missionaries of the cross will be at onr own doors, a part" of onr body politic, contribution their: share to our moral and intellectual life. -No man ought to think he hath found peaee, whenri&thing troubles him ; nor that all is well, because1 every thing is according to his mind; nor that ;.he 13 a hcly psrson, becansa he prayi with great'sVeetnsss and 'comfort. . E-t he is at peace who is reconciled to God ; and. God loves -him when he hath overcome himself; andalU ; well. when nothing pleases him but God, beinj thankful ; in: themiirt cf hU aCictions ;-and hs -is holy, whowhen ha hath lost his comfort, ' , loses nothing cf hi3 duty,; but is still, the same -when Goi changes his facQ towards him.-Jir- nv Tanr. ' -.' r. tr" ". , " : ; ' -. A A " ' . ' VriiEx do we Know. Ckist.: When; we tV.nlc r Christ thonht, do ks Christ did, live as . h-a livei, wben, like bin, we aro i atlsnt, mcok and .. humble, atont ,. cur iat!;cr's fcuiness ,ara . ' '..e-T.-ly ninl:d.;whsn, 'like himoar wills 'are le t in th3 will cf God ; .when'rwe'-sympathy: with t'Aa enVrinj,rai33-.the- fallen . comfort th -' .Alet:l, for - ire e.3 x:3 he-3 to la ferirea ;"whca ' we.fecl tL--r..i.I A3 tip.?, Can re ArrT Christ; . then T3 era unit: I I'm, t.i t' a branch h mii ' t: 1 ta A.- ; A - Ar.: . v.! -tit ii ta Uvt . , V ft iA- ;j,7 -V:A 'A5 J Church.'..:. A U.. ' n i