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- , . - . - --.'..--, . , w " " ' " 1 ' 1 I u. ' p,,' - ' - ' ' stm Ll a . THOMASiy. TOBEY, Editciv) ootci-to . tttligioh, :toraU .literature, Agriculture anir. General jJntciUgcnte. . : II. A. IIEKEDITn, Pullisltr.; VOLUME IVn. 'NO, 30J r RALEIGH, 'Jf.:: C, FRIDAY, JULY 23, ;1852. IW10LE NO. :uu t Trm I 7 . m . . I . ' m w m -. : be' i ii y : f if eU t id :ti i I its int & i -. I i si" - - I irf- i BIBLICAL t RECORDER .Reugious ana xaterary jf aperj . Mtei weekly, af RaleigbVV at '$2 0C- pMr an r payable in all cases i;adtasci.?v ::- AH letters on business should be directed to Uisher, Marcus A. Meredith. : Letters contain Lmrtunications, or in any wtty relatine to the ftd. department shonla be addressed to Editor of Biblical Recorder." Private letters to the Editor, r,rinrno reterence i rrrpncfi to the Recorder. liirtKH .tl,,. v.v.- - v ., IUU fT flu - f IJIUM r All communic ltAd to Raleigh 1 - f&rFot further particulars see last page. THE LAVT OF NEWSPAPERS.' Subscribers who do not give express- notice to the i-tjarf re consiaerett wisuiug to conunue their sub- . tf tHJnbscribers order the di'aBontinntinc r gfSpaperS, tke pu&asliers may continue to scud them rfjtttcaslt charges are paid.,- ; ;.. '-w: . ;;? If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their pa- from the office to which they are directed, thev ebeld responsible until they have; settled their bill, order meir j'aput ui!H.-ouiuiuea. if subscribers remove to other places without in arming the publisher, and the paper is sent to the for ger direction, they are held responsibleT T . ' S The courts have decided that refusing to take a mner or periodical from the office, or removing and urias if uncalled for, is "prima facie" evidence of intentional fraud. . ... ;! ; TENNESSEE COR RESFOXDEXCE. fts-phis- Catholics Baptists Rev. J. R. Graves- Discitssio k -Education -Pastors ' ''Libraries Carol hiansf u ' " :.s.'.. Deab Brother Tobey : The Recorder con tinues to pay its I weekly Tisitsr bringing before me the names of . beloved brethren, and jnform isjmeof the progress 'of our cause in your good old Ste. I was much cheered witL your ac toont'of the recent session of the Chowan Asso t'ation, of the enterprise and. zeal of the church esj and especially of the 1000 - baptisms during the i past year. That is a noble body and able to do a great work. . Your accounts of progress ia other sections of ; the State, show that the Ijrethren are coming up to the helpTf the Lord, ad that the cause of pure truth i3 onward, ilaj God bless you more and more, and make you a great blessing to generations to come ! - This city is most beautifully located on a com Eanding bluff, overlooking ' the Fatber of Wa ters'' is he sweeps by in matchless beauty'and gasdear. .Located in the centre of - tbe great Fi3 of Mississippi, Memphis bid3 fair to be Mse a great commercial city, second to no oth er ia the South Vcst. . . ' Railroads are eing constructed in every di rectioDeonnectiig with Charleston in the. East, New Orleans in ie South, Little Rock,' Arkan sas, in the West, and Louisville in the North. Ad immense amount of business is done here al ready, and is yearly: increasing. Being the centre of a very extensive trade and icflaence, the various religious ' denominations ire making strong efforts to obtain a. footing. The Catholics, as is usual in flourishing - cities, ii7e their eye on this point and . ire straining every nerve to; gain influence. They bave a large tnd popular Seminary for young ladies, and are about to build a new and splendcd cathedral. We have two church esj both located, in growing sections of the city. I have recenuy taken charge of the 1st church, wbich from their intelligence, social position and piety, Are well: prepared to trert a happy inflnence on society. As soon as car chureh edifice is finished, we shall have one f the most handsome buildings in the city. I The 2nd church have recently .invited the Rer. E. D. Isbellf of: the Covington Theologi al Institutef to visit them with a view to a set fioment. Brother Isbell is a strong man, and I i&ut well adapted to';tbe place.' ' Our denomination has rapidly increased in this State, within a few, years past. - ! - ' The Rev. J. R. GravesEditor of the Ten ?5See Baptist, has done more to expose . the er rors of Pedorantism; amd to advance pure, Bible tsh than anv other man in the State. He has kea vimfied, misrepresented, and denounced in thtaost heartless manner by the press and mln- Kry of , other denominations,' but he wields the ttle axe of truth with such tremendous energy i &at he"' sends consternation ; throughout their &ts. ..No man was ever hated with such la; bit ferhafr 'rrfthr Graves, but he fears his opponents no more "than Luther feared the de vs w m the city of Worms., s , v ; ; ' ': A private letter from an "esteemed brother of e Chowan. Association, informs me that Rer. jSmith i of Randolph Maconpollegehas : len fcnted to visit that section toTsetde tho Baptis fcal question.- Let me , suggest to Dr. G. C. Moore, Rev. Messrs. Fory Delk, and Trottnan 4at Association,- to invite brother Graves to thun. Graves"; could wish nothing better, Smith? would be a foe worthy of his steel; h. 4 decussion would do good. 4 : ThV'eyes of people would be opened to see Pedorantism 15 its true character, and many would be turned their errors to BpjChristianity 9 educational operations are, conducted with energyand fikillVi Flourishing schoobire fringing all over the State. -and mrost ueces- exert a great influence tfoa, coming gener RSoti3..As in your State, we need well'educa ministers, and we need a far better support wose we have.-.uu;;': -v-i lave observe one movement hero that is "Te? and important, v It is an effort that ; is be ' s Cade. on the part of .the phVobcs, to provide ; i and substantial libraries or their pastors.1 :3 are costly, e?pecially Commentaries, Lex ' Hbtories. -imi'. ether works of-; reference. f., 7 'pasters can afford t9 purchase .these ) tl ti.ey em't ITord to be without them, 'j cb::c-:s nay supply this want I and t : ; . ,, now much would they gain ia the increased Tal- tir pastrirs1: labors ! -i 'commend ftliis moyement to the churches of North Carolina. large jmherabf Carniansintbis Stateand what is quite the hVme of their childhood with as much affec tioa as those who come from a State distinguish ed for its first families. If Carolinians haVe neg lected their own Tineyard, thVy hav6 done much to improve the character, oC others, and this .is no small praise.y;,--A iC VbUfV- is; Tennvv June' 291 852 ifv 4 - - For the Recorder. . 1 'r -, - r What Makes t!ie Preaclicrs do sa l BaornKR- Editor :Soan after the dath - of Rev. Tho. Meredith, you became Editor of the Recorder. You requested that brethren who were able, to send cdmmunications to the Recor der. They have sent manybut wbat is their character, what good has s many of them . done ? Have they raised the credit of the. Recorder or not ? I am not pleased with many of the com munications which I have seen in the Recorder: They are unpleasant, they seem to be written in a wrong spirit. A sermon of Rev.fA. M.P.'s (as I hear) was published in the Baptist Preach er. It was not long before brother (minister) W. of W. Forest, expressed opposition to the sentiments of the Rey. A. M. P,; and -when he was done, I could not tell whether he had prov ed or disproved any position A. M. P. had ta ken. But soon after this,' W. H. J. of Warren ton wrote against W. Yet, I could not tell why be should, as I did not secany thing of. conse quence to oppose! Their sentiments I thought dif- ered very little. ' I do not mean, brother Edi" or, to say that anything vain, or .foolish was said by either. I esteem : them for their talents and piety ; and, this makes me ask, What, makes the Preachers do so ?. Soon after this, Rev. A. Jones preached a sermon at the Chowan Asso ciation, which came out in the Recorder.. But G. who says he is a Baptist (and I think a preach er) comes out against the sermon, disputing its truth and seemed almost ready to charge brother Jones of not beinsc sincere. To charge a brother of insincerity when - he is preaching, is a very serious thing. ' But G. was severely; rebuked by W,II. J. Then a writer calling himself Benja min Faris took up the controversy, (Benjamin Faris may be his proper name) but did little else - than to speak lightly, of I the sermon, ex pressing bis doubts as G; had done. ;IIe was al" so rebuked, but not convinced, and . as , yet no good dona b all the controversy.... Videng hav ing seen all that was going on and feeling broth ITT " T W - -r 1 " 1 1 1 er w. n. j. was aomff mucn oi sometnmjt ne comes out against him. - lie insinuates that W.' H J. was doing harm to the cause of God, and went so far as to say if he believed W. H. J. did, he woulinot preach it. What then would he do ? I - suppose quit preaching, and in his judgement according to this, W.,H. J ought to quit. Now, brother- Editor, take all the taunts, sarcasms, an(J cutting remarks out, as it should be, what would be-left? i J would ask these good brethren if it would not be far better for the churches, for them to write for their in struction in the way of holiness, and try to strengthen their-brethren in love, in ' hope and good works, than it is' to be trying to weaken each other as ministers of .Christ, 1 would ask these. brethren to thinl; what effect all this will have on the minds, of the unconverted. Will not they say when you preach to them, love to man and peace with all, that you are wranggling in this, and say," " Physician,1 heal thyself ? V Dear brethren, think if you were about to die, would you like to bear, these pieces of yours read? No, no 1 . ' - ' ' Acdens. . vMt. Laxtrei Hjilii-ax, Va July 2nd, 1852 Dear Bro.-Tobey? As many persons are aston ished at, and sometimes doubt what the MUsionaries tell them about the superstition and" cruelty of the heathen; it may not be unprofitable :to publish the enclosed piece,. which Kclip from a Philadelphia paper. . Your readers can then have ; some ; idea of the former superstition of the Ahglo-saxon race. In addition to New.Kngland, I regret to "say, Virginia in her early history, was disgraced by one of . these witch trials-. J rYoura IraternaQy, V-t ; M .' - -&B. Cabakiss. : ; Witcljcraft in Jfew EnglandJ: i The following concise history; qf Witchcraft, as it occurred in the province of Massachusetts Bay, from the middle to near the c bse ' of the seventeenth century,' is copied from President Dwht's' ravels 1. , ... .: ; Near the close of February, 1692, two girls, about eleven years of e,i:; daughter and a niece of Mr? Paris, minister of Danvers then borhood, began,' as the children .of Mr. Goodwin had do-i beforerto'act in a peculiar and nnac countable manner ; creeping, for example, into boles and under chairs, 'jwing many .unnatural gestures, an nttering many; ridieulous observa tions, equally destitute f aense'Und sobriety. This behaviour excited the attention of the neigh borhood. ;. Several physicians were consulted'; all of whom, except one, declare, themselves un able to assign a cause for these singular affections of the ; children. This man', 'more ignorant or more'superstitious than his companions, confess ed hil suspicion that tbejcbUdreii were bewitched. The declaration, appears to nave :Dee-. aecisive. The connections of Hhe chin irnmediately applied themselves to fasting 'and" prayer,; and summoned their friends' to unite with : them - in devotions:' On the! 1 1th of the following March, MrVy Paris invited' several 'jof '.the Neighboring ministers 'tiifito Wjthim iq prayer at his a j 1 1 a . i i- mi. .ii ii - ... house : It was observed that, dnrinw th T.l??nne -, - r.-"o v.r o exercises, the children were generally decent and still j and that, after the service was ended j they renewed their inexplicable conduct.' : A -w days before this, an Indian man and otnan, servants In the house of t Mr. Paris, formed a" kind of magical cake, which like the mola 'among the Romans, was esteemed . sacred in' Mexico, the native, country of .the woman, and was supposed by these ignorant creatures to possess an efficacy sufficient to detect the authors of the witchcraft, verbis cake was given; to the house-dog, as having ythe common canine pre rogative of corresponding with the invisible world; Soon after this spell was finished , the children, acquainted probably witli its drift,' and therefore naturaDy. considering' this as the proper time to make disclosures,. began to point out the authors of their misfortunes. . The first person accused was the Indian woman herself, who was accord ingly committed to prison ; and after lying there some time, escaped without any further punish ment, except being sold to defray the expenses of her prosecution. - . Two other women, of the names of Good and Osborn, one long sunk in melancholy, the other bedrid, were next.accused by.thc children ; and after being examined, were also . committed to prison.y - Within five weeks, 'a Mrs. Corey, and a Mrs." Nurse, women of unblemished character, and professors tof religion, ;were added to the number of accused. Before the examination of Mrs. Corey, Mr. Noyes, minister of Salem, high ly esteemed for his learniiig, piety, and benevo lence, made a prayer. ' She was then vehement ly accused by Mrs. Putnim, the mother of one of them, and by several other persons, who now declared ihemselves bewitched, of beating, pinch ing, strangling, and in various other ways afflict ing them. 1 : : -" Mrs. Putnam, particularly, complained of ex cruciating distress ; ana with loud piercing shrieSs excited in the numerous spectators emo tions of astonishment, pity and indignation, bor dering upon frenzy. Mr3. Corey was, of course, pronounced guilty, and imprisoned. f The examination of Mrs. NurseVas introduced bv a prayer, from Mr. Hale, of Beverly. The accusations, the answers, the proof, and the con sequences, were the same. Soon aftc: her commitment, a child of Sarah Good, the melancholy woman mentioned above, aged between four and five -years was accused by the same women of bewitching them, and ac cordingly was imprisoned. " In the mean time,7 facts were multiplied. Several public onss were kept by the inhabitants of the village ; and finally, a general fast 'was holden throughout the colony. By these suc cessive solemnities the subject acquired a consid ation literally sacred ; and alarmed and engross ed the minds of the whole community. Magis trates and clergymen gave to it the weight of their belief, and their reputation led their fellow-citi-zens into a labyrinth of error and iniquity, and stained the character of their country in the eye of all succeeding generations Had Mr. Paris, instead tf listening to the complaints of the children in his family, and hold ing days of fasting and prayer on so preposterous an occasion, corrected them severely ; bad the physician mentioned above, instead of pronounc ing them bewitched, -administered to them strong dose of ipecacuana ; had the magistrates who received the accusations, and examined the accused, dismissed both, a.nd ordered the acou sefs to prison ; or, finally, had the judges of the Superior Court directed the first indictment to be quashed, and sent the prisoners home; the evil, in either of these stages, might have been stopped. But, unhappily, all these were efforts of reason which lay beyond the spirit of the times That Mr. Paris, Air. Noyes, and Mr. Hale, believed the ( existence of the witchcraft in Salem village, cannot be questioned. : That they seem to have been men of a fair religious character, must be acknowledged. ..But it must also be ac knowledged, that both they,- and Messrs. Haw thorn and Corwin, the magistrates principally concerned, men of good character likewise, were in the present case, rash and inexcusable. . They were not merely deceived, but they de cei?ed themselves and infatuated others. They were not merely zealous, but unjust. They re ceived from persons unknown, in judicial pro ceedings, as witnesses, evidence equally contra dictory to Jw, common sense, and to the Scrip tures.", Spectral evidence, as it was ! termcd that is, evidence founded on ' apparations, and other supernatural appearance, professed to be seen by the accusers was me omy oasis oi a train of capital convi incapa ble of understanding the things about which th ey gave testimony, were yet, at times, the . only witnesses ; -and, what was still worse, the very things which they testified were "put Unto their minds and mouths by .the ' examiners, in , the ocstions"-hieh they, asked.y n one case, a man named iSamuel Ward well was trie4, condemned, and ixecutedfon "thV festitriou of-' his Jrife" and dauf-hterwhb appear ...to have accused him mere lj for the sato'of saving tb cmselves. " ; i; : " goon after the above examination, the num ber of the ftcccrs, quence,of the accused also, multiplied to most aWrainr- deffrcci-Tq recite'the itory would ;be useless, as- well as: painful. ., In; substance, it would be little els. elthan what , has been already saii All those who were s iexecute4 denied the char'-e, and finally, declared their innocence ;. al though several of them, in the moment of terror, ' SH?. FPC "gfi considerable number,' for the same purpose, ac-' kndwledged themselves guilty, anc thus escaped death. - To.such a degree olid the frenzy prevail, that in January following, the Grand Jury in dicted fifty persons for witchcraft. ' - Nor was the evil "confined to' this neighbor hood. It soon spread into various parts of Es sex, Middlesex, and Suffolk.' Persons at A ndo ver, Ipswich,. Gloucester, - Boston, - and several other places, were '.accused by their neighbors and others. For "some time, the victims were selected . from the lower classes. It was not long, however, before the spirit-of .accusation began to lay bold of persons . of more conse quenqa. - On the 5th of August, 1692, Mr. Geo. Burroughs,' who had formerly preached in Salem Village, and after that at Wells, in the Province of Maine, was brought ,to trial for bewitching Mary Walcott, an inhabitant of the village, and was condemned. Mr. EnglisV, .a:respectabla merchant in Salem, and his wifo; Messrs. Dud ley and John Bradstreet; sons of the late Go vernor Bradstreet ; the wife of Mr.:Ha!e y the lady of Sir William Phipps ; and the Secretary of Connecticut, were among the accused. Mr English and his wife fled. to New York. Mr. Dudley Bradstreet bad already , committed be tween thirty and forty persons, for this supposed crime; but being weary and discouraged, de clined any further interference in the business. Upon this, he was charged with -having killed nine persons by witchcraft, and was obliged to fleo to the Province of Maine. His brother John, being accused of having bewitohed a dog, and riding upon his back, fled into New Hampshire. At Andover, a do? was accused of bewitcbioi- several human beings, and put to' death. The evil now became too great , to be borne. A man, named Giles Cory, had been pressed to death for refusing to plead, and nineteen persons had been executed. ; More than one-third of these were members of the Christian church, and more than one-half had borne an unblemish ed character. One hundred and fifty were in prison; two hundred others were accused. Sus pense and terror spread through the colony. Neither age nor sex, neither ignorance nor in cence, neither learning nor piety," neither repu tation ', nor office, furnished the least security. Multitudes appear to have accused others mere ly to save themselves. ; Among the accused, not a small number confessed themselves guilty for; the same j reason ; for, by a strange inversion of judicial process," those who confessed the crime escaped, while those who protested their inno cence, died without proof and without mercy. . While the mischief was thus rolling up to a mountainous size, the principal persons in the colony began seriously to ask themselves where it would end. A conviction began to spread that the proceedings were rash and indefensible. Mr. Hale probably changed his opinion because his wife was accused. The same consideration undoubtedly influenced Sir William Phipps. A respectable man in Boston having been accused by some persons at Andover, arrested his accus ers for defamation, and laid his damages at a thousand pounds. In consequence of this spir ited conduct, the frenzy in that town disappeared- In other planes the distresses, the fair char acter and apparent innocence of many of the suf ferers, wrought silently but powerfully on the people at large. At the last special Court of Oyer and Terminer holden on this subject, of fifty who r were brought to trial, all were acquit ted except three ; and these were reprieved by the Governor. .These events were followed by a general release of all those who had been im prisoned. Thus, th,e. cloud which had so long bung over the colony slowly and sullenly retired and like the darkness of Egypt, was, to the great joy of the distressed inhabitants, succeed ed by serenity and sunshine. At this period,' and for some time after, . at tempts were made in various places to revive these prosecutions ; but they failed of success It has been said that an inhabitant of North ampton accused another of bewitching him to the Honorable, Mr. Partridge, a very respectable magistrate iii. Hatfield. ;; -jTbis gentleman, under standing perfectly the nature of the accusation, and foreseeing the mischiefs which would spring trom any serious attention to it, iota toe aceuser that, as it was' out pf his power to try the cause immediately, ho would, hold a court at North ampton for that purpose, on a specified day of the succeeding week ; but that he could now finish a part of the business, v . It was a rule 01 law, no -.aia, mac ine. miormanc ; snouia m various cases receive half of , what was adjudg ed. A person convicted of witchcraft. was, by jaw, punished with twenty stripes. He should therefore order ten qf- those - to the accuser They were accordingly inflicted on the ' spot. At the appointed time, the court' tfas opened at Northatn'ptonjt but, no accuser appeared.; This confessedly .illegal, but exemplary; ..wise and just administration, imothcrcd the eyil here in'its birth, v Had measures equally wise been adopted throughout - the colony, the story of New England witchcraft would never have been: toldV :Fromf this period,'-the Relief j of witch-j craft seetQS gradually and almost entirely to have Tanished frota f New EnglandT,There ;is , per-1 haps i no country in the worldtWhbse.inhabi-' tants treat" he whole itram, of. mvisibla beings which 'people .the regions :of superstition' and credulity, with ess. respect, . or. who distinguish religion from its cqunterfejt-, with morenniyer sality qr .cprrectness ' , " m ..,"' IwM-'-' - r ' ' I : . W'&M The Editor of the Christian Intelligencer, a Camp- bellite paper published in i ScoltsVille,- Va4 has 're quested us to state io the VubHcthat he is ; not re sponsible for the views attributed to the brethren of his denominalion, by the ', Editor bf the Tekhessee Baptist. Our readers may hear him speak for him self We copy from Ins paper of July 3rd : ! .: - lTcmiaias. . -iwra - '" -: - .. r - . ... . .- - . . . - : ,-. Vc'VV-:-!.;; "-Elder J. R-' Graves, , Editor ..of Tennessee Baptist, has offered premiums to Roman Catho lics, Episcopalians,' Presbyterians,- and , Metho dists of different amountsraoging from $1000 to 1 00; for Scriptural proof of various dogmas and practices, held and performed by them ; and not content with challenging the Paidoes? he pro- poas a preminm " jampDeiutes.i' iiut- we are struct with the change pfthpropfion, when he comes down inthe conclusion? of; his offers, to those he calls Campbellites" His;pro positions to the different Paido-baptist churches, are fair, and reasonable. He only requires them to present proof, for what they teach ' and prac tice, but his proposition to us is of a very 'differs ent character. We will quota a few: ' 11 $1000 for a passage in the Bible affording a plain precept for, or example of, infant sprink ling for Christian baptism." " $100 to any one producing Scriptural au thority, to prove that baptism comes in the room or place of circuracision."y " $100, for godfather and godmothers, or sponsors td officiate at baptism." All thesis we consider fair propositions. Why did not Mr. Graves make na a similar ona ? Those persons are merely required to prove by Scripture, that what they teach is taught in Ho ly Scripture., Why not offer us a thousand dol lars, or a hundred dollars, to prove by Scripture, that penitent believers are required to . be bap- tizsd for the remission of their sins ? Why pre sent the following, and affirm that we teach it ? Did he not know better ? Is he not seeking to misrepresent 113 for effect ? ' If he is ignorant of our views, he is culpably ignorant. He has no right to assert that Mr. Campbell, "and the wri ters of the current reformation, teach such tbinW unless he has ssen them in their writings, : and we are sure he has not. - Here follows his unfair and slanderous propositions : "' ' ... " To Campbelutes." " $100 for reason or revelation, to prove that no person can be pardoned, regenerated, justified, or raved in heaven, unless immersed in water, and that too, in the "belief and for the intent, that the efficacy of Christ's blood is brought in contact with his conscience, while buried in the water, as taught by Mr- Campbell, .and the writers of the current reformation." ' , Mr. Graves knew well enough : tha t no perp son would be found to claim his $100 upon such conditions. He felt himself quite safe in thus slandering the Disciples. He requires them, not to prove what they preach and affirm, nor to shew how a person may be saved; but he gives us a negative proposition he .requires us to prove that no person gan be pardoned, regen erated, justified or saved in, heaven, unless im mersed in water, &c. V " Now we are very willitlg toi appear before a competent tribunal and endeavor to prqye what ever wexteach ; and we insist upon it that Mr. Graves should, as he has numbered us among those whom he considers terrorists,' have giyen us an opportunity of sustaining oqr real views. And why did he not do so"?- Is it not , because ho knows that there are too manj plain, texts of Scripture, which we could present, anl which no intelligent and unprejudiced jury could reject r We affirm boldly and fearlessly, that every one who believes with bis heart in the J-qrd Jesus Christ, the Son of God, confesses Him with his mouthrepents sincerely of his sins, and is bap tized, has tho remission of his siqs, a-d Is justi fied and regenerated, and that if he continue , in the service of God unto death, that he will " ob tain eternal life, i bat is as far as we go. ' We do not know how far God may depart from his prescribed course, on account - of the circum stances that may surrotmd individuals,' and it is not our province to determine.? We aim to'speak as the oracles Qf God., : We , profess . not io be wise above what is written .We do not exchange with the Tennessee Bap tist, but' we found this article quoted in the Bib lical Recorder. Will not ' its .Editor let it be known through his paper that we are not respon siblc for tho views attributed to ns by the Editor of the Tennessee Baptist ?; We would suggest to the editor the impropriety of magnifying -the differences that exist between his people -and ours.; What is; to be, tnjvde by it ?.: VVill the Savior.be pleased with it ?- Will it tend to the support of what he and we, all admit to he truth. VVhy should we cultivate unkfnd feelings, and strive to make it appear to the Paidoes, that we, who practice belieycr's baptism, are as far aparl as the poles ? ' - . I Does not hr.' Graves believe that it is the duty ef a.U penitent believers, to 1 be immersed ? Does he cot admit that they can . demand . bap tism -upon a confession of faith,; witiiout telling an; experience ?;-V Will.h6 produce -can he pro duce, one passage of Scriptare, .to , prove that any apostle' or inspired teacher', eyer required persons "to ! say they believed theirs dpned; before he wpul4 baptize them Mr. G raves knows, or ought to know, that we do not teach baptismal regeneration but that we teaclj that there is no efficacy in. water alone that faith in Christ is essentially i neccs sary, and that without it, baptism is of no avau mitted before baptism, he cannot imagine thaV baptism for.theremission of .,8ins,Adrninistered' to a penitent believer would again fasten his sins upon him. . - '-.(V.'f'," ' Why then should not Mr.,Qraves, when firing a broadside at the different Paido-baptist parties, have let us off ? Ave admit that there is soma difference between us and many of the Baptistsa and we are not disposed to' shrink from a discus- sion of those tiiferences; but we wish it done iq a fair, candid, and courteous manner," with a de4 5 sire to arrive at truth, and to promote the mos uesiravie oi results, me union oi uoa s people-. .V'A-f ;WJ --"7 --t TProxn the Wceternecorder. : : The Newcastle Baptist ttarcfi j . ; The Rev. Thomas J. Fisher. ' H. -..'How delightful to the'eye, a-d exjiilerating ta the spirits, after the coId,"drear,Xbarren and stormy winter, is" the return of spring. The dry and unsightly trecj through w,hose leafless branch; ' es the mournful wind have howled' their sblemu requiems, gentry wave its graceful and "fcieautiful foliagel The bud, the blossom;; and the fruit greet our longing and grateful senses. The baU my air,- the verdant field," and nature's harmo; ny, all invite us to the exercise of more social -and liberal and' more; beneyoleat,' happy emof jtions. Not less . distinctly ; characterized is th4 iwiner and the spring of a church. V " 1'' - ' We have here recently been' favored with most remarkable, and evidently, without a doubt; a genuine heaven-authorized aqd heaven-blesse4 revival of religion. v- . ...-"t. v 1 Bro. Fisher came here under very dicourag-t ing circumstances, " and - preached i and 1 prajed steadily for four weeks. Turning aside from the ' field of polemicctheology and earnestly proclaim ing repentance, towards God and faith", in .the Lord Jesus ' Christ, one after another, the old man and the young, (the deliberate and phleg matic, as well as the propulsive and sympatbetie, the wise as well as the ignorant, the nan of ma tured mind as well as the ebild, heads of famir pes, with no excitement, , but the deep, earnest ' excitement of truth upon the conscience, bowed to the Saviour and entered. Tho. church pro bably never was in a more healthful condition. r , Tbe school in this, place : participated in the blessing. f Some 15 or 20 of young ladies id it belonging to religious families,- were hopefully rf converted; and give pleasing evidence that they are under the influence of a fixed religious prin-" ciplet a consistent, and Scriptiiral piety. What parent would not rejoice to behold in his daugh ter the evidence of a sincere and passion-control-ing tempertsubduing, pleaaure-goyernirig,'" pbe-. dience producing piety.' - - Our Reform, Methodist and Presbyterian brethren also reoeived . aceessions through ' this J tneeting. ' Frpin 60 to 70 united with the" Bap i tistchurcL' ' v-,. ( Bra.. Fisher-greatly, endeared himself - while here, not only to the members of his own church, bat to all christians.. ' '. . He carries away with him our wannest re gards for his continued , usefulness", and for hi successful career as a meek, blameless devoted, humble, cross-bearing, soul-winning minister of Jesus Christ. - May he with a myriad of precious 'souls, the seals of his ministry, enter heaven with shouts at glory on their tongues, and crowns oft glory p-j their heads. - . ?-r.- .. New Castle, June 151852. ' - ' " : More TesliaonjvliqJUafnerf. We present to our readers letters received bj the Rey. Louis Dwight, of this city, from the Rev Dr. Pond, of : Bangor, and the Rey. Dr. Sbeldop, of Wateryille, o,n the practical work ing of; the Maine Law. These gentlemen are. intelligent and considerate men,1 and tWir testi ruony is valuable T Vatch. ' Reflector., t' " ' . LETTER OF REV. Elq P05D, D J D. j" piOFESsQR. " IN THE THEOLOGICAL 8E3.UHART IN BANGOR. ' . Bangor, fiU'y 22; 185. 5" -. Rev..Louia DwioHTJiYotcrpr4 pound to me six questions respecting the"MaiiQ ' ; LiquorLaw-"-. i- 0ff;f0M?3 :. y- : " To what extent has it" ; been carried irtcj . ."j operation ? Answer--T"fry.J geTtera is 1 hyo reason to believe. "r : --' 2. ."Has what has been done,' so far been done without violence fll Answer--Altogethet without violence in this city,' and I ihi,nk in out towns and cities generally There have been, . 3 few. cases of resistance, and but few., -The law; . can be as well executed as ipost tiier prphibito- ry laws.r;?c ?:? x ' 3. What has been done with the liquor seix- ed ? "Answer There is trial upon it, and if it i appears that it was kept for sale, it m poured out. The earth drinks it; ancj ibis certainij ifl a 1 better disposition of it ';than to Xhave lit i poured n down the throats of meiu robbiaff them of tiieif senses and destroying their lives. . t- ' 4. " What effect has the law produced aire a . t dy V : Answer it has put an end to rum-sel- ling for drinking purposes, except In the lowest . . places, and in the most .'private, sneaking, con temptible way. ; It has greatly dinished drunk enness. l.have not seen a drunken saan in out . .' streets, fpr.the last six.mpnths. ' At this seasoq of the year, with all pur lumbermen from tba woods, pur Irish and Indians, I hare not seen "one I ' intoxicated. ' The law has made our streets qui et through' the night. Very .few, comparatively, . get into the watch-house. - "-.the House of Cor- rection has bean,a? umes, aimos- empty ; l know not but it is so npw. Tho expense .of , paupers is greatly aimmisnea; aio tns expensa, of litition. Hundreds and thousand tbre-?h--, . out the " State; who but for; the law, had Ucq miserable drunkards, tid whe.e :c-nes had been, tierabode,..o.f;the axtfemes.wret-hedness ftra 1 ' now -ndr.srrio-ts, sober c.Iiices, and Ltsir tpz lies are living in comparatiye- cor:f3rf. -It IV " V
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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