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From the Religious HeraU.
Ca.ll t Preach the Gosprtl la Africa.
pjffijrc. bands: . -
nnrin my lata ?visit f to fric if iabct trliile
viVin'OTer the wia2-U Jia;ior! cnriuriu enw ;r
Lfje with heraaad there allabibreTvLa qujstioa
kl serious import waaiuipressajtupon my ruiua.
fk is it that tasre are so tew uorwnan mini
. tmjrtca, eunartruita or coiore'i. ;iu:i iwi ii
labetkh; duty to go to Attica as mission:ines.'
tht God will not 's?rjdSibi3 sbrvant there ;
jji tLerefore, non-i arc iru presaad by hia Spi fit
3 Eothere? is it J that jrienwho ace called
i God to preach, have decided to d:j la regard
a their call, what they choose ; and tiiereroro,
xi no particular .impressions as to Thor3 they
AjB perform their wort fbrGod ? 33
One -of . these -reasons l. most tninic, is to D3
asiflnsd for the fact't that tew or noneiappear to
becalled of God to go to Africa, I cannot doubt
iat God does impress. upon tuejtmnds pt same
ifhlsscnrants what it is his pleasure they shoal a
a -for. in other words, that Uod cal Is men to
preach and perform other service in his king-.
to. 1 his 1 presnni2,ll oLyonr reaaersrjwr
)tv and I need not stop now to pro? this
' 4i:aittin? this truth, then are we to take- it
ffranted that the treason why sojfew even
. - - ....... , - - - - f - . . -
J, as far as 1 know, are impressed with a
oi tneir auty lo preacn.ine gosp-
tint it is not the pleasure of God they should
stbere to advance his kmjrdcmi and theretore.
iics not call them' or move them to co to that
ad of idolators ? ho can bolievi this; while
isSavitiur's command stands where it now doss;
j the New Testament" Go ye into all the
urld and preach the ; compel to every crcature.
i.Vnca a nart of the world f , JJo us lua.uuu,-
00 of uncivilizsdiuhabi tants Tnake"a partof
everV fpnatrlrfi,, to whom! the ffOSDel is to b
Do any, other men show more selfishness than
such ministers ? If. a 'man, though past . the
meridian of life, choose . to practisa law or medi
cine, he first studies his profession, at the requi
red expense; although he does not know that he
shall ever have a case in profession. I would
ask that minister, who thinks" himself called of
God to preach, and who neglects to qualify him-
l i . t i : - : . . : p.. .:
s.'ii,rii uq vwouiti - eiimiov anv man 10 penorm
official, or - professional ' services, who " had no
knowledj i of . his profession ? . Would such a
minister tote foKany:-'on3 to bi Hs pastor V if he
believed a the minister to hi chosen " could not
teach him , and . others the great truths and da
ties of tha Bible fI presume
it is not ewnrally true that those who devote
themselves to the ministry, and look to those to
whom they preach..', for a support,, that they do
not receive a support; Thirteirse is -more gtn
:4f Many who areundoubtedlyjt catwdoWod o
the great work of preaching Christ; tiioott tktif:
oven IbbitioHy , with as much leaning to salf as if
th 6 mi nd of the Lord had nothing to do witl
theirocatlonlf
Some will not go into the country and beeom
a pastor of a country : church ; others do i?o
choose Velty lifbSou
to preach in a new country Mothers have: wivs
who preter a city 10 a couuiry resiuencj, or
place near their-relatives ;:ani the.i minister
c ho oses , or thinks it best tor please his wife !-
Han :J e 1 i atz -willin " t)S?) joa mmidn ;ifd sdrn
beatheu land ; but they choose toTgo; to' China
or France, or Siaui, or any where but Africa r
They cannot seehyid0?-11 el if to b their
duty to go to, th jdark Iaiid ofHam.vSyJSj
tfAnd are;tbes6 the servantsr of 'J csus f Christ
Can such saytM3idPauinwhenthav Saviour
bad j hira ."co to Arabia -I'T conferred not with
flish and blood ; (Gal. 1 : 16.) : Do they ask
as didt the sauii apostliswhen God laid his heal
inr hitnd uDon his once selfish -heart t:." Lord
wnat
; 1 r"' Froni the N, Y. Recorder.
Letter frcn JIaulcaln. 1
iSJWufeMAUi.MA.iN, April;7' .1852.
Mr, Editor .--The question of peaeo or war
with Burraah is now fully decided. The first
oattle has been fought ;: and; the appearance of
me Dattie-held makes it abundantly evident that
lue rulers of liurmah have determined, at all
rusks, to resist the demands of the Indian goverri-
ucuw. i ne luiaiuaiiuu oi inose ruicrs Tenders
ii quite certain r too, t oat they.wtirontmue the
combat until compelled to make- peace upon
whatever terms are dictated. Public opinion has
decided upou the absorption of,tbo,kinz
dom ; and: considering what kind of men the v
. m a . -j- - - - -
are who now govern at the capitol, it is more
than probable that the contest will; of necessity
be continued uc til there u nothing-lelt to con
que; 1 11 rx&y bc; regarded as quite certauvithat
uu conquerea wjrrnury wi oe restoveu..
brella which crowns the summit,' leaving dark man of God. He preaches from the same bible
inrtf Mnnn the ulastflred'enlnmn. which, as view- that they have been accustomed to," the same as
ed from Maulmain darin the action, . led ; ns tons used in the Sabbath-school. V Now suppose he
kiWa that some of the Burmana had ascended was to introduce a Uible into his pulpit, ana into
the t)Roda to look out upon the scene below; S his Sablath-scbobi; with immerse into the room of
- Before the attacs upon M artaban. almost, tne oafuzc. uai wyuiu oeuoiu ui ivl
ntifA dwelling of the r,eonl. the'-bazaar. &c.. of his -congregation ; Wbe.'e.is the n2W,Tersion-j
.r . i" - i U - l I is lJ.i -i vn tnl.I t.nnr. miicf tin n a hi ri(i 1PT
VV lilla. loosing booui in a ucsenea uiuussirvrj r - v..-. .1- ..-
2:--t.S'-fin- rfcuiMin 'In tW jftW" 'ahrl 'rreafe I conseauencis take caie of , themselves.' Ana so
! ,inPr?rtr to flnr building of the Trind in Maul- we must. The only question is, what is right
"-. 1 . ...nj-.i i?. i ' 1' .k'l lV'nnn& linii-il nf i ni 1 n vt n m n li la nnco il W int
main, ni tea wuu eiiaea altars anu canw wurn, " vuvb mv-..- - . i.uw.u UM uv.. :
priests furniture, palm-leaf books, numerous ot- post, Decaus-5 ue aeciarea tnat me post oau uu
ferings, &c, &c in rushed a horde of soldiers, light : :to te vthcreNoi one willustion the
tvhr torA retnr'nina from ,thMi rmranit of theflv- soundness of this abstract doctrine of r but
w -r a -r
.-- -v 1 1 iA f.r ?5U- ceed a battle and a victory
:.i'ii.ibt. i.i o- 1 : ' is XOU" truiyf ;-;.;
.r 1 luviueuuc cstautumeu m um"" hji w i.
the;Anierican.Baptist M ission. . C hurches: were
raised un at both t)laces.:;i No other iChristian
mission has Wen attempted in tbe kingdom from
that lima to this.:f Our. d jnomi uat ion were d riven
from the fiidd bv a government which set at dj-
fianco the power of God. 'Since then,' we have
sought,, through Judson, Kincaid, and others, to
time, in spite he got a bloody nosa'neyertheless,- and the post
lildinz, it was en- did not step out of hil way noreveu apologize
it must go,l se-
Ani'Ait fiW! mrtplf it monv n:ilin.l(fl.F 'books as "1 1 n
U(i iTft fiha: tell wMblnab6ut?nintn 3.iln' the thiid place' the proposed change U
normdswhich will hereafter 3 used to call fbHundosirabU mAtael-VVo are told that tbo Greek
? -: The .word immerse
unfortunately, it labors
ntages which the word 6tp
first placa,' it was trans
latedsot' ft om the G reek but froni the Lntfn
If w rnat have a transferred word, let us tranr-
fir that which bu Lord and his 'Apostles used.
fXprill5 1 852: 1 n tho second pkceit is quite ' certairr that the
P J S A Ktnamer from RaotroonV arrived to- word Oavnze was used .as an cngnsa wora4; ai
dayj brinks' the nsws' thaf that town -waa taken least f iC hundred years: earlier .thau the word
nnQ5..!;rtn nfnn TMi.l.iv 'tha lSth; after a nro- immerse'. lt is as' old as tho language. In the
"I3etbre tbii meets your eve.- the Jiritrsa troops
will, undoubtedfy,:M;caniped in
Promewhcre they will remain .until- after; th . . : sn ; -a1 th - fiam(; ;fate isiaUo frantfcmdABui;
rainy season is over ; and, before; another year, 4 .i,; -v- a Vernon of under s-ive'i-al disadva
it may; be confidently predicted ithamhovftj
longed andi6b?tinaterffbntcst;daringiwluchte
officers' were killedi:(ncluding one !colonel and yet:; It is not a household word. It has never
r a - .TK( C--ittV" nn i hepn nntiipaliz!d but still 'has 'the manner? and
4 reoccupy the grounde eyes
uu ...wa.uua w-ui nAfM-mml to ttttack.on thatdav. but two posea. thy could mucii more easily pervert rois
have beta turned to Burmah Proper rand tuey ur tlkin a position nearer than was word from its real meaning than the word baptize
have labored around herborders.jwtth -apxious . .n , :frHU'lxpi -.-The8 are-few of the reasons whv we 20 asrainst
hopes :to; enter that. bcuighted-:kinlonj, 'and with in the nroDOsedM revision.Oardeeband solemn
af.nn faith li!tt 12 nil tannic! rtntn In nnnr t TIO I . .. " . , , -: - :. - I ' I L .. 1.tU
-v.r- - j- - V'li i.:;i the walls o
distant day.. ;.t he Jims has now: come. ,:lt has ...
. , . , .-. - than was ex
the discussion for seven day?, danag which titaa
tho fi st proposition has been disposed of. Mr,
Waller has relied almost exclusively in .his ar
guments.upon the admissions made by Pedobap-
tist scholars. ; These Dr. iMewton nas question
ed as to their genuineness and value, while Lai
has endeavored to discredit the .argument de
rived from' the classical use ot baplizot by the
assertion that the Hellenistic. Greek is entirely
different from the classical He contests the po
sition of Carson, that the words means a mode,
and nothing but. a. mode, of applying water to -
the subject ; but maintains that the word Is gen
eric,' and that while its .primary meaning -b to
Qip, it also sxnvaes any oiaer appugauuu ui w-
ter.. r rom tuocnaracter oi tnese argumsuw,
and from the subterfuges and popular equivoques '
resorted to by. their author, it is evideat that the.
Baptist U master ot the held-i5rotuer ; va.uer- ; if,
has devoted 'much research and reflection to (this. - ; r f.'
subject,:anl responds to thaTsallldsbf lis'bppo- ' rj; "
neat ui a toaTbf dlgniSid and Christian courts- , ; y
: This controversy has excited a great" deal of ' . . .
interest as it.sregarded as "a successful protest ; f
against the reproachea with which the Baptists of v T
M ississippi hava : beeu assailed for 'many years. . ,
The city is: thronged with ' multitudes from
Natchez,! Vickaburg, and more distant portions
of-the Stated wha; hare assembled to hear what
one of' this contemned sect has to say for hia
principles." ..The spacious chapel s crowded by
an eager audii'Dca fromnJight : to . night. Our
good brother-sis. in danger of being deiacd by
those in whoso, behalf; be contends. . While I ,
write." says a correspondent of the Baptist, "the
manly and dignified voice of - brother Waller is
ometwbat:seema-to,us:an:unpni ioM wero abW to land until Tues'
ur numpers werenevcr. lessoic-iic-a i-u- - o--:-, Vftt in
a U UI VUV UilVM-l , , -w j .
ana a
of Rangoon were found to be stronger conviction js that the change hicWweiOppo3e
xpectcdaawere'aH : ' 7- '
From the True Union.'
WiierVcawe fith-4mi pqssession;of the( enemy, tU lWfW, v
of God,3ia islconsecrating hims.lf o the,Sa- Spd f Utenination . bconstw i. Thei Scriptures inform us that eruValeiriv
viour,' as ; b. hears ' the cry come f-om Africa. bKer" 5 Whil" your Voider, peruse Hhese AnS pounded 13 Ig1 aiJd all Judi,;.and all' the regi.n roend about
help; W r- MP-VCWillT'- Jordan want out to Jol,n, and"wre baptized of
iWimmmmm cadmrei4ionary:bbard in England ; SaSdSia?& him:Andccording to Jephusherere
churche3, oar cll3g-sand 6ur.theological s-m-f :,WWM5T within these , limits, , from , 8 to 12 millions, of
ioaries. .1 would propound to every young min- liVZI S.nt Len ?aD possession of ;t Martaban on .Tuesday 5 Kow,r says Jthei Rev. RR,
tster th3 esti6nhich VGlika-the,Kingpf Aaf Grundy D.rD:, allowingVobn to haV.Jmmer-
Kaffirs, asked Dr. Vanderkomp, who. was amis- p u,d until a erf tbrf sed 25 every day, (and we have no aufcborfty
-iouaito that hft&iVfit; for suppo. ing that . ho possesed more than the
plan (of preachin thegOjpeltdVthe Kaffirs)
-- - - " : . : --" . - ;w - " - - - - - - -r . r-.
onn" forth only" out 01 your own; ueart .' ; ..ia
there one'wbo' has formed in hisypwi5 heart the
plan tb and preach thgospe
nian is need-d,;;if his -taljats aro aaquate to
the, work wTK-v.-Sifc siSy- x,r'i':5j-":-;i:
But whv should . Africa b: regarded such an
undesirable place for a missionary, that fef feci
TOcbcd ? All must answer these questions in
ie affirmative. ; That It is the pleasure of our
Siriour. that some of hil servants should preach
p gospel lih Africa ima
I lact he has blessed the labors 01 sucn a3 nave
JCmna ther and labored to s turu rrjcrT from
lithess to liht, and from their ': idolatry to
What I saw- in'mv late visit: convinced me
at the mission to Africa, as a whole, had been
:3d that I it continues to be blessed of God in a
ujnal manner. - Is. this - apparent success .only
PPMrent and not real bo. that has either
le their or read the accounts of our mission
-Ks in th at - land : Can doubt t hat the saviour
rwith his S3ivaut3 there, and giving his own
.. , . . , , 1 .: 3- . . -- 1
5f?ro?al to their labors m ins cause . -
I mist believe it is the duty of more ministers
4 Christ to go . to Africa to preach the go.pel.
'liy. then, do not more feci it tbeir.duly to go
. . - -.,-.. . - 'i
mt to-that field Of toiL? Jsx" that simfrwrjo
w called of God- to preach, choose their own
j-rM ii? it. that tuey yieia up iuair.mmu-nj
W own preference for a place in which .they
labor, or for the kind of labor which they
u l am not wholly deceived in my 3 udgment
-foa this subject; If I have not wholly, raisin
fensretad the hnruae - of I the f circumstances
a
i On th e 5th insta"nt, H.,M; steamers R attler,
Salamander, and Hermes, and the H ; C. Rteam
er Proserpine, cania in from Rangoon river;; Ad;
miral Austin and Lieutenant ueneral uodonger
commander of the forces, were, on board ? the
HAnfioR. Thn . sanifi afternoon, mrts of two
re2iment3 of Queen's troops were embarked ;
and at four A. M. on Monday, the tith, the tour
: ' . From the Western Watchman. " "
It is ; now' well understood, that the real aim
of theswver-ion jjatty, in tha Baptist ranks; is,
to bring into use. an Ingush translation ot the
in
the: woi d
as honest
the town, within musket-shot range ct; theilJur- "f-
The Salamander " UWU1'1'" :i"vf"; Wltr- f r
rs . 01 -luj jaaius
-desire br:areeven willing to go there to preach steas advancedUotackMartabanJi;Tbe Bible, ii
ihrisi's gospel it bause Afviea is a ick4 Rattler and Proserpine steamed up alongside of ft't-aP,
anenorea aooui a miie Deiow, auu -o -"-ki r . ,i.. ;,r:-,M .In-tir
Hermes took the ground more , than two amies
!b,low,uiaJroc tifmSp
o:.aay lue action commeaceu aiw iuovuuuv. . . , iif,- i-
adof shot and shells froiutbe steamers and to deny, t
rbmaoatwa
rSOv" Will lUla UUlUb UC ViV v vu umi
which immersion tlialL be
nhristV'ffOSDel it biaause Ataea is a 8ici oal.ior ,1 prh.,rln-itP'fnl nn alomrs de of wr flapiwm uej uuv, .bi
ir eountrv? 4 Butv is it trtti that God ihas said
to bis servants-Go ye into all the world
and vet , there are men in sue-a climate that no
infant of his c m reach theiivf no can uj-
liivoftbisButitf will-b3v soberly vasked,
't Tanf K ft inn a Kiitlr Muntrv r ii answer, 1 .1... An,n.nanorl
, J --.- -vw . - -ww w --- j . rf - J., vl V ! Vtiuu vuiumvuvvv.
it' is when comparea -to oiner cauaini.i,:uii
men can; and do live there, and preacu ana ao
Suiffififl fc? ii fcnisfl somemeh and worn h harv
dif.dthTvv' so "tliev have in btfcrcouhtriei
.ithr missionarv A fiilds of labor. So m
first ? missionaries - died in Monrovia
w?b.neTfe
was. " Brother Skinner; th , younger, died, an A . ; Jn tQ3; h tl)at wc miht rcn(Jer assistance to Ue main quesuon, tuereior uot .
r "fi r p..: -feKrk fn Wliwliv.l V - , K " rt t ..-. their brethren is. ! Will the cause of truth be
nwu.,-:ui -xxut pi , u-. j v; line wounaea natives, ones oi. iub.-uiv" --,"-1' , , ;w"i.;i hAifi n, Ka
ed abd labored there asa preacher and governor 1 withl three members w of the,Burruan promoted, bychanging the oid V.10
were vet in rtursmt of the . flvm enemy. v e
were agreeably disappoin tld to find no wounded ,
and, after a diligent search,; we . touna pui ou
lpfl hnAv in Hift. towni Oni 'other body -.was
found by others; and, it isasserted thatmany
..4:1 iiip- wf4 o- ir. wiien - inc
8, and fl.;,0-un;ia tonir nft.,n nf the town may be selectedto pertorm the woric ot revision,
e of our iT. T" " -? for sucblonly will be employed as are m favor of
; but tint " 'tk; JoyW.nlu' covered- all -accessible this change. Indeed, the rules laid down by tne
Hft points on the Maulmain side to witneiis the can- Bible Union i h
rvnft-.ifciK ; i.i ,A;:rS" tors.aro vidcntlv scr. framed as -to require it.rr.
did not die: - Brethren Crocker and Clarke la
bored in Africa for several years ; and, although
they'are dead, they did not die of African fever."
Tl,, ff-vp.-YnsuallvTcalled' the 4 African . or ac-
Muniiint f..vfr ) better understood, and of
5our3te'mbre ea
years I ajo: . The country f is. more
tuan wueu our uib 'uiuiuu-rna cu ,
afidlik5?all hiwbu
-Why' then; do they not come put openly on
this plain issue before the people? ,. It is one on
which tbe people are, tar better prepareu 10 torui
an opinion, than'pnth
vision, about which . they say so muca. , ti me
Bible Union; and tho Memphis Convention can
con vince the people, that it is right arid 'proper; to
le which says immerse'; instead' pf.bap
.nd
P.
t
25.'
lift
tb
3-
1
1
tound me.' solflshness is; so nr, moulding the
s'anstrv of thi3 ae as to ive to it almost a new
511 an earthly .roouia. 1 ao not uueuu iu
uate that this is the case. with all ministbrs;
weir self sacrificing acvotion auuust puvo- ij
. jexhausting Hoil proves clearly that they
lT5 rpnnnnfofl s f F NTor will I do any of my
hren the injustice to say that they give no
!cce of devotion to Christ: But, if self
stun has had nri lnflnKncG UDon the minqs 01
'Who profess to be called . of God to the
iaistrv. how' can we account for' thtur neve :
rin? fnlltf nnon their work ? How is tt that
es of them do less to advahco the cause of
F Redeemer than many who do not pretend to
7.aUd ' to nreaoh. rFb 3ral a re many.of our
Arches, . s3V3ral lio3ns ad bre thren , . several
5 have annaarcd ; to be so : impressed with a
ft5seof dtitv to God and their fellow-men; that
?7 could not sleep ; tney coui-i nos resi,
aev J, !n,i.'.nini,l 0Tnt,.ssd 'annrobation
? church' to do all the good they can in any
Yet,-there are churches wnicn can nara;
three or fnnrf Kns licensed preachers In
there is no - Sabbath School, no ; Bible
no Mission no Temperance Society- no,
J even a prayer-meeting ! 'No plan proposed
'Jill nf Y. i:-t t. lr,U; r.Tn'tli-! that
jiotgo to meeting ; for supplyina families with
!?luK tracts, &c, &c: ' Even at church meet
S3) no one proposes any practical plan for do
H good!- -
men. who are really called of God to
; "lch," nso-lect every duty included in their vo-
and not be iniiueneed by seiashness i 1
'scarcely think it can be.' " ' -
Sanie times brethren profess to. think thetn
,"f called of -God to preach without Bible
'1j1o4. f . . --- a Via nVIa f r "n".
cleared up hubre ware found,.lhrbwn Into a pit back of . the
went out : 1 . ;t r. a nolIrtvAd. and there" is : little
, 1 ' 1 . . .1 . 1 jI L.-j. wn-A lrJllor! f use a Bible which sav
f - . uuuut mail icea limu uv-uu u-iw.. ... . 1 .... . . ... - . .,r , . . . - tr.i.
. . -7 . A - mil -v A l-k 1 0 : W T I( lT Kf 1 III t
About half as many were woundod oto?steara-4iwvi
: -rrrf "iaw:r i,;t?,-: vf Kii I vt- did t and cause t or other, tuese. iiois-i u.er Dtuuiuu..j
J- - r - r. --'di: .2- t.-li ,-r U'nn -tavoifl nnnrtnf tniS Diainest. biiupicai., utw ui-w
there are on the. yvescern coast oi n.uic, uut two or turee tu scauu . vue ?-". ,"3U ; ' --"-0;- f..; ni, n,Anl KV
-i-1 j'r.r hn 1 r - . 1 r. nn rfif?pnritr i irhiin nnn' nmn nan S!unrnr .ififLii kouckl-u uu i m --j -. - - . -
nave uc3it.?uiUiiU-ufY'oiv-- ., . -m .;:.i5u:ml .aft H r-, r
l.t.!5.k'-nr hk-.-I.r.than 3.000 1,5 mnnth hv a shot which struct him WhU3-in wnom n rausi., uh-i.oV, r -vr-,; v
Se meon the coast doing busin3SS, either as pUrsuit of the enemy beyond- the town. . Some : Our obj,ct .,iu this a.ticle, Us, to,give some
aebts. merchants, office or soldiers. : -' ' three hours aftirthe aotion bad closed, and the reasons ; why T"r
r it.rs.:j -ut.U" U. e -1.1 it. n Riir-1 to irat zur ana circtus .",: wwu..,--1u
U I biUSh lor me , Viimu uiiuitii, uu.-t Quiu.wae v-wmrcu ui vuu uu-iuv, - t- -r .-. Tkk J
, 1 uiuou ' I . . . . -. . -' - s -'.t- rJ-n 1 t to nnt noppsfiarv. t 1 no oninions ana
vv.;wtif I -vvivn dos not seo tnat tue i man ftrawlea ont or - his ambush. Wltu one n-s , -' : --- ?.-- .. . -r--; ...
?; Jv.V" " Z y A , :w w:-? 4-:-rt : f rrii are well' known;-bueU:
v- children or this wona - ara-wjr m w,i,gru nearly snoi away, anu nreu upou jaju u4i s.. K,(t..
-.. - .1 :i . p ji:!. i nri i - -re .1 x ;n.nt rbnth snnn ne 1 version woui- u ..--..
eratiou:taan-!tu--cn tr, . ko norant
amputatca. ii wa uu, . -r -t : - v, -
r,. nk T.At:tn tnowwhat our views of baptism are r
tians'are! K?f :s ;-E'X:;;, V.:- luul "f wuum "vc - , , jiKi-'m -,n -woman, or child. who SDeaks
ite men in'Africa do not usually enjoy the . The defenses were well .planned, ana r "7,,, " Mn,tand nur views anv
- v n
same vigor of constitution. fouW ote
-Is UiiaMfric n whole length of the town, crossing a plain , on W
aowntrodd t north sid -Brunnlng up ftJW
thPrn ? Thre is no poetry, no romanco in a It was about four feet thick on the summit, dot, sueu amenaea.. m-iesiuio . - ,
StTraito'AtlcvB-lt id" oat to great tliickniss. so. a to giva a grada- tbej now Jcoowr wuat tsaptj mu-Tcn.pw
SI "ii irfrfom,? Then 1; bU s.t- UtVAe? SSwSSw-toSi.
ir" IrSSSrS aKfe:?
'mmmmmmmmM mkmimmmm. mmm
i.Ui.-u -.onnlft .m idolators. way nave soma two mues in lensia, lay lua-uei-uauiD
AUUUUgu .rrr--:. J 4 ,i,v a-...J '.1- -t,V -rlni
established rcligio- : no naiiouj prBu , uuu, 1 tviitriaoaa, proi-Btu j vuom jj- . v . w .-a
no
Jled23 or literatnre. EO
: Mothers.
9 -
'j Many cf these rsgleetto increase
knowledge; eo that--tuey may be useful,
-, a3 th3v sav, 1::?" 'c.tot JXrd the er-
r ..ti ' 1 . . t 1 - .. l' t rX '1
. - lr. t.; .nT mn Hivnn tneir 1 rmm hm-jm hp. a ana nvmi? DriCKS waen w
or.oars3enoTeuglo ;r iiatt -ftdthe topbfthe wall.
idolatry sior.,:-.
books to teaehtaam sysieia. ; a ""r,v',ft"r -rrr; -r-v . -f
- . - , - , - 1 a ..:,nS ml th p.r are 1 1 h n-M nrpA AnplnsTi re . there were several roots os
areaturauyiauAcv "l '.v-fv? ih
r-nerally will hg to bear Uoa palaver, - ----r r
gvneriij . w ? . -.., t ,1l 1 il ,tct, f L. ,T -..W wrft sofn set on fire
11 . u SAnniiN - nan ue uuoum 1 uutciuc ui nr-:j -a . .. . - - -
c.m-fe tohell- from the steamers lying near, and com
lUOSl DyWUeiB,,;. fr"-..- -r t,.-x--.--i ' tt i lit - rlA- "t.J Ko .nnt
cnuaren snouia learu ;ti'lsu V-,'!.;"-Af
b tvf hcn convertea, anu otjeci or meir,-auorauua, : tut?. ? -t -
and others - are their goa, poweness 10 neip or m vuuj
a- h min- nF Jhf'ir. caiamitV. &norwv alter, , ,u iiwp
landed, wading througu muaay paims, uu ruau
ir,, thrrtirh a breach in the wall with but slight
peiweeu .0 . v Uncctnn W -lank-
thirty and forty d,ys are taker i np in the 7 -there;
the expense of an outfit is small ; living
need rot be expensive ; there is no cessity hg heads of thQ
a foreign language in oruar 10 oea ."'""V:!' - 4. c-
for 13 .t w uou ,,- o Astmctive enouso upon . inani
. 1?,...- -aenwl IVim IUB CUISI.-': . . uiaus, nvv ' . ,w
missiu--ijt ----"'-r:- ,i j i. 1
If Africa fails to receive tne " ""' "-j ,
be because-- the saviour "
1. -.a.;: ,:.-5rtr,'iiP' cannot ainr,y,:.ucui
ennsuaa uiiw" , ,
r,nr but here-1 stop. -J,1"3
natives
some - are now preacmu,
in a course of preparation
istrv. " " .
Africa is near American - shores. Between
causa
cuilt of their eternal loss Ua upon t, apxi.t m Me
iers la Arevica ? God, frrbid it !
cfGn-1, v0 f: -1 in your soub that ' wo is me,
:c r-.t t! - ; " "' ' -
li ELI BALL,
Bur-
inammate
o,,l, Tjumdas. imases, laois, xrees,
&:c. - and it was rather amusing w iuu upu luc
fragments of arms, lees, heads. nose3, and . great
black bulging glass eyes, scattered m great pro
fuslon'over the ground ; some of them of ; coaOs-
sai size. -Even the spire of the grca? . pagoa
n-rn tha ton of the mountain, rnore than a row
from thek.cirr-tUce, received E3veral shot3,
f..' n'MttK'arv but no fiirthar.
2.1a the eeeaoi place, sUob n i, amoaded
version" could never ba brought into naa. We
havft alreadv said, that Pedobaptists will not use
; TJie Bantists who i onnos'eUbc TJroi 3Ct4 of
course wiifnot usiat But we go farther ; very
p.i vif tha hew rersionists themselves," would use
::' s Althnuorh Rantists are more numerous "than
any ther religious- body iotthe.Unitd ; States,
y et th ere are few,' if any! communities or pre
cincts: in which they are not mixed up with oth-
cr sects:A grear portion of our cburco ..ineror
bers and ministers are converts from other cc.
clcsiastioal ; bodies Our church system .is, an
tt. rttnre a??ressive. towards every form i of er-
ror.' Baptist churches are made up entirely ot
converts. i is ineir Dusinsss w a .tu'
How shall they do it? Here is a little Baptist
church jast planted in favorable location in the
city for attracting a congregation and extending
the true faith. They have an active, popular,
mn minister. He is laboring to make disciples,
A n hantiza them, as his Lord commanded
him, ands' Apostles set the example. His con
PTpiration is made up of all classes, bis Sabbath
U largely coranosed of children from Pe-
Jobaptlst families. ' They all know the preach-
brdmary strength of ineii) and declaring one half
fiOai the suiallest of tae Jewish historian's esti
mate ! of population, it would haTe required four
hundred and thirty-eight years to have immer
sed them and left a larger number than was ad
ded to the church on the day of Pentecost ua
tou ch ed.7! I Discourse ; Pv 1 1 7. J ofe i
If 1 understand Dr. Grundy, here informs us
that it requires more than the ordinary strength
ffvian , fojtmmerte over t weniy fizt persons t per
dv f: lt is to-this point that the, espscial atten
tion of Baptist rnuHsters is hereby. directed -
They cannot innocently overtask their physicial
powers,, ana pui xneir, lives in aangcr, ai least,
where there is no compulsion "of necessity. Let
them, then, 'remeraber the limits of safety, and
be ware how they transgress them ; lest an im pru
dent exceps of labor should bring them, to an un
timely end leaving their families destitute, and
our pulpits vacant. t
This : caution "is "not at all superfluouPa t? Oar
brethren, in theirzeal fo
vcrv ad venturbu!For exampleit Js mattjr
of record ,tiiat"!the cRevJIr, Gpf Culpepper
county. Va.i on one occasion immersed soveuty-
five persons in twenty-five minutes. ( Broaddus
Strictures. yXTAiis; ih len thaUfhiffcan "ho aft,
rashly performing Mat vhvJu to ins ordinary
strength of men is the tcork of three entire days
IN ow, upon tills view ot ir. vjtruuuj,- w nut was
this but species of suicide .? ir And, if such- haa'
ard be incurred generally, shall we hope for. any
suspension of the laws of nature to preserve'our
ministry from extinction ':: 1 1 is. true, if; I mis
take Vot, that the actor in the perilous achieve-
ment aforesaid, still lives alter, tbe Japse : of
twenty years, . a naie, poruy, iaooriyus uiau.-
But let not ia escape betray others into tenieri-
- ,. .. . t a . J - '
ty. It is always oesi to err on ,iae saro smj,
For whieh reason.-, bsforo we venture to add
even one to the number speciSsd by Or. -G uidy
as bur ? maximum I would have ; his impartial.
matured and therefore luminous ludmaut rp
oo the q.estioni v Does it require more than
the ordinary strength of tu3atdlmm3r tw enty
,! But we should -,not lightly, mm tne sore.' '
The present generation of ministers may bi in
curably bent on their unsafe practice of adminis.
tering the ordinance, when necessary, to large
multitudes ; ana n may, mcreipre, us . requisite
to devise ulterior temedies.c One suggests itself, ;
which I "n w state, with all dus dfrcnee to the
tetter judgments the reader
be tec, in admission to the Ministry UerevfUr, to
require of tJu K ca nJidale for- "orders?; txigaorj
dinary strength j 6 that token hi is ladled :.. to
iminerse piore than twenty -fin (persons fyfday:
he may perform the task without danger ? ' :
G My work Is doneThe.rwarnlii is rittererl J
Shall it fall to tha ground Aunhaod-d ? : Brethr
rcn beware ! 1 Spare yourselves ; and prolong
terra of useful sarvice: ta th8-ebttrches ;.
Mp::! ySW: ''-iEi3i:NCR.- -
ringing out the truths oi nis- cause ia wrreuu ui
unbroken and irresistibl-eloquence ; and ha oc- " ' '
cupDs the stand with every gracb which theglo-
" e iL-.l. '.J -aUi'nl Anal v SmnflTt " ' -
rv oi vruiu auu vi uuvmui vatu v t-Mn-
He is undoubtedly engaged m an important r .
work; io fur as the first subject of the present A
controversy is iconcerjed," and, has' successtaliy - - ;
brought it to a coniluubnAWhat willba thofrui
of the second branch of :thivdis3US3ion remaias . ' " -to
be seen. " " ' . - ' .'f
"Doa't Step There.' f " S
A layer of snow was spread over the icy streets' .
and pedestrians walked. carefully, shod with Indian-rubber,
toward the churches, on a cold Sab'-; . ' .
bath morning in February. Walking somewhat
hastilychttfch-Wardfor vl was latent; noticed 'a ; "
bright looking little iad, standing upon the pave-
ment, with his cap in his hand,' and his eyes fix
ed upon one: spot, on -' the side-vralk. -.. As l. .aT- ,-
proacnea mm,' ne looicea up xo ms, auu poiuuug ; -to
the place, said, Please don't step there, sir ;
I slipped there and felidown." 1' thanced tuo
philanthropie little fellow, and passed rounci th
darferous spot. . ".Don't step there," r was the.
theme oi my lueuiuuiuus uunug vuc reuiuuucr .
of my .walk. , -
Thpre are many places, as we journey alon -the
pathway of life, where we slip and fall. How
carefully should we," ourselves, tread past' such"
places iu our future journeying.! -Yet how often .
13 it lamentably true, that on the same, spot we
repeatourV stumbliiig iWhereverJ under the i
temptatioa? of the ad versary, or tbrougb tbe
wrong impulses vof . my -perverse , affections and ,
passions,"! haveonce slipped, let me ever aftei? ,
place a watch, which, to, remind me of my form- .
eriad experience, shall cry out to me, 'as - Lap- y . -
proach, Don't spthere."3
truly lovese, !whoJs, religiousjy solicitous, for
uiy spiritual good, 1 when be; sees me careleeslj 1 '
treading toward a spot where he has bimsclf fal
len, will Tefcr to -hU wn;misfortune or fault, - '
and kindly ay to me Don't step there.'V - i i v;t
And if I cherish7 benevolent sentiments toward .
ray fellow men, desire for their own good that . . '
they should walk uprightly ; if zeal for the honor . .
of the church awaken solictude tor the cons:3-, :
tency and purity of all my fellow disciples, shall .
I.not, when I .see the feet of any of i them near ;; .
the spot, where. I have myself fallen, or where I . '. '
have seen others slip, kindly say to them, u Don't ' ;
step therei?'''; ' ' .
2 iJelShness would hurry aw-y'fronl the blace
of a fall,; multering, jIt is none of my businesl
what becomes of those who follow." . Pride would
seek to hida its humiliation. 5 Mischief and ma
lignity would wait for a laugh, or a sneer, at the . .
coming hapless traveller. "But benevolence halts . "
for a little to utter a kind warning, and to guard..;
a feHow.being against a 'calamity fT i; '- Si J
.'--"A thousand times since has tbe "clear voice of .-. . -that
kind-hearted child runs in my ear,-remind- : -
ing m 3 of my own duty to those around me, and
urging ;tne repeat, wherever the repetition
promis2s to bs 'useful '4. Please don't step there ,M
your
Debate la Jackson 3Iis?
: irv :
tL3 C'
ived E3veral shot3, er's seu-it-w u --r-i -f. --7
f tv, ,-rt lite (um-J lis ri,iitry, -boci they Ultevs to b
X'ra'terestiod carriel on in
this place between Rqv. 'John - L. ; Waller, o:
Kentucky, and Kev. A- Si ewton, u. . u.f oi .Mis-
i310PU: -1 US controversy iwu pruj;-
osittons : tbe fireUnanoea by mt; w awer ana
denied by Dr. Newton, that a versiorj of th
IVnrl'tTi Srmtnr?i in which hanlizo. and Iti
ai--w- w-v- f . . 4. 9 .
sliall be translated bv1 immersion and
;tJ.rt.-riflt.P -"winld to that erttint b3 faitht'al to
the orisrinal ; the second, affirmed by Dr. New
tn nri dniad bv Mr. Waller. thaS the new
version movement of the American BibbUnion
;a f,nAaA in tU A'.ra and determination to
Knbcf ItntA : imrnPrs- and its COgUatSS for baptlZ
nc ;rmW.N : IToi. E." S. Fisher and Gov.
iL. S. Foote are modorators of the controvorsy
TI-.a u !.' f dacoriim adopted were those con
fn,l m Hed-reV Logic. It was arran-ed that
A.Uta should commence oa Mondaycven
vu w . . r- .
in-; June 2d, at ei?ut o ciocic, m tae papui
church of the city of Jackson, and doss at ten.
afSrraant "occupying one: hour, aai "the "respoo
dent the same time, and should coatinu3 as long
as cither party ru-ht d;-s:re, oa cica proposi
:Xjht Bible better than Plstalsc 5
Rev. L ; r. W a shburn , Bible A gent for Connee- -'i
ticut,, in bis last .report, relates the foIiowiDg- -
fact:H-:-?-.' ' . . - ' r '
- One ; donor, ""ho is a stranger to the hope , ..
of the gospeltold me that be: had resolved to
aid in giving the Bible to the world, as long as -r i --
he1 bad the means to do bo.. : He tbongbt it m
dispen?ible to the security of property and the
pjrhts or men. He said be onus neara an irre-
ligidus and profane man,' whose business requir- ff Tf
ed him to be often among strangers gay, 'Hhat bb
always' .carried his pistols wUh wm, and ur-illy . ;
laUr them under bis puiow .as nign , vu xenen- -
he saw a Bible ' t ouse that had,
pearance-of being well used, he never
vitlals from his vaMse. x. ; -
.-- ' 'J - if
ut ?A- ' J t
I "(a
cf men
e cf life
' :LnrE roa Somethimo. Thousands
brfethe move .aud live pas. off tbesta
ind are heard of no more. Why ?: None were
blessed by them, as the m?ans cf their redemp- .
tion ; not a" lino they wrote, net a word they ..
spoke, could be recalled, and so they .peris! 1 ;
their, light went out ia darknes3, and they were
not. remembered mora than i.sacts cf yestarcay.
Will you thus live and die, Ob, can immortal ?
Live for something." . Do good, a-d ls-Te be
hind you a monument of virtue, that te ilcrcj
of-time can - paver ... destroy Writs yor
by kindness, love and mercy on tr.a tesrts cf
thousands vou conie in contact wiih year by year,
1 never be .crcrouen.
, 4 f
ml
ycu
. Wl
your deeds,
Uon.
The bicit r:oo-
.1 V. tjry
name.
'i rart.s VCU 1
brow of ever,;"
brightly on the
Dr. Chalntrt.
1X2
WUi
i
:. God
earth 3 tbe itars
yoar
' !a en tbo
ars on tie
eaves.. -;
t
Wa
at.... 4r . ,..; t-n t' 3 lb"".'