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A A lUiiU) bailor J : Pcvotco lo ttcHion, iltoraHty, Citoturecagricdture anb nural Intelligence. an. 31". ttf . c: n c 'ar it Y0LUMEXVn..NO. ;50. RALEIGH, IT. C FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1852. V WHOLE NO; 1230 Proceedings of tot N. C. Baptist State ConTeation. - . Smithheld, N. C., October 14U, 1852. The members of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina ; met at the Baptist Church in this place agreeable to the adjournment of the last meeting, to hold their twentj-thiri anniTersarj meeting. 3 o'clock,5 p. M. Elder James, McDaniel of Fayettevlile, took the chair and called the Convention to order, and the proceedings were opened by reading the 52 chapter of Isaiah by the President, Prayer by Rev. J. J. James of Caswell. J. H: Lacy was appointed Secretary pro fc,R.l Devin As sistant Secretary. - ; The list of Associations, Churches, and other religious bodies aux iliary to the Convention, were then called by the assistant Secretary . when it appeared they were represented as follows : c v ' ASSOCIATIONS. . '. wPi0!? J Jaf Dodson J- H.vLacy, and brethren Wm. M.Faulkncr, N. J. Palmer, and Bedford Brown.L- Brier Creek fo delegate. v , , ( Chowan No delegate. I ,-: -'- Caj Fair G. W. Hill. Hirer James P. Montague and H. Hester. : Jefferson No delegate. r " Liberty No delegate. " s; Pee Dee Elder A. D. Blackwood. I "Kfi,XV- JPalmer R- P. Jones, John P. Robinson. William T. Biooks and J. B. Whi'e. I Pamlico No delegate. Tar River B. D. Rice. : , Union Elder H. Minor. - I Smithfeld Church U. H. Holland. f : Sandy Creek No delegate. V I Catawba No delegate. .? J IflfH -No delegate. V '. LIFE MEMBERS ? ' Elders J. Mc Daniel, J. H. Lacy, Wm. S. Balleiger, S. S. Bid dlc, R. McDankl, Isaac Winston and Elder James S. Purify. CHURCHES. f iU ifon Elder J. H. Lacy, N. J. Palmer. I V R aleighR .. M cCullers, J oh'n K fog, D. Perkinson. Mars Hill. ' TWy Elder J. H. Lacy. . Louisburg G. Lewis. 4 . r 1 irWakt Forest T. Slade. f - . Grassy Creek T. Hester, John Amis. Uxford K. I. Dcvm.n -r v Island Creek. 3 ' 1 Mount Pleasant R. I, Devin. ' j Orange Street, Wilmington.. - ' LlJ .Salisbury. ' mimington-EUer W. H. Jordan, C D Ellis, L. Tyrrell. BrassfieLPs. v . Ntw-J3ernc. FayctlevilleP. Taylor, W. B. Shorn well, T. Underwood. Cedar Creek. - K , - Cartliges' Chapel. T - Spring JIUL Juvenile Missionary Society , FayettevilU J.M, Beasley. Olive Branch J. C. 'Burn pass. , ; - Wake Union William Crenshaw. New Bethel M. M cCullers. Tarborough Elder Mark Bennett. Ellis WChurch Henry Pitt. Conocpnary Church Elder J. G. BarkIey. Blackwood's Chapel A. D. JJlackwoou. Concord E. Dalby. New UbpeW. R. Trawick, R. J. Ivey. Wake . Union I.jWinston. .. I SpiithJUldrThos. Lockhart. ii Shady Hill J. P. Montague. f FriendshipD. S. Williams, Isaac S. Williams. IZirpziia A Daniel Scarborough, C. Horton. Cross Roads N. P. Strickland. Hester's Z. M. P. Downey, J. A. Satterwhite. Mount Zion- John Meadows. ! . , R. McDaniel L; M. by his subscription. The Convention then proceeded to the election of President. Elders Williams and Blackwood acting as tellers, who reported that' Elder James' McDaniel of Wilmington, was unanimously eleoted. Elder McDaniel having been conducted to the chair by brethren Williams ind Blackwood, made his acknowledgements to the body in an appro priate speech. , . . . : . - On motion ef Elder Tobey, the remaining officers of the Convention were re-elected. On motion, a Committee, of Finanoe was appointed, consisting of A. D. Blackwood, D. S. Williams, I. Winston. On motion, 'the Pastor andDcaconstof the Smithfield church were made a Committee tparrange religious services. , - , Qn motion, a Committee was appointed to arrange the , business of the Convention, consisting of Elders . James, Lacy, Devin, Tobey, to which, on feotion, the President was added. i On motion.)f Elder Devin, it was ordered that a full list of names of Life Members be published with the Minutes. . . On motion of Elder Tobey, a Committee was appointed to prepare a list of the names and post-offices of Baptist ministers in the State, for publication in the Minutes. Elders Tobey, Dodson and Montague, werf appointed on the committee." . .y ' t - On motion, adjourned to meet at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.- Prayer by Elder Tobey. ; S; J :, - - f . At 7 o'clock, P.M., the Conventional; Sermon was delivered ,by Elder James McDaniel of Fayetteville, from Isa. 40: 9.- J s f Friday, ,9 o'clock. The Convention met according to adjournment, tthe proceedings Kere opened with prayer by Elder Devin. The Minutes pi yesterday vere reaa ana approved. iue roll was caiica ana aaaiuonai ueiegaies enrolled. - - The Constitution and Rules of Order were then read by the assistant Secretary. ' . - On motion,' delegates from corresponding bodies were Jnvitcd to seats tith us. ' : ' .- . m , -; - . A letter from a friend in Edgecombe was read and referred to the Board. ' . .--".--.-, Recort of Committee for arraTKretmpnt nf business, was read and re- A communication from South Carolina State Convention was read, Hd the Moderator requested to respond to it. V The report of Board of Managers was read and ordered to be printed ith the Minutes. . ' I ' On motion of Elder James, a Committee of three was " annotated to J. i Jtport on tue Agency of the Convention. 1 I Elders Jordan, Williams and White were appointed. ' , 9 I . On motion of Elder Devin, a Committee was raised to nominate a j hew Board. The committee consisting of E.' Dodson, C. D. Ellis and - p. M. Beasley. , ' , . - tv 1 ; On motion of "Elder Thomas W; Tobey, tho Board was located at jtonJ ' t , ) On motion, Elders Thomas W. Tobey,4 and J. 3i James, and brother J P. Jones, were appointed to arrange for a mass meeting on education. 1. On motion of Elder James, a Committee "was appointed' on Special ! Ranges, consisting of Elder WilUam Hill Jordan, L- Carroll and P. 1 ,'ajbr. ' ' - , - - ' . On motion of Elder Jordan, a Committee of three was appointed on snooxcals. Elders James, Devin and Montague. coiuUtute the com- 3 r ?On motion of Elder Laoy, a Committee was appointed on Foreign ussioas. The committee congists of Eider Thomas W, Tobey, W. J. er, Thomas Hester. ' ' . On moUon of Elder James, it traa j ; " -Rcsolird To have mas3 meetiags on Foreign "and Home Missions. , The committeo to arnra for the former, carets cf J. B, Jacbca, Jon Soaon" et.1")'lis, ''"f'I' iaTmg been kindlj- tcnJeral, it ; On motion o Elder Tobey, the Cor. Sec. was directed to respond to the communication from tho Western Baptist Convention, Delegates to conesponding bodies were called on to report, rhen Elder James, messenger, to the South Carolina Convention, and Elder Tobejy messenger to the General Association of Virginia, pave inter esting accounts of tho meetings of the bodies which they visited. On motion, it was ; , - '' " ' "V"" - v . " ; j--.-- . - . -i ' . .... , . '- -J - Retolved That a Committee he apiminted to receive the monies due on the books of the late Agent of the Convention. ' ' v - The committee consists nf F.1W TV ss v:nt, n tv mi':. j 'J""Amis. - . - ."r " XJ- uwm. The Conrention then proceeded to appoint correspondents to Stato Conventions and Associati&ns as follows : r . To South Carolina Convention Elder A. D. Blackwood, E. David. Elder J. J. James, Elder William KilUordan. To the General Association of Virginia, to meet in Fredericksburg on Friday before the first Lord's day in June, 1853-rElders Thomas W, Tobey, R. I. Devin, Elias Dodson, John H;. Lacy, brethren Na thaniel J. Palmer, J. lM. Allen and Poindexter S. Henson. To the Western Convention Nathaniel J. s Palmer, W J. Palmer, R. P. Jones, W. R. Trawick, Rufus J. Ivey, T. Slade, Elder James M cDaniel. . , On motion, JRo7ri,That the Convention meet at 9 A. M. and adjourn at 12 ; meet at half-past 2 and adjourn at 5) P. M. , . On motion, the Convention adjourned. Prayer by Elder J. B, Jackson. .. . Friday. 2 o'clock. P. M. The Convention met pursuant to adjournment, and its . proceedings re opened with prayer by Elder J. G. Barklev. Elder Thomas W. Tobey brought to the attention of the Convention, a resolution adopted at the last session of the Western Baptist Con vention of North Carolina, in relation to the course of the Biblical Re corder towards a newspaperpublished in the town of Asheville, N. CM entitled the 44 North Carolina Baptist,,, when after remarks by different brethren, it was referred to the Corresponding Secretary, to embrace this matter in the letter of correspondence directed to bo written to them. Elder Mark Bennett appeared and took his scat as a delegate from the church at Tarborough ; brother Henry Pitt as a delegate from Ellis's Church in Edgecombe; and Elder J. G. B irk ley from the Con oconary Church. t The Convention proceeded to select the place for its next annual meeting. ' " . . - , Elder Devin from the comraitfcje appointed on that subject, reported in favor of its meeting at Yancey ville. . Elder Bennett proposed that the meeting should be held in Tarbo rough. - After a free interchange of views on. the subject by diffarent brethren, the Convention unanimously agreed to hold its next session with the Baptist church in Tai borough, N. C. ' On motion, Elder John H. Lacy. was appointed to; preach the In troductory Sermon Elder R. 1. Devin his alternate : and Elder J. J. -Jmncar wapMud to preachiha JVlissiQoary .Sermon pn Sabbath rmer xj cs. uiiains nis alternate. - . ;The following additional delegates appeared and took their seats : From Olive Branch James C. Bqmpass. -Raleigh Church G. Mt L. Finch. Raleigh Association Profeasor William T. Brooks and President ' John B: White from Wake Forest College. " Elder William Hill Jordan from the Committee on Special Changes submitted the following report, which being read, was unanimously adopted Since our last Convention it has pleased the Sovereign Rnler of Heaven and earth to call from their toil on earth, as we trust, to their rest in heaven, Elder William Jones, the indefatigable and efficient Agent of our Convention, and brother Z. A. Patillo, a licentiate minister of the church at Yancey ville and member of the Board. We therefore recommend for the adoption of the were Convention, the following: resolutions : C;: fcr IIcrs3 :i;;::;-3, Elder D. S, Williams, T. Slad Resolved, That while we bow with submission, as it becomes us to do", to the sovereign will of a righteous Got! in the death of our broth ren William Jones and Z." A. Patillo we mourn the loss of tbo.c brethren. We affection ately cherish their memory, and tenderly sympathize with their families and friends in their afflictive bereavement. Jisolced, That we entertain a lively sense of the valne of the services o brother Jones,' as the devoted and successful Agent of our Convention; that we affectionately remember him as our most pious and useful brother while living, and cherish an affectionate and lively sense of his worth, uow that he is no more. :: - ;- : .' 8feerf, That we sympathize with the widow and family of our departed brother, and that we tender to them our affectionate condolence, and that we commend them in our prayers to the God of the widow and the orphan. All of which is respectfully submitted, W. H. JORDAN, Chairman. A t the suggestion, of the President of the Convention, Elder Jordan led in prayer in reference to the solemn events embraced in the above report. . Elder J. B. Jackson from the committee in relation to a mass meet ing on the subject of Foreign Missions, made a report which , was re ceived and adopted. .,. .. Elder D. S. Williams from the committee in reference to a mass meeting on the subject of Home Missions, made a report which , was -received and adopted. X'.X'-V:' '" Elder Thomas W .Tobey from the committee in relation to holding a mass meeting on the subject of Foreign Missions, made a report which was received and adopted. U .i ; A communication was received and read from the Baptist church in Smithfield in relation to brother William B. Jones, a licentiate , of that church, and recommending him as a Beneficiary of the Convention at Wake Forest College. . - On motion, this commnnication was for the present laid on the table. The Convention then adjourned until to-morrow morning, jnine o' clock. Prayer by Elder Mark Bennett, and benediction by tho Pres ident i ; v . ' ' 1 At early candle . light, a general meeting was held in th3 Baptist church on the subject of Domestic Missions, Elder James McDaniel, tho President of the Convention, presiding. The meeting was opened after singing an appropriate hymn, and prayer by Elder A. D. Black; wood. , " . - v. . - . , . - -. The meeting was then successively addressed by Elders Blackwood, Devin, Lacy, Dodson, Montague, and brother N. J. Palmer. . The Missionary and other appopriate hymns were sung by the congrega tion during the exercises. On a proposition being madoby brother N J. Palmer to be one of twenty to raise one hundred dollars by subscription of five dollars each in aid of the Home Mission fund, the same was responded to by a suf ficient number to raise the desired amount Other contributions were made by the congregation. ' ,:. . ' - The meeting adjourned at a late .hour' with the benediction of the President - - , ' Elder Dodson preached in the afternoon in the Methodist church, v Saturdat Mormnc, 9 o'clock, A- M. 5 The Convention met according to adjournment, and its proceedings were opened after reading a portion of ihe sacred Scriptures and pray er by Professor William T, Brooks, of Wake Forest College. The list of delegates were called, and proceedings of yesterday read by the Secretary.0 - ' ' " The President cf the Convention introduced brother George W. Parks from the Southern Baptist book conpern at Charleston, South Carolina; who was invited to take a scat in the Convention. Tho President presented a letter from.Eider H. Lennon, Wodera tor of the Cape Hill, a licentiate benef oiary of the Convention at Wake Forest College, whioh was read, rsd with the letter from the Smithfeld church in relation to brother L William B. Jones; was referred to the Eoard. . . . ' ' .' Eldcr J. B- Jaciscn fircm tie committee to trrir-9 the lengious ex ercises fcr to-day rnd to-Tcrro-, r:i3 a report wlich wss received. On mctioa cf brother N. J. Palmer,, a .Ccmiittee cf three was ap Toiated ta coaisati delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention, to ... i tv . , i i - - is presentea a letter irom.xuiuer n. . uuuut Auuuer Fear Association, recommending brother George . W. . 3 of Pleasant Plain church ; recommending him as a f " f From the Tennei see Baptist . Dr. Lee, of Richmond' and Icacrsion Bleth j odist Consistency. . We invite the attention of all candid men of every class, to the folio wing, i which we extract from one of Dr. Howell's replies in the Religious Herald. , It shows most clearly Dr. Lee's posi tion with reference to immersion.; He regards it a disgbaces-ul' act, and a gross assault on female modesty, "unauthorized by Christ or" the "Apostles ! " Very well, Dr. Lee; we are clad to hear you speak out, and we hope' the whole k Pedo-baptist world will soon join you. You have none of you any right to it ; it has no place in your systems, and you have all mocked God, in sulted man; disgraced yourselves long enough in practising it. We only ask , you to repudiate it altogether. But Tead the article. Dr. Howell , thus introduces Dr Lea 's declarations : your attacks upon me porsonally, a proper self-respect does not permit me to notice. Some . of your representations of baptism and its con comitants, I ought, pcihaps, merely to call to your notice. In your discussions upon one of these chapters, you say : UA female is brought forward for immcrsiou." : She is satisfied she ought to be immersed." "Yes natural timidi ty," "an indefinable shrinking' from, its publici ty, and sensitiveness to its necessary personal ex posure to the crowd of curious gazers who wit ness it, hold her irresolute under a painful con flict between mcdesty on the one hand; and a sense of duty on the other,", MShe yields, and prepares for the still dreaded duty. The haran gue at the margin of the stream does not relieve her." "Nor do the allusions to John baptizing in Jordan, rbilip and the Eunuch, &c, shorten the distance to the stake or lessen the difficulty of getting to it." "All the preachings ever prcicbcd about immersion, won't make silks and cambricks, in water, behave with the ordinary propriety of orderly silks and cambricks on dry land. It is a dreadful gauntlet to bo run." bhnnkjng, blushinr, ghastly-m face,' and sick at heart, she gives her hand to the conductor, shuts her ty$ and wubmits to any impres sions those who witness the scene may receive. We kindly draw veil over the plunging and the return from the stake. Tho impressions made by such a scene may be gathered from the eyea and lips of the eager, and often times rude assembly." "Who requires such a sacrifice of female delicacy r What principle ot the gospel demands such an exposure r" NoW, transport yourself to Jordan, and ask yourself, if John could have perpetrated such an assault on female - modesty. V "Is there any thinw in Christ's per sonal cLaractcr or public history, to indicate a Eossible justification of such a sceno t CKuld he ave authorized any thing of the kind ? No. As a mere ' man. ho was too nure. too centle, too uoiluwl. l ;: a fi hiu'Tt i 'til i t ii 1 1 in j nT.iT dinance of his church." "You find it impossi ble to imagine "Peter and Paul engaged in any such administration of baptism." "One feels, while speaking of such scenes, that not for the sake of truth, but of decency, he must put a bridle on his tongue. And yet not to speak is to license the rampant boastings of immersionists, and to leave female modesty to suppose that its own instincts are in conflict with the requirments of Christianity. It is time they were taught better things." "We insist, that if women must be immersed, it ought to be done by moonlight, or if in the face of tho sun, in the presence only of women, by a blindfolded mmis "ter.n "In another place you say, immersions and executions, hanging people, ought both to be privately performed, and in the presence of very few Witnesses. Crowds will attend, both, and from motives not very dissimilar in either case." In such a spirit and language do you presume to speak of an ordinance of Jesus Christ, and of those who obey his commandments ! And must I, or any ono else, stoop to answer you-? No "intelligent christian man will, I am sure, think it at! all necessary. K Whether you have thus, advanced the interests of infant baptism, its tnends must themselves decide., upon our cause you have assuredly inflicted no injury.'? The above is Dr. Lee's public opinion of im mersion, and well may Dr. Howell scorn to stoop so low as notice it We do not write one word to convince Dr. Lee, or any one who has become so hardened and reckless in triflingwith the au thority of God, as to be capable ot expressing and . approving such sentiments. " We write for christians, and for candid men. tuw luuuuer ui iviciuuuuui. oco m . uvwa uu Romans and Collosians. - Romans 6:4; t.Wt are buried with him. Alluding to the ancient manner of baptizing by immersion: that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, eyeu so we also by the same pow er, should rise again and as he lives a new life in heaven, so we should walk in newness ot life. This sats the Apostle, OUR VERY BAP TISM REPRESENTS TO US." if baptism was designed by Christ as the Apostle in- this chapter teaches, nd as Mr, Wesley was forced to admit, to represent a burial and a resume tioiij though the candid reader will see that noth ing but the act of immersion is christian bup lumt or can meet the design, sprinkling and pouring a few .drops of water on the forehead is out of the question. . - " See Mr. Wesley on Col. 2 1 12" buried with him in baptism,' The ancient manner of baptizing by immersion is as manifestly allu ded to mere as the other manner of baptizing by sprinkling or pouring is: Heb. 10 : 12, which if the reader will see, he will discover that the heart is sprinkled, not the body which is a work that God alone can do, cleansing it from a guil ty conscience; while the body is bathed or wash ed in pure water, for thus the passage may be rendered, for the proper signification of, "oitoo" is to bathet wash being the consequence, because our bodies are washed by being bathed in water. Bet did not Mr. Wesley regard immersion as Aft primitive and only mode preached by the AposUes i ; See his Journal, page 20, Sat 21, February, k 1 736.' .Mary Welch, aged eleven davs. was baptized according to the custom of the first rlarcA, and the rnle of the Chnrch of Eng land by immersion." - Did " he not peremptorily refuse to baptize Mr. Parker's child, wbDe in 1 Georgia, except by immersion, since it was not "weailv I Did he not then believe immersion was the trimitive mode ? . Dr. Lee ridicules and declares shameful a mode of baptism which John Wesley considered the baptism enjoined by Christ and preached by the Apostles. Is he not against bis own Discipline? I Does not tho Methodist's Bible recognize im mersion to be scriptural and christian ? See Discipline, page 110 : And then naminj it af ter them, he shall spriukle or pour water upon it or, if desired immerse it in .water , sajing, &c." This same languagois used in the office for the baptism of adults. Wilt Methodists assert that the Discipline recognizes a disgraceful, indelicate and immodest act to je christian baptism ? ; But isjiot Dr. Lee in the face of Methodist pratlkt- , Ve nave seen the practice allowed bv the Discipline, and regarded as scriptural, christian and valid as sprinkling and pouring, and we know that Methodists administer immersion for christian baptism to ladies and gentlemen, when ever they prefer it, the world over.: But what struck us was the cutting of the following from an oxchange the same day that we clipped Dr. Lee's opinion from the Herald. Here it is : - M ethodist B APTi8M.---ReTrMr:iIParsons. a Methodist clergTmaif in Melrose, a few weeks ago immersed about twenty converts."-r-WflcA. Sf Jieflector. rHere is a specimen ot Methodist consistency, sincerity and christian honor ?. Dr. Lee, of Richmond, denouncing immersion in the face of Wesley, Clark and his Discipline, as a scanda lously indecent and shameful act and Mr. Par sons, of Melrose, and scores of others, practi- cmg is in tnc name oi tne t atner, son ana Ho ly Ghost ! v Do they believe their teaching or their practice ? '""yp-f'--yf:' But Dr. Lee's position is the position of the Methodist Advocate of this city, and the Mem phis and Arkansas Christian Advocate of Mem phis ; and yet christians are deluded and deceiv ed into submission to the act, at the hands of Methodist preachers, who perform it to get num bers, and yet in their hearts regard it as an un scriptural and disgraceful act ! How long will the people allow themselves to be misled, in trigued and insulted by Methodist , ministers ?- Do tbey not know that this is now the sentiment of the Methodist society or tho - Conference ? Then Editors and every Methodist author is personally responsible to the Conference for his writings ! If these Editors are not rebuked, and required to recall these sentiments by their seve ral Conferences at their next sessions, will it not be proof positive that those Conferences endorse and approve the sentiment ? 5 Most certainly ! Know all men,' therefore, by these presents, that we hereby publicly indict Dr.. Lee, of. the Richmond Christian Advocate, and the Editors of the hash vale and Memphis Conference pa pers for heresy and violation of the teachings of the Diseipline in denying '. the scripturality of immersion, and pronouncing the act unauthor ized by Christ and disgraceful. We also call upon all immersed Methodists to aid us in seen ring the action of their approaching Conferences with reference to this question and these Editors. rur u iuu uuiereuce, mat. js iue iiemouisi xzvJiold and endorse such-sentimentsiLeir immersed members ought to know it, and act ac cordingly; but if not, these Editors and hun dreds of Circuit riders ought to be cashiered and silenced. " opinions, the lani well known abolition: paper, published at Wash-" innrfnn. is n.il?nr.pd. 1 1 hope for the improvement of the slave, popula tion is in the South itseit f! nothing more than withdraw Federal support from the system; it has no constitutional power tor its aDoution. j he tree -States cannot legis late on the subject -their, citizens ean do no more - that discuss the question," and separata themselves. Doliticallv and! eeclesia.HfflJ all responsibility for it Further they have no right'to go.'! jsix ' " -. -"j . . w uiue luese pro testations. vfiitrange is the contrast which thet present to the'angryIamprsHch we have long been accustomed ?Sai 'Jit WOttld.lL-- uaps wpcuwui, w jieiu; . -'to the voice of the charmer,:; charming 80 WBelj. "It would be pleasant to believe that the clouds which have shaken their confused and heavy masses over all our horizon, had passed away. We would glad ly yield to the assurance that hereafter peace would be within our walls, and prosperity 'with! our palaces. But to a mind f whose Suspicions have been more than justified by events compar atively recent, this lull in the fempest has some thing alarming in it. We fear lest a truce ef fected in the midst of such violent hostilities,' may be temporary.. We cannot forget the sav age war- cries, even while we listen with compar ative gratification to the - fraternal gteetings into which they, have been subdued.' The old root of discord still exists a lack of fraternal fcllow 8"hip between the two great sections of the coun try. The schisms which have split ; its denom inations in twain have not been cemented by any cohesive power. Even the late Congregational Convention at Albanvhas rpruntthA V,a uij. already has interrupted Christian concord all over tnis oroaa land, i nis cannot be restored by any political measure. " The "l evil takes hold upon soil too deep to be loosened by any political agi- tauons to oe sottenea by dews from the politi cal heavens f1 The invidious distinctions drawn between Christians must be obliterated.- The sacred cords of religion must bind our people to gether. The ancient worship in a common tem- pie must De restored, Detore the time can arrive, when V Ephraim shall not vex Judah, nor Judah vex-Ji.pnraira." ; ; From the Soathern Baptist. The Slarery Qncstion. : Our attention has been forcibly struck by an article in the New x ork i tmes, on the above subject. It is one of the most conservative ar ticles with regard to the great Southern Institu tion, that we have ever seen in a Northern jour nal. Its language has a conciliatory tone, which we have not often been accustomed to hear from that region, and which, however uncertain we may regard the opinions and conclusions of the writer, cannot fail to be regarded as one of the significant signs of the times. ' After referring to the Compromise Bills as in bis view a final adjustment of the difficulties per taining to ; this subject, the writer goes on to say ."Now . there is nothing, whatever, upon which an anti-slavery party can base its opera tions except upon a general abstract upon hatred of slavery and a dislike of the provisions of the p ugitive Slave Law. 1 he first is a mere senti ment, and cannot at present be any thing else ; and no party having strength and the ability to command majorities, was ever yet. built upon a sentiment The latter hostility to the Fugi-sH tiye Slave Law, rests for much of its vitality upon hostility to a plain provision ot the Uou stitution, and that fact is quite enough to para lyse any party that identifies itself with it The antllavery: sentiment, as an element of politi cal contest is losing strength." The tone of the writer beeomes almost apologetic as he pro ceeds. He says of the great mass of the people in the Northern States, while admitting the gen eral existence of the anti-slavery sentiment, that 'thcy are becoming more regardful of the prac tical difficulties which surround the subject, more considers to towards those sections and in terests which are identified with it, and more conscientiously sensible of the constitutional lim its .within which .their action, in regard to it, must be confined. ' The South has ' complained greatly of the injustice it has sustained at the hands of the North ; but it has never suffer ed injustice half as grievous as it has inflicted, in identifyinthe great mass of the Northern people with the ultra Abolitionists, who have proclaimed war against everything which stands between them and Slavery. That there u such a party in the Northern States is true enough ; but it has never ben half so numerous, half so well organized, or half so powerful as the Secession party in the South. Nor has it ever had co-oper ation, or sympathy, or anything beyond that tol eration which Republican principles secure to all opinions and all purposes, from the great mass of. the Northern people. : 1 here never has been a time when any considerable portion of 'the peo ple, in the Northern State, did not regard Sla very as under, tho exclusive jurisdiction and con trol of the States within which it exists ; and to that jurisdiction they have always been disposed to leave it, and are yet- When the question comes up of. extending it into new territory, a new issue is raised ; but that -is only an occa sional and a temporary issue, and does not af fect the relations of the North to; the ; general subject. No such issue is now presented; When ever it shall arise it will doubless be inet ; but that is a contingency, which cannot enter; into the ordinary political calculations of the d&j. , "Tie anti-slavery crusade has, in our judg ment, for the present expended its" force.. . The subject will undouDtecuy contmue xo Deoiscus-i sed ; but it will beliiscussed in more temperate lan'mage, upon broader grounds, and with more careful, regard for the limitations of the i Consti tution 'and of. personal right3, than haye .been usual hitherto." :t -'Vu In justification! of these certainly siBgular y: Cobbett's Experience as a Water Dai n eer. Bobbinett thus describes his own exper ience ; 'In the midst of a society where wine or spirits are considered as of little more value than water, I have lived two years without either, and no other drink but water, "except when I found it convenient to obtain 'milk ; .notaa hour's ill ness, iiot a headache for an hour, nor the small est : ailment, not a restless night," not av drowsy morning have I. known during these two famous years of my .life. The sun never rises before me ; I have always to wait for him to come and give me light to write by, while my mind Is in full vigor, and while nothing has come to cloud its clearness." . . A Salutary Thought.---When I was yonng there lived in our neighborhood a man who was universally reported to be very liberal and un commonly upright in his dealings.: When he had any of the produce of his farm to dispose of, hemade it an invariable rule to ? give good mea sure, over good, and little more than could be rtquired of ; him. One of his friends observing his frequent doing so, questioned him why hedil it, told him he gave too much, and saiddt would not be toA his advantage. ;:'.,; Now my , friend mark the answer, God Al mighty has permitted me but one journey through the world, and when gone, I cannot .return to rectify mistakes.'? Think of this friends, "only one journey through the world.-' f., Prater and Reflection. . An hour of soli-"i tude passed in sincere and earnest prayer, or the conflict with and conquest over a 816 8810 or "subtle bosom sin," will teach : us more of thought will more effectually awaken the facnl ty, and form the habit of reflection, than . vn study in the school without them. . . ' A renecting mind is not a flower that grows wild, or comes no of its oim e.nr - .Tho AitR- culty is indeed greater than manv. vrhn m&Vm quick recollection for thought are disposed io uui , , utiw uiuuu less man it wouia oe . aoa we not been born and ' bred in a Christian and Protestant land. Very ; few of us aro finffiftintl aware. Truly may we, and thankfully ought we to exclaim with the Psalmist, "The entrance of thy word giveth light ; giveth understanding even to the simple." Coleridge. , ' Old Aoe. Beautiful is old atr fwtiffnf the slowdropping mellow autumn of a Hch, glo rious summer. - In the old man- natm-a had fnt filled her work ishe loads him with hmlilmsinM' she fills him with the fruit of a well men tVfa surrounded by his children and his children's cnimren, sne rocxs inm softly away to a grave, forbid we should not call it beautiful. There is another life, hard, rough, and thorny, trodden with bleedin2 feet and arhinff brow. th Yifm nf which the cross is the symbol ; a battle which no peace ioiiows tois side of the grave which the and strange that it should be so this ia the nignest majx man. w)ox Dacx along the great names of history : . there is nnnn -whnu Kf fias been other than this. Westminster Reritw for July. . . - -t True Prater A little deaf and dumb pirl was once asked by a lady, who wrote the question A on a slate, "Whatjs prayer?" The little girl took her pencil,' and wrote in reply. -"Prayer is the wish f, the. heart" And so it is. Au fine , words and beautiful verses, said to God, do uot make reaTprayer without, the wish of the hearts Five of the sweetest words - in the -Ensrlisb language begin with II, which is onTy a "brea,th ; Heartj Hope, Home,: JHappmess and Heaven. . Heart is a hope-place, and home is aheart-pkeo, and that man sadly mistakcth, who - would ex change the happiness of home for any . thing Ilcsb ' than heaven.- '; ly-J, . : : . : v.-s-.TJ : Christian; SiMPLiciTTGrowth in gracs manifests itself by a simplicity -that is, a greater naturalness of character. There will be usefulness and less noise j .aore tendernesi of conscience, and less scrupulosity ; thery will be more peace, more humility ; when thejull corn is in the year, it bends doyn i I
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 10, 1852, edition 1
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