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OF NEWSPAPERS. . - . 45.1- Sabscrlbors iy ho.do not giveexpreWnotibe to .' - the iMsntrary are considered wishing to eohtLntte their "sabieriptioiw iX$': ' ':?X I'iir "-2 .If; ths. subscribers order; the'discoutimianee of tlieir papers the publirfiers' mayeontiaue to send ' thetu I'll nl! cnh charge are paid. ..'.-.-. . 4K3 Ifabscribors ndlact or refuse to take their pal" rrsfYorn tka b;Itee to W&iclAhey-are directed they 0; :ro held rponsibluutil they have settled their bill, V and order their paper discontinued V Vr -1. If subseribars remove to .otkir'- places without Vs iBlornjui the pablwherand."tu'a paper ts scit to the v former direction, tliey aro HeSdxpisibW.t'rjvC K 5. The cotirts hiva decided that refusing to take a papor or periodical from the bffieev or removing lind" Sleavmgit ncalk ;for,is prima facie' evtdeuce:5 of intent tonal fraud., ' ' : " . 1 ;.. ' ;GOiIHlGA;Tippiil Ecr. Pelcr Doub oa fosaaiiioa and Bap? . ".v.- - ; so. it.. - ' 'Mr." Esrf oa :-vTtie R-auttior ; pfficsto? ariweVoeV tfieofjtciont-tJit: may fbe) 'brought ojgainslthest jviewsTh& most, im- portant of these: I wi.t cW; cmsider.4 It M ob-: ! to res t pf the q ufs thn Jhs tnost im por ta nl cf) - all, na melyr Baptism. SfisS'S 'r: Mr. Doub d-nrs not ay, wh o urges th is objec tion, but from'Jiis 'luoit'-intntiwf.; tlie: "Baptist? in; seyeraj ptaces, in;oneof w)ncUhe; says The ? Baptist chorch . lias ' legislated on 2 tbis subject nainely ualificHtioriSi for.coiumia nion : tve are led to the conclusion ttiAt he cbargea thi5 "oVgMion to'the Bdisi5 - If :this ibi the case, Mr. DouI- exhibits Itherx palpabSe i ignorance of lite views uf ihe Baptist dehbniiha : tion or sheerververepcs&, Every one -boUinpwa the views of le-i: noininationi knows ;.lat--o,tiie'4.Baptis6 .regard -Baptism in no sach light. They regard baptism as "a. prereqttUte.to.i he-' cohj munkn'(eabse' tlie' ' aerl Seriptargs' haso TTacftj 1 tn tif .leatise :5theyrleam that the. B-vibV n Jjlie '"regarded iBut; that -they regard it W'gjkey mo 4 important of all q ualijica Hons is a grou nd - . less ehargiVs S" fat fromijfih';.admjBister---itj "onlyvtbnehv as -profess tefpmtual-iiaSfic Son of repentance V wards Gol and, faith inj .Clr.tst. , Tijfir practice is a complete reftftauon jlhe allegationv Bnt'wbo inakesUi clrarge ? ?Tbo3e Wht regard baptism "of little importauce Ik Far front it. It jj 'made' by thosb very' people "f wbcbnstdef ptai 67mparLnnt tliajf it tuusty be Vifrninisteredr whether the snbject have any f j . qnauDcauon tor it or not, or can .know wnai it, : "is even to infants c pon whont they, sprinkle t; or pour water, and cali it christian baptisranbt! onlyTwhen the infant bant understand the de- . sign, hut eannot cohprehetid thtvnaine they give ; lhi cereiaony So jtvp-taht.ftbey:coQder; baptisurtiiat th'ey adm t - force,' uum onbonscibus balc,twiiilcit ty it cries exprcssei ifs'dis;tpprobaluiri of such bar oa rtify" So ira porfan t . a b uahficatioit; dovtli tse : people consider Japtij4n, thatiieydmmistefc what they call bapUsniJbefbre t!ib dn Id.can; b a ve iny otf i erv q y alifidAlib so m uch afraid kre tuev, luai mo ci.iii wm oie oei.re it ta lorccaip ! submit to llii ockbryvYes and tVsb ; same t people can bi uh t i b baptism of a female, w hd in her bapt is m follows tlie fcxampJeand obeys a the couunaiid4jTIiep Lrrd aMtot bfshanu1, reiterate sueli' ah grouirdless charge a'gaint those wlio by their practice and ; thrdeclaratipns. repealed agnin and again for- centurjes, n av prOT e t n e ci targe grou t lak'ss. . But to Mr. Doub'jHreaaonmg to meet this ob ' jection. II e says ? ' " :-'; ;; V'.t '-'.' -i ." : -v Tjtjia bbjection isrevidently the inost'impor-j taDtmByj that' cau bb'.' pnnlncedand, there-u " fore dfnianjs'ou. serious and cart fid inves'ia- tton. It d'X-s nqi apprfir to my mind that the New Testament ha given us any thing by which we could lio led to the coiH-!uion that tufpiisin, if it is: qualincatirHfiat alibis tnijisjienably -re qbe J of men to qualify theni for the incrament. y-fhe reaioGSwIndt operate strongly 011 my 'own vX niHi.1,1 shall now present : ' . ' -There is: no precept or : command '.requir ring bapiisni as ait indispensable! qualification for the com amnion.'. . . " ' '' - ' - .Th;s jositiun is. evidently a very strong and ; V-nnobjectionable one; m d if the truth .f it can . "-H "fe.Qn'f it; m ttst at tJEee decide the wLole-: ;;;controveTsy; ";;f-;f:t:; ' . . , ' 'Jr r- pbub coDs'iders this 4't!)ft mo-.t important", objectiou tint can : be;., proiluced, and ; tlitrcf; re bas; given k l&f and caul attention.: iJHe JiasdoultWss, brought his heaviest nit'llry to bear upon this redoubt, an i I dare say co:i .ratulates himit-lf ihat it has Wen tiiectuaily . need. ri-t-i oc to take Ui ft measure and the1 'P'eces 'Hi cannoL ..iiover' that - --. Teslarnenf has riveu us anv thin bv ' ,wmC;1 we cou!,I to the c.MtSuion,"t:. - r-""M'iin:iM.:vl ,.u ;. .,Jf.e j utrl of niea iow-M- - ' , H ' 1 IV V)!. I' It."-, it-" l.' If WL 4 'v-xZom i;t ml, s. o-a u not EflF wbether Le believes it to U one not ? xxo exposes doubt, wbiW aaralttks lhat it may. 0j a quauhcaiion, butTthat U ii (Iispensab!e.If ann;u;ge means anfthini litis ithe WanW of.Mr. Doub's language..! Q low did tbis divine; learn a dUtinctionl in recuc to , coiuinanda and r4inance .ltweett; intnsaLIe and indispensable t':HisMr.Doubbtr tip to j. third Leaven t J Ha ho been Vofar :inmau?d Inj tbo tirt revealed tnj-steries of Uto Di- vine will, as to ieart4 that of thja d uties reveal t d ! r-.$TiKbti inil I'orae iridispensa- ble ? Tbcre w no such distinction taught in the 1l!jO'Jop ven: "warranted by GodVword' .1 saou.'d like to knovy whtnee comcth his knowl '. e alout; thIs" mattenj? Jt jpwais:'aioTw Zyioi.io say.uuaccountabljf wicked. : ? .; i : If the New Tesmeni haVgiven 03 anVthing !eI tle) conciusioivti MSB'M H wboboldas I ;toy lhat itjs dny iun at jdl, iiUjspensableC flf ; any tiling is I requirtt ttiVty God as adutjy, tt jn3ispen4? sable. " God "requires no clispensable'tlu ijesy fnof :djiab1etuaiicatioM usable, thel; it fxmiwt be iluy oKuaIi)cation4 front which we' learri tjikt tie perftrmancVof r .oine su bmisston to ;an ordi n an cje, is a; .:Jli' MS aoothf. X-sk ;w!ftthx;ihem jt.is i not ; bIjJ pht-mous to say tliat this qna'ification w dispen3 fabte. l?utrvere' there a distinction between' 'disjnbled indispensable ;qua!iflcator-tneT Scriptures have out the distinction,! front whom are wb to learn the distinction ! I From Mr. Doub ! This doctrine, intimated 1 byi r. was'Lorn; at Rome. . Jt has. the' same parentage aj the doctrine Jbf tlie lnfallibilM ty .of. the cliurch. - They are twin sisters. By ksenliehist iwilhhero tbe .Ilorailt clturch -ftssaoies' he rnu-i thority to saythat: repenta ; tliatf prnance will do for fepentaece. 'r i'' vgls : thjs Moctrme ofj dispensables, one; pf ttje ' ;.Jnnciffes'H W?etp be jfv' ratai by the "wot of God''f i M ; '' ,. '; I I But he thinks baptism, is not kn indispensable : qualification for the Cbmnjantoil bemuse I'M here? is no precept or command requrring baptism as! atndispensableaahjB bpu$it Wili Mr; Doub give us lone single ' qua!iSt-f jion inaef i5iwe.by.qpiept-:.Oft command requires as an indispensable qualification fbr he coromunion4iK'ot nebf jiwfpnrj isdhulgivenf by 44 preceptor ? brati If we are to have only such oualiOcationa a ar! commanded as ? indispensable(', for the commu-f mon, j then Mr; Doub has not iren uone, fori aue pioie nas given no precept or commap a f 'm .. - vju'iiu.iui a iUUtBfSl'lUSUUle :U) : ;prejare one for,, communion (riot even in! l Oor. j xi. 29) accfirding to tbwautbbrV"argura ' The Bible does not hold but, that the commu-; nion is the object of christian qualifications or Uhe nd for whichvthey live, but that G'sglo- ry:is the tdjecta5d eud fbr vf hieltareg;yenf i-SIS'SSv For the Recorderri taross injusuce .iodine riiapiisis, ;v- Cliristian itors,; like preachetsliould eter aun to teach the pepple the truth; Even in theirs i COhtrbversia! disptites th should abstain fr the very slightest misrepresentation of the sen4 ; timents of others. True controversy is designed; ,tp elicit7ArtZAnot;tp obscure it for the sake; Vp;"e.urech',bas6. party piirppsesv The mku -whol 4; enters into xjontroversy Vwith: the first vie vr i a! fblie Jbenefactor ;' but" he whp is impelled ,.ly thee second is a ntemptible pa uiy. tne connaence or respect ot any honest in-. "diyiduabv Such caCs pities, ucli "miserable hire4- lings,; who' prostitute their intellects to gain thetrf brbad, shutiid bf Icbute and hooted out of vir tuous society." They are k pubhVcnfse! dio1; more harm in a short, life-time, than good infenij can undo in generations. We have been led ". to the'-e reflations by i reading an article in the 49th Xo. of the Richmond Christian Advocate ; . but of course no one will consider them personal' unless -they should chance to bpp!y?-Th4 ar- tide referred to is copied,; without d issent from ; ; its contents by the liichmond editor, : from the: Northern Christian ; Advocate, and is therefore'; vendors d asHrue. It contains 'two palpHb'e' falsehoods coupled with a batch bf false reason-;- .ing, and , is calcuIaUd to do great injustice to the Baptist. . The writer; selects' tw'o extracts from Baptv-ts and contrasts them with two oth- ers from Pedo-baptists. lie says : " S . 44 The first i. from the Western R colder, a; Baptist paper published m Louisville, Kr. Of "a!t the danm .ble lieresics in the black catalogue '.which has befouled the name of Christianity, we ) consider infant baptism the most damnable. If; other . heresies have damned, their thousands,! this ha 'damned its tens of thousands.' If this f is not making eternal salva'h n depend on adult baptism, ar.d th -.t by plunging too, it isdfacult to say wl r.t it menus. . It would - bo profi?able'! . for such writes to searcii the 2ew 'lestament, wnu-.u-covers u.e j-t-r.o c-t ?oms sixty rears, i.-r; h an -instance ot a c!-:: 1 t c.n-tian parents that was i,aptizet d at any c;hc-r pevi. J tlsaa infancy" The o h i- st cuitors a f-rcrc 1 5.- t , t o smj viltat itmcxins.'" Can you sea any conn- c . tion between the premises and the'; conclusion f jTJj o ' quotation doe not Contain -a 'm ngle" word aboutJ14 adult baptism pr;44 pIunging;VyIt sini.; ply afBrms the, destructive'; tendency of infant baptism ; and all know that the Baptists believe it is ujetructiyev6rcate its subjects are pf-s ten, when grown, led to.bavo the. liopo 'of their ;salmiion;pon the facts that theywcRE baptist d In; infancy and Irellrfiovsl 'tduca 'ted2 Butlhis pVession that the Baptists regard bapt ism, and ( that by plu!)ging,ase33enual . to sal vation. Thisif he is atallrcad $' tho Theolo of the iBaptist ; denpm mation--h ej must have lenown was a falsehood when bo .'penned.it, aud Xocto IKe are eure JineV.the same when he trans Nr4 If ft Vlletlatider to hia columns. sThb Baptists lipid tfiat iWf Hidispensable qualifiion jEor baptism ;,nff at thmctimwiiliTOan i:rrTr"."Mr?7 Hm w'y.t tcgiecc oi tne,orat n inces of Christ disqualifies a'man for heaVeii lnasniudt as j 6 proves - hi ni to be ' destitute of t,llUh Yticb is prcyu6t(vbbf love and bbe2 . , c Jt -5 too . uuty ot no one. to bp baptized 'unless ; he; hai nHcal fai ththe; necessity; of baptisni in onjer to s;ilyation, con- Ututes nopart of Baptist Th 3ol6oy., ' , " vuvucu uiiuu imporxanc point. - .1. iiuum uo jtruuijii.jerisays our extract! for uf lywriters; w men covers the space of. f-ome sixty years, for art instance of a child of chri-tian parents that was baptized '? at aUv; other3 r noriiwl itha'w tUirI: cy p i ies the editor by: contrasting Iufmt :' H J"U rtu&iu jucau to insinuate mat ihe fvrmer i is essential : to salrajion f lie certainly eccui? iu couit uie ciaitns pt eacu on tins very" ,I'ntj Jateyer injy befiisesign, the.bap f tists must beg leave to disagree 'with him and . decline to follow his a ! vicb tot cry man y of tuem aa well jw many; Methoaist! have found it v0ryTuhpiqltall tast 1 tbsearch the I'ifew av-uuicut iur. iiistancfS Oi JMini, Daplism. In al the j esiod which ; it; coviers: tliey have failed IH'" Sa1 clnidf Christian; Jew or lleatlien ! - . . j; MTe seconract is in tliese wprds : .t - V Alexander Carson, a -lediug'Baptit minis- ter, says ine uosp,-! .hash nothing to d with tntacts, noriiavo gospet Qnlinances any'resnee mnnh ?AH(!ii,l..'il.t!..i.. ..'il.... I . - M mnch confined to ;believers nsv the . baptism of ; the go-pel isgThls writerl to overthrow, infant ( baptism, is bompjired to deny ,i have long beiKved that this -is peitectly logif cal, and amiiot at all nrprised at tJ3i new api jearance of the hen ib(e d fierce.' We may ex- pebt;sbon to hear it agun declared that 4 hell is' paved with inlahts n t a span lonr.';- ' r ' -j-' . - "-'"-: . " ptjNbw, pbf ofhis ;oyn;moUhJetthe.Sfetlip JdisteditOrVtar!dxiondernnedi Ho savs that he has Jong' been, convince J ; lhatr the deniufofc if - h"1 Aft A v Accrdin5; refore,'to lis" logtci suchi the relation of in fant'baptism to InfantIvatSori jliat I tb deny the one is to overthrow the other: , BiiVthis js only ;;ajreUera : 44 horribie decree,' put fortlij; in ' the declaration ary to salvation. fJrii the supposition of the truth of th is, dogma 44 Ve may expect soon ' to hear ,itragaiu declared ihat; bell is. paved I with; infants not' span long; p ' but it is Meth-: odisfnot Baptist doctrine vdiich lay? the '"'pVe-' 'tnt!?i&rtttiff MP, pri rya c"n? JmWeWjrts to call at tention to tho wri ters m isre p n sentation t oi ; tr. Carson.; i Tlie mipressicmwlpch he seeks to con vey is, that I)r. C. taught the doctrine of infant iperdition.?rT;he extract taken from his work? oh J BapUsirT-is1 ghrblcd I and mHde to" convey an idea which the 'Doctor never hatbpi ed.. In the same .connection he distinctly decjlares his belief .that i "It infant are savevlbut not py Guspel ' instil n tions : hence Ms remark that 44 the Gospel has - nothing to db with'' iuf,mtstiof have Gospel pr- :din;mce3 any respbct;tb;thiri.":Tlie Methbdist cuiiui ,to ciuicr, jguuraut ;or1;uisuou.sfc : -eitner .' he' never read Carson, and took his quotation at -second hand, or el-e he haslcvilfully "atld dislion--' ; cstly icp juotej ;hini is" t5 ' tnliko him speakwhat ;ho never believed or :.taugttt Butwhat shall J we. say bf Dr Lee,; who Ka by re-pubTishiiig indorsed the slaudert iNpt more -'-than-;' two yeam ago this same Dr. Leo ublb-hed this same J foul aspersion of Carson, and when directed, through the "Ileliyious .Herald, Acknowledged that he borrowed his quotation' from a Presby- terian pa, er, and t2iat, on Examining ; Carson 8 vwoik, lie found he had beerl mig represented.- This i-i our r-c Ucction of the facts. '; But, how, ; thii.king th 4 the matter haj been forgotten, he t;;kes the falsehood, as, resuriec cd by. another, ,and herald- it frth a second time. ;: Thus a de ceased i.uthor is injured and a whole denomina- Jtion of christians made to 'sulfef on 'account of a falsa rcpresentati;n of. his sentiments.1, iSr, ;lxj.! t idier has a b.-iJ memory or he is a very bad man. - We incline to the opiniuh that tho latter is the case. - Lee knows that Dr. w "- ic.icucs me uun iu.0 u icirmu ki:av:s ;-. thav of lafant damnation;, and ho the. -baptist cliUich holds no t!;r.t v.h n the chan.v has XVi I liC-r..i.;i:;i-tcrs tl.ey have ir, i tlrcf. cur that the water of baptism washi s away from in fants original ?f-in, and is in all ordinary cases necess better weapons than falsehood and slander with which to fight thoBaptisU If not tlieyad b Iter iyo up tho battle and retreat, for a rights eoUs God'will never allow such means to pros per. . ' ' r' Should our language seem bp severe, we beg V $he reader to recollect for. whom it is intended ? j-"7 men whor have time and egain proved, theui-'; selves u aworthy th e T con fiJenco and .respect of jtj'ci r christian-neighbors, ar?d who can r only be 1 reached by adopting- our ; style in" sbroe meas- ;nrb to their own barbarous tasfje; t.W;; H From th AroericMesaengeriif ; -Triumph of Grace. ' ; llannah Tnce bad been instructed in a Sab " bathschool. ' ;The serious impressions made up- brt her mi neb were soon "-. visib!e:aMled toherl f aymg cpnyersion tQPd.T; JLter father had, hK i come the companion of tho most profligate- men ; in his natiye THIage and, by insensible degreear. sho.vorst; of ;theinalhTher alehouse : usually Vecoivcd at night the earning of the day A II is . wite nevr reproached him, and only endeavored to Juro him fiora suvsociet ch iprabt vlpy thb ec was the scene of his greatest misery ; for there 1 htfluid time to reflect, and there be was", sur rounded by his wife and children; "whom ho was -i daily t fiiurins:. - ' -i-? V' V"-- lie had long pursued this wicked bourse, w?n ? one Sabbath eveningafter drinking and gambling aU'day and 'having lostthe earhinr of the week, he returned from his comjahions,; dTcar'elyknowing road homewards 5 One pi-them dl Id" ba hinx1 toreturn enireatea mm to iiave one more game , and added, 44 you,will be sure to win it all back you know.".-, !, . - ; "iV -: . - . 7 11 stopi Whyif il could get it back," said be ; tohimself. a " (056006,'' said his companion, wne more if;amef only one." " No,"' said Bjrice, 44 IVe lost-dlj .hiyTmoney ana sp t can t it i;wouId' But atihe moment it occurred to' him that his quarterV ren Veicpt what v as to bb made up eut . of his last week's work, had been put up in the'bupboard in the kitchen at heme ; and if. he ceuld get thathe. should be sure to win back all he had lost. The moitey wartogatfreTi haid- eneasiwaewmbled at what he was-rb- ing to do; and was terrified lest his . wife and - He, approached the bousethen ventnred to : j look inat ;tHe;Wndow"4fpbrcetviDg; onbr ;her entered' the kitchen and went hastily tblihe- eupb ard.T 1 1 was locked i and he felt a ; nio-' 'mentjryrelief in the though ; gethe mbneyf Bur I shall be sureto vin ; ; and hastened softiy up stairs to look 'th , w here his wife had pu t itl w As -he passed'thb " room in tvhich hisxhildren slept, hetlibuithe -heard a slight noise ; and listeninghe heard sobs, and :theh& voibe, 'Itl.Vas poor littlbtnanhahr .;pray'"i0mter""; father ; mjght'&eihb'3sribrif?' his ways ; that.. God would change his ; heart, and make him a pomfoit to her mother, and to them alb . Her sigh- and J tears' seemed almost ; to jin j)bdeiier 1 utterance fandlhen.iie"hearS her call him dear father and felt how ilf he de-?' seryea sucu a name ner Ppuia scarcely -,foi bear? groaning aloud, in ?thp i: anguish bf his feelings. lie forgot the' key Icrept to his bed'tboin and j fell on his'knee8. ; He uttered not one word, but the language pf the; heart is andible' tn the ears of mercytind that evening for the firsttime it ; inight have been said of himjt44 Behold he pray- , '"ethy 0 li'WlGM After some time he went down 4stairsl whbre Ibinnah waf rocking her little yster to sleep.?; She . started with; aitpnishment't 'For many inonths,- and even for years, shbdid not rernem-v l ber seeing her "father at horao on a Sabbath eve ning. He went to the children and kissed them both. This was a . mark: of affection they did ?notl often. receiven;andi Hannah twas as irnubh;; pleased as she was surprised. - ;- ; a' - 44 Dear father," said she, -4 mother will be so iglad to see you at ; home, v And wo shall Xe' so ; comfortable ! ! Ytti will not go out again to-i night, will yotrfather f Np,lear,' he replied And ns she went to lay the. babe on the bed he " hearj bor ; say' to herself, 44 Father; called me . The return . ,f his wifb and boys from puhlic sworshiji, Price had teen; dreadingv'? He ktiew liot how; to endure their ; Iooks of amazement yu wk wa. boou over. ; 1 ae cmidren at nrst look ed fearfully at'each other, as tliough their usual SabbaUii evening pleasure -was, over; for they 'always imt up later and "told 'their' mother ;lt th at had hHjpeucd at Sabbathst hbol, arid av hat they could remember of the sermons they had neat a awring tne aay. Hannah bad prepared upper,and there was a nice fire and clean hearth. Price felt at that moment, that if his own char- ' acter was .what 'it ought to be, ho should indeed bo happy. . - ;;-- : . i,;. -.; :; 4; .Father' said 1 1 a an ah as he entered the; room, 4 here ii a rice uey hud'egg. :': Jt i my own, an. yi shr.ll have it, father." Trice could' trot fpeak, but he i kissed :'; his -child and "heVaw. tears in Lor eyes He thouglit that it was the nicest tgg.l.c'Lad ever tested. When turner- vr over, IkuLnh said, 44 Fa! her, you hate not time."'" WMaU he. braid 1; in a 1 1 "vi.a j cf ycfcr re- : ' ..... ' 1 t ' i I ward book at tho Sabbath school V lie knew that tins vfas the Bibls ; but lud not the cour age to; say so. .- - - ' ' - - -. i Hannah obeyed though not without trembling. Shcf read the 51st Psalm. ' Price hid his face aiid vfpt jThe- first part seemedXtP; be made; ion purpose for him. lie restrained Lis feelings suiuc;enijy ,:xo say, x ban Jc you, deai; wyou re .very. much .improved,; Bead; something ,else ' iSe turned to the 1 03d Psalm. 44 Surely God made ier choose those two,': thought Pnce. His .wjfe beheld with aslonishment the conduct of. her jlipbancL;,and the .eniotkwis wliich appear- ?ae- jXP" pettc-r oe tating the boys to bed," Skissedi ten od i tddthm been ood poys mnJk ttien they. turned to Han nah, as if to ask if. "they sliould go to their fath er. 44 Come, dears,w.i said she, 44 wish father good ) igtit-She kwse themf an l;44!! hayp .John V1- said his ."wifev"M YouVe had no" beer ght jyJhell hope I shall ne- ;:Wijh unutterable Joy he started . from ,her ; seat,' and . jth rowing her arms around ; his neck. burst into tears. For some minutes they wept together.; Price trjei to: b Jeal lmtcbulcl not. At length recovering some. degree of composure, ;hb seaited aitoself besie Kerand hiding his face, ' told hbr all the occurrences of, the evening. " , Can you eyer2forOTve siwh a heL ly OhHannah, can you 1"' 44 Forgive you t. j myear busbanoV' she replied J 44 1 never 1iTed 11 P" f ? P"Pan? yiueTs..:,-. : ; i - , .you half 8oellnor eTef;traih hpybefl! W pfpre. f Pbn't'asic me to forgive you .' ask Qo& Vpd schblai: of the last century, says : 4Ocr itb &rgireypur.imd,h of ;taed to iinv of : the infinite "mercy ' .' ; throngliJesusi Clinst; ilan'dipili-ibegged him' Archbishop Jnewcome, D. D., in ' his "Histori- : - U,I have, 1 have,": said he 44 but till I heard ? Ji n lixpeiliency of revising by authority what our dear child read,' I -did not think "rPent Translation! and the means of exe- . .'. evercpul fbrv 'ijni.-:-te4ri' juba andablemanner.; Iupnai ;?;; If -a ; ni4 Vti c-oT.na - .iU C II - !. - a laivuiui eat lui: auu VI uj jilt BC--5 ceptatKn, that Jestts Christ banie into the' world to 6ay;r sinners, even tife cMfmd'Mimt0 Does the Bible saro that ? Toe& it snv tfA !-: -I'-l -L-i - iv ' iw ?7 -: '"rhJpef1, lift !Scl-w1 TnAaaA iK .:? - that must mean mf, saii. he. j . 4w Let tjs. kneel dowii; together. said bis wife, ,i4 and ask Gotl "-to.fulfil Iiis promise i 'to yoTxT j44.! cannot prayl said he. ''iJ 4B. ; 1 110 twviU tilj lMittk-tm rondg-irinr-jtuc'Cl IdVva" side! her t and in the lanmiarrft' i-f f?fh K , The; change was : as permanent ns i t was re markable. !. - From this time his old companions vere fprsaken, and the!ale-house abandoned-- To thej furmer lie only spoke, but to entreat them -i ttarofrdm their yi never tntered but . once, and then-it was with.. his wife, p pay.thb landlord a debt he had con tracter), for stjm with one of Jiii depraved assoaates iiVstat'f of ,FrPin the Methodist Protestant. '; - uThe ReTision'Oiipstion" ite j;i Mn. Epif or :In"'reference to a latb conimu-7 .nicaUon bf ybur cbfrespondeh ' be prpper.: for me to make an observalion or : twol W";4ifv?:";- .;fe--A; Ai - f-? 1 '- ft : Ijknpw not who was your gpod authority'' ; or who-i Was M -.;i;h'"' :-..-., ,i';;"- n -tt --.v-' -- ,ypu; were; 001a . correcu .u.niu.-wjtn.in a , tew weeks I have refused to have any sort of con ncction with - the Bible Uniou and its proceed- ''-t'','M t"- iV -'v. j r v 'ts:i'-i- v-';; in1..' - t-.i ;---ti -v." -; ;..!:' sr' j , -W -1 :44 ,i t5- ? t:--' - ,;i ; - Butaffinity wiUr the Bible; Unibnj and & de sire to see our noble Ekiglish ; Bible expnrgaled ?pf ftl ktiowbjJefet?, aire yery" d Serein tH tin figs. ' Your;. correspondent 44 dees not Wiieyfe" what is afiirined as to these defects. His unbelief will Vanish if j he will" examine the tsubje ;-Nor ;wbuld his discovery of inaccuracies lead hinxj tp ...4 burn his Bible, and study only natural reli gion," nor to take "the Talmud or Keran," &c. , Thii would be av if a man, because he de- v tect imperfeclibbs Inin only aiindf beloved 'iiibd- .beautiful child, should adopt a monkey; ; I pre - sumo both Mentio"' and myself would cherish obr child, and seek to cbrrectxnr tiemisfies'B i Dtt are jhere inaccuracies in our rebeivecf ver sion t Let the following disiWuished mn, not ' v Adam-Clarke, his commentary nrn 5hej(th' of Samuel, say?, : Though Ir believe cuir trabsl at ion to "be by fir thb?,"best4n aoy jiangiugeancietit'or tuodern yet 4 am satisfied it stands much in iieed bf rb- 'Aision. ;Wot ofthedviuitigesTwbith cur un i believers have over certain passages cf Scripture, -have arisen from inaccurate or false'translat ion ' of the tcrnis in the original, and an appeal to 'this has generally silenced the gainsay cm. But J: in the time in which our translation to made; biblical criticism; was its its infancy, if indeed Jt did exist and we may rather wonder that we tlnd things to 'well, than be supprised'tht.they are np better'-;.; J A - - - "' -;.;. ';-'t - d'ishop Lowth, a name -high in honor among" .sch'hiistestines iu'thesb v! rds: "To binfirnj : and .-niastrate -the Holy Scripture v to evher; their truth, to f-how their ct-r.stcrifv, to "-', ' their ,r- -v-,' to r '. . ti toTrii pd . iiudkJ,-!::. r3 -cilyrtnl tf-tly I besid her;;; and in the language b faith and f- 1 re- ' - fection, she commended him to the mercy of 1 v moved frpm. the present version, and .'that the; 1 -that God who had ;long" been J her; Father and fprecasi5nVbeauty?a "2$ I hf communicated mind of her husband became' more'com posed ; if?:24:6,0Mt:: ; , ncl he expressed the hopethat he sliould never .Archdeacon Hare, than twhora no one is at . 'M: remerabrVncft'of ChorcU.ofEn4-; unJerstco l by all; to Temove tTe d'. discourage the honest endeavors of the ur.l. arn- eJ, and pro"voka iha - rnall jhullearned; thii is 'the'tnost; worthy su!-jct th&t xsan engage our attention, the mcstiin to which our laborers in the search eft directed. " And here I cannot but n: crtant cul r;..;:!i cata -.:.iicn that nothing would inore eScctuahy conduce to t is " nd,;thanthe exhibiting cf the Lo'y ' Sc-np---.'!- , ;tures theuiseives to the people-in", a mora ad ' Tafitageons and just: light, by an nccurr.tj r . , visal of pur vulgar-'translation, byj r ul.' : r .:- -' :thority;cv; Bn iDbddridge toh!3 Family' Expositor, that "the Old Te.stanaect hr.s sufTere4 more than the Xew in our.tians'a tipn." ' Prof. "Symond, D. D., , whom Dr. NcwcDme pronounces 44 a writer . of real judgment rrd ; published:arkin;n cn tbe 44 Ex- ' "pediency of Revising the present' English Ver- ?sion "j n w li ich" he "says ; M hbever ; cxr.mines ;onrverkicnJpresepiuse 'find thatit is am- !. biguous" and incorrect, even in matters cf the highest importance." ,' . - . -4.Dthony BiackwaU, a;M author of a cole- . Jbrated work ion "The Sacred Classics Defended ,An4ttlistraCed'iiping King James1 ; ver- " bien, makes the followinjy remark: "Innumera- ; ble instances "might be given of -faulty transla-' HiouSdC the diyine orfeinaU ?XA.n accurate tran3-- would uasll and tilence most of the objections . v , "cv-uiu ; uv -( Til acft otfpr (noalrinff. rit . t ho phaniro ft- uMi mf ,anguagehas nndeione since 16Uthe date of ;.-, foeg Jameyyefsion, l ihe n uuierbns" faults of A iti. j juu,:-i i:.t. t.:i t- '.i-.i w-.it-, '"-;.-." tbe aoditionai Hffbt wnicu nas Deen sbea on the snnrnpi - ths .'i.'nr,A of k f ... biblical 'criticism ho says : 44 With such an a hblps,; with light poured in from every - ;y4M lueraiy worldwitlL; such important principles 'and; with tboradfancemcht cf criti . ..' . Jrltf - rt!rPP'ly ;' tnemj?- s-atnrAL to -tent! :i ...! that inariv- mistaken indn!- gland, ;say?, P (see Mission pfifieComforiert p . ' ' - 224,) 4' When our church has : the courage to - - , undertake the taskof revising the' authorized ,t ?' ersiori of the Bibleftbe account of the work of,-. ' -p the Comforterj given in th 13th yerse' of our; chapter will be corrected; along with a number '. f pt otner maccuracies -arising Irora inattention to P 1, ftthb force of the Greeki article. be1 neglect of ft;'-. force, is. one among the . maey ' proofs that. , pur version bf Jhe New. Testament is too de- .' pendent on a Jtin! translation probably : that ( 'ofErasmusl I- , ;rKow, if such 1 n accuracies exist, why should 1101, au .cunsuans unite la correcting, tnem 1- Crod whb gavethevScTipturesyetguards andH preseA'es them and in spite of erroneous tran3 ' lationshere and "there we still have his holy. . -; word But if a single mistranslation is admitted, - ' jitill prejudice thejeanse cf the Bible by cas .ting;44 pminbus'conjecturen bn .the .whole. j' In cpnyersation, not Jong sincp, withone. of bur jmbstbsteemed and prominent citizens, our. attention was'directe to Acts "12 c i A v. Here - . all admit ;;a "false "and prejudiced translation. -; fthQ briginans'PbjcJy: ;(Passbyef,)the transla- ? . lion s't ''Easter iyiyrcoiiitysl (see Opmm. 4,i t is therefore surprising that the ven erable translators of the Blbleshoul I have. used- -that word instead bf -'tbdiPassover" . in this con-"- nectionr"y hen this was shewn, the gentleman remarked : How can I bo sure that there are . ;".' Expt bthererrpra fr-and why are they not rets or- 1 I ed I" iiThisifear ; w ill insinuate; iuelflwherevef a singlerTbns.acknbwledgei - Our society is organized to aid any cornpe tent bbdyl3aptisls orPeb-bapdst3--in purg- . iiig any errorsfromtheversion.Tf e have ; but not,tp Supplant -this. vemon which is most ,den.r ' " to ,bs. ; As; nocoiber bodytis engaged ia this ; iorkyre are- willing tp try the 44 Bib!e Ur.:cn.w " iWe are asfcured that they have. enlisted at gut expense, able men of six evangelical " denoniina tions ti perform the task, to work under no sort ' of restriction ; but faithfully to' give ; the 1. '' of the Holy Sph;it.-TheifceiUend;ttiod we, ;.r.d all men, can examine for ourselves; for ti.ey give in notes tihe rejisons of ;auy "charges. :Aud now, I ask, why4 should any one cljc-et to 4hisr;;;c;;v. .., '. ' v r Your correspondent w rorr;s me when L2 af-' firms that 4 Dr.'FuS!r (by; Lis own r.;: thoiity) ' Atook the chair 'Mr Kelly nr. I? a rr.'.t'on, and the bodyvbled, and the ., chair .was t, .ken in' , obedience to the call. This, however, is a s 'll " matter.;' The other pi jection cf your ccrr- - "'l lci.t is not a small c. Litr. It is, tht f .z-y " Baptists are cfllcois, " I have regrtUed t! if.nd:" ;' wi.,ir now that fo-ne '-Pedobr.T.ti-i r itt " u.uld-1 - t.il.e the Pi e- ncy. l.;t ; r - r'..kJ v,;ra::'-:-;:!d Lae L .. ,.. . Ih: t u'e j resent, v .1 CO ttclcr.t.. . ai-caargs ct v.-. 1 b-op.'ra!e ? - .... - .. ..1 --. I m;i.!i the mot-liP. . 1 Dr. IV. c-'!. A. D. thllr in c'.'idisjtfa to th
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 21, 1854, edition 1
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