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-t r- t THIES jBIIiIDA3LV.El35S(D-D,in)i3 j RALEIGH, IT. C. T " THURSDAY, -APRIL 26,1855; 'i Co3ijnnncATios for publication, or in any way relating to the Editorial Department, should be addressed to the Eev. J. J. J axis, or " Editor if the Biblical Recorder t" Raleigh, N. C. ' Letters relating to the business'of theofn.ee mast be addressed to G. Mesedith ts Co. , Raleigh y. c. . . ."- To insure attention, all letters must be" pre paid. , - 1 ' - ' ? All communications, to secure' attention: must be postpaid Agents who act gratuitously, ' and subscribers who pay in advance, only excepted. ., - All orders not attended to in a reasonable' time taonld be repeated, and all remittances not duly receipted should be inquired after that errors and - oversights may be promptly corrected. 'j "Saj Persons writing to us on business would . confer a great favoj by giving their Post Office ad ress ; also that of each indiTidual for whom they Write - . Please Take Notice. V The; Editor is frequently called on by brethren in regard to their accounts with the Recorder now ne bes leare to say : again that he has no connec tion whatever with the business department of the paper; nor hat be ever had. ,. The accounts ; are all made out by the Clerk, who acta for the proprie tors of the paper, in the uameoTG; "Meredith & Co., and all communications relating to the busi ness department should be ad directed. : Whatever relates to the elitorial shoull be addressed to the Editor. ",--, The name of the r brother who acts as Clerk for the Recorder is not published, for the reason lhat be receives a good many letters besides those relat ing to the business department of the Recorder,;and doas not wish them Wended 03 it might produce confusion. "We know him to be very particular In keeping the hooks and making out accounts; ac cording to" the Entries " hsretofore . rade on ; the books : if mistakes from any cause should occur be again requests the subscribers, who may , find them, to inform him by mail, by addressing G, Mereditdi & Co . '; -. "The Editor would again return bis thanks to cor respondents for their favors and solicit a continu ance, and if possible, an increase of he same. - . ' - April 11, 55. . Dear Bro Jamis, ;?lease give your views on the following query: " - . " - v. If a brother who ha been regularly baptize! be comes convinced that, at the lime of his baptism, he'hai bo reHgion but obtained it afterwards, is now dlsfatiaGed with his bap'ism and makes appli , cation to the church for ' rehapti?m, what course should the church take in the case, or in what light .shall we view such baptism ? - ' - " j " 3t- Inqcibeb. '" ' We think the person, as represented in the above, ought not to be rebaptized, unless it is most evident , to himself and the church of which he is a mem ber, that his profeS'do.i of Christ, in the first in . stance, was made ignorantly or wickedly and of course in unbelief. "Where this fact is settled be yond all question, "and also that the member has, since, his baptism becomY truly. regenerate, and . maintains a consistent christian profession and ap--4" plies to the church fur believers baptism as t the answer of a good coriscience,' we do not sea why it snbuli be denied binn. Bat the nure persuasion or fear that he might have been mitaket at the . time he was baptised, i not sufficient to JasCfya ; repetition of his baptism. confirmation of this position, as our views areHrequeted, we submit the following; " . ' .. Few things are more clearly taught in the New Testament, than that genuine repentance an 1 faith - should preced j the riie of baptis-n ' in ths order of time. This view of. the subject has ever b?en held by all true Baptists and ha distinguished them from oher relirious oranizaiions who administer v, baptism to person prior , to their profession of re . "pentance arid faith. B.iptbts require and -have ai rways required of a candid ite for baptis n a credit- - able profession of fiith in Christ., Thw U all that a church ha3 a right to daraand as a necessary pre liminary, I lof baptism.? Now, in the case proposed above, this condition was complied with ai we may suppose, when tie " brother was admitted to bap tism. A discovery afterwards, that, at the tims -bo was baptised, he was destitute of trie faith," presents, we confess, a case involving some difficul- , ty, and about which there ha . been, among the , most enlightened and able expounders of . Baptist orthodoxy, some difference of opinion.: This dif- - ference does not ariae, as we conceive,, from any want of concurrence in the principle stated above, lhat;Tepeniance and faith should always precede baptism, but in the application of that principle to .- a particular case. Soms j have r contended ; that siuca a creditable profession of Christ is all that is ? -required by the gospel, whenever that is ciale, the baptism consequent upon . it, if properly anl duly 'i . administered, is valid, whatever may afterwards ' happen to the individual baptized. From this view we are inclined to dissent, at least, to some extent j l fof; uppe he individualbapiiied should be- come a reprobate and entirely apostatize- so that be is never reclajmid, his baptism, as an institution of Christ, loses all ite significance and is justly re- gardid as a nullity. It is true he ! has been . bap tised upon his making a K)lemn confession of ' , Christ, but, baptism to him is not " the answer sof a good conscience," nor has. it repreasnted : h is , death to sin and . resurrection to newness of life. :It is, therefore, to be inferred that Christ has never accepted it as an act of obelience to htm, as it was not submitted to by tha individoal, from proper convictions. So also of one who ' makes an hypo - critical profession, as did Simon Magus, . whose baptism wa3 no more valid, than his faith was gen? nine , for, after his baptism hs was still f in the gall of bitterness and thsbond of iniquity.'!? This, however, is referred to simply to show that bap tism without faith, so soda as the , fact is dearly c- certained, lo5C3 its significancy and is wholy uae- ., less. -.'. ' . " That an instancs of re-baptism is recorded in the - .19th chapter of Acts we think is very clear.. We : - refer to tba casa "of certain disciples, whom Paul - a - v found at Zpheas, who hid, been baptised with John's teptism, but were so utterly ignorant of the doctrine cf Jthn acl of Christ, that they had not ' to rr.-ch as heard that thare was any Holy Ghost TL:;r re-ta l':n, wllch we 'think evidently took :..- Apctb tad properly instructed ; epea the grounds that when f rst J ' : 1 they were ijaorat cf trhat the christian profession involved and of course Lai not the faith which ihe gospel requires as a prerequisite Urhap tisnv " 1 ' We . may add, that, there is. generally annong : christians a feeling of repugnance, and we think justly, to the re-baptism of an individual, unless it is very clear that in the first case his baptism was hot valid, and beside, that such individual ought to be allowed to confess Christ, in this ordinance be- cause the ckurck fully believes him to be qualified to , v - J 9 , J do it, ' Harrison Creek, N; C April 16, 1855. - Deab Bao. James, Please insert the following in the Recorder : . r, - : 1 9 - W, was an ordained minister of the gospel, but was deposed by a presby teryi convened at the call of the church of which he was a mcmber.tThe. church afterward iried him on the charges prefer red against him and acquitted him. At a subse; quent meeting W. craved a latter of dismission, which was granted by the church and subsequently received by another church W. now wants the church of which he is a member to restore him to the gospel ministry, V ' " !. ; r t Query. -What is , the duty of the church, or, what steps should she take, supposiug she is willing to grant the request of the applicant V ! : I Tour views on the preceding query, or the opin ion of any one or of all of your f able correspon dents, will be thankfully received by the church. Vours in Chritt, " ' D. Will not some of our correspondents give the querist their views on the case he proposes 1 Elm Grove, near Murfreesboro',N. C, ) , ; 10th April, 1805. J Elder J. J.James: ' . Dear Brother, will you pletse do me, (and doubtless many B tptists,) the favor to transmit the inclosed u 12 Reasons for Revising the English Scripture?," to the columns of the BiblicM Record er? I look upon them a- iucontrovertab e an! that it is a subject upon which numbers ot our Baptist brethren need information. Your attention to this little matter will confer a favor on You'S Li the hope of Heaven, ! A. V. Darden. i The above we received a few days since Accom panied by quite a long document on Bible Revision. But for Us length and the size of our bheat, we should have no objection to giving the article to our readers even if it contains i twelve times twelve reasons (if there are so many) in favor of a revis ion of the English Scriptures. ; To the revision of our present version, as we have already sail, we have no objection. On the contrary, it would be to us a very high gra itication, even to have grounds for belie vin that all the erroi, to be found in our plesent version, would ere Iou be corrected, and the translation so amended, as to conform exactly, or as nearly as might be practicable, to ths sense of the Inspired original. If the revision, which the Bible Union are. now; attempting, should, when completed, prove to be such a oue, we presume there will be but little opposition among Southern Baptists to it3 aloptio.il But we have not, as we think, sufficient guarantee yet to, endorse it. Nor shall we have until their revision is completed and given to the pubiic. Very few of the Kevisers are kuo.vn to us in the South, anl we thiulcit would be acting prematurely ! to commit ourselves to a matter of this kinJ, white we have no means what ever of contioling it, and while we know it will bs coutroied by persons, many of whom 'are known to be inimical to our institutions m the South and a part opposed to some of the fundamental points orbrthoJoxy as held by; the Baptists. At the South ern Baptist Convention, j which will meet short- Jj iaJ"dWgwnerv7Aa;TiM most Jike- ly betaken jato consideration, and soma general course of action, for Baptists in the South and Wtbt agreed on, so far as such a thin; may be pioper. Btut, we hive no idea, nor do we think any baptist is una.' obligation to do it, of surren dering our freedom of j action either cow, then or thereafter. . . " . ' .- J-1.. , f . . . F-r the laformation ! of oUr corresponient, we may add, lb it we-hive, since we occupied our pres ent post, published much more for the Bible Union than for any other Society at the North, but the con tentions, strifes, schisms,1 &c which have continu ed to rage there, growing chiefly out of the opera tions of the Bible Union,' have greatly pained ns, and v we must think that co-operation with that society cannot be without trouble to us. I That our readers may have some conception of the extent of these unhappy, divi-ions, as now; existing at the North, we copy a part of an edi torial from the last True Union published in Balti more and edited by a brother, who is friendly to revision, bnt who b obliged to see that the diffi culties in the way of its,prdgress by the Bible' Union are now of the most grave character.- Under the head " Denominational Divisions this editor remarks as follows : - T : . ; ? It 13 impossible for a Christian to contemnlate the present position of that portion of the Bapiist denomination north of Mason and Dixon's line. without sincere grief and painful forebodings. Serious differences of opinion in regard to important measures, have given rise to a state of feeling utterly destructive of that harmony and union which mu-t exist, to receive uods blessin. these differences commence! years ago, in that innocent and proper cjLcitisc ui pnvu.c juuiiicui wuico is me uin'i-rigni of every Baptist, but they have progressed, deepeti tng and expanding, until they have assumed a most formidable attitude, one at which every lover of true religion should be alarmed. The questions on which our Northern brethren are diviJed, are not questions n(. doctrine. Uere. they are still one. They were originally mere ouestions of Dalicu. u What is the most scriptural modn of diffusing the Gospel among the heathen? In what proportion thou d public preaching, school-teaching, and the distribution of religions vo4umejH be respectively encouraged? What are the relation of the Mis sionaries to the" Executive Board? 4 Such are the questions now agitating the American Baptist Mis sionary Union to its centre, occasioning by -the num erous side issues growing out of them,2 warm and earnest discussion, and sometimes alienation of feel ing.- Again, the simple question,;" shall the En glish Bible be revised f has become so complicated with numerous other points, as to give rise to bit- : ' j t z '. : ' ' t ...... ier coniru.vcrsjr, nu m many cases; positive disrup tion, and want of fraternal cooperation among the contending parties. ' - - ; : vu:. ?i ,;-if : We have selom met with a more i mpressive il- iumkuuu vi me vca us, wuum now Kreai a maiier a little fire kiniHeth;' and. ihe bearinine of strife . is as when one letteth out water, therefore leave off contention before it be medJled with," than in the progress of this last named controversy. We do not pretend to jude between the oar ties, or to sav which has been most in the wrong, but wa do say that it is a mosi oepioraoie spectacle to witness CLtistian men, contendin either for or aamis the revision of the Scriptures in a spirit, which those Scriptures, in tne worst translation ever made, utterly condemn , 1 . -.1 , . . . rr . ana ueuuuce as anu-v-Drisuan and wicsed. ine original question in dilute, las however cow eiv- en place to another. The great rallyic point in the cr.CIct cow is tha Bible Jhuse h Vsuzzv s:.. room u.wuica uie- -viaencaa ajattist lions fion Society; has bHn invited to occupy rent free. , The Board of that Society has accepted .the. offer,- which action on their part is construed into an open , affiliation with the American and foreign Bible; Society in opposition to the Bible Union. So ear : nest and persevering is the detestation ' of many ! friends of the BibleiJnion not to go with the Home : Mission Society to that bouse, that rather than do so, they will from a new Homo Mission Society. A provisional Committee has; been appointed, who have issued a paper called the "Baptist uoms ; Missonary.'Hhe second I number ofhJJJ .us. It contains a Constitution for a new Society to be called the Homk Mission Usiox,". prepare oy me jrrorisiun&i vommuiee, ana w wuviiiu ted to a Convention of all friendly to ijs fortnation, to be held at Chicago, as soon us convenient after the Anniversary of the American Baptist Home Mission Society in May next." j , j' 7 After giving the conditions ion which the friends ' of ihe Bible Union , are willing to co-operate with the Home Mission Society he adds : j ; . ; r We see no reason whatever to suppose that these conJitions will be met by the ; Home Mission So ciety at its next anniversary. The Executive Board of that Society have fixed the time fur its nnua'; meeting on May 9th and 10th, at Brooklyn, N. Y., on the very same days appointed by the Bible Un ion nearly six months before,' for its semi-annual meeting at Chicago, thus rendering almost certain the absence of the lriendof Bible Union measures,' from the meeting where the removal question will be decided. . ? -. . . .; Toe formation of a new Society s.-ems therefoie to be a "foregone conclusion .V The practical wff kiug of two Kueh Societies cannot but be disastrous Not only will the chrclies be burdened with the ex pensive machinery of two sets; of officers, agents, &C4 nut they must necessarily iwi hdraw disgusted, from both, or lake sides with one or the oihtr. Col lisions will of course constantly occur between the agen.s of the two," wot king as: they .must iu the sa'ne field, and there teems not the lightest possi bility thai the breach may be healed over, but rath-' er that it will be and made more impassable by the : flight of time. : - i ; - ' Already the jcreat qaestion of the expediency of Revising the English Scriptures s;ems almost lots siht of, and peisonal criminations ami recrimina tions are freely indulged in. In some case "brother h is gone to law, with brother." Venerable min isters are charged with fiUchood ; brethren high V ine confidence of the churches are accused of wire-palling, trickery, political jaggleryj &c. Even if the ostensible cause of the division could be re move 1, how can men work barmoniously together with well other, cherishing such mutual bitterness of Spirit ? u A biOiherodenJed is harder to be won than a strong city.'" ! j We see no remedy for these lamentable evils, but the ouijKuring of the Spit it of God upon the hearts of all engaged in these unhappy contentions, that they may bi hd to cherish that heavenly charity whic!i sufifere'.h long and jis kinl, which eeAwi not her own, is hoi easily provoked, ikinketh no evil bear eth all things." WouLI not ihis charity lea l the brethren on both sids rather to vie with each other in trying which could yeild the moit, instead of so 6tomly contending for every jot and tittie of their supposed rights, at the aiciilice of all lhat is sac red and tender in Christina! aifection, all that is no ble anl powerful in united' action against the pow ers of darkness. Better ttiat the revision ot the Scriptures be de'ayed fur years; belter tha the ''mar ble palace" be burned to! ashejS, or bujried in the depths of the sea, than that the great Baptist body bedivided, and distracted Wilhtt eseinieriial dissen-f-ions, which are doubtless the : nuJel s boast, and the occasion of Saiauic exuhati jii. Let the num bers of out Southern Zioii wlio are happily in a great measure exempt froui the t trite, and who are willing to "agie to differ" on this lie vision Ques tion, a3 well as on so;ne others, : It-aru a 1 iessoii of warning from this melancholy division, ami watch careiuuy -lest any rooi oi puterness sjirtnging up trouble us, and thereby many be defiled. j We are now at peace among ourselves. : (Jod giant that we may ever remain so,. and whenever any diffeiences of opinion arise, may we have grace to jremeraber that no measure is so evil a contention among breth ren, for '-where envying and strife is, theiie is con fusion, and every evil work. ' The above appeal to our Southern Zion to take a lesson of waryiugf iion oon"nnppy a state of Diri- 4-ioaaiih3 hortb, we misthiartilv commend to our readers. L't us not divide about questions of mere exjiediency. , , A?ent for the Cbawaa Institute. We are authorized to annbuce that1 bro. Le- i M. Cirter is the traveling areut for itheCuo- Hn Fema'e dljeiate Institute. Since writing the above the iMurfreesboro Ga- itte has come to hand containing the following otice : , : . ; . ' We are requested to give notice that Mr. L. M- 1 Carter has been appointed to the Aeency of the fJho.van Feaiale Coiieiaie Insiiiutm tlebaseuier- J actively on tne duties of theVgeucy, ani we ..oubt not bat that his labors will be crowned with minent success. During his sojourn amongst us, dr. Carter has won the favorable regards ot atl by is gentlemanly dememor and plea-ins: manners. the interests of a valued institution of learning, the ia character of the recenily appointed aent, will '.oubtless commsnJ themselves to a liberal comma- my, and especially to a numerous and wealthy eoomiiiaaon wnocmsiiiuie me special patrons oi ihe institute.'' , ' FoaSTVtXE, April 13 J 1855. Rev. J. J. Jaxmcs : ' ! DEaa Bad : The Board of Trustees of Wake , Forest College, passed a resolution in June last making it my duty to invite one-third of the Trus tees, commencing at the bead of the list, to attend the Annual Examination of the Students.. . The examination commences on Monday, June 4th, and ends on Friday or Saturday following. - The Com mencement will be Thursday, June 14thf an accor dance with the resolution . referred to, I have writ ten to the following Trustees, viz : Hon, Alfred Dockery, Chas. W. Skinner, Esq., Uev. David S. W illiams, David Justice, Esq , Dr. O. C. Moore, Geo. VV. Thompson, Esq., of Wake, Dr. Wm. M. Crenshaw. Rev.' Geo.' W. Purifv. Robl. W.' 1a Esq., Allen C. Perry, Esq; lion. John kerr, and yourself. Would it not be well to put the police in the Becorder a few times, as some of the letters may. not be received. . Yours truly, - " v ! t SAMUELS. BIDDLE. New Arrangement. On the' Central Road a tram leaves Hillsboro' each morning 20 minutes after two o'clock. ' About the aame lime a Train leaves GoIdsboroV They meet at Raleigh about half after 5 o'clock, A. where they pass, one to Hillsboro' and the other to Goldsboro', which places they reach about 8 o'clock A. M. i: An article, signed J. J. Ln in reply ; to one pub lished a week or two since ,ov t. e igi atcieof I AT. reao ted us too., late Ion nsertion this week. It will with Beveral others appear in our next. For tha Recorder. -Jones Co., N. C, April 10, 1855. Dea Bhotheb Jakes, I attended last week in Beaufort, with brother Rafield, a very pleasant meeting. We had several mourners one profef s- el to obtain'a hope in Christ. I received one for v?.. i ttiinU-AiVAiH, wilt cmn i;n 1 1...- L'llO.it ftllU IVIIIl m. iJtXj this revival interest revive lis work. will prosper., Jllay tha Lord JACOB UTLEY. ! Southern Baptist CoaVentlon 'Inquiries having been made by sundry persons as to whether a reduction ff fare would be alloweJ for "delegates and visitors to the Southern Baptist Con rention ,io Montgomery; beginning May llth, the I undersigned hereby gives fnotice atttbe Bouth' ' Carolina Railroad, has agreed to allow such parties to go and return for one fare,r provided there be, tlurty'orf over, in: South Carolina, and -the States j north of it, passing over the road. iTho fare must be paid on the outward trip, Arid notice being gi ven f Montgomery, of those having thus arrived, the mvnea will be entitled to a certificate for the return trip free of charge. It has also been announced that that the Railroad leading to Montgomery from West Point, baa adopted the half price arrangement for this ocdaston. An application to the authorities of the Georgia Railroad is: now! pending, but in the absence of the President; no definite answer can be made until his return, several days hence. If the notice is responled to in time, it will be forwatded to the Several papers. The undersigned, on con sultation with competent brethren, can express the belief that there cannot be le-t than 30 persons in South Carolina ani the States north of it, who will go to the Convention on any terms, judging by all previous meetings. , The number will probably be double. . -LPJJUSTEN. Charleston, April 19, 1855. . I !.-.,, j :;... - i ,:,' . For the Recorder. . V ! j Uocie Life, j James SrDickerson of N. Yn has recently pub lished an excellent work with ihe above mentioned title: .: ; . I i.' : . It consists of twelve lectures on the subjects connected with the comfort and joys of Home. The Marriage Institution Duties of the Hus- ban l, Duties of the Wife, Duties of Parents to Chililreo, of Children to Paronts, of j Brothers and Sisters, of Householders and Servants, of Princi pals and Clerks, of Young Men to their Employ ers, the Ue and Abuse of Amusements, jThe Fami ly Library and the Self-Governed. Man, are the themes discussed. i I I ! These themes are ably handled, in a Spirit per vaded with the influences of the Gospel of Christ. Such books as this, deserve hearty commendation from those who love their fellow-men. j The influ ence left upon the mini by a careful perusal of Home Life, is in the highest degree; beneficial. Those who follow its well-penned counsels, will not fail to have a happy home. t ! History of tbe Baptists BT W. C.DUNCAN. This book deserves to be received with favor by the denomination whose history it gives. Although not preparel to agree with its author in his views respecting John's baptism, we find but little in this book with which we cannot heartily jacquiesc?. It is particularly rich in quotations from the writings of the most learned PeJo-baplLstSi giving their views respecting the true meaning of i baptizo, and also respecting the primitive baptism and the proper subjects of it. ; h is shown most conclusively thnit the primitive Christians were Baptists, and that aj great mistake is made by those who assert that the Father's imtne- dia'.e'y sncceedin the Apostles, give testimony in favor of Infant Baptism. E. IlfFletcher pubhshrs the book. The above mentioned books, viz: Homi Life and Duncan's History of the B.iptists deserve to be wid.-ly circulate 1. Anxious that this may be dune, the writer has trespassed upon the courtesy of the Elitor of the Recorder, and has ventured to ask the insertion of the above notices. : - VERITAS. fThe Editor regrets that he has not ret seen the works noticed above. Tribute of Respect. Whereas, it has pleased an all-wisa God, who doeth all things well, to remove by duath our highly esteemed and much beloved brother and pastor, (the Rev. David W Scott,) who, after a painful illness of eight diys, departed this life on the 19tb December, 1854. 1 . Ilesolced- That wo would, under all cir cumstances, bow with submission to the will of an all-wise Providence; but we we cannot but f ;el the heart-felt sorrow for the loss of ona so dear to our hearts, so active and and faithful in the discharge of duties incumbent on him as a ministor ot the gospil, that bo wai a fiithful defender of the faith "oucj delivered to the saints." v -""'. ;;'"." i:;" - r:'; -"' 2. Resolved. That in tha death of brother Scott the denomination has sustained an irre- jarable loss. s"- "' J'.-n.rs;;, f ,;. y 3. Resolved. That we will cherish the re membrance of our departed brother as an ex ample of activity, self-disinterestedness, and bouible deVotedness to the! cause be so much loved, bis love for bis brethren and for the welfare of his fellow-man, and for the prosperity of Zion. , . .. ... v! 4. Resolved. That we offer onr prayers and heart-felt sympathies to the family and friends of our departed brother. f 5. Jietultfu. I hat in compliance with bis request, that wo will not have his funeral preach-. ea. , v 6. Resolved. That a copy of this preamble and resolutions be entered on the church-book; also, a copy bo sent to the cditior of tbe Religious Hemic, with request that he publish tbe same. and request that the editors of the Biblical Recorder and Tennessee - Baptist give them room in the columns of their papers ' ArroiXTMENT or Mission a bt from Baxtivore. We have been informed that Bro. Itos well R. Grave, of this city, was appointed at a late meeting of the 'Foreign Mission Board, S. B. Convention, missionary to Canton, Lhua. .. Bro. Graves is a member of the Seventh Baptist church in this city, highly esteemed for his amiable character, piety, and attainments. lie has been for some time pursuing a course of theological study, and preachuiff for the church at Elkridjre Landiiisr. wrhere his labors have been crowned with the Di vine blessing. This is the first time we believe that Baltimore has ever sent out one of her sons as a Baptist missionary to the heathen. . We hope it : win not oe ine last. irue union. Thk Dutch Kkmonstrants. -It is a matter of some interest, says the Puritan Recorder, to learn what has become ot that part of the churches in Holland. . which male so much noise in the days of the Synod oruori, unaer xne name oi liemonstrants, tr Armimans; those men, in other wo ids, with whom Armin:anism was born and i cradled t The New Bfatswick Review informs us. that the sect still exists, but is gradually dwindling to nothing.. In 1803, they had 3churches and 40 minitera ; now they have 27 churches and 24 ministers. The membership of ihe body is' now reduced to -4.835- I M,. - mi I t . . ' students. In tctud to doctriaal belief, they are .very low, for the Recorder, ' " TnnmiM !n lrM. Books in tbe runnio t Sermons in stones brooks, And good in everything. - " -On the first,' balmy Saturday of April, the month of reviving vegetation and hopes ; of which hopes its derivation from " aperio,". to open, (I e. the sea son of opening buds,) and its genial influence are both very emblematical, I ma le a visit to the thri ving works of the Manteo Manufacturing Compa ny, located at the Falls of the Neuse. To an untrav eled southron, who seldom sees any formof land scape bat an unvarying agricultural one, they pre- aeot a sew anJ pleasing reature. The leap of the silvery water over the broad river dam, the queru lous chaffing of the water over the mimic falls, the cast iron fc motor" of tbe grist mill, tho incessant but almost invisible revolution of the circular saw, the reservoir or miniature lake for the reception and preservation of a Eupply of wa'er, the various little canals an J dikes, the beautiful and complicated machinery of the paper mill all charm the eye and suggest to the mind pleasing hopes of progress and employment for a hitherto too much neglected clats of our population, poor white operatives, particularly poor and unemployed femiles. But nothing inter ested and affected me like the accumulation ot rags in the paper mill, which we coull not help regard ing as a mound, a mountain, at least a memorial of human crime anl misery, and mutability. Forever be far from me to attempt 4 i . To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, . To throw a perfume on the violet, ! r 'To smooth the ice, or aid another hue j Unto the rainbow. But we cannot help thinking that, had the all-exploring miud of Shakspeare ben arres'ed by Sue i a heap of rags as I saw in the Manteo Paper Mill, be would have a Id jd another line to the words which introduce this p iper. Nay, perhaps his creative and combiningjnind might have derived a whole volume of divinity, or at least a most pa.hetic plea for the poor, fro n this strange mosaic picture of suflering humanity, for as Igaxed and moralized upon it, I wa3 forced to think that neither4 the . f Adventures of a Guinea,'1 nor, the ' Adventures of a Feathej-," which I have read, affords so prolific a theme, for the textile fabric ks of almost every clime and every people were represented in -this heap- It is! no refutation of this supposition thit they had beejn mostly collected and estimate! for the cotton and hueri contained in them, for it is sufficient for our parpclse, that as lining, or patches, or threads') or buttons, or ornamental facings, everything enter ing into tiiej composition. of human clothing was in it. Here then v;&3 Nankeen cotton, that may have been pressed by the feet of the insurgents of the Ce lestial Empire ; a sample of cbihi from the sacred " river of India linen from the Emerald Isle ; 'cot ton from the Palmetto State anl ths distant Delta of the Amazon ! Sea Island cotton, once fanned bv Antarctic breezes, anl that fertilized by the in- undationsof the iNile 1 luthort, 1.1. i . u . . t " Froi Greenla id's icy luountaios, r romjlniia's cora sirand, i : . ; i Wh-TB Africs sunny founlains, Roil down their golden sand, There mau have hea specimens and memento's of poverty and wratchedness, even jthough none of them had been imported -(which we bear is some times done,) for our travelers and sailors penetrate to all these places a id sometimes bring home tattered garmen s to rot, or be manufactured into paper in the very district where they had been produced, j But not only are the textile fabricks of ihe four quarters of the globe represented here, but all classes of men also frqm the prince to the beggar. If any are sceptical of this comprehension of all sorts of garments, in the rag heap before us, let them advert to the fact, that of all ' rotating and deteriorating thtng3 clothes slts the' most striking and affecting instances, thit they may begin their' rounds upon the bick of royalty, thence to some com t minion, thence to the royal coachman, thence be pawned to a Jew clothesmin, thenci to the loafer and be kept upon bis shouIJers by leathern buttons and thorn pins.. . j " ' : '. As I thus stood anl gazed anl moralize! oyer these pealingsj these exuviae of humanity, it is ho! stretch of the license of figurative language to ima-, gine lhat the heap moved, that aroan escaped, anl that a voice was heard from a remnant of fine linen of the Eneraid Isle, UI wai once a companion to the purple of; princes but how fallec ! my. last office was tos.'rve asa death's cap for a malefictof.' Another, " I as s wa Idling cloth received the naw born infant j" I," said another, " was a part of the winding sheet of the dead." Another, "I was sold by a poor mother who preferred the nakedness toi the starvation of her children Another, M I am stained with the guilt of murder 1 Se here the the rent, through which the assassin's knife pa-sed in its way to the heart of his victim !"x Another, u I once made part of the i dress of affair young bride; of snowy whiteness, an emblem of her punty, I lay upon ber heart and felt its exuliing Itirobbings. From her my sweet mistress, as cast off finery, : I passed through many transition and transgressions, until I ended my first missson on the body of a rery differ ent character. But my next transmigration, which I tremblingly await, I trust will restore me to more than my primal whiteness anl purity, and that upon my bleached and immaculate face may be impressed thoughts which not only the fair young bride but even angels may read with complacency. The above are some of the moral lessons deriva ble from the objects and processes of a Paper Mill, but they are not alL perhaps not the most important for paper, the manufacture of which is aimed at in all these processes, is the vehicle ot thoughts incomv parably more circulative than the material of which it is made, for a thought b instinct with an immorl rtality of usefulness ox mischief. Rags, the constit uents' of this 'wonderful : receiver and diffuse? cjf thoughts, go into cleansing vats, an . unsightl j and unsavory mass, ani are delivered at the end of various transforming processes in an improv&I siatej, nntit it comes forth a snowy sheet llf now, like the unstained and unwritten tablets of the infant mindi h shad receive :th ' impress of truih, its leaves wil be for the healing of tha nations, but alas ! alas if it shall be stained with ths poison of infidelity, it 'will go forth i aT winged pestilence. . f But we must stop. We have only tested the mine i We leave to the creative minds of poets to explore- and appropriate the pure gold. . i ; X . ; w. h. o. W. P. College, April 20, 1855. ; . . . For the Recorder. B":ricENCiv I hope all pur ministers wDl con-j tribute annually to our benevolent societies. When they preach upon the subject, tDQ question may be ; asked, IIow much do they give. Consistent acts give power to words. : t E. DODSON. : ... Cick Tabic; . Interpretation or The Sceiptures. By Alexan. der Carson, LL. D. ' Published by. Edwara H. Fletcher, 119 Nassau street, New York. . . This volume comprises an Examination of the -principles of Biblical Interpretation of ErnL-ti, Am- " mon, Stuart,: and other Philologists ; a TreaUse on . ; the Firures of Speech, and one on the Right ani " Duty of all men to read the Scriptures. : - ' r Dr. Carson possessed a mind of the first order and was one of jhe most original thinkers of tU age. He investigated no theme without sheddin on it add tional light; and subjects " that Vera abt ? struse and difficult, even to the profound and learn, ed, readily yielded up their hidden treasures to ihj power of his superior intellect . As a polemic and" philologist, he has few equals in the word of let. ters. . i - .."-. , - - . - . ' " The Principles of Biblical Interpretation, , subject, whose magnitude and difficulty require -mind of tha greatest strength a:id descrim iutioh.' ' No subject waa better suited to show the clearness -of this author V conception, or the force of his . : reasoning power ihan - the one in the volume bs fore us. , , Portions of it are not sui:ed to the illite ; rate; and to be read to advantage taxes to a con : siderable extent the scholart-hip of the reader. Yet it is a treatise of great value, particafany to thosa ; who wish to ascertain the meaning of difficult pas-'"' fages of Scripture by applying to the tnem the ? just rules of interpretation. ; It is a standard wotk, ana will long be found in j the libraries of those ; who delight to follow ihe traces of a great mind, as it sheds rays of light on th fields of sacred knowl edge. Like Andrew Fuller, Carson seemed ever o dwell in regions of light, and the reader canuot peK rose a single page of his writings without meeting -with thoughts which at once : commend themselves la his judgement a3 both just and important. This : volume is neatly printed and well bou n l, contain- ' ing some 468 pages. It. may; be obtained. of tha . publisher. :, ; I Th b Baptist Pr eachsb for March, containio ; a sermon by Rev. T. G. Keen of Mobile, Ala I heme lue.Ckrtslian Minister's request ' Memoie of Mas. Helen1 M. : Masoji. - By Rev. ::$ Fronds Mason. r Sheklori, Lamport & Co No. ,v 116 Nassau street, Mew Yoik. ; , - ' Mrs. Mason waa a missionary to Bnrmah, and .we suppose a very pious andiievoted one as such ISv she deserves to be held In grateful temembrance by those who were interested in ber . selWenial, zeal v and devotion to the Mission ctuse. A concise anl conuected harVative of jihe; leakingfevents in her life, would have been more convenient and, appro pi late, and doubdess more ' extt-nsivery read; and beside the author's style, we ilo hot think happy. ' -It wears the aspectoil affectation mi show, and not of furhnliclc.if mnS Kim.?! l.;.li f " t becoming a Missionary evant matter introduce 1 . j t...(..j , w. uivu aic llllTB of the. cross. .The irrel breaks the narrative and thus n-ars its beauty a Id 'effect The Christian ; RErostToat? axd LrTEiiAEr Be view.; Apru ro. lioutsville Hail & Broth ers primers. J s The leading articles are,'Sptrit ual Delurions and a Di-cussion about the Recognition of Pedo-Bap-tist Ministers and Churthes. - This perhfical has an able corps of editors Jand ought j torank well with similar publications. Terms, two dollars per annum, invariably in advaiice. ' 4 ftij' The April number of the UtsrvERStTT Maoa- zise has bWn out for some days: 4 The table off contents is morj varid tlian usual.. "We give a list of the article: Stray Leaves from my Bud- . get Trip to the Gold Mines in 1850 ; Bamum's Auud4orajhy ; Flraf McDunaid; legend of I St Patrick's Spring ; A ' S ene at Wriirhtsville and its Cmsequt'ncs ; A Requiem forEdgsr A. Poe ; Our Pronunciation The Farewell ;" A' Glance inta the Social Circle ; Th Musical Theory of Govt-rninent ; NarWleon " off Cape Usliant, and a varied Editorial Table. SECULAR. ITEMS. ; TiiE New York CuOEcn TiiacKE LAw.TJie . bill in relation to church. roperty passed by a tbe j New York Legislature, and which is now a sw, . declares all. future conveyance to Priests, Bibop?, and other ecvleswtics in their official character or as corporation oie,;void. The Tribune -ays.; - ' x It : also declares void all future conveyances cf lands consecrated I to religious purpose", nmless mnde to a religious ' corporation ' organized in con formity to the statutes of ti e State, which require such corporations to consist of at least three tru tees, and not to.-have an annual revenue of more, than $3,000, excepting the Ministers, Elders nd . Deacons of the Reformed Protectant Dutch church of New York ; the Rector, Church Wardens and : Vestrymen of Trinity church, New York ; and tho Minister, Elder and Deacons of the First Presbyter rian church of New ' York. As to tuch lands at present held by : indiriduals, (Bishops or o ber,) it provides that they shiill be deemed to be held in ; trust for the congregation who use .them ; and tliat tbey shall revert to those congregations on the de-tlh of the individuals w ho now have the title. In case the congregation do not orgat ize a corporation to take thertitle, the land hall escheat to the Stale, to be held in trust by it until such a corporation shall be organized. - . l'vl"- Card to the Pcblig The undersigned Execu tive Committee of tlve Seamen's Fbieko Societt of Wilmington, N. C, naving been: informed that rumors were in circulation here, and vlseahere, that the Superintendent of the HouVe of the Socie ty was guilty of stealing ar.d harboring Se-ime 1 ; and having received the report of the Committee, Con bi sting, of C. D. Ellis and J. McRie appointed; io investigate the mat ter, would now state that said rumrsare without any foundation in fact, and that they ! have undiminished confidence in the honesty and integrity of the Superintenda.it, and believe that the Home, under his supervision, has . been, and will continue to be, a great blessing to i '. Seamen. . . ' - . 4 CflARLES D: ELLIS, - " GILBERT POTTER, t M O. G. PARSLEY, n : .- - JOHN McRAE; s . - . "t t A J. DeROSSETT, 3. " Wilmington, A' April 10, 1855. . . ; : : ( Papers friendly ' to the cause are requested to ' give this one insertion.--0OTirctat t G rah Air Tbe Mcrdereb. J. Anstin Grahrff charged with killing W. IL Spiller, was brought ' before the county court of Wythe on Monday the 9th Inst;3' for examination The Commonwealth wr.s represented by R. C. Kent and Beverly John son ; B. Rush Floyd, and J. J. Leftwitch appeared ,v as counsel fur the prisoner. After a protracted and patient hearing of the testimony, the Court remand ed the prisoner .jo jail for a further bearing before the circuit ; con ft cf Wythe, which neets cn Hc3 dav 30th iust. PeL Ex. " : - ' ; f " ! r !
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