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, .... . i 1 it ii n i U lfelilUlilliiM ' A Religious and lii t e rary Paper: Published weekly at Raleigh, N. C, at $2 00 per taaum, payable in all cases is adtajic.. . . ajr All letters on business should be directed to G. M ejikditm & Co., Raleigh, N. C. '. '' - Jf&, All letters containing communications, or in any way relating to the editorial department, should b addressed to Rev. J. J. James, or Editor of the Biblical Recorder." -.-. All communications, to insure attention, must be directed to Raleigh, N. G.pct-paidt For further particulars see last page. ; THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS. v, 1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to tho contrary are considered wishing to continue their subscription. ""'.v-:r-': fi 'r ' I 2. If the subscribers order the discontinuance of their papers,; the publishers may continue to send them till all cash charges arepaidX ? - ''''' 3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their pa pers from the office to which they are directed, they are held responsible until they hare settled their bill, and order their paper discontinued. ..- ; " " 4. If subscribers remove to othT - places without informing the publisher, and the fuper is sent to the former direction, they are held responsible. 5. The courts have decided that refusing to take a paper or periodical from the Office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for,, is prima facie", evidence of intentional fraud. , . - Vv- ? --y . For the Recorder. . Notes Upon the Mode of Baptism. . NUMBER FOUR. - . - ( Continued.) - Again, Mr. Pendleton adds, 44 Dr. Hodge, in his 44 Way of .Life," expresses the sarue sen timent. To all this I .: cordially subscribe. The apostles found eertain terms in use among the people, which conveyel the idea of expia tion. They used those terms, and evidently in ;tbat sense.- As honest men they could not do! otherwise, without giving information of the ; fiC. : So reasotSM r.. Watson. Very well." The same apostles found the term buplizo fixed in; its meaning, and that -meaning was to im merse. . Could they then in honesty V. em ploy it to denote sprinkle and pour without no titying their readers of the fact I Rev. Rich ard Watson, J being jnde, they could not. 44 Unquestionibly" they never intimated to Jew or Gentile that they used the word (bap- uzo) in a new sense, now i insii roas aietn-z odists ought either to admit the validity of this argument in reference to baptizo, or reject as inconclusive, Watson s reasoning against So cinians. . It is to be remembered, however; that those who say that the sacred meaning of bap tizo differs from its classic meaning, must prove it. t Baptists occupy a position . which commends itself to every unprejudiced mind. They say that baptizo among the Greeks meant to immerse, and that John the Baptist, Jesus Christ and the apostles, used it just as the peo ple understood it." pp. 1U3 104. That Ptdobaptists would use the same argu ments had our Saviour and the apostles used the English word dip, plunge or immerse, that they now do, is further evident, from the words of Rev. R: Watson in a tract upon baptism published by or for the Conference, pp. 49, 59. , . ' '. ; . " It is not probable that in a religion de signed to be universal, a mode of administering this ordinance should be obligatory, the prac tice of which is ill-adapted to so many climates. Even if, immersion icere in fact the original node of baptizing in the name of Christy thes-3 reasons make it improbable that no accommoda tion of the form should take place without vi tiating the ordinanco.,, . Here the very thing we are proving is clear ly admitted. : Even if immersion were in fact the original mode," it might be changed to suit climates, &C, " without vitiating (rendering invalid) the:ordince., Pedobaptism contains within itself the ele ments of Popery, as is evident from the above extract..: Let the word be dip, or immerse, and uninspired men may, change it to sprinkling, or pouring, to suit climates, &c.! :f:C:- y:: We will -conclude our testimony upon this finbject by giving an extract . from the Discip line of the Methodist Episcopal Society, p.. 19. " It is not necessary that rites and ceremo nies should in all places be the same, or exact- - ly aftk&iJ: V Everyparticular church1; may hrdain,, change or abolUh rites and ceremonies, 'so that all things may be done to edification." : ! . This may be good Methodism, but it is equal- ' ly true, that it is good Roman Catholicism. ; Baptism is a rite and a ceremony, and is there fore included in the above extract. If the Sa viour and - the Apostles bad . used i the English ; word dip or immerse, according to the discip line , it might, bo 44 changed'. or 44 abolished, " and sprinkling initiated in its place. f . -The fact, that the mode of reasoning . that is resorted to by Pedobaptists, to prove that. r Baptizo may, or does mean to sprinkle or pour, would if applied to dip or immerse prove the same thing, must with all unprejudiced minds, infca the impression' that baptizo means no such thing. For we all know that dip-or im- - merse, never has, can, or will, mean anything that by fair reasoning can be construed to fa- ; vor the idea, that they mean to sprinkle or pour.? Every English, scholar, would laugh ? at tho - idea that dip means to immerse, put nnder wa ter and draw out again, and also to sprinkle or pour. Yet the reasoning by which baptizo is made to mean sprinkle or pour, would make . dip mean the same thing, as V we have , clearly. proved and demonstrated; ' ' '. ' ' ', ' ' The mode of reasoning by which baptizo is made to mean sprinkle or pour, and that wuuld if applied to dip, prove the same, is not only calculated to; make an - impression 'against ? sprinkling, but also i against the divine authen ticity of the Bible. . . .. We shall now proceed to show that immer sion ia the only scriptural and proper mode of baptism. , . : ... v .. . i : Our first position is that no one; word can, : or does mean immerse, sprinkle and pour. Baptizo does not mean to immerse- sprinkle and pour. We might with as much propriety say, rantizo means to sprinkle and immerse, as to , say baptizo means to immetse and to sprinkle, to sprinkle. Thoy are separata and distinct acts which . cannot be exrjressed bv anv one trord. If baptism is a vitrification as Pedo- iptists assert, the mode of puriucatiou must CtZr0nn to the tnnwn primitive and original Jd by tlie Savionr and 7i tD Ut'1 t c '"in.' V w Win in A I ninf.i.i.iin UlULlUilJ ii in Lit ttsin, . That the primitive and original mean ing of baptizo is: to dip or immerse, no learned man will deny.. Had rantizo instead of bapti zo been invariably used by the Savior and the Apostles, to express the ordinance of baptism, would PedobaptUts admit that rantizo means to immerse because as they say baptism is a purification r lr at'.-V ; ""Tbey would have done no such thirig. .would they not make' this admission ? Whv ' deutly because it never means to immerse when: applied to; any ' M j then, requires them to admit that we have , no fight to say baptizo means to sprinkle when ap plied to , the ordinance of baptism, as it never means to sprinkle when applied to other sub-tjee.ts.- - t - ; . " : " ' ; 'If purification was ; expressed by the word rantizo. we should know ' sprinkling was the . -. - " . -.''.- DiOde. ;, : :;-':;(:-.;-:, - - If by baptizo , we should know the mode was immersion, beet use that is the primary mean ing of the word, " 4 - '.$. The Savior and the Apostles have no where intimated that they use the term in a different sense from its primitive use. If then baptizo means to purify v it is evidently a purification by immersion. ' V We will close our remarks upon th is subject with an extract from Rev J. M Pendleton's 44 Three Reasons." ' ? ! Before 1 proceed to the historical, argument in favour of immersion J I will say that if bap tizo means to immerse, it does not mean sprink le or pour. If it means sprinkle j it does not i mean immerse or pour. If it means pour, it does not mean pprinkle or immerse. It is non sense to s;ty that the word can denote three ac tions so dissituSar. It is an outrage on the j philosophy of language; ; . " , 1 Did not Jesus Christ in enjoining baptism, sgive a specific command ? If he did not, it i3 j impossible to know what he requircsV and the j impossibility releases; j from all obligation to oley the requirement.' say boldly that it is not trie duty or any roan to Do Dapuzea, u ue : cannot know what baptism is. M; j All candid persons, upon examination of the isobjet. must admit that tho Saviour gave a -specific command, when , he enjoined baptism on believers. And if so, he did not require fEhcm to be immersed in water, or that water be poured or sprinkled on them. j He did not re- f quire any one of three things;! for on this sup position tub command loses its specific churac j ter. The matter then comes to this point : Did Christ require believers td hi 'iinuiersrd in ; water, or to " have water "applied to ; them by t sprinkling or pouring? . w, if the word j baptize in the New Testament, means sprink I le or pour, as Pedobaptists insist : and if bap- j tisra is an "application of water," is it not infi : nitfly remarkable that water lis never said to i be baptized upon the subject of the ordinance, and that the water is never said to be applied If baptize means sprinkle or pour the water is I baptized, not the person. We cannot speak of ; sprinkling a man without an ellipses or figure f of speech. And 'job rational person would ex i pect to find eitbetr an ellipses or figure of speech in the apostolic commission. Sprinkling implies the separation and scat tering of the particles of the substance sprink led. A man cannot be poured, because pour ing implies a continuous stream off the sub stance poured. say again j if baptize in the New Testament iueans ; spi nkle or pour, the water is baptizld. But n where, is water found in the objetive case, sifter the verb bap tize in the active jjvoica ; and no where is it in the nominative cajse to the v?rb in the passive voice We never read, I baptize water upon , you, but I baptiz you. ? It is never said. Wa ter was baptized Jupon thfu i ; but it is said, 44 they were bipUzed both urn and women " The subjects of the ordinance are baptized, the water is not.' And therefc ne baptizo in the New Testament fsisnifies neither sprinkle nor pour. But substitute immense for it, (baptizo) I and bow plain and beautiful every . baptismal narrative ! I immerse youy not "the water.-- Thev were immersed : that is, the men and women." Those who do not look npon this statement of the matter as conclusive against sprinkling and pouring, ought (even if- they are Doctors of Divinity) to apply themselves at once to the study of English Grammar.-- Three Reasons, pp. 125-6-7. ,: . . . - .. lo be continued. ) ;K-;4;'-Avi-ill' I;;' For the Recorder. " Campbellisra and Bible Uniouisia." .'. M a. Editor :-ln! the .. Recorder of April 12th is. a communication under this title from, the pen of your correspondent W, which em braces a subject: of i much interest and irapor tince to the cause of Christ and the advance ment of Hi? truth: I And I regret as mueh,, "perhaps, to see such a communication as your correspondent does to record the results of his observations in regard to the acts and doings of the 'Americau Bible Union. He says : 44 Perhaps tiero is not man among us who is not in favor of a pure version of God's word, but there are many: of us who feel very solici ? tous about the means of obtaioinr them." I suppose eyery Bible-Unionist man would hear- ";. i --'it. ii'l ' .:i::.f' n.i .t . tliy . enaorse i nia iteuiuneuu - uut ,, vnB ; very means he condemns,' others! who are as good Baptists as he," would approve and recommend. H is-objection is that Campbcllites are permit ted to participate in it. ' ' ," ''. :-J : i "Now 1' wish it to-be distinctly understood. that I am no apologist for Mr. C, or of the Current reformation of Episcopalianisin, Pres , bvterianism. Lutheranism or; Methodism. Still ii am favorable to the A- B. M., and still thero are men bearing these various religious ' com nlexions who are not only favorable to, but are actually eogaged in,r the work of the Society I)e8ide8 several others not namea. , u 1 unuer- stand vour correspondent, he intimates the ne cessity of a man's being, at least, contaminated with Camnbellisra who is a Bible? Unionist Wh v not with the rame force of reason say that fa Bible-Unionist is contaminated with Episco palianism, Lutheranism or M ethodism ? . The same reasoning holds equally good with these various isms. IV..; ' - . Vr - The facts stated by W. deserve some notice. 1st He says thb Bible Union has employed f Campbell ite agents who have disseminated the pernicious errors of the reformation ia Baptist pulpits. And what of all this? If pr:li A r.ont have transcended tb.3 llrr-1 ta cf tleir nrcn- tint tba fadtcf tL: Union i .'ere employ'id ty tho Union for another purpose, and when they have loist sight of that purpose and abused the trust imposed on them, it then becomes the duty of those cognizant to the fact to report to the Board, of the Union such de flection from the original purpose, and not to wage warfare against ther Society. ) Mister ample information, the Society or its Board should refuse to displace each agents, then it J ( 2nd. W. tays Baptist agents of the IS- Ut have affiliated with Catnpbcllites, circulated the books of Mr. Campbell, and defended the Re : former of Bethany. ; Did be never know of a Baptist who was not an agent of the Uoion to' defend Mr, C? , Perhaps if ho make enquiry 4 be may find several. And it may be that be can nna some as gooaj baptists as ever area who wouldj defenilW: I C against some at-' tacks made npon him, jwho by no means. would subscribe to his system of doctrine. If a man were to utter the smallest defence of Mr. C, personal'y, and 83y not one word in defence of his doctrinal tenets, some, J have no doubt, would turn, the circum stance into an occasion of charging such an on 9 ;with being a Camp bellite. 1 do not say ibat this is the case with W., although it might pa inferred from the fore going sentence that such is intimated. In this connexion XV. uses the term, 44 blind zbal for Bible Unionism." Mav I not with equal pro priety say blind zeal a-sainst Bible Unionism? 1 think that those whoj advocate the cause of the Bible Union are as well instructed in the principles and.objcts jof tho Union, and are as well acquainted with the distinctive features of Baptists, as those who oppose tho Union -There may be some who have a ' blind zeal foi the B- Union," but it cannot th any de gree of consistency be charged upon the whole Society. Thn men belonging to the Union who have proven to this world, by i continued course of labor and sacrifice that I hey are as much devoted to the Baptist cause ;ts men can nu tneir towering intellects wen stored the rich ; treasures of knowledge, repel with anything lilce the "charge ot " blind zeal.'7 But I heartily endorse the - sentiment of W.: . 44 If Baptists cani.ot aavocat j BiUc Uniouistn wiiiiout at the ; sme time advocating Camp bell ism, and affiliating with its e rois, they had better renounce that msiiiutiou aitogrther. The fa brd. ;t, how .Ver, 13, THEY CAN AND D) Dr. Maelav is charsed with commu- niog with Campbelhtes, and this circumstance is urged by W. as a reason why B ipHsts should hale nothing to do with Itho Biblrs Uniou. Was the like never k 09 wh before ? j 1 have no doubt but that there are churches-which are w claimed as part and pnrcel of the reformation that are wanting in nothing to make them good Baptists, only an identity with tho regular bo dy of Baptists. I am lead to this opinion part ly by the declaration of S. W. Synod, used as capital by YY ., wherein he endorses sentiments recently expressed by Mr. Campbell. If Brof' Lyn't is to be believed,! (and I am pure be must be) one would be lead tb hope that the work ?f purification is going oh amonsi the reform- ers, ana tout it will result1 in bwdsinsr them back to the old Baptist landmarks. There is sujh a diversity of doctrinal sentiments among those holding with the reformation, that there is no telling whether a cliurch several huudred miles off holds to sound or corrupt doctrine, merely by seeing it stated that said church be longs to the reformation. : If I were to see it slated that a prominent; Bapiit minister com muned with a church of the reformation, my high regard for Baptist ministers would lead me to the opinion that he had found a church in jsorae good degree sound in the faith. 1 would not ake it an j occasion of calling in question the soundness of the doctrinal tenets of the minister himself.! But YV. seems to think otherwise. Still I would not recommend the practict, nor would I commune with a church numbered with the churches of the re formation, however pure she miht be in doc trine. I have no doubt but that; Dr. Klaclay wijuld have acted as he did, had not the Bible Union been iu existence. Because be was A gent of the" Union at the time he communed with Campbellites, a fie is charged, it does not follow that his being Agent made him com mune. ! : -:; -l-p- ii V ' f:v':':V : 4th. As regards Bro. Lynd's endorsing the sentiments of Mr. Campbell recently express ed j I see no good reason why we must regard it as the effect of the Bible, Union. This con clusion jis about iu keeping j with oth rs of W. . fl'o conclude, VV. is to-Ji late in his opposition to the Union. It has now been in existence more than four years, and it bas a strong bold on the sympatiiies of a large portion of ;the in habitants ofthe U. S , and is increasing vear ly in its strength and its operat'ons. It is the only Society in existence lauon of God's word in or the faithful trans all languages. I (is the great work of the pure versions, should i age. - 1 nose who love not enlist m warfare against that very Society ! which is now at work to procure them, but tbey should the rather etf courage it. If Cauipbelliu'S, Episcopalians, : jutberan, Pesby tenans, Dutch ; Reft rmers and Methodists can aid in i a great and good work, why nut affiliate with them in that work? We do not expect Baptists to affiliate with these various sects as churches, but with the members of them as individuals. Thi we can do without subscribing tq one oft Ihetf errors, and without sacrificing a particle of truth. Moreover, it is incumbent on those who object U the; Am Bible ;Union, and are still favor arable to pure versions, to i propose some plan belter adapted. to the work than that now iu existence. Until this ; is done, the j plan pro posed must be adhered to, or the work given ' ' - . .1 ..... up. J. J. L. -, ' '. For the Recorder. ' Dear Bro. James : I.mtice in the Recor der of April 19th the death of sistef Yneey of Caswell co., and that your or fone one eWe would see her face no more, the thought of which gave Jrou much pain. Why what has become of sister Yancey, that you will see brr face n more ? YVhat ! gone into the spirit land with alt of those superior claims of a christian lady, and not see her face! no more! O, don't indulge such cold hopes asj these ; for Paul says, 44 we sorrow net as those that have no hope.' Again, he says to the Thcs3aloni ans, 44 Brethren, for what is our hope1, or joy, or crorn of n juicicg; are not even ye in the pres ence of oar Lord Je.s CLmt ?" (When, 1 n:.) Why IVd fays at the .coning cf the Lord Jesus Christ. Then you or brother To bey, or brother some body else will ; have the plisure of presenting sister Yancey perfect in ' Christ Jesus, and then she will be the glory and joy of some minister of Christ, and all thb is to take placed and her face is not to bit seen. Yes,' my dear brotherly ou will see her ' lovely face aain, and all the sweet recollections will be Teviyed again, and those pleasant associa tions will be remembered. You may stay here, and fill your appointed time, and wait till your' change come, and that may be some 20. 30 or v40 years yet, but when tbe Master comes and cills fpryou then jrou must lay down your pen, pr layjaside your paper, full as it may be jof interesting natter, or it may be the pulpit.' af- . ter you have . finished a discourse' to an inter- wng wujjreuuu, xuui go vo join in a i great family .above, and then, O not till then can you see those that have gone before. ': And for the sake of this labor; Of as a faithful steward and the promise that you shall" meet those you once loved in Christ here on the earth, where you will not need a tabernacle- for Moses and Elias, such as Peter could make, but in that bouse, not made with, hands eternally in the heavens, even in those mansions already pre pared by the Savior, i Then, my dear ministering brethren in the glorious gospel of the' Son of God, let us labor as faithful ministers,, let us be instant in season and out of season, let us go forth reaping bear ing precious seed,- that we may return bringing our sheaves with us. OJ the happy thought of bringing those with us to whom we have preach . ed, and have been the appointed instrumental ty to bring them to a saving knowledge ot the Saviour, and the reviving of happy ! recollec tjous, and the remembering of those loving as sociations at. the prayer meeting, or at the coin in union table with those that has gone before us, and are waiting and wandering that we tar- ry so long. L. F. W. Of course we referreil I to the present life, and supposed we shoulJ be so understood. En. ' . , . ? - ' ' l' ' . j . For ihe Recorded Indians. To the Moderator and Manarers of Assoriu- . lions, and other Religious Bodies. Dear. Brethren : While some have ppo ke out and acted nobly for the heietolore greatly neglected Red people, oihers have for gotten, and continue to forget, that they have, farms and homes, opulence and comforts, where the Indians were once the sole proprie tots : that they are now 44 down trodd.n, scat tered and peeled in many instances driven into dreary and destitute homes in a barren and lifeless wilderness, where they are dying from starvation ! Will you not, my dear brethren, remember, pray fuiyancl help the helpless and suffering people ? Though in the fulfillment of prophecy, you arc f greatly 44 enlarged, and dwelling iu the tents of Shem," you are res ponsible to heaven's chancery for the part you act in this matter, and it will by-and-by stare you in the face. These poor, "di-frauded and persecuted expatriates are now crying to the Great Spirit to avenge or intercede for them! and will he uot hear and answer their nlea ? Ha s ever an ill-treated and humbled people called upon him, and he has not answered them ? How often did; Israel, after grossly sinning and forgetting Qod, turn and cry unto him ? and did he not hear and help them r Many of the Indians;' clothed in sackcloth, sit ting in ashes, and with broken and penitent spi rits, are. crying to the-Great Spirit, and he will-hear them : and if he avenge, them, will it not be at our cost?' The Lord God,whose aro the earth and the fullness thereof," will do right! Then, do not both duty and policy claim our attention to this great Interest ? " f Brethren though! my field includes four States. I . expect to spend the present year in N. Carolina, and visit some of the associations, but my engagaments will prevent going to sev eral of them. Please take some account of the Indian cause ; if nothing more, have a coin mittee to report, and publish it in your minutes. . But will not some one, whose 'soul is in the right place, lift up his voice, talk for Indian civilization and missions, and give an opportu nity for the good and true to show how mueh they pity the Indians ? . Should anything be received, forward it with a copy of : your min utes to me, care of brother T. J. Johnson, mer chant of this city. Send a copy to the Cor. See., I . M. Association, Louisville, Ky. . Permit me to aJd that that some of our In dian missionaries have left the service, and their missions are suspended for want of the means of support ; and one of thb , most successful has left hfc field and gone ;'qut as agent, in order to prevent others from starving.7 . Fraternally and respectfully, ? j . G. F. H. CROCKETT, Agent. Fayetteville, N. C, April 23d, 1855. '.---r:'tj;d:,.-:P , For the Recorder, -:' ' j-: ; A Call B-ttrl- -To Ziox to put on her Strength and Je rusalem her - btautlful garments, as far as Regular Baptists are concern ed in North Carolina. Awake !- awake I pttl on thy strength, O Zion ; pt on thy beautiful, garment st O Je rutalem.: Isa. 52 t 1.- - 'r The Zion and Jerusalem here, are fully re vealed in Heb. 12 : 22. :' . The strength of Zion and the beautiful gar ments of Jerusalem is faith in , the Lord and His righteousness.. As written without vie ye can do nothing. Again, Ican do all things through Christ who , tlrengthentth me. Fur ther, Christ must become to us wisdom, right outness, sanctification and ' redemption -1 Faith in Christ is bur strength, and Ilia righteous ue?s the garments of salvation.' How is this strength and these beautiful gar-? raents to be put on t io oy tnxgni nor oy ' power, but bv my spirit saith the Lord. This divine power must be prayerfully sought after upon the promises of God, that we may become strong in the Lord and m the power of His , : might. '"w -.: :TV;-:-X': :" y':''-'' ' How is this strength to bo put forth and brought to bear amongst the Regular Baptists in North Carolina ? They roust untie and let loose their ministers of the gospel from their plows and school rooms, that they may give themselves wholly to prayer and the'work of t!3 ministry. Thoy must pray to the Lord cf t!i: li&rvcFt and er.Jc-7 their collg?,' tbtit.lhe Lord may send forth more able ministei i of fie gpel to the, great work. They should well, sustain a religious periodical, that , their Editor and his correspondents may preach to them at home, that thereby they may increase in knowl edge, for wisdom (of ;the; true Jcharacter)is power. They should sustain their Publication Society : for the press is power, a mighty powd er, if properly wielded. .These ineana put; id ; full operation by the Regular : Baptists of ,N.' C. would make their strength, like, an army with banners, and cause their churches to shine in the beautiful garments of holiness, in the bounds of their own State. , But further, tbey should unite with r their sister States, that ad-, mit their equal rights, in sending the gospel' to places destitute ot a preached gospel, espe-. ciaally to the South Western States' that their strength may be felt and their light shine there, thus lengthening the cords and t strengthening :the stakes of i Ziottf throughout tnetf United States. - For the time being, God in his provi dence , has sent foreign materials, Romanists,! Deists,' Rationalists': and Pagans, enough: to employ all the resources ofthe Regular Bap-' tists without sending missionaries in foreign lands ; and here their labors will count double! with half the expense. Let the people of the United States become generally evangelical christians, and their light with their free In-, stitutions wilt shake the foundations of the Pa pat nations, and all the other national church es of Europe, and open the way for the gospel to have free access amongst the kingdoms of the Beast, when and where missionaries may be sent to work without the hindrances, perse-; cutions, j and corrupting influeneesj of State churches;, and thus -move onward and onward, until the kingdoms of this world become the kingdom of our; Lord and His Christ. yj We close with the exhortation to! the Regu lar Baptists of N. C. to come up to the help of the Lord against the mighty, to awake ! awake ! and put on their strength and then beautiful garments ; and to take heed ,- not to dimmish their strength ; by '.falsa doctrines ; their garments by sinful practices. nor uefale J. D For the Recorder. Forgiveness Dear Bro. James: it was ouca the re- mark of a certain writer, that the greatest than on earth can no sooner commit an injury, than a cood man can make himself greater by for -How often has the: man of a sin- t cere and truly forgiving, and I imight say 6"'uo Christ-like spirit had bis heart panned, when beholding the hostile and unforgiving manner with which brethren often treat each other.- Sometime difficulties arise between brethren from the merest trifles, and then as pouch hos tility and as much unforgiveness are- displayed as if the world was at stake. It is wrong td be unforgiving in great things, and it is the heart to see this spirit even then, it in the very smallest trifles, is pain painful to but to kee "ul indeed. Unforgiveness is so unlike the spirit of that heart Wherein the old leaven of sin is purged out, and wherein 44 old things are passed away ; behold, all things are become new,'! and more than this, it is so unlike the spirit I of Christ and all he has taught us on his subject, that we think it should cause those who possess such a spirit j to examine themselves, 'or as John says in the 4th chapter of the first epistle general, 1st verse, 44 try jthe spirits whether they are of God." '.'Vr. k ..!. . All christians should exercise a forgiving spirit towards t ieir brethren, because 1st. It is emphatically the spirit of Christ; as shown both in his life and teachings. When He was reviled and bis name cast out as evil, He re viled not again J but showed himself j willing to feigive, and when He was in the very agonies of death, He prayed to his Father for his ene mies andsaid, 4 Father forgive thetuj ; for they know not what they do." Luke 23 : 34. ; Christ forgave his enemies, yet pome persons will not forgive their brother. 44 If any man h Ave! not the spirit of Christ, he is none of his." Roni. 8 : : 9. j - - . Christ taught us what, we ougb to do. " Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, ; how oft shall my brother sin against me, and; 1 forgive him ? till seven times ? Jesus saith unto him,- I say cot unto thee, until seven times, but until seventy-times sevenf Matt." lcs ; z l ana z. - nere u a piam commana oi -'the Saviour. Should not christians obey ? 44 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever i hare commanded you " John 15 : 14. - Are we his friends unless we obey?::.' ' V' ; -' -. . 2nd. Because it is dangerous not to forgive. Hear, what Christ says, 4 But if ye forgive not men their tresspasses, neither will your Father forgive your 5 trespasses." Matt. 6 ' 15 and Mark 1 1 : 26. Let those who have an unfor giving spirit ponder well. God speaks. Listen, O man ! lipi Ai; 3rd. Because to say nothing of the injury done to the cause of Christ ; of the breaking of the peace and harmony of churches ; and the severe bitings of. conscience which . almost al ways result from uoforgivess. Such a !. spirit is unprofitable. . It neither builds up, nor strengthens that which is already built; Noth ing good ever resulted from such a spirit, there fore, it is unprofitable and should not be indulg ed. Let the unforgiving: man1 read Matt. 6 u 12.. 44 And forgive us our debts, as. we for give our debtors." ;This is part ot a prayer which every christian should pray, but then if he should not forgivo others, he prays to God not to forgive him. What a dangerous and un profitable prayer this would be," 44is we forgive If these remarks should be seen by the eye of one who is of an unforgiving spirit, may. he reflect seriously and 'may God give "him more - of his Holy Spirit ? z - - - J " Why should brother be set against brother, when all'are to be judged by God ?, ; . , , - : , - . -,r - - . , Luke, - : Pnlpil Rbetoric, '' The Puritan Recorder publishes reminiscen ces of a theological professor. Writers" and sermon makers will fiud volumes to tlieir ad-; vantage in the following : f , ? : "But Dr. GriSn especially excelled as a Rhe torical teacher. The exercises of the classes in criticising each other's composition,; under his guidance, were the most interesting aud profita ble of any. Hejxequired each student to take no tes, while one was reading bis essay, and then acbin turn was called upon for his critichm Then be would criticise both the essayist tad the critic. By such an exercise he would impress oc the mind of the students, the leading princi ples of rbetprie, so that they could be easOy ap prehended, and not easily forgotten. Nothir" was more remarkable than the exhaustless pat tienre with which he inculcated a single rule till he saw , it well fixed in the practice. . For instance,; one; of the most common errors. cf young writers, is that perpetrated in the form ' of mixed meUphors. Whenever one of these occurred io a composition, he would stop the ' reader andjsay 44 Paint it " that b, complete " the image j represented in the metaphor and see if all its parts correspond with each other. To use one of; Blair's examples quoted from Shakespeare t-Take up Jaras; against i sea of troubles; be would have 'them "picture in the mindhe sea, and'then" the -armed host, . that they might perceive that the two were in congruous and therefore that the metaphor was not fitTi! After he hadmadeJiis meaning well vunderslpod, he was wont to .correct the recur rence of this fault with a Bingle stroke bv the " single expression, 44 Paint Po of every com- ; moa fault in composition ; he had it as distinct- -ly labeled and could as quickly correct it, and pais on.f His moKle of taking the wind out of the sails of a turgid writer, was extremely hap- py. The I student , would read off with great ! confidencey:;16ng;and what he conceived to be a splendid sentence, full of ? high sounding -words and pompous imagery The' Doctor would say 4 Stop , let us see."!. He would ? then take the evident sense of the sentence, if it had any, and put it in five simnl wnnb. and sayr - j44 You mean so, do you hot " Yes, sir.? h Then say so " The student would, per hps. stare, and find out .with difliculty at last, that he mpact that be should write down those ' five words,! in place of his great sentence, made ' with b'arnd length and thundering sound. He would thev, for a while; be stumbled as the dis covery, that those few simple? terms, embrac ing all the jsense which he had to convey, were better thin hismany portly: words em ployed before. Here before he thought of it, a new principle of writing had gained possession ' oT h'i mind ; viz : That the true force of wri ting consisjts in the maximum of sense with the minimum of words ; aud not'as young writers usually have it, in the maximum of words with the minimum of sense." If the! student was re luctant to stiff, r such a collapse, through the loss of words and wind; the Doctor would fol- low him through bis composition, making the 1 like change on every sentence that needed it, ?nd then direct him to copy it off; and see how much better if, would read - Though th reduo tion in bulk would hn RtriLmf r.,1'L UK,.. Af v copying small, most were compelled to confess .the improveraent:-;3i0Wr;fcfe " ' 41 Indeed, his main ; Ialor, ; as a Rhetorical " teaclier.lwas In a war against words an effort to drill a student into the rrmdonsntmn nf hi ' forms of expression. His theory was that force in the utterance of thought was in inverse pro portion to the number of . words and 4 svllables iiiiju, ,auu laereiore, iiiat tue short aaxoa word, mono-syllables, if we have them, are" bet ter than the longer words of Latin derivation. It was a (position offrhis, that thai hearer's or ... u .mu. ii.fmiooni tuau uur lauguago .can travel ; and if ther;expression)l4gS Ebebind, by "reason of the number of the woid, the mini of the hearer becomes, tired of waiting for. it ' and an impression of fatigue "er dullness is pro-, duced. Herein, he said, be accounted for the ' fact, that among the preachers there were many of extensive scholarship, sound stmse and ardent . piety, who in their sermons were incurablv dull. The hearer mi?ht listen am! important thoughts and new and striking views : of truth io the sermon But in spite of, this his attention flags,' and can be sustained only, with an effort. . Jf you attentively examine the structure of this class of sermons, it will be seen that the ' thought U smothered . in ; the words. There is an amount of verbiage, which so much taxes the patience ofthe hearer, in the ettbrt of picking out the thought from the redundant words, that the interest in hearing is destroy ' ed- - - , fc 44 Having this view of style, be laid a heavy hand on all redundancies, till the student was astonished to find how ruanv of his '. customarv CJ ' ww-. f M WM Wl W. U -words could be spared, and; what a new force and .quickening his discourse had acquired by the loss of them This idea : could not be re ceived and comprehended by the 6tudenti until the Doctor sat down with him and went over . every sentence, striking out every useless word. euuwiug luiu uow mucn ine iorca cr tnougns was improved by taking it away thus . dmon- Duaiiug uik wurus wiw wnters .are nut neo- -essary eviIsi1WhiIe "doing this, the thought expressed in every f paragraph, was, of course i thoroughly scanned , and if there was no thought iu ii, nuitu uibeu uapwueu,-mo eiuueoi- was enabled to see it. A very common matter; of surprise with student was, to find how little of Kuw n9 ten iu ucu iuureu essays, alter iu9 redundant words were cut away." -!'r ' ; Getting on ;too Fast."-A pious old slave had a-wicked master. Tbis master had much confidence; however, in the slave's piety. He believed he was a Christian. Sometimes the ' religion- One day he came to the old slave, rith thit New Testampnt in Ha irvH mrtA V- ed if he would explain a passage to hicf. ? The , slave was willing to try, and asked what it was." ; ; It is here iu Romans,' said tho master. I .. - 4 MflVA vnn Ann nil that, if Matthew, Mark, and John,? inquired the slave, . , - J " " www- u M V VU 1 V W No I haven; V. he said. ;-'!s- Then you're getting too fast ; too fajt, d as ter. ' G o back to the beginning of th e book, do all it-tells you fill you get to Konass, acd: bu will runderstandf it" easy5 enough then, fory the Book says. If a man will da Mv will, he '. 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