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VOLUME XX. A'O. 27. BALET6H,-; N. 0.; THURSDAY, . JULY ;5,:i855.J! TOOLE no. i::7 THE BIBLICAL RECORDER,- A Relijrious and Literary Papers j Published weekly at Raleigh, N. C, at $2 00 per mam, payable in. all cases m advance. . ? JST All letters on business should . be directed; to G. M ic reditu 2s Co-i Raleigh , N. C , ' . ! SB All letters containing communications, oi in any way relating to the editorial departmentsbonld be addressed to Ret. J J. Jamss, or " Editor of the Biblical Recorder.' .. 1 - . jgfjiM communications, to insure attention, must bo directed to Raleigh, N, Cott paid l p. For further particulars see lasi page. -. THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS. J I Subscribers who do not give express notice to the cbnuary are considered wishing to continue their subscription. ' --s1; vv-'-V' . A f - 2. If the subAcribers order the discontinuance of, their papers, the publishers may continue to : send them tili ail cash cUarua are paid.; k , T" ' 3. If sabwibsrs .ncljct or refuse to take their pas pers from the office to which they are directed; they? are held responsible until they have settled their bill, and order their paper discontinued. . , v ... ' 4. If subscribers remove to otrHT places without informing the publisher, and the paper is sent to the ormer 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 44 prima facie" evidence of intentional fraud, - - , ' - j 1 - j " - t - : For ibe Recorder; 4 ' Notes on the Mode of Baptisn. NUMBER ELEVEN CONCLUDED. i t " f ' f "So shall he sprinkle many 'cations.'?. ., Isa--iah 52: 15. ' . f This passage has no reference whatever :to water baptism.: It has reference to what God himself will do, and does not refer to any or dinance. . ' '" 'j . Mr. Barnes, a Presbyterian, in his notes on this passage, says, " It furnishes no argument for the practice of sprinkling in baptism." It refers to the fact of bis purifying and cleansing the nations, and not to the ordinance of chris-: tian baptism. ' Nor should it be used as an ar gument in reference to the mode in which that .ordinance should be administered." ' Dr. A. Clarke in his commentary on the passage, - says I retain the common render ing, though I am by no means satisfied with it." Clark , quotes: Munstcr as follows: The; word rendered in passage. sprwklen this place means to speak and to disicminatt the word.J Bishop ChandlerJ in his defence, p. I4S, says " To sprinkle is used for to surprise and aston ish, a3 people are that have much water thrown upon them.,r rDr. Claike also quotes Dr. Jubb as follows : " The rendering of this verse seems o be so many nations s hall look on . him with astonishment, kings shall stop" their mouths. V'.- Matthew Henry, on this passage, says, " He shall sprinkle many nations -by his heavenly doctrine, which shall drop as tho rain and 'dis til as the dew," &c . 1 : This passage then affords no evidence in fa vor of sprinkling in baptism. ' . j " Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean." Ezekiel 36 : 25. '- j ; This passage has no reference to water bap- tism. God is the administrator. i s Matthew Henry upon this passage gijrs, ,l Which signifies both the blood of Christ sprinkled upon the conscience, to purify that, and to take away the sense of guilt, (as those that were sprinkled with the water of purifica-. tion were thereby discharged from their ccre- : monial uncleanness,) and the grace of the spi-; rit sprinkled on the whole soul to purify it from - all corrupt inclinations aud dispositions, as . Naaman was cleansed from hb leprosy by dip ping in Jordan." : Dr. Adam Clarke on this passage says, ."Then (at tho tinvj of this great restoration), -will I sprinkle clean water, &c. -The truly cleansing water, the influences of the Holy Spi- ' r rit'tipified by water, whose property , it is; to : cleanse, whiten, purify, refresh, render healthy and fruitful." - ' ' - ' ! This passage then affords no evidence for sprinkling in baptism. . . ".i Nebuchadnezzar wet with dew. 7 Daniel ;4: 33, u His body was wet with the dew of heaven, I till his hair was grown like eaglesl feathers.1 . -, It is said here is a clear case of baptism, where immersion is out of the question. 1. The original hero is Hebrew ' i 2 The Septnagent in which lapto is found is a translation from the Hebrew by uninspired . men. ' - ' . J" , ' 3. Bapto, the word used by the translators, j is never used in the benptures wnen.tne. orai ' nance of baptism is spoken of. So this passage ' cannot avail Pedohaptists any thing. . , 4.. Eastern dews were very copious. The complete wetting may be figuratively called an . immersion in dew. Milton says, u A .cold shuddering dew dips me all o'er." ' With the same propriety it " may be said Ncbuchadncz xsr was immersed or dipped in tbo dew., : 5. There is in the falling of tho daw, neither :a STirinVHnT. nnnrirt'1' or immersion. UlS a - r-- "'r.l t o - . - taoist vapor gently distilled. '6. 'We had ts wcllarua that dip may n:-a ' to .gprinkU cr pour, tecausa Miltca sajs, " A cold fchudicrb; dew -is," crto iy Dap- cieass to fprbkle, t:crc:3 11 z Ktu sail to 13 Tr;t with t'.e d. The dc-ltf-l cr f.riratlra r:3 cf E:rer it a r. .- r -. , (t- . A.MoTenRnt Backwards t :. iX1 -P RESB YT ERI A N Ch URCH ON ,! TAUT j Baptism ANDMEMBEBSHrp.' we liave been deeply interestM the recent legislation of the Old School Pres. bytrianchnrch, in their Assembly at Nashville, I :on the relations of children to the church: We ' j . :; I conndtinea and firmnaf h n hnlHinrr frti-Amrtf I ; :ri r-'-j ? w. place m maintaining the . soundest 3 :theology among the several Pcdobabtist branches of the great Protestant Christian commonwealth.'- We did not suppose that an organic spiritual con", titzion'hetween the parehYand the child, would Yery soon bo recognised by this Churcht:asit has been by-iome so-called representativesbf Calvinism in regions farther North.; But while following Vthe load of Episcopal theology on this Article,-have in their publio organs, lately shown a strong affinity either for mysticism or for sacramental grace, in their views of' this matter it has been a question of special interest with us to see what would turn up, when the; well tried Presbyterian church should undertake to offer its definitions as to the statu and rela tions of the infant members of their commu nion. " , - . f - But at. length the development comes to us, unmistakeable and clear, that our Presby- I tcrian brethren are not a whit 1 behind other communions in the importance which they at tach to infant baptism; The simple result now reached, is precisely that against which Presi dent Edwards contended all through that great crisis when -evangelical theology "and spiritual faith, had so greatly decline'd through the older colonies of this country. The Half Way Cov enant among thejCalvinista'of the North, had fixed the church membership of children; and as no Presbyterian organization proper, in tho shape of Presbytery, Synod, or Assembly, had' at that period been established in this country, the Presbyterians of America generally had ao-i cepted the: terms of membership and commu nion that were settled by the several pi atfofmsd of the Congregationalists of the New England colonies. The effects of this system of Infant member- ship were fully seen 4u the efforts made by Pres- ! mcui ji.uwaruH m striving to unao tne teachin - of his grandfather, Solomon Stoddard. : :-Thn& farwehave Jead tha history if-tLtardo- velopment, up to the "New Era, in reform a- tion and revival which began under Edwards, preaching in 1735! " But now 120 years later, tho half way covenant, is carried nearly up to to the whole figure of sacramcntalism by the Old School Presbyterian Churchr It is vain to say that Baptists arc given to lav undue .stress on baptism, when we see all these great ecclesiastical bodies, recognizing it as the radiating point of their doctrinal systems. Well and truly has it been lately said by high Presbyterian - authority, that " the dogmatic- theory . of baptism, becomes of necessity the basis of the entire scheme of English theplo- ; gy. " (Nortk British Review, Aug. 1852, p." 208.) In short, it is the central point around which gather the vital questions concerning tho nature of convcrs on, the influence of the Holy Spirit in regeneration, the constituency of the r Christian 1 Church , . the - relation .of all other church ordinances ; and in a word, the position which is assigned to baptism becomes the type and test for the v leading articles of theology, and of church institutions generally. - .-i---' . As a preface to the resolutions and definitions of the late assembly, we desire, by way of con trast, to offer the following account, by Dr. Baird, himself a Presbyterian, in his able book entitled Religion in America, of tho manner in which Edwards and his fellow-laborers had to contend against the system of Infant member ship and communion, previous to the opening of tbVgreal Revival, in J 735. Speaking of this period, Dr.-B. says, " A pernicious prac tice had been gradually introduced of admitting persons to full communion in the Church; on the ground of blameless external deportment, without strict inquiry into their religious expe rience, or decisive evidence of renewing grace. The disastrous consequences were soon felt. The tone of spiritual feeling was lowered in the churches by the admission of many who bad a name to . live, but were dead-? Prayer and effort for the - salvation of the' impenitent had greatly decreased and, as a natural conse- ; quence there had f been for more than thirty years a very marked suspension of divine infld ence throughout New England." . Our readers may judge whether the following definitions. do. not completely reaffirm the plat form , which, wrought such deterioration in Us djy among tho Puritans, and the long train of whose unhappy consequences it was the mission of the great Edwards to contend Against. -" One of the resolutions on Religious Educa tion adopted by the 'Assembly recently wis as folloT73 : '-,.-" ' . ; Besohed, That tha "General Assembly has a high appreciation cf the importance cf Infant Baptism as an orulrar.cc cf God and means of tsc3, acd enjoin it th3 p::t:rs and el ders cf cur churches to en!';'. tea Chrhtiaa pa-TC-t3 cu th:'r duty and rriv;!-3 end to u: 2 .11 it;: thcr cf t! cr n:::"3 t3 .JS-uce 1. ". ; 10 gccu.j 1, :!-' tD C -i "j ihii !, ;' i-.erament. I V . 7 V '--..J. ' .cir t..: 7 oil the attcnU:n hr.cr tot .? relation cf 1 r 1 r.:3." ' - C 4 them into too Communion of the Uburobi . 4 The views of the i Church with resDect to tho ev- bibits her concern for her chiidre'ri and youth In' I - a parental iitptclitr of their conduct, in appro I Prwf act duciplme, and inviting them to aufScient knowledge to discern his body, r Our . . .. . r. 1 ! - 1 , rstanuaras iuuv recocmise Damizea cnuaren as j members of ;the visible Church, r The duty of ovdrsisrht over her baotized chUdren. exDressed 1 in;aets of interest fortheirwelfareand . without expressing any ' opinion on "doubtful points; suggests that the character of tho dis- .piine, ana tbo genern circnrnstances ot usaci- icrhr . indi:itrtrip ' nnil snpf!iallw fit the I HpnPl AiM ThA PhnrnK Anlnifi tha duty of makinr a publio profossion' of religion . upon infant church ., members when they have reached the years of direiion, and can discern the Lord's body. 1. The Presbjterian organ- : 11 'ij i.:ij i ' izauoa assuuiea mac oapuzqu cuaurcu are ready members of the visible iChufch. 2J Our standards assume that many baptized children will ordinarily be led, by the jrrace of God, to profess their failh in the Lord Jesus Christ. 3. They further assume, that many' will apply for the Lord s b upper, ear 1 in Me- 4. Our Church prescribes true vietv as the qualification of ad- mission to the Lord's Supper, '5. Our Church' uses means to brinsf into full cpmmunion of the Church her infant members, who possess the requisite spiritual qualifications.' 'I The Existence of God. The construction of the following argument, in tny own mind, originated in the necessity of my nature, borne years ago, 1 bad the m for tune to meet with the fallacies of Hume, on- tho Hobject of causation. His specious sophis tries shook the faith of my reason as to tho be ing of a God, but could not overcome the fixed' repugnance of my heart to x negation so! mon strous ; and r consequently, felt that infinite, restless craving for some point of fixed repose which atheism cannot give, but absolutely and madly disaffirms One beautiful evening in May, Twas reading by the light of. the setting "sun in my favorite Plato-, I was seated on the grass, interwoven with golden blooms, immediately on tho bank of the crystal Colorado of Texas Dim iu tho distant West arose, with smoky outlines massy -irTgiitaivitri6"oItts cones or an 6uTfioot of the Rocky Mountains. I was pursuing one of Academician's most starry dreams. It had laid fast hold of my fan cy without exciting my faithl I wept totthmk uiai it couia not oc true. At lengtn 1 came to that startling sentence, u God geometrizes." " Vain revery," I exclaimed, as I cast the vol ume on the ground at my feet." It fsll close by a beautiful little flower that -looked fresh and bright, as if it had just fallen from tho bosom of a rainbow. I broke it from its silvery stem, and began to examine its structure. Its. sta mens were five in number; its green calyx had five parts; its delicate coral was five, parted with rays, expanding like those of the Texan star. This combination of five three times in the same blossom appeared to me very singular. I bad never thought on such a sutjjet before. The last sentence I had just read in the page of the pupil of Socrates was ringing in my cars "God gcometrizes.', There was the text written long centuries ago ; and here this little flower in tho remote wilderness of the West furnished the commentary, f There suddenly passed, as it were, a faint flash of light. vi 1 felt my heart leap in my' bosom. The enigma, of the universe was open. Swift as thought J calculated on the chances' against the produc tion of those three fives in I one flower, and 1 found that there were one hundred and twenty- 1 'five chances againtsuch a supposition. I exten ded the calculation to two flowers, by squaring the sum last mentioned. ; The chanucs amoui ted to the large sum of . fifteen thousand six hundred and twentj-five. i l 'cast my eyes around in the forest; the old woods were lite- Vally ; alive wilhl tliose , golden blooms, Where counties bees were . bumming and butterflies sipping boney dew. , f; j-,. 1 will not attempt to describe my feelings. My soul became a tumult of radiant thoughts. ' I took up 'my beloved Plato' from the ! grass where I had tossed him in a fit of despair. A gain and again I ' pressed him to my bosom, with the chain of my mother's around the neck , of her child. I ; kissed alternately the book and the relic, bedewing them both with tears or grateful joy. In my enthusiasm I called out to the birds that were singing on the boughs", thrilling their chants of praise for the depart ing j day" Sing on, sunny and ever joyous minstrels; Lo ! ye and I are children of God.4' Dem, Renew- ,: Ctrlstiia Ccurtcocsacss. s CourteousncEs has been called one of the minor manifestations cf that love which , is tho falSiling of tha hw. Therojaro tnaay reasons why Christians should becourtoous. It b the cennasd of God. The fact tbat God cota trasdj, is, in itself, a euHcieat reason why we tbculd obey. Ttii docs not forbid C3 to coa eidcr tte rcrrcral' .::s of obedience, cr.1 the cirsata-cs f.' ' - It. . I . V' ChrLtia: . . he c. :rt:cas ia iciitatica l uo tl'Al. to uso faithful and affectionate efforts to hrmj ih . c;U c; v.-"'..j v.:ri. : Ills e - with the slightest discourtesy in word or deed ' Meekness tmd 'gentleness characterized - him,. and they , are s consistent with courtesy only. Holy, harmless, undefiled and separate fronv sinners, he stands before us a model of courte-- - y as well as of every Other perfection ChristUus' should ba courteous, because" . - . . , v. . . ?V & Christian ; i thft hi (rhPKt tclft of man."! I ChrUtianity is a scheme for ibe restoration; of t". ;," -v r " .1 r,A n,,i0 .-i- i. . 'r forth by the evangelists: is utterly inconsistent "AVby isit V i .i i i.L.' ' i enougu luat tuo suui uavo. not eQqugh that the. garments worn ; by us be . t - appearance of jjcing otherwise ? It is a dishon- orjto uunstianity to aamit practically or tpeo 1 retically, that it makes less' perfect men, in any respect, than are made by the maxims of the l 1,1 n :. .:;.:.- 1' nuim. n 13 numiuiu" mat 1110. uictcyis vi i Chesterfield aro, in some respects, superior to . , . , , - 1 ; inc precepts oune gospel. ; :-':.' Christians should be courteous that th? gos- pel may not be hindered. The complaint is' often made, that religion ' makes men gloomy and reserved. No srround should be furnished for this complaint, by any neglect of courtebus- ness. - The manners of every Christian' should be bland and conciliating.,. In no other wav can. he be Christ's representative. In no oth er Way can he win men to the service of Christ. He whoho manners: are rude and churlish will not only cause bis own good to be evil spoken of, but will cause his Master to be evil spoken of.. ... - - - "Christians should be courteous because of the conncxiou existing between the growth of feel-; ing and its appropriate expression. Let a feel-; ing existing in the soul have its appropriate ex pression, and it will increase in strength. De- ny that feeling its appropriato' expression, and itywill decay. , There is a mutual action and re-action between the growth and thecxprcs- sion of feeling. Now true . courtesy is the ap-: propriate expression! of; pure,: kindly, benevo: . lent feeling, ; If that appropriate expression 1st withheld, the growth of the feeling will be im- paired.. There will be less love in the soul,. auu o1 coarse a aess perrect luinuing ot the law. iTcc every otber daty requires ' care and effort. No duty , is nerforraed bv the spontaneous action of a fallen soul. Nor is it enough to say, " I will be careful to have my feelings right; and will leave them to seek their own natural expressions ?" To meet "the full" , claims of duty, our feelings must be right, and the expressions of them must be right also - Perfect obedience, perfection absolute, is the standard which we should set before us. Obs. : From the Recorder and Register. - -. The Christian Tourist, 1 What ought a Christian to .do when he is traveling either for recreation r business, or health r Perhaps he is an officer in the church; or Superintendent of a Sabbath school, with gifts for teaching or exhortation, and finds him self among a people whose religious privileges are scarce. v. What should ho do ? What ought he to do when' he leaves home ? It may be his last journey the last time he looks out up on the world before he enters eternity.' Shall he aim to do somo good, or just take a pleasant trip, and take care of himself? i ; Let the followimr statement be the rcnlv it Sabbath , school Superintendent, and a, very good brother to exhort, bad occasion, not long since to visit a section of : the State where ho was unknown.? The Lord Vday found him Jit a quiet village on the lake shore where there was no church of his own denomination ; but at the hotel, they soon found that he u remem bered the Sabbath day.1 Ho made no inqui ries for steamboats, cars, or stages ; showed no anxiety to sec the Herald or the Tribune but wanted to know all about the ; churches and preachers, and. talked with the children about the Sabbath school, while he laid down a few tracts for any one to read that wished. ' When tha village bell began to ring he sal-l lied out for a church or Sunday school, and ve-) ry soon found himself in the school belonging i to the Methodist church. The eyes of all were fastened upon the stranger, and after tho servi-; ce's had been opened, one of the brethren came . to find out who he might be; for, the : very shine of his face showed that he felt at home , there ; and when it was found out that he was all tho way from New-York city, he was called up to give them a word of encouragement. ? Many good Christians have a great rosa to take up when they go to a meeting whero they must speak ; well our merchant Deacon is one . of them. It is a real cross to him, if ho has; no opportunity to speak at least ' cnr.e. And just then a happy train of ideas, and an anee- i " - . dote or two were at hand, and ia tha ccrsa cf a few minutes he and ths children tad tho .teachers rrcro ::!;:! down by tho word and tha .fjprit, and thy r.11 four. 1 that it was 'good to 1 3 there. TL?y cads Litn a Life Member of their Mi ci:ty, tzl he left with thcta .7 Cf 1. ry.'I - .u w.' ' ,.n T. ..-.- -things? Oave becu- professor relirton Tforr proper thoughts ndjelings.-v fThey must be - 1 - ,. v , - - , 1 r ' . , , 5 m ' , . fifteen years, and never have I been spoken to properly expressed by the bodily organs, fit is , ' ? r v t ' -.f 3 is a real case, and -I dare say will be repeated the benefit of the pastor wife and children, a "if life is spared: 1 ' 1 V ' . -8um money concerning which wo ust only x mrnhant In :FrAni' .rti; Vilnn 'nrl "W that it wasmunificenfl Tholetfer then added .-Ycik d :: -i to help their li- V" , ' . ...... Uauuj. i-.. - i.. ' ;'.r i'.3 f rcsiiwd liid,! " 1 an4 ;v Vof tUa - Imm Iai. . hart I been brought to the -house of his Master's j brethren.4 ' Johs Howabs.' -1 TlpHHri Cixwtni." ' - t ; ' I A pastor sat down by the side of a sick bed i ' j Al - 1 not long ago, and opened the subject of per: Pl religion m patient lady of the most retiring; and .delicate spiritseemed at onca . . .. . . - I !" f " , "6T. , Vr" 1 i,:u which almost immediately resulted. ; At length taat unnsuac3 so seldom talK about tnese ministers, with but one exception!" -t. This fact corresponds with'another recently seen among the items of a religious paper ; viz.,'! that a man who had been a parent for fifteen r ; . . .. f - rf - , - , . .lB2 ,a conversation .with any member of his f ' m .. , " jumwy, airecny on tne necessity 01 a cnange 01 heart. This last: statement' seems almost' in" credible j-but wo regret the inability to set jts down among the impossibilities. . -. ' , In pleasing contrast with the. foregoing facL,; , we lately heard of two heavenly -minded ladies whrrcalled on a friend,' with all the restraints ofi a ec?ptionay,,, and taking their turn with a numerous train of callers, who were yet so truoT to their Master, that they left Jn the house a luusi uauoweu memory 01 nieir visis. Aiioougo i 1 L.ll. 3 1 11.1 1 I the conversation in the case of others, had taken I the wildest possible range outside the circle of I practical fjeligicn, thesc ladies somewhat ceeded, and apparently ; without design or con- sciousness of it,' in bringing the minds of the little circle to the very foot of -the cross. ' " ? How rich the Savor of such a conversation, what healthful 'influences must follow such dis- ; eiples. 1 Such visits will live in memory when hundreds of thoughtless interviews have been Wotten. ; But why should such leases be exceptions ? : Will not they that love tbcXord sneak often r one' t0 another Can it be that the month'.! shoufd refuse to convey the abundance of the heart? Can true Pdisciples journey ' together - and theirbearta' not burn within them ? What a day will that be' for the church, which shall V m:mir twticS-AZ-- vric- T Versation is as becometh eodlmess whose lios do honor to, their heavenly, hopes ! What is there like truly religious conversation, to bind : heart to heart to excito self examination to overcome temptation to cheer the pilgrimage to cdmmunicate the sacred glow of piety to hallow the fireside, the parlor and the highway and in Bhort, at once to anticipate and pre- pare for the communion of the everlasting rest ? . . - "New York Observer, - n Incidcnls iu a Pastor's Llfe u . Jo the month of May, 1854, there stood on the deck of a packet ship, just ready to sail from thii port for. Europe, a? Baptist minister, exiled from his flock by broken health the oc casion of anxiety to his- friends: ' By his side stood a member of his church, who, at the mo ment of parting, slipped Into his hands a letter, to be opened after the ' vessel sailed Adieus 'were exchanged, and the. 'ship moved away.. The' pastor opened the .letter, and found it to contain . the ; .information that , the writer had bound himself aud his executors, in case either, of his own - death,' or: the .death of the pastor, within tho then current year, to pay over for tho assurance, that should the pastor be removed at any time,' and the writer be the sunivor, the v family should have every provision necessary for .their comfort, if it pleased God to continue the means iu the writer's bands. 5 It is not oeces sary to say that such 'a demonstration of more than fraternal love was overwhelming, nor that there ascended from his heart in that sad hour, a' tribute of fervent thanksgiving to God for a" mercy so largo and. so Unanticipated r Time passed on j the pastor returned with improved but not re-established - health. ,KTbe; present spring camo, and the air bad begun to ; .be balmy, and refreshing, inviting to out' door and vigorous exercise, h Last - week,' from' the same hand, the same pastor received a brief: note, alluding to the advantagas of exercbe, 'and stating that he would find at a given place,! a horse and carriage, harness, saddle and bridle, martingales, halter, blanket and whip, wolf-skin rohe,, etc., which he was desired to accept, and an order on the stable-keeper for horse-keeping - and shoeing - for on -iyear." ; The message was brief, briefer than our narrative, but ia it few wordi, it told a Urge story of thonghtful and muniUcent kindess which was not lost upon the heart of the recipient.--JV. Y, Recorder: :;, Fecalc.Pktj.'.;'; If there is one sijht more than any other ia this . . V3 -jr :i,:-t: v. n - win au u a. bili tMuA u kS w - v . .. tDe dements cf beauty, of nobleness and worth, worici oi s)n ana sorrow, wuwu . cumuiuci r it U that of a your and lovely fciaale, whosa d:t5th and richacs of afTiction, siad whose'pow- erfal influence'on hama hcart3, are all cca ccatratiHl to i the can:: of truth and holiness, r.d laid as an hum'. 3 cTcring at the Saviour's f. ;t. - . Such a ldz h indeed worthy the rev cr::::3 and adr.Iru.tioa cf every true an 1 rjon? i j heart, and tha will corar.: nd it, even when t'..2 I'ht of her lc--ty i3 q-.ached, f 1 .the C: vf cf her bvclla:j b Lis J. 1' . 1 bwwwv v lEiiiiiuua iccuua. vi.uiuki mvuvu vi I 13 that of one rifted with all the cbarir.3 v.'. turc lavishes cpon, her. dacMsra, pre t .iem upon the altar of vanity .or last . starving tiie soul on the cnmeacinz t. 1 1 ... " .It VI . 1 j nouow-Betrtca woria; rc-iz? a pdaj round of Rajcty, frivolity and c. "t.on, an!j iayin2 BD ia tha 'fntn . - f:r. sak'en old; age, ;and;,a miserable, re-:: :fd eternity. 44 Oh what is woman f; What her s-.n'.b, -Her lips of love her eyes of light What is she-if those lipsrevila The lowly Jesnsl Love may write His name upon her marble brow, And linger in her curls of jet; The light sprrdfldxe may meekly bow - , i5ttore her iread-r-and-yptaand yej,,, . Wnuout that meeker grace, she'll be ' A lighter. thing than vanity!" . , ii."': fit ' '. From tlie Religious Herald f ' A The Bible BcTlsion Assochtlon; , Mr. Editor: The proceedings of the Bi- .? ble; Hevision ? Association have just cone to hand, in which I find my name enrolled ia the -4 , lbt of Vice-President't. I thank the Associa- -; tion for. the honor ;whichh they have done me, but must respectfully decline the office. s I wai ' elected' Vice-President of the Association, at: the Annual Meeting before the last, but did not learn the fact until some months after its occur'- rence. - I; determined at. the first convenient' opportunity to define my position rcldtive to the . Revision movement. Such an opportunity soon - occurred. - I bad occasion to :write an article " for the Biblical Recorder, ; North Carolina, in liiih I nf.t a4 k.inlla V 4 J ... 1 1 . I . . . wwjun i aiaci vnvujr, m uianuvnj, uij news on this subject. I hoped that the article would attract the notice of some of the active- "mem- ; 11 .1 1 i. sue-.Lbers of, the Revision Association and that at - its next meeting my name - would be quietly dropped from its list of Vice-Presidents. In this I have been disappointed. That the Scriptures should bo fully abd ac , curately translated into all languages, is a prin ciple" which 1 nave riever I heard controverted Whether theBaptists of the United States, in view qf the numerous and .pressing obligations on their liberality, should take a leading part in tho 1 Revision of the common English version,? generally admitted to bo tho best extant, is a questioni of expediency on which . the wisest and best men of the denomination have enter n. bronghi forward in favor of Revision have seemed ' .jiia. til ha .awaIhbiw. . u. U.attiinn aitioa were not complicated with other subiects it would command my. feeble support, but. it does hoi stand alone r; Tha Revision Association, vs affil dated with the American Bible Union is aux iliary to it, in fact, if not tn fora. s-lho Ame--rican Bible Union is tot merely a Revision, but a Bible Society antagonistic; whether inten- s tionally, or.. unintentionally, to the American.t , and Foreign Bible Society organized,' not simply to do what' the American and Foreign Bible Society declined to do, but to do the very i work which this Society was doing, doing well; 'and doing precisely according to the counsel of . the leaders of the Revision enterprise. The organization of the Bible Union 'ss a Bible So ciety to occupy Ihe field cultivated by an exist-" .ing Society, 1 deemed, and J : still deem, most unfortunate. : I do,; not, however, propose : to discuss this point'.-' 1 will merely say, that the Baptists of the South withdrew from the Ame rican and -Foreign Bible Society, to secure harmony; among themselves, while they bore cx plicit and unanimous testimony to its fidelity:. ,- . . : associated with another Biblo Society, through the Revision .Association, for which, to say the ' least, .1 have not higher regard than for that from which wo separated; Wo owo it' to our own: Bible Board to koep clear of such an alliance. "But.I repeal if. the Bible Union will, by a 'TinnTfl1rf ?ffnnfir"iitKrt. rftfriit lt fnirftnn vto'the Revision of the English and oth er received f "versions of the ScripturcsVa restriction ia ny view dueallke to the harmony and efficiency of our aenomominaugn it soau nave my uu, t ja these views I do not stand alone. . Most of the brethren with "whom -'I have "conversed iu the cur In them If not In regard to the importance ency of any affiliation with this new. Bible So--ciety. ' Permit me' to. say, in conclusion, that V 'do not intend to reflect on those who support . Cthe i Revision Association. Every - man t:s a . right to hi3 opinions on this, as on ether subjects.- I have' thought it proper to state tri;2y - me by that body; J. B. JETER. 1j-:A mah was recently employed in some sewer age works, at Halifax, and while beic wound sup rapidly out of. a deep hole, after haricg lit: rthe fuse cf a blast, the rope, owing to the csra-; les2ness of the parties "at tha top, was suCercl ;to slip back agair The' man fell close epea the impending danger, and in the suddea v!:jr "of almost certain'death, fill on bis knees utter- idj aweubsui jjrjc. 't however i; ha aeized the burping L;3, f.r d r ic it out of the bole, sated his lifj. d thca J!s3for h3spta:t3c3 ! he-cbs:: 1 1 :-' ing it tha man tt th 3 wheel f.r l.'.i'r.; L!Ji.. slip ' "".. ' r:-'.'. - To get up a Holiday. Fiad t:z tuta family to vrhen y: v caa recr : --.la : ..dcf Cir.: Let yc-r '.t l-.l y; i . ,'. . 1 . Try it, j-.dj:;?I:::t v.::i I,..: '"' - t 1- ct::
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 5, 1855, edition 1
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