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If the subscribers order the discontinuance of their papers, the publishers may continue to send them till all cash charges are paid. vt-i- a ; 3- If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their pa pers from the office io which they are directed ' th. are held responsible nntil they have settled their biU, uu uiuci uicu papex oisconanuea Hj;j f s? . 4. If subscribers remove to othi "lees iit,nnt intorrning the publisher, and the paper Is sent to the ormer direction, tbey are held responsible. '. i ub courts nave aecmect that refusing to take a paper or periodical from the office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, Is "prima facie" evidence - of intentional frauds :-; :vV 'jt'x'u-v-.'--- ' . - From the Southern Weekly Baptist. j Methodist Episcopacy Interior View by Master Artists Reply to ihc Be?. Mrv Uanill's fourth Letter. - (concluded.) . i: tTom'we now to brother Hamill fourth let- ter. And first of all,' we cannot but congratu lite'our brother, on the evident improvement in the tone of the present as compared with his last communication. Its spiut is honora- ble alike to his head and his heart? '' Richard - v isbimEelf -fm.VS: -v.--; c mMethbdism; then, is Fair as the Sun, - clearasj tho Moon, terriMe as an aroiy -with banners !" How fair," and how " clear" it Uj we have been, trying to discover. The fath er of it avers, in reference to that feature of it r we are dUcussing, viz: its Episcopacy, that he had rather be called u a knavet or ai feoL a U4w Tnan to Da called a 6tAop. And if the reverend John Wesloy could not steadfastly gaze upon its "fair" and 4? eiar" disc, w thout " starting and sAud(Usia 'rt" we suppose it must have been frOinllbo supera buudance of the " terribte" which it exhibited." Of this, the reader will be able to form a bet ter estimate as we proceed in our anaiysw of this ' system of surpassing energy:". - " . ' Jt seems that , our brother, cannot compre hend the difference between men and principles. : If we express a personal regard to the meinbcis , : of the JME. Church, and cannot, at tho same time enlarge our throat to the dimensions of " our episcopacy, have a i wonderful knack of twisting." ;.On thb principle, bow supremely, must Paul have : despised Peter, when at ' Antioch ho withstood him to the' face, because be was' to be blamed " Perso nalj regard cannot be indulged without involv ing fellowship in all the principles of the object of it ! and therefore the command, requiring us -to u love our enemies" must seal our lips' in silence as to their errors and sins ! We cannot -expose theso without the charge of -'Mtottiifra- (Brother H. has ueciared, and de- termmed to mamtam his independence of Web- -Y .. ; . ; .-7 . J- wcre arSQ-1- the . congruity ' letwet-n Methodist Epi3 opacy and: Engh'sh Episcopa cy, and not English Monarchy -bro.1 H . True, it is not surprising1 that you mistook JSji.ro payfor 3 raw and the mistake you made is quite na tural and signifioan:;V-':-'fi":.5- J-: Our brother plies' the weapons furnished : in Baptist Koel armory with singular dexterity. -He cannot draw i too frequently on that rich collectioc of Episcopal facts. . But wo opinei if i " 0ur episcopacy! had a voice , it wouliLwring i most piitttire appeal in his ear- from such a defence may the good Lord deliver me !" ' Right glad are we, too, that something can provoke our good brother' to laugh. " We afo happy to know ' that the frown which- lowered so omfnously upon hta brow so recently; is poon : succeeded by the' peels -of merriment. : That constitutional officers should not be privates is ' . provokingly ludicrous ! '..' . ,';,. :;' i Brother Hamill represents us as saying! that an Established Church in England; is more democratic than the Methodist Chnrr-h In lb United States.,": The rarfr will remember that we said, if 7 the Rev. JS,J. IIamill (not h we) cou.d prove that we were rn'istaken m eve- ry point of the analogy we drew between the Methodist :E. Church and the Established E- : piscopal Church of England , he would succeed , in proving, that an t established church in a a Monarchial government, was more , democratio than tho Methodist Episcopal Church, in the! free'comtnonwealth of the United StatesTbe perversion is so transparent that we really can-s not complain of it." ' .. . As to our evading the risscandfusingf i to retract" the points specified," we ire perfecM ly willing to 'let the public judge between us ",; 7 : We should be inclined to indulge in bro." H.s exercise a "little, when bespeaks of evading issues, but we never could laugh on pa per. - " It is complained that we have asserted, that I the " Bishops and clergy have imposed articles of faith upon their people without their con- KDt." low if the converse of this is true, it ca be proved. Who composed the General Conference at which the doctrines, discipline,: J rules and regulations of the. Methodist Episco- r pal Church were adopted ? The Bishops and Yeuing preacDcrs. ere t&ey delegated by ' . iheir Churches to do this? AVLv this is not - pretended. The lay membership c:' that church -had no more connection with its governmental, djctriaal, and disciplinary organization, than : : e aborigines of this continent.,' And from" : that time to thh the Bishops and clergy are the v. lonrce and fountain xf all p OTrer, spiritual and temporal, -R-bich the system involves, r And it - Militates net ia the slightest dezree against this v fMbat persons, in joining tha J.I. E. Church, . impliedly Eubdit theuiselve3 to its entire ecou . omy. Tl m ' j - w wj j ujyig i.'i t " v t J -a is c?s lor Koman Ca;L:.::L::i Tho ; question :ioa recurs ia each instance, r;s t'-3 c?'i----ctity ich estzl'.i - tin -v cal t a ti-. - tz.:. ' f"cra 1 . i - T 1 t' c. i TUB were inspired, ?nd Discipline" is of equal ffi thority with the New Tesu'ment. If f?om the duihb. vuea, , Me 4u4ori, and ire1 are i -? 'There b i singular fata iy attending broV 1 ! qaoUtioM. He baa trfatcd us to a coup Jet from Huditrs,, rhich 8p beautifully illa trates our fpucopacy.Hthkt-we cannot resist the. temptation to allud e to. it. : There aro those, doubtless,- - 5 uV-t' j . .' : .. ,v, ? ' !! Wu6 Mk religion Is injtended, Vtt t or nothing else but tokewWi j. But who are i they ft Certainly not those who hare no , ecclesiastical ; legislatures-wbo sup pose that Christ and bis Apostles . did all the legislation necessarj for the churches in all ages who believe that, the constitution, doctrines; and discipline of these churches were drafted by tho pen of iinspiration kind therefore not bkelj to be mended," by i general conferen- 1 1 or DJ Other ecclesiastical : aS3emblae. Who are they, then, who suppose that religion be mended ?' Vnr cpont.nA may be mended '" For seventy-one years, the general conference baa Uon tiv u the mrA ur,,!rv" line." and nn tn th lit of that body, they were still mendhr it :Srtm twenty-one changes were mado in it, we learn, at that time. "Onr Kn!senruiv l.n,.A. , ' . been . most sacrcdlv ;nnoA k..u .11 changes..-. .. j . 1 t : ; j : , AstVxPcct to discuss , the " Book Con cern, with the " appurtenances thereto an ? nexed m our next article; we shall decline - any response to this part of bro. IL's letter for the preseut. 1; . :A:rX: k--y M , i .Episcopacy may well afford to place her mi tre upon the heads of such men as McKendree and Bascomb,ifsfor nothingl else to purchase u ,uKluujr irom lueir merciless "castigations.1 IS ow do not throw up your hands in holy hor ror, bro. Hamill, when wo saylhat the mitre, when placed i upon-tbe head, will sometimes have tho mysterious .power to paralyzu the tongue. It sometimes has' the VfTUrr tht ; favorite Hudibras ascribes to money:, ' AVuhat make 0,1 doctrines plain and clear ? ,,v About two handred pounds ayear, -i iAud that which was prov'd true before j Frovd false again i ; Two hundred more." ' Let ns now look iuto bro, H.'s parallels." In the first column we find John Wesley name attached to two aentpnees, which we doubt not are genuine, though we could wish that be had given us chapter and verse. The first is this w l firmly believe I am a Scriptural EpLsco pos, (bishop) as rhucltas any man in England. tui- ot a cuurcn on earth might have said the same, with equal propiiety. Suppose our mu tual friend and esteemed; 1 1 . 1 . . r-" t.3i.ET Ann m nvnrv snttlH ; Koot,. pastor of, the Presbyterian Church in this place, should say that ho i was as , Scriptu ral a bishop as any man on the American con tinent, would it be legitimate to publish it to the worldthai. be, Mr. R , u preferred the episcopal mode of - church government to any other?" in the face, too, of a solemn declara tion addressed to a Methodist bishop, that he would rather be called " a knave, a rascal, or scoundrel than to be called a bisbep ?" Agaic : If in the second sentence, Mr. Wesley uses tho term biahop in the sense in which it tons as sumed by Messrs. Asbnry and ; Coke, bro; H . hasx)nly succeeded in convicting his venerable spiritual progenitor at talking two ways, thus : : '" " Their fathtr in the Lord may be called the Bi&hop, overseer of them - all. John 'LEYiiriuif - -'1--: ';--V .' f . Men may calljni a kriavez fbel, z ras cal, or a scoundrel, and 1 am content ; but they shall never by my consent call me a John zsl&y. 'Hi vi: :' Y,v ,. . And our reply to it shall be in the languaje of Paschal : K How ? happy jt is to have "to do with people. that talk pro and eon P Bv this means you furnish me with all 1 wautcd ; which was, to make you confute yourselves" ;v fi; w : A New Testament Bishop must be blame less, a Methodist Bishop ought to be blame- His second column contains two sentence takcn altenialely froai tho Methodist THscuw r line and Bantist Confession' of Faith : nA A arranged aa to convey the impression that the extract from the Baptist Confession : endorses the one from the Methodist. We do not wish to charge brother H. with garbling the extract from the Baptist Confession, for. this would be unkind ; but lef the reader , glance at : this' ex tract of . our, brother, and read the following, h which is the veritable paragraph be bas mud- I the calling of any person fitted and gifted by" the Holv Soint. unto the offin nf K5J. elder in a church; i3V that he be chosen ther tun to oy lAe wmmonisiffiages of the church it' self i and : Boleran set apart byj testing and prayer, with imposition of bands by the elder ship of , the church, &eTbe election and consecration of a Methodist bishop at a general conference by the clergy, -and the election and ordinatbn of a ; New Testament bishop by the? church and its eldership, are as far asunder as 'the east is from the west,. Andiyct the latter; is so mutilated and tacked on to the other, as if there were a particle of affinity between them! Surely, surely, it cannot be the defence of truth which- requires a resort to such' expedients as rW. suppose Mr. Wesley: knew what con . struction to place upon, his own act, and what, he was writing when be addressed the letter to bishop Asbury, four years after be and- Dr. Coke assumed that title. , Jt is a little singular, that when be makes a- thrust at "our episco pacy, it is all " occasioned by the . misrepre-, sentallon of others ;', while in every " other res-: pect he is believed and obeyed almost as im plicitly as if he were inspired. - It seems as if there is but one thing on earth that the Metho dist clergy love better than they do Johu'Wes ley and that if ' our episcopacy.11'. John must' not touch that If he does," why . the doar old : man bas been miserably duped.' ' ; .f For the sake of unity in thi discussions we have tried to avoid all side issues up to this time. . For this purpose, we have permitted much that brother Hamill hza i-'saii vitally af- fectir CZ COUllCt. to c"' rt r own . denomination, to fzzs without D-t a r:n-3 cf duty constrains v.3 frc : tbi3 courso ct this sta-s of tho :nl to '""? C" fc3 drawn "1 T. 'J t; t 3 3 ii L;: , -r izxlzzi to Co- -1. : : serve, r. Our brother baa sol us the example of r . . 1 - Baptist church government to the favorita con- waerauon or, American freemen. We tre wiN wwiu panug uie reiauve claims Of Methodist and ung, tneretore, that he ahaU have all tho credit, Bed sanctified. the first, from e com mission. no that believetb and js ba ptia,d, Bhall bo saved'H-and secondly, from tne manner in which the! Apostlea lhemselvea a manner in '.hicK ? tl,A aUh.. tk..i... uncierstooa it -" They that gladly received his word were baptized, and ihej same day there were added unto them xrVocit three thousand souls." "And the Loid-added unto themdai-. Ij auck as ahould bo aaved"t " And manv of (tho Corinthians ; heariug,1 believed: and were oapuzea," so., &o. I ha truth is, there is net a recorded instanoe in - the New Testament of any person being received into tho church with. . j "Lij ... outturntsbing reasonable evidence that ho had exercised "' repentance toward find, anil fnitti toward our Lord Jesus ChrisL" And that such and such onlv were! tiin pnnihianAiT all the . churches planted bv! the Anoatks.' U evinced fiom the additton;tl fact, that all tha Apostolic epistles are addressed to them aa sucli Vto them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints beloved of God the faithful in Christ Jesus the saints in Christ JeanafWitb. ful - brethren in Christ brethren beloved whose faith grew exceedingly, &c, &e. No man can doubt that if the vAoostles nnffrrtrlw applied BUh terms as these to the churches to whom they , directed their epistles, they must -IL,WePedI, at 0? new creatures in Christ Jesus" nnvArf to God by the Holy Spirit II. The second question to ba considered is, whether theso- persons these saints faithful brethren in Christ Jesusi Sec are competent to govern themselves. . U they are not, who on earth are competent to the task ? The very ob ject of tho gospel econorav is to teseh mnn t.bi lesson, and to enible him to exemplify itio his rciuuuus 10 tpenurcu. Soloinon says, ' He that ruleth his spirit is greater than he that ta keth a city." : Is a king considered competent to govern? "The Christian lis called also a king. y Is a priest ? ' He is called " the highest style of man." ; Is there any! Other character: on earth superior to him, inUhis respects to whom be can apply for guaidianship ? As a nation, we have announced the doctrine to an astonished w'orld tAat mun is capable j ' self government and hall we, iu our ecclesiastical organizations nullify that doctrine among our selves ?, Shall we proclaim ; on our civil j-eori-stitution une thing, and on our ecclesiastical -constitutions; the reverse ? We"repeat;if Chris r tiana are not competent to govern themselves, .who beneath the canopy of heave.n are. : I.I I -i The third question suWested is' Whetli. V HUG man of God cannot be thoroughly furnished to every woric. . piovt, we affirm, that .the New ; 1 cstament of our Lord - Jesus Christ r is the Constitution of a Gospel Churchthat the governmental, doctrinal dnd disciplinary! econo my of the kingdom of Christ is set forth in that .holy volume so luminously " that the wayfar: irig man; thougVa fool, neeJ not err therein"-! that "the Bible and the Bible onlyV is the reli gion of' christians and that ' to affirm differ ently, is cither to charge folly upon the Triune ,vjwj, or uniaiuvuincss upon tfie sacred writers to submit ourselves to the blind guidance' of blind, . self-constituted, and presumptuous rpriests, who assume the prerogatives of ; God himself j and to land finally within ;the crush ing embraces of this spiritual Moloch, the Ro man Catholic hierarchy. And we believe: that -thb Holy Volume teaches the doctrine . Ma Christians are capable of governing themselves IV. The fourth'; and ; last question . that: we sh all now suggest; arising out of this subject , is the "Great qvestiox, over which the conflict oi eyeryi age ince" episcopal government has jr im luipium vianu agaiuss VOUrCQ: .viOV- erneient, has been waged ; and it is the ques- tion we are now -discussing : Do : the churches' belong to . the Ministry ? or conversely, do the Ministry belong, to the churches l,d We gire the question thb double form, bo as to preseht to the reader the whola subject matter in con- TV v"T- POPaXntaina t tan absolute rronnslArehin in l.r..Ak.n I and honor of any; victory be may, obtain over bowlr -committed to' K" Zc l R ibiainft fa Hffi M9a.an.-Tineso are jorno of tho - essential lor-! endorsed by the G tUlS Connection IS. hO arfl tbft Um mgti nn.' 1 m .. . jf n ,J stitnenev f a -1 Vv rL l ?.c0f uapust ynurcn polity. lre I wnurcn, ana ,reco " 4 e t a ; f "" oiKBwjMf.:.,-,c;3v-;Ki young ministers, for th CUItv in anawfirmn fhia imt!nn Ti, .1. t repem oi meir sins, rjeiievaon the Lord Jesus 1 H il "--" .. t' - '" , Christ, and BnMIel.w.fi,a tUW u'. l ' T . u wuu.- t? r. -.ujf jjuo-yapiisi mittint6thraoa;7; wordarthW.b;K; - . " m -w. w rvu.u ua nix i 1 1 m l ivi i- i nnni tamwa.. v. - i - : j tr . T . . . 1 - wwua. vum.uuuua. old. r xn 11 1 H nonnnn nnmmn. uzeu. vi n nantum TfV UIUT? LUIS. 1 . v wuvwu.i u w uoa 1111:1111.1 1 - 1 1 u n v 1 nrm I mtna - n. rv . . u uurcu govurnmentr ltiit Das, Woarc ca- hthose which a pauio 01 uiscovcnng 11 r u u-nas Hot. then the 93 IK24-'2k r- : if. r . r"r uu,WiMT N"J vigQi ana proper. uut that the excres ; assumes tn nsLih ih u Antinm i.A .-.?. v . f r UiPres -f "- i 'Z "?7i.? miuci 4oa oi bucu a wisn snouia ever have been me f appoint its pastors; change their looations a ftamorphosed in adesire for a conference epis -f 01Ta.-cacjl'ers I? copaoyif.o. aro krenetercdold. have' entered i r.vvjr. u, require j woyersee tne sptntaai . H - , mr v wuDiuus m 1. 1 rv I'll ii rn ti T m . -wmwsvm u w.i- -clesiastical powars and nrerojralives. wo nir ; tain that the Church of our Lord Jesus Chriat .J1 J .... . - . I 1 rSSI t eCiCr,p bVU the f Unas the Lamb -wiFa,' mv1 TvVi..i a - i - poly nation, peculiar people, &c has 1 been invested with all the prerogatives and powers which her ascended Head has ever conferred" npon ? any agency under - heaven. - The great Idgva Chart a of our spiritual commonwealth confers upon her, under Cbrbt, the sole exer cise of ecclesiastical power. - This - in our en trenchment. Jt has, been planned , by iafinito wisdom, built by inSaito power, and gairded by infinite goodness. It is a bulwark of strength which has withstood the lapse of ages, and the waste of empires the mcnacas of kings, the" assaults of Episcopacy, and the thunders' of the Vatican. : And it will continue to tower ia ' majesty and glory until Daniel's sublime proph ecy shall te fuelled : " And the kin'nlom and dominion, and tLa . greatness cf tho kir. -ion i uo v'jil EDail L2 1VCU v 1 .1. 1 . n , to the C i i-ji.-- iu ij , ic-; l;:j. Ki a c ' . ..mZ .s. ::n. r -J all i .1. .. 1 : , ) a cotitaencj-, it hti to rcr- . word, it assumes a Ithettnbutes, rights priv-5' .minbters, for mutual, edification and spiritual Ueges and. immunities of. a supreme irresponsi- improvement, is quite a different thing from an i We f governmenNow, c m opposition I to all i ecclesiastical body assembled to enaccxpound theseextra judicial and imotons elaima nA i,rrt. 1. t. 7- . ' v. wtiea that heaven can give and that iearth? caa I " tuiuiauwu VUUI It Will DO XClClitCU Vn llyor good, i Tho truth is, accordinTto the I .New Testament, the Church Can unlv oriafc tn do eood. ;The verv moment abnVK. .v, vaU v uo 114 f .. , e nave oareir touohed tinon ihWiM'tAnfe . of atndr rin vnra but our spaoo will not allow us to expand them.ijf just to remark that in one principlethe i Ban-! aemblaires as these amons tb fWW thev were : mr ZZX? , 7" 7, v?.- presenB one ne oniects to one or tone meet irigs, recently held in Tuskegee,' because its action on a query, u was the nearest approach to taxation proper and almost : without . repre sentation, be has ever known in any church in our free country." rAt one timo ' thev ara merely advisury counciltr at another they pass a '' rfecm" to which, if . tho churchea submit. thiv t -y -il . . : . " uiv uUi iruui an. 01 aooiurv ana uunmission to the cowers that ho !" Hath. er hard pressed for." argument t answer ar :gument Who is " twisting ?';And iwhat do you think, reader, was ;this terrible crime against 44 our free country ?' . 1st. A query was suggested by a certain brother a private member, to this effect. What ia the beat od of raising the funds to defray the necessary expenses of the ehurcb ? The 1 answer "was, tht each man OUSht to nav in nronnrttrtn tn his worth ."according to the divine mle, Up on the first day of; the week let every one of vou lay by him in storeas Godi has prospered him, that there be no gatherinis when 1 come.' 1 Cor. 16.2. 2nd. That idolatry,, and that, in the judsi meeting, no Idolater ought tote re men of -that retained In tha church. What 'monstrous offenca thi f L shocking to the delicate sens! bilitlos f - brother ! . What profound -concern ' docs . he manifest for the honor of , his conntrv ! All this, too, the niere expression: of an opinion by a voluntary meeting ! ? A privilege guaranteed to, and exercised b7 every cublio thj citizens of this tree country, urxm all aub. jec.ts of common interest , , ; , We suppose that wo must inform -hmthpi-u that all forms, of government may. ba abused! not excepting democracies. It is a 8imifi:.n. fact, that the very arcuments he is nsirKr arjinst. the Baptist polity,' are' the identical arguments ' Which -monarchists ; have alwav nkAA popular government. He has picked up a few cases in our histories, in which, under the strong . excitement of some vexed question, a few of our courcues nave abused their power, and turns these against us, when he Limself will admit that they are, the, except ions and not the ' rale f just as the apologist , for xoyalty oitch up those occasional outbreaks, particularly in our large citiesand construe them into argu ments against republicanism 'Wo challenge brother H. to ' show any strifes in the BaptSt destructive of human riizhta than www vill UliUU gitated-tho M.'E. Church in 17. and M4 and then: iu 4ii, me ummaung spectacle of the M. Er Church ; South versus the. M.' E. Church North," befoie the United Slates Court in New r ,u i.. .t- i .. i(j-".u6Uu, Xork, m reference to , the. " mammon nF righteousuess," in the - famous Book Concern -Lawsuit. A . pretty fair evidunce. thto tUr.t Episcopacy caunot meelv every . emergency, it ujojt piuuipiiiiio upon iiseiL - , ....- Bro. H. maintains that fcithaUt tjhe ' vote 'of the laity f none can be received intoTthe intiner ucy, or into the church: 'In the Discipline are the tollowing questions and answers ; Quest. 1. How is a preacher to be received ? Ans. l. By the annual conference. 2. In the interval of a conference by a bishop, or, the presiding elder of the district," until the sitting of the confer-enoe--p. 37- Again : " Quu&U What aro the duties of the 'elder, 'deacon, or preacher, who has theespecial charge of a cu cuit ? s. 4. To appoint all the leaders and change tUZm ioIun Ae teet h wecessary-6b To RECEIVE, TRYi and EXPEL - members, according to' the form of.- the Dbcipline. ; Now,' brother H., tells us one . thing; the Discipline tells us the very reverse. - And moreover, we have been present ,time andUgainV atthe j-eception of members into the iM. .E. Church and never: have we heard the concurrence of the church asked in a single instance Perhaps thb parti of the Discipline has been mended. t alber Mercer's wish in regard to a general meeting of the minbtera of Georgia, was ccr rt. -r, . . P . the, head t any other person except a MeUio ? en linim m frv m uuh vtui il v uiau. .. rv We had intended to compare the constitntion of Methodbt Epboopaoy with tho constitution of tho United States, after the examnla nf mm -.vwywjj m4 IUU of the United States, after the example of uiuii -- i. . - 'brother; but our columus are fil'ed. and we are ooagea w ueier u until weeK alter next. Jus- itice to our correspondents requires that we shall : give at least every other issue to their eomma nications. r .We thbk we shall be able to make ; this part; of the subject interesting! iu I sbmo respects. , Vii'i "V -'-U yst -' -l i Jv As our brother is still haunted by that hydra-headed monster among the Baptbts, closr. communion11 and as he stUl seems to consider that it has much; to do in reflecting light ujon ;vue f uciuucratio eicmeni ' in "our episcopacy," we suppose we must devote a single paragraph to the elucidation of that subject. Our position b, That the Baptists act, not only upon divine " authority, bat also upon a principle adopted by every deaoinstic-a of Christians on; earth, so far a3 we kco. . That principb b, that Lap tis,;i U an i-Hcnszblcpre-requisitetoiacra-r:r:ial cc . a tLs ' Mcthciijt D;:ci-" r'--- ?- ..:-3 CJ-'S7;t!:3 follirquiioacni r.r...,:rc..-rs.- " Qu:l. How shall re privet L.4rcr.crj:r::r3 f.:::j if:auati- tlcc zhcT l-U the cLrcli i J 1. L&t naua received M . I a. t vitniriiarv pnnriiroT . a vi J-r into the church nntil they aro recommended by a leader with whom they have met at least six months on trial. jiitD have bee.v baptized." Probationers may be . a Uowed to commune, r.. wjuv ueeu 1 papiizea, .aaig a iwcuty years aa eiaer in not without "4 And with iard on Baptism, V a work eneral Conference of the M gnized as a text book for e third year in their course lunnrcnes agrees l he v from communion at the m den ving the-risrhts of who have not been ban-. :11.1m w urn nvtn. -1 . '4 r. r.0"? f V - r".M " :.w 5 wennM.zc-Taaa pan tism. The conclusion; then, is inevitable, if we are to believe their own standi W! that the Methodist E. Church hold, that Bapl tisrn is a prc-requbite to . the Lord's Sapper. nd the door of admission into the church, j If ; brother. H will torn to the213tb page of Hall' Works, a volume from which be has often quo led, and with which be seems peculiarly charm ed,; be will receive the following rebuke from the ' eloquent open communion Baptist : Let it be admitted that baptism is, under all circum ; stances, a necessary condition of Church-fellow ship; and it b impossible for the B?ptbts to act; otberwbe; STbe 'recollection of ? this in .suffice to rebut the ridienln nnd Bilni clamor of those who louily condemn the Bap tists for a proceeding which; werethey but to change their opinion on the subject of baptism their own principles would compel them to adopts They both concur in a common prin ciple from which the practice deemed so offen sive js me necessary result. Considered as an i argumentura ad bominem, or. an appeal to the . uvoweu pnucipies oi our. opponents, this : rea soning may , be sufficient to shield us from'' that severity of rcproaclrto' which we are often ex poseur nor ougnt. we to be censured for acting upon a system (principle ?) which u sanctioned ; by our accusers. 'f With what sincerity can he, or indeed the pedo baptbts generally, nse the arguments of Robert Hall on the communion question, tbey?all si denominations, without exception, when equally with Bantbta; his . premises f.. No,: brother : Hamill, you . havo certainly; too much perception not to see, that the legitimate question at issue . between Baptists and Pedobaptbts, relates to baptbm, and not sacramental communion. It is close '- baptism, not close communion.-I-. Our brother takes leaves of us' thb1 time ra ': ther abruptly, v A slight frown gathered Upon bu brow ! ; Don't be crusty, brother H- If yoarbave succeeded in "answering iargoment , with argument,'? you ought to have quit in a ihtter humorif . Vc are not conscious of having .used reproachful or. insulting language tolbim ; and as we are san alien, and bave never been accustomed to a will omnipotent in the Virem- is,' we answer his clerical command of " si- i ience -pardon us if we know no such ribt, " if we comprehend no such privilege ! ' Fiom thePuriian-ReconlerCi :-'y . ; Bosiaess and Religion.; I : As religion consbts in doing our whole duty, ' bnisness, secular busin-ss, is so far froJirbciug opposed to it, that it b in fact an essential f part of the sameJ Constituted and as ware - i we cannot do without it. . As it b right, nay' necessary to provide food,clothing, and habita' ti-na for ourselves and "those dependinj? onus, nn , 1 - - i - - . i S . - most nien certainly must give portions of their tiniA anil aflanlin i cm....I.l lii? 1 order that they may be able to make such pro-i visioiii. Pi 6 vidence, by withholding its supplies" from ev other source,indicates bis will thaiwei should put forth our energies and activities so that we rnaybe able in this way to gain whati b nceddful for usj Besides,', we eannot per-: form our part in the common work of humanity, i in ministering to ithe - poor, or in sending the Gospel to tbe .destitute'- without the avail of some .secular calling .diligently and, earnestly Business "and rlligionUikinr fiie ! auZrtn ho moredevotiorial view of it, ought to be re- fe- vv a lustpmajuij UUllCU, Dein in- voivea in the larger and more comprehensive idea of religion itself. 1 meaii to sav. the ame man who is to Idte,' worship, and serve bb f icakur epirauaiiy,- is 10 gain nis bread by the ' sweat of bii Iface-i While ha relations t& the future world, require temporal cares and labors correspondinz with jfcl His motto is. or hnM ; be, diligent in business, fervent in spirit, serr- But then I deem it important to observe. 'r l-,That there may be business without reliV j ,iu. uMm vucr wurus, ousiuess, as IS too of- ten the case, may be divorced from religion.- I fit may be. pursued with such a spirit; and In ( ouuu m luauuer. mat ixou will iook rinnn iimoa i gaged In it as aliens from himself. Thb will I always be the case, if we pursue it without an v -sense of dependence, or any regard to the di- ;vtu ymj.grn our euiy aim oe . to please oor- aeivcs io acquire, tnat we may gratify -oar . avarice, or . minister . to . our pleasure, or make a ."""i;" gaiu-power, auu innaenco or, worldly, ends, . Business thus pursued, degenerates into mere self seeking and unsanctioned worldlinessj and" those""who- are , the most successful in it may be as far as possible from ' the, kingdom of uod. X ay, worse than this; it may be that business b not only unsanctioned by any relig ious principle or motive, but is in reality a sys tem ana wort: ot triena. it may , be so pur sued as to be wholly corrupt in Its temptations, which, if not resisted by religious means, its motives, and its ends It has always temptrtions, will overcome the integrity pf tho man.. Too many, alas ! are . overcome by these, so as to yield to the ' meanest aad wickedest of arts in 'order to accelerate their acqubitions. ;. And then, men become so absorbed by busi- ness, as to De cnangea into mere sordid,' un scrupulous,' worshippers of Mammon. -Their whole being b secularized, so that with them, money is the measure cf.thc man, the end end ccnc-tnnction of human existence. Bui, 2. W'l'.l it i3 thns true, that tlcre ry le I.' - - 'ili.out religion, tbs convert cf t' !s TL rc c:a never to, asccrtnsa crs c.V Ci-.-i::!, rel:;no3 without t;!z;:j. ,Th3 f.r: nVHOLK NO. 1170 'latter is atfolutely reqa r.d by tie constitution' of our nature, by our wants, and by tho arran-e- " ments which God has made, that i wo niyb3 ' the best 'qualified fbr heaven. . Experience" shows, a!so, that the pursuing of both, I , mean business and religion; in close, union,, and in the same spirit, is not only practicable, buVjustthat which we need.t in order to'sei ; cure the best formation of character; Certaia-V : ly there is.no gam but great loss, if we under- ; take to pursue religion to the neglect of busi ness, or yield to tho impression: that tha com tnon cares and avocations of4lifer are incompati- 1 ble with th6 high' spirituality wo wish to atUia td.These;cares;rand avocationsV if.' sustained in the fear jof God and with the aim and desire of serving Mmconstiluta part . of religion itself, and a part; as acceptable to heaven n nn ptheivTheiidea thatdevotion, ?that worship, that religion, is something away from the com- Hjua puremis or iuo, is one to which the Sa viour gave no sanction by precept or example, '. -and one which , derives no , countenance j from experienced ? So farVis at- from bein trne 5 Jthat religion is hurt, or hindered, by a proper Z -attention to business. -that the farmer flAnr;ct,. .only when pursued m connection with the ht- ter. un the other hand, so far is it from ; beih" true that business is hnrtorhindr d rpV, " ijtliat we find none more truly successful iulife, - ' than j those who make - religion the presiding .; -" wtvmity in Aeir hearts; their families and in all . their pltns of life." J If it be admitted that men - ' ; sometimes, by wicked art and management, by : ; unscrupulous dealings, by friend, t"y theft even, r land robberyjeeKmoncyis j Jsult of observatiorifm respect to "all ill-ettea? - kiuo, uom y vu vuiuiuuu 1 pmuoiiiiii maxim, is; , Honesty is.thabstPoUcyl; rff-A jWhen Cbrbt was about to dorjart to TTi- ; ther, he left hb sorrowing dbciplcs a lcaev. and jipt to them only but to all who believe in . fab name. ' ; It was not such a legacy as - the " ijworld gives si Itwas'nqtjvealth so WgeVIy'desi- the expectaoijegatecs, and so often the - gCause - of bitter dbsensionamong them:: 1 1 was 'no title to honor among men, no righ t to exer- r ",t iCbe lordship over any. j It was peace, his own C peace peace .1 Jeavo with you, my. peace I . give unto you: not as the world give onto you.' . The - peace' which the world gives b a false Peacc. v It b a peace which is hollow an inse- ! , euro. It is easily destroyed.-Let trouble come . and it is disturbed: let death coma and' it is destroyed. : The peace -which Christ gives is ' firm - and lasting. . Itb the peace of God,t 'peace resting ;bn tbeVprinciples of the divine - ' government, and hence as stable as those prin- fciples.1 lilt ii 1peacoith God. TherVrecon filiation with Godheenmity to God b ta ken away ;Th' Indication of God towards th o ;sinnerbat an Seidell: It; is heavt-peace.::jTbo -- prions no longer rge and occa.ion wa r in the . , ;DK The voice ; which calmed the raging wa- fcS .tersof J,hc sea has said lo them, peawbetilL; . .. It: is neacc of conscieneeV for I ho miih nf wT ". bas been removed. s , ..-. . - I ' - ( ..i- cui U peace with mnn. for t".19 iv. uu jsiieu -aoroii'i in" tne k heart, removing every root of . bitterness and ?? enmity It is the peace of Christ, fqrit was purchased by him; and civen bv him. and wilt tliu lrtb P if M.ii t. . 1 L i . ;be preserved. by him to all eternity, i - , 1 ms peace nas who propnety been t.'rmcd a : legacy; - because it f becomes ours on;y through the meaus of Christ s death. But for: his glo- ' rious atonement; we bad never known thin peacevS In placo of it, there Would have been t rna! war jn the soul and;etnaljwar with the princiC : V It we have this peace! we can afford in fV2 :-. many oiner. inings. Wb can afford, to ''m-A be without wealth ; for wo have that which the wealth of the world cannot buy? Wtf can affordpS W to have the enmitybfjthe j wickedif need bej' ;fbr the peace of GdJ hich -paeth all under- ' standing, b more J thtvlenfficient recora pc-nseSSill for all the evil they may occasion us. We can8 :fe afford to be burdened bythe cares incidut to . ' thb world if theyVcannot bturb a wnlo prop which support s our peace with Gud. -We need. : not iear to. go down into the valley of the sbad .w V. 0 peace . here shall be as a V : river, If; we have thb'peace. we should at all tirrira ' and in allcircuuwtancespanitcst the ppirit of peace;; He- who should receive a ' legacy of -; : millions of dollars should exhibit a Spirit of ::'x I pecuniary liberality ; much more should he who t has received Chrbt's legacy manifest the epiritv. ' j V :. peace, s-o-'rp'i , . . Header, have you received thb legacy ? and : are yon: loying, actinglaboriog, praying in the spirit of it?. In at word,! have you received i Ghnstr who . u our peace X K Ob. What is Baptism ?Had the Greek wnrA 'iMoplizo, which denotes the principal action iri tbis ordinance, been translated, in th version of the -flew Testament,- there would probably have i been," amonir EulLsh readers; : e Ji.nn'hsh Prhably have i been," a cbiu v uj new 1 1 um utepuw vuuceramg its import, uaa eilzcf of the English words, wash, or sprinkle, cr in-) been substituted for the Greek wcrd, an English reader would instantly conceivs ta tp. J)ropriate meaning. But unhappily our trans- ; ators have retained to the original word, end : contented themselves with merely charj-rr- its . termination. "'" By this means an EnTli'.h re- !-r b deprived of his usual guide. There are no other applications cf the word, in his own Ian- guage, from which he can learn its import. ; The only expedient; therefore, of which ha caa avail himself, i is to ascertain the import of the 1 original . word.-Adoniran Judsonf Stolen per ei lbiu. : . ; : Reatjixg : Psayers is Carncii. Ilcrrv Ward Beechcr says he would aseon go a cc . t- f ing with hb: grandfather love l-.'tterd in 1 ii nana, as w go into - tne pui -i 4 common prayers ' written ia the c!ar 3 lj 5. the Catholics, and now u d:lv..Er: Well said. And I izz- 3 tT:3 FatLe r c 3 i Snirits 'no v more rerds' ::j p: yoxiEg ' belle" wcu! 1 c:.: cf -r ;"iJTe.!" npa 3 fit!:: I?tt;r?. tlow r: cur c tlr. c;r r' c'ir:..:3. Ul'.vya..
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 26, 1855, edition 1
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