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" Tbe Cooparatire Influence. '
Of Bap!ut and PtulobaptistyTrinaples intAe
Christian Nurture of Children, Rev. F.
, W titon Editor of The True Union.
CONCLUDED FROM LAST WEEK. '
What more can be desired, cither bj the
child or his parents, than the "favor of GodV
If he receives this by baptism, there is nothing
' more to be sought. Christ's blood is not need-i
' ed. - Faith and repentance are works of saper
erogation.i . " . ' '
The 17th Article of Religion of the Method
dist Episcopal Church, thus speaks: 44 Baptism ,
is not onljf s sign of profession and mark of
difference where bj Christians nre distinguish
ed from others that are not baptized, but it ia
also a sign of regeneration, or xhe new birth"
This language is more guarded than that of the 1
. others, but the serpent's band concealed even
here, to poison the baptized child with the de
lusion that its baptism, "the sign of regenera
tion" "distinguished" it as a ''Christian,"
from the ' unregenerated world. The larger
catechism of the Presbjterian Church teaches.
- as follows Ques. '..165, What is baptism? Ans.
Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament,
wherein Christ hath ordained the washing with
wter, in the name of -the Father, and of the
: Son and of the Holj Gbost to be a sign and
leaf of ingrafting into nimself, of remission of
n' sins bj , bis biqod, and . regeneraqfTby jhurj
SpirU;"oTiIoption, and resurrection unto ever
lasting life: and ; whereby , the parties baptized;
are solemnly admitted into the visible cAarfA;"
;&c. Again, fQues. 166. "Infant descend
ing from parents, either both or but one ot
them professing faith in Christ, and obedience
1 to him,' are, in that respect, Within the coveninty
- and are to be baptized." In the directory for
worship; (chap. x. art. 2 a marked distinction
is made between these cbildlen and tbe unbap-
tized. The formed are ; called young Chris
tians,", simply on the ground of their baptism3
in infancy. Tbe church which teaches that it
requires only a moistened : finger to be laid on
the child's forehead to make it a "Christian,"
is guilty of incnlcating fatal terror, which may $
plunge precious souls into perdition. Those
who believe such a doctrine, will necessarily
be hilled thereby into a delusive peace, and
hindered from becoming ''Christians" indeed..
Dr. Ncttleton, a man of great experience and
wonderful success in re vials of religion, was ve-
ry careful to keep even professed converts from
joining the church, until he was fully satisfied"
of the genuineness ot their chang3, for he knew
that their . ' admission among God's people,
would make them eling to .- their false hopes k
with ten-fold tenacity but; by th Pedobaptist'
doctrines just quoted, thousands are made mem-7
.. , bers of Christ's church before converiion.-.
They have not "ectered j by I the' door into the .
fold, but have" been helped ov er .the wall by
others, and are likely to regard the church as
a safe resting place,3 i bower of ease, halfway
' to heaven,-where they quietly sleep,' secure of4
A salvationafclast A Why not? r They have been '
s taagbt that they are living members," McW"
: aen to eyerksting life,' "children of God;" '
:- "in the covenant of. grace," with all its bles-"
- i sings ''signed and sealed, upon them They '
are "young Chriatians,".already received, into
, .1 uod's favor;" why should tbey be alarmed
about their . sins? . What havo they to do with
, tears, and groans, and. fears, with striving t' to
l enter in at the straight gate?' . These things
belong to the uobaptizcd and; unregenerate
world, not toZioa,s infa,, hot to Hhe
; children of the" covenant. ' " ' ' ';. ': ' 4
' Who can fail to perceive that the sound and
excellent doctrines of grace; : as taught by our
- Pedobaptist brethren,: may be completely nul-
lified by these .unscriptural dogmas, which are
. : totally inconsistent therewith. :u .; : -:
Alas ! that any should trust to such "a're
s fage qf lies as baptismal regeneration."., . There
;,"is no peace," except to ,the true, believer in
rJesus, whether old or young; and it is a .fearful
: thing for parents thua to make the baptism of
T the children a mighty obstacle toHheir'salva
V tion; to turn the church the ' very K temple.' of
God,-which was designed " by him as a school
for heaven into the means of perdition. .
It is true that infant baptism, as practised
bf some denominations does not always result
ia these dreadful consequences; - but bow are
they escaped?,4 Obviously, by ignoring all the
fancied blessings of this rite: by treating "Jhe
j cafldrea of the covenant" as: other- children,
vaod by making infant baptism what Isaao Tay-.
fh so-well describes h.:" Where children are
f not thought of. as 'members of Christ,' and
v. where they come nnder no discipline as such,
:' rite of baptism administered in infancy, says
-R is a five minutes? operation, profitless, per-
Pyxing, : unintelligible and out of harmony, as
weU with the Christian scheme, aa with the
jstem nnder which it takes place. ; ; -:
The Baptist, on the contrary, can present
i 110 6ch temptation to the child.. - He can teach
v-'Ue truihaof tbe gospel, previously referred to,
--v Ut e ear avic5 lhem neutralized by
pother doctrbes. He must teach hi3 chili that
' 7 13 1-st v.zzc7 "a tzar-:r to the covenant
W prcaize, Lavir j hope, and without God
onnta he yields Auri to
"?Kthia one
t" 'w'ut m Jeaus and love to him,
asbisony hope, for with him it is Christ bt-
ri Fl unnst Jlnt, obedience and
Christian ordinances afterwards. Thn h
baptist' child has nothing interposed between
bim and the cross. , -
,TIe two of the law and the sweet wvita-V
ons 1 or ine gospel may beam with aU their un-'
oiouuea ongntness on tbe yonng heart, with n
baptism and church membership already eon
cujuiB oiaze or ine one, or
.veuuevneavenjy i,ght of the'VtherJ
We fearlessly ask every candid mind which
, of these children,- the Baptist or , the Pedobap-
ie;: most favorable position for
Saviour; and which is most likely to renounce
w"o wu.iuvcu ui ma sinruinosa ni nuH r
. - wucur, BQa " giory in tbe cross
atonei - -
' ' In conclusion, we will hripflv nncMrti. ta
influence of the respective systems upon varentt
and teachers. ' -
We have already r remarked that fTi Wv m ;
Tiraa iuo oesi WOlCb tended v "V;,l ;i
nnsuan tne most intense anxietv for the cr.n-
. . 7 . oiuvitQ iu tug
: p . 1 111 A
fiepenas upon tne wisdom, i affection and piety
of, the parents.and these varv Jn Mffarant
j j .. . . u "
vcrwou oi wie cnuaren. i-Of mnK .io
vidualsin the same church, i But so far as the
views entertained m'av. hav mv i
think the advantage is clearly, on the side of
tbe Baptist. 1 rue, we hear a great deal con-'
cermog the solemnity of the baptismal vows,
assumed by theparent, and of the additional ob
ligations thus laid ' upon them to train their
children' for God. "
i A few; indeed, may perhaps imagine, that
their obligations are increased hv thi riffl anil
may be more faithfal than they would have been
.wituuui, ik oui, 11 so, it is a sad reflection. The
vast.maiority of Pedobaptist. however . assnm a
no. such vows, and it U notorious that "spon
sors," as they are called, rarely pay any ,atten-
"uu lu religious education, of 5 those t for
whom they stood. Neither is it true that auy
greater obligations or more thrilling motives to
duty, can thus be laid upon parents. The
commands of God on this subject, and the ten
der impulses of parental' love, need no baptis,
mal lows to increase .their power.- We envy
not that man who is unmoved by the eloquent
pleadings of these "dearJittlo livinjr armmen1s-'
wuuatj Boui is not; stirred within bim by the
thought ofT their immortal natures their death
less influence, their myriad dangers and temp
tations, and who is driven to tbe duty of win
ning them to Christ, only because ha has made
a vow at their baptism ! Were
L ! .... O--O '
tistSi we ' should most indignantly f repel the in-;
temporal welfare of our children, as to require
a fiincied baptismal eovenant to impel us to a!
duty so sacred and delightful. - '
r The Baptist, however, we repeat,7 has strong
er incentives than his opponent, to be in solemn
earnest iu this work, j "They that are whole
need not the, physician, but they that are sick.,T
sf.!ismjk a t- a, u a.aa.,11 twereif a t4nz- th 9
tic wuuse cuua is eugntiy unwell, may himself
administer a simple reme'dy; but when it ia in-
danger of death, be will send for the best pby-
sician, and spare no'pains or expense for its re-.
storation. . " " ' ' ' " '
So, in exact proportion to the importance at
-tacbed to infant baptism, will the parent or
; rescuer tee iaat us conaition is comparatively
safe, j Believing that a great sten '-.has been ta
ken towards its salvation, he will he relieved of
the pressure of intense anxiety, and will be
tempted to relax Lis earnest efforts to secure
its conversion. 1
The different ;Sectsr.:of Pedobaptists vary
much in the stress which thev resrectivelv lav
upon Jthis ordinance; but! that all of them at-
tauueu to n a very great value, is evident from
; their published confessions of faith already quoted.:-
How can he who believes 'that bis chil
dren are "in covenant," "members of Christ's
church," "received into God's favor,' and "in
heritors of the ? kingdom - of heaven,,r feel so
deeply concerned for their salvation, s he who
, believes with the scriptures, - that they are "by
, nature children of wrath, even as. others.'
The latter will ,be . constrained by, parental
love to labor and pray with unceasing fervor..
H e knows that Nothing bnt the J conversion, of
theif hearts yriil do them good f' for he has no
- baptism; " n? imagined. !: covenant . of , grace,"
which will benefit them without 'their renewal
by the Spirit, and cleansing ' .by; the blood of
Jesus and consequently" he cannof rest until
those so dear to himT arel"born 'again,' and
made real member of ' the cbureh of God.--;
He .will feel the spirit of . the rophoenician
woman, when pleading for her daughter, or of
the niler of the Synagogue,, who, so earnestly
implored Christ, ,"Sir,cojne down, ere my child
It would Be strange indeed if he wlose child
isalready amember of 'the cburchembrabed
in all the Saviour's kind promises, and regard
ed in his benevolent provisions," should cherish
such an agoniaing spirit.' vMany have been the
instances where parents have: been tortured
with apprehension about their "children; until
.; the preacher has sprinkled a.fewjdrops of water
m them, alter which . they have.felt contented
and easy in ; mind. Sayg the .Southern Ob
server, of . Baltimore; f 4 We know this fact.-
The world knows it, and ten " thousand 'denials
would " not obliterate Th baptism' of a
child is neglected the chUd ! becomea sick, the
minister is sent for in f great haste, arid if the
child dies before "the rite is performed, the pa
rents grieve as " if the : child were lost. - Are
there no instances of this kind?- Are there not
many? And these, .very parents, perhaps, if
the pbild were ( to - live would nexet, think of
instructing it carefully in the doctrines arid du
ties of religion, would never think of laboring
earnestly fot its conversion. " '" ' '' ; ; ' r
' We might cite numerous - instances of the
:evil effects ;bf infant baptism, '-"which we have
thus described, both on parents and children,
but it is unnecessary, aa wetbink wehave fairT
ly proved our position, that the tendency of the
Pedobaptist. system -is . to -' prevent the grand
doctrines of the gospel, as held by evangelical
Christiar-s, from exerting their pure and legiti
mate influence on the hearts" of children. - 1
" Tf it is objected to bur argnuients, that the
children of Pedobaptists aro'converted in lare
numbers in early life, we gladly admit the fact
but we maintain tbat so far from their baptism!
in fancy having any favorable influence towards
i,
it, it was onlfffytfiffiicMp:, forgeiog that
iffht
After all the parade aboot "the j
rilesres of baptism " thesa child wh
nant" must be taught that they are
1 4 ! .L . ,
ub Biuucra, in no reapecc octier
children of infidels,! or they -will be; hindered
from fleeing to Christ. . The Dure and sonl-sa
,ying truths of the gospel were allowed to beam
.upon their souls, accompanied with a holv ex-
?mp. and ferv?nt prayer"; and this not their
PjW", nnder God's blessmgthe cause
I j - v"v viwnuu w u iue oapuzea oui
dren who hare ever been converted.
M But we have little doubt that if the statistics
could be collected, it would be found, that in
this respect the -Baptists - compare ' very i fa-
Yorabiy witli any others denomination. In the
city of Baltimore, it appears bv the annual re
port of the Sunday iSohool Superintendents'
and Teachers Association, that for several
years the proportion of scholars professinir reli-
. gion, in the Baptist schools, was at least three
times as great as In the Pedobaptist schools.
: t inaiiy, we would nrire everv narent and
Sabbath School teacher, to examine this sub-3
ject carefully, as he values the immortal souls
connded to bis charge. Their future destiny
for time and for7 eternity depends, in a great
measure, upon the instructions given in tbe ten
der years of childhoods That priceless diamond,
the soul, is then engraved with letters which
can never be erased- See to it, that truth only
k empioyca py yyu m moulding tbe religious
Opinions and character of vour child. That
affection which very properly desires to omit
nothing which may perchance benefit the dear
objects of your love, may be appealed to in fa-
ifen.Vvl U-: - 1!1J I i .l .1 1
ui vi uaUg-juur caiio Dapuzcaj wiin tne plea
Vit cando no harm, H H does nogood." But
beware. If what we have said be true, it may
prove seriously injurious to the child, and be
come a pillow of ease to bis soul, on which he
may sleep the sleep of eternal death,. Let it
be the desire of your heart to lead your pre
cious little ones to Jesus, at the earliest period,
and beware lest, by their bantismYand chnrrh
tnembership, fbey may be tempted to seek or
be satisfied in another refuse, than the Cross
alone.' : - ;"i -
We fear that even Baptists, with all their
overwhelming motives to impel them to this
unspeakably important work, are yet fearfully
remiss in this duty.. Brethren, vour princioles
are such as toleave you without excuse, for
the least neglect. The danjrer of vour uncon
verted children is clearly perceiyed by you.
must, tie' cuuvertea. -or oe iosc. f wnat more
thnlliug incentives to fervent prayer and con
stant faithfullness, can you requirp! You have
every encouragement. You have not perform
ed upon theiu a prenicious and I unauthorized
t ceremony, but you can claim all the precious
: i- l 1 - ' .
promises wojco Dear upon 10 is suDjeci. xou
nave not with your own hands affixed a seal"
to confirm them in self-complacent impenitence.
x ou nave no barrier to tne truth you teach, ex-
. cept the native pride and, depravity of the hu
man heart. Act then, upon vour own Drinci-
ples. Show vour children that you believe
their danger, arid point them to the remedy.
' Bring 'them poisoned as they are by the sting
of sin, to Him of whom the brazen serpent -'was
a type-": Strive by every means to pre-oc-
cupy their hearts with sacred truth. Labor to
train them for Aar nioro than- for earth; to
, save their deathless souls, remembering that
.the soul is a jewel, which may: shine forever in
the Redeemer's crown, when the body, its tem
porary casket, shall have mingled for ages with
' its 'native dust. V, ! " .
The Bible in Ks meliorating Influence np-
The following passage's are extracted from
the Report for 1S53 of the Bible "Society of -:
Delaware, written by the Hon. Willard Hall,
jits'-Presidenti;-?:; Jfa -:-s1 '-f i7-' ; ;.
' History has been said to be philosophy speak-
ing by exampl3-iReliion may ' Use ' its voice.
if our experiences extend 40 or 50 years, they
are uccouniea long, isesiaesj changes 1 are so
- gradual we, cannot mark them,: To; i see' -changes
in rcomniunities clearly and fully defined
t we need,, long, tracts tiine1iit;VVe must there
.fbre have j ecourse to historyv f tjr fi . j;..
vi According ; to ;.; the common computation, it
is 1855? years since our Saviour's birth Of
in preparing theJGkispefsuppiying' 'its 'mate
rials in the life and instructions of the Redeem
"'er,in thVlabours'aridfwritingsof his apostles,
tin layingfoundations, and rearing 'the first
churches. J The next two hundred were years
of persecution, unsparing and deadly, in. which
the whole potferf the Roman Empire,, filling
: the earthy and jruling with a s rod; of iron, was
put forth with, zaalrand energy to, exterminate
the Christian namef and in , less, than two hun
dred years'inore the Great Aposlaeyf the Mjal
tery of TriTquity, "which In the time of Paul
was- already tl'workS unfolded" itseir;'aid
hinderirig thWlord of Godbjr "oppression
Inisrule and ;nnholy example, strove' agairist
the faith that had been delivered to the saintsi
The art'of printing was not invented in Europe
tilt the year 1430 (about 400 years agb,)"and
it progress was jradual indeed, ita most sdo
v oe&sf ul advances have been made within these
lew past yeart.rOur present version of the5
Scriptures was published in 1611, on! j)S 242
years ago j Until hat . time even Protestant
ism was halting along with bad trarislatians and
acarcuy 01, DooXs, opposed by the; wide spread
and
f " wuueuw VI , UJB KVUUllsU X118-
rarchy r: a. :. t-.-!
ra
We cannot efllimate ncrhlTv thu Wti f Ti'
, . O J "
Bible upon the human mind; and what we can
confidently. expect from it, unless we take' into
consideration these obstructions.--! Having ad J
; verted to them, we will collect a few historical!
lacts, sucn aa shall leave no: doubt respecting:
the general inference to be drawn, : and. fully
satisfy every candid, intelligent riiind rith res-'
pect to- the particular application. .....f
v About two : hundred years before our Sa
viour's timedaring the "contentions for ritaste-:
ry of Rome and Carthage, a region of, country '
' .1 . ' r. it. . ,1. . i
upuu uio iieuiierranean, two nunared miles
square, -sur;
: any eoual portion of Mhe
earth in beauty, fruitfuines and popuUtion.-' j
vercinonv. and iraininw imaip nhiirtMi 1
a pious Baptist wonld train his. thattfcflaWlittla I
ooes were brdusrht to CBriitf.,s---tf iiS ' i I
Cato the eensor proved it superior to any part
of Jtalv, exhibiting itamroductions bafnra thm
1
lomanSenate.Tue! entire district was cbv-M
v. mm cjhcuuiu uiaustuuB qi aiuuent citizens,
; : wckedJ covered, with , carnage and TasUtibir,0!
its inhabitants wantonly slaughtered, ,nd iall
mat escaped slaughter sold into slavery ; the
heautifril; the delicate the iovely'all,' old and
vonrigj land without iscrimmatiori "either
putcnerett r made slaves, and sent to dfetint
j marketi-this in - a densely nonulated district
two baqdred miles square.- l ,
, !: When Hannibal! one of the- most admired
, characters of i bistory, ravaged the Roman: ter
ritories,! wherever his army passed, aU the in
habitant, Komana or Latins, pf age to bear
arms, wjere put to the sword; or driven like cat-
tie Detqre. bim luto, slavery Tho. custom : of
war was, on taking populous and prosperous
cities, to putftq death ;he ' priucipai 'citizens,
to 'sell -fall the rest,1 male and female, poor
and rich, delicate and tender, as well as th
rough arid robust, as 5 slaves:1 1 And it is to be
borne in mind, that slavery was as much worse
then as lit ia now, as tbe refinement of reli ious
mvwisawuu uuw exoeeas tne orutal paganism.
ui auwiuuy luii' j jnaeea 01 tbe habita
tions ofjoruelty."
. .Scylla.the Roman dic,tatorf on one occasion
put-to 'death eight "thousand 'men1 whom ha
had shut up in the r circus 5 for " this ' butchery ;
uv ucaiu Burgv&a were piercing tne
Setato Chamber, he was comrofidIvmaVino a
speech in the Senate. Under him th
were filled .with beheaded bodies of 3 most emi
nent. CHizens; no, fewer than 4,700 having been
executed in a short time by his orders.0 jYet
he resigned'all hb power with as mooh com
placency as did the holy.' prophet Samuel and
was permitted to live and did in peaceVrict on-
ly called to no account in his lifetime, hut hem
ored with a public macnificent 'fiineral it hi-
'death. ;!-'u'o:fi y . .; : - . . ,
Julius CaBsar, the. scholar, the orator th
bbtoriari, antiquity's model of a man. who liv-rl
just before the time of our Saviour, ordered the
massacre of ten thousand , men whom he had
taken prisoners of war 1 and alttiniKrh ha ct.
republicans of his day did not spare him, this
was rievejr mentioned' iiThis disparagement.1 T
These men were not rnfiians. outlaw tmm
social sympathies: thev1 stood amriW-'' ihk '
and best pf their times. : Those who sav riatnre
has her nobility, would place them in its fore-"
most rank. : Yet take tbe worst of our da v. in
any part pt .Christendom, and tbey could not.
- wuuia tii, tueuiseiveS witn such acts
of blood.; Common buuianitv in thrt-Tnt nn.
A . . j v
pressive, arbitrary government on earth would.
not tolerate it. There. is manifebtlv: a eh an
of disposition, not of this or that.iodtvidual, not
of this or.' that commuuity or society, but of
tuaoaiuu turouguout nristenaoui. What has
produced it ? What has been the alterative
element,1 going to the root of the common mo-
rai lemperaruent, aua circulating tliroun it a
higher and more vigorous humanity ?
O bviously , net religion experienced in tho
hearts of men i for such men are now. aa thtv
ever have;. been, comparatively few,-Very few '
uui ju uuspci xueru is a spirit, a dwine
power in iits doctrines, inspired, bv th. , Hnl
Spirit, aid parUkfng of His nature, whinh
, 1 - . , i- . - .. -' . . . '
leavens ana meliorates tne principles and fpl.
ings, the imental and moral condition of those
wuuiuao.q uu picicusiuua 10 - us saviog benefits
not only of those who' give Tespectful atten
tion, but even scoffersl A careful, considerate
observer will have no doubt that the 1 general in
flaences of the -Gospel have produced radical
; changes iri- the common mind, in-, the general
temperament of nations, where, it has been the
study of tjut few, and, the "saving, grace of but
xewer; .cuanging m important Respects, by the
deDrav-
tijf is now incapable- of doing what was com-
mon Tor tae most J eievatea and refined before
the Gosp4 was dispensed.3 - It is proved by a
matter of less moment, but of equal snificance
as an illustration of. character.- We allude tn
Lthe tolerarjed practice before the Gospel, even
in toe .ntou. ot . israei, i(oi polygamy The
high priest Sf the Jews, a man .eminent for wis
dom arid holiness, ta 'stern,' uncompromiaing re-f
niandidg- and s holy;: that duritig54 his- life this
; king, U though he proved hiiriself. very wicked
at last, maintained the characterof a good ru
ler, took for that king two wives j a'facti whicli
subjects a man in every State of this Union : to
. a criminal prosecution, which the , laws of the
country rimwhich we deriv pur origin makes
a' felony, arid which cannot be mentioned amnn
itris without ; exciting loathing and digust.
p VVfiat a chge In moral feeling I denoting" a
change in tne moral constitution not merely of
Hhe little.fl4clc drinking Irito Christ's srilrit, but
01 tno wnoftMnass wnere tne gospel has found
an entranef in 'the community among whom it
baa a placer,' f ;.,i' ii-J-ttra ,.' :
; If we-feded other evidences of tbe altera-'
tive efficacy of, the Gospel,-even where the bnlt
, of thecomiiunity for all savins purposes disre
gard it; wo Should have abundance in the so
cial and moral condition of those people anions
whom it is Repudiated; the M obammedaria; the
Chinese, the Hindoos, among all" of whom, al
though 'in some respects having1 great'advanta
ges; we find want of refinement bordering in
our estimation 'upon' filthtness, and prrivailiog
4epravityJsqr aggravated and. disgusting s to
almost produce ; conviction , that tbey ra not
the same order; of beings as Christian natibmn
Infidelity; or supetficial philosophy may reply'
to these jemarks, that "this elevation and im
provcment,thcse changes in the moral condi
tion of mantare'riofthe work of the Gkwuel
but therinfoldinnr of bur riature?fr6m Itainhul f
TentMgdur and natural growth in its progress'
-ii ji.vu. 1 mj ,ucu- XHr W9 UOi BSC
this progress,, this improvement r and: elevation :
where the gospel is trnknownesDeciaJlr; aaron
the people last mentioned, the Chinese and Ilia-1
.ZllZ waSr. "ma, .;
doos, who have had far longer time and better
SffiW iSS "H pSo
I mak!nit Ona dflnaA -nll-f inn nf v0Ulin tnnm. s .
?rr? ous V:iutnA7j;-ZlZU alioir1a4oubt
j 1 LH,lnfc.i wlAm kn,A i. -ki'-i-M:i? T "IV wvprcsence -oxA
aepravea, v -r; fT h9h U absoocejn the.
man tun nn.-i -"--- wuvu, nu uiuiiouvb au uwuouic ui
moral atmo8pnere it generates, the moral , na
ture of mri. The historical facts which I have
"cited prov this ; for ' we repeat, m an ; within
thV limits pf Christeriddm',! in his lowest denrav-
... -
1
and Hindostan, compared with that of AChiis-"
in racy thmk
the gospel in
first, make the.'
1 effect In Harris's Travels i the "
Ethiopia in 1844 ,Jt i I
Hiehlanda of
Southern Abvs&inia was tmontr tliA
first blessed ,with the light of tbe gospel,' but it !
departed, riot leaving a JTaybehind ; 'and for
! eenturies it has been1 ritterly extinct.1 'While
! f"- narrtss waa m that countm the king ioTT
onoa-witn great secresy collected a large force,
and sallied; forth against, 'the7 neighboring re--gions;
y ery , populous, literally filled withpeo
:ple, abounding with cattle, covered with! lnxu-
riant crops, trees and vines covered with fruit, -
desolation maasacfefoe the'neonlr.'.. bnmin!,
houses,' destroying the harvests; cutting down
the vines and the fruit trees; driving off; the'
Cattle, and leaving the few wretched, ruined
people, whd had .escaped by flight the desolai4
ting foray, without sbolter or food; showing that
what we have seen to have taken place before
the Gospel was published, takes place now
where the gospel is unknowns i 4 J 4
, We thus learn from observation, that wiUi
out the Gospel man is the deadly enemy of,
man ; like the wild beast be prowls to destroy:
4 hateful and hatirigsorie1ariotber"--the graph-'
ic delineation of our race. With the'gospel,
under its" genial influence, from tbe mere fact"
that it has a place in a comriiunitvl aIthonrh fow
? and rare are the instances that feel its sanotifv-
-a tjtao auu oaviug power, iDis i cnaracter or
man is changed, and kindness and sympathy,
pity for distress, and desire to. relieve it, com
placency in good, and .desire to promote -it, be
nevolence and beneficence, lodge themselves id
the common heart.
"D. D. Doctor of Diyinlty ReT. RfTer-
r.: u end." .
The; love of titulkry distinction has been
characteristic of man in all ages of the world.'
Comparatively well, had its power been li mitprl
- to thbse who, have never ? claimed tbe higher
.Christian nature- f This, however, is far from
being or having been the. fact. Christians have
with honorable exceptions, in this . respect
given lamentable evidence xof a ; sinful . nature
but partially restored by grace. As the living
u,co unanaunjr uave wanea oraiea out up
on the altar of men's hearts the fTanm nFt.
the flame of Jove
li for the nlandits jpf llvtanrlJ
and honorary titles, has waxed and kindled a-
new. - 1 he rule holds uniformly srbod: the rrinr a
Jflt the one tbe less cf the other. "Ministers of
the gospel, looking upon themselves arid being
looked upon as to a great extent if not entirely
shut from the honors of. State, have X excused
themselves, or taken honor to themselves, for
introducing distinctions and; titles into the
church. The positive interdiction of the Sa
viour; followed by the practice of tbe. Apostles
and primitive' Christians; has been interdicted. '
The old track, lying in the valley of humanity
has been overlaid with Iron and clay, the mate-'
rial pf the feet - of Nebuchadnezzar's symbolic
image.' i'fhe depots have been established; the
track cleared, the cars made ready1 for pious
renown, and the cry ia heard, All aboard that's
going. ";-Ja lbe voice of monition utterred?
Yes. But so feebly, so like the mica n( thi
. article, thatit dies away unheeded, amid the
rattle of denominational cars, and puffj of de
nominational steam. The time belo" short,
"and, the distance from Rev. to D. D.and from.
D. D. to. Paper ( Pope), beirig long; the baste
in moveriient is proportionably hot. : Crossing
are scarcely'worthyi of "the notice;: Railroad'
Crossing Look out for5 the Cars " A con-
temptuous whistle is abaut 11;; and wo! to "the '
wight that does not quail or stand back at that.
j - But, to drop cur figure, the rush among pro-
jfessorsof Christianity for honorary distinctions
,i great, and they who speak against them are -classed
with the fabled fox who : cried, 4Sour
grapes'wheri they were above hb reach, i Uri-1
daunted, however, by this sneer; we ; will, pas
BHigby a; multitude of titles,' notice a little .
more' particularly those ; which stand at the
head of this article. - '
aj. aj. uubvui Ajiviunj.-- lnisnono
rary title,1 among Protestant,- yef & ribrai
nally the top round of the ladder of reli-rioas
eminence ftThose who gain' this' high stand
point, this titulary tie vat ion, are tbe denomiria-
l tional magnates, the personages who speak au-
it a . - . " 1
tnoritiveiy, m matters of denominational and
church polity and ..action., , True, others may
speak; but in an under :i tone that, may or may
not be' heeded.tTrueagairi," some cases!
these magnatei' may he overruled irheredivided
amongst themselves; '-by aspirariU tqJthe sariie5
honorary distinct ion ; or' by 1 those who spurn
scripturalljr corideinned titles' altogether. " '
The general truth; "nevettheleasYremairis-
Doctors' Seand So,'are ; modern denominai
tional authorities in matters of faith and pra'e4
tice,. Were they, as generallyi better Qualified
to speak authoritively than others it might be
Slid with better, grace. Things signified and
not titles are to be looked at." j Sucb, howeri
er does not appeal to be the fact., 4D. D'a,"
are often made of quite ordinary materiel, both
as to intellect; intelligence and piety. Often
where intellect is not wanting grace is, " ,H
'" Were D'D's. all good men and true all in-
tellectual and pious, head and' shoulders above
their breathren; still the rong .tf applying this
title to them remains. ' It has a Papal orijrioJ
or, perhaps; w oughtmhyerto say; aapartr
and parcel of- Papaey, if originated in the un
sanctified love of title dignity and honor in the
human hearts.' Romanists in the lead, pisco-l
palians, Lutherans, Methodists, Independents,;
t Presbyterians Congregationalist and last, if not
'least, sfad most to be ' deplorai, Baptists, follow.
It fa possible that a "looker onK judging the fn-
Uure by the past, might conclude the old Mo-f
tber of Abominations't-fa-in danger of beirig f
sOot stripped in the ''W9.i&lrfaim$ir.$yt ;.,
-.! Is it asked, !vjhat narmi in all th:; Is
not the title of J.D.Va stimulus to honorable
, exertion?"
I l&
in reply, we say,' we cannot pretend to judge
;Sit -''; SfJ-;',
of the amount of harm. V We are riot far-seeing j
enough to even guess at the full amount of in
jury that may result from an infraction of any
were known in China for ages,' while 1 the dense
Jorests of Europe and Britain were traversed by "
i untutored barbariani. Thevondition of Chlnt
' 4.c.fc". u oeauuiui, me . emblem of plenty, and
enjoyment, everything in .security and repose,
and oyer an extensive ppace he carried firo and '
J
moral, precept or. divine, comm and. Enough
for us that God forbids.': We know,howerw, j
1 Christ asks the important question, "How ' :
can ye believe who receive honor one of anAfk. 1
w and aeek riot the honor ; that 'Vsotaes from
U?iw -JK JWJ not Sailed
Kabbi, for one is your master. 5 even Christ-
and all ye are brethren:1 eith'ef be ye'caU
ed masters;for one is your master, even Christ.
But Tie that is greatest amon? von Vahan Ka
? your servant Arid whosoever v eialfeth him-
eu snau oe aoasea ; ana be that ihall humble ;
himself shall be exalted." . v- i-J.
rAreTmyIIndeda -I
of these iayings of Christ npon the title, Doot ''
tor of Divity"? i That D D. and Rabbi sub
sUny;iitI aj-ene
admitted authorities? upotf the aubjecU, All
haye access, to the " Encyclopedia of Religious
Knowledge,! and to Webster'a Great Diction- "
ary of our language. These without other au
orities may be enough Jo satisfy, them. ,y
'fvS former give ( us ' the J information, that
RABBi';Vmeans u master," that'it is ' a name' '
of diguity among the Hebrews giveri" to" mas- i
ters, and ' doctors, to chiefs of, classesj" ., ;
!that there: were manjrdations'ambn the ;
Jews before it, as among us before-the decree
of doctor? that Rabbini ete -'doctors or
teachers among the; Jews, whosei province 'it is
to decide differences; determine what things are ;
allowed? or forbidden, and judge, both in reli
gious and eiyil matters. ". They celebrate mar- '
, ;wMi,B .uivorces preaca vx taeyn-
agogues, arid preside over academies.
lbe latter defines, tDocTOR--ir
A. teacher. ;
One who hM passed the degress of a Facul-
judges, are Rabbins, witlr a littfe llesa ah'tTinrj!
ty than the ancients,-and therefore the less ex
eusable for assuming the titleu" Let them look
the words of the ISaviour in the5 face; and tell -jxs
in plain words, if ;4they have the effrontery
; o do so,; that ' Be not ealleii ; Rabbi,' bronht
down to our times, does.not mean? Be not
,calIed.D.;D. or Docto of Divinity." If they -dare
not add this guilt to their? wrongs let them
dia:?13 Wtl? anddaitri, be humble,
Christ obeying men; : i"1 ". "
;: We had thought to 'say our say.lntupoj the r
D. andi ,rRcV;in this 'article ; bat as it -may
be already full long, we pass ;th emitter
oyer to another TmxnbtrAviAliaptiiti f "
Gems from, a Pastor's Scrap-Book.
lea-
' Had, the ' Greek
word "Baptize, ' which
denotes the principal action in this ordinanoe,
been translated in the tJiogliah 7Tersioir of "the
N ew Testamont-.there -would nrobahlw
Lbeenamorig-lliViglis- wadeW'-dfapnto eori.'
words, wash, or fprinkfr, or imtneffa been sub
stituted for the-Greek wdrdraririglish reader
would instantly conceive an appropriate mean
ing. But urihappily oar translators baveretain
ed tbo original word, and contented themselves
with merely changing its termination, ! By this
means an ngHsh reader is deprived of his. usu
al euide. There
r iUB worin nis own..Unguage, ; from i which he
can learn its tmnort. ! Th nnU': v;An
therefore, of which heean "avail bimielf, is to
ascertain the import of the original word
Adoniram JudtQn,,BcpU2TjS2. -
1 1 Until every national establishment of reliion
is overthrown; the, ancient fnnin()ift't mnnA
out, and a, way opened for -the gener'al diffusion
PL . W Pm uospei, or f Christ,- unfettered by
human -j powertnd i nncoritaminatedbv human
inventions, there can be no settledt no perma
marierit peace in Europe : tut as there is truth
again riyuIs herri the',diDpf armsarirl th .
' martial inimp most again be heard through all -her
borders ;agaid must her streams be died
with blood ; her fields manured with the bodies
of her slaughtered son : the yiais of th e wrath
, of Almighty God must be poured out npon her; -
cousLeruauon T ana aismay must thrill through
every heart," till, her cjties are kid desolate, and
but a . remnant" shall, escape, the sword: while "
hwyans;pf the Lbrd shall look witn wpn
;d6f and cjyAtAVJ70;'Xira J
'toM.waniAbi'l 'heausi TAou
Savnis and prophets dnd Thou had
blood to drink, for they are worthy f0.'B
Sermon; AprU 13.
J ' 8PXAKINO TltB TRUTH'XJf tOVE." ..
" r '-vsjJ,ouwr "ooper, mat ois nearers
alwayi" jrceiyed.'his'affectiori to tbem iVhis
desire for then? converMtionT ana"weleonied hia '
rebukes as being -the4 effect' of lovoto their
;-';i V BE Tt& Atso'viXAVrt: 5 r9i ei
: Dfvines hayd frequently distinguished reaa'i
! ness fbrdeath, into Aiiui and actual Ha
bitual preparationpreferring to the slate of the
subject ; apd actual, to ' the edum bt the
mindoo i the contemplation or perception of
death's approach. A fleet habitually teidf
f..H fnbetim strong, irbose amoo-'
nitipn is ample, whose , ere w mnnrin
and el oficered; .but t it jsrtWrread
whim Ita mil ' -
V't", colors njing, its an
; eblS0, Ddhe , air rending with ' the .
parting shout! He, for a passage to eternity is
:AMtuallif; read, whose' heart is regenerated,
whose hope is the "Redeemer, andhose life is
holiness to the lord; buf h&'Udcfually ready, -when
ia the united exercise of faith arid desire,
he can say ; -.V . - . tk r
. -' Deat Sovrefgri break those Vital itria js; A
i;i:kd That bind pato jof clay; - (i
iJ tt1 Ufiet on Av wings' jj"-
f And atretcn and aoar awayv f ms-s -J ;'
75rtBf
Drl iStaugklon. I
Zha American Agriculturist gives an account
jpfja-Jraudnlent article manufactured
ia
country acd ecld to farmers as ChiUia Gcsrfa,
but fa comparatively worthless. Farmers shcI
beware-
v w smpwercu io practice ana teach it,
as M' doctor fa'JDiyiriit'-b3. Jtf5'1 !
- Tho' Doctors" 1 theWv!themsel.v
w ne yvprd of; God, and justice, in the store
honse bf Ileayenso' srirely must ropelbleed
-6"" ci pure. iew revolutions miut