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if i J ' ' ""'N C TTv L. 1 ' C," ' r4 : ' rl' '' ' -'' '.'-"'' . '' ,- - - - . . Dcuoltb to Hcliatoit, ittorditj), Xilcratuvc, agriculture auV General Sniclltncncc. J.J. XV'IES a Ce., Trc; 7;:!;:; 14, yor RALEIGII,.Ifi C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1855. nvnoLE xo. 1100 TOElCIBLIOAL RECORDER g A Religious and Lit exary Paper : i 'Published weekly at Haleigb, N. . C, ' at 2 00 per tsnam pafaWain all cases j.x advance.'- . . . All letters oa basines should be directed" to Cf t J'" Jams 4? ;'Q.i Rateih, qWi:: :4VaT.A11 letters containing communications bt in any way relating to the editorial department, should ba addressed to Rev. J. J Jiue - nr rar, -.i.v. '' i rW.AU coraaiunications, to msareattentiouVjSiust be directed to Raleigh; N X post -paid: -U lJ ot farther particular -sea,;. last pagk TIIE LAJfJjFNstli c 5UC contrary are coasuiered. wishing tatjoatinuetheir -2. If the- subscribers order tlie discootinnajace. jaeir papers,. tbe 'publishers may "coutinue to send : ihem till all cash charge are paid-iZct-v'i --0i "; I rnbfe- eytjw-irer .kuW-sei iaV'fc4heir pa fcers' oaa tu 6tSc to which tUey are directect, they g :arebeld resppasibieantil they Have settled their bill, y njkd order their paper discontiaued, J : s A! 4. I f subsc ribe cs remove -to oth-r places wi thout . b i lorm ing the publisher, and the paper is sent to the Ar lormer direction, they are lu-Ul responsible.' : ; . a-- J- ue -courts nave deemed taat refusing to take a . ; pape . avia oi fintentional fraud a vum w U.1.TC uKwim tust rrusingio laKe a it or periodical from the office, or, removing apd isg it uncalled for, is prior . facie" evidance iFar: tbe llecorder: -i OTi ca fir 1 afiiaa, 3IIss!oa EfficI cy.-v " - To the Bajistofthe South Iear 'IIrethhex t We are, or ongbt to Be, a great people. -- This I bare believed era innce I left the : Lutheran klnrclrand cbnnect- ' ed mjsclf.vvith the Baptist fraternity.' . 1 have, 5 tovever, discovered, ; tince I . becarac Corres-.-.onditi-Secretary for the-' Domestic M ission J J Board, that, in our 'Mfesiqeary'oporatiaiis, -.ye 4 . hiT9 lit least tro faults. viz :;."VV"e are citier ; too fafl, or too slow. ii other, words, we are .riare apt to move too tardily xa the - right ;dir?c . tloo, aad too rapidly m ths wrong. But, al ldw iiie to cxplsia Biysoif . y A t present there s ;-- considerable xeal manifested for the ' "benefit o( . . our Southern Indians.. Tie"cbarcbes sceth to bo convjnead that something ought to boldonc if: for the spiritual; welfare "of the RedMan," ' Associations are taking up this matter. .Now; this U all perfectly right jast 3 it sKnull be.L - le op the .matter or Ixdiak : Missions, , bict'urcn, but be sore ti take it up at the right - -tnd'i and work t lie rgWy''&;. - Tho plans by whirh some brethren ' propose : to condoct: Indian Iissioas, arc, . : v'.. t. . . :. -J': X Fi KSTj throcgh a committee of a'charch or "churches. They ; would select - a "Missionary, "opn a correspondenee with him, .receive! bis -:V reports, and transmit his saUry by mail; fv V SecosdlTv by Executives Boards ef district vs AssofUtions: vvThej committees aijd Boards f ; t$" aiyrycHtfflf 'oCj exiatingOTnt jtioy?,. Uraehl ;;DotUoard o( 1 MissioMraod volaiitarilv artf Jau? transferred to it. .Now, and ; eo "do I so veral Assonlf !va' h-r. None of these work indeptndenllv. Ihrmek the Domestic Board. - i. ' - ;. in conclusion,-. I am happy to state," that the ueoc ot 7,000. against the, Louisvillo Board has been red need, siDce the middle of June, to 4,000, , Some of the poor missionaries who naa guLered for years, hive been : paid entirely -ff -" ! "u',w fcvuu. iqo Jioard tele in duty bound to pay M-w' first This Las been uoarau acuieveuMJut tuo short ' tiraCAnd wa3 gamud tbos? qoly kno who to trav S Pach,i4 tcr the taonejk But 'i there wr ! iDQsalanes of the oaecrs of fur schools, of five white male mfci .u.,,, twenty; native preachers, go ing on. AU- however, can"; b;W,drV.;i; complisheOjf ,wefw6xkf-rtA-;andith-a ; . - - , JOSEPH WALKER " : -;-Cor. 5fC, ,. aMiTadiari Mission M Kariost A i.a. Nov. 20, ;1 S55.! . -f fcav.;;-M:; ;h ' ' ' - - " Por the Recorder. ; Rips(s cf Norlii Carbliaa. :-' DER BaETHRE:bave on3 Alission- ary inA your Stateand van application is now before the Board ; for 'another. But '.shall we not , "expect some- help to our Treasury from the brethren of the old North- State ? .. f vorJle belieye that North Carolina would reap a ben fit to herself, by patronizing this Board liberal ly. ' Beside, she. would : be helping .; the desti tute jn far distant part3 of our country. - 'Ha vV ing nb agents in your State for Domestic Mis sions, 1 hona the nastors will mterput tn for" pur cause. 1 presume Dr. : Croel-Ptt U pleading the causa of the- Indians among you. Anything given to him will elicit the thanks of the-Boardi---- -.yt . ;-.....: -x It; was my wish to atteni voiir Convention' bat the duties of the ofiiee having no helpr-" wnuld not permit it. .. Are there not, then, some hearts who feel deeply For the destitute d hornet I mean in the new States and settlements where Chi is t-is not prearhed ?; ; ; :. Any amounts sent ; to, William II ornbuckle; Mirion, Perry countyV AU--will be thankfully ireetived and duly acknowledged; Z ;:v-.-; . - " -" j6sEfH-VALXER,CorrSee j'' ;V; '....':.- a :v : For the Recorder. .: f MissiMsMatlT der i Gcneins G etat:flcrS v ThiGaboe is the titlo: of the neat monthlv published-by. our. well-known brother J. G. Lncjcen, pt uerroany. ; he September, num ber'is now lying on my table, The first artU cle is iroth the pen? of brother Onckeni' giving ah account of the first civil marriage ini thef Grand Duchy of -Oldenburg. In the. German to do it. A 7bung Baptist started with his in tended for England, m order there to bo united. They wero arrested and compelled to return to Mecklcnburg3if,f:,:f ky. A brother jwho writes frctn Dammgarten btatesthatthiel ministers of Ithe' establishfld church endeavor to persuade the people hot to attend the; Baptist meetings l say that tho Bap tists are fanatics, and seducers of the people, and endeavor to arouse the enijuty of the1 peo- tsThe ltlissionsbtatt also'; states that in rin'it. gerlajd ; religioirrsecutio tists "has been! carried on-Tha tnactin'Ts era disturbed lae preseneeFof policeo'Siuers-: the children ar taken by furces and sprinkled, and Ihe parents! aire" fined for refusing to have them sprinkled.; . .; - ; : .-: -.- ,7 , "r'-:. jjWe continue" to Teeeive Tcheering acoucts of revivals ; from ' difforcnt patt3 of our State,- iats marriare 13 aeconotea a saeratneirt onJc I The Baptist preacher? cot beinjf'recogsi-ilsi by t a-- - i3 5 1 . v ac7icauv aain-t taeicheraes4-d6ubd - & jwiih the. bt intentions ' I jbe leave to Bi3;.tne - "folio wio!a)hieetions,vih .remarks :! , V. ' '.' , ' . First.- They imply dutfuii of the Domestic ' v general in ihe denomination, the Board would befct no vloss as ta bow it should act . ' Secondly. .; They will prevent an: aggrtguU Exhibition of the amounts contributed for; In- ' din Missions in the South. : The : particular :iieriTtvf?arti v Asfcia'Uons.ffactih2 thus;will 5 .knaw howmueKVAey have severally. contributfedi ! but tit,; wiir hcevef bo; known how mueh, in '.Hi tha itirrrro tKftSonlh hasffiveh; nnlts3 the fimrl. in tsorae "wav; S throushthe;Treas: 'ury of the DomesticTBoard. jkMi - XAtVrfy.They wUrembarrassenl?iency and : perhaps, harmony of action..' . DiCTercst Boards ' occupying the same field, will give their raksioh V;. aries diffjrent instructions, and. difFrcnt am- ' ounts of salary,.whero there may bo no good ' tea3on why one should iecivineHhan -anr ' Vother ' AIiionarie3.arebutm2n,and theGre- - cian3 would soon complain Of the jrebrewsa r f 'JMWAal The'nlans iwotJd m vK.Yei-.diffi'euttiesbxaW that we have neefl striving u a.oiu wiiu .rc " rect to Domestic Missions. - Two sets of agonts would traverse the same fields, worry the church- es, and injure all the Indian Mission " oi-ganiza-ations; Let us avoid a division': of our regour cesliThey are too jneagre" when united. 5! b hFimivs and I "wHl say-r-as tgl ' That local, independent pln3 are. invariably, imnnrmanent and unsuccessful. This has been ; ' the truth of their history , hitherto. ' The offi- cersare not salaried, the members of the Board are Bcattered,or necessarily prevented trom atten Air r hTi account vjf rjiataBeetVCLjroc: ; the place of meeting i wet day wpuldadjonrn LJ' '!rT!9:of;-'tS6-;. Board for a jnonth, aud: a second wet day for another month, unless I the v place' of meeting should : bo permanentlj in a tn whrrft all the members reside. It would 1 . - not do to put off action cn Indian Mission rc f .' Mtsfrom one Association to another. This ! - . would be too long. But this would have to : be done and if done, the treasurer1 must advance. jh" -: Thi3 word advanced have reasonsto know ; . docs not fall pleasantly on tta I xrer of a benevolent spciety': -fK difScultv can be avoided by .churches 'r and Associations ictnJhroug ths-:ds!feslic - r?oTv? f'Tft this Board of their own cre- ' ation attend to the Missionaries, appoint their fields of labor, fix their salaries, receive their re ports, remit th e amounts due ' them,' give due eret far funds obtained from . other ' bodtc3 -whether churches ,s Associations ; Conventions - or indmduals-i-desigaatiivs' a particukrmis- - eionary, if desired, for whose support the funds were contributed, and make a full report of all ' these mission transactions at the close of each year.- Thii Tip, will succeed : no other; will. s Such a generait operation would . encourage and support the -Domestie Board in its unenvi- a Ha' li t "rm ftrniw tnsV. a." diferent ; COUrSS . 131? ..msKIf ti3 xritS it: W 'interests cf the In- dians, forever. -anv a? !.:5f St-i .'" irA hot no.rr.iitted to adm.iii.u-6er-- iLniiju., 1 u ,. . w thiV:r;,n, jjucuy oruiueuuurg lueudp -eI5vov rreatsr Ubos freedom than m any other part lojji j TJicre-acIvltf.inar freeing theBaDtistS' from the necessity of call l Elder A.fB. EIdermari in writing hSl Rarc V ? ? The Pastor." Sv Sehter:f of tha Ranter uuapei oamnson i,countv.. LeldDatnaet nf - . --... . . . .r . :i '--a eleven daya with said church, which resulnnj in the addition of twenty-eight ; twenty-five" bap-tized-two1 to : baptize v yet and j one restored, which closed on the 18th icst. : Also, another at Salem of eleven , days, closed;; to-day -2 were baptized this evening.! Mcre sei iout?cesf and deeper solemnity I never saw. " Surely the Lord was in the midst." . ' 1 ''- : . ; Bro. J. Bunch, Jr., writing us from Windsor, saJSI - - l- . ' . u The Bertie, Union .meetin?: held at Ile- publican, was protracted some ten days, and re sulted in the addition "to the ohurch by baptism of twenty.two. JOne of the number, had ben alethodist." -' f'-;-'""- ; ' - j !; . . :';-.. For the Recorder. 1 'A few weeks aso a protracted .meetfnsr was held .with the Sandy":Spring Church; Iredell; county, and continued two weeks ;'; during which Lord Xesus C b rist. " 1 1 was one cf the 'moist' iu terestifc revivals'; perhaps, that has occurred in this part;of.thei Statevrhe; writer attended the Baptism of 19 of the converts last Sabbath which made about 50 that bad joined : tVe church since the meeting ba'dljoVraenced-A f Within a few steps of tho VBig Sandy 'Sprrc" was a pnrlinff brooklVnure as ornt.il; ovtv i ' whito ;fiintb3ttbm a larroTcrOWd lined its banks, of every aeVgcr;.toito3thq.6acfed scene lLnjQ i$ oueredj6you3 song strikes upon the waterand echoes am on 2 'the bills- down into, the liquid grave aband of iaterestib'' cien', together with the gray-tafrtd ;. sires. lt 'cexye it3 .welcomed cprtsyvho ri-e Aite the liunoch cf old-leieri their on shore r overwhelmnect tnewT . ' : t!:!i:x, letter. '-..C-S God often redeems his' promises in waya lit tl. ..t!.:..I.J L-;-' i N .. . ' uuwiuijjtuvu oy.us. ' Doraetimcs he seems even to deny; what we have asked in faith, and then to secure it to us by the very means which seemed Id, contain the denial.-: The principle' afcctirig fhis case, is :;best made fntclli9;ibleb7 canipies. A lather has prayed Jonj, and be lieviuglyi for th3 conversion of hiBon.?:The of many prayers grows up seriously dispos etlrbipectiag religion ahd itsinstituliolisbut giving no signs of a regenerate charaetor.- ' ; The tUthcrv naturaliylonsiQus , about 'Hhe iufluehce wilhhe squ's more ' intimate .relations in life ara have -cn his spiritual prospects,; is cpai ccrij'i U find bim .deposed to forma man-iags coiMf;t:qn with she who has been educated in igth, w;tapfr44 Imctrsn end wh is avers to i ,:1'-!on.(-Hc docs all that is prpcr to . do to' pt.eht tit. He makesit a subject of .earn est, prayer.: no negs -ana pjeaas Dciore the tbrtsno of grace,, that Lis son may be saved from thrdiegmM But here be seenis id fail Now he is exercised . with misgivings and fears that all his supplications for his son have7 been in ; , .i ime paises. cn,-and, for a season tho pros pect appears more and more dark. At length a raj of light appears in that quarter , where it was least espectcd. .Tho Spirit of G od moved Upoa the heart of the wife. . After a struggle b c is trough t ', into tb 0 lif? and liberty, of . the Go?pel, An i cow again the power of the pray ercf faith ia tested. The rst 'aspirations of the converted wife are for t he conversion of her husband. '.Her desire assumes the force of an tU. absorbing pessionil "She feels as if she could not live were her request denied. ' In her 1 burdened heart the Spirit of : God makes inter cessions with" exoanincs which cannot be" utter ed.; Atlenrth. hcr deEire is rrantod ' and thp Coiid Oi taany." prayers, is rejoicing in bope.of tho glery cf " God. ; Now ia that father's pray er ouwercd, rand that in connection with the venr "event which be so much deprecated. ."The, feclirg-which led him so anxiously . to deprecate that event, was doubtless approved in the ight of God ; .though it had been deter niaed on thf part of Godf to ctake it the very, means cf se currug answer, to the prayer; la like ''manner; uoa 13 vent to lead bis people m paths that tbeyihowhot. It would make our faith and eacouragemeht, in supplication, the'raore easy, did we iipre fully Tealize ho w abun 1 ant G od resources if power and mercy are, andfthat lie czm fulSl his Nprotniscsi ihi wayswhich to may Seem piost iva probable ; a hd that when be doesfulSi theni, the gifttransCenilBtha hiea sure if fth'6 promise j aaia th case; referred toi Indeed, ha is able, to fid ; fomns exuedinghj is yen lh& Eibl ;?to the hhraan jace, ls.r? contains a wora in season ior every trouo- oai.' lernisflcs spintuTa 5-nutnmcnt.ipr. A correspondent in furnishing some j recol lections of Dr.Griffin gives; ns the; follbwing: ; While spending V few days in Dr. .Griffin 's family in May, 181S, when he was occupied in his work on the Atonement; be one dav han ded in e two sermons to read j- to wit : those of Drs. Scott - and Chalmers, nreached on. the death of Princess Charlotte, "that had been sent to hiciby; Samuel JS- Mills!: while London on his way tqAiricaS Afterwards boskld me abctt.thesescrmons remarking that he had not read them; except a - few sentences oh the first page lf TJrW Chalmc " gave me more exalted views of Dr. C. than! ever; before bad of him.;Fori In the veryl first sentence ;I saw that ihe aimed r at vfbactmlj red ' to contains; tho;: same' Ajctrinos which we wisK Jbere td ihculdatc; we quote IhisaoJThc text was, For, when thy j aJgments arc ia the earthj the inhabitants thereof wUl leara tight. eo3oe6S.l, DrChalmers' -first sehtencatwas, " I aih1 sorry that I shall hot bo -able to exteril the application of the; text. beyond its more, di rect -and ,'im mediato bearings . on, that event which wo are now. met to mijngleour' regrets, our sensibilities, and ;ourpfayers j that, occu pied as we ail are with the mournful circuin gtances 'that ha3 bereft our country of one bf it9 brightest anticipations,' I "shall not be able to clear my way to the accomplishment of what is strictly speaking," the congregational object of an. addresa from - the 'pulpit- which,' ouzhtvin every; possible case, to be an address to the con.' science.' " I '; Z u'r-- f vUi iV"- : Dr.GriCia," before readin2',tni3. could: not have been ignorant of tho fame of. Dr. Chalm ers, as a splendid preacher. But in this, hej dis co vered th at U h aim era grand aim was t o rec ch the conscience. This, it Bcem.-'iavfl-! him more;' exalted- views of Dr.i Chalmers as a preacher, than ho ever had before." That is to say, richly as Chalmers was - endowed With the gifts'of eloquence, fiHng the world with bis fame as a preacher, bis crowning exc6llence ; in view of Dr, GrilBn, was, that all bis. eloquence had an aira to reach tho hearer's cohscience. In this,1 we have bno'.of the "most eloquent and most successful; preachers : ;trhich .-thb countrj ever produced,' ihtimatincfV his: senad of "what constitutes one . of tho hi":hest ;attainment3ih pulpit : eloquence. And,. m these . two quota tions united, we have the concurrent tet-0" of tw'o 'preachers,' standing ja- thgSfSTra.Tikfr one ta'Great Britalaahd on4rfacrIcatof the effic tV that the; It igh es t aecora plishm eht of pul pit; ftloquenCc is a power of irnptcssioh ; on the cdn'scieacdsli - . ''; 'i" -"r -'-, Savins 'a sealdfeoia'rBcit V Is net th r3 G ok's "work Ir 'Is.. : j JJ'- whom you directs 1 to the Saviour, it wil b? a higher honor than to have swayed the" sceptre cf.: universal empire, and it will add sweetuo53 to. the songof redeeming love." Then try to, save a soul from death yea, many, if you can. liAKNABAS. ' ;.;. vFAa!liiiri(j;TUa '.lis EDIti' . He who is so faciiliar with' tho' Bible thai eachchapter, open where he will, teems with household words, may draw thence the theme of mny a pleasant arid pathetic seng. For is not all human; nature" and alt human life shadoTred forth, m those pages ? Bat the soul to sing well from the Bible must be imbued with religion. ' as .the; ftowe'r Js'alternta?yImbuedv wUh-deW and sunshine.' . Tho "study, of th e Book must have begun in the simplicity of childhood, when it was feh indeed to be diviner and carried on through all t!Qse jnterVals'in jrhichT ihe soul o ' 1 manhood is restored during the din Of life, to , theTurity end peace, of. it3 early being. ' He who begins tho etudy. of the Bible late in lifj must indeed devote, himself to it night and day, . with an humble and contrite heart, as wall as an awakened and "soaring spirit,': ere be can hone x hum iio unaerstanas or 10 nnaerstan what ho feels thoughts and feeling3 breathing -in upon him, like spiritual sounds and sceuts, . as if froni.a'region hangingin it3 mystery- b"e-' ween heaven and.cartli.JWiLSo i -' - , Te think no part of miniiteral duty is mord -' solemn,and iiwakcns"moro anxious though Ja the mini of a faithful pastor or layman, than the. most Successful method of dealing pirsonil' ly with troubled sinners. Thf observation of a variety of ciswia a redact work of grace has ' -suggested this topic ; a few of which we will give. Three things; it haa seemed to us, ro esDecial- ly necessary j ah earnestness, br manner which shall impress the sranet. withour deep solici- ' tude,'and ; the urgency; vf his ''case ; striking' . ' down if possible any props on . which the soul may lean for sscurity ; and crowning all, prcs- v -sing home, ah immediate surrender to: the claims ; of God and th 0 'acceptance of Christ. There is a' business air, a qaiet manner of - invitation, - so in contrast wiibxhe mighty interests af sta--" that the impenitent heart is rathero-11. agitated by if In ths : apostol ic carhestnirgJ a deadly blow upon tho -;rs,MTncxcuses ofiered for refusing God ' tho " sovereignty of the soul, and urging unconditioo-. . al submission, there is a power that takes bold of conscichce,ndstiratheEpirits. V ; ' . 1 saiiGftiY: ihg m a Lutheran; minister oh matrimonHl oc casions. ! The' first civil marriago under : the nw1actaV:Iemnized by brotherOnckeB, in Varel, oh the 12th of Jnly last; . He gives ah interestihjrdiseription ofthe ceremdny- A letter from brother Bolztnaoh in Hanover, gives an account of new persecutions in ncKe burgThe daughter of i;Baptist( refused to be cdhfirmed4i For thisrefusallheSfatheliwas heavll v finedb last cow wduldbe i taken frotn thera sliduldthe fihaVdecision beaainst them. - Brother Bolz; raahn writes iXlndetiu durdear brethrhjandvSi praj'ers, that they may not become dishearten ed under the trials of the present time, but may; continue firm to the end ; and then", through erace - receive a, crewn .oi eiernai uie.uu, . . : . . . "t '. t i ' ' . it. J l:''J - that it might please the L.ora to uear tao pray er3 of his people, and to give free course- to the his dand ! then would J acob rejoice 1 r v-r-, . V I. .t a i fiL'!i' i! i''Ts' r vu?.k Qv&d beintcresticg to ; collect m ain"-Is vol di3ts of the straitest sectcr raat with- - &HXAaie nwi - a ; stihdibe-d'hflG 7 -i ... ' , ,f .1 . - .. :- J tti5 ch?fer or.verse;wmchi)rcuht libto the his demands, rather lh&n.now the 'inventions f 5, gA . 3 1. v , , .-pF i"H iwiviif',; tkL;.,ftt kliiiiKWWV W Womuifc-b2feMB--owjas I VI UiCUt y , av wii ;umui , -m y i i .x,. I I T - - ' rj , . . - y - I- here extended c to ether, churches around, "and numbers hay be4Sadded.totaa jqKorchcs. ; i i ce . jici,coaD ooesc- What is the sign ? CinaM? frctntf '?rtretdbie'fortUei mio'ht ; for 'the inare -people examine for theiu--' , '.t .. . 7i ...5 o ":u .--::u selves, iue mace aueir.jippcisiif; f wui mimnu., Maythe cinutinue iua i;a; wotrust he ba3 conimen;ed&;Yours fiuternally; .-, . gNdylti855i Px S WLwas informed that you . might look for an additional subscription for the, Kecorder trout me uremoers at oauuv opiigii j tr ? -- i 11. . , works,haii giveh;a::lf4wlnistrati icfi we; make tho '"foUwicrexiraetrZi: B?rP?s that each vreW- to in golden letiAif'he text which HM beenltd hlmthd eate of BehenYZtbe text hroui?!i wuxe pen ltQsa22 forev tainiy it rs ; Ulii STid ia this we snouiQiT grej . , " TLasglit ritIiaat. Ea boka.i ""TQt earnestness, bn f jpearnestness without - thoaj't r inthe same vay.that theren befe- uutiire, put; there cannot Iw fn, TM """ iKji-- it - - "-r-"!"-.,j . wjiaout v-tTiTT57nri" -a mere V dth0Cffh -briiliarf ' doctrinibf BOj. vy t?im aahv;othcr selfishness ma v- rpiriprsRlo m prddaeb"i3yoi-ld sclfdove, irrattJl. tDat ttlir VxGQ Ot i f-;1 r"r """""" a-wucu .Apartrom;it,iue-6iyvr--. eita:rtnrarnit.-.?t.,-.that th'Gcd of a.cU ln ,tbe thero is earn salvation i has TirSmntA- and tcopseends to savihg;feoul3 ; YxU phrbUaamah tears; prayersexhortons, preaSt aad example, are divinely ;tbcri2Gd -?8or the ; convcrr iTa's-IUfaatrs- ''-And; r-overwheiraing tlie thoughjatjojr soul ta ceath Jraycr !' it ", f ' " i :". ' . in. me neart, jnteiiigcnco ! iry consequence. "'When the fire is ' tfco"riKmastbe'';liffht no ed,- end thou vur i meons. nd i it. The Domestic Board vrc ;!! allow- other bodies a choiee of several-ways ct eo-operaaon Th ft-Western Tndian'I ission ' A?scc.-.tton m :-y and sl-plvlalcrs to raise for the DomesiiS Board to . I;?souri, is aasiaarj' UiSuil truth in" this and Israel bo jrlad " Brother "Sehmann-, -. of 4 Benin, ? give3 a long account of his" travel to the Mem el Conference and . back. ,;H c mentions Ladies U nion, which met weekly for .the purpose of sewing- the proceeds to.be givetj to the Mission cause Tho elderly ladies who cannot, sew, on account of weakness in eye sight, ptefc oakum, and thus earn money ior euariiauie purposes. uxi.o a sum Lad beeh';realiz.C& A letter from Mecklenburg States .that the persecuting spirit Is still ; rUe 'thereA tract distributor was' carried before the authorities, and fined for giving awayBflptiracts. Hy Sdusds was searched acl all the 02ptSt boots that eoald be f ootid were tabtfaway." He was also compelled to pay the costs i df his irapris- onment. . lne loitewing -: sonianca; s pssseu ; Since fee.' ch last December administered the ordinance of baptism i aad the Ldrd's Sup per, bo is sentenced to six weeks close confine ment: the first, the third, and the fifth week, ha is to have only bread ana water." v v'i AtthisHime; aittheformer;entences, on account of attending retigtcus meetings, or ad ministering theorcKnaoees; ; were read over, from which it appeared that be' six times bad been sentenced to S, 10, nd 1-1 days Irapris onment,' and tha? two cows, a nog, a goat, a euohoard, a safe, a book-case, a watch and a . . . ... . ' n t t . clockhad been tasen irom niu, ana ne uaa yei continued incorrigible, and; would cot be re strained from- disseminating bis errors, t : It was also stated that ho bad for two years - . - . , . '1 . . I . been placed under ponce surveuanet am re cfAted to the ? territory of Sndwigslust. 'Ye he tad attempted ; to. go to Teeheptin and ad been fined 25 pounds: that no naa suu.-rea ai thU nn f count of bis obstinacy; and disobo rK.,neA Hp. 5avs. " I ' stepped joyfully before fho (ipmWod council and told them, that I re- evil (loin-, and that 1 accounted it ah honor to b3 permUted to go tori.-"on for the honor of find ani ICr LlitJ na:ne ui ' The odeers tract coipc 1 a Rhor. 1 a rai ;' 'f .f -'':. i'.;For .the Recoruef.;: Dear B ro; J a mes :-Bclieving as 1 do, th t thenrosnevity Tof Zionis eh; object of desire and a sdurcd of goyto all christ iacs,youCwiIl allow01 me Spaed to record -; the ' pleasure ; of the Lrd toward hispcoploxn the;iearf.Ursa Uhurch, Uupim county. m August ias;, mere wcre'80!ne visible, tokens, of the Spirit' pres ence m.our raidst-r the lauing . tear, enc anxi ious si;h -of thr awakened' preceded its they were, py ceep searrnvngs ct uears oeiore. wu, oa the ; part of the : pastor; and membes df the church, and humble, forvect prayer ; toGod for tho quickening Spirit :upon tho 1 clfp bvf an d Biiirebtionikl'bi: GjisreU?jtt; i&gishd -:iv. tvcrasfeconcilcd 'Gddhss ' looked forth on bie?j r plugh l whose' teldscopd iie'first has glitns--; dd tbirdss; ;TheEthiopian mirMithe''nTtj'tlurdfcba'p wis nuear reaa tns aoouc tn e ia ra d . lev to inc. ter that his eve was directed tOAo Lam of V.;whcrt,aketb away the ih ; cfthe i it, .' unriat jests' cam into y id sight of thesd wrdsthatitflburden fell b;s back which fasts: andenanecs had rendered more wttyhere was a aen daer who bad kic.Ifcen panting for ter-brooks;bat bxad yetSfcunct no com as. power, was presenrea uy tuo; pastor, aic,jc; oy brethren" Guy; Wallaco,? and Kenedy We werepermHtedrto ede theT Lord add daily to th Church such as should bo saved. Jigcty three Lave been, baptized! upon profession of faiths of all 'agesffromtbe man lof fifty -years to the youth of fourteen. The parent and child, master, and servant; have s-like wept 'c hd re joiced together in hope of the. glory of Gpd'.-r At Union, in Lenior county, our: Zion (which bad become almost extinct under, the blighting inSdence of anti-Missiouisra) has been refresh ed by tho Spirit and presence cf the Stviour. 1 have baptized live tato the fellowship; o: that church-makihgjih all eighty.cight sinco Au gust. : 1 o God and the Lamb be all glory and praise. i-1 ray fcr us... v ,;; ; II iMmt- when one day, ltlessly, tifing up' a Tcs . if AnnVd sA the ;rdrd3i Whoui God h fortl in bfl4 rrrdt)ieiationi thrwgh faith blood, to ccciare his ngiiiepusutf iui. ich 6fJ sins ttiat" arepast $ and instantly fllid the Biimciencv cf 'the; atonement, isbraced the eSDcl and.' Coubtlessi.' the Olnev would';svcahzei hi ;;the-.mosi -. .. - J . , " ' ,r . t ttemoml. tco spot wnerone ouu vi Kr jfmeciallylsavdt r- -J- - - r - - 11; a mansbh" ' in bea ven--to ; with joyous rapture upon the h0 sitteth oh the -throne ! J in to your external condition or .po- life rich or noor, educated or unecu- eldqchtprslow ahd plaiacf speech; ih a itainen t place or living in comparative obscu- twlale or female: with v thai love oi J esus -t, A K; A if T-nrtr npn.rt bv the H olv Soirit. you may save a soul from death.!: God honor piety. -. - ":" ..' " And this WOTS IS GCVOiveu upon an, a face of materi sitioj is a , high degree of positive intellect ye there isenough for t!io station in-. which the pray in nxan Is , placed; If l-a'CChristianMs "Jashde- -black," says John Newton, - be .'ought, to be - nowi.indvniii no t feel much confidence, even in therilucst land-owner, if the cat ia- the kitchen did not fcel the better for the atmosphere cf his ccn sideiatehessl ancLorierj. Christianity meets , both pdintsdhTm i.lU ..irtnM in tta ATltn Arv.'t 1 1 anin Tvt ft rl CaiUUg oo trt cil. ilia, ctuui cium iw iuyu What greater evidersjec could we have of its di vine origin ?;;f there must be a religion from, .t God and it Is demonstrable that such a reve- bouIs to Christ, is the great" work of tto Chris tian minister. To save every impenitent man ia ihconsre'wtion, Ehouict - De nis .3liERevTI:csr llzzx "Thi3 faithful andjde voted; Mmistef of God, who has rendered such valuable services du ring the prevalence of the yellow fever in Portsmouth is not ; only strpplyitg .bis own pulpit, but for several Sabbaths . pasthas filled appointments at the two Presbyteriah Church es and at the iDinwiddie: st. : Ucthodisfc Church. ' - ; . , i - His zealous labors amoc j the sici and dying, can never bo forgotten: and.nW that the scourg3 has ccaod its tcrride It li 'Z. - . - M - "'"v. "' " .j " vi : .i. .' j l vr,-' vtf:-V t4- . t tawever'wa'vtbo resalt ot eminent uitniamess. . v . w t:V Tnnnh ,oFrt nti ior lore veaia, iio u hiuw c""-vi LU would iaiways sid th light Ot the. lauuer aau. trum jVu.yv; Sringeryiiuio he7rctur4d td thef pas- 'i e rl.v ITin itior'afal"; iiiimcrtat, intisibl and wOraan iU.o( AlfjlBiit not to him alone is It comUiit ted. ?' Go work in my vineyard,". Is addressed to every coul redeemed by the blood of Christ y outd that the disciples, cf Christ felt "the wp.jyht of 1 feinotsibility resting upoh them jn ftnnnection with the salvation of the lost. How solemn ,tho thought, that God ; holds every disr ctple responsible forthe-salvation of very sirf ncr who comes under his influence, just in pro portion as that inSuencd mtgtt,' if prpperly; 4t rpeied. edntribute to his etcm?.! well-being. Trne.; sinners mar:nerish iq spite of all that t p;an ha dase for them.1 But no one cam to tree the! from blame in tho loss of .thcae-arennd; bim, ft.ii8? that ha bias1 done What., ne . hnhlniyi.in i rnnid tVirCtiitf a SUl'VlvlOZ tV14 ic wujaua,-v".- r-- j "TtAtr i.brnWht-m nv-wiso God ' prosecution cf this work,which, the minister of V-f 'VVr" - " " " u-i jus... Uucl Tifxsflss;- Parents Rvo and r crifiino: thatuoa gavo wo an ovjcci-i h?- - , i frionstcsi-WcrV-akft an in wby teace. r. '.r-i' children. iTiat rjious hdy has a doniestia com . .. . . - n . r mittftdit'i her care, and under ner. lnnucnce- j i ... . ,- IT B J Tf t ufit m v i .-piri ' : fiv s ? 1 Arid. nerhan3. vou have some -latimate, inena tl DCneat 01 taolicmac luuiauig, y-riii. P, U lmmortAI - heirrrs i . ' ,. : i.o t An rid j uurr.wvu kio viaiun vik - - o f V, -s- . . . W i& lUbdity hr religious " .j-.- Ct.i11 rt nil nf Ihosd EfHlU ua-; .uuswuwu , r ... i ? . j t.A vnn- bare rithcr who art in heaven, perhaps we maguiiy per fuu rlV .Tf an tlv sr name., remaps tuou.wiu uc&ww ""M t? - iw.l ifnr -not' have iilcse ofi gointo- heaven; and ; when we reach taem as yourse f . V ou.d thernotve UuA"oa hiSrw-Rbll be bar-nv. Likoivs been convertca ueiqreu., uw;r- cyvho are there jn heaven obey tucc, so Iriinna wrt who" are here- on earth obey thee. f . - . - , -iti . f f,1 'eed us to-aay -wnn . me. samu ,.iu , ith which thou bast been wont to feed us. As a foroire those who o&nd us, so do thOu, u j i - i fn ? If voa would do more lor tacm, ds ra j . .... . haste. " The Judge standeth betore tse aoor." f-.f bfora Li death, liarlan l'c saiu, ne vn to hclisve that fiunarea sou.s uuu aw - , , - l,n,l boon- saved through .bis lnstru-.nentanty . ,T now lation God is likelv to vouchsafe 'what other ; religion is there: that answers, the end ? .But this is not the pomt bere The practical : duty is what concerns U3. i;arnestnes3 to uoa in , ora vet i3 really our prime-necessity, for by it' our intellects and our hearts are prepared for' 5 our duties here and aerealter.: . And as epis copalians we must be. peculiarly careful, lest by", rettinsr into the ears of : a litunry we get to . sleep; - Other forms havo a greater difficulty, DUu Oura 13 a Buriuua vu,. via t-- iuat to think that the motive power df the minister is the. impulse that is to. dairy. the vehicle of. our prayers to their destined vterminus.: This b not true, c Ve must supply tho earnestness ourselves, orelse we will bo left behind by that, heavenly company who :. are traveling heaven- v ward-zopfll Recorders ' ' '- " For the last wgck or two, this town has btn fa a stats of commotion consequent upon ' the visit of 60md " fathcrs'Mo the Komsn. Catholic chapel." . A shop has been" opened for. the sale of beads, crosses and charms : several booths have erected in the chapel jard' open to : the street for the like purpose; and a .huge wooden ' cross, with paltry representations of the spear,' crown of thorns, ac, has oecn erected outside the chapel door, which the benighted devotees, with a zeal worthy a purer faith, are kissing at all hours ! I heard that one of the fathers had . told his hearers to bring to him their booxs, and especially their Protestant Bibles and .danger ous-tracts as be would have a ere lor them ; and this morning I saw a crowd cheering a boy who was wheeling a . barrow full of books into" the Chapel yard. Among the- books 1 saw .a Bible 'and a New Testament, th former of: which was: taken up by a youth, who -f aid,;-de- risively, " This is-the Holy Bible !" and thee,. indignantly hurled it iato the barrowr a polics- man standicj 'approvingly by - : Kingston, Ireland, j. ovrmlef 5. r.- . .Itoinsir Idolathv. A gentleman named . Dellack, residing in Paris, has presented io the church of Charlinargues, jCanial,) a piece of the Trua Cross f I) cf the size of a man's Ca- jrer, which ia the lar; nc-t revolution, wag broken 5 a cabs" .t to t!.-! cf V'r. 5 ' P 1 v.-J for r, cf a: Th nnttod Da- ti r: of justico threatened one of thej earnesuy ? De hoped rtbat his lemn admo- 0d. m like manner feivo us dinners. Still And yet, he was a piam " S ;, f X, U :rs with corporeal punu!iment, :f nitions wiu oe nceucu, and hat 5any ; wbo-at- oU'n, Crmly that we fall not into .ins. Ca.t dorioas the interview wncn iuey !n be found distributing tracts...; tend on bis nntry, will throng his instru- nt of ns sicknesses and all dvil things. :Amcn. the heavenly home ! . O ! Uo prospect Ok nct 0 the c- i '3 ia Mecklenburg' are not per- mentality, Lru in .their own bear's experience sf' A2..yt tu rr:(,.t did as well as be could. ng souls in heaven saved tnrouga iuy r . .vn-- - v,i:i l3Fu;i iftLeyai!;:::t . LL.Exrm.., uJozix . L - happy faitf-. shall 1 K.?rc t-. c-., ..vu.-.. . i 1 r v f 1- f '1! i I i - t
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 13, 1855, edition 1
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