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, I . .- V . vrvv : 1 MIB.BIBILIC AIL,- 2213 (D.dD,ElIID 13 JUL, 5 It Si - v: r a ii eigh , n c ; ; , THURSDAY, JANUARY 15,:1857. ' ' Comjutnications for public aUoa, or la any way relating : to the Editorial or Business Depart ment, should bo addressed to the Rev. J - J. James, ix ?Editirj3iblical Jlecorier Raleigh; N. . Carolina-it i -;xM&fe : '.' ... " All orders not attended to in ..a reasonable time ihenld be repeated, and all remittances not' duly c receipted should be inquired after that errors and " oversights may be promptly corrected.;',.. .. ', If confer a great favor by "giving their "Post Office ad- iressj also, that of each Individual for - write. r..'. ELDER W, H JORDAN.. iA ELDER AvMcDO WELL. j ELDER G.,W, PURIFY, i; 3 ELDERWv:iLtVIJy3ATEaS Bro. GUILFORD LEWIS of Lonisburor, is oar .authorized Agent for this State, to collect outataud- 5 ng accouais anu receive suoscnpimn-' ; :-; Ltctcres oa Methodism . y&: Out jreaders will find on, our first pege some fre-' Hminary Sremarks andcor publish a? plajnator 'rare 46 follow ia whsecutive border 4ioiH Methodism '.;-as Ai-Araerican in its Spirit and Tendency, by the Kev. J. Q. Adams, formerly Fastor of the Baptist chirctinfKeypt,le New : xork Cityr r Bro. Adam3 wields a vigorous pen, and we "venture to promise our ; readers that they riwilt heellrepail hy - a careXd prusal; the Jectutesv Melhbdsm.3ilC.,'c consequence as a system in our country, . as to At tract general attention, and disinterested testimony ; is coming op-from every quarter, that it if both an :ii-ScriDturai and an&RenubUcaaSjVY;have here- iofore nabiished t testjnKnr from; the South .and Wesfj and 1 we now give t from tiie JJorto.k.U -yZ, , -isft We hope: those of our eabacribers who-, have : not yet renewed their, annual subsairMims,awiIJ not 5 forget that Jthis i1iii;fefn-. of them to 4 make U3 remittances, v Our recelptTiist is thus, fa r behind what it was jast ye t this dale. llc'were agreeably; $u rprised IflTdaysnce to meet, in this city, with Prof. D,, with, whom we became acquainted early rin ithehiitorjof Wake Forest Coliege-both of us being students of what vas then called iWk F, Institate. Prof. Dockery, tiow On Visit "'to his brother, : Gen. A. Dockery, so well known in this Stateand other Tela tivea, is a.resident of -Alississippv'and. recently elected ' PaecioilheTMississipp ; tege iri place of3e hls Iostt!bich ;4neapl.isiiCven!io located a' Hernando directly on; the Mississippi and Tennes- x gee RailEoad. c ProteDockery it ajfioe scholar : tt will be remembered by vsoae of our readers, tbat Ire accompanied the lamented Armstrong to Europe, and sjQt,several years in I stody in the University ; t)f arFrancewhere W return from Europe, Prof.' D. filiedj a professorship ; ; in Mecjrnivoity'rr then jesedanalH& fied to learn that be . has been indnCed to'conneci ; - himself wUAl-Baptistins , scholarship and polished manners vIl.tell so favor-; ably ' opoa the I interests of those- committed to his I:opyv ; :Erde Jro to; t-"saAhatPn Dockery Js'ain honor toTJorih Car j ' plina ; cblgave?' hlm;bihfipiSd ! Bumbefedanhe i : whomJ&e;bas so generously given.io other States ' Mav connection withMi3sissippi.-Female.CoI- ; Iege be iongjcontinuedi -, "" 'lr?" ;;yAnIiapiroftmMiii Just as we. are going to press, oar attention has ;beecal ; proprietor ef a new and very ingenious 'invention vfot'tbemoH'iccsfuc Called the Common Sense Combination' Jlee l.'ve.-1-: ' . We cannot give a description of ibir improvement ; now forwantf rtira itioii of i aJlrfio are fppdjof , the, products of the bee, fot;lMmiei Hcrtel,whereeyniwy & 5 JLheJ improvement v?Ub lheie?i dvrautifal specimens of honey therein. isMM Calvert ji5 ;e?t ?tledtoibe&5nks6f all Bee feiira forMnimproye ; ment ia which so many are Jntere3tedj and the ex tensive sahi of biipatenf, is7 tbeilesfcJevidence; of its - r- - - . ' ; Sandt Ckeek MiKtTcs.'r,,fbe 'Minntes are. out of .press!; and Will be forwarded according to jdirec- tion, the first opporta nit Yi:': :v .5iFrthe"Recorderc t- Ma jIxes fr-Jri ' the Becorder bf Kovember 6, and jrfrpubtirsinc f.Vycherv7nrpj If hb "'jiChrisanjAdV -iTi tXtotXXtWZ?: JOHNSTON!; Corresponding KsUion-t-Heacti party wnave, equaispac)? f iyvMi i: 70xiiLe Method if Hefiin to &fSrmW4tcher,bver htspfopefsiguatore, - todenv." "- : ' ' " O- t have not as yet seen any. response on the part -.'oi Mr. Hefiini ! Surely he ia D3t afraid to meet the - proposition, as he and ther Methodist ministers '. ;profess to invite BaptisU to . Commune with them; s, f and they are' under obligation to ; keep, the Disci-; "r ne Mdjiibt" to depart from iU; .If iheDscrne doek anthorile Bapiists to commune A with Metho. i dists. let us know it Mr. Ileflin Aaccept tbe chat - jeage -have nO hacking out, and "use upAVatcber . -with the DisctpliDe, y our "standard lof I faith 'And practiced Bat it has occurred to Us thai Mr. Heflin V is unwilliag fotthe inerhbera' of Methodist Societies &to is a-discussion on that subject for they.wrt " find out.ttat open communion ii a 'mexe pretext for www J 14Uq JJUiV-vu. - y. ; , -. , - " ... , . . By Vndtn mo your addres3 and a three-cer .i.Mn-fnn trill rPPotppr rT2.tUltOaSlT. iJ postage -'"T"1 . ; c inter cstins. work on Sunday School?- : : . ; .mMs:A'c s. j. wiici:ler; - ! ? v -r Hurfieesboroub, I. V. . --v N; ,V Still TTcrse. 1 : .1'; 1 ITner: thT head of " Comical Courtesies, Mr. Heflin, of the N. CvAdvocate, attempts to make a reply to .our , list, in doing, winch he involves himself xsiii I ; more deeply, than "ever, in the very difficultiesfrom which he , has; been vainly striving for some time to escape; wVhava neither time nor disposition to use many words in exposing his true position, but justice and a proper regard for truth, require that CwehbuH state a few points which we find in his last replyi 'W It' '-.' SAte. -Bmt remarki ahou t what he calls comical w Bat he wishes to' know howl the Conference cousd accept the offer 6f- the Baptbt Church at its eession in Wilmington, j consistently with the failure of the MethOtlista in Warinmn und TLnUtvh in whom thev ef.theirhpafeB of worship to the Baptist Conven .ra tion l!The Front Street Jlamist; Church in' Wil tir' nungtoa haslwt r adopted ytheIron? Wheel.? The uaptmt Convention has adopted and endorsed thai slaoderoua hook; and -has tberohy proclaimed its belief that! too AlethoJist Choich is harlot ANtirCniRr." : ?Jojhe abeve extract .bicWtaln'fromtire A,1ciaJc' Bec 26ih ulttliere are:;tvrb &t three things ruiring'notice,;y ilr?IK; saysi: - the, Front street Uapust church in W.lmingtoa has not adopt ed the Iron Wheel." ; We.' do not'uovy whether the church ever passed a formal vote; endorsing the Book or not, nor does' Mr. IL. furnish any evidence tliat he knows. His assertion in a matter. of (hi kind, certainly needed to he sostarned by'evidence. But admitting that the Wilminjrtoit church had not formerly endorsed the Book, we have no evidence, not docsi&fjrIL say he has any, that said church bad farmerlyVejected it. Nor are we aware Uat churchy any more than the Wilmington the Raleigh,' or! jtny; other tlantUt church jliad " for merly adopt;oreected theIon Wheel. iWe simply refer to the fact, as to wheth er ti.her of these churches had formerly adopted or Ted i .the i Iron AVheej, without at all questioning their right to pass any vote they might deem proper. I this respect, as well as io many others, Baptist churches are quite unlike Methodist societies The former te competent to decide, each for ft self, ; whst books they approve, and what they fdo not, while tho latter have ho voice, but must tak and swallow down such stuff as i3 manufactured for them by their spnituat masters, the Uishops and other clergy. says,( " rha j, Baptist Convention has loptedjjtnd wervujr prociaimeu; us oeuet, tbat tbe Methodut church is a harlot anti-Christ.n , . - iYft ;ifpre5"t at the Convent ioh hell in War- rHtonrtdaiso present at the one which lately convened in this citv which are the otily two meet ings of that body , which havo ': occurred since the Iron V heel was published, and yet we and other members of those Conventions of whom we have , have no knowledge that the subject in any form was ever discussed by the members ia Conven tion. The published proceedings ot the one held in Warren ton are now before us, and we find oo allusioa to the subject whatever. Yet Mr. Ue&n says " the Coaveotion has adopteJ and endorsed tl Iron .Wheel.'V What confidence can the public have in the statements of a writer who will so often a Arm what is directly contrary to the truih 1 We had occasion ing our last- to chargeiMr. II. with downright falsehood, in aitribuiingj to us Ltngaage wntcn he Knew we had uotVwsed. ! In the article wq are now examining, he says Graves calls the Methodist churck" a harkt--nii-Chrisl, and as we bad endorsed the book; therefore the language was ours. ' He also. affirms that ' the Convention endorsed, ; the ' Book," and therefore the above the language br ths Reinvention, . Now, 1st, we affiiin that the Convention is wholly inno centof uttering any; lahguage in; reference to the IronJWbeelt inl we call, upon Mr. H. for the proof of thischarge. ; 5d. Wei say tliat the general en dorsement of the positions jbf any writer, does' not make the language of that ; writer the lan'raasre of the ehdbrsier. "U 3d. We alsd state for Mr: H's. bent-fit, if he does not know it, that our endorsement ofjtheohW heelam no more, ifihqoh icds false as MbpBtsaffirjrierl it to he, le em prove it and t hen andnot tiil t hen wo uld vre ejectjtiTp dus they were invited for montlis, hut haying entirely failed to show that the book was false and slanderous, we took it for granted that they could hot 4. We are prepared to. show that tbe language which Mr. II. attributes to the Baptist State Convention, and to Mr. Graves as the prime author is Boi fairly quoted, from the irbm Wheel. Mr. Graves shows that the Romish church ii sfykd in scriptute, mbylpnUie Ureat, the Molher of liar totst Sec.1 "lie also ehows that Protestant sects,such as theIittheranV jtiiscopaliaar are' daughters oribjchesjof . ibeJSomish church, be cause they; curnejOutof heranct claim theiri origin; from he? J and that the Methodist?3 an oflshoot or branch-bf the Episcopal. iHe then asks if the Romish church is not justly styled the mother of har!otit SLnd these sects her?daaghtersreftorhey d "harlots and abominations ?" Jsfbwwb'eth'er JMfc Graved Is "tnatgeable i'bf hot Vitfi calling the Meth odist church whaf MrVTL has so often affirmed he didt-j;riiakyW,birii this proposition, that, if he wjll show ., by . any fair - process of ..reasoni ng, that the Eomish , churchy is not What ; jhe benptures call Bahylonfthe Moil; bf J JIaVbts,l&c;, that the Episcopal church did no come out of the Romish and that the Methodist -did pot : emanate from the Episcopal-; tbeh willwefvadmrt' that the 'question asked by MGra'veS on jpage Stt of the Iron Wheel, 13 nei.tfer peruueuv . !VV fesjwcuui-. iiuw, ii Tiur. rl. does not responu to mis proposition, oy snowing us the true origin Of his church that it is not from aphtlao'llomeUieii we shall conclude, that it ia because, he canhotf r-- a -I . Agairilet-us exam of Mr Hs. It is a8Uows: -.-.' iLt. iSeverali vrlseksrajro 'wetmade two quolations fcora that book!j in which; Che author was plea.ed'to call the lethodist Cburch "'a harlot anti Christ." , We then callfd Graves the mouth-piece of Mr, Jaes.iln hialreply, betook oo exceptions to this SliUCUICLV. ' Now,' as welappen to have by us the Advoci 'i-;A't-.T :?- 1 :ate containing the ksuotfitions from the Iron ,V heel, i re- fcrred to in the dbve extract, we will give 3fr. H's. language juf, I s we find' it, when introducing the extract from, tb Wheel ; ,-., i. . " r ft Read what! he leaders of the Baptist church in TNfbrth Carolina say of the Methodist . chuich, by their mouih-pierie Graves, and tbtn admire the Bib lical Recorders notions of courtesy. sWe did not consider ourself ?the leaders of: the Baptist church not for other reasons, we did not choose to notice Mf;H.8 7uncoum and: vulgar language. Slr. II, then honors our erudition by quoting to ns an old T.axtm. bo'.h ia Latin and English. : Of course, we know not to whom he was indebted for tlie transla tionv : lie thiais also, that we were taken in and are fretting sick of Mr. GravcaV boo!:, c, CI this hcjia mistaken, at least in regarl, to the affocted person, ; Wo have inferred for Borne time that Mr. II. was angry and sick,;and some other of his brethren of, the Iron Wheel, and well they may be. We shoalj think that such a icomplcte exposure Methodism as is contained in the lion Wheel, would make any man angry or sfck who should Wv hap pened to have embraced that system ." J As to Air; IIs. advice which he volunteers to give us, we can not f recipi ocate, jsa ch, a . cbortesy, fa'M,. would be nuunjr mat ujiWU SUCH IljaU. j KJUI 81 m J) 16 rCpiy 10 For the Recorder, To tha Membtrs of too; Western Baptist Dear Bao. Jamis : The time of the eemi-annu al meeting b( theBbardof the s Western Baptitf Utnvtntton will 'eoon arrive, and I wish to call at tention to ja ro!utioo that wis passed atHhe last aft nual ; meeting;;" Jhe; members ; of tbe different associations t and churches, that constitute;! that djV wjirremerhber tbai 'ut the Convention in 1855, PiiflAI 11 1 in 1 I.. l i a resolution , was paedT promising aid to our f tro yenejictanes im are .at Wake forest College, and at the last session a resolution' was passed, request ing the churches to ; send up' to, the ; eemi-ai.nual mcetutg, contributions la ?aid in defraying the ex penses of these brethren in college, and that; the churches tbat would tbiis enribute, should be en titled to a proportionate delegation in the next Con vention qn that ambuht';v;; 1: " f . I learn that the brethren in College arc in need pf funds, and uu jess they are supptied', ht y 'will be cam rolled to stop their, course jand return home. It t.wiA pleasoMi. that lioforarijrAUf that fronv what l ean learn, they have conducted themselves well, and are K pursuing their studies! rapidly, which will sareljr gladden the heart of every one that it a wel!. wisher bf lhe cause of Christ. You ; are alt well aware of the great destitution that exist in many parts nf our Convention I and you are also fully aware thai' the age in which we live, is one of rapid prbgresvanl necessarily those who expect to teach, must be prepared for the task ; therefore, will you net 6end up liberally io our mettiag, so that we may be enableu to keep them in college, unt they are fully prepaicd for the work assigof d them ? ,. x; ; Wilt pot every brother inj charge of a church, eall the attention of his congregation to this subject, and take up a iniblie colieciion for this great and good cause, ami report to the Board ? - 1 Tlrrthren. wo have been toa: negligent in laying before our congfe git ton's tnatters of this character, some fur ' 'one cause an.l Wne fori ano'her ; therefore the fault must necessarily fill at our door! Let us wake up on this and alf oiher good causes. Yours in love, , , . - ',' '. ALEX. J. CAXSLER. - '' - ' - . For the Rrtordrr. . - .- . A-sbeTiU? ' . ; . .. . Bao. James:- Mosa. of your readers are aware that Asieville is the largest and most flourishing; town,, est or the iliae Hidgo, in this State; and it ia destined to be so, for mny reasons might be given. At that place, theie; lias been for many years, a feeble Bapiisl churchi under the pastoral care of our esteemed brotfcer, Thomas . Stradtcy. This tittle baru has hal to contend agait'.st many obstacles, particularly one, t hey have had; no suita ble house for worship. For several years they wor shipped in a Ji.tle log house in the vicinity, of the town but for the Ust years ihy have htld wor ship in the Court House. Under the citcumstanct-s they have . been , signally bifssed A flourishing church has been established some two miles ftora that place, by the name of Bcrea, at which place, tbe next session of the Western Bapt st Coitven tion will convene, principally of members that be longed to the A-heville church. By their leaving, the village cburch has been left much smaller than formerly, v ' ; ' ' ; All the other denominations of professing Chris tians have suitable chouses for public Worship) thereby they are enabled lo draw put large congre- gations . All who have any experience on the sub ject know that most people, and especially ladies, do not like -to attend divine service in a Co irt House. 1 This has been a great drawback to the churchat that place. " -1 " iP I It has been the desire of our venerable brother and his' little' rand", to build a comfortable house. but they are fcw, and generally of limited means'; and it will take a considerable sum to nurchase a suitable location and build the house ; for this cause they have been : dragrino' alon as well as thev could. i U - V- T-!f j-: Bat I em happy lo inform your readers,' that they are preparing to make the effort- .They have selec ted antj j contracted for a location upon which to build, and have raised a considerable sura to build tbe house. -; The 'citizens of ' Ashe vilte arVu li beral people, and will do a liberal .part, but it cannot be expected "that they will subscribe a sufiiciency to comnfele the 4nitdin; H;;f K-ni i ' r Therefore, ! take the privilege of saying to the brethren, in general, and especially (to those of Wes tern Carolina, that your aid is greatly needed, and it is, urgently solicited, in this; good workli 3 Brethren, think of the importance rf that place, the gre necessity; of having! a convenient bouse, w here tKe word b t God 6ari be faithfully preached. Will you 'not then, in view of these fact's, send your names j to onr;dear ' hrdbcr Stiadiey, slating the araouni you are witling to pay! for that work when completed?' Brother Stradley will keep the public informed, of the donors," and "their 'subscriptions! through the coIumnsof the Recorder," '"-11 Ti I fondly, hope io see it announced in the Recorder at au early day that a. sufficiency has been sub scribed to justify the .letting of the contracts. 1 Shelby, Jan. 8. . 1 ALEXJ J. CANSLER. . - :i I, T -, ;, - .7 r " t- I i i - ; -i -'- For the Recorder 1 j M ; ' Popular Fallacies. . M- In addition to the fallacies considered in a previ ous article, there jare several others, which though not embodied , likef the former in apophthegms, are nevertheless , extensively prevalent, And' are the .-'--'V t I -- -- . " - '- . means ot very great eviL , Une of these consists in a false i impression in regard to , tbe true object of the christian life, m . - - - j j-; , Many speak and act as if. their only object was to secure heaven and hence, whatever is not con sidered essential to that object; they tbink tbey may safely omit, ' We" frequently hear persons in the excess of their humility, saying, if I can only get to heaven, though I should occupy the lowest seat; it is all that I desire or hope for.' ,We are some times told that it is crt if not wicked to unsettle the . minds and disturb the.; peace of sincere and honest christians, in regard to-duties which we ad mit are not essential . to their salvation, or' rather which, :we admit, are neglected by many whose pi ety we Jo not question .. . u ., ..; ; . : All tLis would - be vcry good logic, if to reach heaven were the real object of the christian's life, and if each one had a right to choose the means of getting there j but when it is considered that therrwr object of lhe christian's life is to glorify-God, and oCKuat it is to he done by obeying his commandment without reapect to securing heaven thereby, the fallacy becomes, sufficiently obvious, for the least discerntug to perceive it. And hence, itmay not be impertinent to ak those who are in the habit of employing this fallacy; ly which can; vye most suc cessfully manifest 4 our obedience, by the perform snce of essential or non-essential ' duties ? . And it may be further asked, can that be considered obedi enee at a, which is prompted only by, the hope of rewara k ii not, this fallacy would tend to defeat all acceptable obedient, inasmuch as it prompts to toe neglect ot all duties not considered essential to salvation', and presents i aa impropcr motive .'for tbe performance of; those wh ch are. :- Another fallacy cbusists in the impression that christians or prof ess- orsoi religion, are under higher.obligations to do good than others. r , Thus iaipressioa ra q st . arise from the supposition that the voluntaiyr' vows of consecration, implied in a profession of religion, increase the sacredness of tbe obligations But it is evident that the ac knowledgment of our obligation which previously existed, and which it is the duty of every "one to acn.no wieage, cannot Increase the Bacredness of the obligation, unless we admit the absurd "supposition inai ine neglect ol one Uuty which incapacitates for tt.c. performance of a second, renders the neg lect of the second less criminal. . '; : , ; .- . ' .Tbe truth is, it is the duty of every one io whom the gospel has been offered to be a christian, and be who ha not become such, is responsible for neglec ting the gospel; and for the non-performance of all other duties which would have ensued upon his be coming a christian." And if so, tbfen the sinner is under as great and sacred obligations to obey God, and to do good as the chnsiian, and he who teaches otherwise, does an incalculable injury to the sinner, inasmuch as he f urnishes him an argument which tends to diminish his sense'of guilt, and hence to encourage bun to remain in imiwnitence. . I he same fallacy leads to another result not less pernicious that of supposing that sinners may in ncceatly do many things that would be1 criminal in christians, -That this supposition is fallacioas. is rendered ' evident by the axiom just stated, 'viz That if is the duty of every one to be a "chrUtian, and to do all, thmgs incumbent on christians, aiid of course , to refrain from xvhatevr would bo ciiminat ia ihern. Yet under the influence of this fallacy llacy many good and pbus people wink at, and even en. courage practices imheir children and others which they would be shocked at the thought of indulging themselves, buch for instance, as playing card for amusement, dancing for the same purpose, at tending theatres, &c. I amawate thatbese practices are defenJcd on the ground that' they are hot evil in themselves. but if they are not their necessary tendency i evil, and surely those whose duty it is to do good, bat whose iiatural proclivity is to evil, (us is the case with all unregcueiate persons,) ought not to indulge practices which lend to increase or strengthen that proclivity.. . ; .... , ,j . . . - Before closing this communication, I will allude to another practice, Which 1'will not call a fallacy, because I do not suppose that -any one would at tempt lo dcfeiid it even by a fallacy. It is the prac tice, alas, too common, of withdrawing from reli gious enterprises, becauseof some real or imagina ry injury received fibm .the agents lo wham iheir ninnagemeut is entrusted. For .iusiance, a man has a son or a daughter at a school, establish ed hy his own denominatiot, and he imagines that he or she has not received the futl mead of credit due, in the quarterly circular or at the annual exam ination, or for some ether circumstance equally tri vial, where too, it is impossible for him to know certainly whether his impressions are correct or not, yet he determines at once lo withdraw his patron age ; and thus the institution, however: important to the denomination, is left, eb far as he'is concern ed, without adequate supports ; .... ; ;.. Again, a subscriber io a religious paper finds an error in , his .account, or imagines himself treated with discourtesy by .the editor, perhaps too in rela tion to a matter which has no connection with the paper, he 1 forthwith orders his paper discontinued, and thus does' all in ' bis power, aside from active effort, to embarrass the enterprise. ' '' " "' " ." I eaid that this did not rJeserve lobe called a fa. lacy, and yet I reckon, there must be a plausible fallacy involved in it, or good men could not be satisfied after having actedtb us ; and if so, I sus. pect it lies just here.t They imagine tba the agent is injured by the withJraal of .their patronage, b ut it, is in fact the enterprise and not the agent that, is injured ; an) if the .enterprise be an auxiliary to the cause of Christ, that is injured.: - ; i Mil Brethren, beware of the?e little fallacies, for they invariably Jead to incorrect conclusions and somei times lo very dangerous errors. &---i'i. - i . . f 1 a: in r Tot the RecorderV ;;t'!;;pr.i;Tt ' faiKCirtFS !i.Mb raicTtcES or baptists. It js customary to speak well 6f every. nw pub lication. - Some ; man can . bo -found ; tof praise the worst book. Such is not our business, in noticing in your columns this invaluable work. '.Ji i 1 he book appeared before the public in chapters, as they were written, for. the columns of' the New York Examiner.'" To: some fewbf your readers, the present volume may loose j Bome of 'its interest, on that account. But even to these, we would say procure a copy forthwitK ".,-,. V v Dr. Wayland's book, lhojugh free; from the ste reotype mould of modern book makers, who are dependent upon u Preface and skeleton to point put the drift and object "of the writcr is" nevertheless a systematic exposition of .tjhej Principles of the Bap tist churches (not 'church) and their polity, -Those principles he does not derive, btttrdigsJ"out of Ine New Te8tamentr alive and full 'grown, , the thing it. self, and hot something derived from itV; A hundre d words may be derived from one rbotand' just bq do men de lve so many doctrines possibly,"- from one New Testament pHndpl'a-"''4.l ';'' "py y'J??l That polity he makes conform ; to the simple and beauurut ecclesiastical, constitution established by the holy Apostles. I .vj ... ' -,,' , , ; i Haying, clearly 1 defined ' the principles of j' our churches from the New Testament pattern, he then directs the reader to the practices of; Vi4'Jjapli$t eaurw.'-v:.Th'e: discrepancy is fearful; for while our principles may all be found in the pale of the New Testament church, we will be found without that pale, if we neglect to practice those -principles. We may substitute pur gospel principles for godli ness, for true piety. -'.-'. ;-';;; . ' To the reader, not in any . measure imbued , with tb.y fpplino- that fitir ih nnT nf fhpi urrittr: nf thW- hook, Dr. Wayland may" appear too much li A!reD,?K ' i- t..' V w ' i n f lm i.- i ibor with all tbeir rnigm. to prepare logical fccim0B, ? light of a fault finder. ?? But while his language fs ( rbetorical ermons,aid above all, beautiful ser'nio, I so, and very properly, yet his spirit is far from it j They fix up these fine things for the ears bi 'ju No man ban read the hook without being bnenlied'Iearned,while the poor and the ignorantthe ytTl in heart And intellect.' : P20,6 ihat tbe Savior used to preach toain f ... -... , r .. " ' t- . lected. V lhe churches of such preachers areosDi ? We rtink that tbe remark may be ventured, that ,y cold rorma,f anJ aimosl Lftleag! ;Ko i wbatever appears extravagant or, crude in the chap-4 caQ be trUely osefol unles-s the common people , j ters on the ministry, will arise more from the false! demand him, and bear bim gladly.-.. - . - , u notions so prevalent among us; growing out of our departure from early pradices and i blind imiUtion of Fedobantisis than from anv fundamental error . 1 F ' m i ; in ut. nviaiiu a oooh. j,uo xrtxjuuauwoi wian, ui, a Church, and. the means by which that church is to convert the world to Christ is widely different from those of the Baptist chyrcliest all of, which in theory at least, are Gospel churches. The i an thor asks then why do we,' with jribciples and plans not only dfferent burcppiteVant)tbelicafi, to all other religious societies, ani that too; In " proportion to their divergence from the NeW4Testament model of a church j why;do we , leaye burl plan and imitate the doings of those brethren wool , work on' a difie ent plan, und more ihan that, who adnere' rigidly to that plan t.-v; r, ..'..:-..i ..- -f . : v,--;' ' -.For one we thank Bro.' Wayland for his valuable book. ' It has come in the tight iime,' we hope not toa Jate.1 An 1 what we say in its behalf, is intended or our brethren in N. C to benefit those for wbom It' was written.' " -vv X? w l'-Ai ",.'r sf-. Tt matters not what may be the latitude in which tbe author lives, or however great the conflict be tween his views on certain social aniX- political questions, and those w hirh w ej enteitain on the same subjects, for we, must all read and receive the benefit of his work. Ax 'i--X' ''J- We heartily recom mend it ; to all of our pedobap tist frjendi There; are other things in - it besides baptism, evils are pointedbutw suggested, which evis ,infest the churches of ail, the evangcliia1Denominaiionj,v ; r.lX, Am-, We trust that the Publication Society will forth with oruer 1 0G copies, that tbe brethren ell v over the stale may procure and read this hock. For the benefit of these- who may wisbajcopy immediately, a few may he had of our city Bookstores.'' ' ''.: .:: Brethren of the ministry in ourpe!oved corninon- weahh, read this bock and then loan it to your neigh bcrs.' lour troiner in ciirist, v .t , , ! 1 1IOMAS t.. SKINNER ", ; '"" For the Recorder. . DkarBro. Jame :f I am surprised that the de sired number bf subscribers ye ,n6t ;yet been obtained loanable ou to enlarze and imoiove the Recorder. Afrc'r inquiring as to the cause, I found so much carelessness and dullness with the brethren who take the Recorder, that I commenced making some bttle effort myself to procure! subscribers ; and after, trying two or three weeks, succeeds in get ting only two new ones, 'i ' I " ' Now, brethren I propose that aU ' who take the Recoider, who have nev;r"obtained any new sub- scribera,"wiH endeavor to' cret ; two. and as'maiiv uibieas they; can i; and those who have bet n doing ail ihey could for lhe promotion pf the Rocorder, will coiitiriu?, and i blve the object will be ac compiishedf if we all persevere.. Brethren,! we have loo much dead capital in the c'arch. After nuking eiforU for new subscribers I found what caued m much- indlfierece with the breth ren who had been trying to procure new subscri bers it is rather an up-hill business in many 'in stances, and many who try, get tired. Brethren, let us be found uing every mean for the advance ment' or the baviors kingdom. ; Now, brethren, yum wiio nave never procured for ibe Recorder any subscribers, have you no friends that you think would be improved by reading it ? If you have, fry to get them to take . it, there is nothing, like frying, it is time we all knowAof by experience. lt us ail unite , and at once enable, the Editor to rnlarge and improve the liecorder,- and ' stop- the cry of some, who say it is a small and dear paper. ) .The Baptists are called by many, a selfish and gflorahtscL I don't know that they are more so than blber denominations; but when I look .'at the great number of Bajtist3 In N .. Cn and see how few take a religious newspaper, I can but feed that there fa too. much truth in the cbanrWas reearda piany whq do nothing, tor th cxtemviou of the Sa vior's kingdom.' : Btetareo. how can you be" in elli- gect cliristans unless you take a teiigionVnewspa. per t - Are yOu i candidates for ' Heaven f and not using every means in your power for "success t 3top and think did1 you ever see a political can didate who did "fict' take" a "political newnarjer I never did; and, I hoj to" see the lime. when no candidate for heaven' will be wiihbut a reliinous newspaper, if he can read , U or any of his family. The Savior say, by ur fruits Ve shall te known. Let us all ask pui selves the que8tion, vWhat friiits have we borne to the honor and eforv of GoJ f or do many think that all God had in' view wheb he converted tneir'souls waV&tmpy. to.'save thera from torment ?. O brethren, dtl you. not know, tliat God had. a noble and a glorious work for us to perform ? Did yoi not . khowthat he" means to make mm instrumental in converting the world to ni m 7 Have we no hand m this matter ? I.seem tr hear many say, I, hope 1 nave. WelI,Tbow .are we to know how th"s work is geltiug on unless fwe take a reli gious newspaper i'-n -. . h 'c, f, ;. t ;j. ,: -J. lr IrBAPTISTii t , January 1st, 1857. VT; Semi-Annual 31 e e 11 of the Board f of W. B. H i The Smi-Annnal 'Meeting of the Board of the Western Baptist Convention, will convene at Hom iny Meeting House, Buncombe county, N; C, on Friday before the third Sabbath in February next. J ' A full attendance is requested.'," 4 ."-'wV " ' , -i ONE OF THE BOAUD,"! jVJan. 8,-l857. ; X:'XXr'. r-yXA (I v ''s From the South Western Baptist. " A Chat about the Preachers; between c a', , - ;. '";" and.! B, ;.:t; ; ;-: r ' A; Quite happy to see you, brother B. r ve been busy lor some lime, thinking about the 'affairs of our cnurchesf preachers, &c. c So we will now talk between ourselves of the matter I have been think- in ahnilt'if fmi Il9 lln nhinltnn - i i.,i.onerwuatever, Drotner A.; L came over this evening purposely to have a chit, and shall he I T XT 'l. . . ... . - -- -" giaa io near your netions a&out things.. ,i i A.To beein, then, our-chnrrhpa nra i, vIij dead state, and, I have thought that it isowine main- nwuvu ciisiuig oeiween tnem and our preachers. r";- .- , j B,. I have long known that there is an evil sorael wxiere, oroiner a., but -nevcF looked for it in the quarter you allude toM Will you explain yourself A-'v1- lf you-can bear to listen to a lone Speech, v- " '-'.-M-.-. v ? i'.'V 'I--"- B- Surely I csn listen while you talk, brother A So I bone you will proceed. - -''; . - . A, Well, then, brother Bn one of our troubles, in many places, is that the preacher is too fir above hispeopie. He thinks above them. '. He preaches above them. Did you never see a - gunner who al 1 ways tit over the mark ? r MaDy cf our preachers I-:. are tust like such" a marks-man. ,T hev are ,m mis is an evii, oroiner i , wnicn Has m o 'io toaliy ; t,r '.ri Vm. rr man (...fL n posite. ythere are men among us prof ess.ng to u f V IU9U U V. ,AJO WUJl'lVU V U C IJ Tn. are uu. luiooaittou w euvin; , nuu a uuiueu to tt.. mimatenai ouce. ; iuej arc ireaiea wnn com. . t ty n 'l . j i by -sensibible worldlings, while the ignoranHin to the mj , without tenefit. To hear such men tat; pf -being called cf God to preach, is'almost enoori, to make a Christian doubt the reality ot .Ch;Ltiaji. ity.i What church, can expect prosperity. anJe," such ft preacher t And yet some Collectioas of church tuembers nave sucn preaeber. -i; W. 4 . v "c i;:B. You;ftie eorrecCbrother A., in this; fknow several such ctinieiers..- I have known some of ibe to preach, as they "called it, fromone and a half 'to twp houw, without otterin three usfol seBJifflen-j f Ooe of ihem preached old brother G.'s CLorch to death fast year. Bro G. would pof have called ' him, had it not been that other minisisrs in?ufVi- on" pay for their services.' " P'X- -; :; A. Brother B , perhaps Jt. has occurred so joi that there is a want. ci faithfulness between 004 of our preachers and their churches.. -- - v; -- . ; Bv Y ; thi is an age which abounds ia fiatierv and compliments. The preacher flat tars his'ptepie winking- at' their- Jaul s, and get a tetaro cf tLe' same commodity, heaped up,'shakenioge;her,fnn -nmg over -:' ;:;; :::X-- '- 'A 'A. This is a great evil. It is a part of tleprVacbi er's duiy to reprove" with ali faithfulness the faults nf hia rwonlft - Gnd will brine him mm. :n . fail to do it. .On the other hand, the rreachermay f and oTiehvdt)es get wrong ;-'then! it becomes the da! t - f r . ' -- - - - r . w uiiL 11 iio- .' iy? jiis , peopie 10 set uua ; ngnt, or,eise Ca 11 fur bis resignat ion. . Churches often keep a minister for ? yeais after they see and know that he can do ;he- little Or bo 'good.. -This is done through pohterleiiji, f The cause of Christ should never" be made to yielj f t to any such false delicacy. - A church being coo- ' vinced of the inefficiency of Hs pastor, , "i .bound (n s get sxme one else who can benefit her. AB perciial Iteling must be made to yield in this eae to a sru- ; cere lovi of-the Redeemer's cause. -:; - One 'more evil, brother B I'wilJ mention now : and iheoj bring my speech to an" end.; Illudi to the V meagre support which meat of bur preachers receive. There are many pious nen who! tive good niir.dV : and would ; do far moregood as pre-ichers, if tbty f weie. sufficiently paid' for their! labon.; Chucli. meuibersj, who listen to these . men atbata-; alterV. abbath make money arid save it till they arerirh- v but the: raan llhaf: kt.ers for:ibern wears out lis life fr ihi m, and .tfxn leaves' a Leljless familvea tie world for support, gets little ot' their. htNudtd t reasure to his ! share, ' A$k-!tUm if their preachtr is not an honet Bian J if he is not a good mas ? if be is' not a faithful inanf if he is not a beuevo kn rnant if he does not follow au opriht Drof(K.: siou -To all -these"questions ihey answer yes; tdt Still pay,. the;r tnechawi shoemakeri-mercham, school-maker and bveraeerr hile'lhe preachy is left a-'most destitute.' - Pea baps a subscnpiKr.i is ta ken up for him oacVa year, bat he may .ibink hittK self lor nn.aie if he ireis iwo-thirda of iL ; Sn inn brothir BA' as members of the cbuich; gt'ow rich; anJmanwaile ptrmlt their - muuLsieis.io e-rrjwle against vtzni, the state pf religion nmoug ns niaT'be expected to remain &Ad.ZZ iX ; "-; , , ; f . B.Tm of vom opinion .'brother A.'I am rUA you bave biyught up this siUject I-will think oa VI t ' ...... , ' ' rs V a. a . a. It j;:FLOIlIDA44 ; Gbeexwood. Dec , 14. : Astonishing enre with only oae BolUt; 7V I '.-J03.-8 tf ALL &Xo say : '; ..ti '"'"r ! ' '1 X besqck Islf; Aroostook Co., Me April 24, 1S51. P-We hereith send: you a certfi are of a rnnT L" jer ormed by the tu-e of only one bottle . of the Get-.- T man Bitters f'.MrOlark.to be B mu bf ; veraCtiy: and haveC: no doubt of the truth of bis story.". .. t. ? Mcssers, . Jos. ; B, Hall & fJo Outleine Io t answer to your inquiries I will staje that my tlaub- f tor,-agedi: about 1 years.ha I ecu complaining of JS. a pa in in her side for six or seven "yeais", and aioui i lhe jfirst of January last, was laken down and con fined to her bed. The pam hther - side was very severe, besides temgiroubieJ with pains betweea I her. shoulders and ia her! breast. FromTrra.hr i r a number-of cures perfo med by . UoeSTand's Ger- ; -. man Bitters,' I .was indaced to tiy. it ia her t and s nt to your store and turcha-ed exe bottle V She had taken it bat a; few "days when she bt-gaa ' to inprpve, and now, after laktng'ontf oi bottle she is enjoy mbetter healtb than she has for Tear. -She feels no pain in,' her Mes of in any part f h r F body. aud atlributos her cure entire! German Bit- oaiamon jroos.-; Aroostook Co ale. Terms of the Biblical Recorder..; r ' One JCopy in advance," ;,,,.1r. ..;$2 CO " , ' . If not paid withia S tnonthj,t;..,.2 5 Pidf within 6 monthi.f S 00 Six. Copies; with the cash;r;.. w,.. 10 30 ! . . Recelpis ft-oti Jan, 8 Io ian I5 . W. C.Carroll, SUickland-s,Jsn ;5S. -C?2 CO- A W Carlton, . Jan 58, Wm Cole,- Raleitrh Drc 57. .1 . ..v 2.00 2 od rco 2 CO 1 C8 2 or) 2 CO Elr DatiWind Hill, Sept57i:7,'-.V. Dr T B Green, Franklinton. Jan 59, La'neyMontsrue, Oxford,-Jan 58, -wi -Mi?s Amelia Rnssell, Tar RiTerin fnltV H J - R Garrison.. Rardlesberg, . Oct 57, - ' j Rev J C "Grayson, Dyfansrille, Oct 57,""..'."' DJD Gunn, Lumbf rton, Feb 57; V. . t 1 U James M Belt,-Raleigh,'. Oct 57, -'' Wm C i'Tpchurch, ;- Jan 58. '.-" Cha. JrMarcOmb, Chapel IlilVFrb'SS", Collet Herndon, Durham's Station," Sep 52, A W Richardson. Earnsborb'. On 57 , .50 2 00 2 0' 2' 00 6 00 ' 2 00 J H Alien. Hendersonville July 57f U rf ih 6 Rev J B Jackson, Mil ton, Jan 53 ;.'.-i- 4.. CO -00 oiiss Mary j k.err, l ancey visle, Aug 55, J B Johns, Auhnrn, Oct 57, i ?-'J--.- , James Baiter, IlanW X Boads, Isot 57,' John Chamble " ' . Nov 57 ' - 4 oa t oo . 2 00 2 00 "2 M 2 00 2 09 v2:eo- voieuK, mason naii. .fan 5e, ' l - RevJ S Purify, .Foretvi!Ie, Jan 58- "r" Richard Herring, War?ville, Jone 5," -' Jacob H Cooler, Rale igh Oet 57, Ui"' W T Barnes, Beaumont." Nov 57, !- .Vi Col O.B Faulkner, Cun'haVs Store Jan 58, Mrs E. M Moore, Harmony, Jan 58, " ' ' 1 - Mrs ML Mcintosh, Society Hill, Jan 53,- Sr .'JJ P"'y.f ; - y Nov 58, Cant Wm S Betts. 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The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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