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I haVo fecard and rcsd mnch cf lats, from, the lips and pens especially of Episcopal Meth odist ministers about the ahti-Americaaism . of Kcraanipta. B'lt ia all their haranu 's 1 hav learned nothiDg from them cf what Amtrican van- is. There has been abase, and d.iuuoei i tion, and appeals to popul-tr prejudices ag:mst that sjste'ua of clmrqh organization, but no cf-. fort tonforra the masos of the pecaHarchar acteristics of Americanism, especially in its bearing on ecclesiastical polity. This "incon sistency 1 hop'ij to avoid. It shall ba my aim in the fojlowing articles to exhibit " clearly the distinguish ing features of -Americauism, and brtag them into contrifet with Episcopal Meth odisui, loaring my readers; to draw their own conclusions as to tha similarity or dissirajlarity of the two .' . i shall conSne'tnjsalf to the gov ernmevl of the ecclesiastical body hra namud. and attempt to show wherein the principles tf that government are antagonistic to, and teou to a sabveision of, our free institutions. J re- 1 . Episcopal Methodism is anti-American in exdvdiv gHhel fch.-frni. alt participation i framing thi,gvvi .H American SUveiuuiVHV.is.uie RUiwumui. .v. te -vec . - .t . m. -e it . .. i " "t3 rf'. r' "V iV T j V. -7. - -7 l-7v?'rr - 'a n ji was wrpcyit, vin men 1 1 jucauuvaiivts adopt.. d the k Declaration of Rights" m Pin! adelphia, Oct, 14, 1774. It was the' people, vibo adopted the Declaration of Independence on the 4th of July, 176. It was the people who took up arms against- British tyranny. It was le p'rifle, who on the 17th of September, 1787, adopted the Consti-u'ion of these Uni ted States. In every movement tending to ward th-3 formation of tha American govern ment, wc bear the voice of the people. On ev ery page of American history, we behold a re cord of the acts of the people. Hence it is not strange that A mericanij.m recognizes all gov ernment as emanating from the people, and re gards them, alonov as sovereign . Consequent ly in their Declaratiori of Rights, we find them resolving : '. That the.ifouujlation of . all i ree governmeot is a right in the people to partici pate in their, legislative council." In perfect ' accordance with these principles the Constitu tion commences witli the words : " We, the people at the United States, . . dolordain and estab!isb.tbis constitution.' '-i -Button this. 1 need not dwell, as I address American citi zen3. To suppose you ignorant of these facts,; would be to offer an insult to your intelligence. We therefore lay it down, as an admitted fea ture of Americanism that it admits the right of the people, to frame - their own government. This right EpiscDpal Methodism violated in its origin. . Dis Part ly chapter.!, sac- 1. " Of the. o'tiginHrf the Methodist E. church. The '.preachers and members of our society in general being convinced that there was a great deficiency of vital religion" in the church t)f England in "America, and being in niany places destitute of the christian" sacraments, . as seve ral of: tho clergy bad .forsaken their churches, : requested tbe late Rev, John iV($ley to take such measures, in bis " wisdom and prudence, as would afford them suitable relief in their dis tress ' ' ' ' '"--.'..' - I' " . In censf qnence of this, our venerable friend who, under God, bad JeenUhe,i father of the great revival of religion now extending over the earth, by the means of the v&lethddi$ts, deter mined to ordain ministers for JI America : and for this purpose,' in the year x 17S4, sent over , three regularly ordained . olergy j but preferring the Lpiseopal mode of chnrcb government to any other, he solejpuly set apart, by - the impo sition of hi3 hands and prayer, one of them,' viz: . Thomas Cokei Doctor of Civil Law, late of Jesus College, tathe " University of Oxford, and a presbyter, of the church of England, for the Episcopal dice, 'and having delivered .to him letters of Episcopal, orders,, commissioned and directed him to set apart Francis Asbury, then general assistant of the-Methodist Society in America; for the same Episcopal office : be, the said Francis Asbury, being first ;ordained deacon and-elder. - In consequence of which, the . said - J? rancis ' Asbury: was solemnly set apart for the said Episcopal - office by prayer and the imposition,; of tho. bands or. the said lhomas Coke, other regularly ordained minis . - ters assisting in the sacred v ceremony. At --..which time the" General Conference, held at Baltimore,': did unanimously receive the eaid lhomas 'Coke and r raneis Asbury' as ; tbir 'bishops, being , fully satisfied "of the validity 'of their Lpiscopal ordination , This Baltimore Conference, tho -first of the kind ver held in the country,; was composed oi sixty-one persons, nil preacher s as l am in formed by - the Encyclopedia , of Religious Knowledge,' in an article prepared by the Rev There ara a number of unqualified falsehoods m this section; M'hich I will expose at someJuture mm nimin nnnnnni mi liiiii S.-ft Wilson, at that titno editor of Zion'a Herald a Methodisl, paper published ' in Boston.-. Ho says: u'On tbe 2oth December, 17S4, tho preachers, amounting in number to 61, were assemtled for Conference in ,'Balti more, at which time the Methodist Episcopal thiirch was duly organized. , Thcsu Dreacb: erfbjr:.Sv.mmbwedw by tuo, peopw, to legislato lbrBtheraVvbut without the consent of the people, they framed a- ajs tenV of government, which invests them with all the law-making powers, and gives the da au thority o impose even articles of ' fUh jipQn the people, and rule th-ni with a rod of iron. iris not merely anti Araericao but down right Komauism,v2j4 people had no voice in this organization. of tho Ml crjurco.- The people had not, a single representative therebut 6 1 preuchers usurped the autborUy to legislate tor 14,9 "members, and impose on them the anti:Ajnejicaa measures ihey saw fit to adopt. Comment on these facts is needless. Ameri canism recognizes tho right of ihe people to trame their own government. Episcopal Meth odism violated this right in its origin. It is, therefore, auti-Ameriean iauts very organiza tion, ''-'h ; rfe";;"-fe,'.r'KWT.;j'::'.--:. - 2. . Episcopal Methodism I is anti-American, In placing it beyond the potcer of thepsopUta correct u6ines'in ADMiNiSTEtUJiCr Me goverii meat.. Americanism coutantly guards against the abuse., of the , power it delegates to" its representatives, by making them responsi ble to ,tbo people, li makes tb 3 people the judges of,, the correctness and justice of the government itself, and recognizjs their power to chaug it whenever they shall conceive it to bo injurious to their best interests. Hence, the second section of the Declaration of Inde pendence as-erts " that, whenever any form of government becomes djstrujtive of thesa ends, (that is, the securing of man's inaliena ble lights) it is. the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a naw govern ment, laving its foundation on such principles. and organizing its powcr3 ici such form, as to them shall s;em most likely b efFjct their safe ty and happiness.' , Sowt the gov- rnment of the M. E. church is "destructive of these ends," yet is so framed that it is bevoud the" power of th people to iboligb or even change it. They cannot even chacge the 'of&cers who adminler this oppres sive system. For, let a preacher ba as tyran uioal as he pleases, let him aouse the power which be has assumed Ihey cannot remove him. They cannot rote turn out of office, and all their protests, if they dare to make them, cannot tupoe him. Why is it, that the Pres ident of these 17. S., tho Kepresentatives in Cungrcss, and m our Mate Legislatures, are j , , f m ? i v Simply to guard against VM ,.t ,Un m. l..i .,1 . . t. i Hhe people. Periodically the sovereign people & tbe,r verdict at the ballot box, of their es tiuiate of tbe filelity of public officers to their interests. And it is in the power of the people to correct abuses in the administration of gov ernment, by retuovini from office those charge able with ml -administration. Kot so n E piscopal Methodism. The governing power is beyond the teach and control of the people, and though itrbecomes as corrupt as Satan, they cauuot correct it they are powerless they must submit, or abandon the church. E piscopal Methodism like Romanism, in this respeet cannot be reformed it must be revolu tionized it is fundamentally wrong, and de uiandtJ a radical change. For proof of this 1 refer to the Discipline part I, chap. 3, sec. 2, 3" 01 the General Conference Who shall compose the General Conference, and what are the regulations and' powers, belonging to it?. , - ;.f . i. i "o vjicuuiui vuuiereuce suaii ue com posed of one memo r for every twenty-one members of each annual Conference, to bo ap pointed either -by sincerity or choice, at the dis cretion of such annual conference, yet so, that such representatives shall have travelled at least four, full calendar years from the time that they were received on . trial by an annual Conference, and are. in full connexion at the time of holding the Conference. s ; " V The General Conference shall hive full powers to make rules and regulations for our church, but they shall not change or alter any part or. rule or our government, eo as to do away episcopacy." , , . , ., VV bo shall attend the annual Conferences? " All the travelling preachers." -From the above extracts, it will be perceived that thy laws of the M- E.. church are made by the General Conference." This General Conference is composed of travelling preachers. me memneis or tne Lrenerai Uonierenee are appointed by the Annual Conferences.? The Annual Conferences are composed exclusively of travelling preachers No one can be elec- ted'a member of the'General Conference but a travelling preacher.1? No one can vote for mem ber3 of the General Conference," but travelling preachers y It is a government of" travelling preachers. l be people bave no voice no rep resentative in the Iaw-making deparrment for these travelling preachers do uot represeut th people, and the peopW btva no redress when this assumed and nsnrped law-making power Is oppressively and unjustly exercised,. v A- self- constituted Jbody of itiiinistrs,lhavin2 amon" tuem no reprt sentattTt's .iroin the peonle. and entirely irresponsible to them, controls the en tire body of members, both in their faith and practice: and thus destroys the very foundation of all liberty, both civil and religious, and nro- videsfa basis for the niost absolute despotism) The admioistratprs of. the government have no constituency, ana are Deyona me reaca of those whom thev govern. " AinericaniBra provides for the correction of abuses in : admioi-tering tho government, byjhe trcquent election of law makers by the voice of the people. Episcopal Methodism places it beyond the power of the people to change their. lawmakers:' however oppressive, their enactuient3 may ; be-5; It is, taeretore,"anti American. . - - 3. Episcopal: Methodism is anti-American, In uniting the legislative, judicial, and exeat tire pother j, in the handi of the Same men: The American Constitution exhibits tbe wisdom of its framersjn this respect, that it oarefullv gnard. against investing one man-or on body oi uieu, wiiu me power .10 legislate, judge ana execute.,, 1 he exercise of legislative,' execu tive and judicial powers is . iudispensable to the energy and stability of government.; When ever these are all vested In one person or body of men, tho government ia a despotism. Their entire separation in our American Constitution forms one of the' strongest possible .securities to publio liberty and private rights. The ad vantages of a division in tho legislative power, which is provided for. byi 'thoT Constitution, are numerous, A cheek is placed upon hasty, or oppressive legislation a barrier, is preseuted against the accumulation' of all powers in a single bodythe cunning artifices . of popular leaders are "prevented, and a calm review of the same measures, : by differently orgmized bodies is secnrod.-This, then, is another1 dis tmgnishiug feature of Araericanisraft Now E piscopal Methodism just reverses this - It pla ces the power in the . bands of those who are not responsible to the peppjafnd permits the absolute exercise of tbatjpOwcr. Who make the The preachers. Who execute the laws ? The pbeachers.I Who decide wheih- or the laws are properly exicuteJ? THE f of this I refer to PREACHERS. In urbo the Discipline, Part I, ebap 9, Sec. 4 v Jdow shall an accused member be brought to trial ?. ; . . j ' ; Before the society ofj which he is a mem ber, or a select number of them in the pres ence of a BNhop, Elder, Deacon, or preacher.' 1 1 is here implied, and tho implication amounts to an absolute doclaratiuu, that the society is not competent to try its own members, unli-si a Bishop, Elder, Deacon, (tbat is an ' ordain Yt travelling preacher,) or in itinerant preacher is present. : But why thial provision ,-. Beoauso the preacher, who makes the law, is alono the proper exponent of it, and must deside on what evidence the accused shall ;be condetuocd or acquitted. He is thefadgcl Moreover iie is to select the jury. Either f the society or a select number" must try the offndtr The eacher is to decide who the select numbai shall be, and of bow m tny it rhall cunsist He is at liberty to govern the whole proceeding according to his own wishes. - In proof of this. (for 1 scorn to deal in in ere assertions) I qiot Biker ou the Discipline,"; a book published recently ... by the Methodist Book Concern, which is therefore authoritative.. Oq pige 83 he insists that the preacher in charge tuut bu president of the trial, and! where there is no preacher in charge, the presiding eld' r or bish op inu-t preside. 44 Tlpt a preacher, regular ly in charg is authorized Joriiiiiarily to presidj iu tbe trial of a member, none wilt dcuy." H j then quotes numerous authorities to prove thir posttkoi, and concludes that reeeivin, c n surhji?, or excluding members, belong wholly to the stationed preacher-' He says again, ou page 97, 4 The pniachsr in charge must de teruiiue whether tbe accused should ba brought before the whole society or a select number of thsm. : If before a select number. " nreach - er must appoint them. 'I he right of challenge is not recognized ia the dust-spline." Again page 104, 41 it is! tho duty of the pre siding officer" ( the preacher or tUbop) " to conduct the religious servjicses of "the occasion, to read the trial au J spsciSjations to thi ai cused, to decide wio are competent wUnnteit and whether the document njftred are admissi ble, and to decide oil qaeJions if law which anse tu the process if the trtal " . 1 might multiply proofs of my position no dr this bead, but it is un necessary. 1 uolv proceed to aay that, if after -all" the dec'uiou is not in accordance with the wish of tho preach er, who may be, and often is, the accuser in the cage,': he can refer tho whole inatter to the eu suing Quarterly Conference, composed of those urKn hi-, i J -j.:. ... " uiuucii, uitte nu luu'roi in main taining bis supremacy. All Methodist Epis copal preachers advocate the union of these powers to judge, decide arid condemn, in them selves. Says Dr. Hodgson." an Eoisconal Methodist champion. 44 Tbusrvo havebjen able to trace the supreme 'go vernitg power of the church to the bishops,) elders,' and presby ters, but no further." All attempts to prove that it belongs in whole orjin part to the laity, utterly fail." ( , Says a Methodist (nctEpicoDal Methodisti journal--44 In the7 M E.I church, no one ex cept tbe travelling preachers have any rights. All that others enjoy are mere privileges for which they are indebted to the sovereign will and pleasure of their Divine Right rulers. - Uuder the! M. E. system one and, the stue man may, as a member of the Goneral Confer enco, make laws and regulations; and after wards, as minister in charge of circuit or Eta tioo, give a judicial interpretation of them,' and lw.n -t .K. M'. t ' iu&u taiijr uiciu iuiu cAtituuuu. i uo taw making, Judicial and executive - functions, are all united in bis person:: He can act as pro siding judge, and the same! time as prosecuting attorney ; Select bis associate judges, direct all the proceedings, pronounce sentence, and final ly carry it into execution. . J' . -.The celebrated ' Montefequicn has said There'is . no liberty a if the, judiciaiy' be.not parated . from; the legislative; and: executive set powers.7 4 No remark has ever received a stronger' confirmation ' from ' experience in all ages of the world, -vAnd; consequently there U no liberty in tho M.' E; -church. Its gov ernment is a despotism; and its mode of trial on inquisition. v.. : ) , - .A ttiericanism carefully checks .the abusive exercise of power, by dividing, 8eparatin jj and distributing tbe legislative, executive and judi cial, among different bodies j Episcopal MetV disra unites these powers in on body; and thus proviuesior, tua exercise or tne greatest tyran ny aBd -oppressIonv; It is, , therefore; aotl American. ;,r : '. . : .In my next s article, I will give one or two examples of a -Methodist' church-trial which will forcibly ! illustrate tbe last divistoa of the subject.-- "j : - Days of Fastins and Prayer.; The first Monday, in the year is to many of - -1 r" 1 . .. . ...... , . i uurcuurcnes a aay -or lasting ana prayer." il any christians, however; do not consider. themselves under obligation to 'observe Tt atTeast so far as .abstinence from food is concerned, " The only fast which they deem obligatory,' consists iu auaiaimug irum sin. i is spiritual,' DOt OUt ward; an exercise of the mind, not of the body Ur. Oill takes this view of the subject, and ; . ll ri .'! .'.'.''.. ... says i-onst requires a last whieb consists. not in outward at-stmence from food; butin an abstinence from sin, in acknowledging and confessing it, and in the exercise of faith and hopo xx God. , But such a view is unwstained alike by tho meaning pf words and by '.the usages. of, good and inspired men. Our Lord, eo. far.from discountenancing fasting, expressly commands us, 44 when we fast to anuoint our bead and wash our face ' We are abt ta'accompany a fast with those outward demonstrations of sor row which appeal to' nieri for their admiration of our piety, but it is to ba a matter between God and4'our own soul.- Still,-it is a nestis, or abstinence from food. as that word in Greek always J-implies It is coropoonded of ; two words, which mean, nnt'io ikt ; and of course there can be no fast ' without refraining from eating, wholly or part for a longer or shorter time, or without . interruptiog our usual indul gences of appetite, iV-: v '-r ''y-' The false view which1 some take of fastmv as not requiring abstinence frpna food but- from sin, is supposed to nna, countenance in tsaian, ilvr.t. 3-7- whero it is said; 44 Is not this the fast 1 h ive chosen ? to loose the bonds of 1" . 1 .t , I1 " . : 1 . .1 wicKeancss, to una) tne Duruens, ana to let me oppressed go free, and that' ye break every yoke ? Is it not to deal tiiy hread to the hun gry ?" fee. On this last clause; Clark justly observes, ' Can they eat th'eif breii and give it too The very fact that they were re quired to give it to others shows that they were not to cafe it themselves, and that the saving they made by tempo?ary"abstmence, instead of being ued to minister to their selfishness, should be tarne'd over ' to Ihe benefit of the needy.; Hcneo, the passage tuost relied on to aiSi'OUQtenanee austinenou rrom tooa, ana to make fasting mean something entirely the re verse of what the word 'import, contains the most decisive evidence of directly the contrary We are not to mike a show of fasting to b' seen ofmen, as -our Lord teaches : Mat vi. Ib, 17. we are not to uisaoro our laees, and put on asum .d airs of aidness and sorro.v, as the bypjjrites do, but preserve our usuul npp -araug i anion men, that oar fasting may be between God aud oariowu souls. , . It is with fasting as w.tli t!i) S.ibo.t!i, pub lio worship, and the other oWi vaucis which God has ' been penuanentl obligatory ; it is, iu some sense, a dciuani ot our u i uro, and an iudispcnsable requ-sito of the connjetioa of matter and mind iu the hunitn constitution. ' The Sabbith wis raidj for man," and is clearly seen to bo a uecassity o'a state of labor ind fatigue. It cam? to quiet thi fatigued nerves, to reinvigorate tho relaxd mussles, nd to rouse the spirit cf m m trra consciousness of iti4 high, auJ holy, ai.d imnfirtal relations. Public Worship is iridUpjuihle to our sociil, iuUlicctual, moral, an 1 .spiiitul cultivation, to make u foel tbtt the ttos of brothsrbuol re not earthly inuitly, but also lieu vculy ; that thosa with whom VTJ d-oll on earth are to be our companions forever. Whit would society be without a Sanctuary ? Nor dds fast iui less obviously meet a de mand of our n tore. Scout it as you wid, call ' it a p 'pish iuv. ntion.a relij f mon istic .ife, urt an offshoot ot tho ancitnt Gnotio heresies b;el in tbe brain of Zoroaster, and nourished in tht , i . . . .i , r. j i needs only to contemplate the character an 1 ! ...... ' . ! condition of his offu U iux to sec how W13- and bcn'.fiecut God is ia giving the dat7 of fasting; so piomincnt a p'aee in llis W6d. While; lie soul exists in conucction with the body, and matter and mind are so intimately con joined, our treatment of the' one cannot be made independent of the other. The appe 'ites of thy one iufiuiue aud corrupt the pjs rions of tho other, and th? soul cannot be pure while3tbe body is a victim of over-indulgence. With the blood vessels gorged by exeess, bow can the bead be clear or the heart dtvout ? Fasting is tho natural and necessary resort in a cuso like this. . It relieves the depleted organs, chasteus the feulings, disenthrals the miud in some degree from its earthly bonds, produces; a physical depression which aids the exercises of penitence, e nfesston and humilia tion. It is a wonderful help to the devotion of a devout person, withdrawing his thoughts from earthly to heavenly themes, and leading him to exclaim,.44 One thing bave I desired olj the Lord, that will I seek after, that I may dwell -in the house of the Lord all the days of. my life, to behold l"e beauty of tbe Lord, and to inquiro in His tcmpb." Even the bodily ! health is in some cases as favourably affected by fasting, as the spiritual affcetioos, and thus the whole manujonfesses to the wisdom of God's appointments. Would that the giddy sons, of pleasure could be induced lo devote days to this : religious observance; and thus learn from their own experience its beneficial influence I -- Christians are m a current which is drifting them away from God, and nothing is ..more ef fectual, in -arresting the ; downward tendency than fasttngvwith its, accompanying exercises of self-examination, prayer.coufession, humili ation; and personal recollectionl Nor are they merely to, regard tnemseives m mis ooscrvance, but also the community .'to which they belong, and the world at large.. - David 'says i But as for ,m'e, when they were sick; tiiy clothing wiw sackcloth- 1 HmmiMcd myself with fasting."--i This anxtety ' of- spirit in behalf of athei9 rs often tho means of great good.t: Not a few of our most powerful revivals originated from a day of fasting and praverVi.-.?. X -;-"ti t".v'" L.ot tno cnurchea incn-not tail ot appointing and obseFv nz'Sueh- diys, ,;G6d leaves it to your conscience to decide how oftn you will nave them. - no thus puts your, zeai. in ins services to tuo test, oy rendering so important an observance purely voluntary ana -optional as to iime, ana wia you inereiorc use your nu crty to rob Him .of H is 'right ?, : Private indi vidual fasting" is as important as that which is sociarand public. ' I hus," let every man and every woman apart," as well In tbe church; offer their bodies' a living i Bacrifiee, unto God." f "', Advice to Youus Preaclsersi ' Always remember that a few good sermons well studied and . well delivered, will do mu:h more good than many sermons badly conceived and. poorly delivered. ? Bo deliberate and dis tinct in your pronunctatiqo ; at the samejime be natural. and : easy. --Communion with God is the mainspring of all religious duties, partic ularly those of th0.pulpit.:it-;:-ivv: Neither preach nor pray veryv loud,' reinora bering r. that bodily exercise profiteth little Take carejof your health; To;do great good, try to liva a great' while. Knowledge makes the preacher;' therefore improve every oppor tunity to obtain it. JO. Smith. '-, V. , y Give roe" an i oppressiveness and an excite ment that will not allow a hearer to pereeive a faolt;or if he does, leave him in no mind to regard it.: And is thero nothing, if not to ap plaudyet to? extenuate, 'in' even amistake, in endeavoring to : do good to those who are destitute of a thousand advantages,' and whose condition ' is 'such'; that they most ' be "sought after ? 'We do not admire their low and gro veling taste,' yea, we wish to raise and improve, it ; but bow is thiSA'to bodone, if we never approach; tliem ?i,Cari you take op ft :-child from the grouod withoot bending ? ; And when kindness makes; yon stoop, honor .crowns the condescension,- Wm. Jay. t" : ? - i Pastoral and Wf nlstcral. x'.Jr'' : Ji-' r ?ii fear' To no class! is the fear of man more a snare b J f i than to ministers. In the choice and treatment o their sulj :cts, in the spirit and "manner of tbcir i public ministrations, in their intercourse m so-i cicty, and id all their relations and circurnslan- ces, rnis insiuious leeuug, iiko s secret. current, is ever drifting them out of their course. Peter was borne away, by it, . when he withdrew'and separated himself from t bis Gentile-brethren, 44fearing them which were of the circumcision, 44 A desire to make a fair show in the ;flesh,,r' leads many a minister to sacrifice principle to popularity, and piety to place' and preferment. As he thinks over the subjects for his next Sabbath's seniion, how difficult is it for him to lose sight of tho predilections of his people, in his overwhelming view3 of truth, Goa," and eternity ! Just when a sense of the r worth of the souls under his charge begins to press.ha vily on his heart, the i lea that bis subject may I krt rt t rmt w i i 1 fat tlia f 4 c r A P DitMn Mn fr r 4 a . . f lin(,tb,P. an,i . that thU nd that man of influence nny ba disgusted with tho off ii'-ive promiuence which ho gives to some evangelical doctrin, or duty, terrifies bim, and he changes his suljjct, or softeudown its fea tures to that degree that it is d?prived of all point and power Hi3 sermons are like letters put iuto the post-office without direction, which nobody owas, or cares for. Of subjects, the beautiful and conciliating are his choice, because they offend nobody ; in treating them, . he goes off into unmeaning genera! jzitions, and never ventures upon the directness of saying.t4Thou art the man.'1 Such ministers aro like warriors, who, on going into battle, wind their swords with silks and laces, lest somebody should be hurt r sorue enemy rhould feel the naked blade going to the soul. Wo to tho?e who hm l.'e the Word of God deceitfully, and cry, 4'Pi.acc peace," for the sake of their own pop ularity, wacn there is no peace ! - Fays Mr- Cic-il, "there is too much of a low, Innnajlng, contiivia, uimcuveiing tempr of . . .. . . , . . A another man's i predudiccs. ' Th3 ministry is a .... ... . n-. . ' . grand and hoiy; atfatr ; and it should nod m us a bimpla habit of spirit, and a holy, but humble. indifference to all coas2que.iO',s.' - It is a great . , , . . - - , , . . mtclal'A l4r minuloK f l.tf t'mmc.ilii.Jll nnt trt , , , i J - - . . please a few educated men with firTe composi tion, which tho great mass of their bearers are unabl-t to appreciate. The doctors and lawyers of the parish are, perhaps, the only men in it, the school-master excepted, who can appreciate the beauty of his essays : and even they would be better pleased with Ihe .word spoken in-unc tion, and power, despite its grammatical inac curacies. ... 'J - . . : ; The temptafionsto this man-fearing and man ptaisdng spirit,! are very great, aihe pastoral office is situated, in this land of ultra democra cy. The pastor is tho victim of every whim, and caprice ; and one invidio js, talking woman is enough, single-handed, to set htm adrift. This is a grievous thing to the pastor himself, and, perhaps, still more to bis family. : They bave their little1 homestead, surrounded by the trees and vines of their own planting, and how can they thm bo rudely torn away from all the locl ties which, the' heart holdi moil near : It is precisely at this point that tho danger comes,' The poor man trembles, at every step, lest ho i shall say or do somathing to set tho ptKplriTll2aln that h went mad, and jumped uito the ; against bim ; and thus the foar of this becomes the stiar und'tho ruini of his ministry. He i3 without freedom, and devoid "of power. - "T:; "Hcro l findiny own deficicney,morothan in any other respect," says Dr. ScotL e- "Often I feci an inward timidity, when about to preach upon an unpopulir doctrine, or exposo a foble, which, m one of . my congregation,wbom J otherwise esteem; is remarkable . for : and, in every instance; feel the greatest reluctance to resign the good .opinion; or act contrary to tbe judgment, of, those for whom 1 have esteem. it is true i am peculiarly douuu io strive against this, by reason of iny ministerial office' I am to"speakv boldly; not as a min-pleaser, but as the'servant of God and therefore I endeavor ta smother all these fears; to act implicitly as my conscience jsnggests, without respect: of christian, the fear of - man. a servile pirit of time-serving, these are the faults of ministers, and effectually- hinder , even ':. those that would do. otherwise; from performing the most impor tant part8 of the i ministry, oth in public preach' ing, and by private application. But this kind of spirit' goeth not. but, but by a very spiritual and devout course of life Indeed, its expul sion is the gift 'of God, and is especially to be sought for from il triar? " Let the pastors keep near Ih Divino t'fbrone, and in constant com munion with r bis SavioT and xiith the powers of the world t o come, if ; ho would '.subdue his man-fWiiTgpuit., . Asf a .rThe India'mail brings news .of. tne proclamation of war against . Persia, by India:. The last' division, of the British expeditionary force for the .invasion of tbe South of Persia had sailed from Bombay,; and the Island. of Karak, the first point of attack, had been cap tured and becupied. C ltassian mbycment3' on the Persian' frontier continue threatehrng; and justify the". tpporV' that," at the first ratiuiatfon" from;j.hoi Shahflfty thousand Rusdari.tropps wm 00 reaay -to- renaex assistance. i nero have been great rejoicings on tho occastoa of' tno camuro oi uerat. . i nev were, nowever. rendered dull by the death of the Prince, pre-i ptivo heir' to the throne, 6 years of age.-r Shah is profoundly affected by his loss, sum The although, ho has still two sons. . Cbristlan Rcsinalloiii' v : v . We' have rarely met with a - more touclaog illustration of Christian fortitude 'and submis- sion, than is furnished in'thc following extract -from a letter of Professor Rtehardson, of Frce-' ; hold;!N. J.1," who has recently; become' tHnd.-; In writing to a friend in Bton,' after speaking , of bis' loss in inrying a beloved child, he adds ; 1 But now I have been called to part with all ' on earth'; ill, bowevcrdear, have been Danish a cd from my sight j the earth and the; fky aro " gone light and r beauty, have given place, to darkness j-eveu my own form has perisbel from my sight, - The sun no longer rises and 8efs.v,r Perpetual nfght' reigns but atWlesa night.-- ? I feel' the breath of heaven asit'passea by . hear its mournful , mosio ; indeed I Jive only, m. a jwbrld of 'sound.-' r Death- seems -to have"? begnij his work, and left it half finished.: Tho t darkness of the grave surrounds me ; the form f . of loved onas have vanished j'butljtheir voices still sbnnd in my car. -llioo is at an end: and' there jisno loiger eoccessiou of days-the next light ( am to behold will be that of the eternal . . world t-the next morning that bursts upon my 4 vision, that of tho resurrection. ' But this is a welcome thought." -J My mind run3 forward and " anticjpafes-'with' joy : the : scenes' next to open . " tiTi. -.-t. :.ui . ujiuu u"j Big".- - tiucu iuj epuii tiiiiih - me as' 1 think of what4! have; lost in this world, then! I End an unfading source of consolation jn -anticipatjug thc light, ; the joy7tKo friends cf our early daj4 who hare gone to heaven. jiiiivui -;, u . r.. . r - Ithss be-ome ee njrally known that Iter. fJ . Bo wen has recently reinrued" to" this country from-; his sir ye Sis f serrations and missionary labors ir . . the interior of Africa. I nquiries-have been made : in tnany quaiteis to w hetv'an.l where lie is to bo ; beard f romj oa H12 deeply iotcre?ting subject of h;a missioti; We can how f imply say, ibat partly ow- , ins to ;his impair&l hcalib, b? lias been placed on deran interJict as regards, much speaking in public at present; But he has ben vigoioas'y &t workln, ; preparing the applunres for more- efleclive work iii tbe futjure, chiefly io "the way of leduclng liienutive , languages to form, and in gelling up propter books, which of coarse coulJ net he executed fci Central - Afika, He lias now a. wmk 6 Africa which will apjear. on the 1st of February, anl which be is at pfescni altenumg toas it . is, going ihrouzh lb f, j)ressoI tho Southern " BatUt Publicatioa Society - " in Charleston. -' ; " - ; J-.:.f'';- ? ' - Tbe wOrk will be ' worthy of the widest circala- tion ; and we doubt nut will receive it. , lir tb; present, we hope that Brother Bo wen wiit not be" too much ovei tasked by demands lor bis pub. ie U 1 ours, wane uw um is go precions . tor larmerinjr his preparations -to" open the way for 'tba gospel-: -and an elementary christians literature in- Africa. beiore he leaves this country, we hope that-he may t have access td many of our churches. ! "" " The way is now openih' for the citilizalion and- redemption of Africa- to an rrter.t that kw have conceived of.- The nineteenth eenlary." we beii-ve will p? bve ihe era for a moral revolution ia ihat con tinent dnprecedented in all pat aires, i The amount' ot light lately thrown upon that' country by soma' of the most remarkable travelers of any aj;e, ia al ready having its t&ct upon christian people and commercial nations, v Mr. Bowen'a . bcok, we pre-,-: diet, wU have no smalt influence in the Eame iit ec" tion. - r''T .;;-; V- We su join from the Liverpool Mercury, Dec; IOr-; an interesting account of-Dr. Livingston who ha at last return sd safely to g?aad.( , -f- aETcaxorna; trviSGSTOx thi at-mcaSv tbitclcb; V ' Rev'j Dr Livingstoni'the ceTeDTaU'd'yt'fi-ican Jravi eler, was exjected'to Veach London yesterday, r He i ws a passenger from Alexandria in the. Peninsular 'I and .Oriental - Steam .Navigation ' Company V ship' Canada, which encountered very severe weal her af "t- tcr leaving Malta, and whirVdiiring a calm which. V succeeded, narrow ly escaped being drifted o tha.' -rocks near the Isle of , Zimbra-. When wkhia a niile of ceru"mCcslrac:ioo a breeze providentially sprung hp jinvTcarried ihe vessel' pasu'acd fche waa towed into the Bay of Tunis by one of the Bey' steamers. A part of the passennfera, iucla ding Dr.y v Livingston, proceeded to Marseilles in a small stea- mer kindly granted by the Bey. T:.Th? great travel-1 er is in j;ood Eeallh, although his left arm i3brokeu" and purtfy uselns, it: having been torn by a liozur' -Wten he was takeo on boarJ Her .Majesty's ehipthe Fixic.pn theJtozambiqne cpast, he had great dii-, ficuliy in speaking aryenteicj-of nglili, having disus&l! it SO lon while travel "nj an Africa. - Jla had with him a nathe f.oi the interiorof Africa. This man; when he eot tolhe Mauritius. wnri i excited with ihev steamers and varijna wondra hf - absent from EngTanJ seventeen years. ne c-6sed the greats African Continent -"alnroct in ; the centre, -T . . from west to east; has been where no citiiizedbeir.'r " lias ever been beforeV and has i made man v notable i discoveries of great value. ' He .traveled ia twofold. ' character ot missionary and physician, having ob-, ' s cwneu a meulcaI Clpioma.iielS KUherabotman,; v with a pleasing and serious countenance, which be-V- . tokens the most determined resolutioii. During tbe voyage hcmie be continued to wejr the cap which' ? -he wore while performing- h.s: wonder'fnl traVelk t On board the Canada he, ;was remarkable ifor his modesty and unassuming manners- : He never spoke off his travels except in answer to qncsiions. .- rta 3 '- injury to bis arm was sustained in the desert,' while ' travelling with a frienJly tiibe of Africans. Aberd j of lions brofie info their camjiat night and Carrie I v off. some of ; their cattle. "The natives, in their ; ' alarm, .. believed c that a neighboring; tribe had ' bewitched them. " Livinzstori taunted- ihem with. ' suffcTing : their losses through cowardice, ami ; Ihey -turned out to aee and hant down the enemyJThe T Doctor shot a lion, which' dropped woanded.,. Jcf ' afterwards sprang on, ; hina and caught hiin bythe W , arm, aficr wounding , two native whoMrew it. off .", bim, it' fell down dead, f The wounded arm was not f " -. :. . . set properly, and DrLmngstoa'suTtfred'exauc . " ting agot.y in: consequence.,; -i; K:.- - ''''' ,r Greal honors await the lxtorinlhiscbunt-yi -f i "r I -'-r-H'";;4'- v'l'. . Southern Laptist. DerfactT' .If: distance . separated you . from a, beloveil'r friend, and ho had left behind his likeness, how'v' highly would vou valub it althouirh imberfectli? - drawn,' and how t often would you look; at and . ' aumuo it, ? vuiui is Buiu a inena -ne.is now . absent frona you and wUl not agriin be seen Ull it ho .4' comes ' in the clouds of he4Ven,,, but his T images -is Stamped upon the hearts of all tmir V:. christians, and such -should look at each Other,?; ; f detect tho ; blessed resemblance; and exercisa' v mutual love.1.-- viv- vv''i-- .,-,-- V r To Igmitk Damp t Matches. -A damr matcb will light .Teadily by first holding ; it tc-.' ' the arm or other warm part of the body for. a'r.v' few seconds, until it attractsa ernalrainonnt of, heat, then rubbing it gently on woolen cloth of - cose texture, such a3 doo-6kin, or what is conw t: , i -mu it-mt&u tae composition is -almost' as aoft .as putty,jp'- woolen clothlg the best to us irijlhatcase, a a, ifc causes httlo friotion and is good Boa-co duct6r of heat. . - i v 1 :
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 22, 1857, edition 1
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