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i ' iil'lLjlllj! JjjggltJ''!'' " ' l" " '"' ''ll Will In I" ''HI I WM I Mil , 'if i -I V-i 7 f f n - 4 ' 'C.l -i ' ?: RALEIGH, N. i E3CoaiairicATioNS for publication, 91 in; any vr - . . ... . - iwnV, should to addressed to ihe.Itev. J J. Jamss r ' "Editor J Biblical Recorder." ' Keleixh, : N. Carolina.: - "' a , . s .: : . -tj .;, ,' All orders not attended to in reasonable time should be repeated, and all remittances not, -duly receipted should be Inquired aaer that errors ana oversights may be promptly corrected., ,J i -Vl' :r'ts Person s wrl tins? to ns on; business would confer a great favor, by giving their Post Office ad- tress also that of each individual for whom they writ.; Vl '-'Ir.' v : .". - mi., ' . " 1 J X Chowan Association Hisy toa emciemyr of . Bro. v ts J V heeler, the cleiVwe are ia possession of the i proceedings ; of ihW AEBOciaiionVwhlch convened cnly a fevl days since. ' '"Sach pnwptness in preparing' 'the proceed igs of so large aTbody ia "Wrortby of all praise ; es- " q m www hj vu' v tuf 4 4U' ally 40ne montbx and sometimes two or three after such bodies adjourn, before the manuscript of their proceeclinjs "reach na for publication.;. We promise ourthowanbrethren a neafjib" ia-their Minutes, and vili hare theoa oat of press a soon as practi cable. , '- 1 -Vf t. 'r-'-1 f. , . , , , ; Pro; Wheeler ha3 been also kind enough to fur nish: as a summary othQj proceedings of .this ses eron,' Irom which we give the followin g interesting items r' v',i.".w - - - 'A :t The fifty rfirsV Anniversary of the Chowan Assb ciatiori tvs held with the chnrchat Colerain, Bertie .Co;;i?thl5th May inst., ' - - . . This iwaaone, of, the most Tiarmonioas,, agreea ,leand effective eessionseTer held by tbe.Associa-lion."''V- " " ' ' ' During the Associalional year, 1012 persons have heea baptized, threes new churches were "added at .utv ewu)it w p.i wn vucv uuiuuer cuuicnes, 38 ordained ministers, 13 licentiates, 9953 cotnma mcants. We are happy to know thit these church TS i suffer ho dead branches. to impede' their progress j Jthe column of excommunicated persons show their fjithfiilnfl.es 113. hart hepn nV.f nff TVn r.:nn3. ' " - i v.i. AlAttua tof eyangelicai piety , will : understand that these churches Tolerate neither sard playing nor danci ng, ithese so called innocent amusements: that are lead ing our youthfu members to the, woilJ;if not to ruin, spiritual deaih ' -i , --The report oa contributions aq benevolent ' ob jects' shoves an. aggregate of more than $2576 dd ring the past yearr- 0 . i! he shocking desecration of the Lord's day ordi nari(y observed "at assorciationat meetings, in J need our Chowan brethren to meet on Tueslay, so as to , transact . theit ' business during the week, and allow tthe ministry to return to the;reclve 'churcha oivSundiy.", Jiwaaan experiment "to which we lnnlrpl with tnmafinTimi. Ui ."!. relieved " , Tt n"ia XmrJi? p--- n . ... .... . - - - n i .save one, (a feeble distant body) was represented- V,efie condemning an article which lately .appear ''contributions Uwrer than usual and the inorP. ' ed ln.the border over the signature of AV. H.J. Jtton more "attentive:-The Association have reslolv- ed to keep up the plan of ; meetins in the week.--.-1 TThe introo!actorf serinon by Elder Thomai H. l?iitchard of HeftfurJ, was an incontrovertible ar. amen.t in favor of the' special, particular" ppvi - dence of. tiod Awish was expressed' for its pub lication .with the minutes, and we regret much that iVmv fion ' xxr tt.r.jtx.i r 3 n -r. : , .1 : j"V'"vui ucijy, gi,o.in ttev. JOnn Mitchpll. I wi. uw,. , mouiuiu, uu n.cv. Aeuoen jones oi i .Vi inrarA nmnA Idi .It!.- ;r . . .:. . T .. .r 1 l -'The.nexr session or4h'Ast.inii u ;.;Li to be held with the church at Great Fork near Suf- 'folk, Ya Elder J,J. Lansdell to preach the Intro- .jductory sermon. The reports of .'committees on' different subjects jBoomitted to them, elicited addresses of "a most ani . mating character, while the information furnished Ua thoe reports cheered the." hearts of ourt brethren t engaged iii the support of 'the"? great cause of chris tianbeaevolence tj' : ; r ' - s". . r'n'.'We con?ratnl.iio to- ran.la .r tk..rkf.ffi...r.' male Collegiate Institute On the bright prospects of lha,V Institution It aa stated, by "Dr.- Ilooper that there were neVrly iOO young-kdies in attend. ance.v-.The president of the Board gave ap?easirig tateentof the fioancef; theyeijOkt very -soon to,be relievei of every embarrasment, and to Tiave allthe space and conveniences that can be reasona- blv inuirvd. " - " - ' And lastly, they did not forget" theISecordef . . . ' : r --- . v.mi"vu iw mo kiuu uunce given 01 - the paperand shall feel stimulated to make further . 'efforts (o make the 'Recorder, worthy of their pat- ;fodage:Vc' -"-.'?,:;. -.r A: " . ' . . W A ihnni. Kn. h n.l.M . 1 - I :.r .- . l Editor I desire toake-an,cnquirv ;um wiuuiuaji w.uicii a mosi reFpectlul v lysolicit your views together with those - of others who may feel interested in the same. If it be the . regulation of all Baptist Churches (and I know it is of ... some) that aq candidate shall be received to baptism Avithquftheojianimous vote of the church, but a .; ...tumci wimisKonaqci may De expelled by a ma culed Is, whether a -.member' of a chorch; wh6"haa- i church d:sciDline. can or sbonUl h .fn,' r..nl fellowship in the church without a twanimons vote fcS WOuld Iatci ceive him uvuwuii.miu iuc miDuies, ana, we regret much that : ""i""v"o. "ct-iaiij uen t the gifted 'young: bishop was "MwMing -that it 8acll.c0i;csP0caIlt? are prominent and well known 'shouldappear in print"-;.. V.I; K bFethrehf;' Were-the editor to ,nndertak to criti- JRev. Li Mi Berry. Of S. C Rek John MitchpU cUe articJe . 6ent for publication- which he -.:;This may t6 some Wanf '.mnteresUne .sd?.1!?'?19 garb,in2 iVPposed: " ' ua " oouoi it is ot great im portance i id my judgment enough so to enlin the . . .Wudi euSgeiUous oi 'many, who probablv Dave never nprpiolnr. rtm a. .... . "-. . . " thought Please let us, hear, from.yoir and others retail VP IA ?- ' y - 'rniT.,... ' " -The priuciplej iavolved Lvth'e 'above' enqnlrr l " t 8naia oe understood by the .churches ia order that'ihpir iciTCu. .think proper to express their - 1. CLarch fellowahip should be, and .no doubt uetignea 10 oe. a matter of unanimity ;that wiawi d tuurcnsnonld have. chris tian fellovebp, for every other 'inemSP ' tu however, unfortunately is not alwaja the case.' . uuuace i3somctinesi.T-aired, aitfce fellow - - w o .. . v,a ii ,3 wruikEii : between -.M.v.M neveitr.eij;3 kc:p up therms of t.c-i aji..dre . . . . to 1; t:.i reel c. 3 C Te--ul.t. ' i. a in r. '.. cj. fc l?; iv..er,'cxratorat.jr. - . """'"o3 u viospei. v e ge c-Jr vie ws m ns few. words Se ire able, leaving the enau r? nnrn f. i' w4-- tutu tuwmiiiT m thrt tor, 41.. rt-'. i : ... j wiiicia woo ma v .pplicahtor . baptism,, every J member, has a right Jo require satUfactorf'videncs P.l5aid appicam piety iwfore he ;e3;tend3 to him Bis jeiiawsmp, and if any member he not satisfied the reception should be deferred, and httfobieoiiflfi made known to the church. When Saul of Tarsus Erst offcred himself to the church at ;-Jerusaicm," he was not admitted aVonce, on account of an obiec tion against hiin-by the sc', nor until that objection" was removed' Acts 9, :' 26,' 2?. ; And Cornelius: aqd his : family; were notvaumttted to baptism, nmil Peter had;.enquired, if 'any of . the brethren present bad anv oHection. :-iActs 10 47. If an objection is preferredi it is the duty of ' the flinvnK 4A aa?ia ..J I.. J t ii 'II il i- .1 L "j sufScienVto prevent the admission of 'the applicant, of course he or sheas the case iuay be cannot be received J if on the contrary! the church after ''due consideration, regards the objection as frivolous or icsumcieni to i soar such applicant from member ship, jt is the duty of, -the member raisin? the' ob jection to drop , and acqmescj J wiih the church. bhDuld he refuse to do so, after due pains" have been taken to convince him nf bkArrrtrr hAYipmrn obnoxious to the church .and Jays' himself liable to the views and judgment of the chiirch bv aov mem ber, he should be dealt with as :u scliismatic, and isliable-to' be expelled. Thus it 'appears tthat a! though, there should be unanimity in the reception oi applicants tor DaptisuV the mj'irity "must jodje where there is a diSerence of oninion-LThia ihv have a, right to. do, provided aaitj majority' adhere to the teachings of the Gospel. jWhere there is a respectable minority, however, who fail to be con vinced, and who cannot concur with' the. majority, respect to their feelings and opinion should induce the said majority to call in a council of r disinteres ted brethren to aid in the interpretation and apDli- cation of scriptural teaching to the pomt 'or poLnjs of difference. ' I -f, V- .O? 3. In the restoration of members, who ' are nn. der censure, or who" have been expelled, the same general principles hold as In the reception of an- tiucauw jor oapusm. . u u true, a majority can exclude a member, but acripturallu, onlr bv the just and jightfuV ;interpretation of the laws of unnss ln ineir application to the case of the offen der. So also in hi3 restbraUon, the laws of Christ must pe the rule by which the church is to act Her decision should be made up entirely by these, and not from personal feeling, as is too often the case. majority ought not to exercise the riht. if they possessed it, -of restoring: one '.who' had been suspended fiom the feflowshipof tbechurcbagainst the feelings and convictions of a, respect able minor ity. JN"or should a minority continue to complain of a majority, who could not consent to restore one . - . - wnorr me minority might desire to see restored. Much of patience and forbearance is needful in . t . ... . . such jcases, and earnest prayera6hould he made for uivme guiuance ana aireciion. I be inspired a-1-moniiion should never be forgotten, - Let all your things be done with charity. -Tn another column jwill be found Two commu- cations from prominent Trustees of Wake Fore 0,thea? correspondents expresses' hissupprise that the editor, if he read: the exceptionable artide previoua to its publication, allowed it to appear in rne, u ecoruer.'v s . - The editoriwourd repectfullv submit that "he doa not bold himself responsible for the peculiarities in seruiment of hid correspondents, especially when . , ir ' 7 " i """hiiwii uvu uv does net fullv endorse. h nrnnll kn-n.A . -! r - nwuni father than an editor. . Preaitnm - in lainoeJAr. P81 allowed to experienced an d worth v breth r60' . y and not the editor; should be held res- H - r anyot lheir" reculiarities. yhe exceptionable article ingestion was or of ala series which : W ' H. J ' w fnrn iti;'n;' rl o a late work of Dr. Wayl and, entitled Principles and - t j iu iTirr. vi I ever is. made; to the. Bubject of ;rSouihera Slavery! Nor 3ld thl" ivlHnr anti'.inofo T XT. T II make any allusion to that subject.1 ; .The Book nn-J aet review was a sound Baptist work, and we could an. . a a . . . i r .. . a SCC. UV CrU Ilf t . II. af . ffl no evil ia V. H. J. or any other correspondent iig a commendatory notice of hi ! The article writiig a commendatory complained of . we did not read until it was in tVn. and for obvious reasons did, not wfeh to' raise a dis cussion with our correspondent on a subject,' which had heretofore been discussed with' no little earnest ness between him and ourself, and aniil bur mutual ft lends were anxious to haveit stooned. Onr vW of slavery have not at all changed since tbat.disens- sinn : nn.l tl,i: na ti i " V ' . .' . ' iiiuuuuuiiou .ji mg suoieci iuio iue ttecorqer is to be regretted. i ;f . .1 : 1 TJV" note.we deem necessary w-explanatory of our posiiiob. rWe shall, take noparVjn the discus" won, ana , nope onr wnespohdentrVW. H; will give in as short exp'anatidn sa'lisfaetidn to those worthy Trustees xjf ur, C'ollesre.- wb'aare Ividintlv gr'cved at some of his remarks. ' Simple 'iexpWiia: tions lor an adjustment of ihe matteroiiUherJiide, will e;admi?wb!e but we'rousV say( jradvance, that we shall 'jbe cooiDelled to'pKnt'nnf fnWV.o' cassion of the general subjecn be lieving, as w;e do ma i, it would be both unprofitable sindrinjarlcruW m' - ' r i L.V.l 1 S - - . . ' -I : t ,,,S i v'.fl ' 1 'in; the last number of - the N. C-' Ail t - Vk c10? anableaViUemsto aaWer' ui anotheV respectable defence of ; its Inohstnu vo- that this low trick' had been discarded bv; all hon orable, not to say christian writers, .but it seems tnat wewere mistaken, or -Mr.'HeSin forms ari ex ception to the general practice.. v' WhM,. however; a man has plunged himself into a labyrinth of dif ficulties' and. alftcr trvinsr vanoas'vn alnia'f Mk to get "out, he can sh in hU-'WnviabT;. position and piclc. oul one thing here. , and. another. ihere take an expreision oat of its adjuu";ts;iii!ner pptce; ana ;a entepce j from .its; connection unr another, and then putting ' them together, exclaim, " Thev efate each,other' beaufifully.'! CSuch is thev6rk of, a sophist.-. Some men are itoi only incapable w. .... uumo incii ic hoi voiy incapaDie of reasoning,' but seem to be utterly ;dpstitutefiof any faculty to appreciate an ars-umont. ' Tn ronfi with such is most generally time and Jabr thrown away ft - T .' ' '' 'Eliautes, "i-f - Any brother who was appointed at the last rocet in of the Raleigh 'Association a correppondin dcleccate to either of all of the Anrt.itinnc mUh 1 . . ' ' 1 " which we correspond, can . be .Eurnlied' witli mn!, 1 of nnr ?lipnca tVtil-. it-; k "i.: i. a I . .vv lw iwiu iuuj, i.iv fcti;u!ns me D. HOLLAND, r-yfprinst-d' In receiivlnff an applicant fori bamism. everv f -'.This article is to be regarded rather si a coalln uation of the preceding'nomber. " 1 -ii I feel very confident -that thoie who regard the language of the!- commission, I which the disciples received froui the "Hps of their Lord and Master, as authorizing, the. baptism of infants, have bad" one eye fast shut, and have . endeavored with the other to see some way to evade the true Import and ap plication of the commission.' ( Come, let us reason together; In the first .placed those who hoji that the command, given In the commission to baptize, la as clear, to'baptite all nations, as it la idttath ell nations;" mate the language of - the commission prove too mnchT(Mr- .Farisi of the North Caroli na Conference, !in bis book on bactrsmina era 155. . , SO 9 takes this position.) According to the position here taken; the commission, as given by .Mark, au thorizes me to ' say that,- without' baptism no one, neither infant nor adult. can 1 be saved. '. Alsrk gives, or raiherrecords, the commission in'tbe fol lowing language : ' And he (Christ) ! paid 'unto them, (the disciplts,) go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel lo every, creature f he that be lievcih and is baptized shall be saved ; but he that believeth not'shall be damned." The "commission as above quoted fiom Mark 16 : 15, 16jiipon Mr. Paris a principles of rcaf-oning protes at least three facta, neither -of. which is admitted by Pedobaptists. First, on this point, the position is expressed iii these words : u No particular age ee. or condi- tion, is pointed out'V Hero it U virtually asserted, that, liccause neither age nor sex" Is pointed out. infanta may be regarded as proper subjects of bap tism. - trorn this principle of reasoning, the com mission will prove, first, that no unbapilzed person can be saved.; For the language iaj " He that be lieveth and is baptized shall be saved" not he that believeth, simply, but he must be .baptizeJ. By ihiapnociple,'faithin the Lord Jesus Christ is not sufficient to secure the salratioo of tie oul bap tism must be., added on. I presume that neither Mr. Pans, nor j any other Pedobapiist, bold that baptism is essential to salvation, any more than "jkw u , uutu mis is jusi, principle oi reason ing, it must follow as an unavoidable conseooence. Secondly that all who die whits infants, are uamneu. ine languaee is. He that ! bel eveth." &c. .Infants cannot believe; therefore, tbey are damned, according to this principle pt reasoning. Thirdly : that ministers must preach to the beasts of the field, and fowls of the air, and fishes of the ea,.&c.,&e.:' The language is, u Preach the gos pel to every ' creature," Lc. No particular creature, or creatures, are pointed out.' This, manner of reasoning also proves another fact, which is too absurd to bo admitted for a moment namely : that the male sex only shall be saved. ..The language is,,4.4 He that Jtelieveth," &c. l lie pronoun " he," is masculine gender; and in the English language, refers to males only, or to things personified. ' - I . ' ' Ilere is the sum of this arjrtrment, and what I have said about it : The laneua'ee is as clear to laptize all nations, as it is to Uack all nations, and as infants compose a considerable part of all na- uons, tney pec9rne at once proper subjects of bap tisnt. If we admit the ground here taken, we mut unavoidably admit, on Die same ground, and for the same. reasons which I have already stated, namely ; first: that no anbup'.izMd person can be saved secondly : that all who die in inrtney are damned" 'thirdly: that the disciples were to preach to the brails of "the field," the biid of the air, the fishes of the sea, &c &c. All these aie creatines of God, and no class of them is jirticularly pointed oi by thejanguage of the commission, i l"hia viow of the ground may excite a smile, but is impossi ble to admit the ground taken and avoid the con clusion. And it does seem tp me that the weakness of the argument must betray the want of Divine authority fcr the practice wider consideration- 1 any Baptist (regular) has ever offered as weak and "" O J J " " i m nrcasonaoie an argument ia aupport of any faith or practice of the denomination I am ignorant of it,and would like to know the . book and page where it is to be found. ' " Various other considerations are offered as agn roeRt in support of thia practice :such as the ab- sence of an expressed prohibition,: infants- being fit subjects for .the kingdom .'jof heaven,' ice. all of which are equally unscriptural, 'and therefore use- i . a. ... . : . less.. :. ' .L : It woulJ be easy to show that the arguments relied on by Pedobaptists to sustain infant bap tism, and the relations of baplizsd Infants and the church, are" numerous, and !widely different. This fact of itself is a strongeif argument , against infant baptism as! believe, than can be. .offered, in its favor.'-; But I will pursue the subject no further at present;::- ! -prV C. W. CHEEK: r -tl''iT v ' i For the Recorder' r. I arrived i at Louisville, Kentucky, on. the. 8lh of May, ana louna a large delegation, ; .; v On May 2d linived in Richmond, Va.; where J saw: the; monuments "of ; Patrick 1lIeny,, Thooc as Jeffersob', and G eorge Washington.", ii -1 S i . '' Saturday night I spent at Richmond' College ah4 found tt lin a health yj condition'-5 President Ryfahd. is. as industrious as'any man" .can be. There are!20 or 25' young rten wVolare. candidates fwthe'miiusVyVvtiJ.tv ; At the'African'church t heard 200 little servants wng in the Sabfiath Bcbool lT"hey "sing very well indeed. ; in the evening 1 rweached , in the African church. The choir Is; one of the.best! ia the land. 'In the-- forenoon I nttndff lh let llaivilc - ... w - fhu.io, VUUlV,llf and fod SundaylSchooJ ; of about '530 scholars. in another room I saw the members of the church old and: young cngag'ed ia Bible classes.-Their Sabhalhs are not spent ln: idleness.' JMehher idle ness nor covelousness is tbiinotto-o any Baptisi Church in Richmond.- ' Suiiday night, I was with President Manly.' "The Teb'ale College has about 200 studihts,' and is in a healthy; condition. "') ' , In ITSS' Richmond. and Ptertburg were "survey ef into lots' for towns .by Col. Wra, Byrd; owner of both places.-" Prom Richmond I came to ; Freder icksburg.;" This town in 1733; was" a. verv small y j iiii.- - .ijere ai- ,el Baptist minister, wai imprisoned before the piace ana was ownea by Ajr. Willis.--Ilere Wal- Revolution for preachini the. GosbeL ' In Fred. ericksburg also, it is snid, ilenry Le was. impri oned, and wrote the History of the Southern Cam paign while in prison T He bad leen Colonel of ihe light horse in the Ttevolotion, Governorof Va"., and member of Corigress: I While "he was' in Con gress, Washington"' died, and he'delivered hi fune ral oration in which are' thesa" words ' "first i.i s war, first in : peace, and fifst in 'the hearts cf his countrymen. ihese very words are on the mar- bV .monument -cf Washtngtan by"Grecnorh at WiuL'njj'c.n Ciiy, D. C' The :tits Lave t j f.j j .;v :0, the fiecorder; urliLir.g church at Free M 4 ;V AiirnccToW D.'o..!t J ' V . t t; This place has -00,000 or 60,000 Inhabitants. The CapHal, jhe ', Tatcnt, Oflce, '.Washington's Monument, the Smithsonian . Institute, the Navy Yard will pay any vbiitor the expense of his journ ey vV"Mt. Vernon I visited. ' It is 15 'mileS below Wahingtoav.. I saw . Washington's sepulchre. There were two marbla ooSij or sarcophogl j one for himself nd .one for his 'wife. ' These were placed in the vault in .1837. .On her coffin art these words; M Martha Washington died May 21, 1801, aged 71." The date of hU body's removal In 1837 is placed on his coffla '.I saw in his house the key of -the Bastile brought by Lafayette-to America, his spy gists; the defence of Gihra'ter, Admiral Vernon's ship, bis apotheosis, bis chairs his picture cut out from the side of a China pitcher, his flower and vegetable garden. 5.; We had also leaf of ; the magnolia tree, t he planting of which ia said to have cost him his life. " Every object is full of interest... He ; made Bushrod Washington heir to JMt.' Vernon, and the executor, of his estate. Bushrod was one of the" associate judges of the U nited States., He transferred Washington's papeis soon after his death In 1 799 to John Marshall, who wrote his life, , Judge Washington died in 1829. John Augustine Washington, nephew to the jodje, heired ML Vernon, and died in 1832. It now be longs to one of the family. ; . ' COLl'MBUK COLLtCK. ' ' The land and buildings are worth $117,000 Othe r 'resources,' . 60,000 ' They do not wish to sell any of the' 50 acres of land till U rises higher in value' Tbey wish to struggle without the land for sometime. . Four men, Eldeis Luther BJce and Obad'uh Brown, Governor Meigs of Uhio, and his brother, selected the site of this College. A better place could not. be found in or near Wa-diington. President Binney, edu cated at Yale College, is an energetic man. The crisis U passed and the College is to live. Baptist Chcsch est Besides brother TeasJalo's now in progress, there are threes The Navy Yard church has reccired Mince last Christmas 87 mem ben. "She can not only support a pastor, but is building a parsonage. , - - Baltimore , has a population of nearly 200,000. It has fire Baptist churches of whites and one misbion. She also has three colored churches. Two of the houses were built by the Chirch Extension Society, one costing 820,000 and the other $5000. The Baltimore ixn Ohio Rail Road costs Dearly $30,000,000, and extends from Balti- Ipioreto Wheeling, 378 miles. On this road be tween the last two places is IlARra8 Fckry where the Potomac rushes through the Alleghanies, and the ciglit of which Mr. Jiflerson says in his note of Virginia, is equal to a voyage across the Atlantic. The town has 5,000 souls, and has an arsenal of the United States. CCMBKRLAKD U a town on the above railroad 200 miles from Baltimore, and has 100,000 souk place to Baltimcre, and near the railroad i a dp and wide canal, carrying much produce from place to place. Oino Btvsa. i i - ... name oi mis stream is the nrrr o.clcsire and pray that man ihrougbont the woild mav other on its Waters. -It is now 30 feet above com-,4irai!l,;in ,A i mon water by the rains. ' ' ClXCtSliTf ' has nearly 200,000 eooU: She is callel by some the queen of the West.' , LocisviiLc, Kr. has a population of nearly 100,000 soul, arid si's dsily papers, as well as several other kinds. She has ix GTspust churches an 1 aootber one in rogrcss. Of Uie above two are colored. The Convention rt now going on in great harmony. Ilowell, Manly. Jeter, Graves, Pend'cton, and 1 many othar disUn gulsheil men are here.' .They, unanimously votd to have a Theological Semiuary. GrccnTlle,"S. C , I think will be the place.' :t s . ' ' .E.DODSON, For the "Recorder. "Friend or Troth." In the last issue of the Cecorder this correspon dent proposes three queries, two of which are wor thy 61 some notice in addition to the veiy ffcnsible reply of the Editor. They are as follows : . 2nd. Can' Biplist' who employ Pedobaptist teachers expect them not to endeavor lo dissemi nate their peculiar deniirainational principles 1 ' , ' : ' 3id. Is it just for a Board of Trustees to send an aet aroon BapibU to obuio fond, and then io:ue .those fands for the soreal or; Pedibspiist principles!?. . : . 'r - - .v, . . ,;The wi Iter evidently thinks that it is ihe busi ness of school teachers -to disseminate their pecui liar denominational pi inclples," and that-denomi- national schooUre organlzations'estiblished "for me spreaa oi aenominational prlnciplrs.w What a Py fhat the "Friend of Troth" is so far from the truth. A school is one. thing, a church Is" anoth er ; a tescheru one 'thing, a preacher' Js. another. Teachers instruct in (the arts and sciences, and when they do this fitbfiiliy lhey bare no time to meddle with other peep!e business, H is the dutV of : nar- enta and preachers to' insiruct children in peca. liar denominational principles." -..With these teach ers have nothing to do, tor "every ?man should mind his own i businefg.; Churches are , organized "for the spread of their peculiar enomiostiooal priod- t'-y wncucTr teacners, imsiees Or agents Of schools "meddle with1 church 'matters theT trre'itlv misrake thelr calling, and if "Friend of 44 Trnth " knows any TruMees who have acted as be Inti mates, the world is envied to their nam?. ".;-. . Sometimes 'the ...sanie", mav Is a teacher and a preacher. Then in the school room he must teach, and jo, the . pulpit he must '.preach, "fur to every thing there is a season and a time to"eery purpose uudet heaven. noweyer, for the sake, of giring the -Friend or Truth" a Ittle.- acquaintance with ihe -Truth'' I will ute three reasons why Bap tist are preferable to Fedoba prist teacheta.' T - ' 1 Baptists are' more thorough In' their views and investigations; BaptisU go to, Christ while PtJ baptifiU go. "to the fFatbers, BaptisU ."'go'to ihe spring- while Pedobapiists drink at the branch.' ;2." BaptisU sre, from ihe nature of their chorch organizaiions; more lpdependent in 'their thoughts snd opinions, aol without independence of thoa.jLt and action no man can be a good teacher. . '3rd. BaptisU are more pious. 1"A.c evidence of love to Christ is seen in obedience to 11 commands. nu as auapusts saomit to all -the , nmands of Christ, their "fruits" piety. " ' .' y " ' are the wuccsaes of their Sti.'l 'circumstances alter cases" and It iston'e- tinics aJrisilIe for Caftisis to err. p hy Pcdotartln ttachers. - But if leathers of tional principles," the time whtcb lheir cnptcjtrt pay them to spenl in another, maoner. "such ctos Tiolatjons f pvopricty ought not to be tolerated, and och teachers should, be -held up by some tF riejd of Trfith" to public odium and contempt. ' . PETER VAN ZANDT. For lbs Recorder. We are told in the good book that there is a time for all things, and may, therefore, conclude that some acts may be performed with more propriety at one time than at another.; Whether I have chosen the proper time for the few remarks which follow, I am willing for others' to deckle. : In Ihe Recorder of April 30ih, J857.1 notice an article signed W. IT. J- In which the writer, whilst prrfeuing to condemn the political abolltionUra cf Dr. Wayland, takes occasion not only to insult the i rustecs of Wake Forest College, but also to give os an abolition barrangue of his own. . I have always supposed that I U Trustees were appointed lo promote the best interets of the institution and the Intellectual and . moral welfare ' andTgrowth of Its Inmates. Shall the parent, whole heart rjoie to see the rosy hue of beshh snd vigor in the facs of his growing son, psy n6 legard to the food and drink by and through-athich this desirable result is accomplished ? Shall the wholesome dinneror the delicious stew be banished from ha table because a malicious cook may . have pat therein a poison ous dose of arsenic I . Ouly a small cuantiiy in a dihfull 1 By no means, If we are to believe W. U. J, It would be not less unja than cpgefier- ous, to coodemn whatever may be good in a man, only becaase be has proved that he is cot exempt from ihe infirmities of fallen humanity , What ic this, but fiymg that, although Dr.fWsy!anJ, ia his Moral Science has advanced doctrines' at war with our righis undt-r the Cuniiitution' of our country, disturbing bur peace, dangerous to our Tery exip.tence,' and contrary to the uord cf Cod. still we. ought to cncouiage Mm by buying his book and instilling the sentimenu therein contained into the minds of the rising gen erutlon at the very lime when their miuds are most plistiet and s usceptible to all impressions, whether good or bad 11 I care nothing for that hiir-splittlng metaphysical skill by which V. 11. J. or Dr. W.'can show us the difference between guilt and sin. - 1 di not see but that they ogree very well together, when the latter says slavery is necessarily sinful, and the former more than insinuates that it is sinful in our cate. A milder or more indulgent form ,of slavery than ours never existej ; and if sinful with m, it is oe- eefsanlv sintul every waere and at all times. W. IL J. may be speaking with due deference to the late decision of ihe Supreme Court, when be sajs', the guardian arms of our Government embrace ia their protection twenty millions of hippy citizen Speaking whh the satns defetence, I would ay that our pop a :a tion eonsisai of tweoty-sevca mil lions of the bappiebt bumaa 'being on the' earth If a. " - inciuuing ina tne slates. I veiily bel ieTC thai our slave population, as a whole, are bene r'fed. irom thisjbetter clothed, better housed, better governed. better tin and liappUrr, than the same number of people io any region of the gfobe. XV: II. J. 4 cannot s-.e 'how'tbe spit of the gos pel breathes an.1 lens irr thst. heart that dors not and social dignity and hspplors. O' w Ul IUU.H.UHI UHtV Hare we not cevalcd the negro iutcllcctuall). morally, and socially I ThU country dnes not fumi-h the data by which we m-iy ecser ll.u qsesi ion, but surrey the negro r'scah its native ban n la, il?e oVvil ba-h. and aaswcf the qeesiicm there. What does W. II. J. n;sn Vy the tocLU dlgrjty of the negro? Would he place him t-n social equality with ourKdres !. What more wouU Pr. Wayland require, or Indeed, any other abohtiontr-t! No j I do not pray for tb social digD'ty of ihe r.egro berc. Send hhn back to his na-'Ive skies or jangle,; and we will be found io tore reodcroJ h"u socul poi-! tion pre-eminetly dignified. 1 do not pray tor the abolition of slavery. Were It abolished, I ran say, in tiuth before God, I should not pray for i-s establishment or introloction lu'o tny country. According to our unTefftaruling pf the sacred scriptures, I End the institution decreed thereia aod rules laid dawn for the gn'dinca of maer and lave,nl I feel under no mare oMigttioa to praj for ihe extirpUon of slavery ibao to prsy for ibe extirpatioa of the oak of the ' forest, or the dryinj cp of the river.God htw decreed to flow, even if ii hould sometimes ovei flaw. I jira hippy In" eom mbn with W. M. J. In bcnevetnr,,Te, fa knowinr (hat there aro many throughout oar hnl who- are wn.wg and anxions to know and da their whole duty. Whatsoever GoJ has decreed, will, br him. bo surely brought to pass, snd iliar la his own time and way, and I cannot see the nronrietv of rsVr. ring to the mirVnifpus pa.ajje of the , Red Sea. .or the more mVsculous resurrection of Lixarus, for' . : t mu) Hjuacic, nrsv, ai oar p.eaiBre, eootisn suery to -the mutual benefit of bo raees. I-inow W, U.J. too Veil, and in common wiih every member ct the denom mi nation. esteem. Mm too highly io btliee him actuated by oiirer.inan yie purest mDtjres r but vaue renera-'i tat Ions aid philanthropic speculations on;iburub-' )ect t are ontiraely if not onwiie, snd If ihey prodacei l9 Dythlng, must produce oaly etil. Inasmuch tiofV,hcr lfti iey exei.e false bope. and vsfn expecution, in tSJST1! an they one tors question', in the South will promptly follow his advice, Ii it he poliUcal c to, those, toj whom tUtcsmcn. : I dm :willl PCTtalnin? id .' mn't iu-tArvr.': ti - .... w. Jl. Jbut there Is -ssoiher science necesKsry But to retnra to .the Tn-ttees cf W. F. Co:: Is .It a fid that no other book ca be found ( made) to eorp'y xU fllc9 WtjJasj-. 6ci.,cet The Titters ate to a xrrst enct, slsrehotJers. fstber. snd bcU cf families. Tier thought, ss I iLbk; that they were saing wily. Whatever others nay ?3, I tnx,t lUl tv wfj never ki,s tie fod .Ut smites the n, wh n Hal t0 sia ller.acf tr,:Ul' ran. rd tt ... entL-iy, W.'U. ti-e'er-tt-arr c'sr class of our socierr withoot .'ir,td:nT'.;i, 3 .1.. e cniiw in txjp cpoa tangible .lor the apprehension or guidsnc. ef tle' ddemlsed. sCCh U4,l,T (-t,-7 other. - ' ( ' ; - ' " - 1 o insure tt ermua ;.t - - ,v , ... - " 0 -"j . i-i-w .ik- UKr wi.i ij i r.. ,i . 'As W.'n.J.M rrongly .riesUe wWt owJif,wjU xUe to ielweinV of the North to kcepi slbof frcma vexed ecr U I sincerlly trust that the saW character, "rious precT : : -l 4 V luestlon, as It Is. leave it te;y-'1LriUJ.?rirl,i0. tor wvf raJ tern naVr -rs- it .belongs-.to politicians to Illf! "r K "Tt rrreitrd' s-.d red rr pc-t tie' .r. to leave -.11 ooeslioes! t"?": !- he tShV of this question, not" pccssed in a CrrJ r 7 ,llsJtI rr-t'on tel.-; iLe s36t I do not consider my. bngusga . derogetory er no- tie ro-p, hL xt fi idl.v. tecause he las not made pities' the study ' p.1 AL14 and the EfTat! of his hfe.heLber would it hsvt been tight for Ibn Nc,t''VfM'-- Tt CwStesia was r.r.iiri to have done so. ' . . j1? 1 '" at Aoatvta. Ciurj !;.-r to tha Ue ignoble, and' rsdLnV Itst rr08e tu. SUth UtB-iij UstdctttoeglteCr If 1 all I have to tij u tLIst lU TrUe. Uril s cause, to tUr-k lira fcr L i and will consider, tbc'cei ct.dcr conrr'ad! obligations for Us sdtice. .. ", " " I cannot ada:re the dcprecaUrry tlarxcUr UV remarks when sdW.rg the Noitlera t'errr l Tie lis for sit such Lis jawd. The; w.a lf Let them nre and rsnt. W koow c nnder the laws of God and min.'acd kno.e Bij endravor. to trintai.i tren cr.ill JTr, bo&. decree vhe, gbsJI tri.g O pa... Ut h u said sgain, the Trcsiecs are right 'asJ will . tained by every man who Las, a son at the fvr iuj i2ih, ie3r. : : : r ., In adJitioo to. the sborr aaothcr nroil ' . "W ' May 14,18.- : Vtk Vio. Jamxs 1 , sa not wL'iicg to be lieve that rosoy persons srmorg si ea:ei"a a. sentiments of W. IL, r3v:-6w ln your late papers. The rnutce-cf iH Goltnc urtt wiOT woruas pursuing A-'petiiJeafcf ignoble, not to say coctriitiari cU-sr." ia dua,' bg t; W.yUnd-e took. Xaw. if i ,&3r member.. -there ; was not atcatbg Tcice. 'I sik you, as a member of the tWd, bcW yen tie to be ihussrkcn,of?- Is Itbecocning b sny person to ase such language, end ehUy in W.ILJ I The whole yiece is oVjecionab'.e. -It xx stnumcnots thai will be landed to lie rtiobj Northern atoJitionbU, sad woald luve djue very wtfl in the times of JefiersW, fcol are in had lss - vj wrwu-sa ine preent ne. I hi enquired how. the-piece; found hs Way In'o" lb, Rexrdcf. Bid ; ihe EJitor red it f if Le does he approve ii f If W. H. J. wnald read ' Lfixttj andBisvery, tc widJ gj,-,, abo!fcn mi u menu well aasweml. 1 hopi som fnend it to Lira. , ' - ' ( 8. S. B aDxssl BsoTHxa Jskbs April 1st, lJt I sjtj sorry to wr that I wh vpa to Lscona,ae my- p .Urn ti . W give .bore-fines, .ing that some brother or s,er will order a ccpy to this brotlier whoua BaptUtoin fn good siWiuj. .Hi, olce grcs him $4 fo .ubvdpiioo for the put will not some ore sid.as ic setersj caw, berao'orr to give the Recorder fo ' ihu trotber. y , anxious to read U but has not theircans lo p.r U H I .Aayihin- scut us will be suiolj siTded. Alo, another brother, who owe. ibis o2 $ wrlcs n. f.om G.sy e Creek, CuabcrUad Co, X u,as follows ; . ;. ; . : - , Baa. J. J..J nl .. t ... Um not .We o pny for.be Better, r.1;1!" fwtber lo,. c, y I Zi "! FcBibtrn CoaTfailoa. Wa oi iiu ijy re si mcsror.' We subjoin a!J t M- .uim.iM we lure reccirei. except lb m- re fix of Ddcgatci io aUe nJsnce, Fr naiJ . uces we am ,0J,lu j to .brother j. ti Mich., t.minton, W U 0 attcadxu, U pnr., fa cr toes .beetles thitthi .-. ii.... Dengue fr,ia til the SiiS -T! We Urn Sutrs, except Tx: whieb It posed wonl 1 be t epremret' Or ttwbd- P to the lisse J hU sviii oal Mtj ij, potol. were presea! tro S.U C.UnJ. H mte, .Uo ihxt the Coeatbo for to tw o.ogical Seminary 1ml agre on Oneat Lie, 8. C as the location. fu fWt A. . . - i . mowoos aniVolhcrlr. Froi ik T:.1. fc.i P wegite the folbaif-sr: : - - ", enlist An&IujrMrlrs.; .3l! ECAT10Xlt aVInnxnAt n -..-ii. .': ." lK,n aecibrd, every libera S a, wiik M7 f South Csrm. prrUel. ami JUr I oljcet of ihe meetinj? is to 4erbe meplan for tie cu .jmt mu me wmii tr the L'aptut dmoi. of d,r,D;tr booU, La Ione are fZeCr e I a.l the rt-sonrcrs of tle charcb!. cpon or.e iris non. a, lt the desi-ed ttd ccliS SJS1 I iiio. weie read fiom iuT. S. W. LpJ. D. B, Ut. lVeMdevii of the IlevVciral KbS at " l1' of Mo.cW Uerrer sity. Oeg,. ; the .Trnstocs of ihe F.rtrsa ve.ity.loaih Caso'tf v ,errrsenUnr the ccW of their rpme loeat'on..- xJrt ing the amoani cf funis th.t mb U , i , . v-. r i-ca uf Uror of Ororgrownla bis wssa!'y ei-ararU cs- vn.J3BCrT. - 11 tSS 1 irnr 1-1 .. t than arj ckr Lool si pr,etu in e-.er.c. s oy -ueTuJraUf,t, Vet lit frieads uns are s:rrnu5cs ia iVt.wit .. n..i;..!.!' .'. Sornniit IiAmrr Coavas-c-n li-vr V.P-l"SCl tbe.BCili.rrn Sras r-fr.lt.T- Wiih IU. I..t ... . . . . I t-elft!.rcf LotL'.rjrta i'Tcr 1 oea-T e V3 V'O-a ler.i ;at ,vf .Soctl.'sa L; :.. U -rc T rtf J U Sf- -:.ce V.r-n they Ue jrrr''' in.-i-e4--" I i.i; ) are rr..a fit; -ia ftr.-.l Afnri. Cl'fl TX Ii." tr r -1" w. o? ucin ine t sp-r anrhnre. wii.out5oa ran eetid it pstii. T hsvl .22 ways, srrd without the lUioj 0f ( frirudi. j f.mily sUl.V W r X,t - I wrye thes. lL.es. bat J do k itrnh .Tf duty. Ilrviftfofciww.e'iitt.a ' a uur to chnst sxi borvU, , - .... . . ... . . it - mm v w iwr mm. a f tec erm-r, ;rs wtn en.eririMS. They baj ectlrit-aJ .,W:r. si a.i tUrra wrIcd Larraocic-jVf t.:.l u.e U I rrkit or abo:.;;cr.;6ta was irLrtKjin'j ' i-ta the Bx' Board. Tie Scdetr Hltr. Ir. reiki n'zsrl 1 I'-rtL.'.Jtrs std ;U: 1 cT tl d . I ' ' n r-;:.i. la . rkk.'. ia"dueruatLTnj their , peculiar 'dcc;rc. ha. . it 2,. Q ra. o , r, l ll.w CcT-;ioa . . .
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 21, 1857, edition 1
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