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BY VM JONES,, OF ENGLAND. - -
( Oohcludt d.
Now, supposioi that Mr. Campbell stool
firm io the belief of the necessity of divine in
flauce lo give effect to the Gospt l, whut might
we reasonably expect would be his answer to
this correspondent, who claims affinity to him!
oa the rouua of thtqr beiB of the suae min i
uwl judgment Would be not have sa'bi
" aMy friend you have nmukon mo 00 the
P' int in question. 1 contotid for the necessity
of divine Hifluenee to give the word tf ;et. )
c 3D not, therefore, :ackn'owled?3 the relation
khip '7 ldt does he do anytliin-; of tbe kind ;
Nay, verily : on the contrary, the letter is in
troduccd to the 'readers of his Millennial Har-line-,
with these words : " The. following
oxtract from a letter of aweifftmrd cot respon
dent, upon an important subj ect, will, no doubt ,
be iuterestiog to the realers of the Jlarbin
g r and the titL given to it . ht- " Divin e
Influence in CoNVERSio.N ;V buff surely, its
ninre appropriate title would, have been
4i Conv rsion triAflwf Divine Influence ..!'
When 1 commenced the publication of my
Millennial Harbinger,' I was aware 'that Mr.
('ampbvll was understood by some to deny the
necessity of divine influence, and I therefore
determined, if it were possible, to ascertain the
truth of this. Accotdingly; I addressed him
on the point, in a letter whieb will be found
in my Millennial Harbinger,, vol. i. p.,174
180, ia which I endeavored to show the impor
tance of this. doetrioe; nd to 'discriminate be
t ween divine teaching, and that which is
merely human : and I now entreat the partic
ular attention of all, who would enter into the
merits of this qne-tion, to that letter : as their
doing so, will "relieve be from 'the necessity of
1
adroitness, I am of opinion, that be would have
found a moro substantial apology in 2 Cor. xii
l? utter cuase;ot the verse3 Ta jm It is a
moat, irksome and unsracions task to - nfT...
these strictures' on tbo writings "of one whom 1
waC ohce gratifie iucalling my friend ; but
tbey aro extorted from me by the indiscretion,
of ; certain persons in "this f country whh ha
much too hastily adopted Mr; C.'a 'opinions as
ine sianaara onneir creed, and arenoir Indus
triously , propagating them; to . the unsettling
of churches, and it is greatly to bo feared, to
the subverting of many individuals from the
faith of the Gospel ; and ihis mustpleadmy
excuse for still detaining' the reader on! so un
pleasant a subject : u Amicus Socrates, Amicus
i?lufoi nait';mea.1rtfas; ; :
I have often adrulred U1J9 VremarKVo the
learned Witsics, in his work on The Econ
omy of the Covenants, when treating on the
subjjet of Justification Book' iii. ohap. viiii ;
and it is ' worthy of the reader's attention.
14 The doctrine of Justification," says he, "dif
fuses itself through the whole body of divinity;
and according as the foundation is cither solid
ly established, or superficially touched, so the
whole superstructure cither rises graoeful and
majestic, , beyond the power of assault, 1 or
threatens an approbious fall." Tbe learned
professor then coes on 4o speak of the hi'sh
importanee that was attached to this article of
the Christian faith by the Waldenses in the
middle ges. The pious Pieard'uns, says
he, " as they were called in Bohemia and Mo
ravia, (the country of John Hups and Jerome
of frague,) valued this article at it true price,
wuen m their Uonfcssion of Faith, Art vn
speaking of J usttficatioa, they thus write :
this sixth Article is accounted with ns the most
important xif all, as being the sum of all Chris
tianity and piety." Wherefore .our, divines
teach and handle it with the utmost diligence
and f application", endeavoring to instil it into
all." And in this they acted wisely Lu
ther, the great Reformer, pronounced it-
'Articultts slaniis vrl cadentil 'Vcrsw? .that
article -of the Christian faith by which the
church stand or falls, and declared tht it
REIGNED IN HIS HEART." This doctrine,
as Dr. Robertson well observes ia his Intro
diiction to the History of the reign of Charles
ruth, was the lever with which Luther effec
ted the Reformation from Popery ; and I do
not hesitate to affirm, that it . is the pivot on
which all scriptural chmthnity turns With
these views of the paramount imp rtance of
the 6uhj 'et, I hivo searched the ritiu; nf
Mr. Campbell with no little anxi-uy. to a.cer
stain. if possible, what ar his vi.-ws of this
mnbjct ; but great lias b vn my di.-i.ip; oiut
uhnt. The most particular ueeount ojf th.
matter that I have met with, is in thlat of
as works, viz : his- Christianity RHr-d
I .1. e : t. i 1 c
uuu, tnsreiore, it may consi lerea as pie
eutiug us with his most m itured thoughts-
As such, I shall here extract them.
rable, that he should propound to us the true
faith, and j give- us an - explteit atatomant of
what he has. himself gathered from a twenty
years etuJy of the, Soriptures. .After all the
volumes h,e. has issued from tho. press, I. frank
ly confess, that 1 find it a, much easier tsk U
say what he docs hot bold than wh it he does 1
For instance, he. docs not hold the doctrine of
Original Sin, Or the " toul depravity of msn
kind, in consequence of the fall of their foei i
ral head and representative;' I fa- doH not
hold the- necessity of the' operations of the Ho
ly Spirit, in order to give the Goipcl its savin?
eff ict in regeneration,. or'convcrsion. Hedoui
not bold that fLungQdly r pinners j are, justified
freely, by divino grace, not working, but ,bulicv
ing.'yj lie does, not .hold the doctrine , of the
Sovereignty of divine grace, preceding or anti
cipatiog the will of man ; on the contrary, he
tells us that " alt who resolve individual salva
tion into a were act of Sovereignty, disarm
tbe Gospel of all its powers, make its Author
insincere, its promises and its arguments d i
oeitlul, an instruraont of gailo, .and double
meanings, a p trade of empty professions to
save appearances; aud, worse than all. mock
our miseries and tantalise our feelings.' He,
himself, "probably, expects to be aved by sotue.
other graets than that which rescued tbe dying
malefactor from sinking info the j iws of hell !
He does not hold the Moral Lw to be a rule
of lifj to the. people of the New Covenant,
though Christ himself has. indisputably, adop
ted it himsjlf ,as suoh Malt, v, 17, &o. I
ting! it thus go on in the aama denying course,
and we should nod the catalogue of negttives
sufficiently copious. But who oball furnish us
with his catalogue of credsndt the articles of
his creed ? Does he belierc in. the Deity, and
distinct personality of the Holy Spirit ? If k
wny miuse aouois 11110 ine minus 01 nis reaa
ers, by recommending, a he has done, in his
Millennial Harbinger, vol-ill p. 'J3J, a trea
Use, in which both the, distinct personality.
ana the worship of the Holy Spun, are im
pugned,-as both unscriptural and contrary to
reason ; and why has he bad recourse to aoeh
labored criticism, to set aside the plain mean
ing of Rom. viii. 2ft; and to show tho absurdi
ly of believing, that the Holy Spirit helps tb '
infirmities of the children of God, and mtketh
intercession for them with groaning which
cannot be uttered. f All thw in highly cninons,
to say tbn last of it. But Mr.' Campbell i
still on the trn, and, in the rapidity of hi
bioger, and honestly, avowed . his kertW from
the outaet,- impugning the doctrine of 'the
Trinity In rather coarse terms. . Tbis corres-
ponJouoe hat bjeQ continued, at intcrrafi, '
ever amce, and has Hiolted from Grew, what I
niut,regata as 00 . inconsiderable portion of
kilt A mm . - .-J
Doid biaspbemy l. Uut, not withstanding this.
he ia Air. Campbell ' dear brothtr Grew."
n 1832, this Grew published a tract of sixty-
nine Pgei 12mo.. eulitled, J A 1 nbuto to
the Memory of the Apostles and in tbe fol
lowing year, (seo Mr. C's Millennial Har
binger, toL Hi. p. '23(J.V Mr: Campbell, with
out the smallest' qualification whatever, ro
uomiueuds it to his readers,'' as well deserving
the attention of the christian communities, and
worthy. to b entitled, A 1 nbute to the Mem
ory ot tho Apostles.' " Vet who that haanot
had an opportunity ufsccio it, could believa,
that this pamphlet oontaias a direct attack on
tbe doctrine of the Trinity, and tbe personali
ty of the Holy Spirit ? The worship of tbe
fcpiut of Uod, in distinction from the Fath
er," says Mr. urew. " is authorised by no di"
vino precept, or recorded practice, of any
piopbet, or apotle, or Haiut, or angel, io the
holy book. I here h not a single address to
tho Holy Spirit, either of prayer or praise, Io
all the BiOlj." Indeed I, What then are we
to un iomtaud by tho tollowing prayer of the
apostle I'auI: Tiiegrajo of the Lord Jesus
Chrut, and the lova ot God, au l the commu
nion of th Holy Gbot. be with vou all
Amex J Cor. xni. 14. If the Holy Spirit
bo uot a distinct person from the Father and
the Sou, why aro believers to bi baptized into
his turner Mntt. xxviil. 1J. And how
could Auauias and Saophira. in Iriar unto the
Holy Ghost, lie uulo GoJ, Acts v.,3-9.
And whitt shall we make of the blasphemy
against tn tloly tibost r llis aminpardona
ble sin ; yet it is not commuted agaimt eithtr
the bather or the Sou ? Malt. xii. 31, 32
But it is tiuio for me to desist. Who that
knows and lores the Truth can help pri-vin,
that such jouon as this pamphlet contain
stouli be imported from America, and in les
triously circulated among the churches of tbi
coutury ? and that by one, who tells uf that
some solemn coticiouncM
r
chnrch. historian of the German Reforoedjoo temple. It cannot be, tbt aer CbmUtcs
Commonion,. whose lympathies aod -theories ; ToloaianJy orlabitually Uy avsy from tbe.
are antipodal to Baptist. aeatloents. 'candidly
cocfesaes that immrcsion, ind not cpriokliog
was onqaestionably tbe original normal form,
and that . this it shown .by the very meaning
of the Greek words used to denote it, by tbe
analogy of John baptism In the Jordan, by
the figurative allusions of tbe'New Testament,
and by the general usage of ecclesiastical an
liquify, whkh'was always immersion. 'How-
son and Convbcare, two eminent tehoUrs of
tbe EngliHlri-stabIi&bmcnt, give ' the same tea
timony in their Life of St. Paul,1 In eourao of
republication in this country by tbe Applelom
" It is needless to add that baptism, (unless in
exceptional, cases), wis administered by im
m-rsiou, the convert bcioz plunged beneath the
water to represent his death to the life of ain,
and then raised from this momentary burial t9
represent tho resurrection to the life of riah
tcouAnesi It must be a subject of regret that
tho general discontinuance of this original form
of bxptism, (though, perhaps necessary in our
sonuern cum lies,) has rendered "otxnro to
the popular apprehension some very important
passage of scripture." f
May we not hope -that Christiana- will, one
day, so 44 rye to eye, and that the baoufal
and significant ordinance of baptirm will be
resioreu v its primitive cnaraeter, ana all Oo-
licvcrs, and believers only, be buried in the
likeness of Christ's death, and raited sgio in
the likrm-ss of bis rrsurrcetioo. Trut Umo.
enlarging upon the subject jn this place.
cannot help entertaining a surmise or supt
cior;, that Mr. Campbell declined laying that
letter before the' readers of his Harbinger ;and
I found it 0 this fact : tbat tboogh 1 have
repeatedly applied, both to himself and others,
1 have never been able to procure a' complete
cpy of his Harbinger for 1 S35, in r h ich my let
ter ought' (0 hate appeared 1 wish, L may be
mistaken m my fears 00 this head.
Now, as. to the subject of " Baptismal Re-generation,'-
to which 1 have already alluded
in the foregothg Sermon it; is needless to
dwll at any length tpn thi3;",'Jtjseems to
follow, almost by necessary consequence, from
a denial of the doctrines of human depravity;
and the necessity, of Divine influence to give
the Gospel effect, in tbe conversion of a sinner
to God. The 'reader ' will find," that 1 haye
entered pretty largely irifo anxaminationf
these doctrines in several of the Sermons con"
fained In this volume, particularly, in Sermons
vi. vu. vni. xii, xni xixxxandxxu;nd it
is needless to repeat here what is there said. -1
will, however, trespass on the reader's pa
tience with one Remark; and I beg -'attention to
it. Mr. - Csmpbdl was totally' silent about
Baptismal Regeneration, "while publishing tbe
volumes' of the Christian jBardist JlCff The
reader will look; in "vain for that doctrine in sll
ifs pages." In several of - the t volumes of his
Millennial -Harbinger, "also, the thing is kept
out of sight, though we have - now and tnen
occasional hinW of it. ButJn the.lv6lumVen
titled'' Christianity', Restored the. whole
matter is developed ! ; - We are ' there .assured,
.that all the apostolicaU Fathers, asthey are
called; all the pupils of the apostles, and "all
tbe , ecclesiastical f writers of note of the first
ffour Chriian ceuturies.fr whose writings have
- come dowa'.to us,? allude top and speak -of,
Christian I mmersion as the Regeneration j'?
- and remission "of sins," 'spoken of in the New
Testamenti p ""223. We're," "then,we i have,' a
;fultMeyelopment'offjhatwhich' had ,bi'therto
been only glanced at. And , now, as though
apprehe'nsive.thatithis disclosure might occa
i ston some. alarm, for tho moment, JVlr. Camp
JUSTIFICATION ASCRIBED TO SEVEN CAUSES "
" In examiniug the New TesMment, we
fin J that a man is sail to bj justified by faith
Jiora v 1 ; Gal. 11 16, ani m 24. Ju.t
tifiid freely by his grace, Rom. iiij 24
Titus iii 7. ' Justified by his blood, Rom
v. 9. ' Justified in, or by, the name of th
juord Jesus,' l or. vi. it. Jostm-nJ hy
Christ ' Gal a 16. Justified by knowl
edge,' Isa. liii. 11. It is Go that justifies
by these seven means by Chnst,r bu name,
bis blood ; by knowledge, grace, faith, and by
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woras.' i-
Kow. reader, what think you of this, as
coming from a " Master io Israel," one who
n 1 t , , 1 1 a
niirni. who ;nai; assure us woere ne
ani take his stamtini? He ridicules th
practice of preaehin Irom a sinzle t xt ; and
to teach Ui the way more perfectly, he basset
us a pattern for our imitation, iu a new mrmth
ly peiiodical, called "The Christian Preacher;'
the firt Sertuou of which is on s of hi owu
productiou; au l the glory of it cousis's iu
or eilit 1 a-fags
of Seripiure, as a m itto, aud fill iwin: it up
by rambling rhapsody, de imnlbm rebm tt
quibnsdm 'iliin ! His Ch'Htijnify Refo:ed,"
which is to put the world in possesion of 'th-
Original Gospel an I Order of things," appears
to mc a very strange, and even whims'io! per
foimanoe. Who, for instance, Would hiVd ex
pected io a book of such., high pretention", to
meet with a system of Rhetoric an explan
tion of tropes and figures, metaphors, bsautiful
bold, and rude ; allegory, metonymy, syu-c
Anlianplefor Ladles.
Likewise, ye wives, bo ye iu subjection to
joor own botbands ; that, if any obey not the
void, tbey also may, without tbe word, be won
by the conversation of tbe wires, while they
br hold yoar chaste conversation coupled with
fomr. 1'tter. ' -
Dr. Hine, the family physician of lbs cel
brated General Wolf., di-d at Newport, Ken
tucky, at the aJffancri age of 92 years The
tollowing account of his conversion from Deism
to Christianity will, I believe, be interest in X to
the l raids of tho (M'ttrYfa sMrof tlt. The
he d -es it uod-r some S)lemo cotiscinusnfM doctor was a native of Kinlin.l t.ut m ii
ot accounUbihty at tht irtbunil whither w - America with General Wolfe io the lime of
sre all ton log llot.v Ni'imit ! Mttvfal-1 tbe olJ rench war, after the termination of
y rrmorr the obcunn 7 Urn fn' hit which be resid.! fjr a iim in Pcnnsylraois.
F'ioi, nud tie tt be ton lte ir? him It, .'?-, ani fi.nlly setl!?d in Ken?uck.' Dr. Hine
ike itfor vf hn troy, and tn turn j'.na i ; tul l-en rJacatcd in the principles nl prae
wi! alight Jo th-t the things winch hcl a nno his peae.-.liee of the Kpueo;al church, but be became a
prayer mcelicg, because' they do tot need its
benefit, is tnncb as' their breibreo. "
Fellow ChrtifiaDS,"- bow Coca the trsTer
mt!ngipfvear In tour riew? ' Is it a tlae
of trnritual en;dymtnt;ii it a ttrVaome pLce
II It be doll and lirelest,1 whose fsalttsit?
If ltbela good cuit"Vt tlsnlful and itrror
its privilfgesr; if it- Ve a poor" ooe, me aod
ansae it better. Come to the plaee of rraycr.
come from yonr closet, corns babitoally, roue
puoctoslly, aod yoti will soon aay :.
. I tiave beea there, aod st4ll wald gv,
fistike a hule havo below."
.v. y. oil. t : 4
"My bo known uuto him, at least in t!ii his l)it, aul took prill and pleasure in ridieo
J.y, before they are bid forever from his eyes ,1m; CiirUtis dty. His views an i feeling, bow-
'ever, at lcuglu ui: icrwent a radical change ; tbe
On a general rcviw of the proluatioa of iunuolijto uvj of which as so uncommon,
Mr Campbell's. pr., I should bi diio. J to an i, at t'i! oanii tiui t) profession tl, tbt We
llot bun a pretty high tatio:i, merely nt f h til n t hesitato to reuto it. His wifd and
writer. He h blos-l with a prolific min I. 'daughter had b,en converted to Christianity,
exub.;rant fiticv, an i lick p re 'ptioti ; an 1 n I attached tlnms 'lvei to the MetholUt K-
xprses bis meaning with yreat t i, it . pUcopsl church. For this act bis daughter
111 1 etierjry, but n t without much incorrect ' lani-hd from his hous, ind bis wife
ii.'ss aud many provincialisms. He alo of placed ond'r medical treatment, for what be
ten tcrmiustes his subjects abruptly, au i I considered, or alTiCted to coosidor, iosinity.
his wiitings incotcpletn. Ah an adricate for j His remedy wasa blistering plaster to the whole
kvbat be calls tbe " Anei ot Order of tiling,' j leugtU of the back, which he left on for aere
1 he simplicity of Gosp-l worship," I knowiral djy. By this measure of violence he hoped
not nis ! 1.1 ; ani in to
tims t mm, watch the
. .. . . . Form the ExAxnlttr,
, Relief la Prajer, .
-Ja iany among oo aQctr4 Met hisa pray,
ays tbe Apostle James. Wbo. ia ihae dss
of troable and darkness, is not tn one way or
soother auictcd . Uappy ts thst dii - who
can recoguiis the Lord a hsni io' the fiasncial
eaibarrasmeot which ia now sweeping over the
Lod, and while diligently ntng even extraor
dinary means for bis owo relief, can feel toro
that HeViHorder a3 lhiogwa!l. Toeeeare"
ibis assurance we mast cut all oor care opoa
Hitn who carctbfor ua, 'This Is too new ex
periment ; it has been tbe experience of God's
children In' all ages. Says tba Psalmist, I
love the Lord, becaoss be hath beard my votoo
and ray s applications. Bee so -a be bath In
clined bis ear cola toe, thertfore will I call
opoa hita as lonjj as 1 lire.
A dark cload ovcrshaJoeei th t arthlr prot
peets of one wboee trust is in tbe Lord. Af
ter a dsy of soxioos thooht, (oUosrcd Xy
oight of refrxshiag repose bnry anxiety began
sgain its work. Grace, however, wa apveau,
to resolve that the burden sboalJ be cast p
00 tbe com passion 1 to Si floor. It was done,
sod the asraoee was received that mil VeeXi
be trtU. ' Mooihs bare elapsed since then, and
the drk cloui bai not yet been removed, J
it vM It. - -
Til faith that asji :
la each event of life, how eirav
Tby raling haad ( se ;
Kch b!eeir ; to tay sl tnot dear,
Uecaoe contrtredby thoc .
I cveiy y that crowns y itjt,
la every rain 1 tear.
My heart shall fi:J delight la praise.
Or rt k relic: ia rsra) er.
When gUttae sMfi tny tsvore-4 boer.
Thy love my taoefnu shall CJ; ,
Il'ijr.oed, vUi euim of sot re w lowert
My shall meel thy will.
Mv lifted eye witboota tear
Tbe fathering storm aha: I ;
My ateadat bean shall koow bo (ear
That heart shall rratoolhea."
Of Uaziah, King of JavJah. we art told.
'Aaloogaabe lOjght the Lrd, Col tnsU
him to prosper. B. W. L
0
4 always turo frim the truth ' Titus i. 14,
it must bo acknowledged, !ht he h don
doche, iroay, hyperbole, catachresl-, &e., &c : Kod service to the cause of Christ. B it. as
eating down th tradi to deter her from further attendance of places
poUl; Paul tells us, 1 of public worship. The Christian fortitude aod
has been diligently studying his Bible for more
than twenty years, and now steps up for a' Re
storer of genuine " cbristiinity the Original
Gospel, and Order of things" ? Can ihe in
genuity of man . devise anything more calcula
ted to perplex, confuse, and distress tbe thin I
of an enquirer after truth, than the extract
just made i .The subject relates to the way of
a sinners acceptance witb God than which,
anything more, deeply ;ioteresesting toyall the
mmau race cannot be conceived4 How shall
sinful man be just with God have hrr sins
forgiven, and stand accepted in his sight -?
Let such a one have recourse to Mr. Camp
bell's Christianity Restored, fora satisfae-1
tory solutionv aod what does he learn from it ?
ie finds that he has seven points to adjust,
before be can arrive at any certainty about the
matter. He is justified ov utM,; and he is
lso justified by workshe is justified by srare,
and he is justified by blood he is jastifbd by
Christ, and he is justified by knowledge I
And the more be endeavors to reconcile these
various claims upon hirn, the more'be is bewil
dered and confounded ! Such i the "teachinsr
of the spirit of error,1 to -much condemned in.
Scripture.:- Ana even : pniiosopners teu us
that to embarrass, perplex,, entangle and con-
found, are the inseparable characteristics of er
ror, while truth is one and indivisible,' simple,
and ever:consiatent with itself, like the laws of
nature- The apostle Paul tells us, that 4'God
jiistifieth the ungodly '-rand that freely, by bis
grace not working, but believing -He is 4the
justifier of the ungodly ' This is thit expres
sion, as Dr. JJ wen remarks, which hatn stirred
op so much wrath among many, and on account
6f which,' .some jscem to be , much .displeased
with4 the apostle himself -a Yet, afteralU this
is the 'prerogative of God ; as such, be will be
believed on and worshipped j ; which adds weight
and emphasis to the 'expression; nor must we
forego this testimony1 of the. H,oly Spirit, let
men be as" angry as Jhey please.,; 4 j,; '
Botit is high iimo tbat vl; put an jend to
these; strictures,' Mrj Campbell is ..a a yery
clever man, and - has displayed great talent do
bis: writings jtbufc be has yctJ w learn the doo
Why not include in it a system of Natural
J History, birds, beasts,1" fishes, reptiles, &c. ;
also of Astronomy, in which be might have
favored bis readers witb a learned Disserta
tion, on 44 the swef r influences of Pleiades the
binds of Orion, the or it of Arctarus au l hi
sons, and the coming forth of Mazzarotb io
his season? His 44 Christianity Restored,'
wbrn compared with Archibald M'Leau's II
iustrnion of our Lord's Commission to bis
Apostles, is as tinsel to Ktetliug gold.
And what can we tbiok of the bond of union
recommended and adopted among thi? churches
in Mr. Campbell's connexion ? Wheu I lo -k
into the New Testament, 1 find tho apostle
Paul thus addessing one of tbe primitive
churches : ' Now, 1 beseech you, brethren,
by tbe name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye
all speak the same thing, and that there be no
divisions among yon ; but that ye be perfectly
joined together in the same mini, aud in the
same judgment," 1 Cor i. 10. !Ttie grounls
ana reasonaoieness 01 mi?, 11 is nor, uiincuit to
make out.' The Holy. Scriptures comprise a
system of divine truth perfectly harmon ousio I
all its parts; and this is the only stand ird of
our faith and' practice, nor cap there be any
visible Christianity put what corresponds with
it. -' The : apostolic churches reoozoixed one
Lord, one Faith. and one. Baptism, one hope
of their calling, one God and. Father of all,
one Holy. Spirit, which actuated every mem-
per 01 toe, uoay, uniting mem one to auotner,
and all to. Christ their living bead., Ms eny
thing of this kind aimed at, or pressed after,
among Mr. Campbell and his friends ? , I find
one 01 tocir lesaiog men, doiu as an author
and elder; denying ihe existence of the human
soul, insisting that man' is- wholly inatert'iL
that he consists of a body breath, and blood,
and that the' blood is tht, soaZ;and that to
contend that , there ,i any distinct intelligent
principleiu man,'any thing which 'survives the
dis3olctidu(oL the, body, is the sheerest non
sense imaginable;. for that. lie, being a physi-
.t fL-' ii..- ri. k' l r ' 1 ...
ciau, oas put ino.iucfc-fru t,ntvnd't test, ana
therefore" can assurethem, that 'the common
veil nuuuiyaiea uiu .-cuusviiucuuca, u vuwi . ,
.lm,h . ..',- i ..it. jl ' ti; nr.Yi iv(trfinnsflrt 'Of'.thB" taentllea
DUi ,tne reauer i"f . .v. . v , h. y... rr..-. .,--7 -
' skillfull v ward off the 'b'ow :
shall have it in his owrt words V 44 If anyjask'
t why this matler,' namely, the perfect identity
of 4' Imtnel:sion,J, and 44 Regeneration," was
'not fully developed , in : bur first essay son this
c6ubj2ct ;,out answer, is,. because we could. npt
, anticipate, that bur opponents would have so
fi re presented nr. misrepresented our 'views.-
Werea general asked, -why he'di'3 not arrange
all his troops in the beginning of the. 'action,
8s he had 'them ' arranged when he triumphed
' 7'over his tnemv: he would reply.', that the ma-
tioeuvros and' assaulh of. (the cnemy directed
- the disposition of his . .forces,44 jCArtsidn
! Restored p 279, -note. U So much, then, for
' Mr. .Can;r bell's. cctieraUriD ! ' But -while I
too frenuently happens with tn-m of talent, in
their x-l for Reform, he knows not where to
stop To sy nothing of the ancient Gos
sil," whi h I gri ve to hy he has garbled and
mutilated, so as to render it 00 Gospel at all.
I think ho has acted very injudiciously, io
chanin many scripture terms, sich as pat
ting fomr for Grace, rtform for Repent, lo-if
for liread, reign of heav.-n, fir K nim of
heiv--n, &c, fico. Tho consul -nee ot this
hss been to introluce'a new vocabulary of
Scripture names, not at all for tho better, and
often much for the worse, as it would be easy to
shew, were this the plaoe for doing it. But I
close thes remark. 1 have now submitted
my reasons for declining to adopt Campbell
ism, and for abiding by the maxim that I find
upon record, coming recommended, as it does,
by the highest authority: 4N rain having
drunk old wine straightway derHreth new ; for
be saycth, The old is better,' Luke r. 30.
opinion la a vulgar error I; And Ibis doctrine
hr is progagatiog by'means of bis '4?A'postoIie
Advocate," through? the length; and breatdth
touching thehusttficatiou of the ungodly'by
taitn. witnouc tne aeeas.oi mo iw i; a uun
he learni that and lays it as the' foundation 0
tne inrisviHU gysiem, wuaievcr Buucrwuiuf e
he tnay raise, will.only be:aa ai 44 bowing wall,
or totterinff fence.'' Ho rjaaymake his boast,
and : glory -in bU -hundred and fifty thousand
-M- - . 1. .. t- ..la tntltna'f MAAlt tmtr
and sthbble."- which' the fire': shall f destroy ;
Af-m.' it rMe itinv nltaila esj ea Xy ei t aJkf if
tp-A nnt il.ntAd. Khali hit rnotfti nn - J S" h Millennial IIarblngerrvol. 1. p,237
L' BiUbl www -- v - C . AVV.
of the United StatesVout of which it has made
its way into oar own country. iXetr such ii
Mr... Campbell's extensive; charity that .this
same man is, bis L'Jear brother,',' yea,, and
tnoref .he is a oho.en ycsse J See. London
Millennial Harbmgervol ,i. p.. 343, noU
'Take another Jnsunca..JT'bero4 is a Mr.
Henry Grew, pastof ircharchV In Hartford,
U. S., an open and avowed Sabellunl denying
mat tncro is any uisuncuon 01 persons in me
Godhead, a sentiment .which is; demonstably
subversive of the whole Gospel; This' person
Commenced a correspondence with' Mr. Camp
bellf in the first volume of his Millennial liar
urmiM .t nait inith inntril. trm mm tlittt hAitf Ar
. , iMr- Campocu laiscs no iiwie creuis 10 uimr ted from the pen of Alexander Campbell f !
self, for :his. emancipation 'from all human ;-? -. mIHU
creeds and confessions t out wuiia wo cnecr- u,vlor-. r,. Qi?'Wa havt . ver-v atuf inorv
fully award him all iIiq .modicum of praisa to ,yeftation of Mr, Campbell's gloss, written by Ah
iua'Vl:: croSi for -his dexterity -andi which he ia entiUedpn this score, it is very dcsUd
NoTt. Yet Mr. Campbell claims that Mr. Jone
endorsed his syaiem as orthodox 1 1
Concessions to Baptist Principles.
It is pleasant to take noto of concession! to
the truth of their essential principles made bv
candid opponents. Indeed tbey need use no
otbci weapons for self-defence than the admis
sions of the most eminent Pedobaptist scholars.
Argument atlcr argument, position after noai-
lion, has been yielded by these scholars, un'il
they can no longer agree upon the line of de
fence to be held against Baptist aggressions.
Stuart and Belcher, Wilson and Peters, Bush-
ucll nd . Hodge, develop and defend theories
and principles mutually antagonistic and tbe
disciples of one must of necessity renouooe tht
other.
Not many months ago, Dr. Bunsen iu bis
great work 00 Hippolyfus and htaTunea, die
tinctly asserts that infant baptism was unknown
in the Apostolic Church, and among tbe early
rawcrs, iuu bumuou iu origin io- vyprian,
Bishop of Cartbage- , ,Dr. Kitton, in bis Jour-
nal of Sacred Literature, gave the weight of his
authority to the same conclusion, and the North
British' , Renew franklyconfessed. that . tbe
correctness of ' the picture of ancient baptism
ciren dv ur uunsen win not. wa innrhni
be dispued(iby "any man' wbp is content, to, ac
cept the mere facts of the, case.' ' ,
' f More, reoently ; Dr. Hodge,' of PrinVetbn,
bag renounced utterly tho argument for infant
baptism, drawn from-circumcision, which' has
been the main bulwark, of ! defense 1 hitherto in
tho ,; Presbyterian jChnrcbiK. He 1 aaserUthat
when Christ, came, the Jewish commonwealth
vl:-t.J i.i it... . .1 . . ,
wns nuuiiBuruy oua ... lucre was noilling pUl.in
its puce. 1 here f was no external (covenant,
nor promises of external ritcs,V Haying thus
abandoned the argument from tho New Testa
meuv, irom - tuo analogy ui Circumcision, ana
from early church history,' wo need not be aur-
prised that Pedobaptist teachers find it d'dHcull
to persuade' parents that' infant biptUta UT
church ordinanco- ri .' V T .t.t-i
; We bayo recently , noted also two other im
portant couecssions touching tho mode of bap
.!'' ." - li.iT .t.. I , , 1
, il'IUP0.11 i.h?..w4.and?ele2aot
r M I l. V
meekness with which bis wife bore the nm
traded anguish waicb bis cmlty inflicted on
her, excited bis sympathy, ail filled his'eoul
witb remors. A feeling of respect was awa
kened towards that religion, whoso adherents
could cn lure such persecution without a mur
mur, and he was led forthwith to investigate
its origin and principle!. Tbe inquiry resulted
in a prioct conviction 01 its Divinity ; aod he
attached bimsolf to the same church from whieh
he bad sou 'ht by violence to estran7S his wife
nd dau 'bter, aod for neirly ball a eenturv
continual ooe of its most davout aod exempla-
ry inemocis. jJown to bis dying diy rcbfioo
was bis favorite the ne. Tbrouzbout the whole
of this long period be never attended the call
of a patient, without first retiring to pray in
secret for tbe so 00 ear of what be might pre
scribe, if tho circumstances would admit it ;
and when he reached the boon, whetner of
rich or poor. Christian or infldel, bis ioraria
hie nraciioe was to assemble aneh mcmUi nf
he family as could be conveniently brought
together, and engage' with thorn in prayer for
tbe reoovery of tbe tick, before be would ex
hibit a aiogle remedy. In the efSsaey of praj-i
er tbe doctor vu a firm believer.1 "
Let Christian physicians think' of the maqy
precious opportunities put into their band of
saving soals from death," and of their tobmo
responsibility of glorifying God In their pro-
cfjuoa.
jij. FiUier. Uoase. ,
A poor laboring man" said: M I love the
church ; I love pre a eh tag ; but dstref than all,
1 lore tbe prayer meeting; I always feel at if
I were going into my Father's house, when 1
enter the room where we meet for prayer.'1 -
44 Tbe room for prayer our h alhtr's house 1.
It struck oa as a beautiful thought.1 This poor
man felt himself to be a prodigal, and where
should a prodigal go' but to bis Father's bouse ?
1 he house of God is tbe home of tbe penitent-
tie felt weary with bis day work; ani worn
with the cares of life, and where sboald he seek
for .refreshment and rtt but tn bis Father's
houss 7 . The bouse of God is tho home of the
weary. . .We remember a pious cartmao - who
was always found- in bis plaee at' the 'prayer
meeting and tne lecture t and when told that
be ought to stay at home, after the fatigues
and exposure of the day, be would reply: 44 1
find I can rest all the better by going to meet
ing t'l forget all my paint, and anxieties, and
labors, feel stronger, and better prepared for
tbe next day's toll.". 4. 1 bey - that wail upon
the Lord shall renew their strength." , - r -,
i rrayer ardent cpena heaven. Jets down a stream
Of clory on the consecrated hour .'5. 1 .
. fit man. In audience wlih the Dif 1
i wi. . r. 1 .i... i "....;.
uu woiui(J iuu grimi uuu mat . ioimni joins
Tne n rat in beaven, aod sets bis root 00 beu."
If the rrijer thectiog be such a meinsof
grace, aa spiritual Christians universally bold
it to be, what do thoie Cbristtios mean, who
uniformly assent themselves, or bat very no-
frequently attend? They do not regard the
place 01 prayer as .their. l ather s boose,. or
they dry hot love their Father's house.
Certainly we rry nof reckon oarsclvea id
dependent of any auxiliary to progresj In the
liyiaBjild,.till.fte reach that city.which . bath
The three Great Powers,
The Press, the Pulpit, sod Woman. ar
tbe three gycat powers of the earth tie rre.
aistible lever which cootuntly raise bamsnitr
io m uijurr ana euii biser aegrv e ot prtgrce.
Wiiboat tbem, tbe botiom of tbion would (11
out, and society be spilled back into oriiosl
chaos- Aod of those rreat Powers woman U
the greaUst. The press makes tho people in
telligent aod patriouc; Worn in mikes the
iadattrious, cencrous, and romiotic The
Pre rules our intellect, she Pulpit, oar cea
sciences, Wooian oar hearts Tho Pro
sways poblio opinion, aod the Polpit sways
moral conviction ; but Woman sways all thtne
There would be a fa liog off even in ehcrch.
going, were there do prls there; and if wo
man is not44firtin war,"-she u eeruioly
first in peace, aod first ia the hearts of ber
countryman." Aod she has her tnfioeaee in
war, too; men would not fight merely for
maacalioe appUase. It is 44 for the girt h
has left behmd him," that tht tidier cVttT
ly bears bis burdens, mas bis rike, and deals
bis sturdiest blosra, ani bis laorvt-sraaJih of
triumph woali be but a barrenly mbol oll
be not lay it at her feeL The world kvgov
erned more by the heart than tbe head ; and
1. . 1... : r 1 . " .
vuv uvbji ia iodis erapire w u em a aud raica
to elevate and refine Without tbesuoshias
of her inflaeaoe, the heart of mm wuli be a
bag filled arita noxious growth a mere faorue
ooxmg slime, la which the rote of aSVctiaa
onld asver perminatsnor tba fiosrrrs of elo
quence bloom Woman ia the engiee ofiife
tho rreat motive power of hre. valor, am
bstioo, eiviliaatioa. May foetaae favor Ler.
man protect her, and God bless her. CW.
Jmctor. "
. . Sporxeoa'j Droiber. V
Dr Armitajre, who las : recently been oa
viMt. to xuiglaod, tends to tho New York
ChiooicU, the following dcacriptioa of Spur
ge ont brother Rich srd :. j. . '
I enjoyed the plesturt of a day's iateroourae
with him, snd I must say that be b a ve rv re.
raarkable young man. He is at tht Rerrot
far: college at present, under the care of Dr.
Aorus, and will not rrsJuate b less than m
year or two. He is in bis twentieth or tsretty-
M . , . -
ani year, oing some tiro years, or to, yoccg-
er uao ow nrotner Utarles. i3at do persoa
would tako tht tao to bt brothers from any ex
ternal rrscmllanca. Indeed, io their mental
constitution, they bare bot little ia era men
wun eaen otho . And jet they are hoh.mea
of 'remarkable' power . cataraJly. Richard",
however. Is more gDtIain bis diipo?ition, hav
ing leas of the positive element in bis nature,
leas of Cephas, and more of "Andrew. Siaoa
Peter' brother; Jeae of David, aod iaore of"
Jonathan about him ; or mora properly ht b a
compound of logie sod lore aa you find themc
ia 4 James, aod John hit brother. la re rasa
ua tm Mttcr urvra iKDdcr 1DSB V. fcir id , ia
atteraoeo mors finUbed but lees Sery, and in
spirit mors timorous bat. not less truth lovhg.'
Tbey lovt each other aaoet devoutly. Hirpy
is tbe fatler and .Linked tba mother cf lt
such ambatsidcrs of ihe Lord . .
While Clr'it was" opoa earth, bt vti not
among pu Y-zr. nz i sinacn t.n : cn
Scr it-re .sn d pls-ifc . f;r lh-. i t't r
rtg4.tou, and t- rot Ct eoropicy. f'riiia wbo
came to itek and to rate !; ;w i...'
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