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1 1 .ilO 1. p Ci -- Xi t.. . TLel.' cell;: . ara L Ae.".:---- is lar ; dnstj ITcC well r . for ca, i: men, .. pi tha 'lueaateia e:c3 ' to r ig :;rouad, aad T.ZZ.T I i-ere, ---J CDOva 13 plains V3' t . i. w Allison I uilda r read. All feci that wo need di Tir.a protection , end 'XL! ar . Allison, CO f. .tx-.ily by r'e.est,.. 1? ".;!?. in pr'.yeryand ,n?e, ..j I ach. 3 r- - Chare"), cn a : ' " L I! rs'I -d r r - T 1 v JierarjUnitelP-tiet :a n-'3c:i Friv!:ij,lCt!j cf 1 . -tho-.; congregation the- carta"'' is parched and i -11 arc d : ' '-' :it oa a -1 i' r water. v His rd3YcV--i-- reiroehment chrj a..;:aUy cf thirty : ' I la a here, 220 feet .. , . end 1o,tj Crr. a win..: . " 1 , ,...!' .. - i I T . a r. in T.S6V l'.lMVl 1. -i i- 1 1., .,1 '. ""Git - - i i - ' r. i -.." s : ,i , , ' . J!'r;:;!.llar.v. Ma a to iaw, in- " .!.-.-. .ti.' I ' ' " : " " i.t.. - ' - - , . . ' w . f r"iT :: W.f "won. itiii.lv not 1. this-thty Lave t.!'.:c3 - ' vx avticl fro;a ft corn .poiKut? : JjL.-pJ- ,x t vi . X, ;,-. ti',i I a i ti-ni on the part ot tho cluuch. good and trr.a rr.::i, vho tv; i d ; ConUlenrj? in wn a I i-1!: .-.A. r.- -T? source cf poucr r..id . i-;. m ex'-recjes' bis -"regret tl.-. the 4 - . r f . ,-,cr4VV -1 1 r U i-.Ve" nbcor.F.tiued . or and ehouJd. the intercourse. of elms- J The rdVcaon does I 'X"S what, ho had said. in a tian chpj Fith; errorist,, chu "ropo,a 6 rrhersr V fe Icmunicatiom : The gist of rnatics, and Propose only; to educate,; , A?- , he apprehended of the o ch r - tp pre .1 r in.,. to which I, r.'t fi ) ii 2 to r.i3 tl.a church, nor t :h'.;: eIJcs in rar- CiO ......vi.:lt T. . V 1 prer 1 1 L: ' :r J, T. fifhcll (frcui 1 O?' : -1 III; 11.) ca Chrict 3 the c enra foundation. It vhs a short acd iL1 srrnoa. ' ' Ir.L:Lii.'Ion Dinners ahandant. ; 1 O'clock' P.M.. TLa Aecociaticn asscmLlea.1" 1 '"' lljraa,' -v v i: " -' "V;L j I cia'icad Ac" -; ' Another hyrna. Pnvcr, IlCvIrIcric-Ia leading. 1 hd i Iters ara read, reporting 50 hap' -:. "c-iO members and , 233 teac" -.'V ch'd vypil3 ;ia . aanday EChclX. lu.m-1'. - , .v ; MoUerator,!RL. Steela.'", ' Clerk, i::ier.' , :, . ; w ;i Elder.. Eiieb .regrcta that "'the choice did ne J ' til ca Mother, hut desiri.3 help and ap?tq.TuA- 1 Allison, by reqnect goe to tna e.aza to preach; an4 ia followed Dy a large congregation. ' Text "Great is the nyeterT of godliness." lTiui: 16.;., . t , i r -rQ Ghzrch, cf twelre. raeni- bers 13 received t3 a raeraber of thii bodyv ,: t -':; .nJSra P. Daniel, and Alliion, ana trctLica Hilderlraad and oth c irej - u:awLa, ' ti,d brotl liiCE..j. cf Brier " . - 7 . " ana , - uli-tra invited to eeata,' Letters era rc'il from" tie Cataw cai.aa Jeira As:ociation3. , The21oderator . "point3 the'fol lowing ccliUc3 : T :: V ML"sioaaG. T; Bhemlf."' ' V tvl ccation J. T.' Shell. ' ' ' ': " allth'SchcoliJ H, YTVt " PeriodkaW.rJchcrriU;: Tcrnpeanca S." ; Fere nson. Stte of Iicli3ion Elders Oxford. Powell tad Shell PicaaceCrethrea Clarke and Aaoaias, The Ccnnitba ctj TJniforraify of E.Hcrr thu:!:3 3veral er- raoDs at oae tittbg are- tlrecerne. TI 3.1 -i .. . fonasto rit-Jhrs, and toEtereo tyrcd prsyers. The Treacher ehoald ia- what is Fror.tricprropri I i . . - it .. I ' - ; i - Elder llocdy thiahs cmV.Lta' L cesa,. that oae:hiag ha tsa learned by thi ' Trr have too smanyj ministers and t too little qpalihc-tiona. . . i-rery.chnrch ehoald have its paa r ar t erpnort hin The report h laid cathe table and e coramittee uisar-od. xt s Ccrjnittco orjrcligbos nern- CC3 reports that Elder- Moiy will f rcr. oh to-racrrow at 10 f o'clock and Elder Caaltney at ens; Elder Oault- ey tp prc-ch in Lencir this iven- g;a?iEHeriV7a!ters tomorrow ver-irg. .. . : ., . . Ilynn J VFaitU Jib. z t precioal : , Pr- jer, i:'l':r Moody Jcsdu V - vcehicv' - - ? , tor , the PfVfe tca t 5 o'clocic; P. M., Eld 7T-T-rl rp n ' - Ji a, J. C. Tow ef J. U. Powell end the present itcr ralk a . ulla anda ha.t to a pes J ar th e f. ... i cf ! High Eri -ht-: ca 10 UiLa ia ;. Oa cur -rrivrl. v n . , w .a .- a!.d 1.; deter:- 1 only rc - izt tr ill 1 g i: Up v; tac-:r:' a i-..: ' ,".-3. 17e th:a t'.j re: ' s c- -V.VitellU II cc -3 t),r:i .-1. ... i - -J ::i o our eyes. : A Er.?-p ot-H ratnes near v:s, and foxes barh; in lha Uiar txncc' bat J revicr.3 teil tes'etaour tleep, and tha balpj I reez$ makes it sweet t Deforo we jire Ieary" of oar poantain Led, fydawns,' and we repair to the East, each climb-, ing 11 tn 0 and aw:.'t:rg tho king of day. ' . Coca a f:ry glob ariics ahove.tha Err.sby .Mountains; and. Eaiohe enables lis .to.gaze .npcn'lit, and ec3 it leave the frooantain,i and with calm deliberation ascend be vaulted sky, . A i halo ,hy , decrees rests njon its ape?x and &ix belts i, light encircle it. TJiese jgradnally widen, and theiljaminatioaljecoroea too intense for naked yea, it Yellow jackets, scare all tho enblimityijof Elder. Allison,, and? we rash ta.the westend rock to. -r . J .-, , Vizir thAtelccapoQ'cfi On the Soahw the beqtifp) valley. of the Catawb -carrying a flood of crystal hwater ironxlha taioinUin sideband scooliag jthQeandy plains 01 fcor4t!i Uatolcaf 0 the mQuntaina, the hills, the fanss and rests for rnilca ia ,evexy f c;jectioai!?;lIorgan. ton ' in r the distance,' Lenoir with steeples thiniag -in .the' sunlight, Grand Father.- and : Table. Itock raounUina ' rising in the west with the long : emoky back -of tlie Bine Ridge behind 1 them, the sheep no larger than the lilies in ithe valleys, the c winding streams,' the- quiet groves and peacefal : homes i furnish each a feast .for! i hnmah eyea that we cease." to invy -the joya ol even znoGntain-climbin; i Moses, a t The.taonntaia ia notiretaarkable. nary ; trees,' wild ' sage being'" the principal nfadergrowtb," grow there on.' On tha north-east corner ia a; cave cf thrca rooias accessible brra eraall hole, But we 'gaze at our 8abliae BCrronndangs till we' ! V1' 'Hcsin to feel as well wa migtiJ U t r Tae keen demands of ajyjetita.'!-; ' pecending our, .rocky steps and walking and running down, we soon reach., the , hospitable home of JLIrt Eagler.,, Such aT breakfast h.Yonr dishes of peacock brains, your pies of nightingale, leagues, your; soda- fouatain gas. mayctand aside..Mr. Hagler's epring bnrsts at in alargs volume from the, foot .of tha un- tain, and, even in August his rich batter ie'eut ;in ; solid slices, .JBnt thei llrs. Hagler knows how to load a table ind bar party with' grateful hearts wend qzr irearyway to Lower; Creek Church , . '' ' t ' ' , I ' ' The exerciees , are ojeafid wifh a prayer meeting,. , : ; I The Toll is called arid, the proceed ings are-ead. . ,,!.' . .tj , Pr. Wingate, representing ' "Wake ForsrJS Jollege, ;'and, brother Prich ard the Cp.ay SckoJ Aesociation, and Modera.,T"n,j'f theirYad tjn: Asociatlrav' ,r-p corned, to seats. -The report P. ;1 ca !'Tha fe..u uvuji, jvicncat; giving "any details . cf- curmiary cpat rations. , 1 , ; , : v jt ; HEldsr Ganlte? cakes a' Epcch on christian benevolence and ' eacri- Mey;-c-h;le Elder Moody preaches ' vvw- --r mn ! iclieions society, mfmt, afc?s tote a minister of who also . teache8 that h ;TVowntial and of baptism is i," " T ; . . suLm,laimP en included ,in ifw- ' ?i Tfcte bave73 Jfed caption of an ar ticle over the jagarji; jof T. IT. P. in which tha J writer ' jCc,aiT'',rg of tho injustice done to the aabscx;hers by a class of persona who do cot tiha the paper, but nevertheless read it. Perhaps; said - persona DUght to La er- fhe ana its idolized mode ot baptisra a advocates ' waier-worshi ppt? itti" 'He teaches sAatt that Ji2tania a-rk TrAfiM''Atpd bV bap4ia. ft.nd Uikt aU'the'iniarits of church ; mem- those wi orii (Hod calls to preach, u those who are recommended ly the churc?tfa.'l rrliey have" nothing to do with the question wllethi r Jthia or thaTyoung man cadleJ to preach. That matter is left .where "it belongs with " the ;cLurchea. s .When a church ?Eaa' decided .that i m : their I , Jwhuh evey reader of the opimWa tfertaia man should preacti, j J Testament kno to ian the Boani -otUUducation .receives a oronoBll immersion tl Jf he givna evidence uof ability to re: ceive? an education, j apd 'eems to po'sseea the -indispensable' qualifica tion of genuine piety hfe is encour agedand eidod to complete t he full coilegei cuurao.If oil the other hand, liis piety is questionable, or hia prog- Tfess in study does not- promise well, his name ia t quietly! fdropped; from the list of beneficiaries. 1 Surely, there can be i ho valid al jectiori to this j course7 of f procedure, and there is 'none of our- enterprises to which the churches should more liberally contribute than this. ' tt jWe must have iin educated minis-. trv. ' That question does , not admit 6fa mcunent's debate, r The people are Joeing educated more' and more, and the pulpit' s must : j 'higher lhan thew; hej pastors ; must t the teachers, if they woulcl be the leaden, of the people. ;The people; will rise in moral and r mental quau ficationq.. just t in proportions to. the advancement of their pastors in pie ty and intelligence, ; (i ! Our j- College does t not require students for the ..ministry :.( to payf . tuition fees they , oily , have to rav for board, books, and clotHng.'V1,',Aiboutvone5 hundred, knd twenty-five or' thirty dollars will - meet 'the-' ''expenses'' of one of these young men tat & year, ; rine "Board of Education nave now under thevr care twelve .or fifteen .of these 'young ministeps,4 for whose- support they need some sixteen. W. 'eighteen hundred dollars. Prom all the in formation I have received from dif ferent parts of j the State, " if we had the meansififty 'worthy youbg- inen, duly endorsed ,by the chttrchesf would promptly put themselves - in the hands of this Board to .be educa ted for the gospef ministry. . " ' . . v' r ' Brethren, we . shalJ . sin j against the, cause of Christ if. ;we ,do no promptly meet ; the wants of . this Board.. It can easily be done if all the churches, will give sotnething; , end all til churches will give something if the pastors will a&t them, s Brother pastor can't you preach. & aerioa on ministerial education and ask your church .or churches - for a contnbur tjon to this object? ..... TiH. P. ; ! I nDo You Pay fcV'the Eec'crdsr?" ; iho editors of - the witliKtan " tha credit they are ko jn.stlv entitled, and the ty etrites ' between two reputation they have so fairly won, ! 2Tot accused cf rLt, Le rant net by tiie ability, exeiapi.uy " ..u,h.c, a.Jlluyf ta guIUy of umiug dw moderation, j dignity, and , (htity cord amoti bref'ren. , distinqishinnj..v their; Journal: (Ir, Not unruly, not stubborn himself brethren. berrs 'should be liaptized.i u. Now!tJiis!; .rrian not only reftisod to oTey 1 Christ, also : preaerios doctrines 'cbntraty' ''fa oachings Ulth of the-'Bible nd of common sefco.1 Moreover , he gives aid a enconragement; n the Pajmcy by achrocating the- perversion bf tho New Testament niodej of baptism atid by teaching" that infants are the projper suljecte of tkis jordinance'j "But this man. is through courtesy invited into our pulpits." ;,f , a "If a man , preaches iloctriues for which! we would exclude lain from 6uT pulpitsandour churclies,is it not the very climax of inconsistency to turn around and contradict both our theory arul our practice by inviting that man into our pulpits?" ' I Entertaing a high respect for the ability of the Ilerald l snh still ob liged to think 'the torsiiaye fail ed to meet the objectiona ! of iiiair correspondent,; to? the policy lie op-1 poses, and as I regard the subject as one of Hmportance; J! Jbeg .leave to invite3 attention to the fo&wring re raarks km tha.case, as it ,etan4a be tween the -lilors .and their jeorres pbndenti 1 ? - - y To the charge ot'iaiqpsiatency lhe JTerali repHes-"Conisteey is of i hb easy attainment in v a world fio J filled with i errors, and with conflic- 0 ting views and practices ; as ours is. It is no leteJhble 4 mark 4 of truth: - - f. - Error may bo .consistent, , and truth niay seem to ba.incoasMnt.M r w This' is clearly, an evasion fif the question. That consistency . is not Of easy attainment, is no reason why inconsistency should be " practised or justified: no more than tha diffi culty of being honest, or truthful, justifief fraud. , or, falsehood. ..The argument, or ripology of th&HeraU, looks too much . lie . that of a man who justifies, or' exenees himself in doing what he kuows to be wrong, by paying, iThis is what every body does. "tfi doa't do Uf aoW Either person will. The meahs ,by which inconsistency and every other form 8 of evil ; is to be i corrected," is, for each one, in his own 1 place, regard less of the opinions or conduct of others, to do himself what is right!' 'V t The charge of iucdnsistenoy is an f r")J"A'n ad hominem,und should be met $ixx jraerits. t The course cpentto ,he Qri'waV'fJier to, deny, the charge, ox to fsonjfessjit,' latent po- lnconsistent must, Of two I 9 ' - . fc-l.-t i - :. . I Li'.: ,i?'3'T3 Lit r- ' r I TPrr.lTlrt&n tit fhdii rlTitv' riiif. thatx I onH ahonrlnn mnnnr Lmmi tad f A wantTflmA.n . .... V . - 1 f .......... ----- , - :.-- -.T I . "ff.'VM'v-W: 1 IU " t Ij at . IJVW, .; ;.u-Srr.i,.reaJatae report r -Bat YvS.-P. "makes' kpecial i-ora-il buU - if -not'be nl - I i"iw jh.wuui, ctuu i t'cnj"- l W'ttn ltC3 f. ? This an esaay on the 1 otia ra if kwtn ifri,.! o . . -I . . f . 7 r ... . --IT- T fenso than .that it implies no ap probation of their error? It. seems tome that tho Scriptures require" i"iat ouroid ehflH be such, as not only to imp!y hjxt f''". Py. and decidely, not only pnjr fiwpf button of their ' errors, but to mar. them w'ith our reprokat ion. v . ' ' . But Ijhe most remarkalle position of the editorial n Question, and that whrh w the rticnlar. ; oaon why Icali W.tiori 'to the subject is' con-" taineil m iw 'Rowing statement.:; ! "Th churcV must V pEPOSB" a inanfrom the ministry Vh " comes a con ert to JPedoffapttsw4 aid deems it , his duty to teach and to preach infant baptism,'' tchmS. ntv erthclessjthough he has been EXCLtl "TjED ftcan her communion avd 'crii u&d hhnsdf with' anolhtr thurehl mih she is . nut in fdl6hip, i hdongiflg f-o NtO church, the may "qJU cmsistenti' Jntfta to preach inherjndj)Uf ,;But ywict I entertain for.the ILrdd, and tho restraint, which, under tho Authority of public opinions courtesy impes upon :t the f reedmn of discussion, I should say, thisi is tone of Mie weak; thing, for which wise men aro not uufrequJitly dietinguishedl DE POSE a man from the minwtryi and EJECT him from the church, then tum imtadifcely arouiul, . and in vite -hini to peacJj'n your pulpit! Is not this i an aUurdjiti? I ac knowledge ; it seems to me na of; the many examples of that aimable perhaps, but lawless feding, which, sowiifl the restraints ' of logic; warps and iW the mind, as. with a Circean charm, , vri4,V around us a 'murky, unwholesome vMJttQsphere, and, like an ignis fattms, leads jits dupe vfcrever it will, the sjiort of its ghostlicoacl noxious vagariea t J "The churcl"--eji the Herald 'wou!dbear ..distinct and phatic tejSfcmopy agauisx nia errors.' ., r. ;j f )J2e.e.rdjflfrictand empnaiic teitlmd ny against his rirf- when; though, he does.not v rotraot, rpent of his : offenses, "for which he has ii&tx4e- posed Kid excluded, but on the con trary applauds himself, for what he has done, Ln i&ke, bun to her , bos om and invites hiiu nto her most sacred place! Disapprobation, which incurs no forfeiture of character or position is an unmeaning sound: an I empty name 8neh v ail anomalous penalty is calculated to invite, rath er than repel aggression. : Tlietvvo" acts of a church the one in ejecting a member from her communion,, the other in fraternizing with this Rime 'excominanicated member, like an acid vnd alkali nenjralizo each other and result in a prodiict; of a -nature J enturely different:, trom either of its formative t agents? hqV, thaf t is im possible to say whether; tho church "approves, or disapproves of the con duct of the offender. Looking at one of her acts we would say, they' disapprove it. Looking at the other, weould sayi tiiey approve it. Look w.wld .except advertisements of ball tooifls,) entitling them them, it iatiiot top much to say, to the name of pub- f Ho bnefsictorSj ana especially to the gratitude and ahectlori ot me chris tian, and particularly of the Baptist community, "havo,' I am inclined to Uikt in Jh'ejr Jc?ve',prr)injia their pas sion for unioj.ftraigVteVr'V til they have crooked down: in other words, ds wM-ftiidf thI'an they have gotten so straight, ! that they berujl phoctfor .vay.'' Union is a good or an evil; . t'is nsnociated with truth or rrc4;:v,ilh Christ, or the impugnera And opposers of his tjiith and cause. ;'' . . , Jf lsaya tho 'flerJfl'the m baptized ! pre ' uu'authQriftpi1,'T and should' never: bo ' encouraged " to teach", tliey should no" more bo sanc tioned - in teaching ' With ' the pen than with the tonguo. - - Whatever may 13 true in llict, th position of the Ihrnjd's correspond ent does not imply lb A "the unbap tibed 'arc "uiiauthori I -to teach.1 ;y hethex jhy 'jars' "v. d horizecl to teach," and wiefrcr fedpljtt church- es or cut-Uiit sn ciiurt iies. ur uuuior- lzed sod to receive them in the character f chrisluiii ministers,, 'and- invite at the Trzt, Revel xxii:, 17. .t:oas Ue l.l3Cnr3C2 ' t'.a c zv t! 3 nature and purenecs cf!.3 por-cl invitit:ca?.'.v ' : ! Elder "7pJters p.d'Tr"- the r.s- ee-ii-n J cxccnitcs tl bve C;;r;-t end tha es." Ictcf yu tr,; 3 cU to r.;el 3 "ic ' r:r.1f; fi c'. ?l.a rta for 1 1 .1. scribe and pay for the paper, ha'vo I not the. right to read it. lend it, sell or give it away. ".'And u my neighbor who receives it Ifrom jae and reads it, to Jpe fharged vitlrdi!s hone?ty'?."Or cpa J j-end.it ta my father or brother in : Vir'gj, cr somewhere else, and ho reads it, j3 he acting dishoneKtly ? " r i As for myself, I could wi:h th- evpy . subscriber to .tho Ezcc : - s, woa'ld rj'J a;;.d then circul.t : ;. truth 'would thescl;- ira V V -rved and the editor's fculserli.i; a Lt i cfe" sed for.r " Ih! 1. ; Will o-.r t! r brct '-.sr '..T. .M. '. P, ., rc ?ct bf.t 'f. : . ricr.xat, and tea if. La k?.z th-..3 " , tire t rdl c... 'wrona Truth ij of thew (nfo tl)eir pulpits"; that too, as general rxd .an44'b'pn, tlie only reason why they are hot baptised, itt because, theu will not le are en tirely differeut , questions. If the fonner were admitted the latter would not necessarily follow." ' ' I I'.'JJaays the Jlernld'we can not invite Vjlkprn 'into bur pulpits, we cannot reeeiYQ th&r jyri.ings info our houses." ' f I would ask the editors of ,ihe Veraldf if they would invite into tfyeir pulpits every man, whose Writings 7)jeyf receive into their houW.'. Mt; " '' ' f !'1 ' v The Het'aid proceed s "If oir?cor- respondent sings Watts' 'Hymns, reads Jjiuren'a sermons, or' consults JJeurys fommentary, he fidls into the Very tiiConmUu',e desires to ilteauy might -" V.'-"-"'-, . oveu U18! in. Titl c.;.4 sceptical, essays, he endorses his in- 'J ' " r i ' ; u ' i.'.V.- . ' . ": ':. I,"1,. to work. for his support: he must not on that account, tira in fservinsr tlie but, bo subject ta tha brethren, and to the judgment of tho chnreh r ; i Not soon ' alngry, anger anj;osos ana not eovpii by christian tcm per, and very liable to go wron. ' A lover ' of jQyl rcn, (huoi.ing godly company, and not h. '.-aately associated, or with vicious individuals or bodies of racn. J ufit ; not defrauding, nor seeking OYCrYftaio trade; nor purposely delaying -payment, nor trying to ghui) th9!?t ' ' Holding fast tho faithful word, as he hath been taught. ; To . depart from the. (teachings of the written word indicates the worst treachery among men. It f is dishonesty ia Christ's name. Able by sound dpptnne both to exhort and convince Exportation given io unsound doctr'co leaves men ..."unconvinced, Iwul tills . tho chinches llhr.i :.cf..h 1 i...d.ihd, and Uie pulpits, with' auti-chriutian teachers Z Tim. iii 2-7. - Titus i : 6-11. . i '' : Tlie pastor ought to feel himself called pf Got! tp 13 sneut for his churches. "J?or AyhonrJ havo sul fered the loas of all thin'g's."--lhilip. iii:8.! '-"J 'yj very gladly spend and be sppnt fpr youj thpiigh the more abundaptly I lovp yon, the Jess I 'Jje Jpye'd,!! Cor. xii; 15. He must not seek to bo faphionabJy call ed the 'servant of all,' but "ho must be really ' suchMark x; ii, He must not shrink from being viewed as a' spectacle to the world, not only to men, but to angels: ' Tie must meekly bear to be called the filth of tfye world, and the offscouring ot all things. ."fe. iv: 9-13.! "The chtuthes must not alkJW hm ffl fx alt and boast himself, and swell and pride himself of his own excellence and superiority. For bur great pat tern says : 'Of myself I will hot glo ry, but in n?irp jrnities.' I will glory of th$ things'' which concern my infirmities. S "I aviII take pleas! ure in infirmities.n- "Most gladly ra " -r- th.3 w if t! ; 1 H J ( 1 I tui f five Li will I Ifrt'.ct the' Lord's '-'th c..:;.w.c.i ia our sUrniiic-i ownhearb. EoccntytheLordv5-;t(,lUvV,i4 a dearth. Tl....., . . "4 .1 ia r i..r r tl 3 t;.i U.1V :rcl T " " 1 1 oat.,; churches to tc . landmarks by fastin-ccoca c' 3 . - x' hcarliap P6-.? And: what is very l was simultaneous with tL c' ..4. 1 . . um.. .Knowing who i doing, , even on that of hosts sent ; hjs. xti. Pre; time many souls Lve rejoice in tha Lope o( t).' . God. : Tho Church Rt Ai' -:,hj t vii.cn uity-iiirfo ; i;.e co:i:ri at:;iIoSSwai;:; h.lVa K greater Increase by the sixty-tbrfe paeons 'djii meeting. I' r Via - - , V ted it is tLilj widsulur at t..D' Lranch and 1 rr til DAnl.n!. 'o linn tvannili; fl orp-f :j- " te:.Iin cat for rr.isjp... ... :a t' - ;-.tha vd a -,.T. : t'lefhurfh their help. fi-.eonr churchca In ; i., Pine Qrove ikro,! Co.,i3.0 Us also been 'signaiij blesed. j yet, what is equally 6i.Di!- f cc?perat,on of(rtSfar5, . ; anesun-Brunswick county- ll, wrought : a marked ..-hanrd the whole eeadnl in 0Ur .With the foreool Uel3 J,t ftu the churches at their nesl qaartoiW &n monthly 'conference:- 't tl -iU selves to work for the L.rJ. ' .". Whatever iaof ktrefst to 3 churches, cead it to tho LV'-IL Tk,ncoEDE3, and brctf ii er iii fidelity. Paul quoted from a heath 3 fi tAatt tiri.i T . 1 ... 1. . . . . jv.. nuum no uavo luvitea nim to-preaofr 'with' him?: and though ne rfjojeca Tfcat 'fgonjo preached Christ even of iivyandstrile," ean we suppose that he would have comi mitted himself tcrany respohsipility for such a ministry?- What God. lnj his righteous sovereignty inay dd,s inrougu ine operation ot causes, in themselves evil, or rather which are evil; as the acts of moral' agents.ancl Vf&t1 j ,oc,r rjt7-iin relation to such operatiohJi, -hte1 Veiy dirent Ques tions. A want of1 disiirimination at this point; it 1 constantly involving' men in perplexity and error.' 5 s ;Not withstanding these strictures wHclt I have judged ; necessary' and seasonable, the- Herald has perhaps tew sincer. friends, or its editors;- Hiserro?s'-ys the flfralil "are not inconsistent - with hra Tltkv' i .i i . . - . luttByunuupsB oi ma views on ihw .1 . I -"vi . '4-l-Lih , 'i i vjuu uocmues oi mo gospel !nWs"- C&t.T.ere his "errors inconsistent ii i . . . . - i " Lino ouujiiiiiowa or , , . . .. ' uwvwffsoi iuij vitai aoerinrrea of mgat Mi, ye.fchotiM .they ine qftlieni-at least, with whom I neithfeF appreye, Of? djsapproye t- "I 'B niqre ciffirly . .-tccmalnted "TTis errors'Wfaavs tlm TTerdlJL fcCQT-isheat,'' ; But their aatithesis required them. to. eay-4 Truth mey ls inconsistent, if This error; however; .they cautiously -inconsistency, whicl vclrcs, toijftVy- h''cal stateni th: :ir:D rrzi ; Wt . 13 c;:l. f .r t! ? E- d? ; ": : : . ... , v :. - - - -i r I rr . ... i . 3 i i. - cape, but only by falling into an an- which in-ateaient. ' h irc'i in tha P2ns3 icteridol, "r;ror m,iy le c-r.ienthit should not bforQt t. a, t t!:at in a L'her and mora im portant fense, r.3 being at variance v h trnh'i, and, cpnUicting with vir-t-: 3 V - - A, it is al ways t-: f" . o r:xy jtii j;.-:-t7. to be ! i;-.cc:.:t.-.t thr.a ." to ha 'wrca'g,' is c .!y to fay it is i..-.t eo Ud to (h one thie.jj A.LLli ij Tca j' as to do two. I liter to do neither. If they be, : L" ::.? when ccn Wof'eoa their -ai th:irpceitiea ta cf truth tal.prin- it 13 nvaeh . or i,..-.: ..:. E.ei. CUT V 1"! 4 ' 1 cc: O I'" j ii a i i r. e;i i;.y i i a t- tl?e gospel," before hjs ch.urchf)E: lyxtti) and lr4C0il.BfUiCATEp him?: Jf this fact; bo a sufUcient reason- for admitting 1 him into Bap tist pulpits,! in the character of a minister of another church, why should it not! be a sufficient reason; for retaining him in his own church, and a jW.3ction to - him against the djsaape of deposition'and exclusion; Fnrthentioro, will the editors 'of the Herald be so kind as to inform us, why errors which are not "inconsis tent with piety" and "soundness" in 'christian doctrine; ;;"; Lie RV.X. greater admirers ot his long, cqntin ud RU4 yaluable i services, thin an old friend, whom. , Uil11a. feelings for 'him.'.iniannafr,- Ji dressed by the poet to a man whnM the world might much ' better have i Serus in Pftlum rerj;,. , wiiirecognissein the ei.rnature of bO; v Haacc) fehouLl Le a su..,c;c;;t reason Jdr- reruung to ad- 'chrkilin corrMwitlihtta 0 rait le e 2. our cci.imunic.i when it is not a tuf ficzer.t reason for denying our pul pits to a 'dqyoscd and excomrjiurdca- ted lahii.icr? ' ' J.';' ' -e; '" :-! rn lit countenance rrc.t t :I;;cf- e c: ; a c -c i ' V. I h i,1 ov,-:i cr i rr ;a tc- :;;(:: s cf t..i neii.tt.rch)t 1 i i cc;r.:i.-d.cutly t : ."ii.e.. u ,;i f.:;.i ia l.. 41 . ' xhelc.l !. LLd 1 r i.fh.r r sho I... i :vi Lie hi.i v. : a c! '. - i j -1 Tor the' Eiblical r.;ccr.acr Characteristics of a Pastor. "Blameless," ! iiot'deservinp to be blamed; vigilant,, watch in t faith- Inlly over, himself and LLi people Hooer, in ms jucjgmeats,' appetites and habits ; g6od behaved, Karahle, friendly and polite 1 constantly i.,s' pitahloV neigh.loorly liberi. rtliev ing want;?i:pl?to; teach, j instruct in the'; thurc:i! ' thrce ly in f;C J trrsth ; not excessive ia wine, ia'na cart cf spirits, nop chcica ia food ; no str.kvr, ia piL...i wordi, ncr personal injuries ; not greedy of filthy lucre, to r.:ix be.;;:, j with preach!"-; dr::rt J:!i - ileeh for larger fi!-r::3; crt3.f minivtry cf : prc-chir- th3 P 1 ex: ;t,ti !. re. .h Li it t i . w 1 e r 3 church. The apostle Fays: "for ye re member brethren, our labor and travail for laboring night and day, because we wotild not be chargeable unto any of you, we preaohed unto you the gospel of God."-!--I Thess. ii: 9 II Thess. iii: 8-9. j Churches solemnly owe it to them selves and their neighbors not to give themselves and their friends a pastor who is wanting in ' these' traits of character. They may be thoughtless and :rragijar(e in. selecting; but they are therefore none the lees gnil ty of deep wrong. : "' " They may object, and say, we can not find such. ' V . But this objection avails not.. If tlie church is aberrant in her life 'and character,1 she' will cair a pastor without requiring such character ; and if he has not this character before 'bejng called, he will . .." - I ' rh" 'u' i..'r J; i not strive fp,r jt afterwarc, v ' iTheso -qnaltScations ' will ?be- ex changed for others when' ever the hi.',.'- - " - .-itl -rl church ceases to be -tne . piutM, i . . i ..... & . . ground of tho truth. Her pastor then would be likely, to have in his list of qualifications Buch virtues as the tQjIowing.j Jjeareirjg, -eloquece. pauios or Fsnsation, -good, voice, fas cinating manners, yieldsngand com promising, in doctrines, ri Not doc trinal ia his preaching, aihliating with, and liberal towards ether stt &o. t V -! 1 If churches are faithful, thy vi'l remain without a pastor sooner the.n hu the phico with u:v. And It f IA rnfifonVr : f gladly, publish it., Kcthing teia La-' nore encouraging : to 00r ainieters than to hear that; Gods "children are tralkj?- in tha trnfh : . , JOHN V.-ELLIS, ; : T. S. lSEUOllY, Dear CRoEa!;rrr5:-rr the privilege to give yon r cohnt ol the Sunday schoc 1 'r New Hope Church, on Friday f au KUfct . innno i fo! ble of giving you a trrJ necrat. . - ""'w j uU (iui your rer : i r--M - t '0 . A hear .vith me whila I p'tter a few things about ths e'u- 1 r -' that grand, end nojj subject c i whir'irj ia:;ehlt-:s bcea"rr:d f-'i "written, . ,Ht It was 9 o'clock w hen the chr.d:. a ana teachers all met ; a fjw ftr.pP0. priata hymns were a, wh'ich followed ; by prayer by Key. fi. fl. Trawick. of tho II. E. Church. An excellent prayer was cfTered ia Lo half of the" Sunday Echocl. Alter theexercises of prayer cheeed, Lrc. WPfK''' rl cf t! 5 church, mac?a a very ia;p-ee: ivaV1'" ho then called upon B. Id. Tra-ie";1 to address the large crowd . hleh Lii This ho did in a ra c impressive raaai ' He based the address :op 'the' n church. fclnking and :r. Creeper prt p;hs' 1 v h tu ting Gandafr::--in i:!3 frr' ' way d rZ:T W$t;; orginupftn f;;a preatfti j Mva.;toart ia.tha..ereit i r .a. looking to Cod ihr' few- Vaurches "wi'.;! 1 palter,-and he'wculd lor c, d. ; arbcro,' II. C, Ae iin yet preya;h-tl, of t! ue en 2o c:.:.V:.'..j u . r . ' I,,..' tivj C j ne:l:3 r- k:!..1 i i.e. : Tho Ex:..; i - ei..: II) . ::i yc ;; 1 i , ;!y'-:':;:if.; ... . i .I c: 0' - Ch un! ,e-'i : i fcu.'' ' i at t.' 3 tl-rico:: r l: !, : ' r . i Arf tho' re-t G. 1 i G. . raising childrta in - the School. Ue f poke in a very manner with an deque Gth.r appropriate tahs Vr by Williim-'ldalTalcS- ij:. Jc::e3, Principal ti New IL eny. At 12 o'clock wo all down to a finely prepared hero we all ea joyed 'care'dvc every ono cayl-g Oh I whet a x prepared iuhla. 2Iuch L:.:r credit is -duo .to tho !e.!' - rr cld"NewfI"cpe-';'4f: -r I - frcshed, tha crowd rl - .t . a: -day :ant' tone. r-m rched "r:3r, -y ' T i ij t. ci;arc::,. v.eie t: :ed ia fin:;: p rials Hy'u-:2,ar..:iho r ro- i . i" . . Lei ":cr cf. ,3 t' f 3ch.f ...-. .r 1" .i'.:r3 Yd 3 i.:aL: 1 r t .i i ... . ue Le t: i::t: :t le: :' ;1 i 4 e? wiii : 1 4it, ,i:ic- . . o .1 th'o i - 1 i :i re
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Aug. 18, 1869, edition 1
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