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iCuiDER. f crO: ire leave :s and at Heli- zLL Ii lln 1 tli3 doors wide open, ci: J tha windows dilapidated. CTI. j exempla r of the V church " cui3 to hvo demoralized the , country ; "at 7akefield the pri -' vaio houses seemed f desolate ' 5 - end i!i3 jcnly;:citizn' Vwe ? saw, J s wo3 ing asleep on a log. !-Pass- intho town wo metsomeheau . ' 1 if nl ladies, roses in the wil- derncss, who seemed to enjoy the i country air frasnrant with Lloomm lical K;:cord:::i. Yd paper has never been s:.t to the Recoedek olUce. It : cms to have been intended for Bun combe- Bat we have seeait and determined to accept it. Elder Rowans the man who is said to have convex ted Elder Gold. He shall hear from ns at an early day, and if the Lord will help ns, we jwiil make the path of trnth plain, before him. x - w DEATH OP A' MINISTEB. ' i iAbont three weeks agoj El der R. TV. Ihdbridge , (who several years ago came to this State from Virginia.) went to his appointment and preached" v our wis ;:. have ri a Ice ri"!.t. How 1 3 a way of holding Divino au thor it tins is, any 0113 can judge. And how disastrous to ir forests IXocasin Creek is too deop on SatnrJay; soon, after preach-' - . - . .. 1 1 ... . .Til. I . to lord : so we tarn ap tne mg no was xaKen wuu panwy ' v stream to a bride-el land spend sis. and died in "a few hours. ' the night with brother Minga. He leaves many friends, and a :'" Cretin? Tar River ni Webb's destitute held. ' Hill we come to -- ,- The house is a good building I Some of the churches of the in a grove of oaks. ? It is 40x60 Beulali Association are talcing i and has no ceiling nor plaster- I steps to pav oil the old debt, ac- inft nor stove, .and only 53 J cording to the apportionment of . races of glass are lacking in 1 Moderator Jroteat, which ;was - Ltha windows. ' Elder Duke is published in .last week's Re- the popular pastor, i i and there I coder. The church at Mart : is a .summer sunday school Hill will have her amount, . connected with the church. eighteen dollars, ready by the i' 'ivTLEASAST GE0VJ5. first Sabbath in April. ,, MtHcr- , - nruic rna mon, Tiiousu noi.nowa mem- . i;ffni tmxra, Tf I ber of the Association. ; has -ia 30x40 and in very good keep ; raised a part of the amount as, ;t signed her.. U will ; OR com . , ever beeA broken. It is now. Pletd n th? first Sabbatly m w proposed to plaster and paint 1 he church in tulkboro I. - ji . . r ' - 1 will Risn havp. her nuota. eleven wic ana men pui m a sxoye. J i This church has a summer t sunday school and Elder Eat- man has been elected pastor. ' nashvilue; ' . : This is 1 the county seat of v'rrash; Population about 75; It : i i i3 cry gooas ; siores, one nciei, one Doaromg nouse, Unirit of the olden times '" ; vw, wuvv, - &wB . ,..v - J ... . IfTp-IIillf Ufi . " mops, x lawyers, ana one aoc tcr. Capt Bridges : teaches a 1 mixed school of 26 students, but ' ths town has no house of wor 4,.- will also have her quota, eleven dollars' ready by .the last of April, ai wucii ume me , union Meeting will be held. Keep the ball moving. Let U3 , roll away this' stone ot stumbling and rock of offence and then the lieulah, glorious old Beuiali, will go to worK wiin somemins oi ine snip Eldek P. M. Jokdak,!oiio of -4 our missionaries, preaches once a month, x at. night, at Two - new buildinffs i are Company Shops: once amonth, f nn.but manv others need two or three nights in ; the f o . . ' i ttt' ..t..-n . it: rpnnirirt. The s I Jonrt House W00JC, at -Y mston, uorayiu 13 Landidirie' iwo-storv brick I countyr once a month at Salis-. tiding, Nashville needs a shoo bury, and once a month at New shop, a barber shop- and a Tai- ry Tavern. This is an impoi- tant neia, ana nro; j. repons Icrs sIiod. "The number ot " ! without any injury to the public) is sowing time He expects a V ' . I Tir.li harvest. ' ' ' J. 'D.' H:" I ash poor house;is a very Many of the; brethren of the poor nouse, witii iy mmaies, rz I llaleigh Association ; vantf a, bcir, whiter This (like most missionary. 16 labor within 1 the f ULiici jjuuj,, jiuosct; juj uuvy uscu DOUnas OI lllal uoujr..,f hv uupt; partljasja Ig-m-hofpitaL jv that brethren Blackwood, Ivey; " ... , itASONic- fukxiluUi & : 4" ' Marcom and others will 'select ' Cook cf T7arfenton preached in the Academy in Nashville the funeral sermon of Mr. Sors bv. Some of the grog shops , had their; back doors open, but -.the sermon was good, and the . procession vas quiet m pass r judgment bar, i. oiioio :wl.oui 3; or, in .her wortU, if our ko;.!. aud bodies and all that' we, have were our own , to us e a? . wo pi ease. then we could afford to scoff at the thought of IU being a solemn tiling to live; but those who study God s word, belie v vc ry r 4 ; 1 ve r pur- jw( ; r.ct ' t its i:tend t . resu.t 10 in;n, yct uou knows what would have been tuo cor.icquenco nau uccn car rififl ontr in. fact the result baa the interests of religious truth, already come topasij withliim; auu 10 an imwuigeufc curiiua-u ftmi marked dawn in hi oroirress. no considerate mind can fail to see. , - -! ,: WsiA br him ronortinn.atel it with all their hearts,are This theory of the Christian Tn Anv thinking mind. In Wlew offcon 80 Wrongly impressed lite once admitted for the dU nfthifl things, it mnt lWv w,th tbo responsibility of liy- rection of pulpit and; private 80imn to live. But, perhaps; gr that they.i fall ; irequenUy religious teaching, and , all Bonio ,wui ay, ' M Wo have "Pou vuers-uee8 i,u church organization , perishes, thought much concerning this earnest spirits cry, "Heavenly There iano longer any order, matter, aud if we could view Master, for Jesus sakohave or :uotto"t imngs, cepiuj in tbo light that he does, l"1 " lu "a what the higher' moods mav! wtt Wnniii h Wni mneAi so to live that, at last, we .may suggest; and those being TT&wiih the solemnity of existing. loome plaudit: ousas theindividuilsin whom! t 2111 "Well done, thou good ; and , - - r . . y ( . -, . - u aw u ljuu Mv&l U u - iiuw mm f . . i .i they are found; will give a vast, merifal God knowing that ""Mai - servant ; l; thou hast ifnotabeauliful variety.. IThe, tnan is born in inahd that woen faithfol over a few things, Bible is no longer a, lamp ,,to ininnUv Wlom itaftlf iwhim I 11 mako thee, ruler, over our ; feet arid, a light . to our U ga rows in rears ! aware. manv things, enter thou into. 1 - " , a . - FIJI n T . 1 path, but the inward 4 ( mopas too, thaf it fa perfectly uatu. 01 our.ijora.; ?. j ,ine?lie mdf J,our- ral for him to love the world, ,T. conclude, Have we been uoai me. xuai, iigni . wuicn and spend 11 his time, talent, " "..i is in us being darkness, , how aaWv mfi inflnAnnn in rf- and acting wjtK respect toitT great wilb that. darkness bh, Urence tol thisHte:: under- Ahl friends, must not each one Such a theory has . been r the I nlirtrr atari man'a 'inn- I COUieSS; lUOv ,im, ,uaS ; .WaSl-eU refuge and defense of the wild-, tives, thoughts, Words andacts ucu talent , and influ esteravagancesoftoaticisin aro naturally inclinea to Jevil ejpj-rthat he has used much iiijiu ages,, r.- 1 Vasi the sparks are to flv up-f .VX'vly 11,1 f w-Tn "A n This admitted, liowever, as Uror wfitinfiii . l.im tA itn.l nsn grauncationrwitaijmres- the rule of r.bristi&nliffil wonld k I lect to God's glory? Hasevo- ' - T 9- - -" TM 111 II It. JliIIll a MftM M 1 1 LiK J M L J U A lUm&, ' T T have these advantages ad- him accord&g to the miauner rytonoglonlieGod inliissonl vantages tuev mav be catted s i; -11 fcaA 1 uu oouy . wnicn are ijoti s 1 it would obviate the nnceaaitv xr- k i..i i,.t-ri ir.. Many of., m.: doubtjessii will for anv carefnl study of the hwa .a- carse the (lav. on which r-wo Scriutures. to ascertain whatl wrni 'iv! were born . rheu we arecaii they teach, since there is an KnW-r tb rvritni- i not disno- upon 1' die,, thoughts of equally obviate the i -necessity I .witti' iKaba - wlm dnnbt the ""sspeht ti.ne, 01 ucm COUM814JHI, iu oiuuion 1 truthfulness of his statement or instruction : wnat most men vhvtt. Knt. fAAlinr Anlv iim feel some need of; 'being 1 but I pressed that what he stated is wmcuisj aiaoonous, wearisome true (if GodV AYord is true), and vexatious thing, to secure, he .would simply refer them to It presets ,an easy method of the steward mentioned in the explaining all dimeulties and ; t,tiVo wim KAiiAvnd settlinsr all controversies : that uU nAm ii, ni,i fWll wasted life: but those who are is, to iue sausiactionj'oi tue him. ta account for wastmg ""V " mTT V. V , ui"-nermooin.avocarft. it mn. 1 T4ni,ua i.n i www i9 " r . ' i - iHiii i ... :. i fiiii a 1.1 rn. nu ii si- stitutes ah r easy Method pfJ8muedmpon the mercy bf his "rui "ilri,,Huou, , 4 j 1 master,! without considering j.ne uecaiogue oecomesi ia- that int.io. wnst he ATerciKd -cile and flexible! and is readily I mauageu uy - me puuosop u pi Ueem. to think that it made any moous; in snarp. points, ana differenco htw cruelly his lord uncomiorta We seventies ? are WM wron?ed. nrovided merev pleasantly 'disposed; of. Th was 8ao wn w him. Ho ought same of the golden rule, i the to have reflected that' his own- groat commission, pth all the r ip setting aside justice for ucuuuu-uuuaajiu icuuiuca ui itne sake or the steward, would and evil influ enoes," will crowd upon our minds, and make ns dread to enter upon a long eternity. We are very apt to think : that, as we profess to hav faith in the blessed Lamb, God; will, for Christ's sake, forgive us for a works will hear tins awtui sen tence, Oast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness, there shall be .weeping l and gnashing ot teeth.;, . , O. W. WlSSCOTT. WakoEore8t. v ; . j For tbe BiblicalHucor.Ior. ; The Strait Gite ' and the i Door. Shut Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, tooftmrnomL a'jaan J or j thfi. field. More than ? one man could 'find employment there.. 'He that hath my command-1 lv- with a MWariL.for wRt-1 hardly be looked upon as one ments, ana iceepeth them he I inVbfa imndsL vn Mioiih the I conneciea . para Die, yel f con- it' is, that" lovethl me.Jolin slave inightriatufally bo waste- tains most solemn leaching in a xiv ; , 21: , Fellowship; 'will ex- ful ' JLgain, Tliat man'spoken parable for n. It is the answer ist,Mwh'er'ef;therei3'a belief and of in JMatthew who hid the to a question. One said to our practiceby the same rule! ! - ' talent which his jordcave or1; ord are ; t ieret'ew The great object is, tThat himin tha thdidnioiT uialPe vcu.". We kno not . . , . A 2SEW SECT, ; . , . 1 For the Biblical Record ef. j - j I Bbo. Mills: It is - to 1 be feared that religious a thought and teaching, from certain no ticeable ouarters, are tlio wuria mar Vcllcf fiIAft4lkk- hast sent me." John xvn : tl ' Wm. TuESEB. sainiJx.'c:j r'- M . - .: . . . . - . . - s . : V I. .T3KM.kK ll.kK.Jl Umammam v lij; therefore please publish - this extract, in the Eecordeb. i "This current of things threat ens ill. to the authority ; of the holy Scriptures. 7 , It is t the no- government theory, It is sen timent against positive? daw. : We" fiidtlat there ha3 been ?navfest r. T.-.1.-1 I tions and limitations to Uns- ociation They .call, tbeiri! tian belief and prance, except --.i-. ix.-'oaJu- t- I what one's moral sense or ire- scuta mo jl. lcucaHiioi inn jji- 1 -. . t " ti-ta nd reiect colored nednlr g10118 sensibihty may dictate it - f uis .na rejeci coiorea people, i - A ripneft . nnhiuh vttiia .$ . more smtaDie t name wouia be "Sons of .ArieL" . They , number twelve members, divi- .ced, into 5 churches i : Stony UrejaiYayiie:Ci4ittle' Sis- tern, inJohnston, and Taylor's f liill. v ; HVtmirtAmha -'i,hair have 3 inini3tersE. Holland, Al " W. e"fuy a tt TorririT si Ta tkI 1 unmistakable . precept. , It is following is the ' ' impulse and inclination against " ' exact doctrinal teaching. , PEsrrsTisAEUii Baptists. . . a5a:f i,;0 " S TJZ2- er moods, by wfiich lie kno&ws . .. . , , v . ' , I is to be guide and interpreter friendly Uh everybody; but e do t() order and ordinancesF; and ay but ourselves. We ' go to hear any body preach that t we want to, and ask any preacher that is a white : man, to preach with us,; that wd see Bt. sT7e look not to men nor angels ij .,er instruct us ia, oar as- . c:c:-t2d capacity, but depend cpon ndspendut Qod to govern, whv not, then, ' to all Biblical teaching ' . " . ; r V; It comes to this, - therefore ; not what is distinctly said: or clearly inferred in' the Scrip tures, but what d oes the higa r moods of the true disciple teachl Admitit,and wo have . . . A J. . J Jl II J .1 I I Tin rcrtcin Rranaru mxiiir i iizd izstruct us ia all our de- rui8,r cither for individual's c? L.-ri.;ca,aa4 tnxsmjw, m.tbis our cb-rcH Hft Every individual .:-':iei b'JV3e:3" - - ' higher moods will teach him ;c7rlc5jrdin3 ti the confustoa wkt is right -liiidV proper ta u tUos-st uj, we think; it illovB-'ftn -to do, Tllis in-V to withdraw carselveH frotnt the --: -elation, aud organic a iPre.le(i llmriaa Uaptist Association, and de C? .re a noii-followship wit't the Afri- C.;a rues,, cr auy cnluml perw.tu ihfiretoTe, we declare a non-tVllow t, tji vrith t hem, and all thcTfe who L. l.r:uix themselves with thm; c:. I aUo we lr-darea non fellowsliip itU c!! j'riiiciples ''or ititit.uioii8 it are t-tica'ated to httng confn i ir.to ur Atsociition,' Me ive oursfclv'es wholly li'iril and unto one another, i-ifj fellowship under the f icj tooi-irIvea ' T Avith any ' ' t:;n that ia ;. . ! 1 7 t'.-, - ' ' I" ! believe and to do. lus in seem well to him who yields to such a directory. But the high er mood of his neighbor; wil no doubt contradict his "Vii'wn and his own of to day will con tradict that of yesterday ;.Then now saall one iinow the fviin flicpir.! ii in biiliil)- er moods 1 How shall he him self know? Indeed what i this higher mocdwhi eo much as a he did from his . master, viz : Thou wicked and slothful servant. thou knewest -5 that I reap where I sowed noi and or what, t.ht nerflrtn war. or why Kb" asked" such aVques- uon; duu me answer is remarK-' able; It is an answer, and' yet it is not an answer. The -man : Solemnity of Living. - gather where I have hot strewi ,s ntl lo,ain woras wnemer ,me Perhaps .some, on noticing edi thou oughtesi therefore to faYe? aree,r r ? the aboy, wUI tiling .'5?? writendoes notappreciateiife; changers. aM then at my cnnl- . ihB'fniiomel:caii;iliVrlM ihshould have received to enter m. It might been maemtathewrbh mine own with usuryc He be idle imriosuy that led to the ymimgM iwtf argued' with himseU in I all Ration, or ;t - might be a suv existence bf eloom and mise-5 nrobabilitv.that. it would t be cere spirit , of inquiry; but even ry. having 1 nothing, to ;,cheer rvery hard indeed to be severely!?, r waVof mortal! ' withMofand rrfectlrnarnloVnimfoi to make sure oC finding ,en- I.4t it.tliaiKok l t. -. i ' ; 1-. I trance rto case; the great point was ; not ta know about others, i '. 1 a' i:LLi. I : 1. The gate is called "strait: i -j - , - ?! but this is omte a different word mis oeeju rene weu oyv uivme i ine manner in wnicn ne. idok- i - o-l u -T ij I -f i. ii. ; . T-.' .j u 1 irom "straight.7 - Straight body 'be in a lively and sound a traitous disposition' born Sfn' whlach x?t.c.rook; state can" hot fail ;to'f realize within him; whch causes him Si?"4 Zlun 01 i' fashl0"ed that, thongs on the pneliand, to tm trtor t0.W3 ' wun- "7"' ZT .tEf.T-j' .1. lite is fraught ; with J)ams and try, is it right and just that 5! : ' 'Mfl k T 3 sorrows,, yet on the otherthat the pcopla of the nation should .8na?Tftt a T ? there is much 6f pleasure ind, be unmerciful to themselves, SS thAt of' -good connected with j2 by giving him freedom; or in SL.1 And if this be the "case: with other words, letting him' go l'u?! JEw! anconyerted man, it; Is im- unpunished V So A vAi fXto possibly to conceivehow , ap, once see, that, from-these' in- gateanthe narrow way moan preciative of this .mortal career stances; mentToned m. Scrip, fhe way to eternal life, Uie way is '.one, other- things bcinq turo, m order toive us a. cor, ofsalYtion lhe gate or en- equal, who has been rcr-wed rcct idea of whet God expects u b . . In heart -by the Holy Spirit; j of ns,Tational intelligent creat To him there i3- bc-nty end "urc3. having his' goods to nso grandeur in everythir j vhich I for his glory," no matter hat Uod has maaa: ana every-cay I cur views era in reference to bihia liTa t5bl::::3 hu Tcth-1 hi3 Jt:tic3 arid" mcrcytovcr- trance to heaveni But why . is it called etrait. Because it is difUcult, because so many miss it, because there is no ipcni for any , to pass, cx ccpt trjosa wr.o eccl: to cntsr by cr: for.hccto-Min- upa-Lia w th:lc:3, jtci v.3u:3 vh;;two cns wayrithe way rrhick God happy 'Wcic-v:.- ' -; hajo ia.thls li, ea wo will h3 has appointed. .Strait ijtho llut r.ctx:.anris-(ii ii o jarl on Ahs day ,of ;,flnal ac- gate,: and. narrpw is thr way, solemn thin- to live. o fcro ccant3;;TUi1 wo ceo , tut) sor hieh Icadcth unto lifo, and fci i'-y .c..;t.ii.y nuoucu w uyiuj. i tnero.be tnat una it. ' rae W-Wf ' It ,1 AUilUuvfc tj t: r i: t . I . t haa lit bat very V ... I ... J ! 1 It! to -Icr dogmatic tht'oloy, for t':o no captive teachings cftlio .'cr Testnuieat 1 It cannot b? t! 3 influence of t!:olloly Spirit, ibr that r. ivcr moves; r..int' t! ; dictate? of the. Wcvti, but only to r.nrnnd and enforco it. I;j it 11; 3 lrvcr of cr r ' Gc .el.:-1 ,-:i7:!l ; c:ir tjc: j 1 ma, mu is by na- turo i trongly ; inclined to do v;l.-t Ld pb v:3 v.ith tbo timo, ru c.i to in 3 c:rc; ton :d anxious tr exert hi3 ia(Iaczc,thct:ht."-, :::cavc3 aau. c.c.3 " 1.1 ta.at way v;i;a ; t::::::U reel ta mm. lLilo, on tlio ether, Gou,rho n t:..3 rit;.ual cv,T.:r cf i: 7 to crcVrrv j .;.:i, rcit; in X ct cv j uivi: , at" II J t.. h. ;j i. i. 0 V - - f J. ..4 1.3 crc,;.3 hij ;ul, ledy- unV ; li3 way of destruction is bread, and tho rate wide. lhi3 is an easy cour3 indeed...;- But not eoth3 way cf life. - Ii ever think tho way cf life eternal to bo easy, or the christ ian's CQurz3 to b3 mere play.1 It n easy to walk m tho broad io road, and to ro in et tba wido I rite, icr tnn 13 only to loilow natural mchnaticn; it n not easy to val!; -in tho". way cf life, and by tho strait Tate, to go m. t!ii3 13 an :-i. ;t: Jy i i 1 Tf 4 if . 4. i i c c " r " ' fbrtaho audio t L, c: TI 0 II humble relf-denY.r.'T .:j . requires 1:3 to res; : icnrtaticn, t!:3 crc-3r;:ii ijl- fL. f svo up re tli a ir.. , , i II all scIf-ilV cntlnly c; rc: ii c . J t O 1. J , , 1 ri'TUir; us to "tho : . n and that ct. ..linually, if, we would go jn at that k'ate. I he strait eato u also an open gale, inougu narrow, we may pass througli it. "Strive lo enter in, saiu our Lord, tie would not have said so if the gate had been shut. -The way is clear, for he himself is the way; I aw the way. he said, all who will are invited to enter. Christ himself ha made this gate s an open . gate to us. , He has , pen ad th way, he himself invites Jus to enter. Strive to enter in. . f ; Thus , the case stands at present; ihe strait gate is open, and we are told to strive to en terin., But our Lord u adds, For many I say unto you will seek ift enter in; and shall not be able. ..What does he mean? Does he make a difference be tween striving and seeking? Or does he : mean that any poor soul will try to go in at the strait gate, while it is still open, and not be able? No, he does not mean this.. ..The- reason why some will not find i admit tance,! that they will not seek to enter till the door is shut. dor will be shut, y As surely, as, the strait gate is open now, so snrely will it be shut sonio day ; and once shut it can nt be opened again. This presont time is our day of grace We may now be par doned and saved through Je- Dua uuruu , JJUl u wt) U.O UOI flee to i.im now ; our day . of grace will slip away and come to an end, and then there will bo no more hope for us. I This is the meaning of the door be ingshut. - Even in the figure or para ble itself - there : is something awful in the change from open to shut. - One moment,' and you; may go in ; the gate is narrow, but it is open,thero is room for you to pass; the way has been cleared' for you; you" are even invited, persuaded and ; exhorted to go in.; An other moment, and the door Is shut There is no entrance now. A crowd stands without, they knock at the door; they kheck again and again; they cry, they pray, they entreat. But all in vain;.: The door is not opened, and all the answer they obtain is one that ; drives them f 6 despair : ; I knew you not, -depart ' from me. Yet who are these who thus ; stand and knock. - The very persons who might so lately have free ly gone in at the strait: gate It was open to- them, and they were told of it and invited to enter. : But they would I not floor is snuw 4 - lint much'"raore awful i to consider - more closely 4 and. plainly what this figure means. The door shut, and the persons standing1-without, represent those af lost who might 5 have been saved f The Lord Jesus Obrist was made; known I to them as the way they knew the gospel,- and were in the habit of paying ah outward attention to religion. This is plain, for they say, we' have eaten -and drunk in thy presence, and thou 1 hast taught in ' our streets, i They were not all people r of bad. lives drunkards, , r liars, 1 thieves, and such like. ' :. Many of them were tespectable as to outward conduct, 1 leading a regular life, church-goers per haps even communicants. Yet they are not among the saved; they are shut out Why. De part from me,'. all ye workers of iniquity, v That sentence ex plains alL - What ever they might be in tho sight of men, or in profession or outward ob servance, they wero m Ctod's sight workers of iniquity. Eor: tiioy wcro tinners, and they did net feel ta the Savior cf tinners ; though thsy heard the vera, they did not truly lay it to Lcr.rt j with cM their epirlt tladrantaes, and with "all their outward attention 1 to liicnthsy cover 'repented j never conhtthe 8vior's blood, never trzyo tlieir hearts to God; they did not eeel: first the king dom cf God, or strive to enter in at tho etreit gate. " Thus they had no part in Christ, and were 1 therefore- yet in their eins "wcilierj cf iniquity" in tho tiht cf Ged, and so shut 014 think what it would bo to stand thcro out side .the doer, with tho doer shut, to : loolz br.clr, cn t!;o time past, f when thb door we.3.open; to remem ber wordj hcrd and' read in by-rou3 ycrs, words, of warn ing, cf invitation, of mercy, lave, and 'calvation ; to thir.Ii cf many a gracious call, and 4- is it tj I:uow t'aal, V . . - . it L too cr LCT3 ' -1 FortLo DiLlkitI tieoorJr Dear Drotiilx A ' Presby tery, consisting of Elders Line berry and Murchison met with the church , at Love's , Creek, ChaUiam Co. N. 0., on the fourth Sabbath in Feb.. for the purpose of examining and set ting to the work of tlie ministry, out ieloved Bro. Daniel Hack ney. Ordination sermon, Eld. Lineberry. Examination, Eld. Murcherson ' Ordaining , pray er by Eld. Lineberry. Imposi tion of hands,by th Presbytery; Charge, by Eld. lMurcherson. Presentation of the Bible, by Eld. Lineberry. Benediction, by the candidate. . " - . D..C. M. - . A Porth Biblical Recorder. - Deab Bbcordeb In the number before the last there appears a com munication over the .signature of an ,;tJnrejcjon8tructed UaptiBt"i-a title which I wish explained as to wheth er he is unreconstructed because he ia iond of Lis grog three time a day, if that infcis position I hope? Boon toh.rhe is recontracte4 aa yo tay he 'u a gooljTnan . trusted lor his learning . and '.. wherever , known esteemed for his piety and discre tion. Such aesi8ta ntin the total ab stinence army if he tvas only recoa gtructed. v Bat the ; fact I.- wiah to notice w, he says total abstinence ia entirely a human invention and. has no Bible .authority to sustain it and must stand on its own merit; v But I claim Bible authority for it,1 and it it did not have any isuch support, its own' merits I think i sufficient to re-' commend it to every profosaor of re ligion. ;" ' .. " ' As regard Gen. Carey V Hebrew words to support his position I have nothing to say as I amino Hebrew scholar, and am deprived of the priv. ilege ot examining Stnith Bible Di tionary for the very good reasons of want of total abstinence principles being disseminated throughout the lamb " . . kl ; i If "Unreconstruc ted Baptist" will read the 15th verse of the 1st chap ter.4 of Luke h will see if we " wish1 to be great in the sight of the Lord and Holy, we should abstain from the use of strong drink. Te are also commanded to avoid every appear ance of evil and it seems to me mod erate dram drinking is not only an appearance of, but is an : evil itself with but tew equals as it U the step ping stone to drunkenness, degrada tion and sin. . We are.-also taught not to dp anything that will cause our brother to stumble, now if Un reconstructed Baptist", can, take his dram often without getting intoxica ted I would like to know if there is not danger of some brother who can sot control his .thirst : so V well tor strong drink, trying to imitate his astray, and the next we hear pf him he has :beea excluded - from the church lor drunkenness. - -.r I wigh to. suggest ; to-' "Unreobn nructed Baptist'' if he be a mission ary baptist ii it would not be en ex cellent plan to try to get all the baptists throughout the state to sign the total abstinence pledge and then give' the same amount they Knave tpentfor whiskey to the different be nevolent boards of our convention and see if they remain in debt long, whether we have any Bible author ity for total abstinence or not. One of total abstinence own merits' by comparing statistics, we see in one yar there is only 12000000 dollars spent ia the United' States for sup , port of ministers of the gospel of all denominations and in the same leng th of time one thousand millions for spiritoug liquors. As "Unreconstruct ed Baptist" has made assertion that total abstinence is without Bible au thority, I demand of him to prove it, for I shall claim' that it has the sanction of the Scriptures until I am convinced that I am wrong. : ' Very respectfully, C. Winston,- For the Biblical Recorder. Dusaui Baptist Gausca. Elder Jesse Howell as an fc-'-sblat, iustru taeat ia th$ haada pf 2ad vr&s 'th?f first to'cr zzizi tts chursh, .isd'has.' t sea its ptcr ; fa? ncra than twen ty years. Us is a plain old f-:hioned preacher, and, has; baptizsd epme 4,000 pewonaly. Ef health .Is foiling and he praached his last sermon at Darhara in December, 1870. Elder J. C. Uarcom was pastor one or two years, and Elders Elichwood - and Churchill were pastors cae or two years each. Elder F.. LL Jordan is tha much beloved paster how; he hs ttart3d a systsratia plan of benevolence, which bids tair to work well; his Trhcla real rseras to be en aed ia the work cf the blessed Uastcr.. Tha merabcrship ia about 140," tLa Louse is ceiled, baa a i pew ttove, and all the s vindo-w3 Lave' their fall quoto of glas3. ? On the 2nd ci thia month Elder Hutham c-II:d end preached one sermon. Text, Can. xxviii: 12. I wouldlike ta Eay soinethisj about the Sanday Echool, but as tha church kep3 up noua I will, wait and see if one b ; -Vrr the H;i.ni AuEvkingatWakep;;;,,. DkabBECOrd Faculty, stud.,jtB of be Collew . hear deliverer! - juniors. The speeche. ft, t; V part were g.iodaiwlWen ,7 s But me, . by ihe Klilwdtl,v - cheeks, and others by' lous voices, betrayud mentwae.notau etire After. aUut:thirtyaiWr! d Jeered, the writer retired I of the, boarding hom-i wh k j enjoyed a bountiful rep1, o'clock the crowd begtn,;t)' bte in the chapel and-'at 71 ) ! the chapel is nearly ftfej , c Mills sitting- at the ory',, "vi doorj the senior class enters th. equaled ;by tew Jor'doxfcriU melodiousness. Music over, p . . 0.w uuuuuiiucu air. TO J t j c . J i 1 J I j Trantham of C ; ns tha er. Subject,:, The ret Iff I. live. His subject was ally ha 1 auu ma janguage proved,, thai t ' ster had been , carefully Music,' Second speaker H. N of Norfolk, ,Va. Sul ject,: AmS I His subject well, illustrate! M amples of ambitious mea, sojl' illustrations showed thatU'rjj, ' not Wn'neglecfed. fJIuauJil speaker, Mr. H. A. Brown, ) inharnfN.,C.;feubjec't,(, .1 take thmgs as i hey are. ' is full of sound i-enee and rr i knowledge, .with enoughj iea vl draw he, attentioa,'of alI.Vj5,,l guments prove that ho "is a nW obfip.rvat mn i, Rfti last speaker, Ur, Durham .c4.is - ouu,i:C uourung.iUis abject i very popular dnet and ' is well ht' died. - He is .rather, hard- down e old bachelors, especially. When ths are so many preseut,:and .his WlflTltJl nrntj-o tutmm . n 1, doubt, that .experience has not wanting to him ln this ' subjec,' Music. Tour reporter did not tsfc' noteaon the speachesV .and con.! qnentlj; will not jtryjtp give.jot even an abridged form ofthe speei? es. ..But suffice to Bay ; that HtJ were all well wntteu, carefully she! iea ana rhetorically delivered, aaJ will reflect great credit to the prei . ent Senior . class. Speaking- otb The President in behalf of the clw thanked, the audience for their li tention, and cordially invited the: to the Literary Halls to vpend 1 few tours in social converse, saying MIt must be remembered ; that subject of the last speaker must not be broached .' What nassfttl in ft' halls the writer is'unable to describe) j neither,will it be fully described tL be proclaimed : upon the housetopt' repose and refreshment wnich aloae is found in sleeps having sentm- other evening 4 pleasaa,ly at "Wat Forest. ' Oesesto. My is - Si 4 not crnized koou. Hi;::nT. cf E?-rJ fcr c'a K If:: i 4 ; " ! 'o the Biblical Recorder. " Hidden Lights. It , is a ! known principle that a light, if cor cealdd, hid , and ebuVout entireh irom the different elements necesssr to its existence . will soon expire Can there be such a thing as hidda lights in'reUgion If concealed, 1 as not to exhibit its flames and bet efit others will it continue to v shd its rays upon the pathway of itspo sesor ?. , -The , reply, 4 we lMgine, would come from all, - there cannot be a christian whose' liht doei nol shind in some way. ?. Hiddea rel: ion 1 What a thought t There rej xutuijr tt u.v Bocui ivf xcar tua spark of light, ; may eventually Kfil ? die into, a flame and show ether. , where, and what they are. In cob j sequence of such a dread j they thro s themselves in the society of wickec r ungodly persons who are indirect!; et e w. . . - J laDonng to quencn tne last ep&rn notU - Effl aw1 1 i religion one may possess Oomps j ati vely few, eo demean?' themselves as to reflect any Lat npon the'Ji low travellers to eternity." A cbrii tiaa's linht Ehodld cbnsUjitly diS itself throU'thafc.-mriridedsj circla ia which ha novca, and F neata thahsarta of alt Thopi or of a religion who ccrriss it Vfi ever he j;ci3 in neeiacca ai piicity, bears a -'weight "and force which tell ita ever living 1 influence continually and the silent xaeaiorj of such a dear exemplar soon cease to ehine ; but thet deat impress will t3 forcibly stamped upon many hc-rts and the gener tion be much better by rich aa8 having lived ia it. r May the lights bf all christian so apparent in their everyday wa that others r.iay be struck with tb charms. Do not place your lijhtca d'era bushel whereife will coin ce to exist': but "let your lightso. before men that thev may see jort rwv? rnrlrs and r-lorifV vour T& which is ia heaven.'' Katt. v: ' - - P, Fathl :1C I ' Sslf-f-oriIc3 is the straight .i to that grw-t attainment, tra9 . loI It Ufor- ltirj rslf, end 'AS ethers ViLit th:y 'rca!' constitutes a tree fril.' ri-".?3 is trco lor: ; I t " r m3yc3 ycutol" t! tru3 bve c-t:r t' ' ; v.:i-!i he: : ,
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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