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ST--- bi: BiOLiCALRECORDER, SeptembsF20th, 1871"TJ f fTh?-5chcolJofthe.Prophets. -71 -x!i3rfite4 "orobe prophet is seen to have existed long ante ":5 tior to the nationality of God's - people,-and henco is provided . : for in the Law given -from v Sinatjbntthese provisions look ' ; od to a ieriod of greater need than-had yet arisen. - . -- w In! the f organization nnder Moses i the,, .public instrnction ? of the people was committed .to .UieceTdotai order, .ine A Li offering, ofsacrifices , was; a - ta constantly recurring metnoa ? Vi of teaching j)y symbolic i,and ftl typical representations-. t , ' , . ..': i ,-Toihe i'prfests.also, was corn er niitteil the teaching of the chil- - i ,qrcjj. Jut w was ioreseeu uy - - uou tuai mis priesiuouu, iium "l $ho very .nature of the work, . would degenerate, and,, , hence 'another,, order .was provided . for as, a preservative, and a re ...Trformatorv, means: thiswasthe ,, prbpheticar.order Ih looking. w:ibrough;, Jewish history --wo. . findithatthebfaceSof thopropb ""jlt obtains" prbininepce. ; only. ' i .. in .times! of corruption. . there! i jo Cwinthe early history of the i( nation wo aybut little of ihe . , jwork; of 'the prophet mention- -djbutlaterjin the time of Sam Jpelfhe corruption of the priests ;ha9 inj.such a .height un (der.tjie ans'Vpf Eli," and was haying guch a 'corrupting ten V ;.deicy upon. the people, that the office of prophet "as a separate 'and perpetual order HbCcAiiie necessary Tt . was reserved - for Saiuuel to be the organizer of tbia school of 'tho prophels ' in order that if might be per 4 !i pettate." The ' office; of the 'z,i prop fife t lias now be.cofiic . a "guardian' to the sacerdotal 6r tiW derVahda'safe "guard to the K peopleah-unavoidable necess u n . if j therefore, for its perpetuity ;ratfd'to"iheet this . demand,", an " 'Organization of a - school,? in "which young-men of th6 first . wrjj order of talent and the best " moral -habits , should be con . stantly engaged in -the study of the Law i yhe Law must be !. innderstood-and to be under--'- stood -must - be - studied, be- - cause too law provided lor ev-i-ery. 'emergency. " It met ev--ryconceivablecasej if they obeyectho result was foretold, I;',- If hey : nsgressed ";the Law,' r;ci the consequences were predict !; - u . ed;- and vdf i:-thyu,sinned ",and 4 - repented theirreratioa-wias ' fioxideii for. fT3ut thelaw . s abounled with specific instruc I; tiens aliidtwarhing to prevent . . transgression . and to induce . s repentance.- -It was not, as 'miy fancy, that -the y4Xr pouxetuto the mind of joi e;iprp&e"like pouring ' li ; o quiiintqcAbottlejut the Law v. i wa given by the Lord and , i t et . contained hll'T provisions tfor I y I airposjbleeniergeticieSjand we ;vt'ci. Iajnp'acun bf nrbph ....olit.wliolwas vhbt 'acquainted i - 'ivitbtthei Lawii'iItLwas ; God's ' 'vortHnary J method tp call his ! jpppf&ffi front jthbso schools. v fp'Andipdavebeen strange, Uj Jf. ihe tiaLfnotj done ''soj' since :o j tho' Lord' himself had provided for the ? institution of such against theological school:; on the other hand, we could not' hope to sco our ministry saved from falling into disre pute, other than by some sys tem of theological study; : In deed the Uew Testament ;fur Jishes sufficient examplo:, for sin this matter. Who has a Tight to say that there was hot a double -purpose on the part of our Sa vior in calling his apostle that they might be taught, as well as bo witnesses of all -that he did and taught others? The two and a half years of constant study with a. perfect teacher would , do much- to qualify a man to preach, lint we have some among us who will use a9' an argument" th 6 calling of unlearned mori by our. Savior ' and seem entire ly to overlook this preparation period. If these good breth ren would spend two and half years in the exclusive study ot the gospel, under 'the -best teachers, they could find, their opposition to , . theological In I 4 schools would subside 'tknppfti and 7t had ; called' his tt tiS $amuel',whei'att infant ! Mtuat uoimtrat Daa manof unu- ltrat Daa m 'h goal consccratioiii and had sur- '' . rounded mm wita sucu circum . stances as to so eminently! fit ' ,! L3fhf m to be thereformer of th 7 : ipJetiqordeanil'liad guid ed -him in the erection, of i ?the ''V:ch008.f wit j; .1 ;vl; " vit not necessary, however. .-It confine nimself , to these insti- i tulionsi aud, wp would not con - . J! 11... n . iuect'i u .jguonog or : inem i::fot:hitb5,to occasionally call a puck puvsiuq m. me m,-; as ne jdi in theiqase of tamoW K"ei 4her ifeouldLitbo jeXpefited that ha -every' student ..of theichools l should.irecessarily.be enclosed $$:pto;'rt 1 Prophecy; i beretterei doubtless, very .toa prophets, connected with .i a thtachwliji.who performed impoTtant dutiesf.whom we 7hi QjfWJft Scriptures ha:heifchooIs, pf Jhe prophets jican be.ssenftoh have acted as a safety valve for . Israel. -r To .them' is attributable alHh9 re - Ls"foHn' :1rQ. not thoM;offices of n the proplieiaand'jh ministry ti of i the'.fihristian dispensation vslmilar: in .their i nature? Is 'L7:f$ rnlo of "jnfit as Was the law'tn tho J e ws ? Is there not ' then tho iii -fSa'nie, necessity tor,, the c'xist--..eace of-theologicat schools, as tier 3 wai far the schoolsof tho ' ; t - . s . ; .lib cct;our pcoplo as liable .; ' i - f '! iut ) corruption as .was .ul'.i oi. ...israei i ur to jret per- .... 1 3 m in- ! 1:1 Our.drowsyMend, tho ? edi tor of the Ts Jr'i'esbyterian. is just waKing uji io me iacc that th e Jewish theocracy," was nolra church. "-What a curious confusion must have confounr ed his drtamsf A Catholic may callr JMoses a primitive Jrope, and consider Pius IX, his successor in office. But what an Presbyterianism do with a church in which the chief Pontiff makes the priests kill three thousand members in a day! ; How strange too that Moses never learned that Isra el was a church, but called them "stiffnecked and .rebel-, lioua," and often lectured and exhorted them as sinners, but never mentioned their respon sibilities as cbnrcli members: David had Sliiinci killed he had no other way'of getting him out of the church. Joab slew Absalom else he would have remained a member ot the church. Born into tho church, in spite of themselves, with no escape from its membership except in the icy arms of death! Tho Israelites as a peo ple were a type ot the Church, and believers ar called chil dren. Abraham's bosom is a figure of the fold of the church Prom the birth of Abra ham till tho death of Malachi, there livcu many " devout and excellent men, but there is no mifnuatioh (hey. were eVer or ganfzed aa a clijirch: r- 7'" - It would be just as easy fto find an allusion to infant bap- tism iri the Kew Testament as an account of an organized church in tho Old Testament; but the Presbyterian says: "Infant Baptisrfx if cot taught in the Bible, is a great wrong against God and his chnrcb. - ;That is exactly our opinion, and if it is taught in the Bible, how is it that no one has ever been ablo to find it1 - But; our Homer nods most unaccountably over the par ables.. vHc says: ' Isiiot this the very point made Vy our Saviour in the parables of the tares of the field, as also in that ot'the draw net? It is apparent that Vthe kingdom of heaven," here spoken o is to consist " of & mixed community of good and bad, of true and merely professed believers, and that the separation - is not to bd made until the 'end of th world." ' The Savior took" special pains to explain to his disci ples the parable of the tares. He said:".;' The field is ;the world; the good, seed are f the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children' of wicked one; The enemy 1 that sowed them 5 is the devil; the harvestis the end of the'worldf and the reapers are the angels. 5 The field is not theichnrchi "The field is the world." - . --The parable-of nhe fdfaw net - teaches tho -very same lesson: Good, and bad - men inhabit the same world, just as Good aQd bad fish inhabit the same sea.' The fisherman hauls all to shore uses,thego6d and throws tho badaway.t gp in the day of judgment,; God will summon ; all 3 men ! before him,and then punish the wick ed and reward the righteous. :A man must be dreaming, if he supposes that these plain parables encourage tho church es in retaining ungodly mem bers. . . . . . ' "l 'The Soup" tf tbe GaspeJ.1 ' - A pastor writes : " I had a good congregation last Sunday and gave them the soup of the gospel.",- " We once heard - of a hotel boarder who instructed a waiter to invito! be old rooster to come in and wado through his soup one more time. , - " -Wo have heard Koiiie sermons which seemed to, bo very f niri soup; in fact, wo could hard ly tastn Uio Lr"jel in fliem. When flu? bones aro crushed and the joint .divided,", tho marrow and tho grease mile' . 1ST- 1 . . W 4, a::d mado natritic":. - Wo once ate wiihn very fond of soup, aud L:j i - toiu was to take tr.iv.ztV.z from every dish cu II. a, .-b and mix with his zzzr. s ; : Wo hava also heard zz:zzx in v.!Jch ki a little gccp:l cusk out of sigh ; to make rcc::i for a dL play of every thir c!:3. 1, Vie therefore ur3 c .:r cs teemed correspond: at r.ct to make his soup too thin : 1 hnt to make it: ricli with rcricl truth; and not mix it Tritli toa i Tho r; jpla should tsla tccd icliat they hear and Tiovj tfcoy hear, and ministers should re meraler the words of Scrip ture : 'Ile that hath my word. let him speak my word faith fiilly." ; : m : - ;V; j "' Hlders William and Gold." ': Elder Williams,of Ga.,wri(es to ZiorCs Landmarks, that he' is in Ihe wrcr.j csr.:p, if an article published m t;;-t piper teaches truly. He says: . w w "Go ye into the tPorTd and preuchv int gospel to every -creature, f is . a enromaod of tha Saviour, . . btiti I don't believe U gospel of; je$us Christ calls upou the dead iu ires passes and sins, to repent.'- But, right to the contrary, the gospel of Jeans (Jurist, when proclaimed: de clares the unregenerated to be dead, vti'-hovtlife, consequently it; a condi tion that they can't repent," I The error of Elder Williams is one very common among the ministers of his denomination. He misconstrues the Scripture. raul said to the Jbphesians: uAnd you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and . sins." Paul manifestly meant, under sentence of death an account of trespasses and sins. He could not nave taught that it was impossible for them' to do what they were so fre-: quently . and positively com manded to do. ; - i ''' But Elder Williams is an swered by Elder Gold, one ' of the editors of his own organ :! There is a general, outward preach' ; lag of the soepel or word, in which: many are- called, while lew are choaeu. The servant of Abraham, knew not Isaac's wife, till be . found her at the well of water ,:' so. ' the - In r which i ater to f ' -v ' ates : ; Congress .. ciled Dmiel Web- l a , nana a unci but 4 preacher knows not the Lord's pea-' Sie, unui m amies tea, oy a aesire to rink, but he is tu preach i Uia" word,' being instant m season, qu. ot season, giving each, .his portion in due season ; the consolations' ! of the gospel to tne believer, reproof to the rebellious, giving the wicked his. portion also, thus eparatibff be 'L o cxaqrt only those o reent that have already done . so, limits ', the gospel too much,, to eihort.orily those to believe who already , do ? be lieve, is sowing too sparingly ; it I is' withholdinir the hand, butrvpent ance and faith are preached in . the name oi unnsx, wniie tne spirit. of God breaks np the fountain of the great deep, and never fails to carry salvation where it Is intended. Like' the prophets of old, the preacher knows not : the hidden ones. - Hd draws bow at a venture, not know ing what harness it will pierceibut' he may rest assared.it wiil penetrate wherever it is sent, for the fact.' that the sinner is dead, and cannot ahd will not hear, gives no uncertainty ' to an arrow wnicn utoa sends. - The preacher is to cast his ' not, on the right side of the ship;-according ;to the command, but, because he, eannot see the nsn down m the dark water, furnishes nrt ! proof 1 to - him,' . that there are no ' fish there, and he l is not simply to catch these r that V are already caught andlrougH to ihori, but he is to caUh and briiu? 'riL fish to theshovt. ";l J Ji j Let the preacher of the frdsbelihkti' hold forth the word of life, ' warning the ungodly; and feeding the flock of God,: acknowledging himselfj a debtor, as .far ' as m him hes to preach the word, both to, great and small, wise and Unwise ' L' ' How strange tbafc' the man 9 fienned thea5foregoug exl tracts should oppose revival" Sunday schools, missionsi'And all efforts "to catch and btintf other fish 'to ubftn f an i ' t ".t tv-if." -; :... i , "Acknowledginff . himsalf a debtor, as far as in him lies, to preach the . word'1 i to- every ceatael', how can he 1 de nounce the efforts of thosa who labor to send the gospel to the heathen 1 Surelycthe legs pf ine lamearenocqpalj7? H-piscopal Church.' A reTised. Episcopal prayer-book hag been published in Wew York,' 1 and Rev. Mr. Thrall and others are using it. ; The Church Weekly : .We have seen the TJnion Prsyer BcA'k and we record it as a r.rt nf bombshell in the Evangelical camp Mr. Thrall has Jet the cat oat of the bag, it is not only tbddoctrfna of Bap. tiftmat Regeneration to which he and his followers , object, but also; the I apt im of children. , And there; is no one who knows anything of the practice of t Low Churchman,; who dres not know .that they.in general place very little stress upon Infant J5a pt ism. Why; (it shames us to re fpr t the fact did not the Uihnn nf Eiston very recently introdace, aid . xnat at a regular Jneenng,Lljtf;i'tht JJonrd of Missions, Foreign and iJ.j niestic, a resolution -cetu tiring: the Foreign Mipsionary Bishops for their tfi!?ct rf intant bpf ism ? That res-, olution was withdrawn, inde d, but only U-cuie Sishop hiy phw ixo Iff'pe of paHEiuj it aye, because be told tLit unfa-i ha withdrew it most -""": nt speech, apparetitl v. withot,. r.ny ; ojip nrtunity for previ oua prr; -ritiou. In -the course of his re:r,:ir !:?,-, ho threw, out the fob lowic.T f"'t; ::oo,r" whiuli has 'ever since t..a r.iciirod avimo' of the most t .rr:or.iou3- aud expressive ia the i I'. language. He was speki::"r-cf nur-mUitaxy conflict with ; Crtat 4 Critain r Our fathers raw which, QUEt .bi.itionMlftne. in the height tr her lory, ii not tbbel oomi pared !i i a f oweri whicHj has dotted over t!:? V-rfico cf tho whole, globe with.; "vperions apd .military poetB, wl "9-niofnipj drnmrheat,fol lowic"?' tLj euA 'in. its' course 'and keep- i j -co with' 'the' hours', circles thee:... It with one'-'contiou6uarand unbrclca strain of the martial airs of JEn'md-'i -A be sat down, one ,ot the Senators congratulated hini upon lis speech, . and aliuning t4 the' vtoyei passa,gft,!aaid that.tnhira it w&a inconceivable liow'MrrWebr Bter,in a ;r-ctch.tpo'ahanit'estly no.. premeCitacoq,; cpma cave tormed so e Biptiat Organs in Tennessee. Three Baptist - papers are seeking a. circulation in Tennes see. : . The " Baptist published Memphis, organ of the "Land mark Baptists," claims to rep resent the denomination jn Ten nessee.;f .This paper is opposed to cooperation with paxlopap tists apd,,even with Northern Baptists.., .(;;t -, k . Kit ;t ai.nstia power to polished At Tuscumbia,. Ala., ich,rt r purposes of foreign con- M lufzt' claims to bo tho representa tive j9f; y fTcnnesseo ; JJaptists.; Xhia paper (it awe . understand its, position) occupies a middle ad moerato ground, Allow ing each clmrch to decide :who shall be invited into its pulpit, apd with-whom it will coSpe- periecc ana oeauiiiui a sentence, whichV' ;with'(; ,4s hours study, he could not irtDTOvei Mr. tVebsiter Replied that' the paKs'tge was not eAt tmpc7eoni! that in ! hia Summer vacaiion the tuwivmted.QelxauJM v liile standing , pn , tfr taM;? almost .impregnable citadel ther; looking oat upon the wondrous scen of nati6naligrande'ur,ir.it of ntnr1 loveliness siread btfre Mm, the idea occurred i to his mind, v llq imri mediately , tnok his seat upon a goi( and, with a pencil (and papere.tch ed the thought, inr jthe most approh' priate language lie could it the mo ment' command. Opon ' 'ariivirig at his hotel he eat doiwa at hii leisure, and .wrote it - and re-wrote it, with many - interlineations and . erasures, until he had molded it into the form of words which' safiefied him. He then laid' it aside' in : his retcntivs cdemory,' to belnsed When the bobs, sion should oSvT.NaL Baptiet J' Itid a'pityMr. ' Webster did not A'forget thi ' sentence: 'fori notwithstanding -vthe praises pif, j the honarable senator, it is a e markat 1 v bad one. It is inex ad,cbimbastiCj ' pleonastic, uid ..I.:' I ii;:.L T-. li J.." BciKHU'iwytsii. xnaeea it is ui terly 5 Unworthy of an educated man, to say nothing of an ora tor like ' Mr.: Webster. i Let lis examine it. ' in tne expression -ior purposes, we nave a viola tion of precision.? iThe snenkcr meant as "regards," and should1 have: said so; J?or purposei." !.'.-, - : . i . ... , i J is an exceedingly! 'ill-timed apd ill placed phrase in this counec tion. ' tGonquest i and subjuoa- fuonv is &i mere waste of words uay "wurBtf, !ifc a is aownrigni wcaauess u siyiJ.- -rsuDjugaiipo includes conquest. There was no sort -efneed'for both worqs'- Thci word iocJ' involves a ldv ftncbicrasTgnmcanl nna- 4 peciaHy r.wJien a great nation is' represented;, sis u dotting; the whole globe; and more especial ly :: stillwhen -the "dotting done iv.ith possessions apd md itary posts. .? , The, word,,wsur iace is worse man useless; tor nobodr could imagine England attempung to aoi me earth any where else. She certainly would' notxaKe meirouoie 10 aisr oown towards, the centre . of the earth in order to make dots. It would riot pay uPdssessions and mil itary posts" is bad again. 'Mill 1 wy posiS jare possess.ioira. vxne word fxver"i too, is useless; and we are not sure that . Pinhole" is not. ' The : drum-beat circling the earth, is vague and inappro- priaie; ana a continuous strain inusi he unoroken.-. , ,, But we are tqA that the HonJ orable Senator who praised, the speech so highly, was surprised at' so perfect a' sentence. ' This shows that ouV'seiJators are not always educated menf! ) Imagi ine Bulwer, oir Disraeli, or GIadJ stone, cr John i Bright praising such a sentence; 1 The1' senator ought not tb.haye sajd "so i xK.hy tho Mills RiyerrAcade-J i my and Ihrouffl tbe Gmdllr to Brother M: D.. DicfcevV even if the sentence hid been ijalttessibeqause perfeo Uonbasno degrees.; ; He ought cpt to have called th sentence' MfO;beBqtifa forHi is very uif-1 that it could not , be improved With bom ;tpf .sta&j.i: becaiSe any educated voan"i could ioa - pn?e it in three imlntues t and even an uneducated marr 5 misht! hb 'vpen through "every VwbrcL if-zPy rasing ...entirely. Jv is a remarkable fact that one of the worst sentences ;thkt :ever appeared in anynumber"6f the Spectator "is, the sentence " 3fbr "" 1fulsu4, receives, ,-tue highest praise four such ; a crit ic as VtihBldt., ! . ' -nil s The fact is, that vou Jmbthfer( tongue suffers very severely1 at the 'antfs foT the fine j wrilefs and the orators. Much of j ipiir. oratory, when' critically exam ined, is a compound of bombast BudclapCtrap4, aod v iib ismill proportion pf tHe; sentences' Lf our; fine writers, are, vapid, ' in yolved,. insipid , and, weightless, ; sWe love old John- Hookhab Frere; just because' he said, ? 1 r '' theatlotl, l t.,i: 1 i WUh -. long-tU.ed ; word , In . .ositi): & -.."It is reported that Prof; Apisfjiz predicts. that on the night .'ot .the Cth of October a tidal wave, 50 f4t' l;ighiill. sweep. tho Atlantic aa i V'e adlvisa lour Junior rji ;tji!d rate; But itf opposes j4ahen immersions" and insists that a lw)fiO , co ui 111 union niinistor is not,a,M pastor for.u strict com-, munton, cuurcti. j.,( , i,,; i , 1 'nl.,i)7:.'.. Tr.:.T.i i claims to represent the Bap tists of Tonnesoe ;its V Junior", 14 attending Tennessep, Jysw ciationsi.jn. .seafcli of, patron ugol)r, Montgomery, though a Landmark), dissolved his connection' with the Baptist on account of its bitterness towards .. Northern 1,'Baptists, and became associate editor of ..the Herald., wit- is understood that he id still opposed to. VaU iei 1 , si mm f'rsi on" iind loose com r muuion pastors'.. Thii) paper i'ttUo .the favorite of. some whof quietly, !.bnt delibenitely intend ,(as they say) to kill Graves; and crush out his:rad-; ical.laiidinarkism." : : . 'It seeuisto us that the Bap tists; of TennesjMjo,. are ovei stockQd with organs i and that on.e. paper, entirely devoted to. their iutercsts, would be better thn a .crowd of competitors. Those. .Y?hofoar ,tho luord. must italk-, often f,with ipne another, and thoso engaged in tho, same enterprises should i understand each pthpr.and , VorJ .together without division , ; on nniinpor ,taut is.UCS. . . . 3.; ; : - The: Baptists arq a persecu ted, people and , they might to have JH0)Q i religion;; and: more sense .jtbau to fight each other.. i: ::i Tcr tli&lJlbHcal Recorder,, ! j lr,SaUm AssociatioB. ' t early Uawh;" on tW morn-ingoYSep.-nd 1871, wes'tarted, afoot, for the Salem Associa-; tion. A couple of miles brtiusrht' Dickev Here wo ' fu nd a ' va rra break ' fast and a warm welcome a wait- ing us both ' of whicli'aVticles' are 'well ebtton ! un bv Brother' ufs esumaoie lauy ana accom-1 Being A.ucK refreshed ihwHrd" i ly;irand "being supplied' with a gbod tWig "miile arid'etiuip'-' mcnts to match, by the kindness of Brother D.v we set out in a brfsk'Tox-trdt to overtake the Treasurer bf the W.'B O.who was'td be' our pilot for' tho trip. We first trotted ourMnufe' fo'f a couple Of miles then galloped him for r a quarter 'stretch; but flo IPwas in sighti-ut we canto up with a young bide jac ket of the ('ShooFly Baseball. Club who' gave ua' a messase trom uie venerable treasurer.; Slradleyttook the chair. House called to order..,' . Hymn. ' " . r Prayer"" by Elder Merritt RickmanXtSCl",-:-;r:' , Elder Bowen - suggests tiat a large crowd at- the stand await a preacher." Moderator sends Elder Hickman to them. And very soon his clarion voice rings out " oh " the mountain; side, among 1 the oaks and hickories. !. The church' house is built on the side' of a spur of the famous Bear .Wallow Mountain; ' 1 'r Moderator appointed breth ren' P.' Young' and R. H.! Lewis Reading Clerks.1 j1; : . ' ' There has been great increase in the1 membership of the sever" al Vchurchebmafay , revivals being hoted. v . ' ; A t ! i V'After reading the church let tersv the annual election 6i effi cers resulted in . the' choice of Elder, D. B. Nelson 4as Modera tor, and Elder N. 'Bowen, Sec retary. 4 f (These brethren hold reverse positions' in ' the ' Con vention,' Brother Bowen being Moder ator and Brother Nelson being Secretary;) ! . s V,Corrcsporiding messengers are invited to seats . Brother J. F., Justice reported from' French Broad. Messengers also repor ted from Green River and Tuck 'asiege.' , ' ': Moved by Elder N. s; Bowen that a Missionary Mass meet ing be held on -Sunday morn ing at 10 o'clock carried. j Eldi-r E. f Mi Anderson was elected to preach the 11 o'clock scrrhon, Sunday and Elder M. Hickman in the a'ternoon. ' One good brother- was so anxious to see the laity repre sented that he gave his vote for Dr. R. H. L. to preach one of the sermons. 1 Pastor arid Deacons ot ; this church j appointed a committee to select preachers at the stand for Monday. - - f lUommittee on Finance: P. R. Young' and L P. Morgan. (Brother M.- you can't get your neck ont of the harness you are too good a wor ker for that.) Committee on church letters; Elder Bowen' and Stradley, Collection for Home Missions after! the 11' o'clock Sunday ser in on,; $13. . r , Session on Monday very har monious and pleasant. ri ext session 1 will bo held at wMudlCreek.' ... All, the country around "Lib erty" Is covered with the Lesjte deza Striata or Japan Clover. .a . - ltf)s a beautuul carpet to the JPhp ttpplo f gu la ttlirort-ania 0eaa,and the spring at Mrs. Mfrr 1 m ai , w uero nu wetBi bo; nospi- tahly, entertained: is; a perfect beauty, bvurbh tU H. Jjewis. me Tellthe Dr.,'' kaid hethat he'll overtake-us at the1 Poor ;And so j we -did.' 'And judg ing tliatwb were 'also in compa nyi. witn Mne introductory Eeacheriwe felt easy knowing that the well ' known scrupulous punctuality ' of Brother Nelson would ensure us an i arrival' ki the(propermourit: u'iuvihioO j Ji nance rmaa of i tbe iV. Bl Gjti 1: 1 v 1 - -,; " ... 1 r . . . T . proveuiiuimseu anmostntruft- wortbr guide! u Threadiirg' our wayioter and along the ivarioqs ranges ef mountains-'we reach ed Liberty; .Baptist I church just in tima;-1 -jtfiiiniJstK tor j u There; we. founda large con course, gathered from ihe vallejy s andfrcoyes jof ? .themountaii3 And hero ; we did somet bins! we never , did., before went iq the fSptinglit'AndiiwbUer there, vwedran pne, good ; draughts lof hejdelicidusf;Adam?s ale?f;ftr , somebody ,udown-the! country. .Qomings iidown. from , the ufauh:. min,. jWp, iinetra. good ; wrotner, hp ,wasine othe. preachers, whot sat Jn; ithe.t pulpit .when a Cherpkee Indian; preached, in Rajeigh in; Mie Fall of.iim a f well KfeminbereqJ incident ,hw J5brither,;l jEldcr u Merrjt Hickman, says that ihiS(C?hQr , okpe preacher, i$ still jiying; but :f ' i s ifin .exceptiontp; the ;rul. t;hat holds good Jarnong fnidians generally in.iegardto size, as, e, exceedingly pqrpulent, - t . k..rElf)erD.;B. Nelson preached the tntroductbry Sermurt from I Cor. ir..3' Necessity of haW, nony among .meihren , urtner. ispn spoKe.wtn mucu 9ng. and was listened,;, by an ap preciative. audience s.:, . I , Fcracr ripderatbrVElSerT, JJnAallEcoBDER: On SaU urday before the 4th Sunday in Augusr, fi, commenced , a meet ing with ihe Church at 'Han cock's.' Pitt cou rity. and ' contin ued ; nine days and ' 'nights. I uayv nvt:r uau , more auenuve congregatiotiat any; placed 20 professed ! faith in Christ and will be baptized at ' our next meeting. ; I hoped the Lord ' would send some Bro ' that wai-I see" at 'some meetings 3 or 4 Brethren ; ; but I stood : alone. It tvas a time long to be remem bered. May the Lord give" us more "grace, that we may labor mote assiduously for the sal vi rion of sinners. Js When' there is joy1 ik in the , presence of . ihe angels' of God, oyer one sinner that repenreth.voh"' should :;we not be earnest in 'the 1 wbrk of the Lord! M ? H. FreemJ Will you Help us ? ion V Dear Brefarert 'and Sisters Our 1 little1 p,hhrch!nml Greens' boro N. C. Jhas 'tie Jhouse' bf worship. ? W& musthave5 pnev vuVi!assIstance?if The -rabidly- already n u m b e r 1 - bet woeri K:a4 and 'sebbn thousand within; a' radias oftAfer miles j our cen tral.' position, beinst - accessible byVaiF'rriad'frbrh the1 Norths 90utnna8t ana ivv est; mere being no Baptist church ii within ten miles i the ' bright -future! bf Oftensboroi'.all J conspire i in urging us' to have a tiousei 1VUI you nbt help us& ir.'r - r 1 - We have v commenced wbrk, but will soon have" to stop, un less we get more funds.' .Please send Us help soon. We ne6d at least $l,500y in addition, to what iwe now have.,, -j v ' 1.;, 1 r Send your- contributions : to Ai-i J: Dodamead4 : Greensboro, N :.C4 5or .to ! mysfelf -at .High Jr B. Richardson, Pasu? ln.'I Sent 15th 187L-if - ' - " I; T)r. . Pritc.hard ik rie-hL , In our review of his tract we did InjastJce to ' 1 he' printer : bnt it - was not xttr fatjltisi The cipy which we reviewed Wfj.Vrfb;l!y "a sort n of first-print of tho.press: and Jt: was very poorly giitteu up, ; After our, review.' was wrftteii, butYiafore it 'was printed' we f'ctved another coipy,' which' was Very ;iUUch--Dftttr-i-4ndeed quite e PctaUle,Ii We t bought, to ours?lv3 effect 1" Deae Kecobdeu Allow hort upace in your colamnn to give n aoount of the state of thinga at Mara Hill, Orange coemtv, N. C. "Since the first of last My this lit tie church has had a flourishing sun day school, successfully conducted by Brother - John Jordan. Th;s school hua been the , means of pro ducing an active working spirit in the church, and ha prepared the minds of i tho people to receive a blessing from the Lord. Oa the first Sabbath bf August, the pastor preached a sermon to the children. The Lord indicated his willingness to bless. At the close of the sermon seven anxious ones asked for prayer. The church determined to protract at the September meeting., Satur day before the first Sunday in Sep tember tne church f-a88emblet, but the pastor baa not? closed his meet ing at Leaksville and is consequent-" ly -absent.- Rev. F. M. Jordan, who ia highly esteemed by the Mars Hill church; is present and commences the meeting, j preaehine twice a dav C 1 1 rp.. 1 Lfi. .. u.i iuwuajf. m wmcu time tne pas tor arrives, just as Elder Jordan closes -the morning sermon. The congregation is bathed in tears and" IS persons are going to the front eats &e penitents The pastor unites lis efforts with Elder Jordan's and the , meeting is continued ten days from th beginning. The church is greatly revived and strengthened. The pastor's: heart is gladdened and encouraged as he sees teachers, with full hearts, taking Iheir pupils aside; giving them wholesome instruction, and, blessed encouragement. ..The heart of the superintendent of the sundav school ruos over, and he ris-? es and exhorts tho people; to - tnrn t Ql tlraiga CarUt.. , Sun day f an - immense : congregation ia here The house is full, and as many more out side. As Elder Jor dan is gone to Durham's, the writer preaches both in the morning and evening and announces thaThe will baptize on Monday. On Monday, 10 o'clock A M., a large congregation .is assembled at the water; that is near the meeting boose. The pastor makes a speech on tho subject, mode, and design of baptism. Hymn "Bailed beneath the yielding ware" Prayer, Elder Jordan leading. The Eastor, assist e t by Elder Jordan aptized sixteen willing converts, one of whom had been a Methodist, and ADothor had been a Presbyteri an. We then repaired to the meet ing house. The hand of fellowship i is given so tna newly baptized, and Christ is set before them as their great exemplar 11 all thinss. Twen ty.four , professed conversion during: this meeting : Elder F. M. Jordan's two sons and John Jordan's oldest son are of this number. All honor to God. Jones. A eood pastor sends an article in which an editor of this paper is the BUDjeci 01 discussion, better find some nobler theme.' Editors ought not to be flattered ahd thev should not allow themselves to be made too prominent. If your neighbors sup. pose that the editor who attended your association is a very ' rich attftey are very much, mistaken ixa is noi ncn ana nas no aesire to be neb, but he does wish he had soma mony to help build houses of 1. a. Yr 1S a mm wurauip ai, vviuiamscon, VYeldon, liiitieton, .Mocksville. Salisbury juorganion, mcKory Station an Btatesville. ' ...... j . ' Thb Cause ' put Fob the Effect; and thb Effect . fob the Cause. . "Kegeneration is the result, of patient obedience to the Lord's commandments, of the removal .of enls, in daily lite, ot a constant straggle with our perverted pas sions New Jerusalem Mttsengtr. (Swedenborgian) Regeneration is the cause of these ; not their ; result. If a man without regeneration, or previously to regeneration, can pa tiently obey the Lord's command ments ; remove the evils in his daily life, and keep up a constant trug gle with - his : perverted passions, where is the need of his being born again?' .: By worship, fa tie ' iuterasl sense, is slgniaed all eonjuoction. by love and charity. Man is continually In worrhip when he Is in love and cturity, external worship being only , an effect. Te an gels are in such worship, .wherefore with them there Is a perpetual Sabbath: whence ako the Sabbath, ia the internal sense, signifies the kingdom of the Lord. Man, however, daring bis abode , in, the world, ooght not to omit the practice of external worship, tot by, external wor. ship, things internal are excited, and by external worship, things external are kept in a state of sanctity, so that inter-' sal things can flow in. Moreover, man is hereby imbued "with knowledge, and prepared to receive things celestial, i He l9o li gifted with sUtes of; sanctity, though he be- Igsfbrant .thereof, which states rs preserved by ', the Lord ' for ns in. eternal life ; for. lathe other life all man's states ol life return.-i'pin!bor. ' This mav be verv " true.1 for ' an-v Jthiog-we knew: but it taar'also'- be irue, as unKen aysj tnat seit-con-ciousnes is living ;ellipie.M .n We can't risk in, thetr attack or defence. The managers, wae brought. Fanny Herring and troupe - here, - did 1 not pay but one license fee for two perform ances at , Mnslc Hall, r gitordiyiVrte Bacen Eng. ' RegtiUr. ! " 4 - -; ' ;. , J? ; j lf tbey did not par Jtd one; then 'they paid more than 1 one, and that ought (.to.. have; ibeen; satisfactory. You probably meant that they paid hut one which is jost tbere verse of what you say I ' The North Jarolina Presbyterian too well known ; to almost all 'our readers to need any . criticism . from us. t ? ; 1 It is well managed and an ad mirable spirit of christian charity i and enlightened christian zeal pervades its editorial columns. ;'It is 1 the pride nf North Carolina Presby A. - - ... ' M ' .. 1 5 1 I ... . (enana, ana is susiainea oy mem in a manner which attests the high ap preciation in which ' it is held.- liobesontan. , . ' 1 Elder. J.i N.-- Hoggard recently held a meeting at -otecisi, , and baptized 22 persons . ; The ladies of Potecasi made their pastor a present of a coat. : ' ' ' 1 - :. SournEiis ToeologicalSe3cisabv -Dr. Toy eays: We have : over forty' students pretenL' cad CZPt' : Injudicious Arguments. The sabj mo-hI article i tnm TL. r , Cbarch-ofEnghadjou tJFt0 . tne ErangeUcarpmj ; ' 3 orS" 01 The author of thesa rewarkVean not forbear obswviDg that the cau r" Tu r . """""erea roach from the injudicious hn-w ot daW-A set up by some ot its friends who ar! fallacious argument, xrh, detected is worse than useless ; it is wsitive ly mjorious. For example, it u bet w asHUirw in.ifc trie , "hoima alluded to in Acts xvi : 33, auj 1 Cor' l : 16, contained infcat, i whea Wft are told iu Acts xvi; 31, and 1? P xvi:15,thatthejailerVhouhC: heved and Stephanas - addicted themselves; to the ministry of the h Iha o i n?fc to' aVgue that .the Colossian -infaats 4re baptized, by comparing Cor. . io with;ia 20, when ihe: partiea ad dressed are spoken of as having faith, in u : 12, . It is better not to stake a main point of the argument upon the analogy of circumcision," seeing that females were not include I in its enactment ; even though CA. iii . 11, with Gal iii: 2H, might be sup posed to meet the same. So agaiu it is nowise to argue ! that because Justin Martyr speaks of - certain persons as havinis: been made Vf mm. pies from their childhood eh paidon) therefore they were baptized in tn. fancy. The tact is, as the Bav E A.Xtton has obervwl: at n. ') . r faiB "Sermon ou "uwj-Tiy"IS53 we do not '-gain much in point of evidence by transferring the inqni. ry to tJie pages of uninspired histo ry. The age immediately fallowing that of the Apostles is silenVupon the apoetolicity of infant baptism, indeed, upon the practice itself, as Scripture is. ' Indeed, some oi the Eoyal Commissioners for revising the ; Piayer-Book in "1689, Vargned "that it was hard to find an instance of a child baptized e before ' St Cyprian's time." : ,i :i .(See the Bine -.Copy of their Draft in 1854, p. 03) Again ir , Peter King.atterwards Lord King,, serious-1 ly argued this in favor of infant bap tism:! infanta received4 the ; Lord's Supper in Cyprian's time, t. about A' D. 250: none but the baptized re ceived itjtnerefore infanta were. bap. tized; (''Inquiry into the Constitu tion, etc, of the Primitive Church," ch. 3, 2, p. 186,.and chi 6, '5,'' pp. 237, 238.) What would this "weigh with a Baptist, when urged by i per sons who refuse the . Lord's Supper to infanti? (Which, by the wav. is forbidden to be administered to them by the BoBoan Catholic Church, iu the Decrees ot the Council bf Trent, Session 21, cb. 4; though still retain ed in the Greek Church.) ? Would it not do more barm than good to urge it? , do again, it is fatal to the cause oi infant baptism to defend it oil the plea that in early times, John iii, 3 was considered to teach the 1 necessi ty of baptism for the ti salvation of infants; when it is equally clear that John vi. 53 was then held .also to teach the necessity of th irV receiv ing the Lord's Supper in ' .order to their salvation so that the consecra ted elements were j actually . forced into their mouth! , : See Lord King's Bingham's 'Antiquities,'' bOoTch. 4, sec.17. 7 " The aosence of direct Scriptural evidence for infant bap tism ia commented upon Canon J. B. Mozley, in bis "Beview of the .Bap tismal Controversy,", cb ,pp. 18,19, and 25, 26; and in the ; reviews of the same in the' Christian Observer for Feb. 1863, p. '107:' and in Jthe Christian AdvocaU lor. May, ; 1863, pp. 216 217; . J s i-. : This is all satisfactory; and we've ; : been . contending all along that, . these; . arguments were, injudicious. Kowlet us have some judicious ones, if you happen to have any about yon. Wt , aro t tired uof the others. vi -J3r, llanljt o At a meeting of the Faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Stmi' nary, held on the 1st of i, September, 1871, the following. Preambla,3atd Kesolutiona were unanim6uly adop ted. " " ' - 1 , Whieeas, Rev.' B.: ; MANLY,' Jr., D. D., a Professor. in the Southern aptist Theological Saminary l since : us estaDiisnment in 18b9t has t?now resigned, to become President of Georgetown College.'' Kv " ahd the Faculty cannot allow the separations to take' place without attempting' some expressisnuot .theiri ieehng: Therefore, f, , . , j ? ., - j . - j . ifwact,TThat. having rejojosd through all these yeare in our brother's oceperatibnj having' always greatly" admired his gifts. ; attainments land ; cheiishing for him themrmfekt per 1 that he should have felt it rids,, duty to 1 aasuJne anrtherposltloifriJ therefore i to leave hia chair ia the emiaarvV" -' "?i v-Besohsedt That, while itr wereuia peifluous to commend one so widely known ,and , so ."uuiTeraally r,behved to the Confidence and esteem ' .of the brethren' in 'Kentucky,' we invoke urjon him the .best blessing of Divine Providence i and the. gracious' -influ- eiMM nf thtt , Holv Sntrit. . Andf WS shall find some comfort for- our, low in ine reneccion inac wo are puu working together with ourIate oob . league in the general cause of Chris . tian and ministerial education.! 4 . i , Signed, by order of ! the. F,wultyr J AlUEs f.tJU xCili, yhiqo. ( . j . C. H. Toy, 8ecreUiry. ( The Catawba River AiJOCiation will commence Jon Thunuy;before the 2nd Snnday, in Octob3r,;1871, . n-.i. D nhnroh. ilaldweu ab auujm, ounug, v-- --.,4-county,' N. C-, ten miles west of Le- . iioir. a a in ' CUBK OF FEV1EB ASD - A3UB.--1Put double handf nil of sage laavea into piece 01 raw juiu i va"rr orofMir. Then take a . bam mer and beat weU. When.;bj3aten, wring out', .two . tablefcpcbnttillB, :Ja tin'th taKIp mniyhn full Ot UUACU "1U vuw camphor and 15 drops laudunxru laicen as wn vu ( w. ..-- . . . -I -It I- nTQ!l' hour betore tne cixi.i 1 .j . r,.r.a nn Then wrao uo v " bedand appiy "wtrm :zit an to
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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