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BIBLICAL RECORDER.
A F It J L 10 th, 1 7 2,
A correspondent says : j
- I heard a discussion two hours -long on the
4th Sabbath of March,onthe subject of who John
t he Baptist was, and the preacher made him out
a prophet sent to initiate Christ into his priestly
ftiee, whieh he did by 'washing him in the river
Jordan, not baptizing, but "washing according to
Jewish customs, and that was the last of John's
ministry. lie never baptized or washed any one
elf after Cbrist-That was the last act he did and
Christ went into the temple and entered into his
priestly office;for ancient geography showed that
the temple was close by Jordan when John was
baptizing or washing.- 2. What Christ did. ' He
wrought miracles and changed the ordinances of
t he church, they being organized in the house of
Abraham,and so the discussion ended.
Hoys' exceedingly anxious some people
are to inflict a second martyrdom on tiio
harbinger Baptist ! yerily if be were
now on the earth; preaching repentance,
and baptizing in the yellow Yadkin (as
he did in the Jordan) those . who confess
ed their sins and brought forth fruits
meet for repentance, these people would
hardly wait for a dancing damsel to de
mand f his head. They neglect the
preaching of the gospel to denounce him
1 as not a christian, but merely a Hebrew
churchman, and his baptism as not a
christian j but a mere Hebrew baptism.
Now tuie, more daring than the rest,
wastes u golden opportunity, tor; preach
ing repentance and faith in rapid decla
mation against Christ's Toreruuner, and
calls him a mere Hebrew washer ! Clod,
the Creator, Preserver and Savior of
prophets, priests and kings, mast be
-washed in a river by a creature as a
preparation for a Jewish priesthood.
Away i with sncu heaven insulting im
pudence ! Civilized people ought to be
ashamed to listen at such stutf, and a
' large and v respectable denomination
ought to be ashamed of such a preacher.
John the Baptist preached that Jesus
was the Christ, and baptized in Jordan
those who repented and confessed their
8118.
This ordinance commemorates
i the death, burial and resurrection of the
l- sinner'sJSaviorjand is the sinner's public
j profession of death to sin, ; resurrection
'to newness of life, arid consecration to
the service of an ascended Mediator.
. j Mark callsHhe preaching and tho bap
i tism administered by John, "The' begin
j ning of the gospel of J esus the son of
.. God.'' "John's baptism was christian
t baptism, his life was christian life, be
cause it related to, looked towards, and
j prepared the way for Christ. But our
I preacher locates the temple on the Jor-
; dan. If Jerusalem was close by the
; Jordan, the certain man, who went down
; ; from Jerusalem to Jericho, ought to
j have , gone 'down - from Jericho to
i Jerusalem. But the preacher seems to
i know less (if possible) about geography
than he does about the Bible.
, The language of Modern Greece.
If one of the mummies in a museum
" should step out of Ms case and proceed
to blow the fire or sweep ithe room, the
attendants would hare something such
" a surprise as many western scholars feel
whe-ori visiting Greece digcover how
mucli vitality is shown by its so-called
, dead language. An American professor,
who has just spent a week here, said "I
. shall never forget the-thrilljthat I felt at
the railroad depot when I first used the
classic tongue in calling for my ticket."
-. For although the moderns . do not tali
' exactly ancient Greek, yet the language
. has been so far restored by the persistent
T labors of the learned thatthe style of news-
papersf of addresses and of polite conver-
sation differs from that of the writers of
the New Testament scarcely more than
they differ from Homer. And when
disposed to be a little pedantic, the schol
ars have no difficulty in expressing them selves
in very respectable classic lan guage.
The process of restoring the language
. has been a curious one. ,)n the revival
of literature and general 'education
' among the Greeks,their scholars observed
that a multitude of Italian andTurkish
words were current among the people
which had - displaced? old Greek words.
In such cases they began to use the old
'. word and to proscribe the common one
as vulgar. TVhere the foreign word had
no equivalent, a new word was some
times formed from a classic root in ac
cordance with established" analogies.
Words that had lost letters or syllables,
, they began to pronounce in full. These
efforts of the learned were heartily sec
onded . by teachers throughout the na
tion. The young were taught to use the
forms of nouns found in ancient authors
rather than those in common use. To
restore the old fashions was felt to be a
patriotic duty.? The great public , ques
tions of the past fifty years have been
questious. of philology. The mummied
nouns have become lively again, but the
verbs remain in their casements atill.
The future and perfect tenses are formed
- by means of auxiliaries, and both tenses
and' moods are regulated by new rules.
The farther revival of archaic forma
. seems very unlikely in view of the con-
. .M-M . lit. . vl
BuciAUio mou ui. literature) wmcn now
exists in modern Greek.
The work of reform miy bo illustrated
- by a single example, The Greeks at
- first called a steamboat by ; its Italian
name impart. The .learned men aid
J'No, call it aimSploeon," a literal trans
lation cf steamboat, the first part being
tbe same word that appears in atmos
phere. Other pedants said, "Oh no ! a
steamboat must mean a boat made of
steam : cill it atmoMncton. moved bv
' ' .ill rnaA wvy-M ,i j
' 4 11 'ii ! ' -
lAiwg nuiua utio ussu xiero
the last one bsinsr
I :t cf all and vapori the most
umphed and vapori ia generally felt to
be a foreign word. " ,
: There are a good many ancient words
in common use with new meanings, and
these are generally tolerated. . Tbe popj
ularword for horse is "the irrational,"
for wine ; "the mixture,? for small-pox
"the blessing," and for moon "the little
light." For bread they use the word
which in John's gospel is translated' 4the
sop," while the word there used for the
bread which Christ gave to his disciples,
is retained chiefly lor tho bread of, the
communion table, s The latter-word is
used too in the compounda.that mean ba
ker and bakery, as .one can iee Jn the
signs along the streets. Iu truth the sign
boards are generally: written in ancient
Greek. . - . f t :
The church worship has always been
conducted in tho ancient ' language, the
Gieek Scriptures being read every
Sabbath and in frequent week-day
services. This practice has tended to
to preserve the language from entire ek
tinction.and has given to the modern style
a closer resemblance to the style of the
New.Testament, than to that which pre
vailed in heathen Greece even in later
times; . .
The modern Greek pronunciation dift
fers from all the systems known.; in
America aud differs also, it is believe 1,
in several important particulars from the
aucient pronunciation. Of the seven
vowels threo are pronounced a e in the
word equal, aid the same sound is given
three diphthongs. So that from thesound
alone one xonuot tell in which of
Avays to write a word that contains an o
urthermoro no distinction if : now
made betweeen the long and the short
6, between the rough and the smooth
breathing, nor between t he different
accents. It is singular that with all
their attempts to regulate the language,
the reformers have not tried to restore
a more disci iminating pronunciation.
The prtitcess of purification is most
complete at Athens, the capital, and the
seat of the University. Among the
country people, and still more among
the Greek of Turkey,the mixed language
of a century ago still retains its hold.
And curiously enough in Attica itself
the majority ot tbe people outside of tbe
cities of Athens and Pirieas do not speak
any sort of Greek. The peasantry of
Attica are Albanian immigrants from
the North who retain their language and
seem to feel more as Greek subjects lhan
as Greek citizens. Indeed there are
houses even in the city of Athens, as an
educated Albanian tells me, where his
language is commonly used.
The Greek nation as a whole accepts
the purified language and receives with
it oner benefit at least. The body of the
people have an easier access to the wealth
of their ancient literature. The youth
who has a good common-school education
needs only a little guidance to read the
classic authors. The foreign scholar too
visits here is thankful that the language
of Sophocles and Plato is still spoken by
cultivated men and has a chance of liv
ing to the end. of the world.. The chan
ges which it lias undergone have given;
it in some respects a simpler form, one
more adapted common use.
T But it must be admitted that tho lan
guage no longer - retains the wonderful
and unparalleled beauty which it had
two thousand years ago. It has lost ityas
tho well worn silver has lose the bril
liant, and delicate finish with which it
came fresh from mint. The "precision with
which the ancient Greek discriminates
between different shades of thought has
made it one of the most precious means
of educating the thoughts of men. . It is
not in only its flexibility and in its beauty,
but also in its educational value that it
surpasses every other language ancient
or modern. 1 Every twenty or thirty
years a cry is raised againstdevoting so
much time in college to iihe study of
Greek, but after a little discussion the
testimony, which cultivated men give to
its value, maintains it in its well deserv
ed position. 1 Perhaps Providence or
dained the development of the Greek
language expressly for its educational
benefit in later times, or perhaps soin e
would claim that in anticipation of the
coming of the Savior of mankind the
most perfect language .was created' that
the world has ! ever seen , in . which" the
glad tidings of great joy should be re
corded 5 for it was inGreek that. Christ's
message was published to the world.1 But
which ever was the principal design' of
Providencej it is certainly, by no means
improbable to human view that,! to the
end or time, the Greek language -will
(Mmlhiue to be anymportantr' branch of
the best" education, as well a the espe
cial delight of men of cnlture. ' -.
' :r riiSK PJBllEWEE, -1
- Pirteus, Greece. March 0 th; 1872. "
. I am glad I ain, able to bo '.out in my
field of labor once .more. 1 have, been
suffering for some weeks with my throat
I send you ten names. JI am preaching
to three churches as pastor, viz : Liberty,
Beids X Eoads and Piue. I am also,
preaching to some stations where ! hope
to c6nstitute churches. If thero will ba
room for me, I will come to the conveu
tion. Ii. Allison. '
Elder Allison baptized 37 persons dur
ing his visit to Transylvania.
Two Dollabs a Yeab. The price of
tho Biblical KucoRDiK is two dollars
a year, unmistakably and invariably.'
Garel v this is cheap enough. The club
system is discontinued, becausa eo many
good people misconstrued and mi: andcrn
Etood the terms. Proper credit i: ir;a
fur vmv s:'Aiiircc:ivc'3. ,
1 For tbBiblicl Border.
Tne Drunkarl aad lis Goat.
- ; X ' BY JlTUAN U. TICUT. ;
We often hear the question usked ; "did
you ever know of an established drunk
ard ured of his habit I There are in
stances on record, but they are indeed
few it is a sore task to conquer such a
habit; a. task fac too sore fur the unassist
ed i strength of man, and can only bo ac
complished by a strong and determined
resolution, aided by prayers to God and
our Savior for help those earnest, sin
cere and persevering prayers which the
repentant and returning sinner never yet
offered up in vain. In all evil habits,
especially in that of drinking, the first
struggle against ; them is the worst; for
there is not only the habit of the mind to
be conquered, but the habit of the body
Tho whole frame of man becomes weak
ened; he cannot eat, or hold liisi hand
steady,' till he has thrown into his dis
eased vitiated stomach a , dose of the same
devil's elixir that has caused his ruin.
This fallacious stimulus has for a time
the desired effect ; thero is ay short-lived
artificial springgiven to his poor dozened
wornout nerves, .; While this lasts bis
band becomes steady ; but in a few hours
all his miserable ; feelings return, and
with, them all his ? miserable - cravings,
again tii Vj relieved y the sam deadly
means t ill at length some terribloHand
10iths4ine disease carrit's him off Jo hiv
grave of shame. . It is the observation of
all medial men, that the diseases and
accidents of drunkards aro far more pain
ful and diificult to cure than any other ;
and can it be wondered at, that fiesh and
blood 'completely impregnated with alco
hol should be more apt to bee me in
flamed with fever, 9 than that wh icli i
nourished by the natural fod and drink
of man. We foolishly call this odious pol
luting vice beastly. It no doubt lays im
mortal man lower than the beastsjbntit is
slandering the beasts ; it would be slan
dering a sow to compare her to a drnuk
ard. . Our story is of a Scotch. nan, who
was a very clever, fellow, and an excel
lent carpenter. h By, thrift and industry
he succeeded admirably in providing for
his family, large though it was. But
like many another, he could not ride the
tidal wave of prosperity, let alono abide
the blows of adversity, but must betake
himself to drinking. UntiVthen bo had
been an affectionate husband and kind
father, and rejoiced to see his children
well clothed and well-fed 1 but how can
a man, who has with his own hands de
stroyed his reason, and set a fire "raging
through his veins, answer, for what he
will do, when frenzied by drink. , He
began to neglect his work, and as such a
course soon meets its reward, his custom
ers, some in anger, some in regret, all
left him, and got their work done . else
where. Of course, poverty followed with
all its grim attendants. When he went
home, hangry and ragged child ren met
him there, and also asad and often an
angry wife, who had no food to give to
him or them. . Knowing and feeling in
every fibre of his heart an d conscience
that he had been - .acting like a monster,
of necessity he was furious at her, and
often concluded his visit by beating the
woman ; so beloved in tho days of his
wen uoing. jtrroviuenco so arrangea it,
that he had a tame goat, which was much
attached to him, and followed him drunk
or sober, wherever he went. Did he go
to the rum-shop, well thero went Nanny
too : if beastly drunk, he lay all night in
the gutter, exposed to the freezing wind
and pelting rain, Nanny, crept close to
his side. and by her heat, kept him,; no
doubt, fnm freezing. Lower and lower
he kept sinking, until no reputable man
would associate with him. Upon one
occasion the poor inebriate was unable
even in a crowded bar-room to get any
one .to .take a drink with him. Being
determined to have company, ho pro
cured a gill and kneeling down, proposed
lo Nanny to join him in a glass. To be
sure the poor dumb creature could not
abide the potency even of its fiery br.eat b,
let alone the taste of the liquid firo, , and
indignantly; refused.. .Seized with a
drunken whim,he grasped the poor beast,
and poured thowhiskev down its throat.
This creel trick was followed by snort-
lug, buimpiug, puiung, ana every vomer
expression of anger; but in a short time
it began to reel, and stagger, and fall, and
bur Scotchman roared jrith laughter at
the, glorious exploit of making the goat
drunk, Next morning, as usual, he re-;
paired to the same shop, (tie goat at his
heels, but the lead stopped at the outside
of. the door, f and furt her it w ould not
bud-e. yain were his efforts ;to entice
Nahnyi at every iuvitatiori she shook her
head, and manifested a dogged; resolu
tion not to obey. The man was smitten
to the heart by this simple incident, and
silently turned from the, door with his
conscience,, roused from Its torpor, and
armed against him with'a thousand dag
gers Muttering to himself, f "Am I,
made in ihe image of the living God. re-
proved in my evil wavs by a poor dumb
ce:r,ui which he denied that , reason,
which I have so. brutallv abused." ho
went home to his bed, and there ho lay
for a day and night without food or drink,
in ngoules of deep and fervent prayer to
God, and his prayer ) wes heard. Next
aay no aroso and went to his work. He
trembled at the" sight of a dram ah on.
and prayed he might be reserved and pre
served from tho temptation. lie was
found steadily at his work : no longer a
ruu-nosea, rajea blackguard , blaster
isu -sd swearing, bat clothed and in his
Ti-ht mind.; And now his little ones, iu-tc-
l cf Itis- Ira, rMlo7, r.--T cd. r.nd
c: :: j:1. wzz fr' rc:y, r.i merry,
' P i. 1. m - 1- m4
And in a short timn hU hnsinpaa win rnaii
his health became good, his spirits good,
he had peace in his heart and peace iu
his home, and penury aud poverty and
weeping and gloom had disappeared. His
children were no longer afraid of hi in,
and the roses bloomed once uidre.ou the
cheeks of his now beloved wife. ;.:.;
"Ood work iu a uytertou war I - - ft
ii':
Dear Heoobdeu: In reading this
week's Kecordeu I was well pleased with
Bru. N. B. O's. article. Ho hit the iiail
plump on the head when he said the
towns hud been neglected &c, and I will
auk why is it so 1 ;ls it b6caun the Bap
tists are afraid tu come - in contact with
any other denomination f I hope hot!
Ida hope that every missionary Baptist
minister will turn to brol N. B. O's. ;ar
ticlo in the Hisooiider of April 3rd, and
see if all cau not be profited by it j and
if you have bedif remiss in your plans iu
distfcminatiug tho truths of the gospel,gu
to work as bro. N. B. G. says. I am one
who happens to live in one of the town
that bro. N. Bi O. mentions. I will make
this offer and who of my brethren, iir the
other towns aud places mentioned, will
say come minister or missionary,my home
is offered at any time to receive you and
such as I have, give I unto you. Well,
bro. N. B. 0. givo us a call oil Tuesday
alter the .3rd iSunday iu this month. May
tho Jj'ird direct us all how wo may best
promote His cause. ' C " -.
Alfued Holland'
' Winston, N. O. April 3d, 1S72. !
New3 From Delaware,
Daeu Uro. aIills :- Why don't you
send mo the Kecorueu I I mail my pa
per to your oilice regularly, and I know
yuft appreciate it, or you would not have
published in the Kecoedeb, a year or
more ago, that,1 The DaptUt - Visitor W
Delaware is ono of the soundest sheets'
published in oar nation. Some how ir
other the Visitor has slipped off ot your
exchange list twice. ' a Put mo on again',
aud thor. if the Kecobdeb intermits iia
visits, I will see what the subscription
price will do to insure its arrival. 1 was
bard on your heels tho other day in Philj
adelphia, and regret, that I missed you,
Tho liaptist Mtitor ia doing well;
Wiilyou let me say to your readers thai
Kov, J. M. Pendleton, I). D. is associate
oditor. The first page is his department;
Each number contains one of his admi
rable short sermon?, and several brief, but
pointed editorials, with J. AI. P. attached
-just such a we used to see in the old
Tennessee Baptist of 'anti-belluui timesi
The history of the ; Baptist cause in
Delaware, is a sad record. Antinomian-j
ism has been the bane of our progress.)
But Black-Ilockism has had its day, and
is well nigh dead in Delaware. A few!
grasps more and "died of tlie dry rot
will be an appropriate -tomb stone in j
cription.Tbereisdawniag abribgter day;
fr New TestamentBaptists in Dalawate
Wo have feur prosperous churches in
Wilmington. The old Pirst church has
come back to missionary faith and zeal.-'
Your correspondent is general mission
ary in the State, and his labors have been 1
trreaUv blessed. 1 The 3Iethodits hold
sway, apd contest every inch of ground,
but their infiuenco is waning. Some of
them are dreadfully afflicted with 'hy
drophobia, bat "the voice of God on Bap
tism7 is a never failing remedy, and
many are reading the recipe and folio wy
ing the directions of the Master.' A lit
tle over one year ago, I baptized a whole
church pastor and all,- They have
since built, dedicated and paid for one of
the neatest gothic chapels I have ever
seen in the country, and are at work like
oeavers. . v -
; This is the second church the Lord
ias permitted mo to baptize. The other
was a colored Methodist church in Maryr
land . The pastor 1 n vi ted me to preach
for him and he selected my text.' It ;was
Kom. vi: 3-4. I , preached. . The next
Lord's day I baptized j tho pastor and
eleven ot his best members. He was
ordained and baptized the batance. I
I meet with many in tho Pajdobaptist
churches with unquiet" consciences ons
the subject of baptism. They; sometimes
seek me or send for me : and commit
themselves. .' When they do this theyj
might as well get their baptizing clothes
in order : for we are going into the' water
certain. God; by his word has prepared
the war"forBaptistsln"thisState. Del-;
aware is a ripo harvest for; a , Baptist
scythe.,' : r ' - '
Wyoming College has passed into ourl
nanas ana is now unuer Jtapusc auspices
We got for 4 500 a property worth at
the lowest calculation , $10,000. The
building is new, neat and commodious
with Chapel, recitation rooms . and
study hall, all furnished surrounded by
amplo grounds 4 acres, planted ; in
shade trees and evergreens. The . Insti
tution is chartered an J our school is in
successful operation, One year ago tbe
Lord blessed the pupils With a gracious
revival of religion, and the baptisms that
followed came near breaking us up but
we have rallied, arid the Lord has .con
tinued to bless us. We expect to con
stitute a church hero in two weeks. This
village is threo miles' South of Dover
the capital. ' .
, We owe 9 2000 on school and church
property. Would that some of your read
ers could feel it iu their hearts to aid uf.
if wo could lift thetwo thousand, wo
could then raise a shout of victory.
Let me say to your readers, that even
a mite of aid, enclosed in an envelope to
the subscriber, would eive us heart aud
Imiuc. O that Baptistsabroad knevr how
it iswithuaia Pchro. TheyvrrcraT1
hasten to our relief v Read the enclosed
circular and say a word in our behalf.
I want to attend the S. B. Convention.
When does ? it ineetr' Tell my dear
friend and brother, Dr. Pritchard to take
my name . and prepare for me a plato'and
bed also the name of Ilev. A'. P. Shan
afelt, Chester Pa. He is a good brother
and wants to see something of Southern
Baptist. Iam a Virginian and am
proud to tell it. Rev; Addison Hall
was my father in. tho gospel. You may
hear from me again. O. P. Plippo.
: Wyoming, Kent Co.,' Delaware. '
'.r Ttie Southern Baptist Convention
V I wish to gay? two or three things about the
approaching session of the Couveutioii.
. i. ..By all means send us your names before the
Convention meets. I made the same request
when the State Convention last met iu Raleigh,'
and bnt few brethren responded. It is an abso
lute necessity that we bave your names ia ' order!
to assign you homes before the session of the '
body. If you makeup your minds to come but
a : tew days before, still we say, send us" your
names, if it be but a few days before you start
from home. - ' . .
'tl 2. The Convention was invited to this State for
the benefit especially of N. C; Baptists, and : we
hope a large number of our brethten will attend.
a. If you can, procure return tickets. Some of
the Kail Itoad Companies propose to ; sell return
tickets, aud some will allow you to return free! of
charge on tbe Convention certificate, but it will
save trouble and make the thing sure to buy re
turn tickets, if you can possibly procure them.
;4. I havereceived many letters "i fxom persons
in this and other States, stating that they pref r
to pay their boa rd while here at hotels and board
ing houses, and asking if any reduction will lie
made on the usual rates of board; To these in
quiries, I have to say that the hotels and boaid
iug houses will take persons attending ?the !Cou
veiitiony and endorsed tythe committee on hospital
ity at reduced rates-one hotel at $2 per day
another at $1.50 per day provided a certain
number areentertained and the boarding houses
will entertain at $100 a day
H The ltaleigh Baptist church proposes to enter
tain ail wno wiU comej but if any preter to bear
their own expenses, it will be better for them to
write to me before they come, that rooms may be
secured lor tnein, and we probably can make
bettor terms for them, than they can make lor
themselves.
letters from brethren who expect to attend are
coming in from many States, and we expect a
large assemblraf the saints. -
T. n. Teitchaed.
Dear Recoedeb : WiU you let few linesfrom
me, who would write plainly upon an important
subject, go belore your readers f The subject of
Catholicism, has been, manfully handled, by our
brother O. H. P. in a former number of the , BE
coedeb; we carefully examined the argument.
and objected to nothing, only that it looked like
the man that circumnavigated the earth to tell
us what was in tne nut sneu. jjo we need a
syllogism, or abstract reasoning to pr6ve to us
that whatever wiU turn currents of misery upon
the world ; should be avoided as the-deadliest
enemy. ? It can be said ahd proved that what is
commonly 'practised by the Catholics is nothing
more than a juggle or- a puzzle. One of vtheir
members (a lady about fortjT years old) died in
our immediate neighborhood ; last year, the priest
was sent for, who lived just by he came as she
was bieathiug her last : a lady member of the
Baptist Church was present to witness the grand
tragedy of getting the ; soul on safe a little
salt petre water ' was brought (as she stated) as
anointing oil and sprinkled over the body, as it
lay making its last throes for life. Prayer books
were lianoea to an tne memoers present an
knelt around the bed,imd read the prayer. .What
benefit in such:iiroceeduret What imposition
lon the unthinking l
A lady of respectability made herselt quite
amusing bn6 day, at our house, in relating what
her eyes had witnessed, at a communion at the
church, in the neignbornooa. Said she, "J. did
not know there was such a people in this world;
why "the priest went to the table, took -thetumbler.
tilled itfull of wine,held it up at arm length .repeat
ed words the best she could understand was toota,
xoota,iauerf iaaer,ana put ic ou uie ta Die, got upon
his knees a short time rose and went over the
same ceremonythen drank the wine himself:
the thing was repeated a second time and two
glasses were drank, enough she thought to make
any person drunk." The same story was told us
by a man a respectable member ot the Presby
terian Church j he- was asked what he thought of
it his answer was "the whole looked like a piece
of torn-foolery." I had, thought it was more like
a juggle, a puzzle, or an imposition upon the un
thinking. ' What we have seen we know." Noth
ing in lite to ns is more wicked : than for a man
to put on great sauctity all the week,vMt a groc
ery kept by one of his own members, drink and
encourage others to dnnk,until Sabbath, theu to
the confessional, . (as we have seen them on the
way) to get all made right before Sunday ends.
The confessional must be attended. Things we had
read and heard ot in early lite induced us to believe
that injustice was done that people called Catho
liCjUntil being an eye witness,to excite feelings of
norror. we now are satisneu mat it tne princi
ples of the mystery of iniquity, should happen to
prevail, this country is doomed to share . the
fate of those ot Europe, which have by the same
been drenched in blood. Another puzzle .we
will here'name is in going to the confessional j
each one must have their hour, men women,
young women, each alone? hot two and two j be
cause there are secrets, that must be keptthe
priests are an holy order of beings, they never
marry, but as one of their members ; argued - one
day. in our company,that they were married to the
Church, and ot course all females in the church,
were legally their wives j we have seen them with
their pet dogs, when we thought it would look
much; better to have J their children to. pet. Is
any one so unwise as to think that thci-e is ho
liness iu a fife of the kind. Let Kerwin speak
iu his letters to John Huges of New York.' When
have we ever known squads . of .Catholic ipiiests
going through this or any country with a cargo
of Bibles distributing to the poor, and ; needy j
we have been with them and heard them talk,and .
seen their acts but never heard the first one
speak any thing encouraging to . Sabbath scaool,
Bible classes, or Bible reading,but to the reverse;
with that we have seen, the "grogery and
frog-drinking encouraged. In conclusion, I will
ere aska few questions to be answiered by i the
thinking part of h the country, i la Catholicism
Eot the mother of harlots assiwken of in Bev
elationst : Is it not a curse to tue world, danger
ous to all civil government, and a destroyer- of
every good. Should j not tall i Catholic converts
be subject to investigation rby the law- of the
lands I , Lest others may think that I am follow
ing the tracks of bro. O. H. P. to tell that I know
there is a deadly evil in the land and must be
counteragted, or we will feel to the eoul of ;- us,
iTiliclose. . v. ...,. ,L.DAvn). ; 1
Is it important that the smallest fly-gpeck be
daily washed from the remotest corner of : your
windows) that every grain of dust be brushed
from your closets and shelves, . while your minds
are allowed to become incrusted with rust and
dust of years-of neglect, and the disuse, of many
ot your highest powers f ; Is it not sacrificing the
greater to the less i-Motner journal. . .
AKew York Merchant? advertised a vacant
clerkship with a salary of $C00fandln a few hours
had U7 applicants icr the place. Another adver
U?fd a" eabry cf C-00,andtad 2Sa Bimlicants,
TliO fill pf wcrlSt ; ; . s. ? . -.
. I'or til Rniu.i t.
; Wake Forest CoUe.e.
BY JULIAN II. PlcuT.'
Grea with tbe robe of tlute '
bpotlfss from shame or crime
Thou dost remaia. ' '
Hailed by tho Tukse of praine
Orown'd wkh time-hoaorM bav,
. Free from all stala,
; Proudly still If ok to' thee,
Where'er their path way be ,
All tby true goes :
Proudly they hail thy name! .
, ree from reproach or blame
Cherish tb j noble faine 1
Oillantly won. t
O'er all their homes afar ' " f "
' MMttloftur; ' ,U
' Thy light doeaahlue ,
Cheered by Us guiding ray '
Through allthtf ieogtbeu'u wtr
-Mother I'HheycoL to sajl
Hall u thy shrine.",
. Tet. many noble sona, S -Braee
and true hearted ones'
near not thy call: .
Ou the rough road of life.
HAd in the manly suife
Fellthey wittf honor rifr
i.
Ulcst lu their fall. ' "
Soae with tblr armor on.
I e l while life' nooada, Im
bhone on their way -t
Some io their native land. -Some
ou a foreign strand,
talledto Upavea'uday.
May tbey who yet remain,
Keepv ever free from suin,- ,1
Tat armor they bore; - i
Aud lu their heart or beau's, 5 ;.-V";
Mother .f nMe artsl ' r?-? - '
- May thpure name impart ' ' 1
- Strength evei more. " '
Aa they recall the dead, 1 - !
Let one pure vow be said,
Xobly to live. , '
While thy m.te.n lyoice,
liidding their hearts ri-joice,
liludg them bow high the choice, c
Life to retrieve.
Still through tie coming time,
Stand thou in strength sublime, ,
Crqwned with tby fume ; f
'B;iht as in thy youth,
: lit-ariog the lamp of truth, --
Strong, 'cuidst all joy or ruth,
In thy pure name.
A Pastor's Eerlv-
Sent to a brother, tcho had made him a
present of a Bible.
- MV BIBLE. - T
D how I love this precious word,
Which God to man has giveu !
It shlnea upon the christian's road, '
And lights the road to heaven,
More precious this than Ophir's gold,
With lame and honor given ;
Its priceless worth has never been told.
Twill be revealed in heaven. " v
t . Here Jesus speaks in accents sweet,
j . And every word is living,'
X lie sits upon the heavenly seat,
Salvation freely giving.
! Let times and seasons come and go,
i t . And ocean's waves keep roaring,
'Tis here the trees of knowledge grow,
i jlnd streams of life are flowing.
Then to this word I will repair,
i When storm and tempest driven,
. ; A sure support against dispalr,
r- Wheri"hope from man la driven.
. Yei, we will prize this precious word,
Which God to as has given - - .
" Twill shine upon thB christian road,
And lead us home, to heaven. J. 0.
Two Oegans a' Disadvantage. The' Chrih
tian Era says: k - ,
I The Boston .North S. S. Convention by vote reques
ted the Christian Era and the Watchman BtUdor to
publish the Essay read at the meeting two weeks m.
-4s it was an excellent paper we are wUIIng to do it,
and the author was ready to furnish the ebpy for both
papers. But the Watchman refused to publish it, if it
was to be published also la The Chru&an Era : hence
the author thought it best to withfcaWJt from both pt-
per?. . .
What is the best title for our work ? '
The Bible-school is best. It is dUcriptive, and it Is
every way worthy of the work It describes. Manv pp
pose the term "Suaday,r' as of heathen origin. "Olh
ers oppose "Sabbath," as of Jewish origin. Still oth
ers oppose both these, and prefer "First-day." ; But
we bave yet to find a person not favorable to the title,
; The rccipts of the Foreign Missiou Board da
ring February were Arkansas, 12; North Carol-
i
ma, wsji ; jiaryiano, lai ; south uaroiina,
I82.C6- Mississippi Tennessee, 133;
Louisianna, oj iViiginia, 147 i Missouri, 1XJ : Ken
tucky, 275 1 Georgia, 186.15 j Florida" 5 : Ala
bama, 35.51. Grand total for February,$l,'751,45.
: For the encouragement of our people, we give ,
the items - of ; the . Cbntributions from Iforth
Carolina: . .y - "'kiH.ry
A sister Baptist', 1 Tarboro ch . f oer " Bev. C. W.
Green, 3 Cashie ch , per A. R. Thompson, for
Yatcs' cbapeL 6 Leaks ville. per Ml G. J).. for Yte'
chapeW.JOFranklinton ch.j for For Miss., 2LI1;
Franklinton colored ch., do- 8.S4 : Uartlese Creek cbn
for Yates chapel, 10.23 ;do.r for For. Miss., 5; Rev.
J. D. llufham, Cor Sec. for For. Jfiss., 279.40 ; do., for ;
Yates' chapel, 140.73 ; yatawbasso., for Yates' ciisp
el 27.50 First ch. Wilmington, Yates chapel 19.50
lialeigh Asso., for For. Mlsa, 8 i' Mrs. L. K. Simn. '
Yates' chapel. 1 ; Wake Forest ch i for For. Alto. :
(Mov.) 2.50 do., for For. Miss. (Dec.), ; Yates' Miss,
Soc Kaleigh, For. Miss- 29.45 Mev. J. C Grayson.
FcT.;Mi3S.5; L;E Kigan, for Yates chapel, 1; ;
Sister Sidney Lea, For. Miss.; 1 ; Jo.. Yates' ehapei,
1 ; unknown from IJeynldson, K. C, "Fori Mk3 , 10; ...
Waks Forest eh for For. MIis. (Jan), 9 ; Miss C. C
Lilly for Yates' ctapel, 1 , Ajrnes P. JBiddlck, for do.,
5. Total for February, 603.87. X N
The annual session ot the Georgia Baptist State
Convention will be held 'with the First Baptist
church, Macon, l)eginning on Friday, April 2CtL
The Introductory Sermon will be; preached by
liev; T. E. Skinner, D. D., of Columbus, or hy
Iiev. F; 1L Ivey, of Athens, as alternate : the Ed
ucatioi , iSermon, by Eev L. Ii. Gwaltney, ot
Home, or by his alternate, Ilev. " G. A. . Lofton, of
Dalton.- ,
! ExPLANATonr.- It seems to be necessary to
state that Dr. Ilooper's last letter to Elder Jot-; -dan
was accompanied by a private note
yalued Ma contributions at $3 a column, that be
fog the price paid him by the Religious Herd
which accepts whatever he writes. We conla.
not afford to pay that price, and returned his ar- ?
tide that he might have the full benefit ol its ,
market value. AVTiile on -this subject, we wiU
add that we estcm Dr. Hooper highly as a pioa
and learned mau. But it lias been our disagree-;
able duty to prove that he is not a sound Baptist,
nor a sale denominational leader. Yet we have .
not advised his exclusion i from1 fellowship. I.B
spite of all his objections to "us, he desires to
walk with us and work with us. His age, hw
wisdom and his many christian" virtues entitle .
liini to uniform kindness and distinguisheo"'
sideration. Serns in cerium redeat
We were pleased to see that IfabbiFelesenthal
waa present last Sunday evening to hear Vr.
Thomas review his senncn on the wandering J e, f
and that after the discourse the Jewish labbi .
and tie Baptist divine, being introduced, com
plimented each, the other's effort. Clioap Jfch.
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