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VQ'luxn o II 21 - f 'i. Cape Few .ssocutioa.j ,V a fcoxcLtrbiiTj'Vj- - ti Saturday, Oct. 20, 1S?2.': - 'The Moderator conducts the -opening exercise. ; Prayer Elder iliicjeil lead ingab Rider lithnan reads the report f tlio Comraitteef rr-anreraexits I ivine an order of bnstaew, irlnoli i3 ; nioptcO The Clet k read? the rninuteaL r..""!" , Elders Bennett and ..ilichardson go to preach at the stana. - TJro. J. J", OiW'in of Eastern Associa-- lion i8 welcomed Ja a seat. )r...: "7 . Churches at JJnion, S. O., fXUtle Pee Pee, S. at Shilob, N.0.f HesterV Nf O , Silent Grove and Ten Mild Swamp are received as members or the btidjrthV Moderator giving tbo righVhand of wel-.: come. w.ij-. The Clerk reads thrnlea of decofum. Sandy Plain chnrchYcb(oVVd,is dismissed, to join Gray's Creek, ay ,pblo TkaiwWifirtAnS r eAa. 1 ; i Sermon theMi the obiects of the Baptist State Ootiven tion. Committees are also appointed to report on Wako Porest, on: OhurcLet-1 ters, and on Poreign Missions.. -r t -rr-.. . Recess.' Dinner abundant vj-j i ' : rP;M.-. Elder Lennon makes a verbal statement. The Board o wes abont $1650, and: relies on pledges amounting to $1900; About $1200 have been received. ; . ; ; f ;: . Elder Pittman is .reelected Chairman of the Board and Elder McDiarmidf Secretary, and Eli Wisbart, Treasurer; The Association resumes i business and appoints a committed : to report ;on jbe course to be pursued towards ;Abb'ottgrl burg church. ; The committee retires Elder McDiarmid ? is attorney Hot the Association before the Committee. 1 ' . Elder Pittman reads the - eepoet ok rrjmODiCALS. i -Your committee on Periodicals report that tha BiblicaI Eecoedek, the orgau of tha ; JJaptist denominatioa of C. is worthy of a more ex-. - tended patronage, it should be in every tamily at Y a. :l x r ..V l. -r a. ter deeply interesting-, to the , denomination I Kind Word and Home & Sereign Journal papers published by the southern .Baptist Uonvenuon. The first a Sabbath school paper that should- be put into the hands ot: every Sabbath school scholar as it is an attractive sheet, and instructive to the young,and also contains lor every Sabbatn vrell amingdana ou; taught in all om sehwis.v ihe second a mission-1 arypaper, worthy ot universal circulation as it I relates and abroad. us show sustaining Homes, Remarks by J. Report adnnted. c EldersRichard8on is invited to present 1 me claims oi ureensooro '. ennrcn. xte makes a good speech on Greensboro as a centre or influence. Collection, iZS. 50, r Various brethren are allowed to go home. ' . . ii- Elder MrCDiarniid reports on Abbotts- feurecliUTcri aufl recommends' the wth"; drawal of fellowship from the church for ,..( , feiiure to discipline Eider Jamea oaahV well. Report approved, and fellowship Elder Cashwell says the best part v of Uiuivuiiaagatuoii L1XXU OA w xaiOC,''t:..j,-; 'i. Elder Connelly is requested to labor' with the chnrch. ( Prayer, Elder'; 0ouvr nelly leading. . V. - ',t-.1 . . t. Adjournment. , , f c ; . ' : " Sunday.- . "Well, here is a bright October sun, and a cool pleasant day.. In stead. of the quiet, rippling Cedar Creek, is YVestem 086 name is also its description,. In stead In stead of four bold 8priDgs, as at Cedar Creek, we haye a well of rather muddy " water." ' But ' the house is new; and comfortable : and the grove is pleasant. We aTe to have six sermons in order to offer divine truth" to many hundreds of immortal human gouls, liooa oraer.prevails and the people wait upon the preaching of the word, Elder John Mitchell Is preaching to acrowded house,and Elder E. 1). Johnson preaches from Isaiah xxvii : 20. "Por the bed i ouuiki luau Liia.ii if. until ni rr.ii'.ii iiiui self cn i(r&nd the coveiiotr narrower warnings ftsrainst .de lnsiye hopes and insufficient foundations, .. o xne sermon is delivered with earnest fervor and is distinctly heard by all in the ample grove. Elder J. B: Eicliard- - son follows Elder Mitchell in the Louse, and Elder Haynes Lennon follows Elder Johnson. . , ;-The congregation incrcrcs and the Seats are occupied and a vast multitude is present, and attentive i A few cluster about in tht grove and 'discnsrcropinsV. ninony, politics and the approach of the ' rcas Elder Lennon preaches on the Twelth poniiiiaiidutit, cdsstinifs called -the Great Commission. It is ths mis sionary sermon fur district missions. He traces the progress of the gosl frcin tba l cr-d them wil'i f your prayers c : ymii Mr 12 1 iiiirr i'.iiii wis M. I. iff irxiinii Thnrsdar beftre tbetb-Snndav in Oc IH iir ss rT.?..;: i i junuunu u xviuui wwur Dai erv earnest apDeai in oenau 01 .wuufci w , nwu avi . a Tf -Dtu 1 1 . vuuepuoitu lor , Miuo , sui xwepurc sw aK6 crept uoneffe. nv bqb esteemed i Kxiuwwujwtm i ne Ripest lea and Urges christian pcopls to pdit or. rrird stilly bv locking tLg inin li'crs and allc .vin? them to 'go and carrv and !..!.. .i-., iii . .. i ... ' 1 -while a col lection limvla.f.ir 'missions!- wltliijti the, bounds of Cap;Kerj;Arfdcia' titftfIfcctt&'iintj abundant dinners: V" ?' t-$ 4i-::l.qesal:rn9Qjir,-.-.50oa ; sermons,, are preached by lEUeMiMarUo ,Vndf Cpptpdly nd tjieereat throng disperses. j-rr ; (The Mouerator'cAlLi -the brethren in. The cleTk cll !Jhr iSfHsCcbPTP'bea and tt prs'th oien i nxclsesv V ?Tho clrk reads tbo m inn tea. It apbeitslbaf 5oh yesterday $55.22 ware lle.tedA Jii; tnefr missions and S3 10 wrhareigniiins folia; ' ' ? j Ktder Edwards goes 4o preach at'the stand, but thet :cctngrepation U vtry tbin aa compared with ibat of yeterda.U EUddr.G aieteada tbe iTepart on San aayhtnbicb -fiaf adopted withent i4 Jratherr AViisuarJk xeporU i names of I s 'j.... .is 1.-4...- : s.i I cwrw MiauTOww rsnoas assuoiaiumit. til. Tl. TilU rnaik Lha trannrt on r For- I ,The moderator is requested to appoint j delegates to the! Baptist 'State Oonven-i ;EldeTcOonn.elly treads the,, reporfcion the Convention i which is- Jadoptedi The money is now connted : and it' appears .that all the funds sent up r and collected for Rome amounttb '$177.67. l..?. fi.u- i- The clerk is ordered to have the con stitntion printed with the minutes. i TElder Hill reads .the list of ministers and - their post offices. Ordered to ; be printed., . i iiilder McUiarmid resigns the oilico ot Treasured rand 'brother S.D. Ward is chosen in his stead. j 3s. i r y mu ?x Clerk is orderedto" print' and 'distrib ute 300 mintntes for, $140. . I ' v I .'The clerkj irallowed -3Qjfqr liis ser jvices.' Ordered thai,,-the reporfon Sa lem church made last year, be reprinted sand corrected. '-"-- : ; .Recess. , Dinner. - ..'SiU . . v fvThe District . Mission ' Board meets.- Elder Gore in the chair, f Elder escott coca to naeacb at the atand.fi i'? a ,v.u"Y.v.""r"t sions, makes his report. $1812,70 Expenses $1805 fence comes out of the collection proved. Elder Xennon reads nis report, ? - T ' , -rsi x:Ix j " Or,0Q ....t.f-a 1 f Appropriate $25 to E Ideic !Ke wberf y , Appropriate 10 Jiiaef jjiewoerry , for 'services rendered. Board r adjourns i ax4boi iuoo iouuwsur j-v ; iiAssociation resumes business. ;; ? - XV' YOlt) OX bUaUlVO " XUX jXlU0LXbrtXfcjr . . adopted. ' '. t . -'rxf i t OElder Mitchell reaid a'Repbrt oxl Wake forest cOolIeee.f lierjaarks by Elder miwaeli ffl , . , and has a few,more - blank- bonds ttlGlt Some of them are sued uP. . jiro. ir-ow- ell dorses; the canse.. Beport adopted. vuxuxu -7-;' xrcasurcr. wu.w un ' "dered to send'a Dackaee of minutes", td Abbottsburg church. Motion to adjourn prevails. I - : " i . - Prayer, Elder I). 2J". Gore leading. -; -"Moderator 'Lennon req nests, the ,r inis - sionaries to remain and receive their sal aries and. mak arrangements for next teafJ Eenedl6ti01i ; ;Peab Eecordeb,; I giye. below a brief sketch of the proceediugs of the Pee Deo Association which . met with the" Hamer's Oresk chnrch in Air ntgomery county, on the 18 tb of this month (Oct.)' :;!We find a good dtove in. the church ana no orosen winaow aigars., ,iso a stand and seats prepared in the grove,; J i ilhelntrodnctory Ssrmoa was preachi ed by Elder John -Mitchell,- from Bom.: u 1 11. ; ANot slothful in business : fer- i vijl au jlv , uw. i kuwuu.m. ' He states that the Holy Spirit takes it a, i- n has 1 BuuiemmK.wj uo, auu mcu uriiKa utm 10 be diligent in that busine 23. States the danger cf bcic: dilict in. the affairs of this wcrldrand net beinj fervent in spirit) ' andt doabts its being advantageous to the christian to to prca pcrous in worldly dTairs b'cyend his eouI's prcspsrity. That the olject cf this diligenco in bnsins:3 and ?;ferrency of spirit should ba to increas3 ;ot:r coul's prosperity, and promote -onr growth in grace, and qualify C3 for ' terries tha Lord more acceptably. " Alter a short recci, the Associ: arretnbled.for 'businc:3. The former Moderator called th3 Eociation to brd:r, ition As bro. ; pro '' The former ckr!; ; r.l TT. L. Wr:':' t v r.:k ' . .'....-- T ,r i i va f rf- r'Awq' y -1 tho namcj ex u..:;-;i.j : : 4' T " t-ji . ' l auvpietu o:eti v; r. kuliUi ...UM t a i Dro. 'ALitcneil Hro'Ai' JiocfcorvToilow I iiaiDUjiui?i,uBiiH;uuui, pt a highly j uay auu. xenyes a uaiani m,- luu vrcaaury. i p ClOCK a.'' in.:' " ljia i I tLi. xM-M 1 5 t . ... . lessons iiiuiuoivifiauawjifH,,,'M y, f r - --T" T. ghirtopei the 3xecuuvqicomnxittee whicjias' apt i fit an early -l li H I c 1 Invitation given tvVni'ibUtc'ri.Y breth ren, who are not "delvjAte-ind cor re if Well Troiii tb'Siniy .K StoneG fmtif ieItcK5 f Itrrcr5fibr6iyi7 . : i heard " from 1 coifespotidrd4 feesJenrgetf Wnicook &veraT&uV m&$m JViitcKeii;! :'KH:l,tni itfi!i'wv-' -'in -iir tn ADsewceprareffwar otiWATrifo trf- nrnfAVma With5 appropriate remarks, arid insists oh 1 the importance bf raisiriir alaftre enddw-M scribe to this obiect:1" 4 "" 5 fH I '"Recess of abont onn hon'r. ' ' J 1 EvEirnro J , t Bepofta from, deiegatea who .attended ithe Oonveniion.mif z.. : f "E T T, l ii.-i t 1 . tended the meeting pf the Convention in Charlotte, andf ives a brief report of the 1 doings of "tbi1 vervain v uicn mines were interesting ana en conraging, and should stimulate, eyerj. Baptist in the State to a more .vigorooa effort in the Master's cause and inspire as withliope of final success in cultiva ting all the ( waste places of Zion: preach at the stand and is1 excused from writing on Periodical - 'A - itiag 11 ' t L; 'ili a" large crowd assembl 1; 4- . .1 assembles at tlie stand and !l u i: r. o.i. .Lt' ..r. ,Oor.;;xx-om which lie reads as a textf "Por. lye know the ' grace: brpur) Lord. Jesus Oor' from which be reads as a text. "Por. 'jOhrist that though" ho was. irich, jet for yonr saxes,-. be became , poor that ' ye through hia poverty might be rich." H tells now lnxtniteljr noa' Christ was-i-' J nottell hutrndoronesiniierirthe nov- how incalculably poor he - became san 'x x.ii t. i. ' . ' -. i'v: erty of all for whom he died, was laid erty or aai lor wnom ne aiea, was ixid upon him jo,; how, poor, he . became. Then tella . how, exceedingly and - inex- cuawiuucu sxouer may 08 ;iurougn .tne poverry nuuui r w nue me '.congrega - poverry oi unrist. v nue tne ' ccngrega tion iinjrt w nyLon the bending billows Lnng , &o.,"- a collection is. t taken , np amounting $30,75. Recess of .an hour. The congregation refresh themselves from the abundant and luxurious dinners so handsomely prepared by the kind sisters ,1 ' Hymn. : oa tc cross the SstIoe huo, sui J Textf Ifot this man, but-Barabh&a: He tells of the wicked ' clamors ' of " the enemies of Christ, they, would have a seaiuous muraerous man released rather that Cbristand that this spirit charac- tcrize3 tbo enemies CI Ohrkt 'till the present day. - . . 8erTlc3tnr.auna-datpi-ht.:, ;:' ; vThe writer ct Ihte brief an J; hastv sketch then leaves. A DelegaI33., J pa ; iptlst fiistcr? ai VTrittsa by aa Episconilian. . "Xhe ti'st Baptist church, of which we have any record, was organized in March, 1C2D, by Roger 7iliiam3, in Rhode Island. :ir. Ai.Iiamswas a minislcrof 1 tr.3 churci ex i.:: -L.J. lit. Zzcldel Hol- liman, a layman, irnmsrE z d Mr. AYilliams and Mr.: AVilHams' in1 turn immersed Mr. Holliaan. TI.:3 d:..c: by baptlrrj, a pcrccn i: :licn ho! J that admitted into the church cf Cr.n t, t thajonly ' r.-:lj .cf th-t i: crzic -n is Hencn all are v.n.ban who have :.ct Lcca i;.;;r.sracd tized, Mr. Holhman w fZ'S not cnlv not a trinister,! t ! . : ; i fit. cl.urch, r i no .. . ... j t tin lit. Mr. 1 t I ! i . n to ii , I I i. t . . ; TTil'ianis tcr.';.. Ar. . . - . re : cet 1j . i . ; ::.tis- t. n r ! t' - ! ths " i j rM-.zt ir'-r! i .. t! ponding ministerav and "brelhrenl-frtan 4itAfSisofcIaUona::l u iJi ,hV; foIlqWinW nbrCtWn 1'wBr,veU! enmed'fatteafg. VizY K1def "JVlttcTiclT: W.'IT. IT: TjaWhAft artl brolJ! .TlfSi Datw trotif the Bfiiwn'Orfeelf. " 'AjMottrried lilt 4) o cloclc ;iii6rrur. t n lrt'P j!4oaerfI kn6vr th Thjcr 'Elder VtfrtittaellW;, iay" Ecbnalianin-lhitvre tool h6nor4 i : I." jx it i i tv t, .t..(iu , i.b!l .V - .. .... f ' f ;M4tccording'tf4djonr ""f wt5Wialtand tbey have aright to 1 After aioeinu and DraVernenorw mre M whir4 distinguished! f Bishop written. dterefifingfe'rniip'tb vizIderslJlMonrde, W.IVt Bostick; 'FSS vSfS de?ecV,rih5Jirhes t w DavU and brtbrn W M Rcrd Edward repealed the ' 4iBloody Statute,", yea and challenged some of our. preachers L SkSP 1- and passed an act to pardon papisUand): to disputation" (-?iii5 t?I.;f.c i niwr)rtav An a otherl the ' tofif to7ere-eMtecl ; and ! LTha -Bishopsof Colorado'?, cab; know ofmis-- WasappointcdloMtCn WK0 r nd5 lin i. 5 -!P tl? .1 ti 4 . - , j " i .. . l nf TVfav. 1S19 msf mnetv 'vfcars heforw I Was issued in Jbn?Iand :rit wast a : transla - i Hflsii n .ar-iait. i.iin ai mm . z. xeceiveiiua r -aaiournea io meet., -.witiiiubeuezer -;r -.r. " " " r. v. :r - -,. '7i. "lr -vr . . :Tbe differ- church, SUiUy coantvoV Priday before ,iwg.vyu,iama was oapnzea . e Vn w j vow- vuo iuuu oauuaiu m vuvuucr ua&.i ab jlx :i3 r::tnct 1 tO-. "C13 - :.r:::.- .:iv l ... 1 j . O V E II B E R 6 1 8 7 2. jyM et?, tbej IvpwcopaUtiurch, must be. rrayt biyhop of ISIywbjchr.oyjPs tljaVin i yates&Mt&it ft -n-i-t. ? 17 theear 1457,Itff re,wM a ,o'nj;regitiont J !Tfl'huneM! after :. Baptist -history , f fth'14 bn,Yini ife yijlfge,- Chesterton si.Afaf Yonl 4bor hif'n jt - a n7reJ wherq X tf ye, whp privately: asj8etnbIfiTAir, id sfTolrfn Tt) above is from thepen- ci'a liUhoortho VEoisconal church - nd I IhTi''baf 'ift'circUlfttedt amonjrBamist M&mmiMte Ieraht: ItciroT?if at4 tt ttiore icn'M-ant member.. hi. in; i 'iiii:.ii nm L'l i.iiiii iiimiji w. i mv ih i play in hia bu- any T!8ticn believe iaticftrial nodWordfwf dndenmationi foil aefurjifnani&t DGrveramn foot historic d jr4hUao4 i n:civ"iMifa id politics )bUc8;inany of the world.- he Rev. Geo. M. Randall, i ly professions, the Rev. Geo. M. Bandall, IXJiDJiishop off Colorado would be Jield j I u p to? p no uc n a erision , ; ova nu the learned given an ac- wonderful book;in which Baptist Asso- ciation,an London, in 1689, he might have foundsiroUcJU ore, 1 ; doubt not. Lotus of Rge'ifWilliams, 1639, and the Jipndon Ae80CiatlonSrlOb9.- ' 1 propose no lengthy recital; but sim- ply enbiigh toiese ; the miserable ked njfohi8itchi.;CBi in 'thn viftar inMO.-lhirtv on Rfthfiiats. that in the year 1539 thirty one Baptists, that ffedfroni tEriglarid were put;tp death at iDelfitf.lISlIandl-themchjwere beheaded sinvl 4b tonniririti warn 1 Vlrntvnorl V ?iThi was1 just bneliundred years - before ihe baptism bf Roger ims. " 1 , ' iar I ik Dx$tM rlT'.aiimni - m dniimvn KATAtia King Edward VIy referring to I the Events; pf ; Henry's ; reign ; "observes, "Baptists Were burned in different parts of the king Jcurar 8 - -1 w?7' ,7 ? , , A?ch-bshop, (o search after all Baptists, issued ; to the and under, i hat commission Joan of Kent,' I i iLr.,u ' u!J '.'.rirt' iinA. ...liiA ai. l - WiUimnSawtreSir'John Oldcastle and ' '1 nfhir ni t in rnipl dath - ThA Wimjt hBaptis ists i took places un -1 der the. very, Ivev. and mercuui uisnop oi April JLitti, baptism of year after the Bible. The . .4 i ? '?: .i " - :??. i. H nu mv Tree circiuowozi oi .no " " TZ Lf- science ry Xljthirty poor baptists' were condemned to be branded with a red-hot iron, on the fnrhai1. .to' he whiDDed - through the having tneir ' ii" i : v'triAi? irirnipfl. in ro l turned into ' the open fields, all persons be- I m.a ? a,h n fild in2 forbidden t6 afTord them any shelter or adertW "wit penalties.: aThis mosl foQt. and itbeing the depth of winr 1 ter, alp these Unhappy psrsons perished with cold' f and hunger - - These appear to have been the first who suffered as martyrs in Britain, after the persecutions inaugu ' rated by Austin t had L ceased. Austin caused the death of 2100 persons, in one small citv. BanfforisWalePv forrefasine in year 000J' 11 Is well knovsrii that TTilliam fantitaptismV''tnis was shortly . after the mense numbers oi them were nis suDjects. hoth on the continent, arid in England. So greatly did theV abound in England, at that' fimerthai Linfr anc,- arch-bishop of ranhnr.. wre- hook.' against them, LUC VAUU UCIUI lUOtCJ AJUWM91DAUO j....- 'nsnft. a.im. Canterburv. wrote a book.' against them. Now bo great a church -man as the 'Bishop ot Colorado should have been charmed with so great a man, and Archbishop as Lanfranc, and read his works. ; Had he Hnno snrhn would have known wnether or not Roger Williams was the first Bap tlst. As to the existence of. Baptist churches prior to 1639, and fBaptist asso ciation! prior to 1CS9. " :i Alas! the woman in the wilderness, had but a poor opportunity forv stately Cathe rlml. or fnt larira convocations i the 4,dra?' ... ... t .. i! r goa was too intent cnuer aesirucuon ior, i her to Venture, very? boldly, befbrethel world; .It was her wisdom and her safety to receive the help f the earth, and bees- eluded in the caves and dens of the earth whither her GopV led her, and his t smile was upon berij; That a church has flour ished and been in power ! t hrough all the centuries,! prima facie evidence of . its bein Babyloniih. Here I raay quote a short part uf the sad retrain ot fieters ana Terwoo'rtf who were tried before the Biificp of London and executed at Smith- field, in 1575. "Our belief ha not been fed frencrallv. embraced: wo aro not treated of I 3 kindly rj to induce the crowd to adopt In cur vijwj. Tru?, here and mere you I rr2v f.r.l rrao fcc!.:lfd fiiaiily, li!:o the i ... . . - ' . r.i,, , i-n t hrr-s p. tha am P cr;.cr'r'"th3 trees bf the wobdv bringing C :Va rzod fruiU'V llobinson says,m adis P .. I 1nM .anifiiArif fi' HMlhi w.th ornnrl mtotr. I laem OVer Head And nam. ii Itf hnth nnnf f.a rnnnrnruniiJi- ""Refbre the nas-1 inant church, so that it . was not till the f the act of 1 14KHV 'which was di- year l689, that the English, , particular 'a'gamst thelives"of ineril for con- Baptists, availed themselves of the liberty ' sake, in Iiay. m tne time ot nen a wouyuiws uuuiuer general ? asseraoiy, u x . b. - t p worship, and Aad preacbe of.thejrl Ownvho tauaht thm th .yery .dpctrioes now, preachy :Sx of (hem wre,apcjise4, fcf Jiereiy. beforo ihfttmBU.ofJlif Ml -o4 cnrdemned ,t .adjursjiierijf , -ifP!- H wv wwmiiwv hh umn u. u nit, uuu u iiiui ket places oJlyand Pmbrid iana m was apifjrihe.pow .souls were i forced ; to abjure the. twelfth article.ol 4heii , noensa-, tion, jo which'lhyjwere saidio. affirm,! ii'ai'- an pnesi:and neouie m.orcers arc incrri- aie aevns.:- iLania-jBavs oiine isapusis, wftiedfcep4rtijandn.tiisibjct socieilejjjj': Aft Jto Jjasiqi fch:arcbat ly; Wor$ h sureHpoFTera,) e'Cihis PW nW xNfitwbtraAC.bas hadome perience. LThe Record ,of Craven county court? bow a lateflbrt to do. what, wa$ipQ successiuiiy clone tor more than . nr; tuous--and years, by r the wickedanti-ch,Tist.' I refer also to .the work. oC DrSome,;a tiis- tinguished church-rnau, r in the.f times , . of Elizabeth;; he said tlieEaptiats.had i"sev eral conventicles , in London ? and n other places, ithat some of their ministers ha4, keen educated at the .Universities f. -t ,, tNoWtEjizabetb'iied iml603- The first regularly constituted Baptist phurchjconv, ng out publicly before theworld in what may be called moderniimesis dated from 1607r it was formed in .London : by-a Mr. Smyth, who had been a 'clergyman ins the church of Eagland. Dri Pealtyi- an ' Epis copal ian, wrote a book calledhe Dippers Dipt pri-the Anabaptists ducked ' and plunged over head and earsj&c. in which he says, "This sect, among others, hath so far presumed on the patience of thefoite, ,that it haib iceeklycontcnlidesy rebapliz ing hundreds of men and women together in the twilight, in rivulets, aud some larms pf the Thames,'- andn elsewhere,v .dipping Zr??- :? v ui j I t feSiS?11? ; ;f, blood quisilion "gives outy little by little, our his- form thpmaolvoo int AocAnUttso T,S:nf Ithe tim of.CromveH, a disaffected officer I wrote of the Barjtists.Hkvfi thev not filled' your towns',? your cities, your. provinces,; your islands," -yourp.jKistles, iyour-i naviesi jour, tenia, ryoui: v armies, your? courts i jrour very council is not free; only we. have left your temples for. j you ;to; : worship ,in.? rr . . ' ni . kui in xoou, on xne restoration pi vnanea IT T il J! x LJ uu k. UOBli0 ,u mo uiu- appeal to common manhood ; is it not too oaa mat tnere is sun a jaisnop wno is 'the accuser : of our brethren V Can any peupie?expect looemessea oi WOO) woq T.ii ii muor man, as a rauusi. as a I cnristian, x appeal lo tbat good, and : wor thy man, JBishop : Atkinson, to exyrt his great influence, to bring his 'people up to imeswnatthey will turn away trpm things I so unworthy ot the chnsUan name, Levi Thorke, Newbern, K. C, Oct. 28th, ISTi: :,-r ' atonement of Clirist.'v -;-t 1 There is in the gospel of Christ that' wbi61x Will " make "any. sinner' wise ran to Winiwij i IPrioflDS . Dis will as Troll as every oiaer iacaicy ox u suai iaiu cp I . . . . . m . " - c . - ; rv , v ' WilUhrqng his understanding, without ,iigbte8t degree . interfering .with l l0U SA lfC he Jai,sfc nse the ability that he has, .tonow the truth as it is in Jesus. This course, what- ever It may b8, U , volantary', :.4Kuow ye not, that to whom ye yield 5 yourselves tsrvants: to obeybli servants ye are to whom ye obey j . whether, of . sin, unto death, or of obedience unto righteous ness V ; Bom. vi ; 16. Indeed I am at a loss to see ho w a truth, so pervading the Scriptures, can fail of being seen by all Bible students. - And it is worthy of se rious and prayerful considerotion by allj that both prophets and apostles, andal I en. .Tcora : flVivtof lilrvteolf , lafdf mftfttl y ; u condition of man on the will. Christ said to the Jews, ye will notxome unti, in that ye might. have lite.V John v : dO. At the pool of Bethesda Jesus-said to the impotent man wilt thou be made wholes and to the woman of Cana he said Be it unto thee even as thoavwilb If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good bf the land ; for the Lord hath spoken it. Isaiah 1: 1920. -Who soever will, let him take the water of lile freely Rev. xxii : 17. To say that man it so far depraved by nature, from the mere effects of the fall in Adam, that i he has not power through the gospel and tho influences of the spirit, r. common up cn all sinners that will hear it with the attention and respect which it demands, is in'eiTect to repeat ?tho:: rcrvantthat had-buried hi3 Lord's mon ft IT u nib o r 10- ba-i nut sown, and pat!:;ri:: , L:. s'lLca ; bas not strewed.', jM&tt. xxv : 2 1. vIf it .stiriuld'jbeallcdgcl that tL'.ovhv of the subject makes salvation to uper.d ' njKuVhrmian works,1." I answer that Gel ' bas aperfp.ct rigbttcv dieipensa liia salva- tiiin mi 'whatever terras, and nn 7. : r ii:t-" f '''ly l AM. r J -V j.; ever limitations iiet chooses, xia j;or- ern)i irt'tbe"uateTial world by certain ab- olntq lawyliicbL scienedLia 'faJ.i t Ay vaco, caonofcin: Ay way coiproiiiiiw uis uivino sovereignty or' uctract cn iota from, the fact of salvation: being Wholly of grac4. -"'It ''it .fehohld 'be enquired : then, since" j iihman conformity to the law of - righteousness is impossible, and .there" iore J if attempted, "cannot save us,! . why la it enjoined ? , X answer, we have-' seen cleatly in ibis 'investigation .that -man' 'is rnnder 1 a.1 covenant of works, or the' laW:'cf' righteousness V and that in Adata be lost the ability of conforming to that law in 'his me. ; Christ s atone- nient has done for man just what he could not dd for himself, and no more ; f 01. the', L. 11 1:.'.' -J.'i' f J ; . ': -i . 1 1 i .J A j ji purpose or enaoiiog nim.io aiiam to ma law of perfect' righteousness Hence the bbligatfobs to nbediencei is laid ' on the' will, and God 'dispenses the grace of his ' salvation,;, on willing' souls, through 1 1 Christ J esus; J Surely none will suppose. hat a salvation, "thus conferred is not aracious'ehough in'God, to - accept "of his lallen ereatures,the will for the deed,' and "account them perfectly righteous,8 through the most perfect obedience of the Lord 3 esus Christ, by -virtue of their ' .!. L'i' I'..' s 1. " - utubiy aocepuiuuo auu trust iu uiiuxor' her game. ; ; ; r ; ' llf the law of 'righteousness has not etill the claims on, the human race, mod-" ined as it is admitted to be by the gos-' , pel (but. still the law of righteousness ;)v why is it' that weare to be -judged, with regard to the deeds done in tho body ! ; ; a . : ' - !:. ' r " " "i : . i . ". Ana wny ao tne ocriptures, doiu in cym bols of the old, as well as in the precepts and ordinances.of the Kew Testament, go constantly enjoin' the most implicit . obedience 1 JBnt why argue a question, unniUtakeabiyriBettled by "the - iL-prcl; Jwbrd.1 'In. immediate connection with the command to preach the gospel, the -iBavior'arlds "teaching them ; to observe u j(do)! all things whatsoever I have : coin-1 manded you, lt is worthy ct remarK Vftrft.-thaf. in thn motinna nf a Konl at all " 3 r--t - - -T --; awakened the very first sign of penetenca usually manifested, was the exclamation rwhat must I do to be saved,' and that such and similar enquiries were treated . klndlv. both bv Christ and his Apostles. If there is nothing for the sinner to do, why is the universal concern about do j ingl - ; . ; i . ?- . at V - - . ' m m . This sense 01 the necessity ,ot aomg, is an inate idea in the human mind. It V enters into and makes np the whole of the religion of the; heathen. 'Wherever of wnaleVcf man .worships, thxllam oi doing is an instinct of his nature. Uow - can such a fact be accounted for; other- wise than by supposing it to be a relict of his former dignified position, as a sub-' jectofthe law of righteousne:3, which his fall has not wholely obliterated. And what intelligent christian can fail ? to see in this, a confirmation of the teach ing of Scripture upon this subject. This Vie.W OX lUO BUUJCvb uuwiui . vv uj u 'God can be just, and the justifier cf hiui which believeth in Jesus." ' If we Cpri fess our sins, he is faUhfol and just to for- give DiODr sins ana ciC2ni3:D3 pin 01 unrighteonsness." 1J ohti i i 0. Hence we see that Christ dispenses his blessiog bf pardon upon'eouls, that the gcpel, and the spirit through the . gospel have i . m i v. :tli ; J 41.m ,am bntDDied anaraa&e wiiiiug iu uu tuv feet will of God ; and who overwhelmed with a terrible sense or tnei r utter ina bility to'kecpthe law, have fled through' the gTace given tbera in the ; gospel, to Chr at Jesus; and because mey naye trusted in Christ,; God accounts tnetn righteous for his sake, "Por ye are all the children of (rod, by faith iU Jestti Christ Gal, iii t 26V: And becau:3 ye are sons, God hath sent fgrth the Spirit of his Son into your, hearts cryingt Abba, Pather." Gal. iv t 3. - ; " ' . ' A. T7EAVEIS. " ' i Tot the Biblicsl BMorder. ; I hope every Baptist church In iu 0 will appoint three agents t 1. To eet subacriDers iot taa DEB. 2. To get subseribefs .for the ll.&ft Journal. . ' 3. To get subscribers for Kind "Wordu Every family should have all three cf the papers. The poor sisters can sell butter, chickens and eggs to get the Ei COuder and If Journal. Every little boy and girl can pick out cotton and charge their parents to get Kind VTords. They can . aLo esll r ground peas, apples, walnuts ar " nuts for the tarne pnrpeso; :I agent of Kind ..Words to be girl from' 12 to 15 years old: in jiue woria i x nysics, is almost cauy atoiiHjijiigf ti'ii hy 4ta wonderful rc-alb l f rriV tn has the' least apprther.sion, thaVtjierebV tlie divine koferei'aty u piKoty 10 De invauea or compromiueu. B'i litjftwiso'Godin'iuakiu tho obedi-: encAdf tha'wiiron the part of hb crent- ; ores. bUVhlefby.TrliiQbM dii; :, liia i i . citation preSxf d to Claude's essay, ; ey xn a n. .iw, ' 1 linsTT thC3, tat thou c;t h:.; n-.n ' r::: j Trh'-ri thou j cf La iztz to r.tt:z
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Nov. 6, 1872, edition 1
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