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JOHN AMMONS, Agent and Correa ' pondent for Western Korth Carolina. ; WEDNESBAY,......April 16, 1879. - communication or lettera for publication should be addressed to Biblical Recorder, Raleigh, N. C : - Remittances and letters on business should be addressed to Edwards, Broughton A Co., Publishers, Raleigh, N. (X tSTOnly personal letters should be ad dressed tc the Editors. ? thousand such men have attempted the 1 cbazebes. - . " Qor reli rioae excbaugee, is iiM ( 1 1' i: h i 1 a exception, vigoroualy ; . aeiena &.iu great principles of the denomination. We have as yet failed to aeea wora in a Bantiat Darer either Ifortn or of the sacoess or failure of Christian ity aa a religions system, no distino tion la made between J&eucivilizatto growing oat of Christianity and the 1 11 11 Ity is a failare , If Christ intended that men should be able- to raise- -and edacate their children Into accepting and obey to Dr. A. 1C Foindaxter, me baadrad thon- sand dollars and failed; too or three publioa- ! tion soeietiM of Usmphis have mads disss ! trona fail htm, and onlr waak or two aino anothsr publlahlng hooM of Kaahrill hu 'II1 : -! v 1 Rer. Lymn "Wright, D.D., bamtoB, died on 2nd last. : ,a 2 . . .Bst. R. B. ' Oollisr of Pleasant Hill, K. C. haa settled In Uatthsws ooontT. Vaer of Blag-- ginia, or in tba Sonthern Baptist Con-rentioa. If oar weak Toioeosa be heard sway brer st 1 "Ohvrahland" CQod bless tiw dear place and people 1 J we anonld" cry oxit'ao on, dear . COLTDMBTJB M WHLUVR Clerk Salem: Association. MEETIN AX LAKINBCBH. in a Baptist paper either xi or in or growing out of Christianity ana we children into accepting ana ooey- Qtotx pubUshlng house at Kaabrul bu , t,Hti. J, E. Holmes of DsaTull Yl., ded- Bro- Bwben 1 mJ tb8 Bd Lord spars - ., , South ia defence of these would-be galtation offered by it Qaite a nam. I jng his doctrines, then Christianity madeaeonsignmsnt. Ths work of publishing I joated ths new ehnrch' at BinMoia on Ust ymr predon life, that yon msy jet teach us I f 7: ' THE CONSEQUENCES. OF A I SLIGHT DEPARTURE. A week or two ago we made a note of the fact that the Rer. J. Hyatt Smith, an open-corn mauion J3ap tist minister of Ifew York, had "sprinkled a sick person in a Roman Catholic asylum." k" We were not at all earpriaed at tbe action of Mr. Smith. He has for years, as a regu lar Baptist minister, striven to in doctrinate his hearers with what are termed, in his section, "literal tiews" of the Christian ordinances. In the interest of these views he wrote a book calledthe "Open Door," and for some years resisted the action of the Association to which the church oi which he was pastor belonged. Tbe Association finally excluded the church from representation, and finally the church rescinded its action on the communion question, and got rid of Mr. Smith as pastor. Since then we have heard nothing of the Rev. J. Hyatt Smith, the advo cate and exponent of liberal Chris tianity, except the mere announce ment of bis last act of sprinkling a candidate for baptism. - - As a matter of course, our pedo- Baptist brethren are delighted with Mr. smiths conduct, and are pouring copious phials of compli ment upon him for his wonderful per formance. As we said at the time ot our first notice, we are glad Bro. Smith has gone as far as he has. We only have to regret that he still claims to be a Baptist preacher. The course he has pursued will be of incalcn lable benefit to the cause of truth. The plea for charity and liberality to wards the other denominations has ever been a specious one still many of our brethren have been to a greater or less extent influenced by it, and doubtless some of our weaker and more sympathetic brethren have felt inclined to grant the requested recognition, or at least to hold in abeyance the cardinal doctrines of the Baptist churches. A few Jover-much conceited and ambitious, brethren, , who were far more concerned about their personal popularity than they were for the $y of Christ, have again and again felt tbe pulse of the great Baptist bdy, b embracing every "excep tional " circumstance to lead off in a liberal direction', hoping at least to be followed by large numbers or to be immortalized for their noble self sacrifice. AH of, these experimenters have -signally failed, and some ot them; have been crushingly disap pointed. The great Baptist host has been trne to Christ and loyal to His commands. Bev. J. Hyatt Smith's last step is a salutary lesson as well as a much needed warning. The delicate and tender footed breth ren who hare halted and limped along the rugged path of truth are now enabled to see the full consequences of such maudlin sentimentality, and all of our brethren are by it awaken ed to the real danger .of allowing a charity that indulges error, or a lib erality that tends to grossest perver sion of the Christian i ordinances. It has often been said by the few zealous advocates of error that when the time came for some great man to lead off in the defence and practice ot open communion and alien bap tism, then; large numbers of the membership of our churches would embrace the opportunity and liberal ize the whole Baptist denomination. Instead of this, however notwith standing the fact that some four or five leading Doctors of Divinity have ac as many different times fancied that they were the men to lead Israel oat of bondage the churches have refused to follow them, and the Baptist denomination is more firmly established in the great and funda mental doctrines of the Kew Testa ment to-day than It has ever been. These winds of doctrine have caused the churches to take stronger hold of the troth and to cling closer to Christ. Not only has this much desiri ed object been accomplished, but 'the denomination has been led by these l false teachers and the reproach they have entailed npon it, . to - become more watchful and guarded in allow ing doctrines and practices that were - heretoforetolerated as innocent Or tmimportant' " Jt is that as large oaks from little acorns grow, so these seemingly i unimpor: : tant andharmless departnres from the truth as it is in Christ, lead to greater and more 'damaging . depar tnres. This lesson is worth to the cause of truth, and especially to the BaptTst denomination in the United States, the lives and" labors "of "a leaders Into error. wo have-reaa 1 of learned writers have lately is a failure. with pleasure what the Examiner V$ given secular press of New Yoik 1 ! If Christ intended that men should Chronicle, the Baptist Weekly and tnejr opinions as to . the failure of I be born into the faith and- practice ! the Watchman have said in vindica-1 Christianity. We have read these of his doctrines, then Christianity is tion of the great cardinal doctrines opinions with some interest and a failure. of the Baptist churches. These pa-1 mncn 8Urprise, But one, of all those J If Christ intended that one of his pera have always been trne to tne 1 wjo have as yet written on the sub- J followers should possess the power denominational standard. Still, sit-1 jeot, has even hinted at the trne so- I to make another man obey and follow Dated as they are, in the whirl of ex- I intioo of the difficult problem. All tbe preoepts of tbe Ohriatian religion, citement. and BurrOQuaea by vue uhfl rM nntwithstJindini? the fact thfln flhrUHfinifr ii ft failnrA. .. i books esnset .be done snnnnssfnlTj In the &nth, Ta ags&t sf thaUniTersitj Series of School Books, Major Eendrick told ma a short time ago, that they had tried MTersl of the larger cities of the South and they could not afford to publish their books in the i Booth it eoold be dons for a fourth to a third cheaper in Philadelphia or New Tork, than la any Southern city and they now loan thAix- book! tnm Kev York. But while w strong holds of error and contending many o tnem are ministers of bsTo failed in this work, here Is an enterprise which has gloriously succeeded and Is doing with a thousand forms of human fnllv and human weakness. We have at times feared that they were char acterized by too much of tolerance and charity for the erring and errat ic of their section. In this instance they express plainly and folly the views of the great Baptist brotner- the gospel of Christ, have seemingly taken it for granted that Christian civilization and salvation are one and the same thing. This confusion of ideas and its consequent mistifi cation has doubtless grown ont of the fact that these Christian ministers do not understand the gospel they It Christ designed that any man the work we need to bar done for better and of his otcn will should, on hearing hood, and it affords us pleasure to profess to teacb.'We hold that there reproduce the opinions of the Exam iner and the Watchman on tbe Bev. X. TTvatt Smith's departure. The Examiner of March 27 th says : "But why should not the Rer. J. Hyatt Smith have done just this thing 1 It is pre oisely what might hare been expeoted from him, if he had the courage of his eenTictions. Any Baptist minuter viho it once vised with the "liberal' infection, and admit that the in junction and precedents of the Scripture re garding the ordinances map be modified or set aMe in. one respect, has admtted that they may be modified and set aside in all respects. The same logio that justifies open-commun- j ioiiiam justifies pedobsptism. This latest Tsgary of Mr, Smith will, therefore, sur-; prise no thinking man. He has simply taken one further step in the course that he has for some years pursued. One step further will land him fairly among Pedobsptists. He has long believed that nnbaptized persons msy come to the Lord's table; be hasoome to hold that sprinkling is baptism for all practical purposes: and now he has only to "baptize infants to be a full fledged Pedobaptist." we have italicised a sentence in the above extract because it contains a erreat and important fact that should be carefully read by every Baptist in the land. There is danger, and great danger, in the slightest de parture from the law of Christ . This law cannot be modified or set aside in the slightest particular without opening wide the flood gates ot error. The ordinances of Christ do not ad mit human modification. Circum stances and occasions whether " ex ceptional1' or otherwise can never justify a departure from or a modifi cation of the Law given ns to obey. The Watchman of April 3rd, in an able expoee" of Mr. Smith and his practices, has these timely and sug gestive words : "This was oertainly a remarkable tr ansae tion; yet we cannot say that we wonder at any feature of it. The Rev. Mr. Smith is known as the author of the "Open Door," and as one of the earliest in the movement in favor of unrestricted communion, a movement now happily st an end, so far as our denomination is concerned. We see in this sprinkling one of the legitimate results of the movement. A lax tine of the Lords Supper must always lead, sooner or later, to a last tiev of baptism. Laxity of prac tice in reference to one ordinance must lead to laxity of practice in reference io tlie other. The two sustain such an organic relation that anything which affects one affects the other. To appreciate the absurdity of the per formance, we need only remember that the minister who officiated understood the word baptize to mean immerse. He knew that the Greek original never signifies to sprinkle. In effeot what he did wss this : he said, "I immerse thee," and proceeded to sprinkle the brow of the sick msn. Perhaps the exi gency may be pleaded as an excuse. But was there not an exigency of precisely the same sort when the robber died nnbaptized on the cross ? How much our Lord needed of instruction ! Why did He ot think to instruct John, who stood near, to immerse the penitent by sprinkling a little water on his forehead!" It will be seen from the words italicised in the extract from the Watchman that there Is a perfect agreement among the Baptists of the North and the South on the relation of Baptism to the Lord's Supper and the importance of correct views on both of these Ordinances, There is but one safe rnle for Baptists the .Law of Christ just as it is, without modification, alien immersion or open communion. No preacher, nor editor, nor angel from heaven has any right to teach or hold any other doctrine than that given by Christ and his Apostles. - is a wide difference between being nnder the civilizing influences and institutions that have grown out of the Christian religion and being un der the caving power of the gospel of Christ. A man may be a cultiva ted, refined gentleman, and yet at the same time not be a Christian. America and England as political states are nnder the influence of Christian civilization. All the laws and institutions of these states owe their existence to Christianity. But no one at all acquainted with the Christian religion its conditions and requirements wilLsay that the peo ple of America and England are all Christianf, or within the provisions of its salvation. A large majority of tbe people of both these countries are in a worse condition than are the heathen who have never heard tbe Gospel and know nothing of Chris tian civilization so far at least as their salvation is concerned. While the laws and institutions of these nominally Christian countries are to a great extent arranged in conform! ty to the demands of Christian civ ilization, the polity of these nations is in conflict with every principle of the gospel of Christ. These nations are grossly selfish and utterly un scrupulous. This is strikingly illns trated in the wars now being waged by them with tbe poor and igno rant semi-barbarians along their bor ders. England's Qaeen is a profes sor of the religion of Jesas Christ, and England is nominally a Christian country, yet her wars in Bnrmab, Egypt and Africa are waged for sel fish gains and for political aggrand izement Thousands of these half civilized heathen are slain with no other object than the gain of a for eign port or the acquisition of their territory. Tbe Christian religion condemns every such enterprise and the motives that prompt such selfish and cruel oppression. Were all the people of these nations under the saving influences of the gospel of Christ, such wars conld not be under taken. Peace and not war would be the policy of the governments. The triumphs of Christianity in bringing the nations under its civ ilizing influence is wonderful to con template. From the humblest be ginning it has triumphed over the kingdoms and religions and philoso phies of tbe ages; and during the two thousand years of its history brought nearly the whole world nnder its civilizing influences. Its progress has been steadily onward. Tbestona that was cut out of the mountain without hands has rolled down the centuries crushing the kingdoms and systems of false reli gions and false philosophy into dust, and to-day, in this sense at least, has become a great mountain, filling the whole earth with its salutary influences. The promised day of its ultimate and complete triumph was never more evident than now. The the doctrines ot Christianity, accept and obey thew doctrines, then Chris tianity is a liiure. But, if Christ intended that His gospel should be preached to all the nations and peoples of the world, and that the Word preached shonld be accompanied by the Holy Spirit, and that those who were awakened and enlightened by that Spirit should be led to faith and repentance, and by such faith and repentance be con- verted and tared, then Christianity is not a failure, but the grandest success that God in all the wonders of His power and grace has accom plished. NOTES AND COMMENTS. BYT. H. P. The address of Dr. Geo. B. Taylor before the ministers conference of New Tork on the Italian mission was able and interesting and seemed to give great satisfaction to the hun dred pastors present, as was evidenced by the frequent applause with which parts of it were greeted. Dr. Taylor was invited to eome to the U. S. to raise f 6,000 promised in the North for the Borne chapel, and he earnestly hopes that he may be able to accomplish this work at an early day that he may return to his duties in Italy. A friend who had been for twenty-five years a ritualistio Episcopalian and who was recent ly converted in Baltimore, said to me: "These nigh church people are very sealoas and do much good, hut they carry heavy weight They do preach salvation by the blood of Christ, but they cover tip this precious doc trine too much by preaching the church and ordinances and traditions. Mr. Moody says the church is the Tpole ; which holds up the Saviour; the thing that saved Israel was not the pole but the brazen serpent on the top of the pole. The high churchman poiats to the pole very often instead of to the Saviour. I have seen Christ now, and I don't went any. thing to eome between my soul and my Sa viour. I need all tbe help I can get, and I can t afford to carry so much weight" That was the utterance of a new born soul, and it puts very strikingly whst seems to me to be tbe chief objection to the Epiaobpal church. cheaper than we can. do it. . ... Indeed, if we. don t bey their publications we will in larger measure, deprive ourselves of the current de sominationol literature of the day. Moreover, our Convention has abolished our Sunday School Board, and therefore there is no conflict between the Baptist Pub lication Society and onr Convention, either as to the Publication or Bandar School de partments. Another reason why I like the Publication Society ia because it has always been conser vative In spirit, andjhas manifested a generous kindness towards the South sines the war. Its publications have generally been free from utter an oes offensive to the South, and if at any time, such things have crept into their books, they have been promptly strioken out when attention ..has been called to the matter. In saying this, however, I do not wish to be understood as endorsing all the sentiments of Dr. Wayland, as expressed in the National Baptist, but for these I hold the editor of that journal responsible and net the Society, though I must say that the course of tbe National Baptist towards the 8outh has not been such as to make friends in this section for the Society. Not only in the spirit of its publications, but ia its generous appropriations has it shown kindness to the South. About fifteen thou- sand dollars have been donated to the South each year, and a part of this has been for the benefit of the white people, as well as the colored. The Crozer Fund alone has given thirty eight .thousand dollars to the South since the war, and I for one am willing to see collections taken up for this Society in the South, ainoe it is doing so much for the South, and especially since it promises that every dollar so given shall be expended in the South. Of course every one must speak for him self, but I am not ashamed or afraid to be known as a friend of the Baptist PabVeation Society, and I say this, not because 1 am nn der any obligations to the Society or because the RaoosDza is one of its fsvored advertis ing mediums, but simply because I fe jl it is my duty to take this position. Dr. J. C. Hiden is now the editor-in-chief of the Baptist Courier, end castor of the Greenville Baptist church. I rather think I could tell who was at work on that craft if there was no name st the mast head. The following clippings are very characteristic "If we live to see next Sunday night, we mean to preach a sermon on "Minding your own business.'' It is evidently needed.' "We have received a circular from one of the Professors in the University of Ylr- ginia, asking our aid in securing $C0,000. with which to provide the University with an observatory for the MoCormick Tele scope. We have a great admiration for our Alma Mater; but we cannot conscientiously give anything to an institution whioh is even partially supported by taking taxes from the poor to enable it to furnish free tuition to the sons of men who are abundantly able to pay tuition. In other words, we are with "Ci vis" in the opinion thst "dead-heedism is one of the moat demoralizing influences of our age." "No; we don't went "A new hymn and tune book for the Service of Sone in Bactist fThnrnhMi-' nnr Un mt want 'R.nrUnl anm " nor "The Calvary Selection. We can't af ford to change our hymn-book every fifteen minutes; and we have scarcely began to re cover from the shock of the last chaos's. We can make a considerable part of our ser mon in the time we have to fool away in se lecting our hymns; and we are too busy, and life is too short for this Sort of thing." "Rev. O. Manly, D. D., of Staunton, Va., writes: "I have just had time to look at the last Herald Supplement, and have read the ar ticle of E. T. B. As to the, objective aide of mountains ot the earth are bright I justification, I, know nothing, sod think that with the light Of its dawning. We I TOOa expression, it it means anything, .The colored Baptists of North OaroU. na have undertaken to "establish an Academy of 'high grade in ; the town of Ooldsboro. The Baptist State Convention at its last ses sion in Greensboro appointed Rev.C. Johnson and Bro. E. E, Smith, agents of the colored Baptists of the State' for the raising of funds and the purchasing of a site for the buildings', 4c. ,;. Rev. C. Johnson is ;tho President and Bro,';E E. Smith' is the Secretary of the Con vention. Both of these . brethren have the fuh endorsement of all their ohnrohes. Bro. & E. Smith proposes at an early day to visit some of, the .Northern cities in the interest of the colored Baptists vt ; the .State for the believe that, the whole world is to be blessed with the light and civiliza tion of the gospel ' of Christ. But we do not believe that all men who are thus enlightened', and civilized are to be -brought under its sating influences. In our opinion any sys tem of Christianity that contem plates saving all meu or all the' ia dividual of-anjr elasa of men will prove a failure. : And that it is be cause ' of the failure of these erro neous creeds of faith and false sys tems of Christianity -that some men are now - arguing that Christianity itself is a failure-ripiwrE i If the author ; of Christianity de- , signed to civilize and Christianize every individual man and -woman of every ' age and country, then r the means, instituted 1 for 'the purpose ought to be avoided. ' ' "Yes; and to our mind, whioh does not know, any belter than to love plain ng lish, and - in broken doses, there is moie sense . in that paragraph : than in all tie treatises oh the "objective side of justifi cation", that c ever; emanated from a Ger man University. "Can't; somebody tell poor Manly and ourself what it the "objective side of justification'!' ; Is It tbe right side, or the wrong side? The inside, or the outside t "If we were a Yankee, we should i say, Dmt I t The Meeting In Publication Society ; Many -of the speakers at the meeting ia Richmond Bpoke of the wisdom and expedi ency of uniting all the" Baptists of the eon. tinent in support of the Publication Society, but Dr. 'Curry's Informant must ' have been mistaken when he said that two of the speak ers of that occasion - avowed the purpose of the meeting as the first step towards the com plete organic union of all our people in de. purpose of securing funds for tbe building of Were inadequate, SUCh results, and ?"f enterprises. I heard nothing th..ciooit;cwdsb 7.,.:. . jS i ? brolhe! Ka in commending Bro. Smith and his mission to the Baptists and friends of the colored pea- save every muiviuuat oi : auy .uue .v "r nru ?u,.r nation or people to whom the gospet I assured by all fiy?' i "if x 1 haa been preached, then Christianity: :I claim to be as hearty a supporter of the teinauas w tne.itor or( the . - faU ; , . ; !r Southern Baptist Convention as any man, and wra. Tin urn. cwjit taf m iniAnnin AAmniimafiis 1 i ' - c -w-- v-.,-.i . . .. M to our former associate. But his eommuni- Christ designed that the gospel cation like a'good'many other's that are now I ahould save alt who heard It, then on iisnd; ,mes under the: head of "Piled I Christianity is a'failure.T"'V ' - for consideration.''' - . .1. if Christ Intended that the adop- yet X feel it my duty, as a Southern pastor to sustain the Baptist Tablicatlon' Society ef ; Philadelphia . ; . , II do this, fir it, because.the Publication and Sunday School work done by this Bodety Is The very best thing that I have seen about Mr. Moody is from the facile pen of my be loved friend, Dr. Hatcher, of Richmond, in a late issue of the Baptist Courier. After speaking of some things he had seen ia even gelists he did not like, he says: "But a mo ment's contact with Mr. Moody convinced me thst he was made of different stuff. His nature is as operand transparent as light You see through him at a glance. He is frank, simple, tender, and ablaze with heavenly zeal. Every time he touched me I fell a quickened desire to be better. He made me yearn after goodness. "Lord, make me a purer man," was often my heart's prayer as I went out of his meetings. A weU known and accomplished Bap tint lady, of Baltimore, said to me, thst Mr. Moody was s constant refreshment tocher. He was so deeply ealm and truthful that his influence soothed and becalmed her. His piety is of that bright, genial, contagious type that warms whatever he touches. He loves wonderfully. He believes in the possibilities of human nature. He counts none lost who live, but will go to the ut most and work for the redemption of the worst. To save the drunkard, or lift up a blighted woman, he.would spend the night with his face buried in the dust. As he arose to take his text: one afternoon in the mens meeting, with probably two thousand men present, a drunken man, well known ia Baltimore, dragged himself out of his seat and went staggering down the aisle. Moody gazed at him with ineffable tenderness, until the door closed behind him. ; There was per fact silence, and a mighty melting pause, un til the Evangelist said : : "I ask some Chris tian man to follow that man and try to save him." It was enough. I think every Chris tian felt that he would like to go. Several went, and Moody prayed then and there for the man's souL After the meeting closed and I was passing out, I saw Moody and the man (now brought back) together in a pew, and Moody's arm was around his neck. But think not that he is a shallow, rant ing Armenian, faying to carry men to heaven on pious reto'.ntiona, or happy frames of feeling. He is sound in the faith a perfect enthusiast about the mercy of Oed in bis Law. .He has no hope of men, except as they are saved by grace. He has temperance meetings, but they are Ootpel meetings, and he tells drunkards that there ia no reforma tion except by regeneration. He , Is a , Master. , 0 He .knows men and first j wins and then , rules them. But he does not rule in an evil wny or for any per sonal purpose. : He lays magnificent and wide stretching schemes, and : then, with marveuous genius, brings men to carry them out Ha ; was holding three regular services seen oay, ana one day 1 Know' ay many as: six," while I . was in Baltimore Physically he is a prodigy.1 ; He weighs 240 pounds; suffers often and fearfully with headaches; seems incapable ot exhaustion- dresses like a drummer; has 'as aear fcf'no neck as youloan Imagine; has ' india-rubber lungs, a' badly ' managed voioe and gestures that would be ah the bettter for not being at all I think ' that he 1 would be deeply disgraced in his own eye by being charged with having any of the graces of oratory. j He is not! set in his "ways." In fact he has different .ways,' at different places. But his one unchanging way , is to preach a hot,: loving and , gracious gospel. f He kept that: "way! every time I beard him. whioh was quite often. , , , jl(met him several, times privately. It was in this way he, won . me. -j X gained in sights into his history and heart that were of deepest latefasttol ma, 1 and if published would awaken yet deeper respect for him. n. i ...i'i''. '- - - - - y' Sunday (6th . . , .. , .Bev. W. B. Knight, of JsmarVflle, has sent us $2 00 for the new church in Laurin- burg. '' . . . .Gardner Colby, one of the most liber al and publio spirited laymen of our denomi nation, died on 2nd. ""'p;---' .". . .Rev. Howard Lansing Barrows, pastor ceeded in clearing bis church of debt : ....Bev. F. M. Jordan baptized 15 per sons as the result of the meeting In Lsurin- bore. . Bead the letter of Iter. W. T. Jordan In this issne. . . . ."We hare received the first number of the Vermont Baptist, a new paper in the in terest of the Baptists of that State. The Baptist is published at Rutland, Vt : ..,;...Rev. Dr. B. Craven, President of Trin ity College, does not believe that women should preach. In other words, he believes the Scriptures. ' E. T. R." haa three times announced to the Religious Herald that she would never again appear before its readers. . But like s woman she finds it hard to quit - , ' . . . .Prof. J. T. Spainhour's school ia Wa tauga county has proven s success. He has 55 recular students in attendance with s prospect of many more. He need-Jan assist ant . . . .Rev. Dr. T. P. Crawford, tbe returned missionary, lectured in Danville, . va on the 9th inst, We heard him a time or two some twenty years ago. but reckon he has added a good deal to his lecture since. ....Rev. J. K. Faulkner, of Kinston, though very quiet, is working vigorously and making a fine impression among all parties. We hope to hear from him as soon as the new parsonage is completed. ' The Baptist Weekly thinks Dr. Curry's position on the American Baptist Pubboation Society might lead the churches North to de eline eivina anything towards the Rome Chapel. WeU, we leave it to the churpbes. "The ordinance of baptism waa ad. ministered last night, at the First Baptist church, by the pastor, Rev. J. B. Taylor, in the presence of a large congregation. Addi tions to this church, we learn, have been quite frequent of Inf." Wilmington Bun. Rev. C. H. Nash, of Hicksford, Va., was unanimously recaUed to the pastorate of the High Hills and Autiooh churohes in Sussex county Va. These two churches have paid upaU their baok debts and raised the salary of their Dastor for the present year. This is a deserved oompliment to Bro. Nash. . . . .Rev. A. C. Dixon, of Chapel Hill, in a note of the 8th, says: "Our meeting closed last Sunday night with six enquirers. More than 70 have professed conversion, between 30 and 40 of whom nrejstudents." Bro. Dix on after preaching regularly every -lay for five weeks proposes to take a trip to some quiet section and rest'awhile. . . .Rev. J. B. Turpin, of Warrenton, V., in a letter to the Religious Herald states that Bro. J. T. Betts a brother of Mrs. N. W. Wil son and member of the Black Walnut church, Halifax county, Va, has decided to devote his life to the ministry of the gospel. Bro. Betts is an admirable young man and well prepared both in head and heart for the noble work, we trust, God has assigned him. . . .Thx PnxsxoxNCT or W&xa FoaxsT Col- lxox. This is an important matter, and quite a number of our contributors are suggesting the names of good and worthy brethren for the position. We have concluded not to publish in the Rxscobdxb the names of any of these brethren, but to leave the whole matter to the meeting of tbe Board of Trustees next June. ....Rev. C. A. Jenkins, of Loulsburg, says : "In a late isssue of the RscoanxB, an appeal was made to the pastors of the State to give each, ten days or two weeks labor to des titute fields in North Carolina. I regard this as a move' in the right direction, . and will gladly give my services, where they are need ed, for the time specified. . I think the ap peal should meet with a hearty response from our brethren generally,", . . ."A preacher, ,like any other laborer in any department of honest toil, ought to be paid what his work is worth." 8. B., of Newbury, 8. C, in Religious Herald. If the preacher has undertaken the work himself, then Yes, pay him what his honest toil is worth. But if God has called him to preach the gospel, then No. Leve him and take ears of him for his work's sake, but don't try to pay him for it No church can ever do that. . . . .Obatobs or Tax mxr Gomasaam or Waxs Fomst Coixxok. Dr. John Broadus, one of the professors of the South ern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louis ville, Ky., is expected to preach the sermon before the graduating class j Hon. M. W, Ransom, U. 8. Senator, is to deliver the ad dress before the: Literary Societies, and the address before the Alumni Association will be made by the Rev. R. R. Savage, of the ehus of 1858. ' An nnusuaQy fine array of able and eloquent men. i3 -A 'f ...."We never forget the Injunction to 'anoint;, thy head,' even when fasting. We buy 'porous plasters by " the wholesale for the backache, but keep a cheerful face. Dr. Bond used to say' thst some men mistook the holy grunt for the holy' Ghost Richmond Christian AdvoeateVt knew that eur Meth odist brethren were bad off as to their spinal column, but did 'not know .of the wholesale remedy they used. . .'Try ' something else brethren,' or the women preachers wfll get you .-.VAny poor -man who. Is able to pay s doctor's bill is able to take the Rxookdbb. Biblical Recorder... We. hope, no one will think that the Rxooedee ia as bad to take as Doctor's stufi." JSeAmOTuZ Christian JLi vocata. It is not quite as bad as Doctor's stuff, brother, but it has about the same'effeot on , a Methodist nun's creed that Doctor's stuff has upon a! diseased ; liver. ' It deans it ont andenovatss the Whole system.;. We have tried it on a few and it acted finely. Try it aiinTeMtiefc?'; i . "The Brauoixp Rcooanu- is' hereby: . u n. I ar meeting closed last vvHuacva saivu uuw , vuKae warns, mavav i mm. - - - 'aui( Qoa'-Baptiit Courier, April 10th. Will, T . ' 'l V"' ;f ssionsj nt if we made the mistake corrected in the above t!" u.' uaPea Dy rny paragraph we are rather glad of it, as it has furnished the Courier the opportunity to, say. so much that is pleasant of our contributor. We regularly read the Courier and find great plesurs and profit in doing so. But now that ih National Baptist has become so gen teel na. piotu, wo reel - IHte. " advteloaF the Courier not to be so bard oft brethren up North. ' '1 ' :i - NOTICE. father on yesterday . evening in the presence of at leat one thousand people, many of whom had never ' seen persons, like Phillip and tW Eunuch, go down into and come tin out of tbe water. There were nin ladies and Bix gentlemen, all ot whom were niceir ana seau; areesed, as chouid always t tbe caw, and wwa uuneu wiia vnnsc in oaptism. These were all received into fall fellowship with tbe churcb on last night, with two others by letter and - one tn- Thenext -Si-to, of Mo. StSS Association will be- held with the J cannot say how many will yet come, church at. Republican, 8 miles of j Tou know that Fa is in high spirits Windsor,ou Tuesday Uxe 13th of May. I after baptizing two Methodists and Will not the friends of the Bibm- :1SM ,PeDbe- .. ... I smnmeof a bnsrht dav frr tha Ron CAL BKCOKDEB in each or the I riBfa Untinhn,. . TTntn - rf' cnurcnes,, maKe a (speciai euort to months ago they were, scattered meet as there with an increased list ot subscribers T The Chowan Asso ciation has for year's helped us over the hardest point in our years work. We turn our faces toward it again with confidence notwithstanding tbe hardness of the times and the scarci ty ot money. We need your help brethren. Suppose ion Try :The Littie Leader plan this year. 1 notified that no such paper as U Working Christian is,fr eter baa been, 'published ta this cityHThe Bapt& CburieT itfa here, and its editor finds uncommon pleasure in reading the Rxoosnxai ;waich pleastre he has regularly enjoyed every' jweek" for soms thirteen years.' Nor has that pleasure ever fetes WHAT OCR MISSIONARIES DOING. ARK Bro. A. M. Pittman, our mission ary at Hamilton and Pine Forest, on the Jioanoke river, writes me that he baptized 17 persons and preached 25 sermons during his last quarter's work. In a private letter he says : "For nearly two years I have lived and labored among this people, and brighter manifestations . of tiod's favor and willingness to bless will hardly ever be witnessed by me on earth. Bnt then tbe Lord has taken the advantage of the weakness of his servants and blessed the people so many times. What may we not expect I Even our enemies, many of them, are less disposed to treat os aud the truth as we bold it with contempt. My congregations at Pine Forest continue to increase in numbers, and, from external appearance, in serious ness. At Poplar Point, about five miles below Hamilton on tbe river. I preach to a very attentive congre gation every 2nd Sunday. The rest of my time is consumed with my work in Hamilton." Bro. W. B. Knight, who labors at Jamesville and Plymouth still lower down on the Roanoke, has preached 33 sermorxs during the quarter, bap tized 17 persons and received lour others by letter and experience, with thirteen weefcs of labor. He says : "I have charge of four churches, viz: Cedar Branch, near Jamesville, Plymouth, Mt. Lebanon, fifteen miles below Plymouth and Mt. Pleas ant, ten miles below Mu Lebanon; so that my field embraces the desti tnte section on tbe Roanoke and along tne Albemarle Sound near Columbia, where Bro. Luke is preach ing There are more 'isms' in this sec tion than I have ever before found so close together. Near Mt. Pleas ant there are no less than seven dif ferent denominations in full blast There seems to be good indications at all the places where l am preach ing for an? ingathering. Although the preachers; of the different denom inations strongly oppose as, yet there is a strong feeling in favor of Bap tist doctrine among the people. Bro. B. T. Vann, who labors at Weldon, Halifax and Enfield, gives as a verj favorable report of his work, v The church house at Weldon is nearly completed and - the nice. new church at Enfield was dedicated the 5th Sunday In March. The pros pects at Halifax are good and we are in strong hopes of grand success in this field under the guidance of our Heavenly Father. Bro. J. B. Boone tells ns that he has. performed at Statesville six week's labor, preached 11 sermons, attended 5 prayer-meetings and raised $200 towards paying for their church. They have a good Sunday Sohool at this place under the Su perintendence of Dr. Robertson. At Salisbury, as most of us know, Bro.' F. M. Jordan assisted KBro. Boone several days i in' a meeting which resulted in great good. There is now a movement on toot to oniid a new ehurch bouse at. this place which is very greatly .needed, as they have to hold their services in a public hall. ' . I might remark that there I are strong and striking indications of much snccess in every one of the fields occupied by, our missionaries. a.11 that is flacking! is nil ' and free co-operation and support from . all the different cbnrchesv ow will not all pur pastors-make an effort to raise something for os at Once and forward it as soon as practical i. We necd .it. : VSec'y B'd:Miel;?ti .. J) fyg The Salem Association and Bro. John It. about over thej town, unacquainted . with each other, and almost ashamed to acknowledge they were Baptists. uro. uodd came along, stirred their nest, organized a church with five members and pnt them to work. They also organized a Sunday School about tbe same time; and let me say nere toai lb namoers ; near nrty . scholars, and is one of. the best con- d acted schools I have ever seen. I know the First Baptist Sunday School of Raleigh will say that it is -: because we have one of their scholars, Bro. W. Goodwin for superintend ent. In November tbe church called me to its pastorate. I am preaching ; for them every . third ; Sunday, and have received in all twenty-four ' members. And what is still more enconraging, we have purchased a lot on an elevation in the central part ot the town, 110 feet wide and 180 feet long for $ 150, and the lumber Is now being placed on it, and we hope soon to begin building a church. Heretofore I have been preaching in the Methodist cbnrch, bnt out meet ing has been held in that of the Presbyterian,. Our doctrine has been very little known here and now that the people are beginning to find as ont there is a considerable ' stir among them. Some are wanting to join ns, some are mad and some are glad. W.T.Jordan. At the last ' session " of the Salem Association the following Vas nnan ' imously adopted as. part of t he rer port on Edncation: .f;--';"'; i "Bro. J.. M. Davis, a beneficiary at .Wake. Forest College from ' this As sociation, is doing xcelX. We" heartily commend, him to the brethren, and suggest ahd'irecbtoniend1 the 'As- sociation to adopt ' him as 'their beneficiary and contribute annually to his support through the Ednca-' tlonat Board of - Wake Forest Col lege." 11 " . t- ' H U.ip ' i And now, brethren ;of the1 Salem Association, this." resolution " will amount to nothing to Bro. Davis tin. ; less put, into e'ect So ' let all the i churches do something, if onlr a Sandy Creek Mission. I wish to remind the brethren of ! the Sandy Creek Assoc! atioo, f through the columns of the Recor der, that at our last session we ap- . pointed Bro. J L. Smith to travel in our destitute bounds as missionary. At th& time our funds were meagre. - As Bro. Smith is laboring now both -earnestly and successfnlly, I hope Y a a-a . !! D Vri V in L J L 1 SI L 111 Llin ABHUC1HUUU V IU . neartuy respona to this very impor tant cause, otherwise this work can not be carried on. Now, brethren. - what say you 1 Ton cannot enter tain the thought for one moment that this glorious work must stop.. W. P. Wren, Ch. Bd. BOOK NOTICES. a w v wvuuavaaa avuvavu w a imm-ayva. vra wrv v- lions for Reading and Oratory. By John G. James, Superintendent Texas Military Innliinta- Austin. A handnome 12mo vol-. umeof 420 pages, which the publishers ; offer to send post-paid at $1 .25. To teach- era ucDiriix iui c.hihimbuuu, .ivu view to introdactlon, 75 cts. A. S. Barnes & Co., Publishers, New York. The biographical notices whioh aocompacy the articles make the1 work valuable for ref erence, and suited to Schools, Colleges and , Private Libraries. Leading eductors and Literateurs of each State hsve cordially co operated In making the representation of their respective States in the volume. , m . .. . . ... . n .1. vrnue tne matter is exclusively or bouuj. ern ongm, care nas seen tasen w . . ... . i ... .i.i. ciuae au wnion oocs not come leguunauur '. a s ...J wiuun me spnere or a sonoot spesaer or raw- " 1 a . S. aSa 1 t I - 1 .1 - er ana to use omy inn wnion is orosa auu . uuiuwi ui whh, pore iu uiuugui auu sion. and devoid nf all that conld offend teo- tional prejudices. . ... T.. . T..in TK .... . a n t,t 4 . . ..J . Apru njumoer ox ine aouuiem rmf Farmer is upon our table. This magazine 3 J I 1:VU1 r.r-f . It is the beat, periodical of the kind with -which we are acquainted. 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We , advise all fsrmera to subscribe for it, for it is worth i great aeat "more thsn'$1.0a In . fsctna farmer in our State 'shonld be with-. . I -. Mors. Delegates, ,-. ' - ? I In addition to"th7list of brethren whose names were mentioned in last .t week paper, the ;fblkwing have -r been appointed to; attend the Lon .. A tla-ita Mav Rfbi, BV" ?! Jl A. Stradify Oxford ; BevF. , W. ; Easori,NewWiBevr.TiJorela Lamberton pBro. Jr. &i Meadow,.: Henderson iokn ILBATfr? k - jJSecretary-Hoard 'M.itswn $y : ' iFof particulars regarding E&?3$t s liesa PULVERMACHER O ALANIOCO, Canoianatr, O. i-'.vS'j.'J, r 4MJ.0
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