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Tlie: Biblicalcofder Rav. C. T. BAILEY,. ....... .7: . .Kditob. T. H PRITCIIABD, D.D.,. .Cor. Editor. DUNCAN McNEILL, . .Agt Traveling Oor4 AAIUONS,. Agent-and . Corres ondent for Western North Cajoline! t I VYElNSpAy:..May 7,18TOj ' t2TAH tonnnunlcafton or letters ior publication should be addressed to Biblical, Recorder; Ralegh.' N. O. ' .- -1 ra-RemitUnces and letters on business should be addressed to Edwards, Brooghton Co.. Publishers. Raleigh, N. C. - ! . I . Cbnly personal letters should be. ad dressed to the Editors.,. .. j -IKE EXODUS OF THE COLOR .-. ED PEOPLE. . - Large numbers of the colored peo-j pie of Louisiana and Mississippi are moving" to Kansas.:5 .Thousands ' of them have sold all they had for little or nothing, and have landed on the borders of that State penniless and destitute. 1 Thousands of others are getting ready to Bet "'out for a West ern home.-1, - ,' We are by ourself in our approv al of this migration of the colored citizens of "ne -South. " ITearlyall of our exchanges, both secular and re-! Hglouar North and South, are i, op posed to it, or deeply regret it. " We have for years expected it, and rather felt surprised at ; its delay. We are glad that it has come at' last,' and somewhat hope, that it may not be confined to ' the Jeitreme Southern' States. ; . ; - ; (- This is a free country, and its citi zens have a right to settle in any. section of it We all have the'priV-! ilegeof seeking bur fortunes v and honors by honest toil in ' any and all parts of the land.; This right is truly; a part. of the colored citizen's inher itance. - He can go where' he wills,; and make his home North or South,? East or West, as suits his tastes and; inclinations. :.v,....' , ;:. ' . There are in each ot the Southern! States, and indeed in all our f owns and villages,' many of hese1 people. whom we could gladly see depart for any part of the globe. v Indeed, it would be a blessing , to any commu nity, could it get rid of its idle and vicious white and colored inhabi tants. The West has been a great blessing to the more populous sections ot the older . States, in offering our surplusCand worthless citizens a home ssuited to their inclinations. Nations never suffer serious loss by a foreign war,: and no nation or State may ex pect to suffer material or moral loss by the migration of its people. . The thrifty or valuable dassea J seldom migrate.5 The removal of; a few hun dred thousand colored people from the South to. the West , would in our opinion -prove an unmixed blessing to both parties. .. The causes for this migration of the colored people are many and nat uraL They have been greatly die appointed politically. - They expect ed their leading politicians to do a great aeai ior tnem. xney were were promised much "and realized nothing. ' They have been', to some extent, wronged and oppressed. Many , of them have worked hard and faith fully for a bare support. Ben ting lands for their value per ' acre, and purchasing provisions and clothing at ' exorbitant rates, they have end ed the. year's work .poor, and pen niless.- As we have said on a former occasion, the tenants of finch a land. owner ought to vacate his premises as soon as possible. . We "have.no i respect for the man who will, cheat; and defraud his tenants. The -fact that they are 'ignorant and helpless! only intensifies the aeanness and emit of th nnnrARflfir. ' '''' ! The colored people of the South are being doped by shrewd and iin principled sharpers. . Kansas is rp-j resented to them by the agents" of the land companies of the , West as! a perfect paradise, r Wealth, social1 equality and honors are freely offered, to those Who will break upland go! there, r Paid agents of these com paniea are 0 travelling over,, .the South, J. speaking , in i. the - churches! and school-houses of the colored people, telling- them 6r the 1 Tjeau tiful homes and " iai ms awaitlns' them in Kansas! jLarge and briltiantj pictures ot the rcolored.nian'a home,1 with his wide. well. cnltivfttftfl fiAMa: and splendid residence,-are used to ; illustrate the agent's'speeches.' 'All . who will go are offered ', this ..nome! , wuue vuosevwao aesitate or reiuse ate threatened; with slavery and death. 2fo one can be at "all surprised 'that; under these inducements1 and warri-i ings thousands of these. "people! sell ail they Jxave and take" the boat for !thls promised landfEven tthe'most cauuooa oi.wniia people are not wise jenougn to resist such Inducemenfi Thousands ets the citizens .of the ;Weat were inducedT thltust such magnificent offers. o.-Kot; many years ago a land, company ander thB management of an experienced East ern ageu bought thonsidofcres- Of the pablio school lands- of this .Stale, ..lying ;in the . borders of the Dismal 18 wamp. These lands were utterly worthless for ko1npii?p'i -Yet ta had maps of all that . section Jhandsoiae'ly drawnaudf ieaVtifallj tlttzzzZ with iiies and rivenLtowcs czd vi!bsi, with streets and boule4 vards, splendid parks and magnifi cent farms and forests, all so gotten up. and arranged" as to niae that dreary.desolate section appear, so far as the map was concerned, the most desirable location on thelcoatinent The lands were nl I iaidff Jin to sec tions and half sections. The alter uata sections were,pflerd forsale to the people of thelTorthas well as to" the citizens ot France:andEagland;L Quite a number of unfortunate peo- "pie "in vested their "money in these beau UToI lota and' sections that were teaieet.nnderwater.and in an un inhabitable district. These" were white peope;de'aliug with white peo pie. Some of these land agents have removed their business to Kansas and have f'n out their pictures and. sent iSair agents among the poor, oppressed colored .people ;ot Louisiana and Mississippi. That they will succeed in taking thousands of these people away we do not doubt. Their departure will be a blessing to the South. It will teach the South ern land-owncrj to more highly ap-j preciate Lis tenants, a ud to be more considerate and generous in his deal ings with them. It will be a bless ing to a large number of .those: who go away. ' They will see, once for all, the.amount of bbafidence that ; is to be placed in ' the , representations of those who profess so much interest in their welfare. The experience will cost them a good 'deaf,' but will be exceedingly yafuableto tm and to their brethren who remain at home.. Large aid associatians .are being or- r gahized in the cities 6V the'; Sooth ana yy est ior t ue protection ana ac sUUnipeof hp .migransj' art, giese. associations Tiave sent petitions t. to the Northern peoplelandto Congress for money to defray fat' expenses 6f those; who haye already s landed in Kansas. ?This is all done by ilefilga-! ing men: with tbe ! expectation: that hundreds' of thousands '-Of dollars will be poured into' their' ; treasuries; We are sorry tor the poor ueiuaea emigrants and believe that they should be provided for. That our Northern brethren.with all their gen erous liberali ty to 4 the suffering .aud the needyt- will trust their u contribti tions to these self constituted agents we somewhat doubt. We have no idea thai Congress' will make an ap-; propriation for the protection of the emigrents. Such an appropriation would 1e ffalamitous in the extreme both W; the : white and, the colored people as it , would be a reward for vagabondage, and lead thousands of the thriftless and worthless of both classes to more desperate ventures upon the nations bounty. t ,j: DR. C. H. TOTS RATIONALISM .The Journal an&Messenger of April 30th, wisely callstt.be attention of the denomination to Dr. Toy's teachings in the Sunday School Times, especial ly in his interpretations of the pro phecy of Isaiah . We copy, a part of the Journal and. Messenger's article that ourreaders may see for them ' selves ?i where we! are" drifting and what we are coming to'; ' d 'r.We are aorry however, to be now eompelled to utter a, decided dissent positions of the lessons thus far given in Isaiah, and, bowrn .onr readers against .them, An4 we do this the more reluctantly. because the author to wbosework w have reference is of,, our own denomination.. , Bat our iqyany to what we otiieve ;to ,oe he truth of Gpd mnst llpjf ql any human lavoritism, and we most enter, our .rotest against the iuaqner adopt j M iby ;Brofv, Toyia deaiing ' witUahei Dassaees referred to. Our attention: turns .first; to ti the passage (Isa. xlii l-jtoj which formed oar; lesson .Jat; Sabbath We to . pur, .surprise ana, griei, loss rroi. xoy nas aaoptea the rationalistic view; and, instead of treating the passage as thorough ly. Messianic, and Andine in it a ren fedentation of the Lord 'J eshs 'Christ and his work, the author makes the1 tSertant,i6r Jehovah td' M Isi-ael-J th e ' Jewish H n ation arid represents .this Israel as the1 servant in whom! I the soul of God 'delighteth who re- ccivea uio, spirit pi uuu, woo uoesj is not .'heard in the"streets, etcC ti is this Israel thair is: to brlng ' forth iudsment onto trnth Tt in 'Taiabl that5! suiltvnqk1; break' HebVfilsed! reed,, tooif .fttfench the shrokinEr flax.. "This sympathizing softness of '.cbar- racter,'8aysthe :Prpfeor,7(efIect4 eu lU Aorncj uj.tueiua ice very sni-i ferih that 6$6tn& so hardtid'dnac iodnt of which,', the people supposed; that their 604 had forgotten themItj isTrom .'the'h ands" 6f this Llrael tti kti (the isles' are;t6receiv,e.the law.'. Theyl are represtioieu as wung, expecting! ihe; divine lawi" ready ; to 5 deceive" it! from Jaraer hands; wheo t shall be! preSeuted.rMt Is1 this Israel that is: rgivenMfor a covenant of the people,''. foTa fight of the Gentilesito 'open' the;blind eyes,' and Mgfeqtttfiej piisonera from the prisonV eta Trtie,5 Prof. T6y does iwlmifr1 that ; some of these ihings were fulfilled ib OhrisI:! but he doe8it:o covertlv khat it H 'easily tboveitiobk'thS Jfacf entirely; filnartnqngh, pe fadmits'tlbat 5 Christ! was the roonjumhiatibh:y et J it Jwaa rather by accidentrthan- by-.pjanit( "is pimply acoincidence,tather curious: "than instruclfve.' It 1 does3 not seem ; to have occurred Prof.y (of If, it did, he;hastily;8liui the -thought' "out of lui mindj as a savoring of the fogy expositor) that inasmuch as the word;or ;God distinctly; declares '(Mati :xiltl7)hatithe manner of Christ's work , was in direct fulfillment of this prophecy,and that it ever, tad such fulfillment ior its object,' ;tfctre-! fore, the passage should be so Inter-' preted, and every word of it should seek (what is so easy to find) a ful fillment In Christ Tbe samo line of thought is made bv Prof. Toy to run through the les son for next Sabbath (from Isa. liii.) Ue nods the 'Man or sorrows,' who was acquainted with grief, who 'hathDome our grteffi aud carried our sorrows, etc.; to be 'Israel. ; IIo does not deny , that, in a senjso, lue words were fulfilled in Christ, but he so Subordinates tbe Messianio to tne Israclitisb idea as to take away ail its force In the passage.-- .- "We are sorry to find this evidence of a ratioualistio tendency in one who has heretofore, enjoyed the con fidence of his brethren as a teacner 01 young men in the Baptist Theological Seminary, for we regard it as indica tive of a state of mind boding - dan ger to those who may come under bis instruction. 'It is quite impossible that this thing crops : out only here, or is merely an accident.", - . We commend' the Journal and Messenger tot its calm, earnest' words of interest in the Seminary and our rising ministry, and heartily endorse all that it has said, if Dr. Toy holds and teaches these views, we . believe it to be our duty to ask the Board of Trustees of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, at its next meeting, either to dispense with the Chair of Prof. Toy or request his prompt, resignation- of the position he fills in that iastitution. : What ever may be Dr. Toy's; learning, and capacity i sterns that hQ iltaching error, and error, too, that J strikes at the very foundation of the Christian religion. " -We built the Seminary1 for other' pa rpbseir 2 1 We sustain It only aait.tqach'esaud defepds , tiietrnihs of thejreyeaied-Word of Uod. , (-: THE- NORTH CAROlINAim- At the late meeting ' of the Board of Directors of the' llnsaue Asylum. upon its reorganization, .ur, jugene Gri83om . Saperintendent,, pres ant ed a report exhibiting its stand ing among-the Institution's f the tJniori,' and the chafactei : andTtieces sity of. the, expenditures , for its support, and shqwing the disastrous effects upon its future to ba appre hended f rom the mistaken economy of the JL?gi6laturet ia heavily reduc ing the appropriation already lqwer per capita than ever before i a its his tory. ' ' The facts and conclusions in this report are startling. By" this action North Carolina is oow allowing to tbe convicts in her jails a better supply of food than to her unfortunate, but virtuous and beloved citizens in her Asvlumfor the, Insane, ; Our stand in this matter is square ly by tbe side of the Superintendent and the Board. Our, position -was taken, as our readers know, when this ill-advised form of retrenchment was pushed through the General Assembly. No man who desires the highest good of the people, certainly no man with christian sympathies and feelings can read this report without feeling that, a great mistake, -honest perhaps, but wrongful in its can sequences, :haa teen committed. Wehope this report 'will; be widely circulated with, -itscalm statements of unanswerable facts. In our opin ion, the hohofa'ntl 'welfare of North CaroHna Wqolre that the, fault shoo! be repaired when ner representatives meet again, and we believe that it will be chfcerfally dona 'jlU-.-r. 'fAtf matter of interest as welPas infofmatidn to bttr readers we make LiJUentportA ihtlotlu , h ,iviaoI v :-1Theppropriation for)iOppii aihoaittfo 'period 6t th was hay 'raagsd taoia $bs090 ib f70,000 annuaUT, wltlt oooasiooal ' special iopprbprtatioaW ftf ttippTf dafioIeabaS, "SeV'io f aMeate'lmproT8tai(inUV zxf th' perpita wmibrtlonbsfora tho! war was evea grettUt. ' ,u Ttie average" fanmter 'tif patiimW under reatmeni bas ' varied from til ,lo '278,1 the latter veara witnessing ; 1 'iteadjr Inor'eas,' as pverj available ids vioeJ has been used to meet the extrenie pressure for euff and t at the 'present tiaie i fa ebntains' the, largest number ever, within'lts walls for treatment,,' with f ew C?Fwy5..Jj,lij, l iu. UH yt .... n t .,Vk,J' I f jVJhe.appfropriaUon, for l$JJs was, f C3,0fl0 jap Jtorjthe suns of fC2f0O0, liut vasia- i raef uaU tha demand upon,tt."0i !Q JThelast-Lelslatnre ' appropriated, fOOfX'.op, twelve tduaand dollars .ess jtnauneairejiay yo?rjy suinoLenc sani ofct62,000w J mi l & : Yi.'i iJju i fi&AJl the iastitaUooi ia thst UnitflJ States bl Ameriea, of wWoh Ui atausaes fvs at tb'v 1nUad76xdVlfad aadlndfSereaf, tdddd-i lng'ihe great Idmshoomr of NW. Yotlt and Pnilaarfpbla add other !eltles wherfr there Is ao trhe asvluin' xt tTpital' Ireafcmenl? eoa.j the; custody otpKupaf ids'anMeu asih'ose 1 iTi .i'iMiiJsuJ oiKuvj iu uuiuuor, ,aro uruTiuoa iuc viva j dailv averase oost per catient ,of 7D oenta. vea this ptlault9a faUs'shori pt'dctudt'-ik- &&SfcFi?&JJ$- 'WB bfTf ePa!.ate prf-i vision made for eiothing ,a"ud salaries ot'offl-j ears, and ia mn ,otherf all. expenditures' for im rgvemens aad repairs are notjindaded Jn; HW anajfcU'fiiaatf fo ropppit ":Vto I jjhe sum provided ,f.rth lnmtei of UU j 4asutatloa.lof .the; ,oes two: years each is net VObenfsjs tbat exeeai whiohiMongs ? the: aaspedaibU InstitaUons o( the.:TJaion but is; 19!eBntt iiMfasM iajexpsotea -tliereforej lhat foe 49 eentt par dayvf that paUenta of tta sexes, will be touted, and fed, and efctfiod, aoa'attrMif,? itSTtreaiti, aad' hatMtf n& vdrmed, n& ' &urei&ir a& amuted, a&n ttrueied, and ewirf, vrhfle the buildings, and farBitare, and -machinery are all 'to be kept In repair and la eondition ftt f or servke. For thi small suoa' they muit have noi onJy, H thosnsl bcdily Tanls auppUsdj hot must' Lavs' CM attenfipn ?of'Jphyaioiaasaa d purses "by alght and by day, for the Insane' are all sick, and aU under treatment. Whatever the sick man needs, that too humanity demands for the insane, and even more, for here we must minister to tbe body and to the mind diseased. jA.ll this to he done in a style that may be com pared with respectable Institutions through out the land, without bringing a blush to the cheek of a Carolinian, when tbe contrast is drawnjTand this to be faithfully executed for 49$ cents per dsy i r "Did any one rho. fixed this limit, or any one in any way responsible for It, ever ssk himself if the task' were possible to aooom plish f and if so how t . ' "Well has wrdlatioguished Philanthropist declared : -"-Gloomy walls, unforniahed rooms, beds ot straw, meagre diet, a burdened atmosphere,' ignorant and brutal, because ignorant at tendants may do for criminals, whom venge-! ance it not justioe, would pursue with penal ties; but they are .unworthy tbe name ef charity, and are a fraud upon all pretense of sanitary science.! . . - ' ' :; "The coat per capita dally of the entire prison population Uched to the North Car olina Peuubz.liai'y, I am informed, ts thirty six cents i that is to say, such is the oost of the average of the whole number of oonvicta that are provided for by j the State, including the greater part that live within rode stock, adea, employed,' as they are, oq railroads, and reoeiving only the rough clothes' that bear the stripe of the oonvlct, and the food which keeps this working machine alive. It is ev ident that that portion of tbe orimiaar classes, whose crimes are of deeper dye, and which live wholly within the waits of he penitenti ary, and whose charge' involves the oost of the organization of administrative officers, the annual charge of the building or repairs, the hospital expenseVthe oost of furniture, -proper aooommodations for guards, and tools and appliances for work, must f sr exoeed the ,18i oenta margia between 36 cents and 49$ oenta, as proposed in the present appropria tion for the care of the insane.. V y,t,han, is the humiliating fact ? y It is that ttje Vcrimu11' who has spent hie Ufa in the violation of law and the eommiasioa of outrage, and made, .himself a polluting leper of wickedness and the curse of society, when once arrested in his career and delivered into the charge of the State, finds her treasures freely poured forth for his guardiaeahip and comfort.; (.? ':.,, ,ri, ; ' "But what is prepared in future for the citizen who has grown" gray in a long De of rQ doing perhaps an industrious and thrifty tax-payer for many years, sending up cheer fully his annual contribution to the common weal, but whom' the changes of life have stripped of fortune, aad with broken health and trembling'' limbs have brought ' the crowning "misfortune of deprivstion of mind In his old sge t As he totters within these walls, where within is aU that life will ever hold for him "again, shall we hold out arms of love and protecUoQ, and cry, "Enter, venerable father, here your State has made ready to, welcome her faithful sol diers in the battle of life, all wounded and broken though they may be. Calm your anx ioua heart ; all your wants of nourishing food and hourly- attention and medical care shall be eagerly anticipated and fully ; met, until returning hope shall smile on your brow again, and, in your nightly prayers, you shall invoke the patriarch's blessing upon yyur people to their lat at posterity.' "Yonder lovely gii'l, yesterday unfolding with the freshness .f the' primrose in the spring-time of life to-day reeling under the shock of sudden orphanage, or grasping vainly after departing reason, rent away in some physical crisis by those obscure maladies that attend the development of womanhood. like fiery angels before its precincts pale. helpless, forlorn, quivering in an agony that is speechless in its extremity. "Poor flattering dove, with that look up ward from the gulf of intolerable anguish that look which no mortal man so knows and feels as he. who( has met its piercing appeal for many years dumbly beseeching his man hood to save! . ' , "Surely yon shall be soothed to rest with the ministering earn ot the ; most accomplished and skillful aad sympathetic nurse of your sex all that the-rreisury of tbe: State- oan procure ahaU ha freely lavished to matoh you Iron the fate that threes Delicate food to tempt the fitful appetite that Is no longer the feusty guardian of the bodily wants ; the most carefully sdeoted medicines and the purest stimulants when' required, neat and tasteful clothing that does notr shock you senses by Its incongruity 1 with ' yoW part' associations la' life;' the f refreshing 'cont&'aAd'1 spotless room; the charms of i aft1 fa " the "soothing sbalns ot 'music, the fascinations of pictorial BVjIthe'frwueCii walk1 amid the tantlea 'bt jtu aooraeu mu .saiuTHaa iraascspe, sua. the' sof t sweet ministry 6i flowers, so reVivin and. refreshing to thewomauIy nature, afford ing as they do, a never ceasing source' of In terest and deliaht : the occasional ride within wider bounds to break this monotony of life' ; .the evening entertainment to woa her gently! back to sopial . joys and holy . Inflnnuoea of tha words of the Gospel, with recurring Habtthday,.-;ivnfM -Al hm mui'I 3 .'Are any and aU of these too much to oifer, Sa the hope of restoring to society a woman, capable, perhaps; of aheddiag .areund her light of christian parity buict grace fall of tkj fillntpfnatitmot good works.'fo r half a oentory to exane ft 6of ely iabi f shall Jiave all these eerfy;nyeav ryftia&A rtaore t besides. i Therb fa nt money enWgh fo alL ; The! murderer and tke "highway tobbe Wast be fed aid eared 1 er-th old inian' bereaved and' Iffl'fettjl inust NbtkV tastf ; wiicti Is Wtt the vflel tlundTer'anJ outragei if ' f emale honor" mist not'be' 'neglected ; even ia rthe-; pommbn Jalla fce my bye thirty tnts wortlf of food alone 'dally, hut yoa,'iender lamb of spotfeu'liTno osniseTthat naveiaas tiibught of evand; wbose'only differenoe from the daughter of our homes, Is that has Ood set upon you the mark thathould renddrjyou sacred in the eyes of all m'en-f-you' must be allowed only auoh food as half the convlota allowance will ; Te midnight burglar, I the fetched pU4 jereroual j& vWe4''otfdat the anus: ,w we nia camnos .reaoa oui zar eoougn to embraoe the man, who has perhaps served her; her legislative nails, ,or in the eeat of mw nloipal power, os from the sacred pulpit, but triehen as by the lightning's bol is to-dav! beipteas, save tn.her chanty , jiWUl vauy. toan Juve thehardihood to declar that the chivalrous, the christian peo ple of North Carolina desire this thing?, For bid Jt ye shades of her ? good. -aad geeat wb decreed, and built fchls eacrtd retreat f r Por4 bid it ye more thaa a score of years that have 'passed with your eheerful enatriMtions, iroanf Tkh and poor," brought to theoommoh altai 'of tharltyl ; Forbid ft y t'(lhods of chrlsi tiaamea and wemsn whb? do not' ask 'for1 Chillmg theories .Jand' axiom ' of politioal economy to govern your conduct, but who remember that afier the good Samaritan had bound the traveler's wounds, and poured in wiae and oil, and brought him to an tan, the Divine Master tells us that he did not depart until he had delivered this charge also, 'Take care of .him j and whatsoever thou spendeat more, vhen I come again, I will repay thee. We have never heard any but tbe professional politicians complain of the appropriations-to the support of the Insariej tWe Jbelieje tfif eoocl. citizens of the State" are "willing to pay taxes for this purpose, and that the plea of eoojidmy JM3 8C0rei will prove an entire failure. A LETTER : WITH: COMMENTS.' - ; L --..'-'f --:r v.-i . We received the following letter from our esteemed friend and broth-; er of Wilson and as it refers to some matters of general interest we present it to our readers,1 notwithstanding its personal, allusions and its' strong criticism tof- our; editorial manage ment of the Biblical Eecokdeb. We are not averse to 'oriticlfm or even reproof, when . we deserve , the one or the other, ani we accept the letter in the spirit " iu which it Was evidently Written. It Is due to tbe writer to ' state natf the lette'rwas private and not, designed, for publi cation, but it has -been so long: since we were taken to 'task, that we fee' like giving our. brethren, the benefit .I.T S'c ; Tk. ,!'.! US ii ii'i. read your psper with consider able Inter. est and wish It mpcfcBjoeesj in adf oqatlrig the cause of tbe Baptists in the State, which cause is oertainry near my Hear for I have been a believer fa? that faith for years ;;Ialaa feel a deep Interea5a:the:U Of OUIst Oi3he Eaa tern portion of our State think it thoroughly Baptist in sentiment and ,feiing And, with the right teaching and .the prpperinstmetion large jnumbam would, beoome members of, our ehuf oheey jr-ou paper, is ,e. organ of, our ohiircbesthisffUUandlsomfimesfear yoa are not careful eaoughj in;expressingSB4d vocatingwbat we, as a .deaomlnation beliere and should teach. 1 1 June looked in vsi4to see the great and fundamental: doctrine of salva tion by grace made prominent la your paper ; that is th great thought hioh .ehoild . be presented while so mtnv errors and ismk eve taught around W' ; p we- no(l claim ' to be calvaniatio in our doctrine f'-' do we not hold to the imputed rl'ghteou'sness'of Chrisr as 'the only fousdatibn of the'sinuer'sTiope'of salva tion f do' ire hoi' hot3 "jtoal fhe lloly Splrft fa the 'only 'agency that 1 caaH regenerate' and cleanse the foul ?jdo we not hold that the spirit .anonnas ana a-eepa prooga inu waceoai until the' final triumph, and glorification 7' !o we not believe in election, .a choice jaada i by the suntreigajiove of , Q jjd th father of all hie chosen seed tt j eeus Christ, his Son aad Saviour of all those, who aratha elecCand do we not belieTe that all these will have mani fested to them, that, salvation, whiohjs now treasured up in Christ, at the time appointed. These things we profess to believe aad more, thai good works are the . fruit o the spirit's work in the heart - and not the sense of it. and that faith is the gift of God and medium through which He chooses to convey all spir itual bleesingi to msu and not a condition precedent, or the meritorious cause of these blessings. All these things we as Baptists profess to believe and I for one think they ahould be made more prominent ia our religious organs and periodicals, and also in bur sermons we should preach them to the people talk about them among ourselves a( our gatherings and Associations and publish . them.' through our papers to the world.'. But instead of making these things the mostimportsnt. points 'of bur denominational papersj, it seems that they .take these flings for gtanted andJ up their celumna,with uehvarttoles as appeared 4a your paper, sometime . ego. yrver te signature of V.a ii.P,?froaa jthe fasten;, part of our State. I think know who the brother aad. it ia to be hoped he will be snore oarefrd next time and not leave! thef impreasioa that soula eaalDe benverted by money orhe nee f it Ueiaays,'Bra, 2. jB.:QBaztemua!'hes,et aside an acre to be: pat in botton f or ObcLst, that U aU right; but ,whsa he kavavfflf this good' brother's tampe-.Were' followed -th wholi world thld very oo4 Im oehveMedtto Christ" fa stralige 'Cossel nd foolish rtreach Ing to a poor'sfnnsr' whe hopes' forf saltation alor in Chtiet I'dbn Ykat afayuob con-i ehake will flourish and bear fruit' Let u have more to say of the one and less of the other and, it will be better for ui We have never preached money ox asked for money in our little eburoh here that I know of, yet we have never had a preacher who has failed to get his sal ary paid monthly and our house repaired and isgood condition, and if you will look at the amounts sent foour Associations It canT com pare favorably withother churches; though we do not jrof ess to be the strongest missionaries la theworld. .But I have already said too jhbcu not av Muerv i jriease . receive -,woai wm been said with'ohristian kindness for it is the krve of Christ and his cause that prompts me thus to write." Tours truly. H. C. Moss. rr Thechargerthatr;wft r bave-t not ,giyen prominence; to the . great and iandamental doctrines toeuevea by Baptist" churches, has ' the tnerit of both1 Novelty and originality. -For years the 'opposite ,Uis ( been ; the atandiug complaint against the paper as well as the standing excuse for not subscribing to it. Again and again we have been asked nut to pub lish so much about the doctrines, and were assureds that everybody runder- etood the great fundamental facts of jthe gospel as well 'as the cardinal pnncipies pi . ibo isapusc-aenomina-jtion. (The Mesef the paper abundant ly show tbat whatever may have been want.'of of them. Bati94brot.heris svstrpng Qhr?istfan and en jiy av s trot g imeatiia t Were ' -all btif VeiierB such as 'he,' we Should cnange our meruoa, or ejamngwiue iirn4ngage w'me lrnd teo-' logical professor, or. two to furnish us broadside after broadside of deepest iorU:anlBimosfe tobeMsitlon: jbeworihnile t.grpablisl aipapejjat verte as IWi CbWoU paCoh brmoAey an ' 6r the preabhers ! either, we'llave ty' ofincp i wimour onurones now. we wsninumnenr-we seek theni. 'but9 nfc nober ark' no'tistneDt wMfe' weeedj' f m$&8tdm sound doctre,1 truth sjTd, the gfaw.' andsptrit of God alone can give ns that.' We do not bei uotq uwt aamia agency or money can eonvert the soul, thouah'we have been' chaVrinthi IK '. Yet tusf eaiidywp take! iUie arUe refeijed, toJ)t dw ta that ttej author beUevea'li he beewhft bVpaya.! f ,he mr, any;, joer.t brotbesbyee thing it wooifljafpi aptUli cgase, forthemto Sayjt east 194 PrWto fhS Wflrld through afBapUst5PWffty do not bflieve it Jtheo , fat Ae sake, ot theirj brethren aad e church, , do, Saot tBiLad places us here in the Eaalwhoae auzroundedj by 'old ichor BapUiU' csLtlrt defensive; theyj publleh itf iei pipers throw it up: at us, chargs if on us"' and we iiave 'to defend wok- selves as beer-we 'can they hand 1t4iwund) from house' to house among otrr meinbera aid! several,:even oour ood sisleH !i ihUlownj aye had tbe!r ?reeniri in !o'ur cause ahaken by ;thaf artide.' ' 'But wej may say ; we do not believe th ''world would) very aoon W converted (to Chrfst''ad we alf the money and cotton deslredf jthen dObbt pubJ ljsi IKlt & euoa plibaVsith'esK thUlaVej driving'from our "church' good men and ehriV (tian, women all through the land, pfounay ear they are weakmiaded and ,Jdo not see arightj tnai may au oe so, cue uorui, came to .save the- Weak and siaful ;and if eau'unieaeattse our orotner to onena we snouia, eu no more; meat as loeg as the world jSUsULSaehl people mar be ridiculed , a,ud j called , stingy, niggardly, Aot, ; bat .all, that jdoea sotastifj such publications., r (y x-.Jur t, ati . ; The eausefof Christ is not built up ia that way, ft injures our denomination ia thiaparij of the State end people say we' talk too npich aboat money aad pounding preachers and each things, to tta exclution t matters of, importance It the heart is right the fruU.wfl bejgoodi Stkkisg targe ted appleBoaaerabi apple tree doe iwt Jchail9r Aha nature of ths! tree: Lei us get the right kind of stock aid then scare .off thelltttle.foxes and the vmeyaxd, the'faults'brthrf'papfif,1 the' $6trJfnal!teachtng is,n6'one -alloo bwMmi ai 3ini shvm ti!i We heartily Agree in ?ddctrrne 'with 3if1it'o4S,'We'p7elo6 the docfltfnes 9 deap.Jhrhar ejare lbe foundations ou wblcb we ..build oar hows ami th 'basis of aU'- odr sef mons ah'edif qriafk7 r- Bui 'Wd ;bave taken it for, granted .that every intel ligent Baptist in the world believed just as we did and it was not worth while to turn the paper into a theo loglwl tfiit'booW. 'Books of the1 k'lhd are to be bad by the hundreds and L are for , sale, Jp all .our bookstores. Besides, we also took' if t fori granted that every enverted;Ohri8tiafi; able toVead theNew'Teiranieni could see and understand these truths for them selves if they desired to i know the trotbiJ tsaida.vrr4 i- jiA e believe, p liaad. writtejikbo in a'pd talked. About also;, But, we .40. not think: that they should b thestaple of coo versatioB, vc that' they should "be the 'subject of (BveryetmQn!or every editorial certainly, not of -ev ery communication! to a religious newspaper. The article of 'C. Ii. P. was pub lished as a communication; from his section of the State; The Becobtjeb neither endorsed the writer as a theo logian nor any' parti ; of his .' article Editors do not endorse and are not responsible for the doctrines and sen timents of their correspondents, 0 L. P.'' is well known to the brethren and sisters of '.Wilso'n, J and Indeed, is known, to a yeij large number of. rtbe BaptUts of North Garolinaatat he is a pious, well meaning brother' no one doubtsi1 YefTwef learnothe Am W$$Jm otinients jtre re4 garded by, myvfiWi brethren; .as tbe sentiments of tbBxcdBbxte'ori of tbe Baptist' denomrfiatfbn 1 Tnat letter Offered Mm toi mi srepirBient and itbuse'tlie aptfstife wereiblflit1 Mkm With jeteii; and we have never known hinttoe; indifferent tobia- interests. But! heJcxbas; doubtlesaKreadijith&fBE-l .oordbe tqarfalifefcforuoXParsd'lind with aa uneasy iwuBelence,1 looking WORCESTER'S DICTIONARIES -We-have received; Worcester's Gomprehensjve and Qaarto Diction-' aries from .ilessrs.' J. B. Lippincott, & Co., C Publishers; Philadelphia,, through the kindness of the General Southern Agefftp Martin 'V. Calvin, Esq., of Augusta, Georgia. These books are" deservedly popu "jar, with scholars and are fast taking the place of others in the public as well as - the private - schools of the : South. Worcester -is the standard; of the University lof Grbrgia,VAfa- Dam aTlr gi a laV&c. - AH' th eTeadln g Idaily and weekly paers ncognize it, as the standard, Among ' the btth- eas or emineut scholars who so highly endorse these works, are Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia xiuu. v. u. iuouiiutueci, ut v, Faculty TJmveralty of , Va Bev. Dr.i Al A. LipscombJ'Vanderbilt Univer sity, Et. Ear. James H, Otey, D. D., Bishop of Tennessee. Prof.' B. P. Heekr :"and Faculty, University, of Ala., Dr. Carlos G Smith, ex-chan cellor of, U niverauj: of Ala., JBev A. ; J. Battle, D. President of Mercer TTniversity,' Macon, Georgia; Hon. J. t3.'( Srborqugb'State'' Superinten dent ot . Public, Instruction, Ealeigh, 3. Ouhl :;XiS$t$:-& 7iM:,yidl ii ,Oat never4 turns aside from Wor bester dissatisfied bil in doubt. He gives jrou ,ie: pronunciation and. a J arw gooa, reason nereior, xtejaas never attempted - to slocalize the slanguage 'of a "great bationV -nre Phonology 48 lue oniy , yue. ,pue .wujcu, we naye ?eeni, andit .approaches K asnear perfecttoo-oas we; coaldl wlakior as w6 VeTpectSf it seeaad'tbe val- isiples ?j)f ,rtf puaciatf onrr, &a, .jnot ooly are to begreatly approved and valued, but they do-1 Veryjastly ribpafarfM these atahdard'Vorks; 01 ww&Za, wmmmte and aauafactory.-i It has that clear ness, fnllnesrand comprehensiveness which is 'necessary for the propenii dersfandng of our langugeit is aworkTwliichlsh ejjerjjpt- office, On every aleak,. in every house hoUl,' and We- trust it ' will soon be placed ttf every School' ribonTin our latfdp that thexb, may ba niore atfeii iaaiven(ita ithcspelUugiand his- tory of words; R ?ofa "? !? Worcester if fndtspensable to any one who wishes to get kvl aeciiraUknCL satisfactory explanation of the nse of words. ;Fhey oomprehensive Diction ary Is'w Bat ww have-' Ion g heeded for onr editorial able, whilst the Quarto is indispensable ; as a book of refer. erence. Prices: Quarto Dictionary, $10, Comprehensive,-1.75, School Edition, $1.00, Primary CO cents. Favorable terms are given: for the introduction of these books, and they can be had of allBobksellers. '): 1 for just each a chance to mlsrebresedc Wia'puto tifUn li ?j8t?angfti?M jt!SwdOT5ponJ 1 J !..., 1' Jt H- uufiPoe,jaouuieiuexpenencs anctguue-j UeT idralF ntterttdleesand! lan m)si;epresjentAtontaa er found tbe sweet mor3ei;he eo anx louaiy songht; Bat stranger stlltft isi to-BaptisiSa brnflueHceU1 1 y .what the editor of! the 'Landmark tthongbjmsaf4;abh.ttv.0f Md& U We entiwiy diiapprove of alV'sucb! f'epre8etitaUonsW3Were,rQde-by,'iO. gjipus effrtipras a. mean olconvef. sian4 W do not believe thit -'O. L P.tnt6ndl:to-confey "sucif in Idea. noVda ierieiieve that? the- editor'il He only, ia. the iwrds of 45XJa Pawwhat he deemed a good hlnc Sfate and Dailef io!ihd'Dreiiidices l - : L " - al' .i Mini;:!, L of gbbJ ? folowerj.t JlJqr, one; . kno,wd oetter i? ttpoiencyvaO the money , argument, and , no, jone. koo.ws .j .better, d bow,i a to salarma ;the covetous brethren of our chnrches or a moraTeady to;? raise the fio apcia alarm in order to herd them with hU flock ti We saw hia labored editorial oir.flC. t. P.'7v letter at-the time of its publication, and read it with feelt logs pf pity and contempt , We were f err v ior a man who could so miscon strue aa unguarded expression ef-s) fellow Christian, '. and L we .fejt , conj leapirivf .14 creed pe u jjartyhat cqnld, ess, ch n?an & feold .its fol-j NOTES -AND COMMENTS. :' Dr. J. A.' Ghambliss, one of the editors of the Baptitt Courier S. C; speaks ' ton "We are pretty 'weff aaflified, fiieij; that the opinion on, this sabject held by many i rodents of the'Bible is'cdrrect tnat women in the apostolic churches were sometimes, at iesstappoinie xor.BpecuU' service niic, pave. tp them the name or T4eaoona.f, wnethex tnu, Jemaledeaoonae..if indeed, it .was regularly an ofooe waadesigued to be continued in all e or.whther it was essential V,the proper organixation of thejriatianibody.ia another oaoBtioo. '. fi bere were reaaons in the nature; of; Jhese, timea and the 6toma of .fte people mhJlfe W&mii jit'ihighly : important, Jf not abeajuiriy'neoaasaryio have women ia pfUoeJ whof Could 1 visi j freeayani9ngT women easist at (ihelrbjbfcptisBa, and. other wiaaiawVe as 4neneould-notojBak it is beyond . question Inat wk snuldnot fled M to; the nd vantage iof t hi church: and 4he-:cause of Christ even tow?.) The'timeiiare eaangddj:indeed;we- mah is-niore fraeandaoeossibie, kiote hoaer-, d 'od respected -in ' the r eXfcise of her arise still where It .would prpbabl' be'for the glory of 'God d" for1 -the' gooa of aoultol 1a.-iiJ dlhlJlSJi-hiUjilii :LJiiZil2lLlLA, bits jaoKHUOB, uctuuki wtfoieu, raajr m mot bfflclalfylfor the1 church?". : ; ,J . In'Uie'aiiml numoeV of'th BapUaReiieS. is a very able and learned article bv my es teemed rnena, ut, 1 fsanjepn on'i&e JljousLtberty ' nude,, Baman,' Qothie . and w, ia hloh kppears the"foiio teresuna statement. s' . . 1 1 ,'Jae special Jielity of. ebriiMans of ,lhe early, age in. all their awlal jaad poUtieal relau I Uona is, specjally)uBtTated ia .tha inoideat fhichledjto the conversion, of; ;trnune ingpinone: day) .rjart whareViaa,: aiidienoe (given gamn some ayosa vjWsio,of st;jeijrepojed to hiosK the jBmperor.indigasnt at the. naf aith4 f ulnesftet hs agent, tomedjaternlj! JW' ithaj -PontiAx klaxlmui and demanded Twhofwere the men that ooald: be trusted! I lwed byth fstern demand, 4be high prlt,ifoy hie owa reafety,twpliedt'rTb4 jhristiana2 eatt14 hated, rChia avowal the yettbgprinci:nev4 forgot? If prompted oim to' persistant Sttrfy can't say with much r pleasurej tvtinL' could take, much interest in anything ih4j t could not understand, and I am oblige fa -confess that 1 have' not' the capacity u prehend .the syitemffEmanuel Swedenbor 1 have had much' aatisf actios' ii; reading it article from so able a man as Dr. H. M vs. -: of Boston, in the Baptitt Review, to flod k.I ' he is as much -in 'thr. fog as Ttm at to thi a s av.a .. . pew . ana strange win. fiome thtDgn, ho ever, he could gather from his.writings, tha following extract, from the JUtim jj give the readers of thaBaoosozn, a spsdaa of the vagaries of Swedenborg - f '-v-. "Of tbe '-Ejrths of the Universe. na their iahabit an t with whom he cenversed ia vsst numbers, he gives .much ladicrou' i 9rmationuTbe jnhabitants.of Uercory ar very lnieueotuai peopie .ana nave a great thirst forci'oowledga.V.Tkey are hausht . petulant, self conceited, and extremely 1 qaacJoua. . . The women wesr linen caps and ' the men wear' dark.: blaei elosely fitting dm ments. -" -.j...v.i5 .'--f..iii. ;,. The inhabitants of Jupiter, marry young love their children: have large handnnm. es; go on. aC-fora; are generally religiou and are devotedly, attached to the doctrines of the New Church, thougY some of them are afflicted with e speoies of Popery, having - oeen visiieo oy uomisa emiaaaries from tbs ; earth an exhibitioa of propigandism, pro bably, for which the church ;of Boms claims no credit" 'The inhabitants ef Mars mt - better class than those of Mercury or Jupiter; have no external speech r 'respiration,' and no civil government; live' in associations like our Fourier societies ; have a great sense of 'their worthiness and acknowledge tnat all their goodness Is from the Lord. The uddot part of the lower blac ,5Caey ( light' and hea,t J their housei with, .burning . fluid, l,The,j inhabitants of 8aturn are upright, modest and very relit- ou., They.do not .bury their dead, but cov er thenkuo with tha branches of trees. , Th .BhaUtania; .of; kfera are divided into two iCtlassea; the., one mild and; humane the othsr eavage-and hmtaL iThelatter are very large and- irreligious ; Qthe other hand, the in habitants of -the - moo M very smJL not larger , than Lhildrea of. esyea , years old. Usey have; tftly. features and', ride on . each eihet's backs. tThey do not epsak from the longs;! bat :-'l aonki ths iabdemsoy aad their voioea aradefptonadlilca the sound of than- derJ -AWorliDg; to: Swelenborg, there is no written laagaage" in i any 'world but ours; and It was this '' chroalinstaaos?nich indaced the Tjord ef "glory td oeooans incarnate, and die Tipoii the earth.1 'nqmq in: :; nan K ,twt - -i- n- v;r DrV HTackerof Qtm Georgia Index thus speaks of- &elaiatd Wiagale ..-: :, snmiu fiAlereave4Peoplefcu - i Tae-&ptisitffof been' 'sorely' bereaved.5' II has pleased God and best men". -The Bev. 'Washington Ifanly Wingafei'flf jp$ brea-hls'lasrat'Wake Forest' College, on Thnrsdsy,rFebruary 27m, 'at 41 o'eSoek Tii' mA 1e; the fiftv-first vear of bii "f He was a bold, original 'thinker, a strong, fearless m'an' full ' pf faith,' fuU of zeal, and was one of the great religions powers' of his Uta.'t'et.wial 'htaj spirit, was gentle as a girl's 5 bis heart was.tender, and his atfeotions warm. Take him all together, head ani heart, her was one of the, 'noblest types of Christian .manhood. v t... ; .; ., ,- He osems to be. lost to as, but he is not lost. - We have him etflk: fle; is not dead His spirit has joined' the ranks of the josj men made perfect His example la before us. He so impressed himself " on - those around him, that bis spiritual Image is left on. many a soul. By his life and ' teachings he has re produced himself, and ia 'alive to-day in the lives and hearts- of others. ' He' will not die soon. Will he die' ever .It Will he not re-appear from generation to. generation, ia the Uvea and character of those., who but for his life and character would : never have bean what they will be I Is it not indeed the fact that1 every toian makes ani imperishable re cord on the .souls of his: fellow-men ? Jkxm not every man iniluanoe to greater or less ex- tent the. character and destiny of many in dividuals and also of the human race a a wholes Do not all these influences come to gether Modifying each, other, no one of .them ; ever dying- oat, and Bt each, one responsi ble for.. his share of. this .vast "amalgam? Blessed is the man whose shire Is like that of Tffaahmgton'Msnly'wTngateP U ' '". KM! i-7. 1 -in -. "u r , , ... .. personal'.' & , Other items. .i'L.TBL&rjTf yri Eison'of Newbeta, iectur- ea in j ayeuevuie un weei. - DIBIOBT1UO, Wg IWUeKew reument, and'f the christian talOiafiiiiledto-IAeoa I " 0- 8 imould Wabnarao. A-DrofesalDtr'chrl ierrtdrW;bUid,talwayr''ja aev.yjaaiisteberof ahrie tlanfchufcV otighiio be a guarantee fftat he Is aorai jd;!uprigh, ' honor" of Christianity (Jin-lthis day, ' ;ehureh berjC-'thi'God,-; wiH vantage of-'unwise laws, to keep from' paying their, honest debto. , ;I the command fha $kad'"eal$9n: atdetly, effored our churohea.rpulduwitbdm fellowship .jtroni inany.memberv.?ifj 'in'i S"L .jl'icv -Y?i& Bill W JJffe -; yui ?. f7A.ries4 dn . . distant 8tte, has sought to oonvort aaer te the faith gf the New Jerusalem ohnrcb by fending tne a number of , books re laUag to; the. . doctrines, of, .this pew oburcnl 'Some -f these ; books,- J ihave read . tab j ,,f aU6v.Ai a. ,Boqaet or tized four prraons oa his last - nslt to Salic. baiyy'fu ii!Ui Jto Indijuiuil a. i.UJ.ev. F. .L Jordau after dosing egto siom meetinir itf Bbghsm, has gone boms foresi ewhiie;s b-.rsi.-..id:.u-, ftp v?IWhftSetdr ef Charlotte, vis. Iled Stitee'ville hot long siaoe and xpreiahed wo!exoelleatsevmoes;',i't ' ' Bisho Ames, o the Metiodist ipis eopal church. North, ; died inBahimort on the l StUi ofpriL in, the 7ith year of his sge. r.?$r;p&m the most useroi eoiorea pastors 01 ttionmona, , uw last weefc. His funeral was attended byearly f l.ira.ILJtjatiakagentlor the colored high school at Ooldsbprev I visited Petersburg and BjchmoadiXKiio4 ei wy :Jwth and was greatly anoonsaged byr the" bretlueo, .lW 5fengret Wtiarnrf the 'ieataiof,jthag, hea4 son of 'brother and' sister ' Whitehead of &aiuburyfkr.' ttWUtohead" died in Mays- to the churchB ilhamsbufgt yatand wiH preacii'ltiere fap"M&a. f(Maytln; ;thl regaar,;pastnrvof Jhe .church, 'alsd preacheafoRlUjtrchlwo .f4 BnemWof th BaWi (Boaoot at Sntteld tidntf'lSlder BtiHelsen the so swerto the Blble'Eaigma published m the Bxkaoin of smj'alt trWwffl read the SlJth' verse of the fcth ehireteV-ef the' Acts she WOt see abw U it ittat BeW D.Bi Kelson, the beloved pistoruot adflrsoavlllev is ths ' brother'. "W ' fi- ...Bev,;Mi D.Fresaaanv o Ljuisbarg, was Raleigh a week, ag-rj and submitted to a surgical operation j with" most' satisfactory ireuttsf;vj JJCa Teo;uast us to retorn his thanks jud present bii; ieompUjnents. AoJbe splendid pbyrdciaaaeadmecinav who ..have . done so rnuch oT UaU :! would do so but for the factit Is againat the mleslof the profeBioa. j.I-j.Ji-,:.; jMU1oa5'liaIa.: Neuralgia and e duU. heavy inacuva cond tlon of the whole systemj ueaaaie,'--prostration,' and wastUnwati helpiem . uim. mAMwtmm AiA ha atV ffOOO. : Three months ego she began eo use JHopJ"' pern, with , such j good effect .that sh 1 ssemi id feels young agali, although wfWf 01 J." We think ; there to - ,her flttdmMln thefmily.,?--A ledyj i ftan- denceS. 'Al'M iim'j -':t
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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