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Va. My first dbj&t Va toistitvey ittej
ueiaana ieara toe con anion opines
charcb and tf the coin munity1. Ifptindi
t h e ch urch i id I f ' s u fterini' from e '
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VnTmrtr' 'AQi - -fiir .aI-S"' M &M 9 iR XTIQ-H'. CLi-JUNE-44 l&7&i iv i h--i- o r; . TtjMBEBS46.j
kill roe in self dence,- for .ram gan
jneattJa 'Strikeijneiyoa had bettef
kilLm am owe jfoTyo dpa I
will.cartaialy: w .jpiu ,;i ajj u.?t
.rDarUJgto.y.eara .3 dis
covered yeryweaj; :tMj foin gwbipl
amfisiuT tba- moat .intense, en thusi
asmT&eentrnce w8 difficult
h n j-anionR. tber visitor having to b
let Idova by ropet and y wdlass a dw
-tance of fifty or 8isty;eet. fijaHgrea
as genUenjens depeenaeti wo pewiops
DelfeeU erand and j $eautual s ,aa
,taeJKase lib tOi?n- wei;e .filjel
The bonea oC a fMaataAonjof;itf emeaj
das f aisfe were; adivered.,, nearly
.many ages agotaokto thagh hd
difficulty - that ; bdHji?rea;,iTthet,yea,r
John Newland Moffitt. Some-dea-i
peradoes became roffendedv.'with ttfei
preacher and ordered . him . to leave
the town. ;The members of the church
advised him to go ba with bis meet
ing and "ptioeaised to proieet hinY.
After that' two ; hostile1 pariieAttet
inthe hoQse of Qod; oti 6 party in the
centre of " the s bailding-, 'brandiahing
their bowie-knives 1 and creating' dip
order f generally 5 jthb other ' party
sin ging 'and praying v aroma d ? the
altar, their deadly larmsi-clashing
together s tfceyl too-red to- and tro
among the-, mourners. J TheJ ineitl
night a' party arrested mayor.' -Oocfc-nil's
carriage, and demanded Moffitt
with the veiw of lynching him. Bat
the brethren, forewarned of tbeebn
spiracyi compelled - hirii; to sleep ih
town thati night.- He. made a very
fortunate escape; and thongh tit wise
toJeave the town forthwith. .! at
But the, effect of stis excitement ;
rested upon toft CQmmnmty tor year a.
The bowie-kDifa and the pistol
held andispqted reignover,the peo
ple. IJnUke the dwellers among the
hills pi Tennessee,-who settled their
disputes with fistico-fts and; bipkory
canes, ; these v Alabamians- resented
an insult,.! nbft, by. words or, , blows,
bat the crack of ,the pistol or tbrjast
pf the cimetar, I ; felt the necessity
of being polite to 'everybody, oat of
the pulpit;, .and in; tbe( pulpit to
preach Jeaas, and; let the yicesand
bad behaviour of the people, aloue; .,
j A. case of 'discipline, .which X will
now relate; "greatly intensie4: my
horror of the bowie-knife. rnleVli Dr.
II. had become, veryiodious to.the
public,' and bad i been ; expelled. Jby
the Free Masons. The enraged, peo
ple bad,; ordered him - to .leave the
town iu ten days or .forfeit. bis life.
He was an .official, member of the
church. It was my duty as preacher
in chafge to , execute, ;ebnicb disip
lino in the ase.. ii called to see
at b is oce in the npper roonxibexeof
which, was.tbe citaue of bis defence.
There I found pr, JL,and, his friend
Mr. il. ,,QQ .tho viable 4 were five or
six loaded rpjtoto and two double
barrelled gjingain:, the corner of the
room, and a nomber of other pistols
and bowie knives oh the Dersons of
theaW two 'mCnV; ' ItHe'wrfor'- lardf
"TT . " . r J ik.l.ll.A ...
rtHitthk awiWpa'iMiWUv! trees. tonxbJeibiA; afleR
(filled nA the entraaqe. .As pr.esnpp-
Itise.proof of tbat;tbiytthereaaaj
dare sinki or..oaaia in.;xae aouaus
Busdrer these baU4ecayedbouea.a
""Kwaa 'my 1 privileges this jyear.to
-attdhft the closing texeroiaea of Car
oline LeV Henta'a Feniale Academy
4hi1orencei Alabama;?! iHer husband
Was at bnei time professor an Obapel
-fliliiiUoiverstty North OaroUna.
While bis wife vas ?givin her time
and eBeTgie tO'theBohool, and to
literature, ne was runuiug uray wimi
t heMorua MnJtieanlia deln&wn j nnd !
reaming of golden harvests from huj
'growing plants,' ybichnever came.)
; Xittring the latter' part of Jnjy so-j
jourih Tuscumbii I found fchar m-
ipg;home at Gol6hel.TiOCfthSrt,,0ne
jmile ih ihn country:1 ' He was ana-
tlve of.'STorthampton connty, Ni CL,j
and a noble specimen' of a christian
gentleman, i How well do I remem-S
ber the 8 wet, rose embowered ofHde,
which was ,my study, and my chain-!
ber." The UoIonel,must have carried;
the idea' frora prth 'Oarolinai fo? I;
have fieeE very many jhst such cosy;
little places in JSorthhampton county. ;
It ' wasnear tba fountain head of,
the great Tascnmbia.: Spring I had
my first experience in administering
the ordinance of baptism after the,
primitive mode. Ohe Of ; my prede-
censors undertook to' immerse some
persons in the Jtame. place. 2withoat
wetting the soles of Ala feet jot he,
tailed. 1 s Ha waited tout on a foot i
bridge, which had been constructed
"for the purpose, . leading the candi-'
date by his side ; but In attempting
to put the man under, the adminis
trator , slipped and thmbled over,
head foremost. So "they went down
both into the, water," not exactly in
the way that.PhiUip and the Eundch
went, Some half a dozen colored
persons had been trying for years to
set tne Aienptust urejuci.o
ait uecnueu
desperation "war depicted on their
object of hiy painful- visp l- SaitfDr.
11. Jly friend' Mri PShkS agreed! b
stand Dy"me: to'the!Mbittef dVfWe
have deterniined1 exhahst' all the
nrearnrs yqusee
seip-1 merse them." .But; they all decline)
him 1 to dbtt intliat way..' l: told;them
a. i . "1 . . . " .' ! . . l.'l.
would co it. a great crowu 01 wuiio
people, aswell as negroes" assembled
around, the ; head '.df, the big spring.
1 succeeded V admirably , with Jf ' the
smaller ' candidates!" But ' whenMt
came, to big,Jim" who weighed
f wb "hundred and; fifty . pounds; . I
trembled, fearfully Vunder the appre-:
Ta3ioJe.tVwhiispered';to;G
"h nndertbbk; to do, with infinite de-;
under. awae saonceo; irom i;ue xocki
i tists-churdi oTDurham has made
teyss 'essat ti needless; m I i than
htm forhis falthfall admirable word
4 ana heartily endorsing and commen
in2 t hear 1 Pass, on .to' my ; seeon
theme; On examination bf .the spe
cial pleadings fnsfaVorxdf wOman'fe
rireachingw-called tn 3bdJS Word! i
shameful thing.! Whafl are these 1 j
i. .The? pwjadfcefiagainst womei
preachlnghas nriglaated '.'either: 3a
the false teachingTof K6me, tas itb
prleittly' dignity, and t power otllti
tbe Jerrba'eottS t interpretation J given
to' tvfd 'Pissaees in the writiiiga JDf
3UvPauVtajrney -taeaAJUiktiwoidett
"masrnoUinUheUJburcbvasfciquMi.
tiobs and diaputa with men in j a die
portal way at alU ; These quotation
'fceflf'tontert to thiaioew!dea dCeri
tainiy newtb all professing chTistxaai
elcept';(as' Bros Darham ihas wel
said) that small and obscure band o '
religionists called Quakers who ear
hardlyiJ'bo called christltns sin
f thbj trm'ectvQotftvvtord and :tram-
I i 1.JJ TT-. : ; ft ?
jw on ana aisjnso ixtt orawuinccx. 1
'Originated either in : the falid
-teaching of Borne." ' Wondrous dec-i
laratibn 11 'And yet he who made it)
had bisBible before him, or he onghti
toi havef had.-'-The Holy Spiriti-T
aid; 'It4 not permitted unto" then
to speakbut to be under obedience aa
-also 'eaith the law," and this was aatdj
fokrcefUvnet before xconianiam had
positive existence : ana tue law itsei
Nra8" promulgated tozer tieeniy eentu
withstand this we are Informed tha
the prohibition originated in the faliiel
teaching of Borne'? It! Moreover that
law was issued -by' God in order toj
preserve 'Hi arrangement -aa - Unthe,
poaitioH' of the exes towards r eaiw
ower. is is is wniieu "maa waa uui
made or' the woman, but woman;
for the:man woman m nst ; IjsI
w in snbjection-Hnust' ube nnder
obedience.'' THEREFORE 8hei"is
not rpermittedctoj speak: in chn5ch,
because THAT is nsnrnins authority
Qyerth jriatkHST.is attemrjtjhg
6;f arrangement as" to her posittbh.'
,vu mis is piaiuiy luuui, iuajtuu b
word, THIS is the reason - given
why it is hot permitted for a woman
ip,8peaK,in courca ;auu yev iuo rum
"otifdnated in the, false teachinff ot
1i0n3ew 1 tri or it originated in "the
ipirbnpnna' lntfimref.ationieiven uto
two passages, in 'the writings of St J
Ianl." 'She mhst not- in'the1
chttrdh, ask question's "and dispn:te
wim meu m a utaioriai way ai an.
Let ns examine this, an easy task
since it, all depends, upon the mean. '
ings of a few simpleGreek words."
Let the ' wbmenri keep silence
Sigat08an. ' n . '
;r4It is not permitted unto them
to speak5 Ott Mcins ,
. "It is:a shame -'for a' woman to
speak in ehurch" : Aisehron en elckle
Hdlalein. Aur.MPwi I nu
4iiButI suffer nbt awoiban to teach,
echoes' the' noise of ? them all speak
for theotbers.! It" ir'nofr'necessary
to quote more' than oner ay oavm
iieard oB,'iw havo-ij heard 'iaj
They all talk alikeuOan ; it! b
DossiblQ 7-thatt .flnch T?-an ui earnes
.and pracUcatiJnanioas; St-tPauld
ypteM vein terjsef. of the llth.cha;
ter of thia epistlo to the regulation .
I a practice -which he .intended in tb
reason throosh these . twelve vi
tp,8hQw9 women,; of Oorinth;tha
it was JmproDer.. for Ihem ,.to praj
and prophesy injqextmn icjjyrrwit
Tho trntform method or tbi teachfn
of the Holy Spirit sustainl .'iL'The,
hatmohy of God word -depends nrk
ttntti ) i fThft.Daakftr; ifiw.limakearah
I Irrcmblo 'contiicteeontxadio-
Uonof the7lioy flpiritby UimseJI. 1
aiilmnsti however, iclosetwthla article
1 at fthiirPoUitrte4 wilKiconUnue -my
oxamination mu another, commnnicar
tion. ,ni.It.jnluUtera ,fand icaurpa
covered 'when he' intended 'far
ther-otflt ihthe same "letHt
tell themsthatrt'ifofW
ataUl Gan any one; whose imnd i
not biased by-a-theory believe an:
such thing of the apbtle-f the Al
mighty who inspired ana moved pi
members deqQnnce..thiaA violation, of
the,yery torder of society, and wnica
mast eventnallydegrade, the femal
,sexf Jetthefnq
PSaiuss , ana, f now jss uuscripvuf w
isoow
rhrir hPAn nnhinvArfld-and that thev Vness and evil wbrkinc wherdvef ah
nughf, with propriety dd'so in
"tain AtK. WAV with H theirfheadi 1 Bassed When eithfer V a'WkilBlsfl
pronat or admfsltte Wngs' j
chance of one gay . creating a confla
gration which all the patents under
.heayenfcouId not : easily extlaguishl 1
Thopsarras ot unbelievers nave peea
born into tbe family, of icepticism by
professed preacheni loOhergospet
who -supposed.' that ' they were.helpk
Ing them to, faith,' Toupg" jmenOn
many instances, have obtained their
first notions of- Infidelitv : from; their
tninlstera-they! have 'sucked lh the
ison, but4 refused the" antidote;
The3 devirs'catfehwtsMn doubt have
Ten tbe'metfwhd weretent topreadh J
-ana ic seems nara lasray icj ana yE
Ji6Tdttiary fcommott senset onght to
'bM Uacb' arinls'ters ' wikdOmj rn' fcu'eh
f matter. LI fjnd!death hang npon
ni-lu jo fetish! .xr i ; ;
to write Jni?;
How lei us. examine thia and a
what it is. worjih.,,. Intake .highe
ground as to the author ot tne tette
to the Corinthians. Paul was bu
the instrument, . tho penman of Go
and the, Holy . Spirit , Himself jWrOt'
tnat letter tnrpugn tne man.. r
now me, lucouiroveruuio, mvi i
that ttfe Holv Soirti;: doef forbid 1
terly a. woman speaking. in .church
JJn less bI m pte word are absnrb.
meaningle8S,this IS AFAOTjblas 6
no bias, nremdice or no Dreiudu
and whatever" may Ixsihe meah
lag of this passage, " Let f yonr wi
men keep silent in the church. Atya
toaji be silent, be quiet, keep suen
Ow lam- Break nt fc'
i The Holv Spirit has'donL throo
Paul,: exactly f what otlr oratOrica
writer-' thinks r inconceivable.-' ti:
has Pone it. How-then-, are we t
understand this 43or. xi t o. If it
moans that a woman may do la a
certain : way i what she ia;i positively
forbidden to do immediately , after-;
wards, (foe the epistle must be read:
as a whole,: it is one thing, one letter,;
and not.many letters and.each chap-j
,ter separate and., distinct, irom thei
rest) then the ...Holy Spirit , says one
thing with one breath and another
thing with another r breath. " He , is,
therefore, not Qod. for.He is change-!
able, and God cannot change. ' Orj
else He contradicts Himself, and thej
word says one thing iu one place:
and another thing in another place.;
Thisr-destroys the inspiration of the
Bible, and annihilates its truthful
ness,' for a witness who Contradicts
himself falsifies himself; and false in'
one, raise m an. :- ; ' ' !-i
This, therefore, it cannot mean,'
and this the whole context shows that
it does not mean. J Mnch as our newi
lights,our modern discoverers of truth;
unknown of before may- sneer at it,!
the whole thougfirofthisTctr chapter
down to the sepUoiifwhich treats of
the observance of the communion I
nor to-osurp authority 'oprthe man; ;eraot truth nvfetiy rHect and desplsej
but' to .be inence Ihdatkem m 'xxTm
om ' to teich not
td Belti silencftl i
never, observe is , the . .matter or
i?ty3iUk!Xi , r onnarAl' ImnrhnAr. iAraaaintr ''Thiral
BOW lOr' ine -meanine Ot ineBO. I nara annilrv. m-iavnha hraAHs' In
weeicworasT - . " s:.4. il the church at-ConhtbV ItiSa ln'aM
ii Gimt08an f -TO be ! silent or still,; f tAP nr WiatW ihaf. hisn isnt1 tHit-
tpkeep siiencfe, to Cease tospeakil norant will even queatibbthat among
7 LaJein 8peak---OU NOT.4 ad Afhftr h4mifnt thinW tlm" Wbmftti
AieJlfdw i-Shameful,'di8gTacefal,!
pase; infamous 5; in Homer cahsing,
snametiiegracing. -- - ,
!IKdM(A i-Toteach-bnt not.vi
n?FMW!?UlSHlli nalmi nniet. atul-
e?f"f. "'S&sti3 ir See lexicons 6f Schleusner.l-retB
uuiuesa uuwri-iiiuvcb i nnn xvirn ttiv hhhinluiiuh - mill uiiu iini: :- j.- - . , ; '
- iC j- chneider. uonnegam .Jfassow, iAa-
!?i'wS:i!Ld
.... . .ymL, tt,iwiL Jfr.lfi'uf t l and many , otbers.' unere are no
rrr-aA .nrf-MHUAoU i I J''xU wkArt h i Plain and clear, and an .instance
In in than rtnntl "nuatS
As the I bug more letter -containing soi
U1UU k 1 1 Ut l. ,UM
1a ! are translated' itf pnf Eaglish'Blble;
vauuub, ivuuu. uu u is ui iluc
yfMrmenqom: (saving
of Q aakersr who meet
whenever it 'goes against
spirltnal illumination.
their; mental freak8 and
rifyinatfld t in '-or ta haaRri
-.3$ uiomtl 1 Hi ; the KecirdaV: b; 1 r Sucff'a assertion' Jef rays' ibufi-i
iti'mtp m iik-vi xiia'1h hit5.
MipUA- ?itlWt& riAlfi'Vo l-assdm'i
kitr nas"Decome -necessaryr' w; .wwirf,
anu go iw leiw u i wouuaiiyw i jginia Wlttt SOme.reneciiOiia, wui wiubo liK't-wA.V
hfmCferthryrceftalnTY)4aid I. f fninirnc . V-. -AfmfiXSft,
t win rifa-innJ-iaiy(K4rai4tn. tjU ..tA ll .their iiiWard
Therev,ttkeiit
lown as secreuYiraim 9d Buewiiiy aa i , . ' . , .1?. -r0
ltanerfinent..and' nnwarranted!
jttoif !of Ignoahci in otheri.
9
tHane'ge,ahd,,tO',d6hoiincft Bucfl;
ihao absurd
rjos8ible.Thi8 is "my pastoral
Do it quick,' a6d avoid all this blood
shed. It was agreat relief to get
through this aaei ot VdisciDlmerBo
easilyii, $ti)l bpwier,kniye1,an4,ipisj
tola haunted my visna, atnighf.;
apt jwhen, (. waked;J fti streeji.in
day time, apprehensions and evil fore-
managed. iiyabiougnyear ? ce 5.9 ?J
21 ViAifiS If 1 STit tonted aen&ment. feveh IHAt4a! Bhatneful aaihdeceht
in fiaV.thaft".! ribsitivAarmTnarid Hirt!
There: aw itime'ln' our Boutherh j a,comma;n that , ijUBO cQptehea-
was universal,, that such a perform
took an activa parkin conveying, the; by u-n,entu WW"y
.dead.bodto itsQme.d waaerj; fbosoo
the . deeo-t ..Juoc.tne i wwmiwjf
convicted and ? executed. Robert
Paine (now f bishop. Paine) d welt
feelingly sand 1 jBloquentlsiPPonithe
vil of arrvio2i deadly :.'weappna,-At
ithe'faueraleEvlceofbrptherrjPishop.l
:Hfr..o?4o,piAam-0-ata.i;.the;
rtif Hit t if 'desrvtis tone loathed.
This 'iar the fact however.'1 4 The!
Sinnlbrlmi.We are 'threatehMS
bur own gentld women, for -whotn,i
with homeTTEomr qr ra7Bnquiaereu
, w . . .
I ft 1 1 .,. -f ,. M, AS liTftaii Vif:t AIV11:
habit or r carrying ,-deaqiy weapon8; sworus wr i; n?vVVrt niee thW?
fall by the hands of violence f No; aJand jt.iajoar ntyjmwttno.
manwUl knowfngfy make an attack ?is8ueifrmte
uraSeamafrTheiean8! Xf
i,I,t lHT!i A r(4.' t had oriroosed rwTitiogt Otf ahree:
i I
TjffcHsd heads.. -One has become nn-t
iMPssatv.'The most excellent
ahd Incisive article or my orptuer ,
- ATTaMhh " wm ' ti r orabt lami tb do this.
lSbf arfrbni -the weaMhg of deadly.
anna soejnff a- pruteunou .w .wv. --T - - .;-,.
1m vliJttialhrtSrocIaiminar tOthS bubliii,
if you mean to insult ' tne prepare tb:,
Teen, which in at iinrnam. aua
which fii cosimbhTy called the Bap-i
talk as mucha Ybu Dlease Drovi-
dispute with menJn a dictatorial way.!
i Why such a declaration, is an-insolt!
to ha common . sense :evea . of nn-!
learned itauettered mehi r.ifi j.bnt;
evidefnoe&i the ; desperate . straits :to
which those are driven who ar striv
dug to justify thia shameittS thing by
4HL But lo ! I anbthert ! verse; da I ttw
nmpharltly paradedv i 1st CoeJX :;5J
z.iuir oiuj, nuuiau vuat jiivjeu ut
propheJsietb.With Aer head uncovered;
dishonerethi her head: for that.Js,
even all one a if she were shaf em's
d This is the great sheet anchor of the.
"Quaker Female. Preachers? f jandj
their copyistsandaumirers, ana a
great? blowing of ftbrazent trumpeta
is made over 'it ;Let bnai who but!
other shameful things the women of;
the Uorrinthian ,ch arch .threw aside;
their veils, the wearing of which (thej
head and face, except the eyes, were'
en tireiy covereu. w no. in e m ick cioin ft
wa?.f ne sigq qi a cnasce, ana respecj-i
able . woman i tbA 'noh-wearing. of
'.which was the sign thatj' the ; femalej
was, a prosutute. . . xeese .ureciani
females' thonghtl . thatlhe, 'liberty!
the rules and restraints ' of society!
under which they . had? been,' restiv.e
as. Borne of, their sex even 'now are ;:
ana xneyi appearea ia. puouo wunouv
ti.i. ' j-a . 1' ! - .w-'i
mac maae au iook upon inem as nar
16'aiid thel Jconsequence was a dis
gracefal scandat ,Thus this seeming
ly simple small ;mat(er,. was a , grea:
andistre88ing;.evil,made.tremen
;dbns,,troubleitliand'ime;nte
:Wbev.-rebuked 4lfcf4wttllatf othei
evns iu mat ouuruutiwas freuutteu iui
a single, letter, and'ne by' bnbNE!
AFTfeltJANdiHjfeGod's eplrit in all'
and,?! very lettef "(M ja" 8jjpglenatancei
to the contraifian'fQUDdJ attends
to only. one thing- at a ftme. and tbel
18, nqs 'uoy wopaensojayf
'and4 tlreberfv ibraVau'd iJ
PnbHc.- fks thesV Vernal
1 : . v l. u., .r ,,i -T . . c
who reject uoqs Avora'' Whenever il
eultitheni;ay)bWhrimattr o?
iemaie apparei. m inp-qoniext as weii
are
lievw m t, mi m p. ijw gfc aa X4
ply Spirit wrote lio'teisei at dUMnd
itf .paraffrapa;''that '.'dfscusses the!
;ter1afilled:with- teasons; tbsow
jra woman should be decently and
lodestly apparelled ; why she should
j dtess as that It .intght appear she!
was, a wothan' ahd not ft' man".1 - And
tills is'fheJ yery' reasoni1 the1 Bpirili
when Bpaaking o jUmi: ijtyga (yte(rApe
XV V HAITI MX 9
most -tot fiDeak ir
hurchsWhy8hei3nin8tXbold h.e4
tongue, keep ailent'ia' chnrchnol
ic it miMttutnl iw.ansft Mhn in not
j a mah btit ; a wbiiThe;1ehgtbt'o
4 1 this oaragraon.'vorr xw nrova notn-
ing but that the matter, discussed ill
It.waa ah exceedingly important pce
as It was.- , fcjo.tnat it ts -not only not;
imbossibfe'to betieve: that the SDirit
of God is speaking here ! only ' Of the
matter or improptdressing' wnicn
caused disgracefaVscandal i and thatj
oaly.a few ; para graphs,! farther oa in
the same letter He sneaka.oL women
i ta'king in 'cbufch- and forbids all of
anything jbi-a. .JLha con;2xt req -ires
this understanding , ot 1 ,ucr. j xi : o.
WORK OP
Dear Recorder ti -saub'l i ti
? xiavmg careruiiy ooservea j,tn
progress Of the Baptists L of fforth
Carolina for BaveTar Jreara tpaat I
bopa that o fe w-wordi from me will
jiotbe regarded aapreanmpthou.i
iTne Jioaimaof.iiMiBaiosftiorectli
North Carolina Baptisk Stato Oon4
vention which haa been iastram en tal
in doing great gpodjn the past, and
wnose general work seems to bare
been guided bT"piouarteal ahd wis4
4ary missionary wbrk, which,3 if faithi
rally carried out by tne various pas-j
tor of the Stats will prodnoe results
WUicn ail time! will' be-too short to
compute, s -May the dlvlaa blessing
rest upon the great work, ;a n ie i
WUl the Board allow me: to make!
one or.two Bugge8tiona, !whlch they
can take for what tbey ara worth :
1st. Build a good house in : Char
Iotte. Tha honnn whlA.h in nnw in
use labadry loc3tk:n lt Hs'inferibr
and old fashioned. ' There is a large
Baptistelem'ent an the tity' which'
Cannot be gathered intb the 'ctinrch
tfntil a change is effected; 1 The very
zealons and energetic ladies of the
church have bought and pafd for a
mostaesiraoie lot upon which they 1
hope to baild. The chnfch Iswinine
to sell the property which 1 it now
holds to tbe amount of about $3,000,
and to subscribe according to f their!
means ; but they are not able to build
witnout nelpK It is one-'-of the rob-i
jects , of . the Convention - to t build
chnrches, and it ,19 the legitimate
work of the Board. Not -many men!
outside of the city are better, ae-J
quainted with .the facta, than I am.!
1 have snryeyed the field'fiom! every
standpoint, and am persuaded that
a good house, faith in God and earn
est wotk, will ia a few years giye the;
Baptists Of Charlotte a leading po--
Biium among me aenominations.)
But the' house must1 be built bv the!
Baptists' Of the.State and; HhrBoaf d;
must be the 'prlme mover1 io, the
WOrk. ' ' : ' y -''" Jjvi-... ;.!; wi !
"ZatL ' Appoint toissionif-fes tV Wil-I
otner large towns,' or" cities, where
there' are churches already! establish
ed;- The Board' is very ,;oroberlv
trying to settle a -Baptist -Dteacber in
Avery town of from 500 tb ipOOianab-i
ItantS;" ,ifWe!-' have initho United!
8tates one Baptist preacher to everv;
3;000 inhabitants.- Itf North Ciroli-i
oathe nttmberof preachers-ls-till'
greater in proportion to tbv-'BTJmberj
oi ionaoitanisi a proper xiitribatioh:
would give to Wilmington from Cto
9 preacaersv to Charlotte tttsm.f3.Xo 5,1
and aa many to RalelghyiltaJs . inn-i
possible tot the pastors, especially .in 1
Wilmington and. Charlotte, ;t rach ;
all the peopled these cities, . It seems
to ma that .the Board' could cot do a!
better, work thantoPiKuptomaRd
Aui( yBit juieu uwu uBBqpara
nnder7the,directioQofiboajdjj
yieera". selected, from 9te0 churches
We are by no means dome too much
lQtheJcbuot4d ihthe'nialrer
towns hud 'we are far'b'ehiad la the
cities.- J " B. G. Covington.":
.i-ifc7'l- I-fl lt i-i.-ji Jib.,1, ;i
I The- habit of I iterpetAaily -mentioii-
in g the theories of iuhbeUevera when
preaching the gospel gives atean the
appearance of -great-- learning, but it)
aiso provefi.i n tax want Biet;c common:
sense. " In order" to"sbw the value!
of wholesome food It ia not. needtol to
proffer, your, guest aaQseioCyoison,
nor., would ihe, think ttbor ibettex.of
your hospitality s1f yoa4jd so,; Cer
tain sermons arenmoreb calculated to
wpatAn faif-.h than tt imnAor man KaJ
jieverf:;There8enit)lQ,; process'
tbrongh, which a. poor unhappy dog;
is fequehlly passed at ,tbe GrottodeL
Cane ataples-Hlfthrown fnto
the gas, which reaches np. to . the,
8pectoter8 knees, not': with the view
of killing1 him,' but aa anlexhlbUton.!
Lifted but his vappiy bath, he is!
thro wtf -ihto' a pii tf rjj aterV ahdj
revives la Umev8ucradds utnotJ
likely ttf tie .6TOclfelyrwttn.
idog oi parsuer Of gamfeldhehs
bearers '5onaay c after 'Banday are
though t,they may autvi ve thevxper-j
imtot. bat-tbe-rtdilLi.nflvihkMviiTiA
fipiritually strong or practically tosa-
f oL't It is never worth while: to taakel
rents in.a; gArmenti farthe Lsaknof
raenaing ttsm, nor .to create doabta
in order to show how cleverly we can
quiet them.. . Should, a niaa;, set fire!
to- hi fconsapecftusa b$ Jj ajjAPAteati
extinguish?? j?hich wculd-put,it out
m no . tino, vr tW? woaiat2Sd.!,a
chnrches of the Centrar Association
Jtheqaestidri ot troth f or fahehood. aggregating .$20,859.90. an average
4 If Ue be ! propagated,! ot truth be
rinauded,;!tb-:wa.tckmea or .thai Lord
will have go give. to their account o
permitting lt-8jntrgeon. :
.t r FttOX BK0. OILLILAND. '
I spent nearly .two- weeks in the
town of Gbldsboro. .; I found a very
fair Sabbath School numbering 116
It has a class . composed of : the old
X9lks: which is a rare thiug la. most
OtoariflchOOla, mlxtte-j:zl !.
From there I,ifentrto.u-Freinoatf
about eleven miles distant. I found
there a eh urch; of twelvo jDDembers
without pastorfi There is in r great
deal of. Baptist sentiment ria that
community I amtnot paly ,aarpris4
ed, but grieved tor think ; that this!
point shoold hava been so long negi
lected.''?;; ;r,kii t-... -
I spent a Sabbath with the church
ia Wilson, It was a treat to me td
be there. They are strongly attacni
ed to one anQther. One of the breth
reu'said to me that the . church was
dear to him, the tears running down'
his cheeks meanwhile. Oh 1 that the
-members of all oar chnrches felt such
Ibve for one another! ' .i
I attended the SabbathT School
icatitate held at Mt. Olive, on the
3rd and 4tb lost, by appointment o?
the Sundaybhool Board of the
Eastern Associatioa. It was - aa ia
teresting meeting. -r .ioii t r :
t Or my soul, beat. with the 4nfirmi
ties of tblue earthly : tabernacle. It
will M tbns bot a little whila : the
aqundof thy Redeemer's feet iaeven
at the door-.urtiT,
i UU not by one look, bat the con-
stant looking at Jesus, that sanctifies
and comforts .
' . y. JnFvr ih Recorder. -
EACTS AND flGURKS IfOKTH FEE
. ..... jiEBViKQ. , !
Editors Recorder ; : ' -
During my sickness .1 have been,
overhauling the minutes of the North!
Carolina Baptist s Associations- ifor
1 1878,4 tind i trying to calculate the
pTJbgresi of oar Baptist host J I have
before me the retains of 21 of the 40;
white Baptist : AssociatiOBS in the!
States, uThese 2L' Association foot
up 600 chnrches, Sunday schools,
.gp.piecommnnicantf, n f 101,70L54!
total) xioptribationp,, and.! 149,037,75,
contributions exclusive, of pastors!
BaUies.:oa,;, bad showing ffor
orth .Caroliua Baptists. ;.., ,,.! A
Nirieteeri of these whitel7A8sbcla-j
tioqs, viz : Chowan Tar River Bast-
etn, Raleigh, .Central Flit Rive',!
Lltlle RijSd'atD'reWir
'Creekj Cape Fear, .Waccamaw, Peei
Tiee; i&roti:pterd Eockyw River.
Sandy1 - Creek,' Mb- Zloo," Liberty,
Bbuth Yadkin and B.eulah lie east of.
' ;i.it t: :va liXu jta.f i.T)i.i.rj i.
vud xTicuuiyub xirxjiuc Aittiiuau iruiu
Danville tb Charlotte or "are5 crossed
by that railroad. These 19 Associa
- I , ' - ,
tfonS repbf ted ISstyear churches
uruaiueu uiuislctb, u,o memv
t)rs;ahd Reaving utnheWacca
mawr' Liberty and? 'tRbcky t-BirferV
whose : minutes : have not Txnne-to-
; hand) $,062 baptlsma. r The.cohtribu-.
tions to religious, object r.ot:iS j of
these, ouUideot.paatora. aalaries, as
reported In theirLininates amounted
to $47,435.33, a average of $f&C0 to
the charch andaboatt)2 jcentSitotUe
member i .butisome, ,of the chnrches
: failed to make any returnaKof;thelr
contrihntions. daring; the jearr and
pat few,,-of .them rreported,t famooats:
contributed for buUdJpg aud!xpair''':
jlnghoasesofj worship. The. largest
conrripuiiona 1wererpaaer,by'rthe
The BibHcidiEecorder.
EpAcat-litiine.
llnoh,..
i? do h
3 do'
. do",
uu
do
f 1O0
3 00
loool
16 00
8 8 008 8 OOIIlS 00
001
s bo:
: 4 OOn.0 .00
1 A Am '.riA'
iroo
Sax.
as oo
20 001
r28 00
XOWl
80 00100 00
6m,
;25o
&s ooj
sr oof, 6bbo
100 00
its 00
12 m
t25t)0
40 00
0 00
5 OOf 60 00
85 00
170 00
300.00
Special NotlOvB charged 20 eents a line;
' ObituArie ilxty wordt long are Uaerted
frge Of rturgn., ,, WTinathey erreed thli Uagtb
oo eent for each irord mnat be paid ia ad
vaaoe.'
if 1 '' 4,'
OpiTDUCrriDBT
of abdat $8,00 'to' the :memberr;ex
claslve of pastors'1 salaries ii the
smallest by those of the Sbcky Rlt--er
Associatioaf 3.25, or Abont. k of a
.cent per member.ivThe Central, with
only l8barcbeaad8,W5.meniber$f
cemtriboted fiearfattcjee a much w
, the Chowan, Eaatcrnj Raleigh; and
Cape Pearjt the four. mjuizAH&fy
niheUiU,0ut togetkertpn&
-. aggregating 211 churches .xaad ever
24,700 members; .The: coatatioha
of the Cape Fear andasternAssd
ciatlons averaged bat 41, cents peer
'member; those: of ,L the" Raleigh 75
cents, and of th noble old Chowan"
63 cents. -'The Tar River comes next
tag IL80 per- member. Then comes
the Mt. Zion, $1.64 per member: then
tha South Yadkin 4L24 -taea' the
Salem, ;away:u)verstbBif mountains,
96 oent):fthe Raleigh,75 ents;
. tha Chowan v 63 ents j -i then t the
Browa x ; Creek,.46 s cents ftheoPee
.Dee 39 cents t Flat .River: 24 1 cents ;
Liberty,' 22 cents ; Beulah, 19 cents ;
,Soath .River. 12 ceats Cape .Fear
and.338tern, each, ceats; Little,
River, jents ; Sandy Creek, 7 ceats;
Cedar Creek, e.ceataV and Rocky
River Jf a ceat pememberrf j
.. .I kaow thiit tbesej fignrea.arei not
altogethexair jljut they are as fair
as the charch clerks report them. If
the Becretary.of oof Mission - Board
would furnish every church clerk ia
the State -with ' snch blanks as are
pria'ted by Edwards," BreuglitcVoi
Co for aharcH - letters .to the Asso
eiatioas, adding eolomns for oftiirch
extension and 'amount expended on
Sunday saebls at home, wo; should
get better reports of what iadonend
: toe pianKa imomseives would retand
many- otoOar.delinqueat churches to
do ?inethiag .jto be-reported, to tb
. Associations. 7 The Cedar Creak and
other. Associations, havadonejmaeh
ia the way of churcb. bnildingvwhich
has not been reported in the mln-i-ntes
of the A88ociatioB. "s North Car
olintans generally,3 and "Korth Caror
Una Baptists especially, are so avers
to publishing1 whaf they do, that it
is neit to an impossibility to taba4
late theirwork Oorrectly. -They never
rash into print '; they can's -be per
snaded to give information about
themset ves$ when- earnestly desired
to do so by others : aad it is only
when dragged out by misrepresen ta.
tion', thaV yoa can get?them , to tell
ahytbipg to their credit ttbw if the
foregtnrf 'figures'1' reflect opoa.thf
Churches Jbf 1 any Association, ief
them send up fuller reports.'' to theif
tTniou Meetings and AssbcfalionsI
and let each d elegate to ' our Bap4
net oiaio vviuavenuoa rase -win
him a miaate of his Association an
. hand it over to the Secretary of th
Convention, wnicn meet. in.Uxfoi
' next November.'; " -. -; . :
,Gotoot thUTahle aad,PreserT It.
; ,.t, If ybb ean fill op any of the blanl
oalumos or put in later, statistic, toi
: those marked do eo and aehd th
additions on a : postal. crduto. U
i
undersigned..
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST STATISTICS FOR 1878;'
a a
1
NAME OF ASSOCIATION.
uraBny-Uoantalp, ... .
Black MounUin, .
BfroadltiTer, fat part, '
Bvdiim Creek.
Cape Feari, mhm'h)..;,
Carolina, in. pact,". . .
Cetawba'Riter,: .V
Oedar Creek, .';.;'.).
12jUhowaa,i.
18 Eastern.. .
iFlat River..-.
French Broad,
tT
8
9:
10
18
16
18
1
r4 '4V
fi
FKeadahip ,i.Mtit-s..ii
HiawasBe. in par t, . . . . T ii . . . ,
Little Siver,... I
ML .Zion,. , . , ;. . . . v
New "Found .
NewBirer, lapart,....i...v.
Roan Monntain,. f -
lfocrr .uTer,.,
Kalelcn,
Sandr UreeK,
89
80i9oota Fork,.
.... ... .
a - i.w v. -31-!
South KiTer, ..?. ;.
SilTrwUTltanla
88 Valley KiTer, . . ,-rs kit .......
,26
29
SO
22
22
83
'4
83
29
651
251
86
ill
80!
V.4 -
29
18
14
22
32!
18
23
22
18
88
29
19
151
a
QA!
ofalteAiaoeiaUoM: i0i&7
at.dTotal Cvlotd-jUaoelatlon, 2828
1 16
24
2
"14
14
11
. 89
' 24
v 8
.93
. ,
'-17I
:10l
:i3
-13
18
'"13
sl
i J
10
" 8
"18
sl2
w14
131
as4
417
SO
sg!
53
10
ii u
,16!
'6301
.488
oatriXxit'hi
above
Paatora SaUH
' 1,717
'f 2,678
1.433
8l
"5,278
a:
n3i art
18:37:
?"l "m 85!
feI4 W$ 4
1471
.295
4C4
162
149
103
14U
' 4
8
66
1971
134
-
1191
180?
108!
V
In
i.
vl,B28
5,468
1 -2,645
. 10,061
5,351
-ja 2,678
5 ,.2,500
. . S3 7
r r4,82
-814
&S42
1,220!
J if!!
.1,5731
1,319
993
8018
......
:-'' 189 09
'20,859 904
- 6,814 62
' ' 613 91
of.ssoss,
' 251 84
i Ail 232.09
264 89!
78 84!
' 3,841 11
f. M -605 27,
I !
S 5
4,084iti05 41
;2,423
"11,446
1,883
J '8.881
a 2,806
a.w 21'
. 779
. a
1,734-81
.-rflG8 13
a.9074
ti ,r,,lj.,;7
ef i
a
i
801
387
1091
89 16 .. .89!
1
H 75,414.',
:i I -
62
2ttf
691
:
I47f i,l22.
. , . r
1
'JieTttTg-sf
r
"TTakernrefetSnaday School'' oudi
I . Prd..aff rites.-nift tfiat-it eeetat to him
'VBaptot Stato0Ss,a rMTenflon.and
Aaeooiatlonal Corrrention are jnst - vhatwe
oreu. ttiiuo we nare greas many eunoay
Bchoola in tie State; ' Buurf of them are hot
welleradoanjir bi dbin the work
Vey tr dot ?i And'by trieane-f the Cbn-
Tentona, jfcink -weca, nmedy this ernV
Well a pwridfl f or Jeetirata eeotion&t Xm
heyfaTpirf any OnRthai wiU arouse
us pwpip uoepw won , oi weir xespon
nihflltiee, and eauae their to work more dili-
1 :J
gently in the i great Sanday School oanae."
The senUments expresaedaboTe. w ex
cttx tn aoeoid wUh.iay Avlew of the matter.
Hare writtftB aad iaU all thai I know how in
aay, but it'really sMms that with all the as.
raalon the anbject all over the SUte,
are U .not reof (nfert enough -in tha great
work to tndaee jay of jour largcrtows or
UUeaio Ure' ilnd entertain the Cosrentioa.
Ill reeult VOl - e, of eonne,' that there ban
be no jCkmrentlo.: u Bcooe brethren hare eng.
gested Ealelgh?,aa;the. ihost mntabb plao for
the meeting, but cries : oome up -: front fipod
many parte, sayingtjTDon't AaT ererything
mMehor' this relaoiy thV people of
Ealdgh haVe faned ttftsiterid uktitation to
lheOoirreUtiLl aBk baoe mor, who will
entertain thelState Sunday Bchool Conven-
Frm Hiekary
Bro,f J. B. Jonet, our: young miBloaary at
this plaoa, aays fl am glad to learn that the
brethren generally . in tha State are favorable
to Aasociational and State Baptist S. S. Con-
TenBons.: I hare erer 'Deen to faTor of the
Sunday School work. I bellere- thai1 it It a
powerMInxiliary td the hurches and the
means; of doing, ea moalouable amount-of
good, and that it oomea upon ua aa a duty to
meet toge ther and deTise . auch plana aa shall
pfore moet effectual In adTandng the' interest
of the work 1 How t can eonceire of no bet
ter way to do this; than ' by means of - Asso
ciational. and Btate t3orrywitiona. finite ' the
Sunday Sohoo wotkf rs aa oppot; bmity -; to
meet and, discttEa tha T&rions . methods of con-
rtnnMrin ll.hMl. .. Ih. MiMu .1 Ik.
HKVUUK fmVVHk UWHUM PUU.UfB WK1) ll Vi UIO
suodess of the very beet Schools in the. State
wflft1ri(ugBi tohghi'Thkll ;6ier; are
eaeTgt-and effldenfefkikwbrl&Mi In tiie
State, is no.iqueetlan sxd; tt; ia squally er
tain hat there are joany rnll: and inefficient
workers. .Ijt these two olaseee come in. con
tact ana the utter ul D6 tenentea. -TTiie
various 'notion .and views, as' to1 how the
Work should be carried 'on, will be disenssed,
and th4 beat 4laua, t least to a great extent
wiUfrbe. adopted , Th impoTtanoot i fh
work.will .ba presented io.many,ia r light
tnat tney.nare neyer een .oerore,; and taey
will return to 1 their Schools inspired with re -
newed seal vA energy5 for 'the 3woritvlAnd
the resulW 1 behaTe, .wilt .b more end better
a -1 w
rasyIkSiidaychii;i'a
Bra faa. G. Pittard, the Superintendent of
this i flonri8huig8choolsays: :"In regard to
jConyention,' to hsTe the Sunday Sobool
work iwionghly orgaattid we will be obliged
to havefhi OoaTe'httdns. Let as hiTethem;
Find enclosed: fiVe f dollars a a i'ooatribution
.frea40raaayj5reek Sjinday School; raised by
.a hat polJeotioBand a.littk oorn plant raised
year, I will endeaTor to do au loan for
the Sunday School, work, at ' home and
abrosi'N tiiankyonBra p Hate fclwaya
JooaH yoq -wiUiag 4nIod. Pteese- return
icmx simMBJhBkafoyvr School
tribution.. .It came in good, Uiae,: We are
very much in need of funds. Won't some
otheF SehooTo'ttSiwIT'fV;''
TaemiomSrty.V
I am in receipt er-a-eopy of. this excellent
Sunday School, EeriodioaJ sent by the
pwhlisbera; It fNsoataaa S3 'pages; and. be
sides two pages devoted to each lesson, there
89.6 ffW?.f .aijasj showing the ex
teatiojt. sJrjthnaHjmpavAt
gramme, an Opening fieeponaivc xerdae,
Bview Exerclae, and' Missionary Treason.
Hie .Questions are clear- atiniulatfiiiT ' and
'tttoioagrpj',,w; plat'n and c distinct,
and the appearance of the page open and at
traoiive.r 'Fahliahed by AdataS'Blackmer
Jk Iiyon'lPnhlhing :Vtlngd,u Illinois,
wholare atMpubliiwen Sun.
day School Teacher. ' 'v 1,s!i-11'.' .' ' '
Front the Chovfn , . f ,
wr Bousba!!, says ; 'Tleaje send to Saw. .
yer's Creek Sabbath Bpnool .one" doiea Little
Leader couamiilona." TtV Lltde leaders
have coilected arid paid t fa aovenfy-f our dol
lara' moeif of which ha been expended hpon
awtoos flqebtaiifcSe 't&ajtfc f.i Wmii ' hdfb '
vj Tb Boditji, fiH send' aJoomkibuiion ito ;
yousBpard aftar, the present month. Please
sendj ljareftira mail, jwe want rthem by
nextflufday. Jfoat see what ihs p&n ean
AFlaaSogfested.- ' '" iJIii.iwt
-x3ro. r F- HarreIl,-of ;WhlteviHe, writeai ,
'Suppose far tha presentthat, you iboraaas
IcUroommnni cation and more general Inter
est byTffrmg every school alitUemore stock
h la the ehip.--vei ? dollar's; worth of the
good otd hat collection- win -steal a- place in
their affections, and from' its "nipopulaxity '
we hsvenothing; to kwe.l I twlU cause no
bus friend to desert his own cause. Jtiecan
first I tolerate,, then -sanction' and "the' em
brace. -oeooooiitiM "time and space;- why j
ant ssktTreeaarerjWonibl to: arrangw a Hat
of abbrevaitiooa, embradng .n -subordinate
Associations, and' publish monthly reoeipts
givtegabbreviattd asmeof Association,, asms
ofTSchPoSU th jUector and; thi-nioaa t
And. tha -seme -of .-these eredita-rjaay show s
'stimulating bobtessT at the close of .the year. .
To prevent abase ehjofir- eaeh o2oeror eoU
lector to pass tns proper recetpt, an4 modaBt-
I ly restore every ess. over or' oy consent
I SO ,a j t j
Total Alissionary Baptista iaJferth : Carolina, according: td above returhi'J
w-asn.cianoafli i7! chnrches, VW brdainpd cinister?, and 159,9 condd-"
nltatsuiThese figures wiU probably .be increased by . later returns frod'tlse;
Associations parked
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