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2 etc Jlecemf a MaptiU,
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. i.l have often been asked such ques
tions as these : "Why didyou leave
the Methodist church "What ted
v to a change in your: opinion f -Wety
the whole story SwoaJd ' be too long
for one article.' It' would take a book
of large- dimensions to 'tell it' all.
Suffice it tn say , I did not leave the
Methodist choreic because bf "inf.
- alienation of affection for the breth-j
ren iautbaiaieiry ; 'tthtie-wjui
- no class of meat on earth I loved morel
than; . Methodists prahera-none
for whom I chad - sacb y tif pnhbr ad-j
miration because f .their self sacri
ficing real ? and devotion - to the;
church, their fidelity to one another,'
and their heroic labors in spreading
tbe gospel among the poor. tl did
not leave the Methodist church on
account of the hardships of ita itin
erant system, for 1 held then; and
still belieTethainEspiriiti
abases and oppressions,'' in spite of
the rubbing of the machinery, it-embodies
the aggressive spirit ! of the
great commission, rand is at grand
agency for carrying the gospel to the
frontier regiotxs of anew conntry.v I
did not leave the i Methodist chareh
because -I was disgusted : with its
usageav its spirit ita institutiont, or
its people : for I believed it to be the
most efucient; and the best eoclesi
aatical system on earths I iao m$il
; I did - not t leave the Methodist
church for .pecuniary gain, or posi
tion, or popalarity, or pleasure, for
the step severed the' dearest ties of
frienship : lrj had on i earth, f and
brought down! upon me the abuse
and reproach of a great host of peo
ple, many of whom I adored and
loved with a feeling of idolatry. Bnt
I left foe tbe reasons, and under the
circumstances which I am about to
relate.a?fi!if
In the first place, - as preliminary
and preparatory to this step, I was
living among 'JBaptist kindred : and
friends, , - and I preached occasion
ally in their place of worship where
my English ; and: Welch ancestors
had worshipped for nearly two cen
turies. This disarmed me of the
preiadicea of education, and put my
mind in a : condition charitably and
impartially to consider the doctrinal
differences between the Baptists and
myself. With a mind thus open to
truth, aad.dgsirousjio find theit
way, i was lea .to aouoc wnetner
the Methodist views of Baptism were
founded on the Bible j whether their
form of church government, while it
was, tremendously I strong and effi
cient, ;was not anti-scriptural i and
despotic; and whether their notions
of falling. from- grace, were not in
conflict with the -teachings of Christ
and hia.apo8ttesv jl-m1"--!!
Another circumstance, which led
me forward to a , more thorough in
vestigation of these, points of; docv
trine was the; fact '. that. in theBap
tiat church and congregation at Mill
Swamp there were a' number of ed
ocated, well-ioformed . I genIetneri,
thoroughly 'posted; in the peculiar
views of the Baptists, who managed
occasionally to drawme into a con-
1 troyersy on.baptism. My stereotyped
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of the whole . argument, xasolved by
Uod's help to; follow the conviction
of my judgment, as to: truth and
right, regardless of the opinions of
any,human being. ' .J -, ,1 - - f
, ' After a .careful re Investigation of
all that the ablest Tedo-baptist au4
thors had written ' about ; the manjf
definitions, that' modern lexicogra-i
phers had given to the Greek word
baptidzo j I found on the other nandj
that the besf Pedo-baptist ' scholars:
had conceded that the primarj, or-;
dinary, and proper -meaning of the
word, as used by Christ and hia Tapofrj
ties; was imnierse-that there was trat
XMa thsa-jainse in the 3reelrlan-.;
guage, moro specido and JexclusiTe
in tits signification than theiword
own language. Auased " beyond
measure these strangers marvelled.
. . Others mocking said, These men
are full of new. wine. ; r i -o I
But Peter,, standing . op , with the
eleven, lifted, up his voice, and said
.unto themi Ye men of Judea, and all
w that dwell at Jerusalem, , bo this
known unto you and hearken to my
" ;For these are not drunken, as ye
Buppose,': 8eeing .it is at the thirq
hou ot the aay.tr tr . 4 1
But this is that whloh was spokea
by the prophet Joelj4 4iw v ' - j
And it 'shall come to pass'in the
last day, sal tlx Ood,-1 Trill pour out
of my Spirit upon all fieshxaodiyoar;
sous 4 ana r your daughters shall
publicly addressing a . mixed assemf
bly gathered together for Mod a worv
ship, women preaching
, , 3. Acta 21 : 9, 10. is adduced ftud
urged(aa warrant ana examplefor the
perfbrmace of , this shameful, thing,
a Q&r$ word call ik i The passage
thus : wAnd : the pext. jdai
we that were of Taal's company de-i
parted.' and came unto Cesareat and
we entered into the house of Philip
pass,- away as have passed au me
other similar waves : that have gone
before it. See ta ,U thsa that ye be
net sod need: from your own tteaa
l4stoess.v F&sd.W EjLson.
jbislNQ the ciiuncir. ,J
;t A friend; obiects to the idea of at
pointing a committee to examine the
rKWWW-4 eommlt ee ? ue daye-o
uu buvu we vaa aaiaaaa
seven)
. And
the fame 4 mau had tone
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daughters, Tirglfls, which'did f))pli
On tMa-passage a QuateV aSoH
cist aw: favored thewoMwtth the:
fc
the Apostles. Well, if we bad iCol
tpired aposxiea to examine onryonni
ooaverts we .would hare no i need ol
appolitlng, brethren rtonnUertske!
Baptist church meant, loas of, social
laptuisa. After a farther consider-; I prophesy, and your young men shall
ation of all that Veda, bantinbi had
.written about the Greek prepositions,!
MalT,nearbyand:Mwith',--allthat:
they, ad written , about the impoe--j
sibility of immersing three thou-";
sand ia one day ; all. they had said
aboutthe absence of. a pool In
the jaH?:affgPhUUpi; dr' a" river
near by 'the city : after the many ?
Tolomes written concerning the pour- standing op
out a or the 3 uoiyUhost on the
dayof "Penteoost, as an emblem of
the form of water baptism f after all
tbe equivocation' and ridicule about
the inconvenience and the Indecency
of immersion-rafter' all this, on that
side ot -the question the argument
to my mind was inconclusive, and
unsatisfaetory.1 t4 x hs6ti
rThen, when I turned to the Baptist
argument from the Bible, and the
Bible .alone," and saw the places
where and the circumstances under
which . the ordinance- was admin
istered by John the'. Baptist and
the apostles how they went down
into the water and. came up but of
the water how: John was baptizing
in Enon, near iialem, because there
was much water there-when I read
how Paul wrote of baptism as a
symbol of the burial and resurrection
of Christ when I read all this, the
conclusion .was irresitible and de
monstrative, that the form of primi
tive, the.' New Testament baptism,
was immersion. 1,1: :,'
; As I proceeded in the study of the
New Testament, ignoring all human
creeds and opinions,' I found that the
form of government among the prim
itive churches of Jesus Christ, was.
independent, and Dot ; episcopal, as
indicated, both in; the; name and in
the practice of the Methodist Epis
copal cnurcn.
see visions, and yonrvold men shall
dream dreamajj..k j
And oa : my, aervanta and oa my,
handmaids I will pour out in those:
days of my Spbrit;. and they shall I
prophesy . "I . . , , , . .T . !
Now what on earth nas this to do
with tbe special matter of a woman!
speaking in -'church t-, "A4 woman!
before a mixed as
sembly of men ;and women and!
teaching them.' ; Standing rf in and
usurping a manrs place 'and office, ;
and doing what God himself says is
a shameful thing f ,.It is a shame for
a m woman ; to s speak; in 'J church t
Aitckron shamefal, 'indecent, die
graceful, , inlamous, see all the lexi-
OOns) ',v!l4i --salltjsi '
Iu this account In Acts we axe told
of a . miraculous ; occurence. This
miracle is attributed by - mockers to
drunkenness, they, call it the effect of
new wine. And then the Holy Spirit
plains He says that it is the
fulfillment of an ancient' prophesy.
Many centuries before Ha said that
imhe last days certain things would
happen1 (see Joel '2 s 2Sy On that
Pentecost ! wonderful things " take
plao ud f hettt thingtJ these miracle
of speaking and the like are the fuV
fillment of that prophesy, "THIS is
that which was spoken by the proph
et JoeL" v. So, according ' to the Holy
Spirit, the events of the day of Pen
tecost were the fulfillment, of Joel
2 : 28. They were what the prophet
spoke of and meant. .Who .would
hot rather take the explanation of the
Holy" Spirit as to the intent and
meaning of Joel 2 ; 23 than that of
certain folks called Quakers who re
ject God's word and trample on and
scorn the-' ordinances instituted' by
his Son, of them or of any body else.
HIVKI VI VVM. , i IMJ V V
these .circumstances an -oocastoue!
the
ona family 4rophesied. Dr.' Clarke
UUiks they- were j teachers in the
church and they spoke and taught '
nnhlifllv thm work which ft la aaiil I
obs i. aiu ioruiua t xais pcvpmejiaK
Simon Magus would find hitw
tnto the, churches; oalog their bes
enaeavora to gnara ineir purity, au
waedoneowteearrt
Of the apologtetfor,'What the:U0ly mainSnlntf that
rr" -1 when n ar tAlfl that
ful thing) years after a JPaul wrote to
we (jonnthtam, forouidwg, a mm
Icdgedt woman doing thi tcorfc.!,
7 Of course .with some folks what
Doctor Adam Clarke says is the
gospel, is the cream jot inspiration.
We do not belong to that crowd; end
we would simply.', demand , ot . the
Doctor, and alf who follow him to
point out tft r' QxjC work where it Is
said that these women "Fere teach
ers in the church'. Assumed the
public teaching of mixed assemblies
of men and women gathered togeth
er In church capacity for the publio
worship ot God. ;
' Che only account we have says
simply that Paul's company Was en
tertained in the family of Philip the
evangelist, who had four unmarried
daughters, who prophesied. Paorn
KTEUOisii being gifted with proph
ecy, wno propnesied, taught when
they did this, how where they did
it on these points 4 nothing at all is
said, and the fact itself is brought in
only incidently, and to conclude from
it that these ronng women were wo
clnded from the Baptist' churches'
every year than die in them, that on
the 100,000 who Join in a year 40,000
are excluded.: and when we consider
aku.U U IV. .k.k
uuir.mMj v uv iciusiu m iuo uiutvua
es give no evidence of genuine con
version, 4tJs evidently time that j
something was done. As we : cant
hope lor persecuuoqs to puTily. n,
we must divine some means ourselves
to guard , the ..churches t from r uura-
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adopted by the church , I spoke of
does not strike the churohes favor
ably, will the brethren , suggest some
other plan t Only let them suggest
something, and not go, on , drifting
any longer on the do nothing plan,,.
But there was a .plan anaiagous
to the one I mentioned adopted by
the churches at a very early date. 1 1
might ' do for inspired apostles to
baptize on the spot heathen jailors
who expressed a faith in Christ, for
all that man's education end prelu
dioee and .Interest - were against his
acknowledging the Nszarlne 5 His
willingness to renounce the gods he
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rA':S . "ri,r r ow,q had alwaj a, worshipped was strong
r SrnoK proof of the genuineness of his eon
h?.,L i55?-A?.S?twon,d version,r But when the ehildren of
0iu wjriaw iruia inreo ming8. , Christiana ffrow no. children who
thongJ X-waa bronghtunpaa 1 -Xhoae-who.hold.tao dtoUowingreiwa
Atminian, and with the other follow
ers of John Wesley taught to mag
nify works, to the disparagement of
divine sOYereignty, and as a means
of preventing a falling from graced
although I was taught to. hold the
doctrines1 of John Calvin in utter
abhorence, still; with the New Tes
tament before me as the' rule of my
faith, I was compelled , to believe in
election and predestination' How
could I believe 'otherwise with such
inspired, words as these so plainVso
positive, so '.emphatic t L'Por whom:
he did iforeknow ike i also did pre-i
destinato toi be conformed itoUhe
image of; his : sou that be might be
tbe.firstvbora among many brethren.
Moreover whomhevdid predestinate,
them he aIjio. called, nd "whom lie
! called, them he also jusUfled, ' and
e. . 'a.ii.
may not :
"Methodism does not ask? what
Paul . did in founding churches at
Philippi, at Ephesus and. Corinth
eighteen , hundred : years - agoy tbut
what system is best at the present
age of the world to spread Scrip
tural holiness over these lands. It
i¬ what the apostles 7 did in Je-;
rasalem : iu their day to advance'
Christ's Kingdom, but what we must
do in our day to - meet the spiritual
1. They were ? the daughters ' of
Jewish parents and therefore, as was
universally the case, were trained op
after a Jewish fashion, and to vener
ate and observe Jewish civil laws
and custom, and a well-known (m
b Inmhi said) scrupulously observed
civil law was that women should not
speak in public, or in houses of wor
ship their very Christianity which
required obedience to the laws of the
Bute would Heighten their respect
for this law. -k a -
2. They were ; the daughters of a
Hellenistic Jew, L e- a few who had
adopted, and grafted on to bis Juda-
ism, urecian r laeas., i?rom tneir
names it is generally conceded that
Philip and alt the other deacons be-
wants :of the iworldi'' &a.Baleigk I longed to, the Hellenistio element in.
ChrUtua Advocate, May 22d. 1878? I the church at Jerusalem whose coin.'
1 Aucm-umj iuxicr iuo Quaker view.
or any others that resembles' it, and
tie themselTes to human opinion a, but
sure am ,I that all v who love God's' I
pare and blessed truth will clear to?
the teaching of, the Eternal Spirit
whatever may; happen, or: whoever;
areumeUU lor sprinkling hd pour Fhom nejustinetttnem ne aisovgio- imay aenaiVr ?oo, g spins aexng our
in i fiinfanf Tntilm wii W I rifled? 1 .i.T y?M & ioi!- iauthority,e say that Joel 2; 24 had
convincing to ' my, : opponents ; for
theywere sharp .logicians aud .well-,
versed in the ScriptureiV Bni ttho
most mprUfvicg thing of .all was,
that my arguments were not as satis
factory to my Own mlnd 'aa I wished.
My pride of 'opinion was no. little
wounded,' that I could not vangnish
and silence my opponents I felt that
the fanlt was in my, ignorance, and
not, in my creed; " So't ? set to work
in solemn f(earnestness;:to fortify iny
own opinions," and , to gather facts
and arguments, with which to ,upset
the doctrines of the Baptists. It
became an intensely absorbing and
solemn313 inquiry "after truth. The
bare possibility that' for, six years I
had been preaching some false doc
trine, was to my mind a most painful
apprehension. And 'y et, the argu
ments that had - quieted y my con
science during this long periodVwere
unsatisfactory now. i They might be
very satisfactory to there; -as they
had oncebeen to me . but when I
turned to the ew Testament, and
that a alone, as the standard i .ot
christian faith and conduct, and read
it prayerfully to learn what Christ
and his apostles did to the people
when th ey baptized them, it seemed
to me as clear, as noon day," that be
immersed ihem.l And jwhen JL read
that book, through .'.word by word,
and paragraph by paragraph, there
was not a precept nor an example,
nor a syllable In proof of infant bap-
No hnmaa, being knew . any thing
ot the awfnl agony that ' was going
on te my mind. . .My pride Of intel
lect and of chareh, would not permit
me to let any living Hethodiat know
, that I chad ever wavered, as to,the
r truth ol an v article 1n : their 'creed.
To avow 1 Baptist sentiment ' would
be to forfeit my stahding and, my
credentials as a iletliodLst minister.
To remain in the church, and conceal
myanscientioa opinions on these
subjects would be base hypocrisy
and a sin sgainst Goi The thought
of leaving; the church in: whose minis
try I had tolled and glutted for fclx cf
seven years, was perfectly hcnihla. A
thousand hallo wed associatiscs rose
up ia adsiaa pretest aiirst Ech &
thought ' Tet to reasla ia tU c
ditsoa-wk3I::::V.3.-:i f-'-t the
qnesiica had to ta sstiliJL. I
. entered upon a renewed exaciizatioa
l . jay mmu.was suae upt j. irons w
Mill t Swamp church on the day of
their quarterly Oonference,presen ted
myself for memoezship, was received'
and baptized the following day, the
first lycrd'i day tin September, 141,
by Bev. Putnam Owens, the pastor.
n November following, was re or
dained by a presbytery; consisting of
BVB vr Joseph : Walker, ; Putnam
Owens." Simon Murfree, and, Jacob
KlDaughUy:'jrbe next year, 1812
reference to a. particuliartime and
iparucuiarrt :occnrrenc nowjjj long
since past; that at that time it was
completely -and gloriously rfolfllIed,
laud that it Ooes not Contradict the
icommand, ',uLrt ryonr?ronien keepr
aileuce in the churches for it is not'
jpermittedr them'to speak.B 'It has
XDiag w uo mut uum manex.
2. "LJnder the. old dispensation;
oman,; by Divine anthority; waeae-
rdea and - - exercised . r this : right;
plaints caused the establishment of
the deaconate.' Thus they would
also be 'vleatened 11 with ' Grecian
thought ' and sentiment Now 'tte
only women! among the Greeks who
were public speakers,; or lecturers or
teachers were Uourtezins. Every
body who knows anything on': the
subject at all knows this and it is
inconceivable that, young unmarried
women, modest cnrlstiattri women,
I would do that which was the occupa
tion of an . abandoned, class, would
cause them to be so considered by. fen the day; of Pentecosf.
meir iiicuus. auur tKuaiumuurj es
pecially when in addition it violated
had been trained to worship : Jesus
from infancy, then it became.- neces
sary not to tafce'ttem into tbe church
with such rapidity, but tOi Instruct
them and to test their piety for
months and it mayrbv 4 jraawu?
i do not rememoer, it i evei anew.
how long the catechumen were tried
ere they .were allowed to be baptized,
due it was mucn longer than any
case with which the committee ,!
spoke of dealt So that we hate tbe
example of the early churches in en
deavoring to guard t the churches
from unregenerate members. y"
Besides those early churches knew
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evangelist. They had - evangelists,
lc ia true out we ao not reau or tneir
; sending to the newspapers an acconn t
os ine nnmDex or converts1 rns taeir
meetings, , not -f their having little1
books in which to enter the names of
said converts, To be sure,' the Holy
Ghost did direct Luke to j record the
number of fCouveraions which follow
ed Peter's great sermon, bnt we are
not told, that Peter published that
sermon with a .note -at,, the ' bottom.
savin e it bad been tbo means of, sav
ing three thousand souls ; nor in his
alter sermons, nor vet in his episues,
does he allude to that ereat in eat h-
orintr whlih' Mn.aail hi. faahl. ttfnftm
As to the
I became' Dastor of the Mill Swamp 1 Prominent emong the prophetesses of
fehuTchiu. t', x .. Eeubes JoHKa..l that dispensation were, Miriam
i .WurcAlandt.va.:t . . i.,.n sooratttiiiuidah. JNoadiab, Auna .5
he.f XT.
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f WOJIEN FRE1CHEB5 . 1 is.y
We found in a former examination
that God's spirit does not contradict
Himself in the letter to the Corinthi
ans, and that in that letter, and the
first one to Timothy; 'He positively
forbids women to speak in His house
in any way They are to keep silence
while there, they- are: not allowed
even to ask questions. Other pas.
sages of Scripture, however, are ad
duced by our new 5 lights Quakers
who reject all 'God's word that does
not harmonize with their "inward
spiritual emotions and who scorn and
repudiate ChriBt's ordinances. - ;
t X Joel2 : 28Ahd It shaU'cbme
to pass afterward, that fV Will pour
out myepirit upon all flesh,v and your
sous and your daughters shall proph
esy (Quaker fraternity conveniently
stop bereyTmt the prophesy goes on)
your old men shall dream dreams:
your Voang: men shall see visions.
2ioW what thbi has to do with the
Special and particular matter treated
of in CorM4 :' 34,it is "hard to see.
Mcra?verwrear exprcsily tnfofmed
by XtB Holy Sjirit spe3ng;throUgb:
"Ppfpr fhat the remarkabla sJid woa-
dsxfal occurrences of tha day of Penr
tecost'iccre the: fallllnsent of that'
prophesy, iWe read that as the dli
clples were ; gathered 4here came a
sound as of rus-iag winG, and there
m,ftsTa rlnvta ton rues as 01 nre
wLici eat ca
Xhev WT3
gnirit and began toepeak
tzngzziul They epeke a greet tun
t:rcf lizzZz3 r0 3uch to1 tlit
all th3 ctxcr.r3. Ux ia jcnL
heard the gospel each maa in his
.til noo uwu auiuviii wiuikit
His approval," He inspired or moved.
thenHodolt
It Is a marvellous Tiec6 of news, a
jilscovery eclipsing that 'of Colum
bus; that the women of the Old Tes-
tament dispensation who "t are called'
prophetesses were Id7 any sense of
the word addicted to what the spirit
Sorbids iu the New Testament ; and
f it were necesary it could easily be
hown that the conduct and prophet
Sying ot not one.:of , theni: ;was
Equivalent to the . performances of
women : wno tai .in tue canrcnes.
!!hat is it not necessary, however, -oppose
lorf argument It be granted
that it was..,Tbeu..we say that ,tha
fules and regulations of the. Jewiahb
U ation are not .those of the gospel
dispensation.- God's word expressly
informs' us . that the old dispensation;
has passed away, and another and a.
different in many respects bis taken
its place, liat we do not grant that
the ancient" prophetesses were en
gaged in what? ther New Testament
demunces'"an6TfbrbidarIt is well
known" that a - stringent Jewish law
was always ia force rand in ' active
operation -that prevented" this; the
speaking1 of women' was" tfrictf jr for
bidden in all places of public worship,'
anch as synagogues ad, the. like I
"and althoogh rarely . womea became
prophetesses, they, did .cot ino any
thing equivalent to peakingTia the
chureh. Hesca their, cases :, are not
parrelieT, 'and "the fact that certain
women are' called prophetesses and
n cf tiera s ana I PfvpJCica uuta loi lu-cii vats ub- i rrjecfc . aa
Irtijiuoi iui J ; - " . '1
with'cfTier 1 ways ia exisicaee, ana wsj zsaioasiv 1 cinance
asd Ecruplosly exec-ted " ii a fact
wea a-tatnucatea ia Jewua tuto-
was cot, eovlJ not have been wemen
the law of their 6wn eonntrv:
I '. 3. And' chiefly; They were chris
tias women, and they knew that the
Holy Spirit had re-enaeted for chris
tian assemblies the rule that had for
centuries been in force on Jewish as
semblies, they knew the ApoStle,aod
the injunctions or.uod through, him
were undoubtedly 'familiar to them.
Moreover, had" they " been: doin z the
'shameful tbin&f that apostle would:
pave sioppeu mem jus as ne slop
ped those uonntnian women; and
therefore from all these reasons It is
las certain as a thing can well be that
the ? prophesying ft of Philip's ifour
Hanghtera was not , speaking iu
Church. , To adduce them as a justi
fication of the vloltiion of the com--
mand.:.ttet : your,: women keep afc
lence ia the churches" is the climax,
bf sbsurdity, and as far fetched as
fpertainW aQaakerapoiogist
to violate His own law and do what
He says it is a shame for women to
do.t.H VVe endorse that heartily and
as we find ia all the sacred: record
that no woman ever did this bs eith
er God's command or approval as
His Ian is, "so Plain that the way.
faring man ; though fool need apt
err therein," we conclude that these
strolling Quaker female preachers
even though they attract crowds, and
turn the heads of, many .sentimental
people, and sing ' psalms, and, talk
glibly and smoothly about Jesus, and
mate a great commotion In. .some
places we conciuaa tnat tney are
not. sen t of God to do- as they are do-
ing. Marvellous is it beyond com-
OTebension that UOd should send
jcxxqsj, to do that which He says is
gmLiiEFUi. strange aye, blasphe
mous in as to say that Ha would
send out people to do Ha work who
wu -word,, and carpisa
a osder their feet the.or-j
cf .His ownbeIovedSons4-
I Brethren iaChrislv let us holdfast
t-e faith as it was at Crst ceuvered
to the saints.' We need not fear
this ware of fi3a!iesm will aooa
It 4s drnrrstnir him spirltukllyso
that he sleeps till, death comes, and
awakening him is next to Impossible
now a member or the church : wuo
knows himself to be au1 Open" sinner
is not In so hopeless a condition, for
he realizes his state.1' When appeals
are made to the wicked be knows
that he belongs jto that claaa, even
though his brethren do not know it,
and i his oousclenca lashes hlta at 1
tlmesA But nhewweU-ralscd boy or
girl who -never: has been gullty of
anvlhtna . vinlati i. ths on' Whose
condition Is imoitt tertibleJ Appeal I
to, siniiera pass suah-, Dy , withoat
arousing thenv for they, do net think
of themselves as ,belonelDff ,to that
class. . No one prays ,forvther,iBon
version, no one talks to them aooai
their boo la': SAlvatloa,-,To approach
them oo the subject, would seem.tc
be reflecting qdoq thoir . religion or)
liidging of their faith, whloh wouW
seem presumptuous ana ouioious- fs t
At tlmet." wheaUhey hear soma
real Christtsn talk ot the Joys he has1
in communing with, jiis uod, they
have a' vague feeling ot uneaalnoss
because thsy ' experience no such:
joys.' Bnt then they comfort them-!
selves oy rememoering tnattne evsn
cellst assirea them they were con
verted, and assured them also' that
'different temperaments were dlflent-j
ly exereised by tne 5 spine. Theyj
conclude then that toe brother's iov
are a result of hi temperament and
that without them they are Chrls-
And thus they drift on blind-
ed by their old profession till at last!
they -cry iu vain . lord, . liord, to a
Master who never knew them," a .
Christian parents, it is your well-
raised children who are specially ia
danger of being thus deceired. They
have never in their lives done any
thlnir which would subject, them to
discipline if they were in the church
e, bo that an upright life is no test
of conversion in their ease. . Bemem-
ber there is nothing you can do so
likely to "secure the damnation of
their souls as to allow them to be
hurried Into the churches while yet
unregenerated. , Pastors have the
blood of many souls to answer for
from their eagerness to "string their
flsb,M as X heard' one man coarsely
express Itv 1 knew an Instance In
whloh a pastor's wife was , wiser and
more conscientious than ber husband
A you iff man made a profession of
religion at his 'meeting and tbe pas
tor wis urging t hlD7 to join the'
churchi iThftJtifelnsistetltha xnmna
man wss not converted and bad no
business in the church, : To be snre
ne naa Deeu guuty or uo special sin.
bat he did not show a love fur God
in bis walk and talk. ' But tbe pastor
urged, that ; he would go back to the
world without the restraining infla
ence of the church, whereupon the
wire rejoined to her husband that he
preached Calvinism strongly enough
but be did not; seem to believe it?
For unless, there ( was such, a ? thing
as failing irom grace, .a Jnan who
would go back to the world if be
wasn'i nustiea into tne cnurcn, naa
not been cohverted at all; J She pre
vailed, and lo less than a year the
pastor, admitted she was; rights ...
i x oere is me most solemn responsi
bulty resting upon Christian parents
to guard their children from all forms
ot danger it-behooves them to see
to It they, are not hurrIedjntQ,tbe
jchuieb. j It behooves them to live so
near to God themselves that they wilt
be able to jodge ot tme religion, and
to observe their ehildren so closely
last a new. bears given one of them
Shall be quickly observed .by watch-
ral . parental eyes.?; The appalling
fact conironts as that i one half bap
tized into BiDtist churches i are not
(Dhnstlans, and . the stern qaestion
emanas an answer Jrom every isan
is "What jire,tyou going to do
boat it T The parity Of the churches
- not entrusted to the . preachers
ereiy, doi vo every memuer. . , woe
us if we neglect par daty in this
fTBatsomd jof oar ch arches ,:.too
readily admit members, , and thai
mUvs OotacailUit-K psrmknebi RMrstsry,
so AMiiWH o0Rur7, aaa a tnHmwoo t
Any S. 1 aball ba ths daty tt Iht rrtrf.
itixi to prwtdi at tha westings of lh Ooa
Tvntina, und c is Chslrmsa of the Enea
U Oommltk, and In' his kbnc. on ot
th Vios-rHftkUats shall tk tht Cfasir. )
AT M Tns a BsnniBsat 'BsonUrv shsn
keen a record I the proceeding of wok
ateeti&g, together lth a lUtof thelkpttrt
atinasy eoaooism ma AJnodauotw m astus
and postoraos sddrese of IheSnperlntendenU
the tamber of offleeti," tesdiete, 1 sohotsxa.
Jta, sad re pl ftl eeok suenel fiteeti&gi t
aitv7. ine Auista&t secretary, mioi
write ottllbe mlBfltai1 t eeoh meetlmr.' a&d
wader the pera&s& .Becretarjimch tsatib
anoe at met bi neoewwry. t M. . . .
nAxa s. TleTreiuetkhftrlkeT silth
rot scooaai W; m biomjs ooueceea ana ouh
bariMd for the baneCl of. the CoBYttUoal
a&U report si saeS eaadel weeUfig "
ila?4 kvaa, viefmiaeaiineii navt
the cofletel enpertlalon of the Basdav School
latereeaiatthel) rwmrtUte dieiriotn. eoiltot
sUtUiUoa, vUU tht Bohoohl la their dlatrleta
leut once a yer. erctnUe Bchoolt wherivsi
wotlasUe" sad report 'to- ihA: pert&saeai
Beeretery at lesei tea oays bezore eaoa aaauai
meeUnfti'eoUeot funde from the rcuMcllre
BchooU &ad report t&e eittie to the Treerarer
St ihs.Ooafsaiteaffifcajii
AstflO.1 The EteoaUre Committee thaU
OH SMIkjW iVff HM , WWSUIIgQ.Vt SUV WHTSMUWUfr!
select toplos, ; urraagft . programm, : tppolat
train er as ooaveatkia between Uie ume er
numoer or I'anrs converts we are
left entirely in tbeark. It is )ast
possible these Apostles bad. read tbe
story ot if avia s unmoenug' israei
land profited by the plain lesson to
be gathered from fitThatstory
seems to beileftJ out of the8 Bibles
read bv manv of our modern evan--
gelists,.tbongb 4t is fn' lloody's I
iuQge4)y-ius never reckoning up ms
converts as generals couot their
prisoners aftei a battle
I Every other person .baptiaed into
the Baptist i churches of the s United 1 some who are thus reoeived and bap-
tstates is not aicnrisuau.,v itt uaie t tiied are not Christians is doubtless
We ault savins:, that the dUtioctivo
feature of Baptist faith is a converted
church membership. Now not one in
ten of these? who are thus hurried into
the church are hypocrites. Tbey are:
i , 1 .
eaemaeires uecviveu, uarujuj
citement, partly by the encoorage
ment of evangelists and pastors, but
chiefly by "? the style of preaching
which is prevalent these days In pro-,
tracted meetings. ; Preaching which
represents getting religion' as 'the
easiest thing ia tbe world, and leaves
repentance entirelvout. ' - Which telle
sinners that sorrow for sin is not
necessary that-was old-fashioned
religion now-a-days men must oaIy i
oeiievtr By such preaching, urged
on ,bv friends told bvevanfreliats
that he U converted bewildered and
uncertain, the young, maa is hurried
forward to join , the church, U asked
a few, general cuestionaf, about his
love for Christ, is received and bap
tized. Vlf atterwards he- shows do
signs of spiritual life, preachers abuse-
the church for, neglecting to cherub
the young converts and helping them
to grow., in tgrace. '.No doubt, .the
membership axe. negligent in this
,thing, pat the trouble witlx the, eo--
ealled ccaverts is that - they -.never
bad any grace ia the beginning., You.
can't Elate a post grow however you
may water and dig about $tr.'ij."
:. lit cannot to that, evangelists and
pastors thiak cf the awful aia they
are cc-ssi tticg la persuaairj
or cacssrag tie - unregenerate to
jcia tie cLcTci- " TL3 worst' puce,
outside cf hell, for a moral maa who
is unconverted, is i aside the church.
true, out , that oae-naii are uncon
terted we are not prepared, foad-
1 " " .'7 -
4 , i : , . -t .! . the Jtse order,
t UZ ASSOCIATION A! C05TETTI05.
In response to a eall of the Execo
ve committee of. the Central Asso
ciation: ' Seventeen Sunday . Schools
lathis Aswdatlon, sent delegates to
the-Baptist church or Forestville
for the purpose of organizing an As-
sociatlOQai : couventioo. ' At . lOi
o'clock a. cl the meeting Vis called
to order by Bra J na E. Kay chair
man executive committee. ft iW
Scarborough, thecbainnan requested
Prof. W. B, Boy al to act as tempo
rary President and Brov 1L-VV ilo
Vaaor toi-aet as temporary See
retaryiH bing. necessary : for the
Convention to have a Coustitutlou,
Brov Bay submitted for the eonsidV
ration of the Couventioa the follow
ing A i" "
... Ceastltatlsat
'"Ait. 11. The omoere of the Oonveailon
are to be elected a&fioaly el tlte regttlev meet.
Inge or tbe ooaTeauon,- extp tbe perme
&eol fteoreUry. whone oruue jwell be iwr
nenenm fi'l irmimiv urn s4
. At. 12. .TWe OoaveetkmshaU deelde the
time sad piece of etch of Its, ensue! . meet
tags sad udefeuir tthSMof Uhi ' Kxeemtlie
(Jomnuuee enaii steaa leeretof t ,n vr
- At.' 13. Thli Gomtltntion ttuvt be eUet-
aor sue&aea y a two-iairae vote or tne
deiegetse preeeet,at any eonuu tteettajtiTn
jsacu erttoie was aaoptea separate,
ly, and then the Constltuttou was
adopted as a whole' : .v;-;
uu motion brethren c. w. Bcarbor.
ough, J. C. Leigh, B. B. Dann,' 13.
1 , Ferry B B. Buffsloe and ; B. J.
Allen were appointed a committee
to recommend suitable persons for
offlders of the Convention. s "
The hour appointed for the preach
log of the introductory sermon liv
ing arrived, tbo Convention adjourn
ed to. bear it, and, to. meet again, at
2 o'clock. " 1 J .
..... . P- i"t i 1 i
" After listening to the introductory
sermon, preached by Itsr.'.W. u
lioyai, with rcaaractenstitf earnest-
ness, from tke words, "if any of you
lack rt wisdom,, ;iet , nim ask or 4itod
that clveth to all. men liberally. anc
epbraideth not, and it shall be given
him, th Convention ' reassembled
at the .aDDoinied-hoar.xirai'nr -by
Bevj:,PnrefVilWJf!5i
, The committee to -recommend ofil
cers,' proposed the following brethren
who were eiectedi
Iter. C. W. SaMboroflrh, PreddWt
NEOeanedy.ot tbe lt diet. 1st Vtoe-Pres.
B J Allen, ef the 2 ad distrlei 2nd Vies-Fres.
. W. O. AUea of the 3rd diet. Srd Vioe Frei.
1 K. fUaeev of tbe 4 tb d bit. 4th VtotPres.
Ja.K. 2Uy, Seoretery.. u
" M. T. MoDoffle. AeeiaUnt8eoreUry.y
w:'B.'tialtB,Vj(amfr. "
! The Presldeut elect Moeptt'itfsrpo
sittou jwitu appropriate remarks and
enters uppn.the discharge of) its du-
. nAtWe brlthreu r Invited .
seatl In the Convention," and tbe in '
vitatioa lis isocepted by bret brTi S.
S, Dicks of tbe Flat liiver.snd:nor.
'A. BV Black wood of, the Italelgb.As-
Tbe toll of tbe churches was caTfed
and the - delecates flbrolletl as ifoU'
lowssiotJ msfAit .fftt;set?H.ei twi
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i .Sew Bopo B. -fB. afslp ad Jiobert
va wivvw wi wt swii ww nana w iueB(
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uutasnes sutty words long, art taterted
(res of them, VWkei tkevMed tkU .Atii
oae seat tor eeck word tauet be paid la ed
was ahly dfscuMe4 by. brethreu "W
u roteat, u. w Bcarborongb 1 It.
Jilllls aud Bi Bi Hloks. -m
I The lecond subject, "The best way
to conduct ft Sunday .'Sohool.! was. in
a a . . a i
an interesting, studied, well arranged
and1 practical5 essay, considered by
t fth time Brrioiatdd for the taking
of ,collectlonfiiiay!nf arrived, the
a reBiueniu an earnest specen, pre
seatod the work and claims of our
Bfabday . school Board,; after which a
collGctioa was taken which amounted
to I1A23. .Tha Convention then ad.
joiarned for repast. r ? . .
The Convention re-assembled at
H o'clock. - Tbe Urat subject for tils. ,
cassion. " w nat are the relations be
tween." the Sunday .School and the
charcb, was conildered by brethren
W llcDuEe; W. 'Br iloyall sod
.QAftlSottUtiget.'O' PmMW; h m s
.t.xns . question "uuaut -any thinir
but the Bible to bo taught In SandAy
bchooi, was discussed by N. It.
Pittman,' C E. Oower, N Y, Qulley
and-A.'D 'BJaokwooda,' 1 -
(iThe following rcslolhttotis. were
puereaoy jjro,jupBuieana oaqptea
oy the .convention t. - ..,.,....., ...
" IScioIre li That this convention '
do "'highly z appreciate. f afidk retom
thanks to the people of this' vicinity
and ohurcn ror the Etna Hospitalities
which fhs nay sjowri tne opnten
4'oea 2.(That theskTaSolntlOha
be publlshed ln connection' with the
mlnutci of the Convention. '
The President then addressed the
Convention, in his usual . pleasant
and 1 happy 'style, after which the
first meeting of the Central Associa
tions! Convention, having for two
davfepjoyed the. blessed iaflnences
of brotherly Jove . and counsel, with,
as we trust, gratefor hearts to fne
Giver of all good, and quickened
seal, energies and re-oonsecrated
hearts to the one great purpose of
pending and being spent in the ser
vice of the Great lledeemer, ad
journed. 'BL V. McDtrPFiis; ;
f Bso'y Pro r. 5
i . . !. '.f vFot the Keoorder.
TUE IMroliTANCK or UEIKQ BCUIP
The Importance ot all our books
pa pei a, and creeds being Biblical, no
cue can telUT Biblical literature is a
mighty aft-iit la the world's conver-,iou-
..AVfegteatlj' n64, all over the
; Isnd. plain, - natural,- afieotionate,
Biblical prsacbing, But oar great;
est need, for the want of which the
world's conversion lingers, Is a great
er nutnbef ; of Biblical christians
Christians who are Bcrlptnral, not
only l&t their opinions, but lo their
tempers, f lives and conduct. Tbe
most corrupt version of the Scriptares,
that has ever been made Is the
Douay, or Catholio Bible. In bun'
dreds of instances this version alters 1
the insnlred original to harmonise
them with the gtgantlo errors of the
Itomisb hierarchy. - But the unholy
lives or ptofesslog Christians Is a
more hnrtfnl yersloo of the Scriptures
than tbt Douayi ', Much his tcii
tralr said of the importance of faith .
ful renderings of be .inspired origv
Inals into oar own hod other lAfigna
r-t,m ni Tin tA MMt ImMniitlint 4aIaii
of tbe Scriptures that ever wss, or '
an be mad. is their cxemDliflcatloa
U'tte I'fo and cbarscter of church
apmoeri. ui an tne wajs oi mcaw .
ette the iratb. lit in tf It is the best.
bf aW books, the one most read aad
the one that l ; most f fflcacioas in
proving tbe divinity of ChrlMlanlty ,
ana or convening tne. worm to ir,
, Olive. Branch S, J, -Allra-tf i 'W'J ' 'Mis A
retry' Uhipel K, j. , Vim, I. JJ, rrifllt
. s Arku t, iTbteCoBveBtioselMa WeS-
dtb "Ctmtnl BtjAm Svsdsy Sdwol Coa-
Arx. Z, TCcmrenuonihAaMeoiBpoe-
id. of wgdetrr apvots&ed dlctea- frooe
mth Bptit Bm&f School ta U Ceatnt
AoatMa, eeb, Scbool hedns re&tiild ttt
aafs. xn oijoet or fug coartx.iioal
BeAoo.sa oa4y scnooi work ta Vti A
ooaUos; aad to to-orntm vUa tba BptM
EUUBaadsr Seawtiocrdv1' .
. In. Ibm Hatn of C CwrevXioA
ebaU oasaS of a President, foor VlM-FeMt-Amtm
we from each dirtrtct mt fbaAaeoete
to,wbic&aeef duU eonsUsts U Ex-
1
ead WTJ
1 SalciiibWobB . ft
! 1; School' ol BoUuW-W tL .Bobffood
kadlt.4Jrrte1aad'vkfeiii v
ill. tkbrtolof &oWille-8. V-Trtlll.
wake Otom lioftdA A. i. lontu ubA O, O.,
KeeJWvWeueauT. uMy. J
ytU Foteet-W. Of AUet Oolfcf
id W; Thorn Jmma
iCMOtf urore . ukim tad , ii,
I KeFATUv-f XVAtttttaad BO. J'r-a-
y W-X liMdHfi'
I Od motion the Eiecutlr U' j'o
structed to petitioa1 lbs 'Association
to set apart,; ro connection with thS
dsys of its meetings, one dsi for the
annual meetings of this Convention
A statement ot the ' nnanciai con
ditioa of the State 8anday School
Board, having been 'eoadey It ;wi
azreed that a collection ,jbe takes at
12 o'clock bo Sunday for the relief of
The subjects : published for discus-'
on were uken up. snd brethren 3.
81 Purefby, 0 W. Tboapioo, B, W.
Bay and A P Blackwood diacussed
'The good to be effected by organs
xatloaia worfc? ", - --r-7 ;r
i I The hour for adjottrnaeot being at'
hand, oatnotkm the qaest Ion What
14 eat work? wae continued for die
cessioD at the next sesstonv "a
I Tbe couvtatica Js then reccskd
to aeet ia? Sunday School mass
meeting promptly at ' 9 ' o'clock oa
8andaTcwrBingt .. 3wn.fm
" An STpToptistshyoa - tlng sao,
the President pronounced he bene
dfctioa and the Conventionjadjourn.
n The Convention szTeeaUo tola-
viiaticaj 'ipeaf . one shoaf ia Sunday
Behoof. fceetia'g-witbrPor?2t-
TUieL-o;r,t3temtiBgand i2tract
ivls setcl wer made by trethrta
l4wtIIyn,JIoyil4asdjBarTowvtht
Ccaveutioa was Hen called to order
by the pTe.-1ing ci2ccf aad led ia
prayer by W. O. Allea
The qucstica what is ot r fcrV,"
tbe liviflgeplitle Is the most (fftrctoaL
We want hriog. taovlng embodiment'
if the . truth, )n order W overcome
the general unbelief of mankind and 1
Complete, the ttlamphs ol Cbristlsn-
Ity. Without (his all other divinely
Ordained ueabs forthe spreadifig of '
the gofptl will 1x4 eetopsrallvely lo
ffficacloosfcnWhatJs needed to eon .'
tert tbe, world, at. botne and abroad, t,
With ptlui1tlv Ipeed; Is not so much
better translations of the Bible, not
so much ; (be mnltlpllc! loo of good
hookii .collfges : sod theological n
scfjoow, not ao. much more churches,
Or even a greater nofowr of profess- .
log-' Clrrtstlaoa, What we want,
above all otbsr wants, f 0 Christian " 1
Me our race speedily, and thoroughly,
is that the truths of the Bible assert .
themselves,' not only, lo our creeds,
books and sermons, bnt In tbe cor
responding lives and ebaracters of ;
the proltsscd friends of Christ Let "
the truths of the cosrxl -become inv t)
personated ; and move to. jnd fro
among men in the winning forms of
love, purity and tal t 1st - the ' doe
trioes tbst meu are : dfpraved. and '
exposed to endless misery, that Christ
died to save them, that, is order to -y
be sared they! must, repeat and be r
lieve the gospel, f hat death is follow-,
ed toy the 'judgment sod the Jadg -:
dent by a doom; io bell or heavta :
pnehaageable and everlasting bote '
dedicated and acted out Ja the tt , -ample
a&d practice ot the mass of
God's vlsi&fV Zlou. and soon the ' '
kingdom cf this world will pecoctt -tbe
klngdoracf our LoTd,-. ':.
rThe two taiiiions.'of Baptists la.
this great land with their eighteen ' '
thousand cherchfiiasd twelve thss
asd Dinliters are tow a dhty pow :i
er becaflss of 4heir tcrirtsr2.Icc.-sja'
easy ssen tial ' t f rpctsf btrt Jiow
emeu mightier thsa. they isow ita if ;
tbrywes--irt&!f : '-yuipW Wert r
tiy arCilllcaHa tie!r lives z$. they
arwf!Tfr!:r2!fy dja their pten A,
Ii2ri2S,'ar 1 1 j v j ere la ail tbs t .
dxtn-cJ cf lit; V iiff they wcld
tha clhtlst fscfof ia tie trtrld'
eoaverslia C.T
i Ulcrtj, Y.