The Biblical Recorder.
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tte v. O. & FABBISS).. Agu & Correspond.
WEDNESDAY,..; . i May 10, 1882.
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The Sotjthebjt Baptist OoriTention
meets in Greenville, S. C, the day
this issue of the Recobder is mailed
to our readers. We expect to reach
Greenville on Tuesday evening, and
be present at the . opening session
Our readers may expect in our nex
issue a fall account of the meeting
and what is done. ;
We do not expect any changes in
the Boards of , the. Convention or the
work now being done by the Baptists
of the South. . No doubt, some will
be present 'with axes to grind they
have contracted to! do, or attempt to
do, certain things that' would be of
pecuniary interest to their employers,
We are prepared now to excuse them
for trying to carry ont the contract.
Bat. that the Baptists of the South
will give heed to their suggestions or
adopt their plans, we do not for a mo
ment believe. Great interests are in
volved in this meeting. God has sig
nally blessed the Baptists of the
South, and their plans and methods.
We see no reason for changing any of
our present plans. That some breth
ren1 object to them' is not to be won
dered at. Some men are born to ob
ject- to everything they do not origi
nate and-manage. Others are en
gaged to do so. While we are there
fore; not in perfect accord, God has
so arranged in His providfincithat
none of those who desire a departure
from present methods have much in
fluence. They and their aims are
well known, and any move they may
feaake will fail to meat the approba
tion of Southern Baptists.
A ; REMARKABLE DEPARTURE.
On May 2d the following telegram
and headline appeared among the dis
patches published by the secular
press: !
"A BAPTIST MnnSTIBS' NEW DEPABTUHE
HE ANNOUNCES ' HIS : DKTERMINATlOSr TO
LKAVB rrHE BAPTIST MINISTRY AND THE
Bo8TOJr, April 30. William " Hatnk
Leavell, pastor of the First Baptist church
of this city, severed bis connection with the
Baptist denomination this morning, because,
as he claims, it does not allow sufficient
liberty of thought. In his farewell address
he said; 'Unfortunately for the Bantiat de
nomination there is .no recognition of the
evangelical wing in its ministry. So soon
as one desires to breathe a freer theological
atmosphere, no matter how truly evangeli
cal the tone of bis thinking nor how strong
bis desire to remain orthodox, he is suspect-
limits; and his usefulness as a minister of
the New Testament is thereby impaired.
The only liberty granted to such a man is
the liberty to go out. : There are other de
nominations as-evangelical as ours, where
the limits are not so contracted, and to such
an one I go. I leave both the Baptist min
istry and the church of Jesus Christ'
Leavell is a native of South'Carolina, son-in-law
of Senator George of - Mississippi,
and came here' from New York city, where
he was for some time pastor of a Baptist
church,' and bis liberal tendencies created
much interest in religious circles."
This dispatch is doubtless incorrect.
Mr.' Ijejltell "did. not mean to with
draw both "from the Baptist ministry
and the church of Jesus CHfctsi."
He still claims to be a Christian. . We
have very little to say, however, for or
against Mr. Leavell. ; We have no
disposition to think less of a' man for
differing from us, and still less to de
preciate or abuse a brother for falling
into,: what seems to us, folly and. sin.
But we use the occasion to make a few
suggestions to 'the ministers and the
churches of the South. . " t , t
We have known Mr. IiEAVell well
for a number of years, i He was raised
and educated among us, and for a
few years preached in South Carolina,'
his native State, and in Mississippi.
He is a man of fine personal appear
ance, of good family and well edu
cated; aTeady speaker and preach
er his 'talents are guite ; respectable.
His; leading faults, observable to all
who saw Or heard hitny were his con
ceit and ambition; These, allowing
for, the place of his birth and his early
associations, . were remarkable in . a
high degree, so . much so, indeed,
that he was ever restless and dissatis
fied. No field of labor ' suited him,
no congregation was large enough' to
meet his, , demands. , His .one aim
seemed to- be to secure notoriety, if
not distinction. - -For this ha planned
and for this '.helabdiKotwith
standing ptleyyinctibiv
"That; we henotforthlii no. more chil
dren, tossed to nd troy and carried
about with nBveryJwind7of: doctrine;
by the fsKght Of me!Jandf cunning
craftiness,, whereby, they lie in wait to
deceive," he; readily; and -to all. ap
pearance gUdly, - made 'haste to em
brace and advocate every new theory
or ism propounded, uo matter how
absurd, or in conflict with God's
word, it might chance to be. When
Mr. Beeches of Brooklynand Mrf
Farkar of London, expressed a doubt
as, to tne eternal duration or. tner iu-
ture punishment of the finally impen-
ltenc, jut. JjEA v ell ooiuiy deiended
the suggestion; and when Dr. Toy
expressed a, doubt- as to the plenary
inspiration of the Scriptures, Mr.
Leavell, bis pupa," adopted Vhe
doubt as a cardinal principal of his
faith. The course he has followed,
and all the steps he has taken in it
for years, led directly to the point he
has now reached. We commend him
for his honesty, in thus boldly and at
once severing his connection with the
"Baptist ministry" if not "the church
of Jesus Christ." Would that all
like him would do so, and that speed.
xnde and ambition are of them
selves not wholly evil. They have
done much in, developing nations and
individuals. But, when these take
full possession of the human soul,
they are an unmixed eviL; In their
train are all the evils and horrors that
disgrace the pages of human history.
"By this sin the angels fell."
But pride and overmuch ambition
in a preacher! Of this, what shall we
say? An angel might veil his face
from such a sight. We would leave
the page blank, and humbly pray that
we may never see sucn an one, nor
have to listen to the displays of his
vamty.
Yet there
are such men in the
churches:
men who preach them-
selves and not the Gospel of Christ.
How such got into the ministry, and
what the churches are to do with
them, are questions deserving our
careful attention. Some have been
disposed to charge the admission of
these men into the ministry to our
present methods of education. They
say,
the boards are not sufficients
careful in the examination of young
ministers licensed to preach by the
churches and recommended to the
Education Boards that the faculties
of our Colleges do not sufficiently
guard against these sins. While there
may be some truth in both of these
statements, still it is true that men
sometimes become proud and ambi
tious after they leave college, and that
some of the vainest and most ambi
tious ministers who have ever afflicted
the churches, never were at college,
and never were under an education
uuoxu. xnesB traits oi cnaracter seem
to be inherent, or something of a
spontaneous production. That some
thing of ambition and self-seeking
among the ministers has grown out
oi the modern methods of preaching J
and publishing sermons, must oe evi-1
dent to any one acquainted with these
methods. Some of it in the Soath
has doubtless grown out of the suc
cess that such men as Deems, Tal
iiAGE and Beecher have achieved
a success attended with princely sala
ries and national reputations. There
is, doubtless, to-day not a denomina
tion in anv btate in the South that
has not at least one preacher who
eela that his present field is unworthy
oi nis taienta, ana tnat n ne were
North he could fill Plymouth church
and the Brooklyn Tabernacle with
crowds of delighted hearers, or help
Vaxderbllt manage his millions.
This feeling renders them impatient,
dissatisfied and restless. And were
these men to try this experiment, as
Bro. Leavell tried it, a thousand
chances to oho they would do at he has
done.
The churches should never license
a proud, ambitious man to preach, no
matter what his gifts and talents may
be. Let him go into politics or some
of the secular professions. As a min
ister he will of necessity be unstable
in doctrine, and will,, sooner or later
bring great evil and sorrow upon'the
churches:
What to do with the few such men
we now nave on hand demands our
prayerf ulconsideration. They should
be faithfully and honestly admonish
ed. ' These sins aire sometimes of very
gradual growth, and the afflicted
brother may no t hi mself know , of
their existence. Such a man should
be very earnestly prayed for, and pa
tently dealt with; he may be restored
but should no . improvement be
made, then let him, as is now the
case, drift from church to church.
and oyer the land till he at last quits
the Baptist ministry if nofrthe church
of Jesus Christ. ,';: ' 7;',,
Mr; Leavell complains, that 'the
only liberty granted to such a man is
he liberty! tov go out,". ; i We could
most devoutly wish that this were so.
But- unfortunately for1-the cause of
Christ, and the peace and prosperity
Of His churches this is. not true, . Me
have even, now; in.the SoutW a section
known for Its conservatism .'and its
allegiance to law and order, men of
extremest ;TiewaHwho' preach ! and
teach in our pipitav IThere are those
imonga ns iwho' J jfoulij turniithe
churches of Jestjs : Christ into dun
geons, make the kingdom of GoD.oii
earth a barren, desolate Sahara, and
pervert the. ordinances of Christ into,
instruments of torture for the tearing
asunder tho consciences and ; souls of
His disciples.' Then, on the T other
extremethere'are preachers who en
dorse i the materialism of Dabwist,
and the destructive theories of Dr.
ToTjJ.So far.as liberty is concerned,
the extremes of narrow, desicrnin&r
bigotry, and the .wild, silly vagaries
of ; learned t scientists are tolerated.
The one of these extremes is as much
J to be'deplorcd as the other. Would
to God. that the churches of Jrana
Christ jconld be rid of both of them;
and tha teirradvocates would .have
the ' honesty of Mn LeI'velx, and
follow his wise and timely example of
quitting the Baptist ministry. ,
- There are a few good brethren in
the State who. look bank tnth a nnat
when the churches were idle, if not
dead, and when the meetings of the
Associations were taken up in feast
ing and in long-winded sermons, with
mournful regret. To them, the
change' with all its improvements
and results, is a source of mortifica
tion and a calamity. . They long for
the good' old time when there were no
board of missions, no schools and
colleges," ho newspapers, no Sunday
Schools, and no appeals for contribu
tions for any of these objects. These,
to them, are the good old times the
old paths of the sainted fathers; they
mourn oyer their departure, and bit
terly complain of the active, energetic,
ousy present. To them, ; the great
progress male and the thousands ad
bled to the churches, and the preach
ing of the eosnel in "Romn. fJhina
Japan, .Africa and Mexico, are noth
mg compared with the old dead past
when the fathersa few dozen ot them
met in cold and dilapidated houses
once a month, sang "Father I stretch
my hands to thee," heard a rambling
sermon, and then sang "Come thou
fount5 of every blessing," 'and went
Jiome with each other to eat big din-
her8,chat over the crops and neighbors,
and thus spend the day without giv
ing a cent to anv canso or dnincr
ini
-to - "cviunj lEugiuua wuaiau-
ter. Then the gospel was free and
the churches were dead. These aged
brethren are not in accord "with the
present, and they are at times very
sad about it. It never occurs to them
that they and their fathers were wrong
and that the churches of to-day are
but half way doing their duty.
We do not complain of these dear
brethren. We love them for what
they have done, not for what they
have left undone. They deserve the
warmest; sympathy of their ! more
active brethren: and shmild ha
I ! 1 . "mvhi WW
borne with patiently. ' Still it will
not do for the churches to listen to
their mournful, complaints or follow
them as examples. If so, our schools
would' be closed, our missions aW
dp
olat
d onr churches become dea
VHRIst'o - - j
late.
converted soul is "Go work to-day in
my vineyard," not sit and mourn
over the spast, nor find fault with
those who are trying to do as Christ
has bidden them. Christians are idle
enough, and do little enough as it is,
without being exhorted to idleness
and indifference. And it is quite
safe to say that the pastor who visits
a church twelve times a year without
urging it to contribute something to
the spread of the gospel, may do a
good deal of preaching, but is not
preachi ng the gospel of Christ. The
more such a man preaches and the
of tener he preaches to a church the
sooner it will die. A church must
work as well as pray, if it would live.
We often hear the idea expressed
among Christians that the need of
the age is educated men in the minis
trymen not only with college diplo
mas, but thoroughly drilled in theo
logical Seminaries and Universities,
in order that they may be able to hold
up the pure doctrines of Christianity
against the . learned theorists of the
day. So far as we are: concerned we
think that . men of this class are
one of the needs; but' not the need.
We do not believe that the objections
to the word o: God and the Christian
system, offered by' certain rationalists
are so influential,1 or require such
notice as is commonly supposed.'
Uf course all such men being "the
enemies of the cross of Christ," will
do as much injury as possible to the
troth and do' all 'they can in order
to prevent its influence on " the
hearts of men. ,', At the same time,
however, it must be remembered that
even these men are subject to the
controlling ' power and energy of
the Holy Spirit of Goo. They, two
with other sinners, can be hurled
from their lofty attitude and made
humble, penitent sinners, with souls
full of anguish and entreaty. Saul
pf Tarsus, ' j one moment the proud
persecutor, the, next moment asked
f'LoRD, what wilt thou have me to
do V So now the same Lord can
nnhorse the . infidel, causing him to
quake with fear of the power which
strikes him down. It is not difficult
for the converted sinner to understand
how the jailor at Philippi could wash
the stripes of .Pfuitand Silas and
ask forgivenew'jtt iihehands of the
Lord he had offended. The idea is
thatall aen are alike sinful all alike
under the cur se of . the law, all in the
power of God. . There is no condition
of life to which the Saviour's prom
ises are not suited, 5 and there is no
heart that is proof against the penetra-
nug arrow oi toe gospei,uniess It ce the
heart which ; has grieved away the
Spirit Regarding their forgiveness,
men are on the same footing. A
truth directed 1 at the infidel; borne
thither by earnest words and fer
vent prayer; is as apt to awaken him
to a sense of - his lo8t- oondition
as is another truth under the samA
conditions, luceiy to awake n another
kind of sinner. Without the 'power
of Gor ' unto salvation both Afcirt
fall short of the ntark.r.yet accom
panied by this peculiar influence
known to us as the loly Spiritf each
will accomplish its ebject.
: We have no motita in writing the
above except'to insut upon, a few
points as not only indispensable, but
really the most impomnt facts to be
observed ; in combati n A the i n fidel i ty
andsemi-infidelity of txb age.
1.' Allow the Word to VnDeal to our
common sense, and let lftmea n what
it does mean,whether it euWour con
venience or not, whether il suits our
theory or not, and especiallyV whether
or not it suits our feeling "The
desire to hear somo new thing", is
quite a malady among certain tople.
This would not bo so bad, but &qp .
posing others to feel as they J do,
they immediately go to work and so
distort the trne meaning of some par
ticular passage in Scripture as would
make a skeptic or infidel lansh at
its ridiculousness. Again, we re
peat, let the Bible mean what it fays,
and not what we would have it to
mean 4
2. "Preach the word." 0h the
thousands who have "itching" ars,"
and oh, the hundreds who delight to
pour into them that which satisfies.
As to what '"that which satiGes,"
may be, we leave the reader to judge.
We have seen different kinds:; Each
kind is prepared by its own dispenser,
and feeds only the ear, not the heart.
It is not food for the soul. At least,
we never found it sol We might have
beer, bused, because there was so
much Of the preacher and everything
else except Christ and his promises.
Possibly it is our fault and not the
preachers, that we do not like such
preaching yet we thank Qod for
such a fault. Sometimes Buch preach
ing "draws" well; at others,that which
used "to satisfy" grows old, and the
churches are .emptied of hearers
though filled with learning. We are
not surprised at this. The people get
tired cf learned recitations, and such
are not calculated to reach the hearts
of the unconverted. The two-edged
sword of Christianity is the word of
God, and in the peculiar warfare of
the Christian it is this which cuts
with sharp incision into the sinner's
soul. He who preaches the word and
-i
the fact that those hearers heed, is
abundant evidence that the best way
to fight infidelity is by preaching
with earnestness the plain trnth of
God.
3. The warfare must be begun at
home, and in the Sunday school. The
truth of this is so evident as hardly
to need demonstration. Early pious
training will do more for repelling
the shafts of Ingersollism than every
learned discussion which ever took
place. That our people so little re
gard the sophistries and wicked elo
quence of this unbeliever, and one of
the prime reasons that he has such a
small following is owing to early
instruction by pious parents and
teachers. We most earnestly trust
that this truth may suggest itself to
those who are now parents themselves
and those who have classes in the
Sunday school, that they may learn a
lesson from the past.
What we have said is not against
learning for this is indispensably
necessary. , We only desired to draw
the attention of all concerned to the
importance of the three points above
mentioned.
BINGHAM SCHOOL BURNT BUT TP
BE REBUILT IMMEDIATELY.
We regret to learn ' that all the
buildings of Bingham School were
burned on the 1st inst Loss, not
covered by insurance, at least 10,
000. Contracts have already been
made for rebuilding. The first log
for the new buildine- vM hanlArl f.n
the grounds while the fire was still
raging. The suspension will be
temporary and we are justified id an
nouncing that the next session will
open at the regular time, July 26,
with better buildings than ever be -
lore.;-:- .; ' V;:
But little time will be lost at this
valuable; institution for the education
of our youth. It gives us much pleas
ure to know that Major. Bingham
does not intend to lose a day in com-
picwng arrangements for
resuming
his school. .
LITERARY NOTICES.
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Price 25 cents.
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ton ltA ?:3oro God focalized an like..an ..ptSS' RoVl
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PERSONALIS OTHER' ITEMS: I
.. . .Read Bro. Collis'
hiift some money.
letter and send
...... Our bantisma cnrrflnito
-RevAP.
W. Easo5, New Berne. ? , .
? . - . Ex-Governor Holdek, we are grati
fied to . state, has so improved as to- be
OUt . . . .V i
w....Bev. CadwAiaaiea Lbwis,' D. D.f
one of Kentucky's most useful Baptists, is
;a?ev.-J,H;CrBYrof Dallas, Texas,
I 5i" acpepted.call to QtrrlgOMTenaa
W. wmts. o; DO70i,
. . .lteV. W. A. OhRFW tit iha ontnMil
church, baptized one hundred : and - forty
persons on 8unday last. .. .
you do to yourself.--B.
Tea, but in the
It not better to
case or doing" good. Is"
give than to receive" f
. . . .Rev. Godtbby Hubebt,. of Skein,
Norway, whom,' it will be remembered, was
fined and ' imprisoned for baptizing a con
vert, will receive 154.50 from a number of
Baptists in Philadelphia. n i ; " . ,-..
.... "Thousands' of" souls ' for 'whom
I Exchange. ThiB ia a cknltaL
the man who made it has read the Ne v Tes
tament to utue purpose.
. . . IThe little church in Ttfiddleburg is in
great need of help just now, or work on
their new house must stop. Any of our
readers who wish to help this struggling
band may send contributions to Mr. J. W,
Nicholson', Chairman of building commit
tee. ' i
; ... .The Committee of nine, to whom the
question of Bible work was committed by
me luocimg in vaivary onurcn are J. JtL.
Dkank, Wm. Phslps, Charles ' Sleldeb,
L. Uicturdson, J. a Trevor, Q. E. Ak
drews, J. D. Rockefeller, S. 8. Oonant
and 8. Colgate.
The editor of Zion't Advocate in view
of the fact that neither the brethren in New
York City, nor the Railroads leading to it
have made any arrangements, worthy of
notice, for the accommodation cf delegates
uu visitors w me may Anniversaries, sug
gests that the meetings be held in Sar
atoga. ....Rev. fL" T. Morton, whom Drs.
Boyd and Kesdrick tried to thrust into the
Baptist ministry on Presbyterian ordination,
bas removed to Tyler, Texas, and takes
charge of the East Texas University, fie
has now been scripturally ordained by au
thority of the church in Tyler. Western
Recorder.
. . .The wise will waste no more time en
endeavoring to convince the invincibly ig
norant that our prelates are men of good
will. It is vain to attempt the removal of
this mountain of prejudice and cast it into
the 6etL, Catholic Mirror. , A little com
mon sense used by these prelates would do
what your faith cannot Independent.
... Rev. J. B. Marsh, of Iredell writes:
"My wife is still an invalid, confined to her
bed, a great sufferer, but patient and re
signed. Anxiety, poverty and hard labor
are mine and yet I realize the assurance of
my heavenly Father, "As thy days so shall
thy strength be." I have not lost a Sabbath
from my work from sickness dunug the
year from May to May."
. .Rev. R T. Vann, of Chowan Female
Institute, sends us the following list of
speakers for the next Commencement of
that excellent institution: . "Addiess before
Literary Societies, Mr. R. W. WrsuoBNE,
of Hertford county; sermon before grad
uating class. Rev. J. B. Taylor, of VVil-
mington; annual address, Rev. J. A MBS
dt, of Warrenton.
. . . .Is there not a temptation in our min
isterial support its serni-cbarity aspect,
its "donations" and "pound party," to flab
by the fibre in our boys. It may start them
towards soft notions of life "flowery beds
of eae." The best capital for our lads is
grit from the word "go." That is a gospel
that oueht never to be diluted, and if we, or
an angel from heaven, preach another gos
pel in our homes, let him be anathema !
...The meeting at the Second Baptist
Church, this city, has resulted in a thorough
revival of religion and the conversion of
many sinners. Bro. BaIdwih left for hia
home Friday lat We regard his labors
in Raleigh among the most important in the
history of the Second Church. Thmnrh
Bro. Baldwin has ceased active participa
tion in the meetings, they were still carried
on by Pastor Gwalthky and the brethren
of his church, till Monday night. There
have been about 50 conversions and others
follow daily.
. . .Rev. O. F. Gregory, of Charlotte,
has for the benefit of the building fund of
the Baptist Church, made special arrange
ments with Railroad authorities from Char
lotte to Greenville. We trust all the breth
ren will bear this in mind and buy tickets
on his train, thus aiding a cause dear to us
alL Bro. G. says: "We have chartered a
car to Greenville, leaving here Tuesday
9th, (day train) 12:50 o'clock. Tickets good
only on this car in going, but good until
the 16th to return by any train. Fare for
round trip 2.50. ,
The protracted meeting in the 1st
Baptist Church, colored, conducted by the
pastor, Eev. W. A. Green, has been one of
great results. Over two hundred persons
have professed faith in Christ, and one
hundred and eighty have been baptized The
meetings still continue. Rev. A. W.
Shields, pastor of the Macedonia Baptist
Church, Washington, D. . CL. has assisted
the pastor for the past month,, and done
most of the preaching. His brethren speak
of him and his labors in terms of highest
appreciation.
- t.-
... The Journal and Messenaer. in 8 Deck
ing of GrjiTEAtrand Lamson; both of whom
failed to be "cleared" 6n the plea of in
sanity, says: f "W trust that the kind of
insanity affecting these men is no longer to
avail in saving tne neczs oi murderers
Let murderers heed the examples thus set'
Let us write it down in slang phrase) but in
Eroverbial conciseness, Tub:: iIksakity
iodgb is Played Out," This but voices
the sentiment of . our people of the South,
and, we suppose h; the North.,, The idea is
a good 6ne, and the religious press of the
country can do good service for law and
Christianity by regarding it in this light. .
... The Watchman copies from another
Eaper the news tha Dr. Watland Hott
as accepted a call - from the . Memorial
church, Philadelphia. Dr. Hott has again
and again declared that he haa ."neither re
ceived nor accepted a call to Philadelphia'
What may come to pass before the century
or even this year closes cannot be foretold,
but before such announcements are made,
papers ought to know that they are founded
on fact. It js one thine to covet your neigh
bor's pastor and another thing to get him.
Bap. Weekly. - : 't' J'r'f
. . .. The Rev. Dr. Bboados, an old Bap
tist parson,1 famous In Virginia, once via--UnA
A nlantatlon where the darkey.who met
him at tbe gate asked him which barn he
would have his horse put In. "Have you
two barns?" asked the doctor. "Yes, sah,"
replied the darkey; "dar's de ole barn, and
Mar's Whales has jes built a new one.'V
'Where do you usually put horses of cler
gymen who come to see your master ?'
tistoV we genendfsy put'em in de ole bsj-n
flf devs 'Piscopals we puts 'em In de 1
nAII MM ' hilt I
VY 611 Ban, ii ' - v. . u(
new one.:
,, Well, Bob, yi
rou can nut my
hnru In the new narn; i am aapiisv out
it T - a .
my horse
is an
Episcopauan. iftip.
Weekly. : -fx i:rnM:J yiJ;
1 :- ;t.Dr. EATOir,'of J Louisville, writes as I
follows to the "'"S
Liberty of uonscience
mWdme time .go in
me same vun
able to report
Z?Sm h'
Conscience .
man Catholics ,
practically control
move the State Capital" front ' Frankfort to
ljouisvine, having recently voted $1,000,
000 for the purpose, and then we Can watch
legislation more carefully."
'. . Dr. Eatoit, in the last Ezaminer,
tm'm n.. .1 T l til. I ., . i.
wi vuuieiBuce ui uuuisruie, (inciuaing
tne x acuity or the eemmarv) do not urge
co-operatiun with the American and For
eign Bible Society on the part of Southern
Baptists: lit. The denomination in the
North do not care anything for the Society.
,.i..2nd. The Society is doing' nothing in
the work of revision, though it has some
plans. . . ,3rd. Leadintr brethren in New
York are taking this whole Bible question-
into consiaerauon with- promise ot gooa
practical results, r. fiev..r. A. Done lass is
expected to attend the Southern Baptist
uonvention at ureenvule, a, (i, in
ana tne suojeci win probably be considered
there
v--, ft e uu aaen n -pan w - uie-con
Tir . - . i . . . i
troversy awakened by Dr. J. R. Graves
position tnat. Baptist cnurches have no
right to admit members of other , Baptist
cnurcnes to tno JjObd s supper; nor ,do we
intend to taite anv. tint here is "a dilem
ma" which the Baptist Record submits ' to
the Ur. : The churches have the right to ex
tend the privilege of worship beyond the
membership, or they have not If they
have, so far as logic goes, they may Invite a
visiting brother to worship with them at
the table. ' If they have not. they cannot in'
vite a visiting brother to pray wi,h them or
preacn lor tnem, , it the nrst, position, is
correct, our brother's New Landmarkism is
all wrong: if the second U correct, then he
is estopped from going round and preaching
to tne churches unless he , takes his letter
with him and loins before he preaches.
We leave Brother Graves to choose which
horn he will fall on. Christian Index
, .... Remember, too, that if you really do
serve the Lord thoroughly and heartily, he
will accept you and acknowledge your ser
vice, even though no good ; should come of
it. It is your business to cast the bread on
the waters; If you do not And it after
many days, that is not your business. Per
haps your Master knows what a . capital
ploughman you are. lie has a large farm,
ana he never means to let you become a
reaper because joo do the ploughing so
well. Your Master does not intend you to
taKe part in the harvest because you are
such a good band at sowing; and as he has
crops that need sowing all the year - round
he keeps you at the work. . He knows you
oetter than you know yourself. Perchance
if he were once to let you get on the top
oi a loaded wagon of your Own sheaves.
you would turn dizzy and make a fall of it;
so he says: "You keep to your ploughing
ana your sowing, and somebody else shall
do the reaping." Perad venture, when your
course is run you will see from heaven.
where it will be safe for you to see it; that
you did not labor in vain, nor spend your
8treDirtn lor nougat. "Doe soweto ana
another reapeth." Spurgeon.
In Georgia there are twenty-one Bap
tist preachers named Smith, seventeen
named Harris, sixteen named Johnson.
fifteen named Browk, thirteen named Wil
liams, eleven named Jones ten named
Jackson and ten named Davis, while there
are thirty nine that begin with Mc. Al
abama has sixteen Smiths, three of them
are put down as C. Smith, while a ' fourth
is Cat. Smith; eleven Williams, two of
whom are put down as L. Williams ; and
W. Wilson and Wm. Wilson are both at
the same office; also Alabama has a Wood
all and a Woodsmall. Texas fifteen
Williams, twelve Smiths, ten Johnsons,
ten Jones and eight Weights. ' In the
three States, Georgia, Alabama and Texas,
there: are forty-nine Smiths, thirty-nine
Williams, thirty-two Johnsons and thirty
one Jones 151 Baptist preachers in three
Southern States with only four names,
while Mc. begins the names of ninety 1 1
Bap. Flag. ' Possibly some of onr Presbyte
rian brethren will be surprised in reading
the above. Our friend ."Argyll" would
doubtles "come forth" again were these
Statements made by a Baptist Almanac.
....The Methodist Christian Advocate, of
New York City, bas the boldness to evolve
the following from its stock of past and ex
ploded theories in regard to Baptism: "The
Baptists claim that "baptizo" means "to im-
Other denominations that this is the only
meaning of the word. On the contrary, there
Is much reason to believe that the early
Church neither understood the word to
have that meaning in connection with the
ordinance of baptism, nor practiced that
moae; and the date at which the modern
Baptist Church began to use dipping is
pretty well ascertained." For this the Ex
aminer, of the same city, takes the
Advocate to task as follows: Now we will
give the Rev. J. M. Buckley, D. D., ed
itor of the Christian Advocate, $100 if he wiU
prove to the satisfaction of three scholarly
men, holding a reputable standing in Evan
gelical denominations, that the Christians
of the Apostolic age understood the word
baptizo to have any other meanin? than dir. i
plunge, or immerse, and that baptism was
aaministerea in tne age in any other form
than this meaning sets forth. Dr. Buckley
may choose one of the three scholars, we
win cnoose a second, and the two thus
cnosen may agree upon the third. If sur.h
proof is to be had, we shall be glad to see it."
. . .We cheerfully insert the followinir.
and thank our contemporary for directing
wur Biteuuua mi mo misuse. " lne -oIJiLI-cal
RjCordsb publishes the series of, reso
lutions prepared by the officers of the
American and Foreign . Bible Society, and
oiiiico mat mey were passea at tne Uonfer
ence neia in uaivary church April 13th.
jxo resolutions were passed at that meetinir.
It was called to confer with reference lo a
movement, mat alter thorough discussion
snouia unite tne Baptists. The principal
resolution, the last io which the society
7uj iw ouicers- -. proposed to , surrender at
lutions. including the one eliminated by the
Recorder. vn rpfprH M ' tio
aiscreuon, is strangely omitted,, The reso?
tee of nine, which the meeting directed its
cnairman to name." Bap. Weekly. As
"strange" as it may seem to the Weekly
uiae we ummeu . sne principal resolution
w uuku u reiern, we nave 10 say mat nee
do not think it "strange, when no such re1
oiiuion too received bp tu.;. The resolutions
jfiuwu iu, uio lutuuauicu, were ;irom a
printed siid sent us bv Rev. P. A: rtnna.
lass, secretary oi the Society, and we prin
tea an mat ne sent 'us. The motive which
urged us to print at- all was to aid the
-movement tnat alter thorough discussion
Should unite the Baptists. , We disclaim
any iuruier interest than this ia the matter.
; v Air. IiApfkbtt, of tbe Richmond
vnnsnan jLavocau elves his exim-innm a an
editor: "Move-the nreaeher strain. Tt
him be read out as Church editor. -ir la
now. in tne Bioena or Church civiutieS
tae uaaer nas nis district .parsonage, and
sae cnier omcer oi the Church college the
ms uweuuir on iue camnus in Hroai.
laent's nouse set apart and 'furnished for
mm. ine editor, m bucolic phrase, - must
dred sermons to prevent the "first chumhi'
: w- re w- uiai ucit t cr k nun
being dosed while the pastors are on . their I
Tvacations," Dut me congregation is so ab-
aoroea in resiowinit tne weak nerves of the
rut. .uoctors mar, it someumes slips them
to thank the man who. robs himself of .rest
to give nis orethren rest. His lectures may
bring thousands of dollars to parsonages,
uut uu uue ku uuu UUlBKei. X DQ ed
itor is cheap and handy. ; They borrow
mm to make tbe "college speech" at a Dis
trict conference. They borrow him to fill
me DuiDlt while me nastor ii m.mrtn-.
"d a big fee t They borrow him to milk J
with a coaxinr letum a hnnHiwl n.ra I
, - . m "-J -"ft
with a coaxing lecture a hundred 'dollars
out or noiding-Dack" udders.: Colleges
borrow him when the big- gun mires and
can't be got into position. The Bishops
offlcially."
uuiruw mm mi get tne arm or things, un-
I
l L0YES BANQUET AND BANNER.
SO. I. THX BAJJQUKT.
Solomon, David's illustrious
of the American and Foreign Bible SocietyrfJ?1 X ' Dnde
npori'mTdr tight royal presence
for nobility of, mind, for world-wide
dominion, for riches of reverence, for
royal appointments and surroundings
who like Solomon? ) He was also the
Prince , of Sacred. Singers. Ilis songs
were a" thousand and five. - Of them
all the Canticles was the . "song of
songs.' As dewy Hermon lifts its
dome above the hills and lesser moun
tains about it, so the "song of songs"
surpasses those of all other times and
bards. In :this-song,:of : Solomon's
there are but two. singers. The one
voice we recokniza the royal tones of
tue jxiug nimseii. xne ocner is tne
IV is - sung all
through to the accompani ment of love.,
vsue uj. tue most entrancing Bcrains is
I when, .thjebjidesings of ahanquet
and of a banner, He brought me
to tho banqueting house and his ban-
ner over, me was love.": (Song of Sol.
2: u4.) 0 He, celebrates the .occasion
of , royal
festivity in which she And
the King were the central figures
I Look into the banqueting halL It
is an apartment in Solomon's cedar
palace. There are columned .niches,
rich carvings, tesselated pavements.
Fountains, are playing. Music 4 min
gles with the plash of the falling wa
ters. Flowers everywhere fling, out
their' mute praise, in perfumed in
cense. While a thousand lights from
the golden candelabra give the scene
the brightness of day. Truly .the
banqueting house is royal!
! The banquet is spread. ,The snibk
ing meats are from Solomon's herd,
the choicest cuts from the thirty oxen
daily slain for the King's household,
the luscious fruits aie from his gardens
the red wine from his vats; "the finest
of the wheat and honey out of the
rock" are there. No silver U seen at
the board. It was "nothing account
ed of" in those palmy days of Israel's
glory. , The gold and jeweled service
flashing back the yello w light are his,
all are his. And ne too has appoint
ed and apparelled the quickly moving
cup bearers. 'All things are ready,"
and ardent expectation is spelled out
upon every face.
Now a movement at the far end of
the hall. lsThe massive doors swing
open. Every afendant takes his place.
The thousand lights dance and vibrate
in the crash of trum pet and cimbal and
harp and psaltery. The king has en
tered. Along the line of nimbly clad
retainers he moves towards the wait
ing banquet. How every inch a king 1
But all eyes are riveted by the form
at his side. His hand clasps her pal m
and he leads heron. Who is she?
Ah ! it is his bride. It is Pharaoh's
daughter, the queen consort, the
spouse of the Canticles. As he leads
her on thus, the banqueting hall the
burst of welcoming music diminishes
and the mighty measures and sweet
cadences of the sacred "song of loves"
l-ca. jvjuv j inn ana tremolo and en
trance all who hear. It is from the
lips of the king's singing men and
singing women and before it has
ceasea with kingly pace Solomon
hands his bride her place by his side
at the royal table. Me savs ?J5at.. O
friendsj drink, yea drink abundantly
0 belov'ed" anl the banaueSnf S
gins, lhis is the scene she remem
bers of which she sings, "He brought
me to the banqueting house and his
banner over me was love. No wonder
She thus prais"!l Kim Ct kl tatod
x.tj.. iviv. ubc iiaU leas ted on bis
bounty. She had .been filled with
the wine of his joy. .
ine picture is befor na: Wkot
does it symbolize ? Wa
the parable. What is its mystic mean
ing.-' We have seen the delectable
marriage. Where is the reality? Is
it but a pleasing vet tantalizing vis
ion? No! As we have seen the earth
ly Solomon bending with eves full of
l'Tl"JWA b"d?' K- .
witn anointed eves mv kt fk
cvea may Denold the
greater than Solomon "leadinff frith
greater than earthlv lovo inf a i
banqueting hall greater fban Rni.'
omon's cedar house, the bride whom
He died to win. t How thinly the
vail of allegory hangs. The metaphor
tells its own story. We the re
deemed, are the bride of the heavenly
bolomon. He has wooed and won
us, from this world which "spiritual,
ly is called Egypt He has lea us
into "his house of wine." We sit in
spirit at our Solomon banquet. He
is beside ns. The banner of love
floats above, love unearthly, love di
vine, love patient anditireless.' Such
love alone could bear with such as we.
vjur weary, neaas are. on his bosom.
We hear the loving heart beats. How
it Stills Our Chafin? finiriral TT
l t and cool become our throbbin?
rfumrai Kau l. . , " . . . -
p.u..co ucucam tue toucn oi nis dear
hands. -
: Think, beloved, of the hannnAt TTa'
spreads. He Tia riraArinA : t.:--
. w hat feasts he can prepare! Think
ujL me manna ior israfi 'H .hnnou.j. :
Wavid says, "Thou"
before me in the presence of mv ene:
mies. The risen Jeans refreahoA K;a
weary disciples after ; toiling all hiffht
Solr 0?1! and ine," (John 21:
J lie fed discouracred Elnah wifh
repa8tHhat imnartflfl r
forty days and nights. Of his bride
he says, :l will' come in and sup with
her and she with me. Look over the
bills of fare. No two are alike. Here
is one. i. This is a collation nf 1ava i
its varied formsJWe sit down by our
Solomon's sid& Iiovw
feast. Electinfirlovftii tVio-fl
xne next is love mcam&r tk
JOve suffering and dying for us.' Then
love triumphant in resurrection Then
jyire scin emDoaied; at Gtod'a right
hand for us. Then love ever present
to the end. The last
unchaneeable and erjmal. Wh. -
feast of the . soul. ., Ao-nin rha k;h
fare calls tot the varied and sublime
phases of His power. This is strong
meat. ; And aeain at the hnni
variety of viands. , We ,: begin with
cation we sit T lomr th ?llv '
wiu aeilrnc onr
even .the i sufferings inoinriori u
waU things" that work
our good and make us like our bride
groom finishing, the recast with n.
ticipation of glory as desert tv. ,
:ow oftenhrere such. as .Euther
fora -and Georoa TToiKa - j
Aladamme :Guvon led intn . f r.a k...
Hue wuK uouse v& Xiow the r far ; ho
came richer and fuUeras dorr's dawn
BMvalra1 V . V. . I
wedding feast . It daily 1
hecomes to its ?'moro tharT'ourcces-
earyood.' f. t j-5
Let - us -more- nnd moie delight our
host by feeding freely npon His celes
tial viands... Soon lie will ld na
me nonse oi wii.u aoove,wliere
with us "he will d.ink of the fruit of
thejyine in, the i Kingdom of: God."
Soon will be. spread "the marriage
supper of the Lambli: O Bride of thv
L-mb, O spouse of the "heavenly " Sol -pmon
r shake, thyself from the dust,
arise from Egypt's flesh pots, and thy
Bridegroom "shall feed thee with the
finest of tho "wheat, and with honey
Out of the rockBhall satisfy thee.," .
I Greensboro, - JV, O.
ii. a . is.
, WADE3B0&0
Not sensational in the hair-Iif cine
modus operandiy lox it was a church
rnnleraru
I were weary, and it was nieht. But.
however, this conference was - not of
that recreant sort. which tax; out and
strain out and drive out joy and pa
tient grace and visitors. It was sen
sational ! Heart to heart, eye to eye,
will in will, all prayers one-all in a
subtle, ' profound one,.' and, Christ jn
that one. Aj-y"' -
f Not all the roll "was called, for we
did not have time enough in one ser
vice; but our good clerk was not im
patient. Every brother was requested
to tell the church what he was doing
for, Jesus, how he was living, attend
ing church, and so forth. : Some
longer, of . course, , it takes to : call a
ml l in T m a wait nn r rna tunAiiiAttmii
the sympathies,' the fellowship
of spirit made ns wish to call the roll
in this way right on. ; ..
; Our town grows, m Our church
frows. Thirteen newM buildings,
lighteen new members. ' A stirring
choir wo have had all along the
months; but a cornet now gives a
wider, deeper pathos to our music,
j " ALBEMAKLE.
In this capital of Stanly are seven
or eight good Baptists. Gold mines,
high hills, wide grain fields, wonder
ful water pwer, make Stanly , and
Montgomery the choice counties in
the State. They have no railroads.
Soon they will. - - . '
For nine days I held meetings in
Albemarle courthouse. All the peo
ple attended. Methodists and
Lutherans could not have been more
hospitable to their own 1 ministers.
The people furnished our organ and
the si nging by the choir was very
good. Brethren Gattisnd Carpen
ter of the North Carolina Conference
attended the meetings regularly.
The meeting was hot Very fruitful.
If rmistake not, there were only six
professions. Bro. W. W. Russell is
standing up for the Baptists. I, for
one, promise to help him build a
Baptist church in Albemarle. Mr.
Sam. J. fembertori must have my
lasting gratitude. Wealthy,: talent
ed, (for he was So icitor for his Jia-
trict when he was only twenty-four,)
liberal-hearted, made me his ' guest
ZV. TS
he be M 18Jen
and treated me like a June.
N. H. PrmtAJT.
April 28.
j FROM BEY. F. B. TJNUERWOOD.
' Dear Bro. Daileyi Bro. Jordan'
leit us a few days ago, after six weeks
of hard labor. Our meeting at Plyin
onth continued little more.lhah twx
weeks. The church : was much eu
couraged and five were added.
On returning to Hamilton special
meetings were held for three nights
and three more were: added by bap
tism 18 in all.
A pleasant session of the Roanoke
TTr,4rtM n4. FA T I
47. Dr. Pritchard ireachedS
I dedicative sermon and did if oxandlv
TT. , r C---Jm
fie also preached for Dr. fTnfham
last night, the beginning of a series of
meetings in wnicn Uro. Mundy is ex
pected to aid.
" F. It. UlTDEBWOOD.
May 1st 1882. "-:
FR0M RET. S. M. COLLIS. .
Dear Brother Bailev:l was triad
to see in thf Bscordeb that brother
Kennedy had noticed 'my appeal. It
made me feel that he at least did syni-
gathize with' me, but where are those
.irethrert?T I conclude that they are
either "talking or . pursuring or in a
journey or peradventure they are
sleeping and must be awaked.? The
book says ? Whoso stoppeth his ears at
the cry of the poor, he also shall cry ,
himself but shall not be heard." Is
it; possible they did not hear the cry
for help in Baker sville?, ; , , '
; On the 3rd Sunday in this month I
baptized 13. willing and happy con
verts in the beautiful waters of Little
JKoct ureek. ;. :
" iThe Eoah IfOuntaih : fissociation
convenes in Bakersville on Thursday
before the third Sunday in August
next. Our doors 5 and hearts are and
will all be open to receive as many as
will come
J 7 ' . ' ' S. M.CotLis.v
Bakersville, Mitchell Co.; April 29.
j t aCKKOrTLEDGHEMTS. " 1
State Missions :
S. 8. Institute. New Hope church.
B county,...'.....,
:Rev. W. T. Jordan,..
Powell's Point ch......
Rehoboth ch.,. . . . ......
Sawyer's Creek ch.,:..
.$ 9 ai
: 3 60 ,
, 2 10
3 10
14 00
-'1 60
7 80
2 10
3 05
6 40
4 49
1 87
3 33
13 00
4 00
.ev. a. sx Btough,.... v: . . .
Foreign Missions: , ,
-iefM. 8ocn 2d ch.;Baleigh,
i uncus XOin,.i
, Kenoboth,.,...
Eaton's ch.... ...
; ' cNew Hope ch,
Jerusalem ch...
. ....... ....... .
Sawyer's Creek ctL,
t uue wuk. cn..
a S. Hiss, Boa
anceyville ch.,.
pundap Schools
& & Cohv'n, Pleasant Grove ch.
Education: - " -
5 60
; Brown Creek Union,. 1"....' ..21 25
Mocksville ch.t4.....u.w. 9 18
. New Hope ch., Iredell co.,. ......... 4 48
Associational Missions:
.Hepzibahch.,.'..
Domestic Missions: ;
10 25 -
L Jerusalem clu, part pledge at Asso. 8 10
fei!.n8 ending me funds, who;
hot receive recftinf
same duly acknowledged in this paper, will
please do me the kindness to notify me at
oncA' B. P. MoHTAems. '
W,JK??ss
Tress. Bap. 8tate Convention; ;v