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THE BIBLICAIRECO Hiblical Recoj'deiv '.7:-.I)N-I-!j.VV, MAY 10, 18C3. i' i 7. C. T. 2 A ILUY, Eoitob and Fbofkixtob. J. C. CADBCLL. Aoknt so Cobrespokdent. ' 1 ". ; ." " ; " What DjptSsta Believe," by the late J. L; Barrows, will bs given to every new sub scriber to the Biblical Recorder who will py ?3 00 In advance for a years subscrip tion. We will also give tbe book to every, old subscriber, who will pay his subscription ta date and a year in advance.' . Think of it 1 Your denominational papery the subscription price of which is $2.00, on year, and a neatly bound book of , over a hundred pages, containing a clear and fair expression of what Baptists believe and practice, all for the price of the paper. Remember, this offer is to new and old subscribers alike. . .'-.'.. THE S AB3 ATE QUESTION. 5 Active efforts are now being made in cer tain quarters to persuade the Christian world that they have gone awry on the Sab bath question by adopting the first day of - the week instead of the seventh as the Chris tian Sabbath. The continual, or rather pe riodic revival of this question, and the hot discussions that are indulged in by newspa per and magazjie writers, reminds us of the fact that each, generation of people are fond of reviving, discussing, and settling again, questions often discussed and virtually set tled before. Often some youag and ambi tious men imagine that they have struck a heavy and rich vein of theology that by all means ought to be worked, and they are astonished at the stupidity of their predeces sors who permitted to pass unnoticed that which they imagine they hare found. So they rush into print, and have a stirring time in discussing things discussed, and per haps settled, long before they were born. " Then, again, there are sects of Christiana , that have hird'y more than one prominent peculiarity that may distinguish them from other Christians, and they persistently em phasis j the main point of difference in order that some good reason may be given for sep irate organizition. From causes such as the above, we hive a constant recurrence of questions, the continual discussion of which becomes rather monotonous. The Sabbath qiestion ought to be considered as settled ; bat as it is now again a mooted one, it is necessary for those who hold to what is now called the Christian Sabbath should from time to time give a reason for the 41 faith that is in them.n There are reasons, then, why we, with the large majority of the Christian world. cnntfnl tnr ih AWr. vance cf the first day of the week, instead of the seventh, as the Christian Sabbath. Same of these we proceed to give, remind ing our readers that we do not presume to exhaust the list, and that we do not attempt a full discussion of the subject Let these euSce for the present ; ' 1. Christ was Lord of the Sabbath day, and had a perfect right to change it from the seventh to the first day of the week. We are aware of the fact that the seventh day of the week was the Jewish Sabbath; that the moral law, and hence the ten com mandments, are still binding; but as the word talbath In Hebrew means i mi, and as the Lord seems simply to enjoin one day in seven as a day of rest, who shall Bay that Christ was not simply "fulfilling the law" when he so ordered things in his providence that the first day has taken the place of the seventh f Some one may say that he no where gave express command to that effect. Admitting this to be' true, we must remem ber that Christ taught both by precept and by example. ; The command to observe the : " ;bbath had already been given, and surely I 3 who gave it had a right to-change the x -5 cay ot its observance; otherwise he I net ba Lord of the Sabbath day. .. C"c !y allied with the above reason, ; j r ila state that the change in ques i is clearly justifiable from apostolic ' " z and example. It is an undoubted V t t'.o apostles and early Christians ' ( ; th : r habitually on the first day '- f t I'Tvycr, for the preaching of f r t: ? lylervance of the ordlr f c Crrbutioa of their means i'. Ta-.-Vs kingdom in 'short,'! 1 .-or.. Lip, L!;3 it. ',.x tn . 1 . i f',. See Acts It is also obser-:-.cr;taaght 3 cf other ',-:':'i:i to ed among the early churches has the un doubted stamp of divine authority, upon it. It is utterly unreasonable to suppose that the early Christians, including Christ's apostles, adopted the first day s the Chris tian; Sabbath, and that even the converts from among the Jews, later on, abandoned the Jewish Sabbath for the Christian Sab bath if the change had not been according to the mind and tbe will of the Lord. i 3. Another reason may be found in the fact that the great mass of reliable historians bear testimony to the change contended for in the earliest history of the church. Up to A. D. 70, when Jerusalem was destroyed, many of the Jews had kept both the Jewish and Christian Sabbath; but from that lime on nearly all Christians, even those among the Jews, abandoned the observance of the seventh day. John, in' Rev. 1: 10, says, VI was in the spirit on the Lord's day," and as 'John wrote about A, D. 93 or 96, it is evi dent that the "Lord's day" here means the Christian Sabbath; for five or six years later Ignatius wrote to the Magnesians, and speaks ot. the Christians as no longer ob serving the Sabbath (Jewish), but living in the observance of the Lord's day, on which also our life has sprung up again, (referring to Christ's resurrection), by him and by his death." It follows " beyond all question," as has been remarked by an able writer, " the change from the seventh to the first day of the week, was pointed, out .by Christ, and grew up under apostolic teaching and ex ample, and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. - ' . '' We are aware of the fact that the testi mony of secular historians has not the same force as Scripture language or Scripture precedent; but such testimony is not to be ignored, especially when it is backed by in cidental Scripture passages that clearly sus tain it The truth of it is, that when men have a hobby to ride, or a doctrine to sus tain, they make a great outcry over the scantiest Scripture encouragement they can find to sustain their views, and the testi mony of partisan, obscure, and prejudiced historians, becomes to them very valuable. The reason for this is so obvious that it needs no explanation. And it will not do for those who contend for the observance of the seventh day as tbe TSabbath to beg'the question by contending that the observance of the Christian Sabbath was not fixed in the early days of Christianity, but is the re sult of the decrees of subservient councils, at the dictation of a despotic triaster, in the days when primitive Christianity had be come corrupted. . The observance . of the Christian Sabbath was settled long before the Roman metropolitan had any special control over his confreres of other cities or provinces. This fact is as well established as any fact can be in both sacred and pro fane history. The question, then, may be safely left where it is, especially jm this age when Sabbath desecration is becoming too common. - ." .,.' REY. P. tt IVEY, D. D.f DEAD. It is with sadness and regret that we re cord the death of Dr. F. EL Ivey of Augusta, Ga., Be died on last Friday morning, May 5th, at his home in Augusta, and was buried at Fayetteville, N. C., on Sunday. Dr. T. E. Skinner of Raleigh, N. CL, conducted the funeral services. " Dr. Ivey was born in Fayetteville, N. C in 1831, and graduated from Wake Forest in 1860. He was pastor of the Baptist church in Athens, Ga., nine years, and was pastor of the Goldsboro Baptist church in North Carolina for several years, after which he again ; went to Georgia, in which State he labored till his death, at which time he was pastor of a church in Augusta, G3. Dr. Ivey was a strong preacher, and delighted in bringing out the richness cf the truths of the gospel, the force of which he always seemed to feel himself, and hence easily im parted it to his hearers As a pastor he was sympathetic, "and always interested in his flock, and never failed to draw his peo ple to him. He was a vigorous writer, which is partly attributed to his early train ing In the ' old Fayetteville , Observer office under E. J. nale. A true and faithful min ister of the gospel and an earnest servant of God has been called from his labors among us to his Test and reward in heaven. May God's blessing rest upon his bereaved wife and daughter.':; -V I ':!e'';! "! K Rev. Lansing Burrows, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist church, Augusta, Ga., writes U9 the following, under date May 5th, 1693, in reference to Bro. Ivey's death He was a friend in tho early part of rnv life wauo a biuuem at vvaKe f orest, and it was my privilege to have him as a friend and co- laborer in these last days. He had been stricken with iMnuysis inrce weeus Fmc.p. just after ho had ensued ia his usual Sab Lvith work ia the Curtis church, and bis life ?b?. !y tlbcd away, until befell, peacefully V v" "jo nuui!?ui, ino spiru oi my Airy, the exercises were good and did much co-pastor and friend, Vdz Henry Ivey, D. to stimulate the brethren to do what they D., entered into tbe reward of thftrirhtpr,7ia Lwa o0 " (i Tnnl. n.t il. - !l.f .11 It . ' . . . I on fcleep. From the paralytio stroke there followed a softening of the brain, so that his last week of life was-spent in unconscious ness. From the first it was with difficulty' that he could make known the few wishes that he expressed. The attempts to do this ceased, and he lay free from pain until the light faded more and more intothe deep slumber from which bis Master shall awaken him on the glad morn of his coming. Bis wife and daughter, after a simple service In his church, and amid his own people who revered and loved him, will bear his body to his bid home at Fayette ville, to be laid to rest amid the scenes of his youth." QUERY. y " - Ought a brother to be ordained to the of fice of pastor or deacon by a Baptist church, who does not take and read a religious paper of his denomination I Enquirer. . ' . Answer. No, If he is too poor to take a paper, the church ought to give him tha pa- FfiOM OUB TRAVELLING AGENT, EEIDSVI1UC' . , , ; , There is no place in the State where I do my work easier than in Reidsville. I was on my way to the Sunday-school Associa tion at Leaksville, and so was permitted to spend Sunday with the Reidsville brethren. I always deem it a real privilege to attend the Reidsville Sunday-school when an op portuuityoffers. ;-:.L, see , there -a - practical demonstration of the work which the breth ren talk so nicely about at our Sunday-school associations and conventions. Dr. Romin ger, who for years ha& been the superintend ent of the school, seems to grow in his meth ods of doing his work as well as in zeal for the Sunday-school work generally. It was not without significance to me that there were almost as many people at Sunday- school as there were at the sermon at eleven o'clock.,, , , i . i . Bro. Howard, the. pastor, preached two splendid sermons j which' I enjoyed very much. His sermons were well conceived, and from first to last the evidences of care ful preparation and honest work on the part of the preacher were seen. - The time I spent in the town only enabled me to avail myself of a part of tbe kind in vitations to visit the homes of the brethren. I always make headquarters at the excellent boarding-house of Mrs. M. A. Alien, "Bach elor's Retreat,' but spent my time with the brethren generally. . The ideals which these bachelors have of domestic felicity, while at a great discount, show some appreciation of what is excellent even by remaining where they are, and making a sort of modern San nedrun where the law, the political forum, journalism, pedagogics, &&, are represented. I found Bra Fact keeninsr house all alone. or at least he felt so, Mrs. Fant having been summoned by telegram to visit her sister who was quite sick in South Carolina and who has since died. I always feel some spe cial interest in the church here, it being the one with which I first united. We are slow to forget the old mother church and the place of our baptism. , - ,,bigb POINT is one of the growing towns of the State. The manufacturing, which is now extensive, is more varied here than almost any town I know.' The population has increased greatly in the last few years. The Baptist interest here was never so prosperous before. The church highly appreciate the pastor for his earnest preaching as well as for his faithful work as their pastor. ; They hope to soon have a meeting of days, at which they ex-1 pect to have Bro. Thomas of Greensboro. SALISBCKY. s . Here Bro. N. S. Jones is supremely happy and has been for the past two months. At the meeting of the Southern Baptist Con vention last year, he found an Alabama girl whose golden curls were a little too much for him. She pleased him well.: Since that time he has induced her to corneas far as Salis bury, N. C.; toward her ancestral home on the . sacred soil." Bro. Jones says she helps mm greauy in au nis worK and for the life of him he cannot see how he got on at all without her. i - s It goes without saying that this is a hard field, but to me it is obvious that great progress has been made within the past few years. ir. Pritchard preached to the church on Sunday beiore l was there, and I learned was greatly pleased at what he saw. , ' ' Bra Austin held a splendid meeting there a few weeks ago, which Bro. Jones thinks greatly benefited his people. Bro. Austin's methods of conducting a meeting are not Calculated to bring in great crowds, yet they are just such as some of our brethren might study with great profit to the churches. ; 8CJfDAY-SCHOoL ASSOCIATION. 1 I he Sunday school Association for the Pilot Mountain Association met with the church at Leaksville on Friday before the fifth Sunday in April. ' From the organiza tion of this body three years ago, enough of the churches have shown interest in the work to make its meetings interesting and profitable to the different Sunday-schools represented. Last year when we met at Mt- More churches and Sandav-schoola wero represented at our last meeting than at any previous one. The Association had on hand about three hundred dollars, which, at the clofi? of the last . meeting, the Executive Committee disposed of by appropriating fifty dollars to tho State Mission work in their own Association, and with the balanco' employ 'a' col porter to distribute literature among the Sunday schools, and do 'such other work as the Executive Committee may direct These brethren are anxious to secure the services of a good man to do this work. The right man can get work, and at the same time will have a splendid opportu nity to make himself useful. 1 i ne program was appropriate and sug gestive of the design of the meeting. . 'The Church and Sunday school" was discussed by Rev. L. R. Pruett aud T. S. Sprinkle. Brother Pruett made, a clear and forcible speech, as he usually does, on the church as it is related to the Sunday school uro; Bprinirie, taking the side that related to the Sunday school, at once impressed hi hearers that he was a well equipped and zealous Sunday-school worker. , - Rev, II. A. Brown preached the introduc tory sermon on Friday night from the text,. " Whom having not seen ye love, in whom though now ye see him not, yet believine. ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory," No better account can ever be given of Brother Brown's sermons than to say he preached the gospel in its purity and sim plicity. On this occasion he was very tender as he told of the love, faith and joy which ought to characteriza those who follow the Master. ,( ' 1 ' " , l Dr. L. G. Broughton led the discussion on Teaching the Lesson." He has an earnest and aggressive Btyle of Epeakiug, which tends to bring out brethren on the other side sometimes. - Bro. Broughton has devel oped greatly as - a speaker within the last year; Dr. W, J. Conrad, being absent, Bro. IX F. King acted In his place, and spoke with the conservatism born of good business ability and in a spirit which has enabled him to be a eteat power inr his church and nssa elation. ' - - " 1 . , 1 " "The Primary Department" was discuss ed by Rev. W. H. Wilson and Bro. W. A. Cooper. ' Bro. Wilson seems Just now to be thoroughly at home on this subject and was listened to with interest by the Association. Bro. Cooper is the teacher for this depart ment in Broad Street church, Winston, and while he disclaims any gifts at speech-making, yet In his own way he give out some very practical and valuable hints as to how he does his work. . The program was closed by some exer cises conducted by Bev. J. B Richardson in reference to the extension of the Sunday school work by forming institutes, &c. ' Sunday morning, after the Sunday-school exercises were over, Rev. . S. W. Hall was asked to make some remarks about the Or phanage. After Brother Hall closed his ad- dress, a collection amounting to something over twenty live dollars was tafcen for this work. 5 .1 Bro. C. Haymore preached in the Baptist church at eleven o'clock. The sermon was one of great power. I heard a number of the brethren . remark that they had seldom seen a congregation so wrought upon. It was tbe starting of what seemed to be a great revival. . At the close of the sermon, some forty persons arose for prayer.: This seems to me to be a fitting way to close all of our meetings of this sort Let our representa tive men, who attend our associations, talk more about God and less about men ; have more of his Spirit In bur plans, and then we shall be directed in our methods', and we shall give more, and do it not as a duty but as a privilege and a blessing. 1 I want to thank the Leaksville people, through the Recobdeb for every one who attended this delightful gathering for the kind and hospitable treatment we received at their hands. 'Everything was done that could be to make us comfortable and pleas ant throughout the entire session. - " PERSONALS AHD OTHER ITEMS. - . . .Rev. S. M. Province takes charge of the church in Tallehassee, Florida, . . . .iRev. Dr. H. A. Tupper. Jr.. of Balti- more 3 Ter7 with typhoid fever. ; .... Uev. J. S. Dill accepts the call to Venable Street church, Richmond, Va, . . .Dr. L. G. Broughton is conducting a meeting of great interest in Leaksville, N.C. ....Rev. E. B. Pollard of New Haven, Conn., accepts the call to the First church in Roanoke, Va. ' v ; We are yet waiting for Bro. Mills to send us the names which he promised. to send us. -C. Durham. ..,.Rev. F. IL Jonesi of Chatham, Va., preached In the First Baptist church, Fay etteville, last Sunday. ( . . '. . Observer" pn the seventh page takes the Normal and Industrial School at Greens boro to task, and, in our opinion, somewhat justly, .... The gospel is a' trust No Pilate-like washing of our hands can rid us of our re sponibility for its promulgation. Christian Secretary. 1 . V.', We are in receipt of a very handsome Invitation to the closing exercises of Madi son High School, May 23-28. Rev. H. A. Brown will preach the annual sermon. ! r Broad Street church, Winston, N. C., I u3 unuugeu io purcnase a tent wun a ca pacity of five hundred seats for the purpose of .holding special services at convenient points in Winston and Salom. , ....The Southern Baptist Convention meets in the First church, Nashville, Tenn. May 12 th, Dr. W. K. Hatcher to preach the sermon. Brother Powell will "return to his kJ. 3 A. 1 A . . . work in Mexico when it closes., ! ; r Kev. B. Cade is. now in Richmond, Vs., where his family has been since' he re signed his work in , that city. : ,Mr. Cade i3 now missionary for the Northwestern Dis trict of Ohio, with headquarters at Toledo. 1 '.''; '.The Durham ' Globe says: "At tho meeting of the trustees 'of Trinity College Dr. John F. Crowell was re-elected Presi dent. Profs. -Armstrong, Weeks, Houston and. Welch, have sent in their resignations." i ' . , . .The Tryon Street church, Charlotte Rev. Dr. T. II. Pritchard. pastor has just raised f 3,000 with which to build a Sunday school room. . , . . The closing exercises of Candor Acad emy, Montgomery county, will be held May 25tb. Prof, J. B. Carlyle of Wake Forest " .;.,Rev. J. B. Boone came to Raleigh last Thursday and spent the Sabbaths in the city. This week he is rusticating in the vi cinity of Wakefield with Rev. O. L.' String field. ' ; , . . . At the Tabernacle church of Raleigh, Dr. J. J. Hall gave the hand of fellowship on Sunday morning last to. eight person?, and at night some fifteen requested prayers. It was a very solenjn and impressive service. ....Our baptismal waters are beinsr stirred every week, ' At the regular services during the past seven weeks twenty-four persons have been added to the Elizabeth I City church, and others are near the king I dom.-CaMi & Blackwell. .... Rev. Thomas Soureeon teleeraDhed from Auckland, New Zealand, his reply to the invitation extended to him to suddIv tha Tinrtnn Tahnrnoo v J'V JIV'ft VUV JCCU from next July, as follows: u I cheerfully and crratefullv accent tho invitatinn. 9 Hnr 8: 5." f . . . , . . . .Rev, R, T, Vann savs: "I must cive up the Convention. Feel too unwell. Have been unable to study or preach with any satisfaction for three weeks. Nervous nros- trfltlnn. T cmpsa mnlnlxr trnm m-ntTantaA in. 1 13 , J lVU4 AAA somnia," We hope Bro. Vann may soon be fully restored, ....The Southern Conference will meet BaDtist Educational in ioint session with the American Baptist Educational Society June 11th, at Nashville, Dr. Roth well of Missouri Is President and Dr. Hume of North Carolina is Secretary, and a fine pro gramme on our Southern, as well as on the' northern side, is prepared for tbe occasion. .... We are sorry to learn that the house of the First Baptist church of Raleigh failed to resist the storms of the past winter, and teat several thousand dollars mast now be spent for repairs., ff. Mills, editorial in Charity am Children; April T, 1803 - The repairs on the roof of the First Baptist church, lialeigh, made necessary by decay ed guttering, have been finished at a cost of f 180.12. . . f ' ' ',., .... .It would be safe to say that no man I in Richmond preaches to more people than our brother W. L. Wright of the Leigh Street church. Indfld . hi latalw nlam-d J house needs to be enlarged yet more largely I in order to hold his nation of people. vt right is a man whose earnestness and common sense carry on business together, auu u is a one ousiness wmcn they are car rying on. Baptist, " l ; . KV rpntlBfit. wa (nmmania"tUo waab mu luacjuuu ui uc. vvajiana s great dis lmi-A.t ':T.": Tit . t . : S, ' . course on the "Apostolic Ministry," to be found on the first page. It will occupy space in two more issues of the Recoiideb' before we can complete it We have also in hand a sermon on A Call to the Minis try from Bro. G. W. Harman of Weldon, which shall appear as soon is we complete the publication of the sermon of Dr. Way- iana. , - , ' Rev. J. W. Wild man. as forcible and . as eloquent as ever, Is giving great pleasure to our people, by preaohins: in the Baptist church here. ; Mr. Wildman was for years the.beloved .pastor of the Baptist flock of Laurlnburg, and his hofts of friends count it a rare privilege to hear him again. He is located In Wadesboro where he Is as pros perous and as popular as a man ought to be in this world. Zaurinlurg Exchange. ' f . , . Rev,' Mr. Anderson, at present, a stu dent at Wake Forest College, was ordained to the ministry at Cool Springs' Church on last Sunday morning. I Rev. W II. H, Law- hon delivered the charca. I and liv:' Xf Newton of Wake Forest preached the ordi- nation sermon. It was a very fine sermon, . and was attentively listened to by a crowded house. Rev. . Mr. Smith of Wake Forest preached here , that night Sanford Ex- . press. t , , v ; , , ...With union, enthusiasm, large con gregations, God's presence and twenty one Recorders now as our co-laborera at Mt. Vernon, the work, which has been pleasant anu encouraging au aiong, grows more so, as we humbly and earnestly strive to go for ward in the Master's name. The Green River Sunday-school Association at Moun tain Creek last Friday, Saturday and Sun day was a good one, as hundreds can testify. Claude E. Oower. . . . . Rev. A.' W, Crabtree, one of the mis sionaries of our Board, says: "I have just bought the lumber for our house of worship at Oak Grove. We expect to build this summer. : I lost my horse, worth $125, in March, and have since been walking to my appointments part of the time. I am not. able tO DurchflSft another hnrsn nn-ar T have ten weeks in special meetings engaged or promised. Tjipka TnfxMincro will ha.A in July, August and September." ....Rev. J. A. Summey is a noble man, aad as far from selfishness as the east is from the west He was until recently the beloved pastor of Rich Fork church, but often spoke of men who could do better than he could,1 and proposed to resign that -some other man might be ealled. At the last church meeting day he proposed to sev eral members to resign. Instead of follow ing the usual course, and insisting on his continuance, they concurred with him, and so he resigned and another man was elected. There was a general surprise. We were cot present, f.nd had no part in it Bat we ad vise pastors to talk ts little as po-fuUe about resigning. Like Daniel, stand oa yo your lot till the end of tho days drcn. ' Charity and Chil-
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