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The Biblical. Keeonlqr. WEDNESDAY. JULY 26, 1803 RiV. C. X. BAILEY, EdITOB ASD PBOPBtETOB. J. C. CADDKLL. Agist awd Corbispowdkbt. . . . ANNOUNCEMENT. ; After August 5th we shall cease to give the premium ? What Baptists Believe." Many have' expressed" themselves ; as Well . pleased with this work, and we know that there is a place for it in every Baptist home It has baen selling all over the country dur leg the past three months. We will be glad to give it on the former conditions, viz., to every new two dollar, cash-In advance sub ecriber,and to every old subscriber who pays to date and a year in advance, until Aug. 5th. After that date this golden op portunity Is lost. COLONIAL HISTOBY. The .News Observer Chronicle some time -ago took issua with Dr. Stephen B. Weeks in reference to a published statement of his that no one could at one period in colonial times conduct a school in North Carolina without being a member of the Episcopal church, and also the further statement that Presbyterian ministers cjuld not at one time perform the marriage ceremony. In referring to the statements mentioned, the . News-Observer Chronicle accuses Dr. Weeks with not being content to narrate facts, but with trying to "work op to a point." ' Being now the only morning daily at the capital, and a triplex paper besides, we bought that rather a brash way of put ting things, In view of the fact that reputa ble historians of various beliefs had put lowa against the Episcopal church of colo nial times charges of much graver nature. It occurred to us to?ay that if our esteemed contemporary proposed to enter upon a de fence of the Episcopal church of those days, there were some things which ' Lad been lodged in our mind we would like to have xplained. Referring to our request, the News' Observer Chronicle of the 16th. inst. says: r The Biblical Recorder asks us if minis ters other than those who belonged to the Established Church were not improperly treated in early times in Virginia. We have no particular acquaintance with Vir ginia matters, and do not know except as to the Quakers. At one time Virginia, like puritanical New England, was very oppres siTe in regard to the Quakers. One of our own forbears was, in 1663, expelled from the Virginia legislature on the charge of ' being kindly affected towards the Q aakers." Our esteemed contemporary also asks us if ministers other than those who belonged to the Established Church were not required to give bond in North Carolina. We are more at home in North Carolina matters. We never heard of such a law, regulation or practice at any time in North Carolina. We, do not mean to say that som particular per son may not nnder some circumstances have been" ' nut under bond bnt not bppsns was a, minister. .As to the foregoing, weremark that Qua kers were not the only or the chief ones who were persecuted in Virginia by the Es tablished Church. Dr. Hawks (Episcopa lian) in his History Qf the Episcopal church ol Virginia, p. 121, says : ,No dissenters in Virginia experienced for a time harsher treatment than did the Baptists. They were beaten and imprisoned, and cruelty taxed its ingenuity to devise new modes- of punishment and annoyance." The records of Middlesex, Culpepper and other counties bear out the allegations of the Episcopal his torian. , The persecutions to which the Bap tists of Virginia were subjected made them the champions of religious toleration in that State, and they agitated the question in their associations until the Episcopal church was disestablished in Virginia in 1779. Dr. Hawks, says: " Persecution had taught the Baptists not to love the Establishment. In their associations they had calmly dis cussed the matter and resolved on their course. In this course they were consistent to the end, and the war which they waged against the church was a war of extermina tion. 'They seem to have known no relent ings, and their hostility never ceased for twenty-seven years." Hawks Hist 137-38. Semple in his history of the Baptists of Virginia, pages 72, 73, says : "In this grand struggle, while individuals of all parties joined in the opposition, the Baptists as a denomination stood alone, except so far as t!.py were aided by the few Quakers." . See r 1 o Rives Madison, 599-610. Some broad : --'nJed public men in Virginia, notably ' " ;a and Jefferson aided in this strug . It Tras this fight in Virginia,' more,' ' - -, than anything else, that put full ( !:ration ta the Constitution of ' ' : . '. : i as adopted in . 1787 had : ' to religion : "No re I , r 1 -e required as a quali fication to any office cr public trust in the United States." - In March,-. 1783, the Gen eral Committee of the Baptists of Virginia met in Goochland. The question was con sidered by them, " Whether the new Con stituUon which had now lately made its ap pearance in publio made sufficient provision for the secure enjoyment of religious lib erty f It was unanimously agreed that it did not. Upon consultation with Mr. Madl son the General Committee determined to address General Washington. The address said; "When the Constitution first made its appearance in Virginia we, f as a society, had unusual struggles of mind fearing that liberty of conscience, dearer to us than prop erty or life, was not sufficiently secured. Perhaps our jealousies were heightened by the usage we received in Virginia under the regal government, when mobs, fines, bonds and prisons were our frequent repast," General Washington in reply assured them of his "readiness to use his influence to make these principles indisputable, and de clared that the Baptists had been the persa veriug promoters of the glorious revolu tion." Curtis Progress of Bapt. Prin, 56. Shortly after this address, (but a few months), Virginia proposed the first amend ment to the Constitution as follows : " Con gress shall make no law requesting an estab lishment of religion or prohibiting' the free exercise thereof," and the same was adopted. Thus this country was freed from the relig ious intolerance in Virginia and other sec tions, and also the persecutions of " puri tanical New England." It would have been better i there had .been put ia the Constitu tion a further provision that no moneys raised by taxation or public moneys should be appropriated to sustain religious sects in their work. The necessity for such a pro vision is seen now iu some sections of the country. As to whether or not Baptist ministers were required to give bond in North Caro lina for preaching the gospel, we have this to say : In 1883 Cot. John D. Whitford of Newbern (not a Baptist) wrote a series of articles for the Nttvbern Journal on the early history of that town, iu which he says that Brinson, Fulchor and Purefy were im prisoned there for "holding the Baptist faith. They were held in jail for three months, and were stronger in the faith when the doors of the jail were unlocked than when they were locked u p. " In 1833 Rev. John T. Albritton, now of Mt. Olive, requested Mr. H. S. Nunn, (not a Baptist), then editor of the. Newbern Jour nal, now dead, to -examine the records of Craven county with respect to the persecu tion of Baptists in colonial times. Oj the sixth of September, 1833, the editor wrote in his paper : In looking over the old dusty records in the Register's office, we find an entry in the minute docket of the county court in 1741 noting the application by Baptists to be sl owed to build a church in Newbern. In stead of granting the application, these ap plicants were ail puonciy wnipped, bound oyer to keep the peace, and required to give bond for their good behaviourr-and also to take tne test oatn. We examined the minute bock of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Cra ven county from 1730 to 1746 some months ago. This book has, seemingly by design, been mutilated .in many places. At one place a half page is torn out, at other places page, two pages, and even three to six pages have been cut or torn out We were notable to find what Mr. Nunn found in 1883, but there are some parts of the record that remain which are pertinent to the mat ter under consideration. The following ap pears: June 30, 1730. Court met according to adjournment " A motion and petition was received by a sect of dissenting people, which call them selves Baptists, praying that they may be admitted to build a house of worship. Bees Price, William Caruthers, and John Bryan, Esqs., made oath to several misde meanors committed by the Petitioners, con trary to and in contempt of the laws now in force. Upon which it was ordered by the Court that the Petitioners be bound by re cognizance for their appearance at the next court of assize and jau delivery, to be held at this town, then and there to answer to such things as they shall be charged with, and in the meantime be of good behaviour to all his Majesties Liege People. Then follows the bonds of six well known Baptists, John " James, William '; Fulchor, Francis Ayers, Nick Parify, "Lemuel Har vey and John Brooks. It is true it is said that these men were charged with misde meanors but it seems clear to us from the connection that they were deemed ecclesias tical or dissenting offences,' else why were charges preferred when they presented their petition to build a house of worship t What occurred reads very much like Acts 16: 21, and Mi S.vji;.,, ; The following is also copied from the same old record ; ' '"'V v June so, 1740. f- ':::'" At the request of P. Roberts, it was ad mitted to receive a motion and petition read, made bv a s.Ht of dissent in sr people called Baptists, that they may have the. liberty to build a house of worship, and being duly examined by the court; Acknowledged to all of the articles 6f the Church of England ex cept part of the 27th and 36th, they desiring to preach among themselves. Referred. Court adjourned till to morrow morning. Juae 2lst;i740. " " : Be it remembered that Francis Ayers, John lames, William fulchor, Lemuel Har vey and Nicholas Purify, do each and every one or them acknowledge themselves to be I 3 1. L 3 . Ct ' T 1 .1 tTl iQueuieu iu oar sovereign uoru, tue Jung, 4U eacn. These to be levied on their sev eral goods, chatties, lands and tenements, &c. The condition is in case the aforesaid named do well and truly keep the King's Deace to all of his Liesre people and in good behaviour, and appear at this court on the tnira Tuesday in September next, then aud there recognizance. We think the foregoing pretty strong evi- decce that bonds were required iu North Carolina of dissenting ministers on account of their religious faith and preaching the gospel. History has not received that atten tion in North Carolina that it should. In recent years more attention has been paid to it than formerly, and many facts are being brought to light which are interesting in connection with colonial times. We think it is dear there was considerable intolerance in church matters among the colonists, and there was a fierce struggle against and vic tory over it. There was so much of it in various sections of the country that those who write about and record it ought not hastily to be charged with trying to pervert history for so doing. In the struggle which occurred the Bap tists shared their part in the battle and more, but they made a glorious history. Mr. Bancroft, ia his history of the United States, Vol. 2, p. 66, 67, says : " Freedom of conscience, unlimited freedom of mind, was from the first a trophy of the Baptists." We recur to the achievement of the Baptists now not to brag about it, but that the errors that were made may be seen, and it may appear to our readers to whom they are in debted for some of the blessings "they enjoy. FBOM OUB TRAVELLING AGENT. Leaving Raleigh at 6:30 a. m. on Monday, the 17th, I was in Franklin, Va., at 10 o'clock, a, iu. I like the fast train in some particulars very much. You certainly go somewhere verjr soon when you get on board of it. I found everything complete except breakfast, and that is not in it at all. If Mr. Cleveland will stick to that train long enough he will soon cease to be troubled with corpulency. I am glad it runs, so fast that the window sash of the cars cannot be hoisted while the train is in motion. The proneness of a woman to hoist a car window is to me inexplicable, but nine out of ten will do it regardless of weather, dost or cinders. It was on this same trip that a good sister who chanced to have the seat in front of me all at once decided we needed some ventilation, and without any notice to anybody, up went her window. I felt like piece of a western cyclone had come aboard. While my eyes were being filled with dirt and cinders, I had just a little pleasure in seeing her veil leaving her hat, and ribbons and bows getting into various positions, which were evidently not in ac cordance with the desire of the wearer. This, however, didn't last long, for after ad justing and re-adjusting her hat, and exam ining the stability of her hat pins, she de cided to lower the sash. First, she pulled the sash, then the spring that held' it 7 but never both at the same time. The kind as sistance of the conductor at this juncture relieved the situation, and we had a pleas ant ride till I left the train at FBANKLLV, VA. Here I spent an hour or so with the brethren over the line. A number of these were brought up in the Old North State, but who either by accident, providence, or design, have settled upon the "sacred soil." I found a good number of these taking the Recor der, and it was a real privilege to me to al low them to continue it for another year. I am sure if I were in Dr. Dickinson's place I should go to see these brethren often. Just as I was making my. way to the boat, I found that the usual pleasures' which al ways attend a ride to Edenton on the "Lota" were to be multiplied by the pres ence of Dick Vann, Mrs. Vann and Harvey. I had heard Dick was in bad health but I never saw him looking better. Certainly he doesn't eat like a sick man. s He seems to be enjoying his rest fully. He neither reads, sings, nor. preaches. This is a big subtraction to make from Dick, and if it had to continue,, the ' question would 7 be, what is there left i Just before we reached Winton I read him a . chapter in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." This made him mad, so I gave him the book, Sister Vann promising to read it to him for insomnia. Travel is very light on the boat jnst now.' An insur ance agent and myself had the entire upper declr(after we left Winton. Fortunately,1 however, he could sleep and so could I. it was not long before we were in Edenton And at our quarters for the bight It is al , ways 'a Veal pleasure to jneel the ' people of this bid town. They may not beas aggres sive on some lines as men of other places, but there is a sort of high-toned indepen dence among the people, a grateful and reverential remembrance of what has been, that is hard to keep from falling in love with. Fishing and trucking have been a success in this section, so I did not hear so much about scarcity of money. Bro. K. R. Pendleton was very kind in the help he gave me in my work. ro. White made a good impression on the brethren for the time he was with them, and they look for ward with pleasure to the first of August when he becomes their pastor. Now the want of just one more railroad pass is the only thing that disturbs me as I start to ELIZABETH CITY. ' It is bad enough at any time for a news paper man to have to pav money to ride, but especially when the returns of the week promise to be" short, as they are now. The investment, however,' was a good one. I found Dr. Black well and his people not au all cool, but In a good humor, all of them wining ana most of them able to pay their subscriptions. The new Sunday-school room is rapidly going up. , This will, all told, cost 12,500. It is well planned, and will, when completed, be the finishing ud of a complete and elegant church. I almost feel that they ought to. have Dr. Hatcher to come and re dedicate the entire church since this much needed addition has been made. I want to suggest that some of our churches which have been trying to build a Sundav- school room for two or three years, and are fearful that they may be that much longer in completing them, write to Bro. E F. Co hoon, Elizabeth City. He has a plan that worked like a charm with the church there, aud will be successful in any Baptist church in the State. The brethren are much pleased with Dr. Bhckwell. The church is constantly receiving members. Thb entire town seems to be looking forward with real delight to the meetma; of the Con vention there in Decemb9r. Whoever fails to be present will miss what now promises to be a most enjoyable meeting of our peo ple. J. C. C. We must have money to publish the Re corder, aud we must have it now. Sub- scriptions are out all over the State that will come iu at the Associations, but we cannot wait so long. We know times are hard, but that is no reason why we shouldn't have what is due us if you are able to pay it, in order that we may satisfy our creditors. As we said before, it is small to you, but it amounts to considerable with us. Please attend to this at once. Don't send stamps. PEES0NALS AND OTHER ITEMS. Rav. J. H. Laraberth ia encraced in evangelistic work ia Virginia. Rev. O. T. Watkins is conducting & meeting at Mill Creek, Person county. Rev. I. W. Thomas is entered in a protracted meeting at North Catawba. . .. Rev. T. J. Tavlor of Wart-fin Inn is conducting a meeting at Warren Plains. Rev. W. A. Smith was in our office last week. He is located at Cedar Rock. Bro. Wiley O. Ferebee of Belcross was in Raleigh last week and paid us a verv pleasant visit. Bro. J. E. Peterson of Ooldsboro Jaid us a pleasant visit while in the city ast week. ..Dr. fipn T)jna Rnnrdmon has Yman tendered the presidency of the Temple Col- lege, rnnaaeipnia. The next session of the Baptist Con gress will be held in Dr. Lansing Burrows' church, Augusta, Ga. ...We are very glad to be able to an nounce that Prof. Carlyle is fast recovering from his recent illness. Rev. A. D. Hunter of Carrsville, Va., passed through Raleigh on the 22d on his way to his former home in this county. The Harrisonian, by the young ladies of Southwest Virginia Institute, is out. It is in every way a credit to the institution. .. .Pastor W. R. Gwaltney of the Wake Forest church has been granted vacation during the month of August by his church. .Rev. F, II. Poston of Smithfield. and Rev. Wiley Page of Godwin, held a. series of meetings at Blackman's X Roads recently. ... Rev. M. P. Mathenv goes to Welford. S. C, to assist Rev. J. E. Covington in a series of meetings the second . Sunday in AUgUSl. ' t X-,. ':5 ... Rev. Dr. Flippo,' a former pastor at Roanoke, Va., has accepted an agency for the American Baptist Publication Society. Asheoille Baptist. : 'i - . . . .The church at Fair Bluff is havincr an interesting series of meetings, the pastor Bro. Smith, is being assisted by Bro. L. John son of Rockingham. ': . Rev. N. P. S tailings of Currituck county was In Raleigh last week in attend ance on the encampment of Odd Fellows. we were pleased to see mm. - ; .The catalogue of Bute's Creek Acad emy, of which Rev. J. A. Campbell is prin cipal, is on our table. We are glad to fearn 01 tne progress 01 tne Academy. - .t bUards are out announcing the mar riage of Miss Etta Murchison, daughter of Kev. ana lrs. D. U. Murchison, and' Mr. I. it. uaye s, at unit, in. U., on the 27th Inst. : . Mrs. I. MrTJ. PilM rector or the Church of. the Good Shepherd ' of this; .city,; died at Glen Cove,' Long Is land, , on the - 20tb inst.. We extend pur sympathy. .to, the fetricken family. . ti .; t ,.. .... We are sorry to learn of the sickness of Rev. W. B. Oliver, Wilmington, N. C. We hope however he is not seriously 'sick and may soon bejat his work again. ., . . . ."We greatly regret to hear of the as- ' slgnment of Rev. E. L. Pell of the Bible Reader. We hope that he will be enabled to resume publication at au early date. . . . .Rev. J. E. Green -has accepted the position of principal of the Yadkin Valley Institute, and hisaidresi hereafter will be . Booneville, N. C , instead of Mooresboro, &s formerly. ....We are glad to inform our readers that the excellent series of rTalks on Law" by Judge Robert W. Winston will be con-' tinned for some time. Every one of them' is valuable.., , . - . .;t!. - . . . . Rev. Thos.: Spurgeon, who has been preaching and delivering his father's noted lectures in America, has returned to Eng. land, and will take charge of his father's church, Aug. 1st. t . . We greatlv reerret to learn nf th in. den death of Rev. Geo. P. Moore, near Pitts- Doro, sunaay, Z3a inst. lie was a faithful servant of the Lord, and his death is a great loss to his churches. . . . .Dr. Chaa. Lee Smith of William Jew ell College, is spending a month of his va cation at Carolina Beach, t He writes that ,the last session of William Jewell was the most prosperous in its history. ....We were pleased to see Bro. Rufus Hunter, formerly of this county, recently of Oshkosh, Wis., back in North Carolina. He intend to return to Johns Hopkins Uuiver sity in the fall to complete his course. ... .It is Richmond Female Institute, and not college, that we spoke of so highly in our last issue. Dr. Nelson will take pleas ure in sending catalogues and other infor mation to parents having daughters to edu cate. ;: ....The announcement of Crozer Theo logical Seminary appears in another rnlomn This Seminary has made rapid strides to the front within the past few years, and is worthy of the consideration of ministerial students. . ....We call attention to the announce ment at the top of the first column on this page. If you want "What Baptists Be lieve," you must pay up before August 1st We need the money now, and cannot afford to give a premium in, the; fall months. Cards are out announcing the mar riage of Prof. William J. Ferrell of Wake Forest College and Miss Irene Cartwright of Cart wright's Wharf, Va July 27th, at Court oireei ijapwsi cnurcu, rortsmouin, v a. we extend congratulations and best wishes. .... Rev. Jasper Howell, Jr., is at present at Home, Tenn. He contemplates preach ing next year, and would be glad to get a church in North Carolina. Bro. Howell has just completed his third year at Wake Forest College, and is spoken of very highly by his professors. ....Rev. M. C. Walton writes that Rev. J. T. Jenkins will join him in conducting a tabernacle meeting at Pinhook, about four miles from Teacheys, beginning Aug. 5th. A tabernacle has been built to seat 1,500 feople, and other arrangements made look ng forward to the salvation ot many soul?. ' . . . .The annual meeting at the Thomas ville Orphanage takes place to-day, (26th). Tlev. R. L. Patton of Morganton preaches the sermon, and Brq. E. -E.nHiliiard of Scotland Neck deliversthe annual address, which is followed with exercises by the or phans. Trustees meet the 25th. A very pleasant time is expected. . ....Rev. G. H. Church of Brv'son Citv preached at the Baptist church Sunday morning and evening. Mr. Church's visit here was with a view to a call to the pas torate of the church. The congregation ' were well pleased with him, and will hold a meeting Sunday to decide the matter. JStatesville landmark. .. .Rev. and, Mrs, II. C Moore of More head X7ity are in the city on a visit to the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Peter son. Mr. Moore having, resigned the pas torate at Morehesd City, will shortly leave for Rochester; N. Y., where he will enter the theological seminary, and also will have charge of a Baptist church. GtoWi&oro Headlight. " , ...The church at Goldsboro has called Rev. C. A. Jenkens to be their pastor. Bro; Edwards, the present pastor, goes to Fayette ville August the first. The church at Golds boro has been most fortunate in securing the best of pastors. We congratulate the breth- , srenin the selection of Bro. Jenkens and hope , he may find it in the ine of duty to accept this work. "r . . . . Pastor A. M. Simms resigned the care of our church here Sunday. His acceptance of the Tabernacle church, Raleigh, N. C, was like a thunderbolt in a "clear sky to us. It is with great reluctance we give him up. There has been, and is now, the best of feel ing between the church and Bro. Simms. Bro. S. will remain here until August 1st. May God direct the right man to McKinney. 'Cor. Texai Baptist and Herald, July 20. . ' ...Rev.':A. Cree met with the colored ministers and brethren at Keif ord, Bertie county, on Friday, 14th inst.; to form a new colored church, v. Pastor Wilson s preached, Pastor Pearca read the constitution and terms of fellowship which he had drawn up. Bro. Cree addressed the assembled brethren and united with the other ministers in set ting apart three members of good standing from Sandy Branch church as deacons. The " church starts with twenty members from Salidy Branch church. -t 1 L
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