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1 ! t i EDITED BY T.I MEREDITH, Tub ; Biblical Recobder v is published every Wednesday, at $2. 50 per annum, if paid within six months,1 or,-3 if paid subsequently to that AnV person who will become responsible for six copies, or who will forward thes hames of six sub scribers, shall Be entitled to z acxenth copy grali. No subscription will te received for lessihaa :-one year, uhless paid in adyanee ; and no discon i (inuance will be allowed until arrearages .are paid. Persons wishing to discontinue will be expected to give notice to that effect prior to the commence ment of a new year ; otherwise they will be con sidered as -responsible for the ensuing twelve months." . ' v -s-:'- All cefnmanications except those of agents who act gratuitously, to secure attention, must be post paid. ;; . - -r- "" .-" :A -l WESTERN BAPTIST EDUCATION SOCIETY. x We stated, oiir notice of the proceedings of the Convention -of Western Baptists, held in Cincinnati In No vemberlastthaJLj during . tKe frssion trf rbody, an Jtlducation Society was formed for the Western States. The following cempnses inc rrcamoie, me vonsuiuiion, ana ' tile list of officers. . ' ' S I PREAMBLE The character arid prosperity of a religious i rommunitv depend crreatly on the qualifications and faithfulness of its ministry : and while deep and ardent piety, inducing self-consecration to God and the good of souls, lies' at the' foundation J of' ministerial qualification and usefulness, s the . il condition of the Baptist churches in the Western )l Vallev urtrentlv demands an imnrovement - in 1 quality.as well as an increase iri the number of il its rhinistryn It is matter of devout i gratitude to , ! God, that several institutions have recently been founded, and others are contemplated, in the . western states, forthe purpose of general "educa-j tion, but with more' or less reference to ministe-! jj rial education) arid which are attended with va j Trious but promissing). degrees of success:? It isj li however,, by the subscribers deemed highly im-j I portantthat a foundation should thus early be laid; j for a theological institution of high character, a- dapte(J to.lhe; wants of the denomination, and, in its provisions, fitted to keep pace with its prog- ress. '; f-f vV;-' i - f, t In addition, ho weveij, to all these institutions, and in order to their prosperity, so far as the 'im-.- Iprovement of the ministry is concerned, an asso ciation for the promotion of ministerial education lis deemed highlv important, which shall be dis tinct and separate from them all inks action; and rpe suDscriDers. vsno propose to organize sucn an ! association, consider it proper, in order to prevent -j state, that they acknowledge it thej prerogative of V the grca tllead of the church to call men into the I kcred office of the ministry, while it is the duty tit the churches to receive them as tk- jpA of 3kra, to take measures for the development and due cul- iratiorij of their talents, in order to their increased isgfulness, by affording them such kind arid Jneasurc, of knowledge, andpspecially the knowl edge of the Bible and best means of explaining its doctrines and enforcing its duties, as shall en- V tible them to exert a salutary influence in their inrr m irenerai -i , intpllifrpnfoi I hp snh5fTihp! I are aware that many of the sons of Zion, whose iiearts burn with love to Christ and the souls of J men feel tffe need ofducation, but they are des iutp. nf fhp. nepiiniarv means necejisnrtf tn its nfj tainment; and ihe.y believe that aid under these! circumstances, juaiciousiy Desiowea, win . em cirntlv Dromote the cause of Christ. 1 impressed wjtp tne foregoing sentiments, tne: undersigned agree to form themselves into a soci- tiy ior me promonon 01 ministerial education, ana to tc iroverned bv the tollovvirin- i t C0NST1TUTI0 t AkTJ 1. This Society shall be called the! . 'AVestem Baptist Education Society." Art 2 Thp ftfiprf nfffii ' RnriPttr sfinll Va tVifl I it nfthnWk whn MVviff.nirttntKr.Kiirr.ri-1. os of which thev are members. thatGod designs them for the ministry. - L j, ! . M 'itT. 3. The Society shall consist ! of those persons who contribute annually to its funds, and ", of delegates frbni education societies auxiliary to I who owl it-i v. aim irom associaiions anu cnuTcwes j shall makei annual : collections for its ob-1 1l . . 1. ." tt r ' t' 1 ject. Urt. 4. The jofficers of this Society shall be a l resident.. Vice Presidents. Secretary: and Treas4 ... , . , Tl .-wrer ; ivho shall; all perform the. duties usually 1 . . ' . ' J 1 rertammg to those offices in similar societies ; - members from each western state, and one mem- : placed the wounded part f his scalp, and bound have been made in the great enterprize of train be r from each state, apart of which lies west ot uphis head, returned to the pulpit, and completed ing the minds of our young Ministers to the.ca- "rSuainea, :ana irom eacn organized tern-1 torT' H j ' " r . iMuuuiiru oi vircciors, seven oi.wnom snaa be a quorum, shall, soon after their ejection, choose tin Executive Committee, consisting of .twelye members.' Hvr.. nf wh.nm xh.n.ll hp-.ii. mi.n- iv li , j . Executive Committee shall rbnnsp f i ae "&lrman and Secretary, fill vnrjincips in itssnvJrfl rmrt.. 1- - I 1 . j . . !' "v. iimK.13 us uwii uvians.nnn moor on ire nwn journments, or at the call of the Chairman. - - a , ' ' w . ..... w.w v lyi viuB committee snan nave tne enure manage - .'win ot the pecaniary concerns ot the Society, hoth in the collection and disbursement of funds: ' "fnH no m.oney shall be paid out of the treasury, out by alvote of thp Executive Committee and I 01j an ordor drawn by its Chairman, countersign - Wby its Secretary. It shall judge of the quali- "-uoTis pt annlicants for natronaae. and deteTl -"line the nlaroEJ tima ol monWor nf rVlA stllHlVt 1 beneficiaries, and shall Tiiake a renort" of their U S IU I Vv.. ' i . . P "'.' "avc power also to take measures ior es- -t "IS 'UO 1 .UCUlUl'lCai ' 1I1SLILYIIIUII LAillLClli fateby a resolution of the Convention of Wes ptists in Cincinnati, Nov. 10th, 1834 ; and "Uase . uaui STgin l lnrmnati Naw intit I8-JI. onf! hW ' "r success oi sucn measures, it shall i lul general princiblcs of theinstituXion, and also first Trustees, and Instructor or Iml rmt its ; iNwbehn, structors, and fix the tenure of their 'offices: PtL eluding Directors and Executive Committee 'and each Trustee; and, instructor: of ;the Institution, shall be a member of some JQaptist ; church, j Art. 5. There shall be an annual meeting held at Cincmnatnor in whatever place the Con vention of Western; Baptists shall hold its anni versary, on the Thursday ; following! the com mencement' of said .anniversary , at which time officers shall be chosen. Specral meetings may be called at the, discretion of the Executiyc Com- Art.. 6. Any alteration may be made in this Constitution, by a ydte. of two-tnird of the mem bers present at any nnual meeting I excepthat the second article, and the provision annehded tn the fourth article fixing the qualifications of offi cers, shall bo Jaeld forever mviolablc,1 LIST OF OFFICERS., 1 t W. Lynd, President: .-' Sfwfi' SewjcKj Ohio, Vice President: S. Harding la., W, :AV 'v'f H. iliooMis, 111., ' J. ViRDEMAN, Md.; t W ,1 Willeford, Tenn N.Johnson. Treasurer, il' : v J. Stevps, Secretary, i : ; DIRECTORS. . !. J S. Willson, Kj. U. B. Chambers, do. i. Bailey, O. j J. L. Moore, do. P. S; Gavle, Tenn. R. B. C. Howell, da A. S. Bailey, Mi. W. Harmer, do. Deac. Harwood, Va. IS. Williams, Pa. ; J. L. Holman, la. E: Fisher, do. J. M. Peck, IU. B. F. Edwards, do. T. P. Green, Mo. rR. S. Thomas, do. J. Wright, Ala. . , D. Orr, Ark T. J. Etdred,M:T. . I ' . l ! EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, S. WvXynd, N; S. Johnson, J. Stevens, Ji L. Holman. J.B.Cook, ;E. Robins, X S. Willson, r R. T. Diljard, 4 T. P.Green. I James Lyon, l S. Galye, v v PROVIDENCE. . 1 I " The following tacts are extracted from the jMarch number of the American Baptist Magazine. They jvvcre introduced by a venerable lather, in a private Conversation, to illustrate the doctrine of a special Providence. They will be found inter esting in, a historical as well as a. theological point of view. : . 'v ; ; - ' v "The Baptist! denomination in Connecticut, until the revision of the State Constitution, in the year 1818, (l think,) was exposed not only to the severity of unjust and unequal laws, but also, (thanks to the influence of these laws on public conduct and. opinion ?X to individual 'insult and popular persecution. I'do not love to lookback upon those days of illiberality and gross injustice, for it is apt to kindle, the spirit of anger and unkindness.. . , ; ' !; ; Undet .the operation of these causes, our bolder Spirits were rendered yet more darin T ' a but the imajority ol thetieariul were -made ctill more ieanui and - camious. tsoth- nrivate and . .. . . 1 . 3 ' iiu. uiciuiufu, uy me ueisecuuuif irreligious. "On one occasion, a congregation of Baptists had gathered together in . their usual place of assembly, on the Lord s day, and; after having united in praise and prayer, were listening to the preaching of the Gospel, from the lips of a very aged and venerable man of God, Elder - (i omit names.) " vvniietne suver-nairea mm- ter was proclaiming the 'glad tidings' from the ulpit, an insolent land profane fellow entered the house, walked boldly up the aisle, ascended and entered tne puipit j seized tne clergyman by the collar of his coat, kruck him so violently with his clencned list upon tne torehead, as to par tially detach a large portion of skin, which fell !rm nroT nno ir lito ji Wnndir i,i'iir rVilol tb hnnA sfrpamp.d rlWwri bis fepo - thon Vw. fore the audience were roused from their aston- ishment, dragged him over the pulpit stairs, and down the aisle, to the door of the church ! Here, the pastor, who had thus far passively submitted to the wronsr, planted himself for a moment on me mresnoiu. auu. munir nis nanus anu eves :i ; , t IL 1 1 -1 1 1 ' . It mi slowly to heaven, exclaimed in mild but thrilling j tones 'it tnou aiest a natural oeatn, ine Lord hath not snoken bv mel? r .1 : - " The sound of that loved voice restored the people to their senses: and, with one accord they . - . , - . ran to the rescue of j their pastor. iThej ruffian nis discourse and tnen tne people separated. ? : " Before the sun had rose 6n the succeeding oaoDatn,, aeaui nan ovenaKcn nim wno tnusvio- lated the sanctuary of God. He fell from a fishing boat into the river T- . and was drowned Th snlpmn eTclnirtfltirtn nf the (TflT(rvtnnn wn then and long after remembered as prophetic, linnd tho. ncrnrrmrn vhirh snnn fnllnw1 it lilrl tno . dfith nf Annnin? nnd Sannbim Krnno-bt I ." r 1 " 1 ,i , ' . .t . . - nrronrioiiT nnrm mi mhn hixirn ,r ca Mint ihn nor I fj V Ull I1UU JiMU u 4 v uuu tUU 1 secuted church was not again, for a Ion rr time, 1 molested. ' The second anecdote which I shall relate, touches, also", upon the troubles endured, in for- mer years, oy tne tsaptists ot Connecticut, mi consequence of that invidious and imiust 1 ene given by the laws to the Presbyterians preier - " . " A baptism ism was about to take place in the little town of A .and much eTeitement was I tfid tlV thft then of such rare occurrence, that few mdividu - I.i J V . Jl I .L I...' l , -II. tnanK vjrou,'cw? uupiismai scene is less semominoi siana pn me .looting oi common jwv. , u - l "The : place fixed on for administering the I UCUUU . ......... ordinance was in the open air, and unobstructed! eye ot neavenrrm a oea.uuiu meaaQw,.nearinei tfiV number is too .winding.about like a ! serpent, rivulet, the width of which, in a small .crystal no 5poi,,xceeaea ; t;e mperancenD'JUdqembn t jCc. Wednesday; a!pril i fifteen ifeei Iri a deen nook scooned out of tk white fcandin orieof the curvatures of ihe brook, was the bantistrv wherein the candidates wer to be buried into the similitude of death " The timevarrived,--a " bright afternoon in Jure. The heavens seemed to smile, and the Ank li i 1 J J 'II J. . T .t. 7 1-.1.J . oitiiicu, luiu an natural ujw;o vea iair and pleasant Hundreds of people had collected upon the banks of the stream, and on the highesr spots in the neighborhood, and were anxiously j amn jar ine arrival 01 tne pastor una nis nock.. At last they appeared, slowly advancing across the meadow, to the"baptismal'font, the candidates robed m Uhose ! long, daTk dressed, loaded with, leaden weights, tyhich are now irl use on such occasions. .The man of God. with head uncover ed, standing -on the verge of the brook,- with uplifted anns; invoked the presence and favor of Jehovah.. The prayer was finished; apd, taking one ,oi Aim canaidates by the hand, ne was just stepping" down into the water, Jivhea three dash ing young fellows, on hojse back cantered into the meadow, on the opposite side, and never drew rem, till their j horses heads reached over the very stream, and almost came in contact with the minister. . All present were shocked' by their indecent l.audacity. A , !The Rev. Mr. i . paused in his descent, and regarding them with a steady eye, addressed them : Young men,1 said he, 4 we had a right to expect that j in this free and CArts. taTij land, and onjthe day of the jLord, we should, be permitted, undisturbed, to perform our religious J worship. Why come ye here in this unbecoming and profane manner, violating the holy Sabbath, insulting the people of God, dis turbing his worship, outraging our rights, and breaking through the bonds of both religion and decency For shdme," young men ! Rein back your horses, and let this sacred ordinance proi ceed uninterrupted. Remember that there is a God in heaven, who beholds you and us -who hates and punishes sin, and lo whom you, how soon, J know not,1 may, and must be called upon to give an account for all the deeds done in the body!" r ... "They drew back, abashed and covered with confusion for not an eye near them beamed kind ly on them, and they felt that the all-seeing eye' was looking down severely from heaven. , l he ordinance was performedand the can didates , became the professed children of God, and the multitude slowly retired to their homes. "On the following" Sabbath, the father of one of. these three young men sent his son to the field for his horse. He wai a physician; and must visit his patients before the hour of public worship. The youth went out ; but, in a short time returned, without the horse, but like the Shunarrite's son, exclaiming in dreadful agony, 4 My head! my head!' J He was attacked with a fever in the brain, and the doctor'-, first prescrip tion that day was for his own child. In a short time, a messenger came in haste top him from the parents of another of those three young men, who bad been attacked in a similar manner, and nt nearly the same hour ; and, before the morning was over, strange as it may seem, and strange it was, to an awiul degree, the third of those offend ing! youths was stretched upon his bed ivith bram fever. They all died that same' week : and, in their sickness and death, was seen the overruling Flv.iU.CIr,v .vvv. man, woman, and Mv father Telated several other similar facts. but they did not make so i stroricr an ininression on my memory. The remarks made on i the subject of Provi dence, ahdr providential agency,: brought to my recollection a sermon preached by Dr. Chalmers, while the cholera was prevalent in Scotland, and upon a day xi lasting and prayer, set apart in reference to that deadly plague. . The grand doctrine of which sermon was this, that-the course of I human events is dependent upon a gTeat cnam 01 causes, tne one end 01 wmcn is here! in our midst the other in the hands of God, the mover and Governor: and that, altho' any particular event might easily be referred, as an efTect, to some apparent. natural cause ; yet an the cause itself, traced back as far as human knowledge extends, must be referred, at last, to the providential agency of Deity. t 1 , ruw Providence ought to make us wise imto salvation. THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION -IN THE SOUTUERN STATES. ' Mr. Editor,4 a 1 A subject so important as that above mention ed, must needs be welcome at all times to your pages, and at the present juncture it is deemed 1 r o ' . r L not unsuitable. . You are aWare that bv various bodies in this State, and the adjoining States of pacity of more elevated and extended uselulness. The result has been to increase our sense of its importance; but it .is questionable whetner tno principles on which it should be conducted. are vet settled or understood. It is nerhaDS ihci- Aant tn 'tvtTi.r jrrout nnAaitit'h-lnrr tWxt its rnm- rriencement should exhibit the mistakes of inex- I cfronrrtfiin1 irA nffTio I '. --, : 7- ..... ' i i .in. n i tiimia LJ...(nn oironr rrnnn in. 1 UUU1 V ? X. IV rlUCIlV LilU.k W J stitution should grow up amid sohcitudesr, and disabpoihtments, and attain its usefulness by the nurture of nravers and tears and anxious labors. Folly is bound up in the -heart' of God's chil- dren, and painliu experience must onng ii qui, 1 10 mane room tor wisaom.: nappy wn w, iu tne, present instance, if wisdom does not come too late. . .---i ..X'- - vlSX. With relation to the present subject, the great miDOftAn ha fre rlAxeH vt io ' H flvv SI10.II Irtf 1 means of suitable instruction be provided A . . 3l : A VTo . LliClli. II1UOC ICLCIVC LI1K IllOVl fcwv. price, and thus they are ssustaihed. -But it pleases God to orderthal the'great mass of those who are entering tne ivunistry, snouia wiwu I pay ordinary tuition rates, tbc . numoer 100 sman, or too fluctuating anu icauuvi to c qm e.w '-'' i . . " i , ...-., 1 1 1 i83:: - tjon too.va allow such a pro-1 .1 t.w fw r.-. .i:- ' 10 mett trr. demands of thft raw. ftherefow. ditterent . MPiients have been resorted . to. . In , ... . , ' 1T v;..v.s ucCn auempteq to. raise a sum-1 lion Cient sum brOmual subscriptions t to supply, the nlace lections, tion . 1, .mv. .-i- nwuuciouic vuirv,- M wonia DO miUSllCe tO T . it ..".I tempted to avail themselves of the trenersj lofe of I uur"B yraw logemer a numoer ot youta I paying the price of their instruction,; would sut ; 4 1 " .. I Ji wutsuuo v4 Ul, wuu. I port teachers capable of superintending theologi- cat students with a portion of their time This! ana Deen tioned. and abandoned of the experiments now under nroimpss in mir I sister States, perhaps it 'would be assuminir in any but one of themselveR. tc nrnnmmrA n tim-xA ueu opinion. . tteiauve to tne general plan, how- 'y ever, we niav ue nermntea to maice mir nhRM-vn. tions freely. It is subject to'the inconvenience of oMuviaimg iii-iuiiiirtitxi young men. witn well-1 taught boys in the same institution and pursuits, I and exposing the fofmer to the mortification and lnjury of degrading comparisons. But what is worse, it, leaves to tnose, who ought to be chiefly regarded, but a frasrment of the time and attcn. tion of their instructors. It is riirht that thev . who pay the price should, receive an eaivalent benefit. The ordinary students cannot bn ner. lected or postponed ; else, either iniustice is done - "--, to them, or their patronage, which supports the school, is withdrawn. The Theolocrical stu dents, therefore, can receive only that measure r . 1 , , .T , . . of attention which may be entirely consistent . . 1 . 1 i , " . I vain, tne OTumary operations and success Ot tne J classical department. 1 he obvious and inevita ble enect is to make that department superior, the other subordinate : and in proportion to the suc cess and reputation of the school m general, will be the depression of the interests of the Theolo gical department. The tendency will constant Jy be towarjl the absorption of the one by the oth er; and it cannot be reciprocal, for iftheTheo logical i department encroach on the other, it swallows up itself, and both will fail'togcther. r If it be answered that a igTcat part of the in struction needed by candidates for the ministry among us, is of such a kind as falls in with the usual exercises of a common school, and may be given to them as well as to otners in tne same classes : I would reply, that it was never the distinctive design of Theological schools to give such instruction, i If so, there would be no rea son for their establishment! we might well leave the whole matter to be provided for by the ordi- nary iaciiuies oi eaucation m tne counuy. lsut the very la ct that they do need such instruction, most enectually demonstrates the inexpediency oi merging tnem in a mixed mstitutionk It is not intended as a reproach to our young brethren, to say that many of them, when they first come to study, are not able to spell half the words they are required to user some of themJ cannot legibly write their. names , while .others have had a collegiate education, and need to be inducted into all the depths and intricacies of sa cred learning. Let us suppose thirty young men piaceo togetner, unaer an tne varieties oi attain ment indicated by these extremes. Is it too much to demand that the whole time of Ihstructers be given to them ? They have no time to spend m waiting for instruction at the occasional and ill adapted lessons of ordinary schools. They are wanted in their Master's service with the least possible delay of preparation! " Each individual j oi tnem pnust, in some respects, consiuuie a sepa rate class; must have his education conducted in reference to his own age, capacity; state of ad vancement or deficiency, ami other circumstan ces peculiar to himself; bid all made to bear di rectly on the sacred work for which he is des tined. How is it possible that this can be done in an institution, where this class of students is necessarily subordinate, and reduced by uncon trolable circumstances to a fragment of I their teachers time ? And I would enquire, with all de ierence ana Kindness, ot our DretnrenTvnoknow the state of things in the Wake Forest and Mer cer Institutes, whether they do not find, in - spitn f" I 1 1 A .1 ' ol themselves, that the l neoiogicai is mergea re the classical department. Is it :not true to a great. extent, that the money given by Baptists and their friends to provide liberal facilities for the benefit of young ministers must needs be diverted in the mixed institution, from its principal design; and employed rather for the benefit of the sons of gentlemen, who are much better able to torra schools for themselves, than the Baptists are for them? This circumstance is not to be imputed tOrindividuals .as blameworthy. It results, not irom wrong motives, or irom negligence or un .. i i faithfulness ; but from the necessary operation of such a plan. And I conless 1 am unaoie to see how it can admit of a corrective. My opinion is that the plan itself is radically defective, and will nave to De aoanaoneain otner owues, as n nos in this. Those respectable and useful institutions will naturally resolve themselves into seminaries for the education' of our sons promiscuously while the wants of the denomination in reference to young ministers will remain' to be - provided for m some other way. snouia tnis resuu en sue, the labor bestowed in rearing them will not Ka Inst Snch institutions are much needed m all the States, and must sooner or later be formed Our brethren have gone ahead oi us, ana we must brinif un the rear. There will be no wan of means for Xheir establishment, whatever other interests may flourish or fail, those of liberal edu cation will continue to advance.: Each genera tion will be more learned than that which pre ceded it : and in contributing to found schools for common education under religious auspices, we not only provide a rich inheritance 1 for ' our children, but place ourselves among the oeneiac tors of mankind . and tne.ailhcUltV "nrprtnintv and m. JihiMi.k.M.e..i c.."l .X 0! making them . . ' ..v..-, , v. . M4wj u , . nC nnin nrrn fiiClira IL IU IU13 lUt'UJUU. compeicpi instructors to invite tbm to rely on so Iot some time to come than'to endow one profes precarious a support, after Jhe experience alrea- sorship, and put a competent salary beyond th(J dyhad; M ; . , :.'r- reach of ordinary contingency. v This, it is true. In xthcrcases. Theological Schoola have at. would be doinc? somethinfr h.' RrYnn xvmiA a A. - 1 . - . anemDiea jn eacn 01 tne states nauon. snouia nut tnem all top-ether irra-TerTnj- In this State, : it was found inexDedienL 1 nent fund, pledged exclusively rto the suDDOrt ol some vears aro. Astothimp a Theological Professor. : And this. IinrerfW ' - VOL. 1, NO.-13. But still, what we want beyorid all '&is, is an insiirauon suitably furmshed and endowed for the yrJf,v t..V rvi- urx)a the minlstrV of the wri Sach anlnstitu -...m venrtt ui vuvjo uw cuc.cum.auiu must hot be confined In ti einrHe State. What might U don bv the denomination in anv Ct : ..1 w mi 1. , J ' nt comucn; lev are. as a. uwiy. uumprnnsanfl wps nv Mtir ttrm nk reason tO sunnose that anv SttR will d mmm " J T- -w. domcr somethinfr tnen be established, and thoturh its means of in- wucuouwouiaoe nmitea.tney would be certain Furman Theolocical Institution if the various 1 t""" a uw wu IT UUUC OUUil 4UI lilC 1 bodies in S. C. holding funds 'for education pur- poseiyrrrivMirrtha tnw ir Ursti of the k mjtni--- hope, i will be done. '. A vcrv few hundred dof- liars iri addition to theVunds now actuallvin hand. will lav5, down a substantial investment of tven- tnousp.na aouars, which at & per cent, would , vieiu a inousana aoiiars ner annum, mis ma do much toward the great object .What is want- vvju;it. iuwhuuu axuiiua. aou -vjeor- g11 should each do the same thimj, adopt a com- monsite, and a name for the Institution; sutta- hie to them all should establish a board of trus'- ees, consisting 01 an equal number lrcm eacn State, to administer "the affairs of the Institutioil - - which, being thus furnished with three well endowed Professors, would be renutable. and adequate to all the demands ol the Denomination in the Southern States: If all the available funds now'collected in each State should be exhausted in accomplishing this result, it would be a ser vice to tne cause ol education, it would be tt tallying point? and a stimulus, now! so much . J rrL ' t - . . m oxiicu. 1 ncre oemg no more money wanxea for salaries, all the emergencies of our churches and friends could be turned to the single. object of assisting benencancs. Connected with these in dividually, there would always be personal con siderations and motives to benenevolence, euffii cient to relieve the general fund, either in whole or in part and their expenses might be further reduced by a prudent system of economical ar rangement, and by" the aid of regular manual, labor, as a necessary part of the plan of tdvea tion: ..In short, we have here sketchedthe out line of a plan for a great Southern Baptist Insti tution, which would grow and expand itself un-" der the 'divine blessing, into an importance and usefulness of which we cannot nowt'oriccive. -Our more segacious brethren of die Northern and Middle States, are giving up their separate action, and uniting in the common cause. Ths Northern jBaptist Education, Society embrafces"' several States. Recently there has been a con vention of the Baptists ol srreral tf the middle States, and a union has been formed for the sup- . -l ' T i . 1 1 . , . porc oi a commun insiuiuion, io DC located tn lh8 neighborhood of Philadelphia. . All parties among the friends of education there, after years of fruit less or meagre experiment, are led to coalesce for the common good; and the result is ttostsalutai ry. Shall we not profit-by their experience? What is to hinder the Baptists of the Carolinas and Georgia from being one in this important enterprize 1 What,' but their own unwise policy? There is a point near the Tennessee border where the three States so nearly converge, that a common site might be selected,' equally conve nientto them alland there can be no contest of location. .That State will conceive itself most honored that1 yields the point for the . general good."., - . . : . : - tn owe word. Ml Editor. I hespern Trtv breth ren of thesej States to take the subject under seri ous and prayerful consideration. I respectfully Tequest the insertion" of these hasty remarks in the Christian Index and the Baptist Recorder. invite the free expression of views, through our respective papers : from all my brethren and more than all, would respectfully pr&pott that measures be taken to have a convention of the friends of this cause from the Carol inas and Georgia, -and such other, oj tne ssoutfum ana. Western States as may be disposed to unite viA them, to assemble at some central point fp dtlihe-, rale and form some united plan jor the aecom' plishmentofthu great object. ; I remain, dear mother, yours most truiy, 1 B. MAFLY. Charlestons. C. March iU 1835. Southern Baptist. THE CHRISTIAN WARFARE.. Never let us reckon that our work in contend ing against sin, in crucifying, . mortifying, and subduing it, is at an end.s The place of its habi tation is unsearchable ; and when we may think that we have thoroughly won the field, there is still some reserve remaining that we saw nct that we knew not o . Many conquerers have been ruined by their carelessness after a victory and many have been spiritually . wounded after great success against this f nemy. David was so; his gTeat surprisal into sin was after a long 1 profession, manifold experiences of God, and watchful keeping himself from his iniquity, and hence, in fact, hath it come to pass, that .the pro fession of many hath declined in their old age or ' riper tune. They have given over the work of -mortifying of sin before their wpTk was at an end. i There t is no way for us to pursue n m , its unsearchable habitation, but by being endless in our pursuit. It may be under some great affliction, it may be in some emmOTt errjoyment of God, in the sense of the sweetness of blessed communion with Christ, have Q been ready to . say." That there was an end of sm, that it was dead and gone forever. Buthave we not foundihe . contrary by experience I . Has it not manifested that it was only retired into some unsearchable recess of the heart, as to its inbeing and nature, though if may be greatly weakened in its power Let us then reckon on it, that there is no way to have pur work done. but by always doing of it; and h dies fighting in this warfare, dies assuredly a conierer. r. John Oicen k. -. i - -I . . - V-V- -: '' ... 9 . f r t r r i. :. t v r. X m 1 i t i ! 1 V h s T' t r t t t i : s :.;: .'.- .,.;. i i j----; ...-,'- ; - -;f : : .i. i "i : -i. " '' - "'.' : - I i I; - . ;K . " ' ,v : :J x . i .'A'-V::.-' 'i ' uiJ; V ',: ' . Ji ; ' ' '
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 1, 1835, edition 1
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