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MISSIONARY. INTELLIGENCE FROM LIBERIA. ! ,cuer irom ir. Eiekiel SUuner,!to Rev. Dr. . - Monrovia, August 22, 1834. i i I arrived at this place on the first day of this month, anjd; you are aware of the appalling inlcl-' 'ligence we met, when we arrived, m the death of ! Yhe missionaries, who were on the ground before ! us. Since our arrival toother Warrent is dead i he died on the 13tH and was buried on the 1 4th of the month. In him, I have lost a friend, his family ai affectionate husband and father! the poor a benefactor, the First Baptist Church'abe 'loved pastor, and Monrovia ono of her j most ac tive and valuable citizens. He died; after an illness of fourteen hours, of cholera morbus or tholcra. jf I preached on the occasion, from He : brews 9tli,and two last verses. " There are two Baptist churches in this rolnnv both in this village, though members of the first church are spread over the colon-; the second is composed of twelve members, under the pas toral charge of brother Teague. There are nine ' ty-one members, of the first church at New ' Georgia or Carey Town, distant four miles from ui piace, ait recaptured Atncans, and exhibit ing a glorious evidence of what Divine Grace -cau do, in subduing )the heart and -removing -idolatrous sunerstitions from the mind At r Caldwell, disl ant ft miles, there are 21 jruembers of the same church ; at Millsburg therej are 1 1 members ; at Big Town near Cape Mount a-. Tiiongst die V cys two, one an exhorjLer, lioth na ..tives where brother Revey has taught 4 school, for a considerable time, and numbers hae learn' i ed to read. The Vey language is extensively understood. The Rassau language stijll more so. It is. believed, that more than an hundred thousand' understand this language. Kfrjg Boat swain wighesja school in his territories!" distant - from this 150 miles. I shall visit him,! if my life and health are spared, when I have selected a place for a medicaland liigh school. lit is cal culated that the - people who! understand this language, are about thirty thousand. I have forwarded to you a copy of the Liberia Herald, where you will see what ought to be done, witjiout delay this field is an important one in every point of view, j There '(are! three ordained ministers here, of .our denomination, - and three licentiates. The .morals of Monro via! are not so bad as I anticipated. I have: not heard a profane word, since I havejbeen here;, nor seen -a drunken man, nor had a drop of spirit offered me, norseen it used by others. There isa gen--oral: and. strict attention to the Sabbath, and as good society here, as in New England ; the ex travagance of this place, has evidenily decreased, --at which I sincerely rejoice." I bless God I am here and" that at present 1 1 enjoy good health. do not believe that tW atmosphere of this place "is less salubrious than India. You may inquire :- then why has it been more fatal 1 I answer, ..there they bleed and .treat the disease (which is precisely the same as we have here) with! calomel and- the antiphlogistic course. Here they give opium and bark, and thus help on the fatal effect of the contagion. I bleed without tear, and with uncommon success. May, G'ptl send a host 'of laborers into jhis field and our derfCmination not be behindhand. There are, of the Baptist de nomination in this colony 2 43. v I think that the advancement of the- cause of .'truth requires that " as there1 are mult; suoutu oe as many isapust cnurcnos here 1 ' I ' 11. T . mi . ' v , i , I villages. That a union shnii d be effected between the two churches in this village, and they become one. That an asso- ciation ol these churches should be formed ; ; such as God has called to th and that of the ministry should be set apart, without 'any unnecessary delay. That the meeting-house -of the first church in this village shouldbe fiin ilshed. To bring about , these objects, I shall ' spare, no pains on my part. I:have agreed to pay ten dollars, towards the completing the' house here.' The walls are laidof stone up to the roof. It is designed to continue the gable, ends with stone. The building' is 34 by 44 fee,t. It is calcula.ed that' it. will cost 8i20a t6 complete ;the house. I believe that duty to God and his cause, requires that our; brethren- in" America, should help us in this work and do something towards building this house. Dear brother, I am fiurpiihded by intelligent beings, iound to the barof God with me; who are literally wor shipping the devil, a Bad Spirit ,i as they believe . the Good Spirit to be so: good, that they need not regard him. All their acts of homage are design ed Jo make the Bad Spirit good-natured. To him they offer pipes, tobbacco and rum, when any adverse fortune attends them, or they get into any difficulty. It is but a few miles to where they wbrship sharks, and yearly offer up a child to them of 9 or 10 years old, who is devoured by them. My ' God, . shall Christians be idle in -such a cause? ' Shall . , , J a.wu WW . . Ulik May God help us to do what our-hands do, with our mrnht J fo thirri, r ilxid to wanted to be -at the Bii?ht of Rpm'n t,rh;.n -the gospel, and ;to stop if possible, the sacrifice of .anomer numan being to the voracious shark. ' ; Yours, in the fello wshin and tmth nf tl,o rir.. EZEKIEL SKINNEfl. Since writing the above, I have visited Mills burg and find it a healthy location for a Medical and High School. The brethren at Millsburg have obtained a letter to be4 organized into a , .Church, which will be done the week nfW next. AMERICAN.BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOR ' f" " '- EJGN MISSIONS. " ' Hxtract. from a letter of Mr, Tracy, dated at Can , ton, April, 15th, 1,834. , , I 'J,nPrtance of exerting an immediate -Christian A j Influence on China. u nont?ogrtrhe'thin- Temals to'be nlJfi$i aPProaching. Our broker : attentfe of commercial n n nnnf t? 'tlStS' t0 lhe aStS of China, cnternrize. - The .immense population of the ? moritimo nrnvinooe nffn.J.i Y 1 " me promise of a vast I and profitable trade. These portions of.the Chi- i L i msc u'u unu urn iuii.-jiu5u immense quuniiues of foreign goods, cloths especially;;' and the pro ducts of their own industry, becoming cheaper, by being purchased at me doors oi tho manulac- tnrors nr i ir rower a will ho eYinvtiii in rrrpntAT quantities than ever before to Europe and to - w . - v. - - v . ... -v .- vt.iiiciiLU. t ins l; i tai unu luum-siui- nciu iui enterprite mercantile men will not necrlect, and Christinns should tint T ronsinVrrit cor.nin thnt trade will be carried on extensively soon. 'v Ves sels will visit every part ol the coast, and wherev- er they go will do something towards breaking past. On my return, I received the welcome in down the wall of senarntinn hetrirn Chinn nnd telliffcnce of vour safe arrival, with m, r:i down the wall of separation between China and L. 1 ' . .i ti : ... i 1 Hie rest oi tne worm. 1 hp. (mv-nrnmi-nt must tlol4 in tm'rfrna nnA narmi ln.v. " i.r.1. I ifwr;k i?..Awi- ...m ..Ji. .i ii'iii i ij Liiu iiiiwxr.. ii i in iii.i iiiil 1 1 r ill ill i i .nil h. inltheeople, theirgnated intellects will gnj to act, and society assume new forms. All t?i ?nul certaif But I tremble when I thihk of the dangers that now surround this my adopted countrv. I tremble when I khink nf the consehiilenrps-sbmiM it tmAa I rinA mtnrnnitrcn -...wu.t iiiv.. iiuu UtlU lUkl JUUli. of nominal Christians have the same lamentable effects here, which have followed them in most otljier heathen countries, and prejudice fatally prejudice these jmillions against the religion we profess, I I tremble also when I think of the danger of some rash act giving rise to bloodshed, anklleading to ail the evils and horrors of war. A War here nOW Would nrhlinhlv Va mnr tprri. ! T 1 ' J ' ...x.v JS blc than any the world has ever witnessed, if t.arnea to any extent the people so numerous, in so peculiar a state, and under such a govern ment . j ': . . ' -'.: : ..!'. v ; : Writing on; this) : subject, Mr. Brjgman remarks-- . v .. ,. ; l We' must soon 'have, missions established in a long line from jkamskalka-to Cambodia. We have every reason to suppose that Cochin China is suffering by civil war, doubtless to prepare the way of the Lord. - We must soon find some way to reach the Coreans and Japanese, j How would it; answer for you to appoint a. missionary to Ja pan v And until he can reach that country, em ploy himself in Chinese, and among this people. - Distribution of Books, and their effects. I have said nothing of the immediate influence of the books distributed, on the salvation of souls. 1 ou see by Gutzla.ft's accounts, and by AfaV that the word of life , meets with ia welcome re ception; and withholding it, maybe to withhold that, which, if given, -would save the soul. I have said this much on the need of men for this work, and I have said it now, lx?cause I feel that the subject. is indiscribably important. ! A crisis in the moral history of one third: of mankind, k approaching how can I but speak ? Tell the young men at home the state of our case, and will they not come to our aid ? j The ships that go up the coasts will carry life j or death with them. Which shall it be ? , I know not . whether you are full v aware what prevents our distributing books in Canton. -You know that' there -are laws against it;' and-so there are against our walking in the streets forty rods from our! factory,! which law I transgress every mornings But should complaint be made to the mandarins, and they notice ojar proceedings, our comprador might be seized, bambooed, sent to the cold country, or strangled; the hong raer chant might be punished in the i same way or me yuaiHt-Bs oi iiir. s nouse miirht be ston- ped. All 'these stand between us and the officers, the Chinese ; and our distributing books would if noticed by the officers, result m the severe pun ishment of one ox both of the persons above re ferred to who are held responsible for our' con duct. .For one, I do think, if the danger were all my own, I should have, fewer fears than I now have, and should distrihutri thn -far more liberally. But perhaps the day of trial vuiu iiuu uiG wanung Missionary liegislcr. RELIGIOUS SUMMARY. BAPTISTS IN AMERICA. : The Baptist Tract Magazine for February con tains h table giving the No. of Baptist Associations, churches, &c. in America prepared by Bro. I. M. Allen the efficient, Agent of the Baptist Generai Tract Society, from which' it appears that our churches have experienced a lar"ge increase the past year. There are 33 V Associations j 6,093 churches; 3,244 ordained ministefk; 737unordain ed prachers;and 454,420 members. Of the 331 Associations, only 152 have sent; their Minutes to the General Aerent. The i been 27,361, and calculating on jthe whole No. of Abbuciaiious in me same ratio jthe increase to ine liapust cnurches the last year would be about oiaij uiuusduu uieuiuers. in mcse Ibi Associa lions, from Which returns have been made there has also been an increase of 253 churches and 203 Acorto; ordained ministers, and 76 nnnnbino An . a probable increase in the whole of over 500 church es. . ; j .::;'.-. :..:..,: i- :. : - . , . : . Beslidesjthese, there are as many as 12 rpgular Associations, from which no returns have ever been made, and of which no account is here taken : also the Fiee Will Bnntiia !iiift-;nijvi Uhe foregoing .as their present j number had noi iciuiueu. w e Deneve tnev have between 30 and 40,000 member?. From the above it .will oppeai mat tne whole number of Baptists iji A menca amounts to between five and six hundred thousand. ' . - 1 From the f)isconai Recorder. SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL. tTr.i i , . ; t i uiuiuer .ucujuei nai Demei, was, at cprinir VVe have received .the lasr ann.Toi rant tt;u r-.u r . r. t- i . I . 1 & Hingiisn uaptist Missionary SociPfv- whiK of th7RnSXfo 1 f8100 ?f the progress ot the society's labors. Jn Ann-net t : ' . i ! .tt Z IS1:?w! in lhe- K Indies ' w6 in . Cey w V ?l r, ' i sixteen in the West Indies: two mthp Bahama Tc1two ni ' .... -, luu0 ouu UUB in Honduras. . , r w v . "icuiocis ui me cnurcn m Calcutta. under the pari" nf ttip rj UI sixteen natives whn roQTYi nv.- r.i H. Fearee, are -six youths from the christian boar- ding-schooi at Chitpore, circiimstance peculiar- lV frratllVinrr. aia It pnonnrarwe id. txni. !.... . j a j oi . v-"";-'oVi' luai, ui uo vjiayie. ii.iier me uruiuniiou, me vuurcn weal in- distant day; this senvnary may 'supply weli in- to the communion of Saints. The season wasyje structed native preachers to nrnrl trvmen the ffosDel of God " The new translation of the Bengalee Testament is printed. ' : h . i he English language having been adonted in the olhcial corresnondence of th Rh'tic sToofi ha8been madclbr .ixtX persons renounced caste, last year, in a small village, fifty, miles from, Calcutta, i - Great dependence is still '. put every where on the schools tor the childienand youth, as the great hope of the final and complete triumph of the gos- Pel- ' " ' " great city of Patna. - 1 ine society has thirteen sr.hools in Cevlon containing: 536 pupils ! ' i ' Among the eontributions to the" Society we ob serve a tecond donat r hia . dnllira be his own executor" of upwards of four thousand ' - ! : - From the Baptist.1 At Home, Davidson; Jan. 27th 183G. i Dear brother Howell. I have been absent from nOniP Sinpp iVvo 10lK nf nink. r . inNashville. The first niimlior tW t.:. 'i 'Cam Will b learn will be issued, during the present month. r-. . . i i r i - ... iiiuii 111 . Afte churches throughout most of our statP nroo. rtn nevolent effort that prevail, ireSS'erw part ofZion. I look with great interest to the a, meliorating influence whhah, we hopoJ will result from vour labors. ! 1 The Bantist rhi The Bantist ehtirrh t . v...,va.l. UUU1UCIS ilUUUl thirty thousand communicants. Our influence, in society, is felt j our number, to say nothing of the lntiuence, and rank of our brethren, would com mand respect. : How deeply anxious should we be that our influence should lead to purity and facili tate the march of iniih Tho cal, through which, as a medium, information of ",c iivim mov ements oi tne church may be dif fused, is absolutely necessary, and cannot but be highly appreciated by every reflecting mind. Our object in getting up a Baptist paper is not, as a re cent writer in one of the political journals of your city had the temerity to assert, to stir up sectarian strife, bm it is "to do good, and to eommunicate, because, with such sacrifices God is well pleased." I suppose none will obiect to your alluding to, or speaking directly, of those measures now in suc cessful operation in the Church, to concentrate the energies of the denomination, and bring them to bearjon the eternal interests of our country, and the world. It would be a source of great" joy to' everjr benevolent heart, could the Baptists in this state, be induced to come up, at once, and lay hold of those means, so successfully wielded by the Church in other parts of our countryx and in Eu rope, to improve the hearts, and save the souls of men. ,); ; - I .' Wo; look with interest to the influence your pa per may exert on the government of the church, in Tennessee. Many persons of good standing in the churches, appear anxious. to introduce the "system of making Associations, Ecclesiastical courts to regulate and to bind; and bind the consciences of our brethren.;- Allow me to mention an example to. illustrate this statement. In a certain section near the centre of the Western District, which I have lately visited, some fourteen churches met in convention to form an Association, who soon a greed upon and settled the principles of their Un ion. Soon after, while yet in session; the follow ing proposition was made and defended: "He hereby declare thzt Bible, Tract, Missionary So cieties, md the Sunday Scliool Union, are inimi cal to te peace and harmony of the churches Therefore, ice will not tolerate any member, in r.iemUership, in any. of the above named Socie ties. . Immediately ;upon their bringing this chain in, to put On their necks, five of the churches with drew, and it is understood lhat as many-more have determined not again to be represented in that As-5 sociation, leaving in the Union only four, of the fourteen churches. A redeeming spirit has "one forth in that part of the state.. The good old doc mne of the indepeneence of the churches begins to be understood and acted upon. Associations will not be allowed supreme jurisdiction in eccle. siastical government. t The State Convention is rapidly gaining ground. Ittis understood that some ten brethren in the Wes tern District, have agreed to pay each ten dollars, provided fifty others can be found to pay a like sum to raise six hundred dollars for the use of the Con vention. ill not out brethien make the effort? l he object tsr to supply the destitute portions of our state with preaching. The brethren, to a creat extent, in the west end of the state, are awakeTand ready, to work. Many churches have been formed in that district, and bany others, for which mate rials are abundant, ought to be organized, but min isters, for the work,? are not in the field. To sup ply this destitution, while we pray to the Lord of the harvest, to send; forth more laborers into his harvest let us show the sincerity, of our prayers by enabling those, already sent forth of the Lord to give themselves wholly to the .work. Let us give their wives and children bread, while they are absent, and thus relieve them from ;the neces sity of daily, labor at home, when they should be in the field. . . J A word or i two for our brethren in the Middle District and I have done. A brother said to me IS??? y' lh h? would be one oftt to -raise f. t?butim of a hundred dollars each, m the Middle District, or one of twenty-five, fiftv or one hundred, to divide the sum among them, so " " . r . ittiacu, ior me use oi T.? TV00' This and the proposition f t same k,nd, from the Western District, are , V. " uulia raisea, ior tne useot encouraging omens of prosperity. Let us make tne enori ; ana as i cannot consult every one ow ing to my constant engagements, those who feel disposed to enter into, either f gageraeuts are respectfully requested to send in lhaip nnrope tn tKo nnin 1VTI " 1 1 ' . - 'I"' """" ai nuiuviuc. n is more essea to give than to receive. "Why was this waste?" T . , it, , , JtJDAS Iscariot. "Let her alone, she hath wrnnrfii n nrnA , e--- nuiii, she hath done what she could." T . ! , . - JesVs Christ. I remain yours in the bonds of the Gospel : PETER S, GAYLE. ' V ORDINATION. TJ . 1 T 1 TT.11 T-.l 1 . s hor ck ui. jV u n.x. r t solemnly ordained to the work of the ministry.-! n j... l . , i via me uieviuus uay ne was examined, dv tne esbytery in the presence of the church, as to hi! christian" experience, views of doctrine, and call to Uk .. mu' i. ' i . luc munjy, ine resuu was very sausiaciorv. J5!ow, r c rl o.i m- J tt . i ..i Y . ii ca. iitn ana lion vrs. wraaming prayer Dy the bbve named brethren, and Elder Z. N. Morrell : charge and right hand of fellowship by Elder - 1 r. 1 i : .; .l ' . . Yours &c. P. S. GAYLE. . V. NOTICE sociation of Va. rcommence on Saturday the tri? jnoauctory sermon .will be delivered by Elder Cumberland George- er G. F. Adams his alternate. The Baptist Triennial Convention will meet on Wednesday the 29th, at the Second Bantist Church. Elder' S. H. Cone of New York to preach the introductory sermon in case of fail ure, Elder Basil Manly, of Charleston, S. C. . ; Ministers and delegates to the General Asso ciation, the Triennial Convention, or the Ameri can Baptist Home Mission Society,' will, on their arrival, call at the office of the Religious Herald, a few doprs above the Eagle Tavern; at the store of i W. and J. C. Crane, or at Peter Winston's, nearly opposite the Shockod Hill Tavern. A committee will also attend at the Steamboat land ing, and at the stage office, to direct the brethren to suitable places of entertainment. ' jT3The editors of the Watchman, the N. Y. Baptist "Register,., the . American Baptist, the Biblical Recorder, the Southern Baptist, the Christian Index, and the Cross & Journal, &C. will please to copy the above Notices. . I Delegates having; funds for! the General Axsociaton, who reach the city on j "Friday, will oblige the treasurer, brother Jj C. fyranc, by cal ling at the store, and paying them over on the sartie day, or at an early hour the hext morning: ;- . . j j Rl Herald. THE RECORDER. NEWBERN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8,l835. 1 1 1 i t to subscribers: When we commenced the Recorder, we sent it to all onr publication of the rormer subscribers whp had not previously signified a wish to discon uv. x ins we oia? .not Decause we aimed to press the paper on those who lid not desire it,, or who were not willing to pay j for it; I but because we did not feel at liberty to strike a subscribers name from our list without! his request to that effect, and because we thought that we should thus furnish each one with a good opportunity for exercising his own discretion ' with regard to con tinuance, with no expense to him, and with but little to ourselves. All this was fully and particu larly explained in Our first number. And it was then earnestly requested that every one, wishing to discontinue, wouldYorwaid information to that effect, immediately after receiving the second number. We have now been publishing the Re corder more than three months; and still we continue to receive orders for discontinuance. We now beg leave to say, that we are compelled to think that three 'iiwnths are long enough for fany common man to j" make up his miod" whetier or riot he wishes to be a subscriber i ani to say further! that the Recorder for three months, agreeably to subscription rates, i3 to us worth .tvJtK.n- half cents. We have no disposition to be particular or tenacious about these matters; nor incases wnere circumstances precluded the practicabilitv of giving earlier notice, would we make a com- plaint. But, as the phiase is, there is reason in all things ;" ana the interests of the establishment, as Well as the ilpmamU iif oAml:....:.. 1 . , 1 jus nee, iiiaxe it proper that those who decline after the present 1 ivvt mai mose wno decline after the present date, should be willing to pay for the time already expired. It, will be observed, that the above re- marks apply to those only whose subscrintlon rMr 1. ; 1 ..um me uuuve re- marks apply to those only whosje subscription vear Ail. U T. . 1 . . I r 1 luieijireier ciosea with December last ; and whose delay to give seasonable notice has not been unavoidable. I 1 ( c t . . THE DIVISION. . We have learned from variolic , -.vc, lUdi nisi proposed by our brethren in thp -wc., rl .he SuW, (o wi,hd,aw from our ScZL. "and Tennesee ' to . .m ,1,1 V ,1. t have jra?, tr, d ocjiueo ior mis arrangement; but, to the best of our recollection . f ;we have heard none. We have tnn.i advantages might be supposed to result from such i division : hut h.ivo nt ..1. t ' ulJ tt3 oeen aDle lQ dls It t . v.uu auy. We have aslce, ' such Hn ntrPm. "er ,eTo:r or Tennessee?- ThU o..:U. 7' compelled to answer n riT! onlv so- but we hav ft.it J- 7 , 1 - . - wjr sui'U an arrangement, these institutions must be seriously Ujutcu. uuu lur mis odvious Treason that their resources, their strength, and their field of action must all be proportionably diminished. . . ' We have inquired on the other hand, whether the proposed separation could benefit those about iu operate f were again we have been constrained to give a negative answer. 'And 'mom itin !k: . . - una, we have been confirmed in the conviction that by ration, and tWald of their more distant hrethreT the, ms,.rily sustain . r.....6 .uuuscnc- ui iae counsels, the co-ope muj. uciwsaruy susiain disadvantages of very material moment. .1 We have asked ourselves further, whether the general cause of the denomination, of the gospel or of christian benevolence, ihas'any benefit to expect from the proposed division 7 And here we have been as. much discouraged as before It admits not of a doubt, that,! whatever tends to impair thefficiency of individual interests, mu necessarily diminish the strength and prosperity of the entire mass which these separate, interest, unitedly compose. And whatever takes away from the resources of our State Conventions, must, -Uc ueiracwrom the vigor, and use- 111 naco r. n .1 l . r-r, u sai prosperity of the denomina uon in me Southern States - that our brethren .cut off from the co-operation of ;mA "" . r T ; 01?ie and evei divided among themselves fcy locals sectional interests can ever afford any thing like an equivalent for the By 4he above process we have been led to'the conclusion that the proposed seperation is, to say tne least, clearly injudicious. How this may have struck others we know not.! But for ourselves, we are confident in the opinion, that, like all other divisions and subdivisions; it will tend to the pro duction of disunion, imbecilityj disease, decay, and death.. We would not presume to dictate to our brethren ; nor would we utter a sylable which we could think ;wou!d wound their ieelings. or reflect on their wisdom or their good intentio!if7r view is to speak, plainly and honestly, bui respect, and in brotherly kindness, whaiwerr the good of all concerned requires. Wehare' 1 i' rituUie counsel witi our western brethren ; our agents and our rmV ries have travelled and laboured in their territo!i and thus far our action and intercourse haVe w! harmonious and reciprocal. They still hare jfr ' their power to attend the meetings, and to ag ister to the rcsouiccs of the Contention: and it ' mjii ic uuie 10 uo more ior tliera point of missionary service, than they can jyu do for s themselves. Then why, we woulj should there be a sepcration 1 We do hope tj our brethren will ponder and pray more otf matter, before they proceed further; before ti dissolve a relation which has already prodejj such pleasant and important results, and tett upon expedients, the utility of which i to sanl least, exceedingly doubtful. ' THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION IS THE SOUTHERN JbTATEs' In the last number of the Recorder, ' wepnilUL. 1 ed an article on this subject, from the pen of oc ! brother .Manly of Charleston. We now proceK ' to offer suchemarks, as in our view, the occasioa ' demands. t 1 The proposed plan of a general Theological' ! School for the Southern States, is, in the abstract undoubtedly a good one. The superior adr ! tages of such an institution, are obvious and ende niable. And we indulge the hope that such a j minary, at no very distant day, will be eu;.u 1 -uu supponea. cnaer existing circumstaacet however, we are inducedto consider such an Q dertaking, so far as North Carolina is concerned a: least, as altogether inexpedient. Our reasons vt the following:' ; ' ' - ' 'In the first place, for this State such an iasdt. lion is not immediately wanted. We have, ai ys, but a veryiimited number of theological ttninx These, we believe, without an exception, are dev tilute, either entirely or in a great degree, of those literary acquirements which necessarily couniru. the basis" of all successful instraction in theclcn, as well as in every other department of professko al knowledge." For the attainment of these acipi sitions, we presume, they possess about as raat and as favorable facilities af Wake Forest, as tier 3 ,r , .". . w oum enjoy in a scnool strictly theological .Ncr can we think that they' are subject to more racrt can ficaUons or inconveniences of any kind, thcrs, lhan lhey old have to encounter ia anv 01k 1 in ine C0UnllT. In the next place, lhe resources r,f s.m. - the pfeseat time, would not by any means ju?4 an undertaking such as that nronorl ren and friends here, are now in the midst of thcr rr . 1 .. tu (UC uijusi 01 ucr cfforts in beLalf of the seminary at Wake Forest -"Uils In uaii 01 me seminary at Wake Forest They are encumbered with a pecuniary iurdfa. whi.ch isfuIIy aweighly as c4nbe borne witheca- venience. To propose to them, ihir incf this crisis, the raising of twenty or more thousands of dollars, over anoUbove what they are now do- 4..a,n ac sun icraccompnsn lor the undenat ing already in hand, would be as unkind, it ap pears to us, as it would be injudicious and nc3s- ci-ssim. , , . . . .. ,. . . i-.i " - , ' , 7 L".?"" 20 " uen,snT aemmental to the interests of tit -. vu uui wicuiicu in in rMTP flfi nnmr,s w v r jj ti jj J successfully united. Their views and intentios are liberal and highly creditable to the denomic'r tion. They propose nothing less than a first ra i are CDWrea Y the raost & seminar)-. And they are cheered by the most era- ; uiymg prospect ol ultimate success. But-lor the ' ! on tneir unanimity of interest , and0factl0n- Consequently, just so far as a ne. ' rrJeci would tend to divide their attention and injury of the prelcnt undertaking. In addition to all this, it is confidently expect that the resources of the Wake Fort fnuituic, besides meeting the expenses of that seminary, will soon be sufficient to employ one or more riei logical professors, whose time and labours may I ; devoted exclusively to theological instiuction. Thus, by the time , that those brethren now in'a course of literary training are sufficiently ad vaac ed tonter on theological studies, it is hoped tia' the .necpssnrv nrnrltmn k- . -i . 1 A " thc "f1"1 tlaii lU --9 1 v-wi tutiu. a lie au vaDiat "es en j meet the expenses of the theological scminair, without incurring nnv nf tl,o ;n-nr-n;n ror'- i . nected with a inured school. It will here strike the reader, perhapsf that cur brother Manly hasmisapprehended,in$omedegief the precise nature of our Institute at Wake Foreft This is by no means a "mixed school." It ha, not even a theological department. Theologies! studies form no part of the course ; and theological instruction constitutes no part of lhe duties of tie professors. It is purely a literary institutions main.' The only way in which it can admit j theological fil!idc i that dpscriherl nKnf tVf f O ..... v, - "wwn. . luv' must be separate professors, separate students, acl a separate course of studies ; in a word, it muss be, to all intents and purposes, a separate and Unci seminary. Consequently, the objections ur ged by brother Manly against a mixed school, a- iu cwuiHuiucui, nouy inapplicable. ' We are aware that it may be said, that, if tk ,csuult" Ul Ia SCnOOI SQ0U d bernm- snch 2S W suppon one or more theo Wical professors at Wai- Forest, they could support the same professors a: any other point of location, so a in unite in tbf proposed plan of a general schooL This certainly be admitted. Xorare we now await ef any serious bbjedion which could be ured again-1- this arrangement will be, that the literary, will 1 , V uc v-ipeaiencv ol such an arrangement. It tun-
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 8, 1835, edition 1
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