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Tub DinucAL r Recordxu is published every
"s.inpsdav.- at 50 per annum, if paid within
six months,
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P . n-Vii-k will hprntnf rpftnnrsiV1 fin civ
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grath.
less than
one year, unless paid in advance ; and Jno discon
tinuance will he allowed until arrearages are paid.
Persons Ivishin to discontinue will Uq expected
to "ive notice td that effect prior to the ejOramence
inent of a new year ; otherwise they will be con
sidered ais responsible lor the ensuing twelve
jnonths; , '1.' ,' i ' ' ) ;
Allcommunjcauons except nipse 01 agents wjio
'act gratuitously to secure attention, must be past
y d id.
Tioni the second annual Report of the Missionary
to the Negroes in Liberty Coiknty, Ga. . 'xi ,r,
I LABORS OF THE YEAR, v, '
Three Stations were regularly occupied. in the
beginning of the year, namely.: Midway , Pleasant
Gi-ove, and Fraser's Plantation.. This last Station
Was, however, early abandoned, in consequence cf
Hhe owner's returning, and occupying thf dwelling
house, the house in whih our meetings were held.
Jt is well known to too ivssociaiion, tnafi the Sta
i tionsat Sunbury and Newport are in the hands of
, our Baptist brethren. The lieT. S. S.LaW devotes
a part of his time to the Negroes at Newport, and
with encouraging success, i nave visited iewport,
tVo or three times on the Sabbath during the year,
and ! Sunbury once WahhoUrville, curl Summer
Station, not at all, andifor the reason tht I spent
V. the last summer at a distance of twentyjojr twenty
xfive miles fiom that place. -s , ?j ;
i I have conducted sixty-eigrjt meetings for adults,
and twenty-eight for children and youth together
with occasional meetings for iinqiiiry and special
iustruciiou. Have al:so iolendnizcd' a fe w marriages
and sCltended several funerals. 'The Plantation
Meetings, are one-fourth' lesi this year than the
; past; for reason's which it is not necessary for me
, tostap, though bur labors in behalf of "children
f," and youth have been greatly enlarged.
J. .- !. ; y-;. sunday schools. . 'y. , -' . ' y
" To these labors in behalt of children' and youth,
by means cf Sunday ; Schools, the atienti m of the
: Association should be particularly directed. And
. Weshll present tofyour niotice, both those Schools
which hive been conducted by your. Missionary,
1 '"1 " " .1 f 1 1 It " . 1
and- (nose wmcn nave Deen conuucieu uvn otners.
The First 'Report, is from the
Walt
hourville
Colored Sabbath School, handed ih by a steadfast
f'ripnd. and Teacher.
' " The Walihourville Colored Sabbatji Scliool
pas put into Operation about eighteen months ago.
and has beenWgjilarly continued since, tftat fimei
with the 'exception ol a lew babbaths. llhe num
ber of! Scholars at first was very la-ge, but has
ffraduailv decreased. The average attendance,
during theyear past has neen irom twenty, to lorty,
we have had fifty. The larger number of these
are children, from six to fourteen years of age
We use the-4 Catechism for Colored Pers
ns,-
tfbr
the larger children; and for the smaller,
'YaUs'
suitable
Fit it Catechism." We also teach them
Ilvmns. - ! 1 ' ' 1
We have adopted the plan, common in
all Sab-
bath Schools, of dividing the scholars intd classes,
ha?in4a Teacher for each class After each
Teacher has instructed his class, ihe whol ? School
is examined on the lesson of the day, by th Super
intendent, who also accompanied the exarination
Avith practical remarks. The only thin;; which
uc consider a discouragement, is the irregular at
tendance of many of the scholars; ,It discourages
ar.d retards the pi ogress of those whoi are
iu their attendance, and wish to advance,
latter manifest a good degree" of interesV
regular
These
and as
to the order of our School, there are but fe
kv ichite
School-in which more order is observed
We
have had no conversions, although some tenderness
on the subject of religion. Ave have seven punc
(uai reacneis lnierestea m me worKi indeed it
, is a pleasing fact, that there has been nc lapk of
Teachers, andwe believe that if the School should
iticrease to four times its present size, there Would,
be found those ready to lend a helping hand. . Our
bchoolyis opened with singing and a ishort
prayer,
whole
and closed with the Lord's Prayer by the
feehool aloud.-1
- The Second Report, is from the School a
it Jones-
i vitie under the supermtence ot Mr. John
B. Mal
lard. This School was continued for five months,
during the residence of
summer letreat. I -
ihe families at th
is their
TL t :n c-.i, .,sj i
the.iniddle of June. Previous to ; its . conmence
mentli was asked, if I would assist in conducting
such a School; f consented, though with weak
faith, as to its final success. .But now I am gladj
o say, that five months trial has given me convin
cing proof of the j practicability, luscfulness, and
cousequently the impor tance of establishing schools
for the Religious instruction of Colored Persons.
The Negroes can learn, and they ought to
taught the truths of the Bible ; and if they) be riot
taj;-ht, upon whom does the blame lie?, j
'"Our Schobl was not confined to children, but
, embraced both children and adults.' The scholars
w,ere classed according to their ages. We had five
classes and a Teacher tol each class. The dumber
eM scholars that attended varied from twentv-six
0 thirtv spldom less than fwpnhr-tiT, mL-i
Jhen more than thirty; Theirpunctual attendance
Aas Noticed and admired by the Teachers The
general order of the School, and the" behavior uf
.Atlie scholars individually,' were satisfactory jeyond
r ur expectation. Though we met at njght, yet it
yvas seldom that a scholar could be seen sleeping,
?f manifesting a disposition to have the
school
oistnissed. -Our timivnf remaining tosrethei varied
A
om an hour ;to an hour and a half. I am deci
Qedly of the opinion, that in Schools of this sort
mn meetings are ithe most profitable meeting
! I'Kier.disraissm? the scholars before they wis
f1 than after. . i ' ; v ' - ' '.f
! i Vc used thf- n Cnlnred Pe
ti ' "-au-ui sucn nymus as we juueu ssuiiar
. ' 0ur plan in conducting the School, Was that
TOed generally in Sabbath Schools, j Each class
',- ;S taflsht the lpsnn rf tho. pvonlnir hir Tttf-Tarh.
W th R ose whole school was questioned
dpi" 1 cuucul Ciass y ciass. we
Jf Prefer this plan to the Infant School;
decU
plan I
six lor
eitrk ca"rs can De ooiainea ior every
M scholars, their improvement will be
mucrji
rniD I 11 mQ whoie ochooi is ;taught in a
uy one ieacher. Each scholar will be thrown
;.Ie.yp?n his own exertions :. Teachers AviU morl
.uy know who are apt and who are not and
- tiPTyen-f!7. where their instructions are mostly1,
m;,T S hat effect our instructions have had oi
7; J oave on the scholars of our School, -wei
are unable u say, We have had nothing to discour-
age, uui mucu lo encouragi? us.", , - , -.
.The Thirl Report is from the SchooUn Sunburv
under the superintendence of Mr. Joseph E. Max
well.',' '-. - - I -j---';''i; -r'V h-
ui iuu oquoouor v-oiorea i'erEotJ5 held
m bunbur! uurinfj the past spnnsr and snmm
months. The Teachers have been nine in number
seven fenujc and! twq male. The classes have!
averaged afcutfive, making foity-five scholars in
the whole SthooL r Perhaos a thu-d nf tii nitm I
ber, have bc?n persons of the ages of ten to sixteen
the rernainr between twenty and thirty-five. '
The vlunadoptedihas been! to jonen tho S5-hnM
with, prayerand to close it with singing a Hymn
with; which 'e classes are familiar. The instruc-
tions
ns given, mye been Irom the liibJe. it bcintr loft
to
thp. tiiitfrmttnt! ttrtA rilcrnfUn if th. rP jl
select such portions as t hey might think best suit-
ed to Ihe. conlition and capacity of those! under
their inttuctiins.' The most practical anrl hr.
inttuctiins.' The most practical and inter-
esttnff ppnijy of the! Old and NewTpsfnrhPnt I
Have been selected. These portions have been
first read, then -explained, and followed with a
practical application ; after which each class has
qeen minutely questioned on its own-lesson, and
Questioned on the same again the following Sab-
uuu.
i. i a . a i
hy before proceeding to a new lesson. We have
yaned our exercises by the use of Hymns, Cate-
cnifms, and scripture Cards, j Hereatter we shall
use the Catechism for Colored Persons." Our
School has i varied In number from the fact of not
having preachlhff everv Sabbath. .1 am pleased
in being able to say, that the interest of the School
in our iustructions has bcn as great as we could
have expected. Much depends upon the interest
felt by the Teacher himself, and upon the manner
ol his i instructions, lor awakening and keeping
anvc tne interest ol iiis scholars. That the School
has been the means- of imparting to some extent.
' 1 ' 1 l i 1 - : - ..,! m '
iengiuus Knowi;uge me pest oi an Knowledge
to the ignorant. iind ldepTaVed, and that it has thus
exerted an influence for good, we cannot for a mo
ment doubt ; lalthougn we! have not had the 'satis-
laction to learn of,ahy case' of actual conversion.
My pyn class is composed principally of members
of the Church in good standing. They bave been
Wuch interested in the bchool and jn xm instruc
tions given, arid haye . frequently expressed their
gratitude lor the labors bestowed upon them."
The Fourth Report, is from ihe School at Plea
sant iGrove, Under the superintendence of Mr.
BarringtomKingi. -i I '
,4' The School at Pleasant Grove was established
for the instruction of Colored Children the last
winter. The children from the neighboring plan
tations attended pgiilarly,fiom fifty to eighty and
upwards. They appear tol take much interest in
the School and'have committed a portion of the
44 Catecbism for Colored Persons," which wre-use,
ana a numoer oiuiyymrjs. y l he echoot was con
tinued dunng the summer.. The - progress made
by the School exceeded tny expectations, and r so
iar.we. are eneouraged to proceed in the good work.
With Tespect to refarmationm the'children, I can
say but httie. r l it, has made a change for the better
with some on rriy plantation. V e must not expect
too much, but do bur duty and leave all in. the
hands ol a wise and mercilul Uod. at is our duty
to give the negroes religious instruction ; and Sab
bath Schools Jor the children I think very'' impar
tant. .In, fact I sometimes believe, it will be trie
only plan to do away the improper instructions
This gentleman established a School for Colored
Children at Baiden's Bluff, iM'Intosh County, the
last summer, iiqihad irom twenty to thirty atten-
oanis, and lound the cschooi a yjery encouraging
one- , ' !' ; ;r- -f
The Fifth Report is from the School at Midway.
This School was established in May last, with
about twenty children and youth ; the averaare 1
number of attendants, has been from fifty to sixty. I
and not unfrequently during tht summer have we
had from eighty to one hundred. . The scholars,
. generally, appear to be interested in the School and
many of their parents very much so. ; This School
was first carried through-a short, Historical Cate-
'miiLitfnnf'LJ Tae,-ri,
and afterwards, the ''Catechism for Colored Per- box. 111 the hat, and putting his face therein that
sons" was commenced. Until within a few Sab- he could not write, but as he translated, one Oli
baths past fiom necessity, thle instruction has been ver Cowdrv wrote it down. The next step was
given on the Infant School plan. The S, chool is to operate upon a superstitious and credulous far
now under the superintendence of Mr. J. B. Mai- mer, by name1 of Martin Harris, and induce him
every foabbatn, and theajavance ol the children is
mjucb more rapid.;
' From these Reports it appears that for the great
er part ol the past year, there have been five Schools
Kraoinl ahmvt fwn! hnrir0ft a fortvV r fifJ
scholars, andiwerity-five teachers male and female.
The existence and present general prosperity of
? mese cnoois snouiu De a matter oi tnanKiuiness nim ana several ot ner persons oy nameoi mi
': and encouragement to the Association. Have we mir, and Smith's relations, to certify to the plates
not here an advance in the religious instruction of
the . negroes i m we hope this advance is but the
earnest, ofa greater. 1 here were in the. 15th
District, the field of our labors, m 1830, 4,577
r.. nr .u.. oi foj. oiNi; JiL-w
r'rnnv Kp p.nnciPTPfl JrhilHrpn; uri ifnuth tvhn nrp
1 1 J,V VI . lilt. d.1 IX 1UU UUlliUlClilUll J IClli I
fit subjects of Sabbath School instruction. We
I have, therefore, over Jifteen hundred Sabbath
&cnooi scHoiars iic.oitr isisinci. rmeen nunarea
irnmortal beings in the morning of life ; the very
when every means should ne used tor their
instruction and salvation and may be used, with
encouraging prospects of success. In.this calcu
lation we have made no mention of the probable
number of adults, " that might be gathered into
Sunday Schools. With suitable effort, that num
ber might be very 'large, ' t '.. .- ' . ;
I We would here inquire, . How are the Schools
now in operation to be sustain ed and how shall
we gather into them, and into other Schools to be
established, the fifteen hundred scholars of which
we Have now spoken ? - i
As no Teacher however active, can sustain and
enlarge White Sabbath Schools, without the favor
and co-operation of parents and guardians; so no
Teachers, however active, can sustain and enlarge
the Colored Schools of this County, without the
favor and co-operation of masters and managers.
Tiiev must speatt tavorablv of the Schools : and
not only encourage the children and ; youth under
their care to attend, but see to it, that they do at
tend, and exercise the same authority over them,
lu lul3 maner, uiai iwy wuum exercise oyer-t iue
members ot their own iamuies.; L.et no one say
that this is impossible before he makes a faiT expe
riment. In tlie vicinity of one of, the Schools,
several plantations send regularly, almostall their
children, and for the reason that their owners take
some little pains to make them attend
'" : ' PLANTATION SCHOOLS.
Rnt after all. there .will be. taking thenvhole
District together a considerable number, every
Sabbath, especially at some seasons pi tne year:
NEWUERN.'N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29,
thai will bereauired on their resDectivetlaitatinn'
for particular purposes. There will be a number
uiaw, yi a sumcieni size to attena me pcnoois with
profit, but who will not be able to undergo the
fatigue of walking to them. To remedy both thi
one difficulty and the other, let the masters estab-
usn &cnoo(s J or their oicn plantations. 'Thus1
W1" they secure regular instruction to their vouno-
servants at home j give them taste for i religious
nowledge, a respect for ithe. institutions of the
CSP1 and so prepare them to attend the .Sabbath
Schools, of; their own accord j whenever it lie in
';t"eJr powef. There are plantations in our District,
whtch can furnish for such .Schoolsten, fifteen,
twenty; thirty scholars, and some even more, and
et Srat ajori'y of plantations are without
a.y Schools at all, and the children updn them arc
growing up in ignorance ana vice;
Manv COmPiain that mil rh rannntliP drino fn.
war a reformation of the adult population. More
Cu n done by judicious and persevering etforts
tha -any imagine., But there is lihlefoom for
than many imagine., But there is lilUerfiom
complaint in respect to. children and vbixhX Begin
wutl .t"e'In i V'M found as susceptible of
improvement as. any children and youth in like
circumstances ; and in a few years, we shall have,
J some encouraging extent, a retormed adult popu
lation. i J . T
Plantation Sabbath Schools, are fundamental
means, for the moral improvement of the colored
population. They demand the careful attention
and the prayers ol every Christian master, and
should be universally established, j 1
! PLANTATION .ISTHUCnOX. .
Ten or twelve plantations have received from'
their owners during the year, religious instruction
to a greater or less extent. 1 his also is an advance.
Ihe number, however, night be increased five
fold. WThai shall we sav to the fact, that the ma
jority of Christian masters, have no religious in
struction tor their servants on their plantations ?
Some may excuse themselves because thev do not
reside'on their plantations. The'excuse is not a
good one. They might levote an occasional Sab
bath to their people, if it be inconvenient to spend
a night during the. week with them, lf there be a
ready mind, the work will be done. A gentleman
in this County gave1 Fifty Dollars for the instruc-
uuu ui uic emiureu on a piamauon unoer ins care ;
and another had service twice a week for his peo
ple half the year, for which he paid a regular
mimiitT ui ine vjtopei. j
LABOCR3 OF THE! REV. S. LAW. !
It is with pleasure that I lay before the Associa
tion; by permission' of our President, the Rev. S. S.
Liw, a brief reppit of his labours! at Newport.
bays he, 44 1 preached to the nejrroes, dunns the
last year, at Newport, at least once a month. The
number that attended was large: generally between
two and threp hundred. They have manifested
an increasing interest in the instructions afforded
them : which has caused the Sabbaths stuent in
their service, to be among the most! delightful of
"'c. lucu aui'uuuu id time oi service, ana
their orderly conduct when dismissed have greatly
improved, y am encouraged in the belief, that
there is a better stateji of religious feeling among
them now than heretofore !; arid that if a pro
per course of instruction be pursued, our most
sanguine expectationsjwiill be realized."
A Report Of most encouraging; character, and
better testimony to the advntases ol reh-rious in
struction we could not desire
From the Cross and Journal. ,
i MORMON ISM.
This imposture had its'origin in Ontario coun
ty, New York, in 1830. The ostensible projec
tor was an idle, worthless fellow, by the nameot
Josepri Smith the real inventors of the delusion
have had adroitness enough, to keep darl as
vet. Smith pretended that he had found some
golden or brass plates, like the leaves of a book",
- -
hid in a box in the earth, to which he was dircc-
ted by an Angel, in 1827, that the writing on
thfm wns inthp "RpfnTmiH F.n-vntinn lnnruaffe
that he inspired to interpret the writing; or
-- - ur nU,0 n hi ht d nut-
T" sttt"s ? V v i 7 a" ,Z
tmcc two smooth flat stones,rwhich he found w the
to sell his farm, worth it is said, three thousand
dollars, to raise funds to print the Book !
Harris was a professor of religion, .and believ
ed much in dreams and supernatural communi
cations and 1 was easily persuaded to believe
Smith's story about the plates and the Angel.
To confirm his faith, and get his money, they pre;
tended to show him some of the plates, and got
j The probability is that Smith, who had been a
book-pedlar, and was frequently about printing
establishments; had procured some! old copper
, . c - r i u t t A for Ji?c
Plates for engravings: which he showed lor his
- - w w
I ffOluGll platSu
It is pretended that the? "Book of Morrrion,
n
was translated by Joe limith from these plates
Of the falsehood of this, the book itself contains
the most unquestionably evidence. On the truth
or falsity of Smith's ptetended inspiration and of
the character of this "Book of Mormon," rests the
whole scheme. If the book in general is a fable
with the extravagant stories, then Joe Smith,
Junior, is a base impostor a worthless fellow,
arid all his followers are most wretchedly de
ceived arid deluded. 1 '-. A - :
- I have not space nor is it riccessary, to give
any thing like regulat account of its contents:
Its composition is the work of three kinds of au
thors. each peculiarly and distinctly marked, i
1 : It contains many extracts, and sometimes
whole chanters from our common bible; both the
old and new testaments, word for wprd as it is in
our common translation. But it is scripture per
i i miYPil lin with the most ex
travagant and monstrous fictions and low, vul-
r-ar cant exnressifins.
, . 2J A series of extravagant and romantic histo
ries about two sorts' of neonie, that at two remote
periods of time" are snnnosed to have crossed the
f Atlantic Ocean, and lived; on.this tontinent y, .
'Onft r.Inss rnmp hpTP. khortlv alter me conm
sion of tongues at Babel, live'd here for many
crpnpmtirn Wimp vprv warhke, and fought till
at last every man, woman and child was killed
off?- The kilkenny cats only fought till nothing
lpft Knt thA tins rf their tails, but the "Jared-
tes," unmerciful wretches, fought up tails and
all! : ' -'- -
1835.
:-.-: ' ':!"" -i.'-" ''! !"" !" ' vol; 1; no. 17. t
i But this is not more extravairant than the man
ner in which this race first came to the American
continent. They built eight small barges both
aitand water tight, had the identical stones, which
Joe Smith no w uses to translate by, for lights, and
partly by skimming the surface, and partly by
diving like ducks, thev crossed the oceanAwith
their families, flocks, herds; i and "all manner of
provisions in 344 days ! :;r : - .
The second race of men migrated here about
six hundred years before the birth of Christ from
Jerusalem, and hecjamethe ancestors of the pres
ent race of Indians. They were of the tribe of
joscpii, ana consuiutea the JUormons.- ,
The extra'agarit fictions iof this portion of the
story, outdo the Arabian Night's entertainment,
or the stories of Sinbad the sailor. '
They mrarht pass for wild romances, however.
were it not for the blasphemous assertion that Jei
sus innst, alter ascending to heaven from Mount
Olivet, descended again on this Continent, chose
nere twelve apostles, organized a church, and stay
ed some time on earth again 1
. The family of Lehi," who I first came over, had
a quarrel, and bcame divided into two parties un
der the name of Lamanitcs and Nepbites. The
Lamanites became corrupt and ; idolatrous the
Nephites, though descending from Joseph as the
tale supposes, had their High Priests, common
priests, temple service and Jewish religion, with
baptism and many christian usages long before
Christ was born. Three or four hundred years
after Christ, the Nephites and Lamanitcs were
engaged in the most exterminating war3, more
were slain in battle than ever were slain in all
the wars of Alexander, Ca?sar, and Napoleon, un
til all the Nephites were slain except Moroni, the
"last of the Mormons," who buried the plates for
the special purpose of ha'ving Joseph Smith find
them ! t
i The Book of Mormon pretends to have been
written during a space of 1030 years, by twelve
different authors, the last of which, Moroni, gives
the st pry of the "Jarcdites," who came over in the
little barges, under the ocean, before the days of
p.Drai:ain.
TRUE ORIGIN OF THE WRITIXCf.
; About 20 years since, a singular, ecccniric gen
tleman by the name of Spalding, Un the north
eastern part of Ohio, was engaged' inTwrhing a
series oi romances, tne proline irmts oi bis own
fertile imagination, about the caily settlement of
America. He was a man of some talent, of much
eccentricity of character, and in poor circumstan
ces. He went to Pittsburgh to get his book prin
ted, but soon died, and the manuscripts were sup
posed to be, mislaid or lost. From a number of
circumstances it appears now evident that Joseph
Smith, Jun. got possession of them, and hence the
legends in the Book of Mormon! Smith had the
Cunning with others to turn the whole to a reli
gious account, impose upon the credulous, super-
stitious, and visionary, and became the prophet
- . -
nnH paHpt nfn now swt i . I
! Hence 3d, the preface, conclusion, and occa-
sionany a lew sentences interspersed through it
are the irenuine writings of the Impostor Smith
and his coadjutors.
Their government is one of the most ingenious
nieces of despotism ever erected over the human
conscience. Josenh Smith. Jun. is the rrreat nro-
phet, only qualified to give written revelations,
This blasphemous impostor, is said, 'to have the
keys of the kingdom of heaven." lie can see
all the multitude of the angels, and knows what
they are about, claims the power Jesus Christ
T .1 ! . s. . .11
had on earth lie can discern spirits, itnat is, ten
the thoughts-of his followers:) "so as to judge
who is worthy to remain in the church. Un
der him thev have high " prhsts, bishops, elders,
eachers, and deacons. lo these, in order, the
people must be entirely subservient All this
w:iifi:nki.t.fnn,'nfr'nTi1 P.vln;n(rRfnr
fUU III11UIIU IU lilt . iUUlUIU U11U UlVU.Ug UHA, I
i . .' " . . i . , l
vol. 1, their monthly paper, pretendedly given by
Joe Smith, lit is one of the most ingenious
tom t.'n nnH bnld rnmnlptP. drsnnti'sm
tlj: ri,"r,o v,;
U VI lilt! JUOUltrs, SUUIS, luiiaticuwo, itviiiijjO, iuu-
dren, and property of their disciples, the wit of
i .i a.i. r-t : ij
man ana tne ingenuity oi tne L-evu ever m emeu.
No nr vate member can sell his property to any
indiiidunl. not even to a Mormon, and if turned
out of Society, cannot take his property. Doubt-
less th Mormon nreachers will find it conveni-
entto deny all this, which will afford another in-
stnnc p. nf the r deception.
It is blasnhemouslv called "Revelations " and
1 ... . . .1
taken from an extract of the laws for theirovcrn-
rricnt of the Church of Christ," in the "Star" for
July, 1832, and in other numbers of the same
paper. '
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From the Christian Journal.
The following was first published almost an
hundred years ago, and partakes ot tne siyie oi
those ancient times; but the sentiment is pure and
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lioerai, Forming a striKing conirasi v uii iuuv.u wi
the bigoted lancruacre and deportment of many,
who, in the present day, seem mcunea to test tne
s-enuineness of ci erv one's religion, by bringing J
it 'to their creed as a standard, instead of the Bi-
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BIBLE RELIGION. i
i-KoBw then?sir.' said Chiilingworth. nhat
i t u i.-; r Dfctnt, ic in nrh-
,te'tA ti" nrrferred before Vours ; as On the one
eldno understand by puf-religion,the
doctrine of Bellaremme, or iaron an , or any
other private man among you,(nor tne uwiriue
nf tnp Snrbonrie. or of the Jesuits, or of the Uomi-
nican3, or of any other particular company among
of Luther, or Calvin, or Melancthoh, nor the con
feUfAMbergdfGeneTa.northecatech
of Heidleburg, nor the articles ot the churcn oi
oriiy, u uu iw.bu .--.A-anra.
i ni.nt-n :hoQtriP it nna ine iuu,-nv"s. ;
vou hut that Wherein you an agree, or utuicisa . cmiimvauir. j. - , i 1
W a-ree Tlie doctrine of the council of Trent ; is founded in esteem, and built up by klndness-of
accordingly on the other side, by the religion a nature opened generoas--attentive and. obi,-.
5 ftj AclA ,,,;n, nr- tPnHpr but frm.-and as a forest oak strikes
ble indubiuble.consequcTices of it, well rnay they
jr. r- " U3 tt raauer oi opinion ; out as a matter oi
faith and religion, neither can they with coher
ence to their own grounds 'believe 'it'themselvcs;
nor require belief in it. of othert, without iriost .
high and most schismatical presumption. I, for
my part,jafter a long (and as I verily believe and'
hope) impartial search of the trueway to eternal
happiness, do profess plainly, that I cannot find
any rest for the sole of my foot bat upon this .
Rock only. . I see plainly, and with my own
eyes; that, there are Popes 'against Popes, and
.counsels against counsels; soihe fathers agaicst.
other fathers, the same iathers against themselves;
a consent of fathers of one age, against a consent
of fathers pf another age. Traditive interpreta
tions of scripture are pretended, bm few there are,
or none, to be found. No tradition but that of
scripture can derive itself from the fountain, but
may be plainly proved cither to have been irot
in. in such; an ojre after Christ, or 'that in such
an age it was not in. , In a word, there is no
sufficient certainty but of scripture only, for any
considering man to build upon. This therefore,
and this only, I hare reason to believe. This I
will profess; according to this I will live j and
for this, if there bean occasion I will not only
willingly lose my life, though I should be sorry
that Christians should take It from me.
Propose me any thing out of this book and re
quire whether 1 believe or no, and seem it ever
so incomprehensible Jo human reason I will sub
scribe it With handand. heart, as knowing no
demonstration can be stronger, than, this, God
will Uiink(no man the worse man nor the worse
Christian ; I will love no man the less for differ
ing in opinion from me, and what measure I mete
to others, I expect 'from 'them again. ' 1 am fully.
assured that God does not, and therefore menV.
ought not, to require any more of any man than,
this, -To believe the : scriptures . to be God's
word ; to endeavor to find the true sense of it, and
to liveaccordingto it" iChillingworth's Works,
Fol. Edition. 1742. , .
PAY Y6uit 'MINISTER.'
1. Pav him, because it is the ordination of
God, " that those who minister at the altar should
live of the i altar." When God sent vou vour
pastor, he laid you under obligation to yield him
a support. I iThe head of the Church "is (oojust, -
to can a man away irom secular labor, lor his
service, without giving a precept for his sus
tenance, i . : -
2. Pay your minister, because yon owe him.
and the precept is. "owe no man." Havin"-.had
the time of your minister, you can no more de-
pnvehim ot his wages without sin, than you.
could " the reaper of youT fields." The money
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ou suoscnoe is not a-cnarity, out a lebt
o. 1'ay yifur mmisicr. Decausc in fraininn an
education to serve you, he spent seven or ten of
Wlt utot j-1 U1 uc, auu hoi ites man iweive
hundred or j two thousand dollars..- ;Y6ii have
been devoting all this period to laying up proper-
ty Don't begrudge, then, the pittance you have
subscribed for his support ..." .
4- P9 yr minister, that he may be wertfi
paying. How can he give rich instruction, if
poverty drive him out of his study to dabble in
worldly business f tiowcan he buy books and
periodicals without means ? . How can he think
and reason closely, if you allow hfs mind to be
tortured wih fears and debts and insolvency, and
keep him running from neighbor to neighbor to
borrow ptioriey ?, How can" he. go before the
church as a pioneer in godliness if you compel
him to be coruinuauy struggling with pecuniary
emuarrassrr.ents wmcn- occupy itic mma and
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heart irom Monday to baturday?
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. 7'"" ou .lu.ai "c pay
xnvnusiaxytximiuimwm iaciT
OebtS punctually. iNOt tO OO this IS to bring a
renroach upon reIision. Can the minister be
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punctual, if his people withhold the means? The
hnpmnl-pT tnilor. merchnnL Air. must n.-4vi.
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dctraua them
m G. , Pay your minister, if you would keep Atn;
or ever get another as good. It is a bad thing
for a. church to get the name of "starving out
their minister.' v e lcnow oi some sucn cnurcn-
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cs. Ihe curse oi uoa seems xo oe upon tnem.
Matters in themare growing worse and worse.
They will soon become "like the mountains of
Oilboax without aew or rairi.
7. fav vour Minister, because you nave
vromiscd to pay nun. iot to do it is to lorieiL
vour word, j It is a debt of honor as well as of
law. - Your pastor has trusted to your word.
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and thrown rumseii ana nis aearest interests into
your keeping. Will you prove unworthy of his
coiiuueutu ,
6 j3av vour iinisrr. because vou arc able to
pay - Ho W small is the pittance which falls to
vnilr share i How rich has been the benevolence
0f God in fixing your home in the luxuriant val-'
lev of the Mississippi.. where natures produc-
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tions aimosx leap ionn irom tne earxn io uu
garners ; of the; , husbandman, where jveryme-
chamc art nnas employment ana rcwaruiiu"
the increasingrrii lions who areeekm- arnong -
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""tigs izoumtm ivipiw.
its roots farther ana ag W ev
tempestwhich sweeps o et its majestic top, and
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pt ftrnamnt tfi eonstancr. bomiA.
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hath said so, thereforo it is true. In other things
I will! take no man's liberty of judging from him;
neithtr shall anv man take mine from me. I
. -'t?i;i..:i- ' c;;inilsliiD: irenuine frieiidshin!
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