DEVOTED, TO RELIGION; MOLALITY, LITERATURE,- A'ND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. T. MEREDITH; EDITOR.
VOL. II. NO. 36.
NEWBKRN, N. G. WEDNESDAY, : S1CPTEMDEU 7, 183G,
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1 : ' From lonT.s Advocate. " -UNEDUCATED
MINISTERS. t
. ' Brother WiljsonThc following letter vas
written by the piolessot oT Theology and Prin
cipal of the Newton Theological Institution to
his friend in O.xford CountyJ - If it' should; be
your pleasure to give it a place in the Advocate,
I think, considering the source from" whencp it
came it would be of creneral .use.andvpartiulajrly
inn- to a fnend-of all true gospel ministers,.
' J. Ti
both learne.d and unlearned.
NfiWTOX TliELOOlCAL ' IXSTITVTI0N 1 V.:.
. , : , February 10, 1S3G. S
Dear awl venerated Brother, In my brief (re
ply, upon tRe reception of your letter, respecting
Ministerial Education, I expressed the hope of
being,iabbj at some other time; to: coinmunicate
"lo.youa more full statement of my views' on that
. , interesting subject.- I begin to fear that I shall
Hiicver ftnd'the leisure I j hoped for ; and I seize a
few moments amidst my-pressing duties. to. say
Vo" much t least as may prevent any. niisappre-
hensiori which might arise trom my silence, i
Your communication to me has made a deep
impression on my mind. I thank you for it.mok
- sinccrelv. While it has admonistiedit has en
" couraged me. May, God llelp me always to cbe'r
" ish itsspirit, unci. tf exert such an influence on
) my yoijingxir brethren, as he: approves, and as.he
. vill bless" from age to age. s ; l"
; It has been with great pleasure that L have
r5d in Zioh's Advocate, of May 13, 1835, 'your
, iJdress to' the advocate's of Ministerial education,
3 ofthe. Baptist Denomination, and the second
" number your addfess, l the samepaper, of
April'29, 1835, to the Xlinisters and other 'btetli
: who composed a meeting holden at Y.indpr,
Jan. 28" 1835. The first number I have not seen.
Mv views and feelings coincide entirely wmi
sent to nil the truth as rt is in Jesus:
Theology be the Theolosrv of the iJible. For
ettiot that you have now only laid the founda
tion : and that you must I henceforth : buildSan, it
diMgently ; and, as far as possible, systematically, j
Persevere, then, in. the effort to unite 1 habits of j
study with- habits of activity, I need not say,
cherish an affectionate remembrance of each oth
er. Occasionally, at least, .encoura go each oth
er by free epistolary correspondence ; and often
let your prayers for each other meet before the
throne of $rrace. Your own srood sense and
christian feeling will dictate to you the propriety
of treating with profound respect' those- humble
a nd laborious mi nisters who jiave not. Jiad y ou r
literary advantages ; far in practical wisdom, and
in various other matters, lliey'" may be greatly
Such, I doubt "not, nralhe.seitiments. cherish
ed generally by the friends ofthis insti(utIo'n, and
of the Noithern Baptist Education Sdciety and
its branches, as well asi of our various literary
institutions and theological schools.; For my
self, (and I think that gutter the set.liments also
of those' with whom it i my happiness to be con
nected,) I could most cordially adopt the extract
with which you have closed your 2nd number,
namely; Upon the whole, my brethren, we cpme
to this'conclusiou : "While we duly; appreciate
the value of human learning, we disown its claim
as a distinctive qualification ol a gospel minister.
While we covet the best gifts natural and spirit
ual, we neither th.ink nor speak dimi'nutively of;
such, whose acquirements are not so great as
those of same others. Our motto is, let not him
that hath learning despise him that hath not 5 and
let not him that hath not learning judge him that
hath. While we do our utmost to assist the can
didate for the ministry iniiterary anJ scriptural
knowledge, we discard the. idea of -ungenerous
distinctions. We embrace every true minister
of Christ as a brother. We esteem each nighly
in love for his work's sake. We serve one Mas-.
ter,and hail each' other as brethren." .
. Yours most sincerely, - .
. f Ik ah GiiAsir.
, . l'jum the HcgLsvep.
, Family government.
" He that tcacl;?th,oa teaching; lie that ralelli, with
dilicr'jnce..' lljiuaiis xii. 7, b.;
Mk. Editor, - ' -
. In your paper of the 20ih July", m a short edi
torial article under the head of "Fa'mUv Govern
ment," vou seem deeplv to feel some of the evils
which exist in the families of the church, on ac-
countof t'eir neglect ol a divine Tule oh this sub-
jeet ; ano jou seem, 10 cuuijjp a pumun ui
this delmnucncv on missionaries, ,wno nenner
1
ahvnys ought to begin 'with before they are n !
year old. And irom all my experience ana oov
serration, it would be Jar belter for a young co'u-"
pie to take lessons from some old mother in Isra-'
raelln regard to tin traitiing of their; children,
than from their ministers.- Indeed, there is some
excuse for ministers in this manner: they are
not only public men, but they are professional
men ; of coiirse, they can riot always be with their
sons, and. train them as the" farmer and lhe me
chanic ' "dries.:-. ' It is also well known that profes
sional men generally have an aversion to manu
al labor. Not knowing the; pleasures and bles
sings of it habitually, thev are prone to think it
a kind of servitude too hard for their dearV) fee
ble, sons toendue.'" Somehow there is a strong
desire to evade the mandate of I leaven, which
says.j " Thou shall eat thy bread in the sweat of
thy brow." Hence it is very-fare that a mer
chant, lawyer, physician, or. a minister, puts his
son apprentice, to the agricultural or mechanic
al business. -No: this is toof rnefnial. And it is
as impossible how to make useful men and wo
men )f. our child reh,-,witliout bringing thctp up
10 steady, regular naous
was : I and vet, it would
would rather run the nsk of having their sons
become effeminate dwarfs1, in body , arid mind,
than endure thcv drudgery! ot Jabor. . , But they
hone that school education upon the top ol school
education, will some day make men of them. It
maV be so : but ha may likewise become a prodi
sral arid a bankrupt ; more likely a feeble, rone,
in some way to creep through life u pon the earn
inrrs of others. -
But! it is certainly very unfair to charge an un-
due blame upon ministers ior tms aucency ic
the'firo'verhment of their families. Gdkl has laid
every man,.and especially every Christian man
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under a , positive oDiigation to unngup nis cnu
dren iii the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Every .member of the church, therefore, can not
neglect this duty withoutincurring the displeas
ure of Heaven. And if any would bringdown
the fa'vbrs of Heaven upon his own nosteritv. leM
turn do'as Abraham did, "command his children
and his; household after him." Such a man as
Abraham, you know, was honored by his wife,
she "coifing him Lord." But how many Chris
tians there are whose government is so con
temptible thru-even their wives despise thtm.aud
move mountains,) that would not be shocked at'
the wretched condition of this country 1- Almost
every minister of the gospel is a Pope, and every
church an inquisuioi. what are, ussociauons
bat assemblies of Cardinals? What corruptions !
What delusions 1 What, spiritual inthralment I
Gorgons, hydras and chimeras dire!" Italy
and Spain in their worst Vkvys knew nothing to
equal it.' Mystical Babylon miht have been
burnt in Europe, but America is enveloped in
the smoke smoke, that hides all things in shades
as dark and terrible as the 'night of; Egypt. U
was in the midst of this monstrous corruption,
and tyranny, and darkness, that Mr. Campbell
found you. Yoii Were lying supinely oh your
backs, entirely unconscious of the danger you
were in Surrounded by the darkness, and in the
midst of all tyrannies, nay, some of vou Cardi
nals, Inquisitors, and Popis, but, strange to Say,
you knew it not, -until a warning ivoicc, in trum
pet tone?, came from Mr.' Campbell, and pierced
your dull and stupid cars. You started in won
der, and gazed around, but saw noihing. Again
the same sound broke upon the stillness of night,
and behohiyou began to conjecture, that some
thing was wrong, and you quaked with. fear. -A
third lime the voice came in yet louder tones,
and the horrid spectre stood full befor.e you, "and
shook his corv leeks." You could stand no
If, from all these things, you are not properly
called Jampbelliies, then you should cease to say
thatot lers are the followers of men. If any sect'
was jutly called by the name,of its leader, surely
yours p. But it matters not you. have his name; .
and when one says of another, he is a Campbcli
lte, he js as well understood as when he speaks of
Methodist, or Baptist, or any other sect. This
name is considered entirely appropriate, and 13
perfectly understood by every one. Then, after
all your endeavors to avoid it, the community ;
common and approved usage, has said that Camt
bclliti: is the name of your sect.1 -:
Fiow tLc Methodist Protestant.
: "A LIVING REDEEMER. . .
; " Be lives, the great Redeemer 1 ivt
Wliat j y .the be( arsurancc rivcs.'
, Iu the jonrney cf life there are. hours when
the drooping spirit can notbe sustained by he
consolations ortarth.whcn sorrows flmg over the
brow its darkened shadows, when disappointut
hope3 and gloomy anticipations bid us lean not
on earth; and then how sweet is the gospel!
iWVaricd with the perplexing cares of the week.
Uvith an exhausted frame and a depressed mind
on me uouaiu morning 1 oent my iooisieps 10
the house of God.4 There was a silence theru
longer. You flew to a place of safety, and snugly that seemed to invite a calm meditation : but soou
their childre
But to the
V on missionaries,
your own, as expressed in those pieces which 1 J set a proper eample by ru!,mg well their own
have'had 'an opportunity of. perusing. It was children, or sufficiently poiutont the evil in. their
suitable; it was timely ; h was highly important public ministrations. You seem Tat her to im-
that vou should! litter your conviction with the plicate the cnurcn Dccausc iue.uae mauc uu-
Fection of a; father. ; The ctlorr, I isters witnoui a eruicai uiumiuuuuii ui vuuui-
dates on this point, and think " it is high time a
reformation look place." b u rther : you say"
There can be little hope ot relormatton in pn
vate Christians, if men are admitted into the ho
c with be-
Finally,
freedom and afi
trust, has not been in vain; It will 'be rememr
berud with irratitude whenyou shall have ceased
-Irom your labors. ' ; .: . i
Ivearningin the pious minister is highly.desil
fable ; but it nust never be substituted for pier
ty. :'lt jnust never -be exalted to the highest
place. Let it be the handmaid, but 'not the ;rr is-
. tress. . - .. i : ' ' . ' - J ' v!
Those of our young brethren who seemed dej
signed by our Saviour fqr.thc -ministry of th'e gOs
' pel, ought to be encouraged I to pursue an exten-
iled course of studies. They should not, howev-
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nt i Opv nr-ed not let their nietv crrow- coiu.s
At the same time, they should not be in hasttvto
assume the responsibilities of the pastor. In thi?
nresont staUS of society, anxl of the" -&tfious
; world, they will'need all the attainments that they; easy until I had pe
rnnU Thpv . owe it to the ch'u rches. to the' this subject.
souls of meri, to the'c.ause of truth.and to our corn-f . By ministers, it is uiKlerstood simply to mean
-t Kimlf to hi as wt'll iurnished tot; renuted preachers 01 tne qspei. - aou 01 sucn
this -work jn every respe'ct.'asi the ministers cif it has, been long proverbial thay heir children
,(uX!nnm;n;.tion nr rather, as it is oractt- were worse than others. ' i In aflswer.it has been
cable for them to 'bo, in the" circumstances in t saiu inax me. improprcjea 01 uuuioida timutcu
1 them: for this wouldi were sooner noticed and complained of than
lllV.ll UIU IU1.1H.V ..-w j- I , . . . , -I t ; " ' I .1 .
be the higher standard. - '; r; f - juuicia. . xiiic..o ,
Others drd called to the mmistry, when theys lor, as rriimsters assume 10 pe examples 10 uie
., tiJ.Au j imrfh rnd thprnnstitntmn oflNew Y ork recor?-
vouth These should be. encouraged to make nises them as set apart for the cure ol souls, it is
A:r".l:.,,n. .h,;r nrrfnd circumstances reasonable to suppose that mea will expect more
SUCH UlUllUUH-lJto u.w ow . li 1 it il 'r ' ! f .L
01 them, ana specially m me iraiuiugui iuu.r
Tfuro are manv also-who havabeeri constrain- own' family. Uut in tnis tne cnurcn ana worm
,. . -
ly office of bishop-who' are chargeab
inir wantincr -'in family government."
you seem to meet with atMhsurmouhtable diffi
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cultv in supposing a candidate who nas nenner
wife or chiltlren how can; he be questioned.&c.
and you then appear; to invite some correspond
ent to take up and answer the question. Feeling
in some measure thelcurse which has come upon
"Zion'Mor her sin in this matter, and the evils
which have been brought upon "society at large"
by the wicked neglects of professed Christians in
not governing their children, I could r ot rest
nned sorac of my thoughts on
And of such
mock them.
question, Can a man be ordained a
minister whej has no v. ife, nor family, or who
doesnotj rule well his own house? lauswe:r yes.
ii uod nas canea tne Drotner to preacn 1113 gos
pelj let the. church recognize him as such, and
let him go to'the work, and, ior aught I care, he
ijnay "go into1 all the world and preach the gos
pel to every croature ;" let him "wait on his teach
ing;3' but let the elders, the bishops ol the church,
"with diligence" see to -it. as they 'arc "apt to
teach," that the preaching brother have lessons
how to ?' rule his own house;" lest h fal into
reproacH and bring the gospel rhiich he preach
es into disrepute, j As God has organized many
members forthe.use of the human body, so it is
for the body of Christ, the church. . And these
all haveia measure of the Spirit, that they may
profit withal one another "Some teachers, some
evangeliks," stime "Elders that rule well," &c,
&e. -all for the edifvinEr of the church in love.
Paul hail no wife, but he was recognized as a
preacher! by the church. ' There were twelve
postles, put one ol whom was recognized as an
elder or overseer in the church : that was Peter,
and he surely had a wife and family. It is plain,
therefore that to " rule well his own house" is
ah indispensible qualification for a bishop, whose
gift and business it is to "take care of the church
of God," or "rule with diligence." And no man
can give evidence of his gift to rule his own
nouse wen unless he have one, 1. e., a lamuy.
Now, let the church come into gospel liberty ,and
stand in primitive simplicity'and order 5 let every
church of Christ discern and acknowledge, all
the gifts and callings of God among their breth
ren. . Then would the world seel the church ris
ing as an holy temple in the Lord: "govenments"
in the church would then beaDnreciatei and ac-
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permit.
perched upon the spneiou3 pinions of the won
drous Phamix that had just arisen from the ashes
cf conflagrated Babylou. "
Yes, according to . yourjown assertions, you
were unconsciously in the midst of spiritual cor
ruption ; many of you anxious and zealous prop
agators of the most delusivejnotions.and yet you
were unconscious of what you did -until Mr. C.
came, fie made the salve that opened your eye&
He showed to you your situation, and raised his
standard, and marched forth.! Few of you, could
at first,, perceive your danger1, but by degrees be
came convinced of it, and sallied out and-joined
him.; Ido think it sheer ingratitude for you to
make wry faces for calling you Campbclhtes.
Considering he has awakened you to a knowl
edge of the eminent peril in which you were un
consciously reposing, and has led you eotrium-
nnantiy out, you ought rather to rejoice, or at
least very patiently to bear his rrame. .
'Mr. Cau'pbell having thus brought you out
does not leave you. lie still leads you about
and instructs you. Truf, say you, we take the
New Testament for your guide, and so says Mr.
Campbell: and you take care to understand it
about as he does; and I say it,in no other than
the spirit of admonition, that you read more at
tentively, and certainly more often, his writings,
than those of the apostles. With what eagerness
do you inquire for them ? What marks of disap
pointment are discoverable in your countenan
ces when yu ask at the office and they have
failed to arrivel With what rapture do you open
the. iooked-for-trcasurcs I . How - you - devour
tneir contents t v flow you applaud his views !
he ridicules, and you smile. He denounces and
Vou feel anger stir within your bosoms, tie ad
vances a point of doctrine, and how lucid in your
estimation dots it appear: how cogent are his
reasonings; palpable and as bright as the beam
of the morning. . ' -
; Why should you not be called Campbell itcs?
You. were immersed in error: vou were in the
midst of the greatest delusion. Who shewed
you your situation, and pointed out to you the
dangers that surrounded you? Mr. Campbell.
Who led you through the devious Tritri'cacies of
the labyrinth in whicjiyou were, andplaced you
on the modeTrn "ancient ordir of things?" .' Mr.
Campbell. Who is now the great light and or
nament of your sect, and to whom do you look to
defend you? Mr, Campbell. Whoamo'ng you
do not lean upon his strong arm for support'?
Which of you will oppose his views, or will not
cower beneath his frown. , j
J Tell me not ihat you take the scriptures for
your guide. . .Ilow common it is for your teach
ers to criticise the common translation of the Bi-
the voice of praise arose and holy prayer vent
up and now was read the, glorious declaration,
" I know that my liedeemcr livelb 1" Thero
was deep" attention, aod we. heard of a " living
Bedeemer." The preacher told usNof him who ,
said " It is finished," who tasted the titternes' pf
death, who reposed in the dreamless .slumbers
of the tomb, and who, with the power of a God,
burst the chains and ascended on high, leading
captivity captive. " A living Redeemer 1" Oh!
blessed thought, I have thought ofjt, and my re
flections have jjeen as balm to myown spirit---The
poor Mahometan may perform his weary
pilgrimage to the tomb of his prophet ; the devo
tee of Juggernaut may with frenzy throw him
self beneath the tremendous car; but to the dis
ciple of Jesus it belongs to'triuraph in a living
i Redeemer. Does he contemplate the scenes of
Gethsemaneand Calvary, and there see the God ,
of Glory bow and bleed for sins he never knew ?
He turns from this, and with a piercing glance
of faith beholds the same Jesus' seated high in
glory,, and inspiration Reaches that this Jesur,
whom a bright cloud received when at Bethanv
he had blessed his disciples.shall come again the
second time without sin unto salvation. A living
Redeemer! Christian, art thou cast down befoto
thy transgressors? Contemplate a living Re
deemer, and adore the grace that ' throws in this
Bethcscla, your disease." Art thou troubled on
every side ? thy Redeemer carcth for thee.- Are
thy friends departed ? thy Jesus ever hveth.-
Dost thou tremble in view of that hour when
the mysterious cement which' binds thy soul to
its clay tenement must be dissolved ? Oh I iear
it not thou hast a living Redeemer, he will be
thy life when thou art dying ; he will watch thy
sleeping ust till ht shall bid it rise in his own
likeness, and then thy eye shall seejiimj v.heu
the cpenipg heavens and the descending. Judge
shall fill the sinner with dismay, thou shalt sav
with Mary Rabboni, with Thomas, My Lord &
my God; and Jwilh an innumerable multitude,
" This is our God, we have waited for him."
Disciple of a risen Saviour ; stay all thy hopes
upon him, cast all thy burdeos on his mighty
arm;. fear not the tyrant Death, but boldly coa-
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template cuiu joruan swave anu sing,
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" Live, lire forever, glorious kingr, .
Born to redeem and strong to save : .
Then ak the tnon.ster,'vherc's thy sling 1
And -uhcre's thy victory, boasiinj grave V
. - Axx.
HOLY, AND PROFITABLE SAYINGS. .
ble ; to ridicule its old fashioned language; to talk
of its incorrect translation; and to give a prefer-
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knowledred : tamiiv irovernmentiwou d then be ence to Mr. lamDDen s. Ana yet mese same ,uof-,-,.-., 1 n cin th hie : :. k.,..
Ipnclinr's nrnVinKtv cnnlr' not "In S.1VP thpm from I i . i ' w
Taken from a broad sheet ia the British Museura, da
ted London; printed (or D.iL 1073.
We should always abhor sin, niore in regard
ed to enter thdministry, with very small literary
advantages, and who cannot no w repair to any of
our schools far the prosecution of a course of stu
dies. But these too, are our brethren; laboring
in the same holy cause.. - They should be cher
ished with peculiar tenderness. Their trials are
j many and seyeref And facilities should be mul
linlied for their self linprovement; If a man in
these circumstances is laborious and disposed to
learn, he need not be ignorant, v Though labor
ing tinder great disadvantages,' h"e; may enrich
his mfnd -under much useful knowledge. He
'may become an efficient and highly respectable
minister, a workman that needeth not to be asha
ihed, rightly dividing the vord of truth.
In oneolyourCQmmunlcailonsyou re(narh 1
fully. agree with the' Baptist Board of Foreign
i 1 Mis'sions, that as there are at present, so there al
Cve bn manv able arid I useful ministers,
. mho ha ve'not enjoyed the advantages ofany p iblic
'institution whatever." ou wm De grauneu ai
the coincidence of oar viexys.when'ladd thai .these
,vjords;wh:ch you have-quoted from an address
rth RnorH 'nspmhled in the cjtyofNew York
t in the year of 1818, arc my ouhk wards. It. de
'.vnH'ed on.me to be Che writer of. that, address,
and to' it I refer you for a more extended state
ment of ray views onsevcral topics connected wun
' ? this subject. : i! ..- '
. As you have expressed a desire to know my
i fcclincrs. I take the liberty of referring you also
to an address delivered to a class upon finishing
' thpir course here at the Anniversary .SepUD, 1830
and published in the American Baptist Magazine
for the subsequent November, and particularly to
i the following paragraph :. .
"Beware Ol a controversial temper on reug
inns subiect-t; Maintain the truth ; but maintain
itihlove;-iH Meekness instructing those that op-) absolute govei
c. thrmwlrr Call no Iman master : but pre- exercise towa
heve Ion? been disannoihted. It is a notorious
fact that there is not in community any class of
men who profess to be moralists hat in propor
tion to their numbers (according to my observa
tion) have raised families so far wanting in use
fulness and morals as in the children of minis-,
ters.' And this remark applies with truth to some,
of our most excellent ministers. But we are hap
py to say that there are some honorable excep-
h;nn 5 :'cirttYio whnlt fnmilips of mintstorss. when
ViVli. tufUlit ' ' ,
old, give evidence that they were brought up "in
the way they should go."" It would seem that
the mere mention of this fact would at once awa
ken a vigilance in the whole church -to know
the cause, and reform the evils; but it is not so
No ; the good minister must not be blamed : it is
his bad children !
One would suppose that all who have been
born of God. but more especially teachers of the'
Christian religionwould so well understand the
doctrine of total depravity that they would never
'rely wholly upon the doctrine of moral suasion,
or its practice, to govern their tamilie? by. Lut
this is hot theT fact! thousands there are who.have
passed from death; unto life, and who.kuow the.
truth, and wno sometimes teacn u in ineory; yei,
through an inordinate self-lqve felt towards their
dear children, sincerely think that the motive
scheme upon the principles of mere persuasion
will effect a good character in their , children.-
Hence, they do not fear to live in the doctrine of
indulgence, (which God hath never taught ;)
hpnee thev allow their children to eat and drink
what they please, to sleep and go to bed, to-'.plny
aud to work, when they please pretty creatures
ministers' children ; they will come right bye-
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'iNow. a I this IS not me poaiuve resinum, iuu
rnment, which parents are bound to
rds their 'children, and which they
which would save the church from its neglects the Spanish inquisition", tell the nominative case
and unhappy broils, and the world from wars of a verb. I seldom hear oneteacb, but he takes
and tumult?. exceptions to the : King James translation; and
Hence is to be seen the great folly of the church, why? Because he. knows it to be wrong? Be
whenever she recognizes in one brother the giftfof 'cause he is able to compare it with the original
bishop, pastor; deacon, and ruling teacher ; or in scriptures, and prbve it incorrect? Or, because
other woids. teaching, ruling, and superintending
tne temporalities oi me cnurcn, and all tnis Decause
the brother can. taiK, or is called to preach the gos-
pel. 1 Xow, this coniormmg to the world makes a
mere form of godliness: the members of the church
Lshrink from their 'respective duties and the im
provements ot their several gifts, while they pay
the preaching brother a little for, pretending to do
he ia blessed with superior mental powers, and is
Let, O Lord ! the great change be wrought ia-
us before the great change come upon us.-, :
If we cannot make others .better, it should be
our special care that others should nct.make us
worse. . '. - : '
As none can; come unto the Father but by the
merit of the Spn, so none can come to the Son
more competent tliscern than his fellows? bat by the S?ifit 'of the Father. '
uu.uuu .mcu.. v.au.puci. liam We acunowicdge this mercy; that GoJ idoth
so lie has quoted Greek or something that ot tako U5 out of lhtt worlJ. bJul we should de-
innsf ho I irr!f for Iik-p thp frfisnpl tn thp I irppl:s I 1 .! V . . .
".r-" tr:: : sire mis one mercy more, mat nc. would take
letter. " He. therefore, rely inr on the chivalry of!
theirduties: Thus it is they become dead, and Mr. .Campbell to defend him. boldly charges up- him ; our glor to resemble-him ; our stability to
oftentimes kill their ministers. Tt matters little on the common bibb derides the lrmonince ofl . ' . r i Z. I
whether the church move in this way, Or whether ;ts tAn,!:ltnrs nnA SP,V fnrt1 :n Kn1(, ntr h: J . ncen.y o iove mm ; ana our le
the minister leads on and claim? this usurpation of " "Zi'-ZaZ "":rl llcy cmoyim
government upon the ground
iimMu us urpauon oi superior endowmeats,
1 of hi? pastoral office, ,
ridually or by diuUo! Ara I exaggerating? o
and to brinjr all herVifts imp the proper place,
without prelerrinjr one above another. Then will
the church be, living stones? aeach .supplying its!
S.
- i CAMPBELtlTES, ' -, .. ,
The keen satirical e5itor of:the Baptist Banner,
thus addresses the followers of Alexander Camp
bell, in reference to their protestations against be
ing called by; his name. : Ins remarKsareto the
point. : -:-:p:ij'S - 'y. ':"ly: a -r
youio nnu out inatu was oetter to say congrega- nleout of trouble vet ho
tion than church? And in some-places of the! evlb of trouble the despair
New Testament, the reign of heaven, and in oth-j porting their spirit ; nay.
ers, the Kingdom ol heaven, oic. occ. Where did
Let us die to sin that lives in us : and live to-
or. whether he does it individually or by diut oi Am 1 exaggerating? or am I overdrawing Christ who died for us. "
managing amajontywiiom ue nas coninveu ; 10 lueiuuic t jjui me (jui-sun io juur uivu u- uei us c noose to suncr rather than sin ; lor wj
getuader his influence: the effects are equally det- servation and to your own experience. Why do may suffer without stn, bat rc can-not sin vrith-
rirrYental to the lifo nnrt infprpsts of the church. ' nil vnnr tpnr.hp.rs lpnrnpft nnri unlpnrnpd snvrc c.rT.rtr,
It should, be the duty and business of every form instead of repent? And who taught you to Many raen.in'relation to outward tbin'rs.com-
cnurcn io uiscern tne guts anu camugs oi uou, immerse into me name oi tne Lord tnis is a plain ot want : and . vrr in truth want noth-
new phrase m our language. Have you all be- ing but thankful hearts for what they already
come such skillful philologists as to affix a mean-J have. ! " "
ingto what, tn itself,. i nonsense?. How came Though God does not alrays deliver his pco-
dehvers them Irom the
of trouble, by sup- -
he delivers by trouble,.
for hp nnrtifithfl trouble to cure the soul, and
you learn these thing's f-. .; by less troubles delivers from greater. .
Or, rather, whence came the light that display-1 It is the peculiar .wisdom of a Christian to
ed to you your former ignorance, and gave youl pick argumentsout of hta worst, condition to
such amazing knowledge? You cannot eauivo- make him thankful: and if he is thankful he will
cate. You all have to turn your eyes to the same be joyful.
nnint Cindor comnpls vnn tn mi? -I l
r " '-i y. L J f
kUUWieuL'c uuwu iuf auuictus, uowea irom me TfiK.tfAV Til A. rini.fi'K unBT
And how has it been in your Reformation?- same fountain. There it is vou sip the draughts I Further Extracts from Mr. Abbott's ,; Waw m .1..
bell, that firstdiscovered the deplorable state ol pellucid streams that fertilize your sect, and give - Many persons are often surprised to see how
the churchinlthe United States. vWhocanjread strength 'and vigor to-tlfosc otherwise, barren easily. some of their acquaintances will gain the
his , writings and have faith enough to believe teachers, that aro now so "plentiful, and so luxu- affection of children, and acquire an ascendency
them (that is( more faith than is! requisite' to re- "riantly flourish among you. over .-them. But this is the secret cf it. They
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