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Whole No. .721).
Tavhorough, (Edgecombe County, N C.) Friday, November 21,
1834.
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COFFIELV ICLYG,
M KUCHA .NT TAILOU,
1ESPECTFULLY informs his friends and
iu?uiiii i ? in.ti lit; iciuiuiii nuiil UV
York, where he purchased bis
Supply of Full Goods,
In his line of business, viz:
1
KEI1UKEE ASSOCIATION.
The members coaiin!; ihU boily semble.l ut Cro
Kon.ls ineotins house, in this cuuniv. . S.,tr,lnv tl.
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mites we learn that letters from thin,, ,.
ly their nsSenpers., from which it appeared that durincr' ilP
ji.im Jir mere were h.mhziM ih..r.i.. o.-. ; . ,.
ip i . . !, c, in.;i" u uv inner.
1G, .h.sm.ss,.,! by leltcr,28; excommunicato!. 21; lec..l 3 V
ret..re.l, 4 total number, (in So church.,) 1705. The' Col'
low ing is the Circular of the Association-
The Ministers and Jlhsseni
7) on
the
mnrstcrs and Messengers composing the Kehuhee Baptist Association
' sitting at the Cross-Road Meeting-house, Edgecombe, County, A' C
Uh, ffi, and 6th days of October, 1834, to the several ChurrL
represent, send you this epistle of ours as usual, in which ice shall call vour
attention to a RELIGIOUS TRAFFIC.
Dear Buktiiuen: The origin of simple and honest commerce is of a
very ancient date, and the practice of it is not censurable in a civil point ol
view, for from it man derives bent fit; but religious commerce is impious
band, and an abomination in the sight of God. Bv civil commerce man
finds a competency; and more than this, interest and duty forbid him to de
sire. Warning was iriven him in Parndisp nnt m nnx-n nnrn-,t r.i
: " v , ' 1 m,xl ol knowledge ol good and evi : formed for a religious creature
C larence brown, sace and lavi-nder Cassuneres. ' . . ' iui i icnftiuu! uuiuit,
he was not
Drab, black, and Orleans do.
Drab Petersham Goats hair Camblet,
Striped and figured velvet Vestins plain black do.
l'lain black and figured silk Yestings,
ri:.,ut t il Marseilles and Valencia do.
Linen RoMnus and Collars black satin Stocks,
(ia-tlcim-n's buck Gloves Umbrellas, eve.
All of which lie will sell low for cih or an a
short credit to punctual customers. Tho-e wish
ing to purchase will please to call and ex:i:tiini
lor themsel ves
to crave, nor use any thing that was not needed; the bare craving would
be thunkfully received &. punctually attended to.
1 arborou;!), Oct. IS:" 1 .
Hats and Caps.
J IV. COT TEX.
14th Oct. 1 S3 L
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NEW AND FASHIONABLE
Milliner ij, $c.
RS. HOWARD informs her customf-rs and
the public, that she has just received her
Full Supply of Goods,
Which she will with pleasure submit to tlmir in
spection among her assortment will be found:
Rleant pattern siik and silk velvet Bonnets,
i'olk, Kemble, Tuscan and open straw tlo.
blisses do. Chinchillas Tuscan Braid and (limp,
Watered, figured, and plain Silks and Satins,
Roal purple, claret colored, and black silk Velvets,
Superb Caps and Capes l'ufl and Culls,
White and black ostiich Feathers,
Feathered and velvet Flowers,
Kibbons, in great variety lilond Footing Edginir,
Fringes, Laces, In-Aitings, fmtci l ooting, tic. i';c.
mar his peace, and the eating would be followed by a curse; but he desired,
ue eat, ana in to turn were the consequence. In this incident we find
something akin to religious trah, if not the thing itself. The commodity
to be sold was obedience to God, (a religious commodity;) the price, the
being as gods, knowing good and evil, (promotion and alienation.) Every
act of religious traffic, from that period to the present, has been of the
same character, the selling or forsaking of obedience to God, for the ad
vancement of some way contrary to God; and as often as it is practiced it
Gent!emens clothing made and ! fi(l reproof from the word of God, and is followed with chastisement cur-
liimm"d in the most fashionable style and at the ses, anil judgments. Abraham was to leave his land and kindred; thus sin
shortest notice. All orders from a distance will ! nifving, that the family of God must have no carefulness for the treasures
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oi tins worm, they being dangerous to the most godly; nor was Canaan,
(which was given to him to be sold for his former land,) from which we
gather, that no part of the gospel inhcritauce must be sold for mammon or
lucre. Corah, and his company attempted to usurp the priest's office,
and was taken down alive into the eartii. A remarkable case of pious or
OW OPHNING. a handsome assorfuurit of rather impious traffic, was that of Balaam; he pretended he must not act
beaver and silk Hats, cloth and hair Caps, 'without consulting the Lord, nor to tro beyond the Lord's commandment-
which will be sold as cheap as can be desire, 1. i but he was deceitful, for the angel of the Lord opposed him in the wav.
Peter calls his transaction an error, and Jude says that he loved the wages
of unrightousness; reproved by the ass, and warned by the angel, he still
sought the promised reward; and fell in aiding the Midianites warring a
! gainst Israel, not without causing Israel to bring a curse upon th-rrrlves,
(while he was unabie to curse them,) by intermarrying with Midianitish
women. Saul is a fearful example of fraud, or deceit in destroying the
Amalekites; he and the people spared Agag the King, and the best of the
oxen and sheep, pretending hey were reserved tobe ollered in sacrificeto the
Lord. This was punished by taking from him the kingdom, bv leaving
him the remainder of his days in adversity, and by bringing him and his
jsons to a miserable death hy the hands ot Hie rliiiistmes. Uzziah, king
jof Judah, became strong, coveted and invaded the priest's oflice, and was
I smitten with leprosy for life. The adversaries of Judah and Btnjrmin
j sought to unite with Zerubbabel in building the house of the Lord, profes
ising to seek his God as he did. and to sacrifice to him, and on being rejec
ted opposeil him all thedays ot Cyrus. I he prophets, in the days of Micah,
engaged in the work of gains by their office and compelled the people to
pay them. "Thus saith the Lord, concerning the prophets, that make my
people err, that bite with their teeth and cry peace; and he that putteth not into
thier mouths, they even prepare war against him. They build up Zion with
blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. The heads thereof judge for reward,
and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for mo
ney; yet will they lean upon the Lord and say, is not the Lord among us?
none evil can come upon us." 31icah, iii. chap. 5, 10, 1 1, verses. "For
this Jerusalem was destined, to become heaps, and Zion to be plowed as a
field. In the time of Zephaniah this complaint is heard: "her prophets are
1'iLrht and treacherous persons, her priests have polluted the sanctuary. "
All of which she will dipoc of on her usual ;Holv trade has been extended even to human bodies. "Joseph was bid
oil" at twenty pieces of silver," "and our Saviour at thirty," the former
sold by his own brothers, the latter by one of his twelve apostles the
one was sold for envy, the other through love of gain and profanity.
"Israel sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair
of shoes," for which the Lord declared he would not turn away
the punishment thereof. Amos, ii. (i. Pharaoh and Nebuchadnez
zar had their magicians, Ahah his prophets, and the men of Phi
lippi their soothsayers, all serving for hire. Ananias and Saphira
would buy the honors of religion for all their lands, and attempted to pay
with part of the price. Simon wished to be qualified to communicate the
Holy Ghost by laying on of his hands, and o fie red money; for this the apos
tles bid his money and him perish together. Some of the circumcision at
Crete, taught things which they ought not. for filthy lucre's sake, whom
the apostle calls "liars, evil beasts, slow bellies, whose months must be stop
ped." Some coveted after money, and erred from the faith, and pierced
themselves w ith many sorrows. Peter warns his brethren of false teachers,
who should bring in damnable heresies, whose pernicious ways many
should follow, and who with feigned word-, should make merchandize of
the saints; whose judgment, he tells us, was not lingering, nor their damna
tion slumbering. Jude advertises the saints that there are some crept in
unawares, walking after their own lusts, having men's persons in admira
tion because of advantage. A wo is pronounced upon them, resembling
their fate to that of Sodom and Gomorrah. The first implicit account of
seeking religious office for gain, is found (if memory serves) in that of Si
mon. The believing of the gospel fills the heart with charity, this prepa
red the saints in the days of the apostles to be liberal, and this liberality al
lowed the idle and covetous among the unregenerate to increase. But as
their liberality was only in proportion to the needs of the saints and apos
tles, few for the sake of it would endure the persecutions and sufferings they
underwent; this accounts for the purity of the Christian religion, previous
to the church of Rome, and the corruptions that ensued upon its establish
ment. The civil law put a stop to persecutions, and established salaries
and benefices; and like a hawk hovering over a chicken, or the wolf fos
tering a lamb, extended its kind protection (sure destruction) over the
rhorrb, by teaching the llock to buy its food, and the shepherds not to feed
moderate and accommodating terms.
Tarburough, Oct. 22, 1H3-1.
20 Reward. .
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber,
'about four weeks asro, a mulatto fellow
hy the name of
XYHXiUS,
He is tolerable well built, full round face, when
interrogated generally frowns and looks down
his father belongs to Major Whitmel K. Hul
uck, and he has -ome relation at Charles Wil
kinson, Esq's. He is about 21 or 22 years old.
It is probable he may attempt to pass as a free
fellow, being quite intelligent. 1 will give the
above reward to any person who will deliver
him to me, or secure him in jail so that I can
get him ugun, and pay all reasonable expences.
jr. I). PETUV1Y.
Town Creek, Edgecombe County, N.C.
Sept. 12, 1834. 5.'
JYoticv.
WAS stolen or slravd from my
-table on Monday niht last, my
SORREL HORSE, about 4 feet 10
inches high, 5 or G years old, blaze
fice, with hind feet white, on the fetlock of one
ot which is a scar made by a rope with which he
was tied. Any person who will bring said
horse to me, or confine hint and send rne word,
bhall be paid for his trouble.
WILLIAM GARDNER, Jan.
Edgecombe Count), Nov. 12, 1534.
sax
them w.thout pay. 1 make sure of all the money and goods in the em
pire, the I ope was declared to be without fault, and not liable to err; and
hat church was pronounced to be the iru. or molljer diurc, of a,',
world. Greedy o the gold and silver ol other countries, the spirit of con
quest raged, and although they professed to have put an end to persecution
yet ni Cour&e o! time they drenched cities and countries with human blood!
1 hey might justly term it a mother, for she was the first corrupt church of
any magnitude in the Christian era, and almost all nations, savage barba
rous, civilized, and enlightened, have felt her influence. She is the parent
of all corrupt and false churches; and upon her forehead was a name writ
ten, Mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of harlots, and abominations
of the earth. Rev. xvii. 5. From her sprang the first missions in the six
teenth century. Xavier, and Dominic, were among the first missionaries'
they visited Spain, Portugal, and other parts; and through all their tours
superstition and cruelty were their handmaids. From her too emanated
the order called Jesuits; Ingratius Loyola was its founder. They agreed
to draw no expenditures 1 rom the Pope and his crovernmrnt u liitliprcnpvo
he should bid, they would go; and whatsoever he should command, they
would do. Amongst other vows they took that of poverty. They peti
tioned the Pope, and he confirmed the order. Thev asked permission to
trade w ith the nations, to which they should carry "the gospel, and other
places. They taught the South American nations to hate the Spaniards,
and cut off, as much as possible, all intercourse between the two nations.
They sought to erect Paraguay into an independent empire, subject alone
to their order. They interfered with the civil government of China, estab
lished warehouses in various parts of Europe, and became wealthy and
powerful. They frequently solicited the See to absolve them from the vow
of poverty, and were eventually successful. Their growing wealth and
might, together with the secrecy of their policy, became sources of alarm
to the civil powers of Europe; and by joint co-operation of the latter, the
order was extinguished in the beginning of the seventeenth century, But
missions did not cease w ith the extinction of the Jesuits. While under the
mask of piety, the Pope and lergy were practising all the multifarious
forms of religious traffic within the borders of the Papal dominions, they
were endeavoring to extend it to other countries by means of missions.
Most of the Catholic States were at some period engaged in ihe work. At
length it found its way among the Protestants. A few perhaps were invi
ted by benevolent feelings, w hile many were doubtless moved by the same
design that actuated the Catholic church. Near the close of the last centu
ry, it crossed over into the United States. It is worthy of remark, that its
character has not changed; only circumstances have altered, while its prin
ciple continues the same. They anticipated their reward, with commerce
w ith the nations, the acquisition of territory, and the extension of domin
ion; with the last, from money solicited from church and state, previous to
entering on their mission, if it be a foreign; but from the promise of it, if a
domestic mission. Thirty or forty dollars per month, has been the regu
lar pay for domestic missions. Travelling among their own countrymen,
and in their own native States, where they have no reason to doubt, that (if
called of God,) the gifts of the minister exercised with zeal and devotion
and strengthened by a Christian deportment, would procure them an ex
cmpHon from suffering. Considerable traffic has been carried on ih the
form of Bible Societies, and Tract Societies. Donations have been recei
ved to defray the expences of bibles, with a promise to give the bibles away
to the poor, and afterwards they were sold by agents of the society at what
could be had for them. Among the instances of religious trade may be
classed Theological Seminaries. In these the student has amused himself
with a view to eminence and distinction, to preferment and good salaries.
Temperance Societies have been instituted to subserve the others, as giving
in some measure, a fair prospect of success. Connections have been form
ed between the fraternity of the Fretmasoris and ministers of the gospel,
under expectation of the latter to get gain, and to become more popular, as
they were told it would add to their know ledge of the scriptures, and to
their usefulness, and liberal donations withal had been made to ministers
united with them.
The scriptures furnish no account of a society similar to the above, not
withstanding the advocates thereof profess to rest them upon bible authori
ty. The support of the ministry, and spread of the gospel, have furnished
pretexts to these societies. They urge that every true minister of the gos
pel is a missionary; that the apostles were missionaries, and that even Jesus
Christ w as a missionary; that the word missionary is derived from the Lat
in word millo, to send, and the Word apostle is from the Greek, apostillo,
to send out or from. But as a man could not be an apostle unless he had
seen Christ, (see 1 Corinthians, ix. 1,) we should think they would not pre
sume upon that name, and yet the epithet is applied to the first missionaries
and also to some of late years. But the established name is missionary, it
can be derived from the word millo; and it may be remarked that the Lat
in words emisarius and emisaria, are translated into English, missionary,
adversary, (see Ainsworth Dictionary, English into Latin.) But grant
that it be derived from the Latin word, millo, the Romish church spoke
that language; and this again speaks missions to have originated in that
church. Again, admitting the word to be scriptural, and without objec
tion, (and we think there is no reasonable objection to the word itself,) yet
names cannot change the nature of things, nor prove the practice of mis
sions to be less or more than religious traffic.
The head of the church w ho tells us his kingdom was not of this world,
informs us that became not to be ministered to, but to administer; his apos
tles were reminded that they had freely received, and commanded freely to
iiive; they were c harged to provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in
their purses, adding, the workman was worthy of his meat, (not of his mo
ney;) and that they should take nothing for their journey. The seventy
that were sent forth received the same instructions. It may be thought by
some that these instructions were reversed, or countermanded, in Luke,
sxii. 35, oG; but this is a mistake. They were not admonished to procure a
purse, but if any had one, to take it. The time had come when Judas, who
held the purse, or bag, (for all) was about to desert them; so that each must
carry his own purse for himself. Again: if each were directed to obtain a
purse, each was also commanded to get a sword, and so to go armed with
a carnal weapon; whereas the Saviour, when told there were two swords,
said it w as enough; and he Reproved Peter for using the one he had. All
the scripture authority ministers have now to preach, is contained in the
commission, after Christ's resurrection. The phrase I am with you al
w ay, even unto the end of the world shows this commission to be binding
on all subsequent ministers, to the end of time. If this commission, which
w as binding upon the apostles, be binding upon ministers of later times, the
instructions with which they were sent are also binding upon the present
ministry. This commission enjoins, "Teaching them to observe all things
w hatsoever 1 have commanded you." There is no injunction, nor even an
example, nor any thing in the commands of Christ and practice of the anos-
con United on the last page.)