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.But »f(«r tb«t the kiodoMt tod lor* of Old Vk.otr Skvinnr towardi mto tppsared not by

iNrrlu qf rifhltoumtt* which kate dour, bvl aceordiitg to Mt mtrcy Ac nued ut, I r works h«Y* no inflacDc« ia procuring tb« dirioe fa-ror when they t r* wrought, how c»n w» «(ippo*« th«7 could b&Ts any iofluenoe od the d i f i a t d«or«i1 U th«y t ro dettiluta of merit when ptrformadt tod if after we have duno •il, we «r« taught to coofeu that are un-frq/lhtile t t r tant i , can we pontbly thiiiH that cheie works could be forekoowo aa ma-ritoriom coDiid«ratioDa in the divin.0 plau! If thU •uppotiiioQ ia correct, (li<in the loro-knowledge of God mnil be char^cable with error or mistake, and of courte, it could tm. DO foreknowledge at all. Uut after nil, did Qod furekoow theia things ai psrlormancos of oirs , without his immediate, and (pecial IfiflMDcc 00 our heartsi Or did he rurekuoir tb«B as thiogs he would operate in ui by hia Holy Splriti Certaialy, as thinpa be would operate, as we bare before proved. Then it will follow, that whatever good be forciatr in us, be beheld it not as native eicellenoy, or acfutrod by us, independeat of him; bat «> tka fmit of his own Spirit in our beartt; and af eourse not meritorious on our own acoonnt.

By foreknowledge in our text, we arc (o UDderstaod that God from crerlaatiog lore ka tw all those persons who would thro<if;!i liii own dir iot operatione^o their heir t j , teek KB interest in his faror throsgh Chriit, and perfect holiness In his fear. I beliave he kad the most exact and critical view of their »kol« chanicter. He knew the degraded •Ut« in which they would be born, the op-position of heart they would feel a(;tin>t re-t i r i n g grace, tod the plan of salvHtinn tkroogha mediator. I knew, said he, that tboa art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron •iaewand thy brow brass; I kiictv that thou wpaldit deal very treacheroudiMr.aDd ua«t called a traoigressor from the wnrab. lint fcaalso knew that in a day of grace and di-rine power, they would recdve oonviction cf •in and repeoLance towards Ood and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and be disposed to gio-rify Ood in their bodies and spirits which are Ood'a. It ts ioqnirad, what avails thta /orn-koowledgel I reply, that God's exact and perfect rlaw of the unfavorable part of our ckaraoter while we were enemies to him by witked works, p r o m that his plan of ealva-t l r a fa a plko of graAo. For nothing but free •Bi •owaritod graoo ooaldJetign the fcllci-<7 of auali asvorthy oraataras as ha foresaw w* ikouM ba. D a t h b parfaet aaquainlance «rhhtl>aiufavorablapi«rtof our characters, «ka« wr ara the nbjacto of kis special uper-• U a w M MUr hMrta. pn raa that his plan is a

MJi:. ' .. 11 wi- ...... plan of holiurss. That holiness is its object or intention. That in thu plan felicity ia cou-ncotod with and tprioffi from holiaoss. This cousidoration briiips ui to the second qiiiji-tion which wa shaJl coiuider iu our uc*t.

Your i . i i c . UAlLNAyAH.

K u tiii; UAI'TIST. M». Rpi tor—Your vahi&lUo j^erivdical \»

rocfivfil, hdJ rr.1,1 Sy <>f my rioighborn, artll miiph approved of ' y tho tioller iofiTiii-cd, anil a« much cdnmirr 1 l.jr iiic ivorie. 'i'he aoti-effort Haplutt iliif ;*ijn it, oalliiif it part Athdod and part Aini.'i.n.—sppakinp tlio Un-

uf nei'Jier—but t ..l unp- ntaror to tho i-anlij of the i'aiJo. tl lliat of tho chof.m party. "1 am cf im "ef-t. ( yj iub»onptu>n to a r t i c le nf faiil,; l.nt disrUitninR all confct-• ioiis auil creeds, taUi; (),o tw-n covcnaiita "ai tho n.an of rnv comnt-l," i nnjidor lliuai quite atifficiCLt for i.otl, failli sm! praclicc, withaiit thsotliur htltr boAt. Ii:decd,' I look upon the»B latter .m firebrands, o.uickly kindlitif the fool of private cpi'n tib

Your papf.r is nmr), n.-idr.! in tbii- part of tho State; and from tl.c lughlv laudable man. nor in which Toil hnvo umrneticed, its uso-fulnSM must beormn pr'-it. You sneni dis-posed not to bo drawn into contromny about tho act if injrr,onion, th i sur igh t . And rir, let mn say to you, tho r f ^ark drawn fortli on Mr. Lavrrenrn's presontiny tou vrilh a copy of his sern-oii en baptism, it ia called) in iviiich TOU mer'-ly pointed l.un to Dr. Hlew-art's opiniona is n-orthv •( all praito. Paido Doctors disagrHO.

Plain and palpi'de pmprjitions need uo dofeocp—neither do ttr'se th»t are clearly made out—lierro if i ntan m ss to come to nio and commenre crvair'vcrtinp thn rotalnrv molion of tho narth, 1 i-ortifnl? shonld n-avo an cirffumcnt; but if b'; shonld call f.-r infer-matinn, I would pi int fo iUc Pri-.nyiit ^S'^urrt

Uapti<it tu coinu neurur tlio ttwUnrU than any body else—if his olTorts I'h dirri'ted as your paper leouis to indicate—1 uluill, tlinrnfure, cast in my iniijlit in favor of tbo Bapiist, and wtiuldsayto you, gu on )oii iiuvn heciin, ai;d an unli^'bteliad and miifious cotiiuumity trill sustain yuui pipci.

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r.ivrrT!! Co. T. n. April «lh, Dkar lliici rnEK Howsr.r—Your paper hua

been roccm>d ! am wrll p!ci>cd with it. The Haplut II «»>lr.;ii)c lisitei in nn fHimly. l-'or It, 1 thmik ym.

Periiiit II.I.M j siijrKP't ti e pri prirly of your appmrituiK an hkciiI ui ll.ii . omit) to receive subscri,ii!..)iis for your tuliul.jr jiapcr. I tliiiik I could assikt uncji ajjent tli!!" ytur on Imtti aides of the liiiu, (i. r from Mi. ami Teii.) ut I live iniii.eduti'iy , u tf.e liciv. and e x p u l to travel tl.is year «na pn-ai li lu iLc itafv and Cho< :.k(i. n», undei Uie pulrouape of the American lUptut ll. tnu .Musiuii Svciciy, which has rccoulii ! .ruHrded me n rii|iie!<l iuid an appointment to ll.at fn of r,i,i,,oUHrT labor, hiiirb I have, m niy idd ape acccptcd. So I have shook my wiihcred liinLn anil su;^ here am I, tend me. Alay tl,- I.urd uf Iloi.ta giro nio atronfrth prcprrtiontO to the iimlar-taking. Many, very many iJ.Tpfisis are pour-ing into lliosfc natiuns, from hU (piurtero, and some iVoin among all thono ijnl,.i[.py divisions which havn rent tbrmsclr.,. olf fri'in the Uni-ted Baptist ( hurchri. Tins «,1| prot.at.Iy Kir,i mn more tron' le l),.in any oit,. r o',k|,iule I msy have to meet ill iruthirini; ,Tnd n U h -lisl.in^ ch.lrc^le«l. 1 kn..iv [i.o l.„ra a'do to help me, thiiref. re, 1 v, i , l u t1, r»-«rd in view of all tho ditSi .iln. s u hwl, present thonisi.lr»is. I arn yimi i in ih« (...hu „f , h n , . tian love.

J n n r : M F \ r i l i r r iNy , ^^"'li '•'•' Iher Tlorni. [dr.»sr , , f a. an ncrnt

of Newton, or II",' m. rn recent d«m"n»lra-I r cmr p^orr I.ini«, |'' . t • I i.n ''! o mth{.«is tions of Ilerschol or I i rince, and^'rero I nf ior ro l.r.,!i,,., n, i .t , | . i , r ' , . ' Ut will capshlu <if tisinp them as text hooks, 1 ccr- preHliv nMi,ro iii. i,, do.r i - ._ | ' ( , ( i tainly ivoiild taacli hioi.

The most of the IJapiists in niy country aro auti-elTort, bulieving tl.j nuelres (as did the Jews) to 1)0 therhosen [ coplo of (;od. Well, suppose they uru. .MIRIII they not, as did the Jews,' yo; heconio outcasts, |,y holding and propapaline error! 'J'u do something ri(;bt, and more thinps wrnnt', never gives a fair/icr contra; therefore if a sect e r j arl of a ser.t, practice imtneraion—and this I know to bo right—and oppose all ibo benerolcnl institii-lions of the day; snch as Tract , Ilible, Mis-sionary aud Temperanco SociotiBs—ayel and Snoday Schofils too, their immersion iron'/ save them, la ooiicluiioo, believing aa effort

r n i i i r i v n r.n HAITHT SKI-KCTION OF 1. I'.S.Vl.MK I IT \JNS«nd N I > | l t I T .

T A I . S( ) . \ ( ; s , c.iiiipii'd Willi ^r, Ht cnrw for llio use of ihe lUptiiu in lhi« l iotwl SirtiiHi f>y „ ,%em-hfr of Ihf Unih l Ktipl-fl r ' . i r . ', in .V.ish,;'lt, Tfrtnuttf II coiitain* tn'arly lliree humlrcil piRi-p. handsomely bound, ami will ic wld »l llii' vwrv low' price of fVtii fVl/ji.

All nrdw. addrnss. d to TTIT: HAITIRT, incloj. ing the c A. ti, will rernivn prompt atl'>iition.

I'K:.STS0 A.ID PllULinill.l> At the Offlcc of the \ a l i n n a l Uannor

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R E L I G I O U S . man, Wm. Morris,Thomas L. Halo and Jamea Kennon, with tho Moderator and Ciork, a committee of arrangement.

Then adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow. Apkil 4lb, 1836.

The Convention met according to adjourn* ment. Tho Moderator opened the meeting by prayer.

On motion, the committee of arrangement was callcd upon, whereupon they reported tho arrangement which wasreceircd, and the committee discharged.

Then was callcd up the arrangement of the cominiltcc.

First. Callcd for the report of Elder Sam-—I» , On""*"' '"!!, whoso re-port was tbbn read and received and ordered to be annexed to the minute*.

Secondly. Called for the report of Elder William Billue, who was appointed a mission-ary, to labor under tho piktronageof the Con-vention, whose report was read and received and ordered to be annexed to tho minutes.

Thirdly. Called for the report of any other person who may wish to report to thisadjour

Procrnlxng! nf the adjourned meeting i f f the Tenntiiee Baptat Convrnlion, convened at Sweet IFaler metling hou$e, Monroe county, Hmt Tcnnt Miee, April '.id, lfl35. Introductory delivered by Elder James

Kennon, from lOlh chapter and latter part of the sixth verso of Revelations. After a short recesa, tho meeting came together and was opened by prayer by Elder Elijah Rogers, and proceeded to appoint Elder Elijah Ro-gers, Moderator, John Hillsman, Treasurer, and John Scruggs, Clerk, pro tem.

Om MtOtlvll, »I|1» ...... VJI Elder P . S. Gayle, with some additional re-marks.

On motion, an opportunity was given to those who wished to become members of the t'onrciitiou.^

\ letter was handed iu from Warrensburg church, by her messengers J . Scruggs, J . D. Smith and J . M'Melliou, with a contribution o f^ lO-Vj l . . . .

A letter was received from tho East Ten-1 cd mcetinp of \bc Convention; at which time nejsee Associ.ition, bv the bands of her mes-1 Elder James Kennon made a report, which senjrers Elders Daniel lliickner. Kobert I received ami ordered to be a_nncxed„|«s Sneed and John S,.h idee, prajinp I- become the minutes. .Iiviliarv to Mie< on,rnlio„.on the condition r -ur th lv . Called for the report of the ex-i ha t they l , i . v .U , c I . hc r tv of „ o n , m a t i n g t l ie i recut ive committee, whose report waV read " ' , ' ;. - ( . . j f t f t r t f . ^ i , ..„ ,ra e lm. .,,.1 .lishiirMn, -heir and rcceiwd and ordered to be annexed to j attended i^l cknrck,r.eet.ng, ^ ^

,l„, „,„„,„., I lies for religious conversation, visited 3 Sab-

I linckner tlieir traveiin, in in i . c - and rc.d and received and ordered to | ed the l .o rd . ' " P P - ; " ^ j j . , . , „ „ i,„ ,„„.ric,l .:ordipalion of one minister, preacneu niu

•.icenl lor fournionlhs to labor part of his tune nc inn run . , , . , , , . i 44 «<nl>nstnrv in the destitute part , of (;reen and Wa.b- Sixthly. Uecon.niended the prin,in, of the | time, a,id delivered .14 lecturc. ex ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ iiiK.on counties and the l.alanco in whatever : miniites of this meetinR which recommcuda-parts of East Tennessee he may think best! tion wa, adopted. calculated to promote the objcct of the As-, The Convention ordered l(KlO copies to be sociatiou. This Association has for its „b. printed, and requested brother Bradley Kim-joct the more extensive circulation of the ! broiigh to superintend tho printing and distri-

Tho CoAt«|Uoii mat MCOTaiff^fi'l mant. -

Agraad that our naxt, a 4 j o t t r ^ < f » « » t b f of the BaptUt 8 ta t« ( ^ T a a t i o a ^ f h t ^ f i H TannoMM, b i bald at W a m M b n i f pMtl«K house, on Friday belbni tbe fintliOid'la day; in April, c

Agreed that bratber BlUeb |>fM«k the iotroduotory and brother Bradtoy brottghbe bbaltaroate.^ • '

Xaohed, That the th t tka of t b t C o W ^ ^ tion be tendered to Street Wate r ehurok M d vicinity for their hoapitdlHV tod fMkndikip.

The C o D f e n ^ B tkea lidioarMd w i ^ P ' ^ * ' > ^ J or by the Hodenrfor, 7 .

Hicned by ofder <if th« CoBvetflaa. , . B. R o m i l , r

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EAflT T B K M n m . April Stk, 1888. 7b the TermeueeBaptuI Stale OothMHttm w t o i ,

inteuUm other caUedmeeHi>r,S»tH ITo^,, Mmroe ctmUjf. ' « ' • -j ' Daaa BBrraant :—I have omitted to rea*

der a succinct account of my labora aa ageat for the Convention fo the Correspondiaff Bee* retaryat tho eipiration of tho time of my ap-|«falitm«nt, believing it would be better to make it at thu callcd meeting of the Conven-tion. Since tho time of my appointment I have labored 120 days, traveled 1200 miles.

gospel in East Tennessee. Their present funds are forty-one dollars

fi7l. They allow brother Biickner 75 dollars per month.

On motion, appointed brethren John llills-

bulion of tho minutes, and present the ac count to tho commiUeo for payment. Brother Kimbroiigh agrees to comply with tho request of theConvention gratis.

On motion, adjourned unlil four oVloclt.?

of the objccls of the Convention. The win-tcr has been very unfavorable to miaionary operations, and I really quesUon the propria, ty of tho Convention appdintiog Bfent i and misjlonaries to labor in tho winter Maaon. I brought on myself an inflamatioD ia the ton-sils of the throat, by traveliof i s ttw MtreBM cold winter that ia tha t inf my life, from whiiA I Bia . H i l l j j j i H B f . I feel thatfnothinf has b«»n d A M M H l r In

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fc»dit b««B«imiMr. Mo.t of our m w U n c houi ta u * open, det t i tu ta of K o r t t and un-coii.fort«bI«, oon icquonU,con j rog . t i oo . . r « • a > l i I . the

p l w : ^ « > l l ^ . r . b l B nnn-,.ili„„ to our C<Ni^uUOT, nu^Uy for want of inforoi. t ion,

.which k>a etuMd m « t o uie more exert iooi ID dlMemlniUogli»htthw»iDii,»kiijpcollectioni, bal iaviar cclIeeUoni would be m. do to a c r o k t a r t d r i D t a f a when ibo effort i . better undentood, end in many placet wLere I might ha re made tmall collectipni I omitted to do l i o n <hataccount . An oyerwhelmiog ma-jori ty of our denominatJon who h . , o exam-Inedtbeaubjeot , are faror ib le to the Convco-uoo , and I hope the time ii not far distant when the BapUtta of E a a t T e n n a i . e e will not only aupply their deati tate region, with the p a p a l , but do iomethiog more than they have done for the .pread of tbe go.pel abroad a-monf heathen landt.

The brethren in thia end of the S la te have formed an Aiaociation, at you hare already W e d f r w n t h a Monitor. I at tended the ejJ W aeet inff of tbe A.tocialion at MadUon-»IHa, ^ am happy to jay a work ing tpirit iwrradad the meeting. They hare agreed to r tp rcaao t t hemtehe t in tbe Conrention by M l e g ^ a n d U t t e , ao.1 become a . . . i U . r ^

r ^ * ' * * ' * « P P o i n t e d Elder Daniel Buckner _ " . r e n t for four montht at $15 ^ r month, to •pena part „f u . limo i.. the da t t i tu te parta of Green and Wathington oountiea and the balance in whatever pa r t , of E u l Tanna t . e e he may think best calculated to promote the intereatt of the Attociat ion. T h e o b j w t of the Attociation it tbe more ex-taaaira circulation of the gotpei in Ea«t Ten-

> aaatee. T h e War ren tburg church, Green

, V hartelf in the Conven-. ? Won by le t ter , delegation, donation, & c .

March 10th, m - i . 2 b tM BapHH State Con«n«on in Kx«on

^h^ called metung, Sy,eet fFater, Monroe county.

I would inform you that agreeably to an ^ — t to ma by tha BaptUt Con . p o t i o n of T W D , . , , , . ,0 1 htte andearored

tha aSd of N o , a m b a r p w M b a d unti l the 2d of

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THE BAPTIST.

>t. but I found that tbe mora they became ac-«l»«nt.d tha be t te r they were pleated with it; and I alto found thote be t t informed with the objcct of the Convention, were generally of op»nion that it was right. In Campbell co„n. ly It was much tho same way a , it respect , the pood that wa< i,» m, i- i . -cumstance. are all .hat we'ca'SM'a'r^n^frS.'n': l o Blount I thiuk I . i n somedegroe .wa .mado in . tmmenta l in healing tome unhappy divis-lont that exi . tcd among the brclhren. I„ Campbell county (be Lord poured out hi. a p i n t in abundance; the firsjt meeting I had there wa. a cold a n j lifelo.s time, and it was •o in many place, during my first tour tlirro Md I believe tho cause was i|,c opposiiion

the brethren practised against theConveniion. but God' , .Spirit wa. present to aid a„.i carry on hi . work over the head of all opposition. A t my .econd arrival there, the brethren and . . . t e r s appeared glad to see mo. and al-mott every appointment, oonld say of a tn i th the Lord i . here. At one ineetirtg all the unconverted except two.came forward to join in p rayer , a t ano the r t ime all came to oin in prayer. This i , a desti tute CQUnty „f

Baptist preaching, and I hope they will not be forgotten by tho Convention. When I h e a r . o m e . a y i a g the Convention i . not agood plan, I think if there had been no Conven-Hon, would t iiavo gone to Campbell county fn MM f 1.. 1 _ . . . .

« e m tfaat tho norelty of gospel ,upi:.-::l. a n . -Cifrom the fact of our grea t removal from primitive thing. .

I know it i . my duty to report to New York « a missionary to the dest i tu te . I thought It rather my duty to labor for the disemination of irn«n«t li».l.< . _ public collection.. In conclusion. I am only •orry that I have done so l i t t le. I do hereby

j make and olFer to your body thote lit t le toil , and privations as a small donation in tettinlo-ny of my attachment to the cause. Vonr . m gospel bonds. j K E \ X O \ .

Apkii. 4ih. ISXj. Rrpori of KiecuUve CummUte,.

Vour committee, J lI i l lsman. AVin. Morris H . L . H a l e . K . Kogers. P..S. (Ja , l«, beg leavo to report that we havo directed the Treasur-

, or to pay the traveling agent. S. I.ove, 80 dol-lars, Wm. Dillue. missionary. GO dollars, ac-cording to tbe appointment of the Conten-tion. We have requested Win. Hillue to con-tinue laboring three month, longer in Fast Tennessee, part of his time in Campbell county, and that he shall be allowed iJOdollar. per month.

On Saturday and Sabbath the word prcach-ed wa. at tended with the Spirit of the Lord I h e s o u l s o f the children of Zion were m a d . r r ea i l * tn voinif* ...:•>. »>.. . , «bo Redeemer. They couid well exclaim

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goiiB lo i^ampoett county TB- TI. to preach, and if I had not gone, would there with .he P , I h a « . b c . o t h e . a m e i m p r e « i o n s o n t b . p e o r . r e ' h l a U o received some donat ion, . ! desiVe ^ ^ ' ' - " - e n to d^el l to-

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1 also received .ome donat ion, . ! desfre an interest in your prayer . . Your, in gospel

. W M . BILLUi : . To the bnlhren wAo cow;;o,c the adjourned

mtelins of the Tcnnrnee Baptut Slalc Con-tenlion now in ui.ion at Sweet fTatcr, .Ifo,,. roe rounly.

DKAR D K r r n B « : _ T h e undersigned would beg leave to repre .ent to your body, that through instruct ion, from tho Corrospoiidinff Secre tary of the Baptist Home Missionary Society for M. 8 . I was induced to accept an appointment from that body to travel and .„„ preach tlx month, . I commenced the work Lord " on the I2th of December la . t . Af le r preach-.ng onc month, the fever broke ou tamongmy family and relat ion. , and tiicb w a . the e x '

tha aick about t i x or .even week t j and ,1-

L l l ^ ' * " -PP-iotment r a q u i m l ma to work for your i n t e re . t . I can o d y r a g r a t that I hare only bean able to ride « ) 0 m l l a , . p r e a c h 5 0 . e r m o n t . r i . i , e d a n . . m !

bar of d n u t u t a neighborhoodt, delivered

tlon.1 affoH. I find the cauta advancing and 10 hr l la re that, novel a , the experiment m a r

(?G!hcr in un i ty . " They did truly feel " tha t " >« ^ good thing togive thanks unto the Lord and to „ n g praise, to l|,e most h.gh To' »l.ow fonh his loving kindness in the morning and his faithfulness every night ."

Several anxious inquiring souls came for-«a rd desiring an interest in the prayers of c h r i s t i a n . : - , h e fr iend, of Christ prayed for • hem, mourned with them and rejoiccd in the I 'ord. ..() prai .e the Lord all ye nation. , praise him all ye pe.-ple. For his merciful k .ndne . , i . g rea t toward us, and the truth of the Lonl endureth forever. Pra ise ye the

FBOM THE CIIHUTIAN WATCHMA> E N G L I S H D E P U T A T O N T O A.MEUICA.

I t is with much Batitfuciioii that u e nn-nouaco the arr ival of Rev . D r . Cox onti the R e v M r . H o b y . T h e y sailed from L i v c r n c 1 on the 1,1 of Mnit :h, nnd arrived in New York o n i h e 9th of April . I „ tho London Baptis t Mngazino for Rlorch, wc find tho following notico « f n meeting which was hold preparatory to their embarhnl ion :

" O n T h u r a d n y c v n i i i n g , F e b . 10th, n very numeroui. nnd interrMing meeting « n - held

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in New Purk atrect chapel , Bouthwarl;, for special praxer , preparatory to the depar ture of our l)rcihroii,lho R e v . D r . Cox and tho R f v . J . I l o b y , to rcpreaent the British Onp-

mond. Vn. on Iho 27lh of April nc.tt. T h e R e v . C . R o o m presided. Addresses were dcliveri 'd'by the R e v . E . Steniie, on tho nd-\nntn(jcs arising from such n deputation; tho Hcv, Stovcl, on the siiirit which tiliould (lisiinjjuish tho present umlortuking; nnd the Hev. P r . Cox, on the manner in whirh tlio i!c;iuhiliun projK>.<y> to disclmrgc their duties, l ' r : iyers wero oirerod by tliu R e v . Messrs. n><>r, ( t i les, T h o m a s and C a r e y . "

W e bid our tninNntliiiitic brethren n most lienrty wolroinc. Whi l e among us, may ilicv every whero be received with that con-sriffiitiDn—with t iu l hospitality and warmth of i-.hristiaii iillectioii that is due to them and Iho very rcspoctiibic portion uj' l h c christian church Hiiirli tiiey reprci»ent. W e would have them see us ns we are—tho lights and tho slinilos ill our ci inracter ; our laults as w»'ll as our virtui 's; our advantages and our tllSlUlMllllllJiff. VV t! WOUIU lllivn iliu liil«.i-courjie curried on, bo ih /m ilieir part and on ours. Ill (lie iiiosr uiiiionilmg I'nmilinrily of chri.xtian tifii'Clidii. In no oilier way, if wo undpr^tniid tho design of their deputation, con their ol.joct in visiliiij; oiii shores hi! accom-plisheil.

Tlin iiileri'o'.irso between the Baptist dc-nonnnaiion in Kni;!.Tiid nnd their brethren III this country, for a numlwr of years past, has Ixicn <|uile tcv> liinitivl; much more so, wf nreincl ined toi! i ink, t ! ianformcrIv,whei i ill" denomination in iliis country wa.s much more circumscribed tliiui it now is. It re-cently cnmo to our knowledge, that D r . Gill, o r lyindon, nnd D r s . Mann ing , of Provi-dence, and Smi th , t f Have rh i l l , wero in constant habits of correspondence. W c re-cently had in our hnndan letter from D r . Gill to D r . Smith , written in tho 70th ycarof . his (120. O u r c o u r s c h.is been just the reverse •d'what itshoiihl be. As the denomination,on ei-ther aido of tho At lnnt i r , i nc rca9w,our inti-macy should i i icreose.Every r i rcumslonce in ourcondi t ion invites to th is- the similari ly of our faith nnd pract ice ; tho very groat and incrensi.og fucilitioa of intercourse Iwtwcen tho two notions; iind nhovo ull, our united effiirta to send the gospel to distant lands. Oil.- English h re thmn. in their missions in

Iho West India islands, have cootB near to us, and uius; necessarily, on that occount hove more or less intercourse with us. our missions to Franco and Gertnany, we

'•••• « none nnar to llinm* — united in the effort to ca r ry the gospel to In-dia. O u r mission in India sprang, in some sense, from the Engl ish mission ot Calcut ta M r . J i idson and his wife, it will borccollect cd , were baptized by tho brctlirtin ftt that stat ion, and received their first instructions from them u.s Bnptjst missionaries. And it seldom occurs, that we send a missionary family to i lu rmah, who ore not refreshed on their passage by the hospitality and fr iendly intercourse of their brethren at Calcut ta W c , thensfore, regard this deputation of our Engl ish brethren as n c i rcumstance of very great importance; and the objcct which Messrs . Cox and H o b y havo in visiting us^ as being one that is every way desirable both to thefm and to ourselves. And we cherish the expectation that these 'ndvances on the part of our Engl ish brethren, will bo most heart i ly reciprocated.

' n»e following art icle Irom tho JVew Vork llnptist Regis ter was peuned by tbo oditor of that paper with immediate reference to N e w Vork oflnirs, but it is as good in the Val ley a s in N e w York.

T H E . M I S S I O . X A R Y C A U S E .

, A venornblo missionary, with whom wc had nn interview, informed us that , in the cpu rw of hi.s recent tour, ho fell in with a church which hud l>ecn so infeatid wilJi the iinti-missionary spirit, that they were' ready to dismi&i him without imparl ing any thing in supjwrt of the good cause. However , be-ing simple-hearted bre thren, who had been imposed iijionby tho{instPualions of prejudiced, and designing men, they hnd embraced tho idea that it was wrong for them to give any -thing, nnd they very properly asked him for his reasons why -they ought to give. T h i s gave him a fine opportunity to advert to the condition of this country in its ear ly settle-ment, nnd tho effect of missionary labors a-mong tlie people, and to show them, that the first planlere of Baptist churchcs in tho wes-tern part of tho S la t e of N e w York were the devoted men who oncounter«) tho pelting s tonns of rain and anow, ond awampa and slough*, nnd obscure paths of the forests, to meet a little nsfiembly in this place and an-other in llint. in log cahin" to henr

hem Ujf the way of aailvatton; wkjl to them to many of the pnaent pil lsnrla as tbe fruits of miasinary labor, zeal of Irish, of Butler, of >nanunlh<»~ ' pw»»w«»»-list cause in western New Y o d t , Ruccef&ful labor^need only to be in confirmatioirof these facts. „

T h e result was, that he (Stained the can* did heating of these brethren, and the facts were so convincing that t h ^ attend their original datennination, and made him a g ^ erous contribution. So it would be with tbe true lovers of Jesua Christ, everywhere, i f ihey could only bo relieved from tl^. pnijax dices in which blind teachers have bvolved tliera, they would find tlie claims of the i n » sion cause, and mostotbercliristian e'taritica, irresistible. >

It is a most afflicting circumstsncea to re-ect on, tliat so many of the lovers of the

Saviour fail to examiiMi tho arguments nil round before tliey subscribe to t i n principles of tlie opposcra of, lienevolence. Th^r hear

few of tlieircarpingB,and are oaniad away with them. Nothing is easier than to caat atpersions on the best enterprise in tlie world. : Thorenru many imperfectionsin all the p l a n a ^ ' ^ . and conduct «r mon, Im tlmy fiv<>r ao o ice l - ^ cnt, and caglo-eycd fault-finders, can pick out nil abundance to carp at and turn to a good account in prejudicing the judgments of tho incautiou-t. Th i s defect a i ^ that dc-I bet is brought up nnd magnified, until tlie whole Eeems, in the view of such, to be ut< tcrly reprehensible and unworthy o f support. I f it be that of a missionary society, the or* ganization is condemned, becauso it may em-braco others, who arc veiling to oontributA to tho object, besides church membera—as i f any great number of tbo enemiea of tbagosK, gel cculd 1)0 itiduoc«?to contributeao liberally as tosocuro them tlw control in tha .execu-tive board? Where in tho world aro .wch

/rietidly enemies to be/oundfv Ia....aU tho^ churitableenterpriaeaio whieb Baptiatsliaf*^ ^ ' ^ engaged, havo thoy ever been k a ^ a m t — , i f er. And, to look attbe wbjact ^ f ^

it not be a matter of joy to fiiri siwli j f j l l i ^ t " stepping forth for the ovj f^row o f thair o v a causef ^L ' -

But what would ba their objotHt - ' lerest, or self-promotioa are thaVi which guide wicked man} and tha fo| these cannot possibly bo advanced b y l anv ron''id(*rable flum to Ihemiffimwry rausa;'

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a l ^ f , w« would wuh 10 Mt no man • bar ter (••!( iban to put faim to lh« tabor of making,bora .h in t „ T o g e i „ d p f a n apphcant U»y migbl give h im-a dollar or two, but to Airtber the cauM of the Saviour w conridarable sum could ever bo obtained. B u l , m w g w l toperwnalelevationby office, could t t a w i l u . - . . - -ly n ^ ' S f ^ A m u ^ l y not. Su^b V ^ S , ' likea promotion to woridly honor among car-•.al associatea, but you could hardly make auch an one more uncomfortable than to place him among the iovera of the Saviour to plan awl operate for the best advancement' of h i . kmgdom. SucK men are entirelyout of their element hero; and if, by any acci-dent. they ahould be caught in auch an evan gelwal board, they will never expoee them wlvo . to the torture of a aecond aitting. N o no: they would rather double their donation.' to get nd of auch an hour than add one do|. lar, to e.^oy i t . - W i t h all that we have ever kiwwn of the hutory of our miwionary aoci-• t » a , we have never heard of an instance of a man of the world giving a dollar to enjoy a piMO in their direction. A m o t miaemble

t u b b a p t i s t .

- « luuw niBerabie bngbear i i bei« raiaed by nnti-miaaionary men againat inatitutio^, which «,ber reflec-t i w muat certainly diaaipate, and which they tiwmaalvea caniKii p « . i b | y credit, if they

' S E - . i ^ / T ^ " '•Hh their < J ^ o n a . — T U aid whi<>h i . «,«iered to tbeK charitiea ia almost altogether by the p r o f i l e d di«:iple« of Chr i s t -excep t in a few caaea, where these friendly to hia cause, but not profeaaons oontributea small amount in ita b d i a l f - a n d thia ia small, indeed.

But Objections are still further rai«od, bo-c a u « of the appellations given to the officer,, a« preaidenta and vice presidents These name, are certainly of but little consequence.

" " " ' ^ " " • o r or

whoMtpof fed up by such diatinctions as

S^mTI indeed. ShouMioch w w k m w exist in the mimh of any . t w ^ l d make the individual an objec •Woae Iha mocMy. T h e * officer, a re for the

• ' -S ta . e . tha . in board, thero may

^ b e a q ^ . I o « . r « m w n t i o n they make

the number of i» Umited to thirty, the number of

»®cea is neceaaarily laige to secure a quo. rum at the quarterly meetings which sre held ^ t i m e a in this place and sometimes in that, as the interesta of the aociety and the wishea of the churches may seem to jjuide. T h e efficient action of the convention is the matter considered in the choice of those offi-

vidual«. The i r influence, the wishes of brethren in the region wiiert} they reside, nnd their personal aclivi. ly, are all examined in the selection. and the wisdom of such conduct even the enemiL-«of the mission cause oannot p r ^ i b l v look at, and, with any propriety, impugn.' If some' of these officers should be puflwl up and oc-cupied more with the Imaginary honor than the pleasure of serving the master, the con-vention have only to lament their mistake, as wellas tlKJ wcakne« of sudh brethren, and rectify their error at another election. But instances of this kind must bo rare; for too many of these officers are so indiflbrent to the distinction, that they seldom nflbrd their p resences any meeting of the boartl, or ihii.K of It aufficwntly to make an effort in i 's be-half. Numben., again, shrink from !he scr-irice so much that they not unfrequentiv re-

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and many are absolutely so indifferent about the honor, (though by no means regardless of the enterprise,) that, after being informed of their appointment, »t the end of six

^ iMnths they cannot tell you «lM>ther they are officers or not: and what applies lo the con vention applies to all other similar institu-tion.. So much for the H«,k objections made against our missionary association.

If they, however, should be termed valid, and suffered to prevail, they would go equal-ly to the subversion of our associotions, anc even our churches. W o have moderators,

correspondingsecretariea and treasurers, in our as««iations, and deacons, clerks and p t o m m our churches, who are as liable to be Unctured with the pride of station, as pre-«Ainta and vice preaidenta of missionary bodie.; and because human beings arc sub. ject extensively to this ainful infirmity, .hall our awociationa bo diabandedf Even the opponentsof missions would not venture such •proposal. And yet not one of theao blind

guide., who has ever scruUnized the comluct of ministers, ofdeacomi, moderator, and oth^r brethren eleva|e.|

lias occasionally discovered in several, aye, in many of the redeemed of the Lord, the unhappy evideocwof this ingredient in their composition. And let us go eighteen hun-dred year , back, and we find, even omong the little band of choice ones, w.ho were the companions of personified meekness, a ccn-

fs—'6 wipiciiwvj ui raim; aim yet the master did not spnm them from his prewnce, nor refuse them the honor of spread-ing the gospel. N o w , a l l w c a s k of brethren, who have become prejudiced against the Baptist missionary convention, or any ciher Baptist missionary undertaLing, by reason of the cruel aspersionsof bitter foes ik.ioexam-ine the matter in the light of the few short y g u m e n t s we k ive just presented; and If thev do 80, we must think that the candid among them will dismiss their apprehensioiw, and like the dear brethren who listened to iIk; convincing arguments of the venerable ini^-sionar>- mentioned at the commencement of this article, come up to the help of liberal philanthrophy.and rejoice likewise to in.tmrt a porfion of what the LonI has given th.-.n to Its support. If we abandon every bcne^ volent enterprise where im,K;rfectionor pride . . attached to the conduct or character of a

. . . projectors, wo may as well go to Bleep and dream away the rest of our lives for all the benefit we shall ever render our ruined, jK^rishing fellow-lwings. Pride and vanity pertain to ournnture : rebuke .hem butdo not. f o r , . t r e y ' s .nko. paralyze the'

b les«d .^.trumenlalily ,hr., would weaken and destroy their infiuence.

P r o p k ^ h I x u s r n . r . A n „ n « ,

W e have received a copy of this able and eloquent publication. I , is elegantly printe.1 as wel as beautifully written. We have o„lv been able to peru«j part of i,. from which we make the following ext rac t—A' Y B B

" W e a s k , then, what shall be done that wo may fairly meet and successfully oppose tho enemies of truth? Can we reasonably hopo for s u c c j « when tho enemies of tho living God aro led on by unskilful leaders, ignorant of the natureof the weapons, of the strength and wite. of the adver«ry ? Can i g n o r e L c o ^ w^th learning and skillf Can mental H n ^ i l n y stand before tho strength impart-e d j ' y d!.^,p| ,„„ „„d expericncef Can rudo and undisciplined minds succesrfuHy gmpplo with mind, of educated powe'r, l o n g L T o d tothebiisineas of thinking and reasoning'

True, It has plwued God MmoUme* to give large auocew in hia caiMo to individuaU of comparatively feeble power.. But it i . a rain hope that God will b l e« ignorance and mental indolence. As well might we look for abundant corp. from fields unploughed and lying waste. T h e Chureh in thia day

iJi.- 1, her minister, were generully ignorant and inferior men. T h e general intelligence and high intellectual character of the age and nation, the learning and ability of errorisUi and infidela, imperiously demand-that those who stand up in God's name, to plead the cai -w of tnith, should " in Understanding be rnen,-" no way inferior in energy and disci-pline and intellectual furnitu.-« to their adver-saries. T h e y should be fully able to con-vinco the gain-.saycr«. And this is ny easy task. They ar« not to be reached by mere assertion, however true and oft repeated. Dogmatism and denunciation fall {lowerletw upon minds accu«tomed to think and reawm. They will not even listen to mere tyro, in knowledge and striplings in intellect.' When ono of this order presents hinuelf before them to plead the cause of God, their acute din-

crimination quickly takes the dinwnsions of Ills caiiore; ana , e.xpoct.ng iwmuc. .,.b„„v: tion nor entertainment, they CICM their ears to his message. Many of these individuals have formed systems of their own, splendid as they are false, and fortified by bulwarks of sophistry which they deem impregnable. 'I'hcy would fain mnke us converts to their ' system, instead of adopting ours. Now, ho ' who would do tkete men any good, who would even gain from them a candid hearing, must come forth in the power of a cultivated intcl

THE BAPTIST. tbewpnm^cyof nimi. B Y i ^ o f

<ot«UigeiioaiIwyhav«a comnMind-«ng influence in a community rapidly adraof i»»g In wience and geucral infonoalioo. An illilerate or incompetent mrai.try could atand no chance with auch men in acoete.t for moral mfluencoover the miiida of a thinkina n««onlij.'* ^

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lout, as well as in the more awful power of i

A W O R D T O T H E MI ITISTBY.

-Minuterialsupport it asubject which, at tbe preicnt time, elicits much at tenUM in tbe Chureh ia Teonewee.On thU m a t t C t h e law, by which we are bound to be governed, at re-•pecU the duty, both of tbe Chnrdi and of tbe c 'c ixr .i»plain and expIicit.The lamaautboritv which binds the Church to tupport, comfort-ably and enUrely, those Who preach tbe Got-peJ, requiret tbe Minutry to give their whole time aoU talentt to tbe work. Tbe obliraUon is reciprocal.

Every one who it called of God to labor in word and in doctrine, it required at whatever hazard, to give bit whole t im . and atteotion to the Miaittry. Thit tnitb no ono at all ac-quaintcd with the word of God, cwi for a momeat doubt. The inttructions of our

••Give altead»nce to . . . n i a o , to e r / J t ^ lo «fcc/n«r; neglect not t h . gift that It in tneJ. Aic. .Meditate upon these thingt. Givs t u t -•LLF WHOLLY TO TMM. that thy preiitiog may appear lo all ." This w«t the commandment

(of t h e U r d to Timothy; but the duty of Tim-othy, ai a i i in i t ter , it the duly of all Minis-ters now, well at formerly. " I t it not rea-•on," ta id tbe ApotUe, (Acti 6 c42v.) " tha t we thoiiM leave the word of God and terve

ourtehe* conti^uaUy

faith. H e must show himself master of his subject—mustbring forward and inatvhal h i . mighty reason—f^tablish his positions by ir-rofrngablo proof—and, by resistless demon-stration, rive their systems into* fragments, and sweep clean away their "refuge of lies." These men must bo met and overthrown by sound and fair reasoning. And this is tho nppropriate office of the Christinn Miniftry.' T h e y m u . t b e qualified to discharge it with fidelity. In n day when "many are running to and fro, and knowlc!dgo increasing,^ the number of .tuch men are greatly multiplyiag —men of powerful and cultivated, though

f f i prayer and the mutistrythe uord." Tbete 9 "if a ncse examplct form a law forourgoveromentio tbit particular. " B e thou." taid Paul to Timothy, (1 Tim. 4 12 V.) "an e n a ^ to believert 4:0." Aiid la another place, (Pbil. 3 o . 16 17., " I ic t I.S walk by tbe tame rule; let ot mind the tame thing." "Brethren," continues tbe apottle, "ho followert (oKether of roe. and mark them that walk to, m ye have us for ao eotample."

If thete Apottolic examples aud admoni-tions are to be Knipuldutly followed by all Minitten, iu every ago, and we pretume no doubt can be fait on that poiet.tbe qeeaUon naturally tunetUiUeir, bow are their t e a -poral tteeeisitiet and tbuse of their famillM

.cepticalminds, w h o l ^ w to nonuthority U t X ^ ^ I Z .

J ^ l " tlKMihtVoir l U S • ^ eat . what rflyariMOIbedotWI." O u r ^ U m T u Z wbeqeeatbed tbe wppeH of l i l l E f t o t b a c a w o f b l s C h a r d . . N o t t o S T I S J ? «a.ot of tbe Cbnreb leeatea befwUd'uotber ^ r e t bet to bia Cb«eb a a T S T t ;

^ wb61e Cbnrcb, boned to support tbe whole Miirfttrr wWl. . » . r m . y be tbe field of t h e l T l Z n . Tfc, ^

tlnwlly to prayer and tbe nioUtry ef tb. wort; and the former to see te it. that tbey that preach the Gospel, live ef the O e j T ; The . , principles we believe m by l h e Z «

mteUlgent, unive,. . , |y ^ . . I t t i d . C .

Miaiwry r ^ to give tbemselve. wbeO, te

J Z h aad'tbe

«on that tbey live of tbe Gospel. ^ In relaUen to Mime other poieU, ee r bietb-

ren are vigorousdefender. of principle, n . , « » t epon tbe strictest o b e i U e n i X t b e S

^ r e thelaw. When their member. X comply withobllgation. mochle« f l ^ i y Z fined in tbe word of God than tbe 4 w l e . we bare pointed ont. their deliaqeewy fa vitUed ' by tbe dwcipllne of the Church, and'tte

i . unworthy a name and a place io tbe h o u S i ^ F

coatideraUon, {be oppoMte coi^r* iaedopted Like the antkf.levi.n,."tbey b a v e S out of the way;" and none remain e i thlrto J^nture iiofaithfalae... or cheer en te detr their fellow, ie tbe path of rigbtee^aes,.

How are we to account for tbe coetra-d icuoa taad incontisteeele. tliat prevail e« bit tubjecU It the t in «f n e g l e e U e , t o « » - ^

tain ber Minltlry to be charged e 3 « i v . , y to the Chureh. or are we to look to m « . etb-er quarter for tbe toorce of tbeevilt It is the faibioo, we pereeite, to cbai fe lbe whole b iMe on the Chureh. The late C e n w t i e . at BetbeMl., atanmed this groeedi n i their laofuage was only a rejwUUen of tbe wnti. ' menu uttered in all tbe private i k . quuiUons and public diteounct we bar* beard or read on tbe sebjeet. ,

Let it be adoutttfd that tiM OMrati kM withheld a support from t^e I C i d b ^ f U n have done m (mc judtet) beeaM* t S M M h > era have reAned to g ir t tbwMelve. •wrtlwK p l l y t o p r . , e r a a a t o t b i « W . t e , i r i | . i ^ . , by which an imreleetaif, btrt«en»«» I m . * aioa has prevailed, tbat tbey k m M | M the UUe to be supported by tbe b e m W ^ f U Chureh. BMidet thlk tbey are p e i p W l y

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pllod with liaranguei, a g i i n n twntjf, Malaritt

»nd payingpriuiktrty ualil loiiie troftk minded

brethren, forgoltinjf what Cbri i t hai u i d and

)ttlonia|ronl)r to the i r ,Mia i i fen who, on this

point, preach a doctrine exactly the rc»erso

in nil respceli of (hat maintained by the Ha-

viour and hi . .\,,„.tlc.. connect iu their

mind with tl.0 mention of money, » » t|,o

c«riie»ofAchan i n t hecamp . of I .rael.These,

and not that onr brethren Kencrally aronatu-

ruiiy coMto.i . and mi.crly, are the reaion.

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they are not aupporteJ they have no right to

complain. The Church eotertain a horror of

paying proichcra. Tbia feeling haa been

carefully instilled, from what mot iro we may

horoafter inquire, by the Ministry themseUe*.

Do not many of otir Clergy, and those by no

meaui of the smallest influence, often point

their sermons with the keenest ridicule of

which'tiicy arc caiftblo against Ministerial

support! What is more common than to hear

the most withering sarcasms uttered agaiost

iheup — / O .- r l " .SJ,,^!,, .1 L,_,1,.BU would oVprVache«^oTr7h"^^^^ -

du.y l ike mru of ( ;od,ho would cause,heiMo r . 'o believe what they

properly ins,ruc.cd.shewoulddo herduty u o j I v T o e ^ t r " ' T f

biy. I t is no, ... ,he heart, of Tennesseaos ,o i T T ^ "

draw back in such a causc. A more geneT ' "

high-minded, honorable and b e n e v o L , p e o - l X e c T r '

in their power to do m u d . for the accomplis,:. f «'»' Minister .n.,

ment of th iso l . jec . A larger proportion of behind the church or into the woods, or be-

hind ,he barn and gives l.ini a dollar or two; tbcm than is ..,ual. in t h i s ^ ' . c Z ^ ^ Z or twc

other conntry. are wealthy. o L sofl is L , " ' ' " g , on a f„v year, .od i„, i .

church. The question may ho asked with

propriety, havo o.,r Ministry taught the

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luxuriant, our climate so salubrious and our

markets so convenient, that a very little on.-

deocc, with industry and economy . n u , , ' - f Z c T " ' 7 , " " ^

cure weaUh. I , cannot wi,h propriety be ' n , ' " " r " " " " " " ' " ' ' J " ' ' ' '

said that any are poor. Tenne/seans a r ^ o , ^ ," ''> '^'""P'^in when ,he

l h e « . e n l o d i n g with convulsive eagerne« ^ J ? ' ' " e

to their gold. The Baptists

as a class are-not I i • ' ' i ""S^'he rc.nedy Is

naturally inferior in any respect to ,heir fel- " '"agnanimously re,racc

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naturally inferior in any respect to ,heir fel-

low citiiODi of o,her denominations. When

convinced of their duty ,o t„s la . „ ,ho Gospel

they will nothesi,a,e. The Alinisiry. of other

- uoMom.na„ons, soTar as wo kno.v! have no

pears, oui^ ^ uapngt .

their steps, give themselves, as Cad rcpures,

"con, inual ly to prayer and the ministry of the

word , " and teach the people "a l t things what

sorw"- •—- — , — ...a Dcene

, ill soon chanfiro; the wildeniess and (be eol-

• tary plnct', „ ,11 be glad for thorn, and this

"•oral deser, bcg.o to rrjo.ce and blossom as Our preacher, complain tha, ,hey are n o t i r ^ L ' ! . '

•upported. Now, the great body of our Min-1 .. n r "

isters, we sincerely love. W e hate everv ' f l " ^ ' " " '•'^V^-'^ch often

reMon to lo re them; not only ?eca,.se ,hev i " k ""'•-•'•t H'cm. .Ministers

are christians, but because we have rec^ved »"PI'"rting the go.-

- " • • • . A v o R : : - -at their hands a thousand kiudne»scs. W o

have never in our ministerial or ^hriMian

course been at variance, for a moment, wiih

any minister. .None can feel more leniency

towards their, perhaps, "unavoidblo failings

and imperfections," W o know well how io '

•ympathise will, them in their sorrows and

discouragements, and disappoinlmenu, and

to i l , and .Hflerings, because we have felt and

do fcel them daily. >Vo can correctly, we

trust estimate with regard to support, al-

though neTerourselrc. subject to the disad-

- S i l T J r ^ ' K J ^ ^ ' i c a c y of the

7 . : . 1 " " t i o n ed . when we

thMrchcs. And indeed, so ^reat Eenerallv

1. the bo„i l i ,y of „„r Church ,„« .irds ,he

.Minis,ry ofolherdcnomina,ion8. tha, because

thry receive a support, i , h a , been in.imated

; that our brethren think ,h i , a sufficient rea-

sou for ,bem to preach aga in . , i|„r practice

^^ e are not ourselves of this opi'nior,. Other

Mtrmises also, do not meet our approbation.

Mitch for exa-nplo, a , ,ha, our brethren op-

pose the Convention because they love monev '

. o d e l i r i c s l y , and suppose that if ,he Con-

ventlou » sustained it will taUe a l itt io gold

a i rey iy or indireCly out of theirown pocket;

W o do^not ourselves shrink from the epithet

or hirtbng. I t J , a term used by our Saviour

and applied Ho approbate.

"ppearauce. Th i . position wlTi be ftjl'J^

•iiitained i f you extmiae the Gospel of Johoj

particularly the tenth, and some other chap'

t e n . Cbr i . t .ay*, speaking of tho support of

b i i M i n i i t r y , ( L u k o l 0 o h . 7 r . ) " t h e U b o ^ r

i . worthy of h i . h i h c . " And Paul reforiog ,o

the .ame .ubject . repeats nearly the same

language. (1 T im . f l c h . 18 v.) " T h e laborer

is worthy of his reward." All Christ's Min-

isters, Ibereforo. as respects temporalitie.,

are hirelingi! W h o hires thcitiJ TbeChurcl . '

l o a o w n a t f To preach! I'aul says they are

to be rewarded, with temporal rewards, fu,

prcaching. having deserved this by in.pfr,-

ing to Ihiirttnphijrrt of thcir spiri,nal thing,.

Did Paul so a c l Yes.—Paul bclonge.l to the

odious class of -salary preachers." However

be might under particular circumstances have

labored with h.s own hands, he usually acted"

the "Mrdinf:." Ho tells us himself, aud

doubtless, under the direction oi the Holy

Spir i t , for the governnien, offuture churches

and .Min.Kters; for if had not been of iafi.

ni ,e importance, i , »vould uo, have been re. corded in the New Testa.nenl. t ha t /n ,w «»«

Churrh .IK RECK.VKD u A«ik», HNd vvheo, from

anotlirr. he declined a sahinj, ho alfirms that

he did wrong and asks them ,o forgive his er-

ror. (2 Cor. 11 xh . H V.) " I robbed other

churches, taking wages of them to do you

service." (2 Cor, l a c h . Ui v.)A..d repeat.ng

the same facts, be says, " ibr what was it

wherein ye were inferior to other churches,

i except it be that I invispif u^.. • ml Kiir,1on.

j s o m C o y o u ! forgtre mr thi, wrn,,g." Bu,

I our bre,hren nro now afraid ,o prcacl, II,„

doctr .nc, JhoiiRl, commnn.Ud by f h r u t to do

;so. and encouraged on to obedience by i|,o

I e i nmp loo f ,he Apostles. To save tbo.rown

pop.. lan,y the, expunge fron. their Ministry

I a part of the (Gospel. .Shonld

murcufraid to ulie.id t;od, a..d bring misery

upon themselves by w.ihholdiug or pe. vcrl.Dg

b.- truth, on any sub,cc,. ,han to displease

^ " .en, or injure t l ,c irow„ rcp»la( ,„„ , by urg-

>"g upon the f l „r< b au ui.uelcome duty!

Has. t come to II,m, thai, liapM Church,

a.MiriMlcr, for prtaching the irulh. muK, bo

put down, or lose his repu,alion and indu-

euce::

^ I f any apology for (he present state of

things can possibly be admitted, i t will bo

found in tho prejudice transmitted to us by

our immediate predecessor, in tho Church,

and thcir well meant, but in judiciou, efforts

10 a good cauie.

W e cannot now cuter into Iho Li.tory of

Ihe oveots to which w« i«f«r . W o will mere-

ly remark, that in the A t l an i i o Slates, from

which either we, or our fathers emigrated,

and rspsciMly Virg in ia , under ihe.r rojonial

dependence, a ly tUro of b l l j i o n WM Sttib-

li.hed by law, to whSoh flMi^ o l t iMo was

bound under penalty of .eirere «o«a a^d d i e

abi l l t ie . to conform. To adminliter thU odi-

ou. "form of godl ioeM," . „ t of wicked,

hor.e..raclDff, oand. . ,pl ,y|nj and druoken

priest, waifa.tened upon thecommunity; and

our father, were taxed by the oivil authori-

t ie. to maintain their e . tabl i .hmeol . They

could not however, be thu«, during a lonr pe'-

nod , fettered in their right. , f h o y b r o w

the iniquitous bond., and bravely, and with

a perseverance which no danger, could turn

aside, and no discouragement, intimidate,

attacked this polluted abomination, deter-

mined. ,vi,h the help of God, to brake it

down. The religion of the State, though pro-

fessedly regulated by logi,la,ive enactment. ,

was managed by the clergy, and their min ion,

bore peculiarly hard upon the Baptist.. Many

of our brethren were immured in ja i l , cor-

porally punished, and heavily fined because

they would not conform to a corrupt State

religion. Among the many which might bo

cued, we will q„o(e but one law of tho Colo-

nial Legislature to illustrate our statement.

(Henning's .Statute, at large, vol. 2. p. 105.)

"Whereas many schismatical person., out oV

their averseness to (he orthodox established

religion, or out of the newfangled conceit ,

nt lheir.MJwn heretical invent ion. , refu.e to

have their children baptiiedr Be it therefore

4 '•r . ( , . . , „ a f o r e s a i d , f lhe gislature of Virginia) that all p e r s o n . . W ,

io contempt of the divine sacrament o P ^ p l

tism. shall refuse, when they c « r c r n r ^ | h e i r

child ,0 a la»r(ul minister, in that coun/ j j to

havo ,bem bap,ized, shall be amerced two

thousand pounds of tobacco; half to the in-

former, half to the publ ic . "

To overthrow ,his iniquitous and pro-

.criptive engine of priestly domination, no

effort was left untried. Together with i t .

other attributes, the salaries of tho establish-

ed clergy were assailed; not certainly, be-

cause our fathers did not believe it right to

support a Ministry called of tho Lord to

preach tho gospel, nor with the least Intention

of giving an impulse which should lead to the

present state of thing.; but becau.e it wa.

preposterous for such men a . they were (o be

upheld as preacher* of the gospel. !fomeofour

brethren with the best tJldlive., but who like

Abimaas, however, did not .o well under-

. tand their me.sage, began to preach, not

only again.t tho.o S^ate roguIaUon. which put

Iho religion of the .ubject in the band, of

his governor, to bo modelled at their wi l l ,

and which to the pidii i , i i . o j u . t a cauta of

offence, but al io again.t all ta lar ie . for preach-

ers, and finally .gainst all Ministerial support.

tied by whaUra r m e M i . the trmwiUoa froffl

one w t r eme to i t i oppo i i u , ta iao<t o M l i n l

w d , M y . Po i j e t t lD f the diff«NDo« b«twe«D

» hert of uniodly pretendera and the body of

the l ig iumato M inu t ry , called of God

^ o r k , the friend, and Mpporteia of t r u . re ,

• I I " l ike. T h i , manner of preach in . Wa.

and the Babel they oppo.ed fell ,o the earth,

but still tho .ame preaching wa . continuad.

and the effect wa. long felt in Virginia o(

their want o f di . t inct ion between the evil

they opposed and the good they deurcd to ac-

compUsb. On tboother . ide of the mountain,

the Church ha« now generally returned to l i n t

principle,. But the receding wave . t i l l ari-

tate. the we.t . Tho Church here, cxcept in

a rew inatance., . t i l l retain, her prejudice.

m i n r n i t ^ a t . , ^ ^

f m r n i r n ^ m m t ^ rf- up, r «M o f r t M e b U H W

t i M ,

bu t t be f m m t b« o v M ! 0 9 a i f » ^ m o ^

ba doMi the wbol«(ot|p«i mmtW

M j pr««ob«d by .11, « r i l i j ^ l i k t M i r M i l i t l i f

efU oarer oao be rMaor*« . ^

A l l our Min i . tor. in Tenoe. .ee. do not now

preach again.t Mini . ter ia l .upport , but ino.t

of tho.e who do not ,pur.ue a courw little l e . .

injurio^. . Some .ay not a word on tho .ub-

ject , forgetUng that to he. i tate or refu.e to

ioc i lcate all that God ha . commanded them,

u a . certainly to . in againat h im, u to te .ch

for doctrine, what he ha. not commanded, or

what he hM , prohibited. Tbe.e leave th»i>

peop e uninformed .ndcon , tSnuy ,

carried away br the e r . u u

bori. Other , indicate that to give " o ' f f ;

Ministry is a deed of charity, a doctrine a .

i n j anou . as it i . im.criptiiral. Those who

fall in with thi . opinion, never give unle. . the

Ministerappoar. to them to be .uffering. The

.upport of the Mini»try i . a debt which the

Church owe to God , and for the payment of

which they arc held re.pon.ible at Ihe awful

bar of heaven. Only here and there, a man

is found of sufficient courage to breast the

. torm; and who will daro, amidst the de-

nunciat ion. of enomie. and the obloquy of

brethren, to declare tho whole coiin.el of

God.

I f tho view wo have taken of th i . . i ibject,

in the .p i r i t of equal candor and affection,

be correct, no doubt can exi . t aa to iheoati ira

of tho remedy to be applied. The fault lies

principally upon our proacbers; they must,

therefore, make an entire revolution in thoir

prcaching on this subject. Ou r Ministers

must begin their reform by coBfessinf tbajr

error pubUoly before the oburabm u d o o a -

gregations; removing Iho impressions tbey

have heretofore given and exbor t in f them to

do their duty.To do this will require much bu-

•WWUdert, eikiM{lMM PMMR, ^

T h a t h a i . h o i w . t i . t k a , « ^ « ^ . . ^ , ,,

Some o f our father. f»m

commended, end did i t oooMsieiMloiiil* t a d

cbeerAilly. W e will Illustrate tUe l to t by aa

•necdote. which occurred ebeet ttly

•go, and which some years siace, we heenl

related by a very old X ia is ter l a m pablie ed

drcM, before the Portsmouth AswMiatioa, l a

lower Virgiaia. Ou r bretbiea aiay «e|y g*

the Gorrectaesa of thestatemeat*, SoaMfew , . . " o r prejudices, l o r t te obviou. reason that a l a r rema iar , t «« r . . T" omswiew

- - I l a those dark days o f persecaUoaaad tr ia l

to which we baye already re fened , tka vaa-

erabie Samuel Harria, for piety a i ^ aaefU-

aoM, stood foremost i a tbe raaht o f the ar>

mies o f God. H o , with sevend o tben . oSe i .

ated ia the ordiaatioo of a y o a o f a n a , Ufiaff

near iRiohmoad. Tbia yeaaff Bia» had a wife

end two or three children, depeadaat oa his

efTorts fcr support; be wa* i a aralaiat*^ -air>

cum.tance. , but industrious and

and they were comfoHablv

the charfe , wb icbwaa d e h v u a d b * .

n » . . . . . fc, — u j ^ i^ fg .

ries o f Ministers, l a aUusioa to the Moea t

circorosl4noe«,of the established v«li|loa i a

Virg in ia , and adjured the youBf brother, t o

go out to give his life to the work, t ra i t i a tk*

Lord for support, but never to receive a ceat

for preaching—no never. The aervicee girted

end the brethren iopar»ted. «ve or

•ix years alter this event. E lder Harr is aad

another brother pa.sinc. l a tbe afeaiaff,

through thiB neighboi tood, reB>eaib«i«dtki*

aflectioaate and taleated youof H ia iMar ,

wished to know how he d id , aad deta^iritoed'

to spend the a i f h t at h i l house. T M y i ^da

up to his resideace, but as they f l ^ ra^ohed

they observed that his fields were b a t ha l f

ti l led, his fencei dilapidated Ba4 h b Hkm nearly deitroyed by his stdck. Hie kMa i ' a hd

yard were ia keepiag with hia 1 l t 0 i f l k i n .

Every thing bad i t e f t m .

cbaaffedl She I t l a o l a d v

roiy aad ciontMiled a ^ e a i i i ^ , i kw f t t j fMr

aas emaciated, p a l e i a d c a r t w f t n . B i i O a r ; .

wa. not at home, be was a b t e i f ^ 4 totti^oT J^' '

p p

p n u h b f , laid U>« Itdy. h* i« loarotlf • M R I T bona . Thtj (old ht rUia/ had OOOM to •P««dth»n%btwiUit l»f tmily . 8her«R»rlc-«d, that aothioroottld f i r e h a r f r e a u r p l a u -«r« (bta thair oompaoy »Dd ooavanatioo. but •ba bad not to tha bouM a inouthAil for tbem to aat . Wall, laid tbey, navar mind tbati fead ourbonat i iro ean wait until m o r o i n c -wa ara not buogarr, Md will atop on our way for braaklkit. I am .orry, aaid aba. wa bara noUuof 00 tba /arm wa can p r o ypat lone,, i .BU« , r , «o ioownaoma gro^n corn, now i» thia, aaid tba vanarabla Aliaittar! Doat not brolbar proride for bit familyl He

I kii viiU

THE BAPTiST. VIMWU B m U T SuuNaCY.

cannot do i l , laid bii wife, woeplng—he praacbatoonittnUy, and you know, when he waa ordained, you charged bim never (o re caivo any tb in ; for preacbinj, to which ad »ioa ba baa always itrictty adhered.

Tba Minittara bada her farewell, and turn-«d away from tbit icane of iuffering and por-arty witb aching baart*. The teaching, of tha word of God nubed painfully upon the «md of Elder l l a r r i . , and ho wa, pppra^ed with a Waw of the coniequencet of hi* un-failbfulna... Tba naxtday he mot hi . con-gragationiba could forbear no longer,he nobly eonfaaa^ hi. arror before the aMembled mul-U^oda, te that day preached on tha duty of Hiniatarial aopport, in wbicb be related tbi . I k ? ! : of »ha aaae with wbicb hundred, of tbam, who wera l i » i « in •floanoa could raUera tbi. diatrau, and erar

.d^ocatad strongly and LI*::

Tannaaaea hara reaion to imitate. Let our bratbran do .o and moat of the eTils that now hotar ao tbick about u. , w i l l „ o i . h away like tba .badow. of n i jb t before the rising sun.

How ardently do we desire to see all those wbo be . r the EpUcopal office in our Church, as f m l a t t and powerful, and as humble, and laborious, and as de»otod a . Paul tha aged. O bratbran throw aside all jealousies .od l i k ^ n o f O o d , .o totho field of glorious fcnrtnUy. pray for tbo prosperity and joy of • « . b otbar, and lat each halp his brother fo?. ward, and ancouraga bim in bis work of f . i th " H l U W o n o v B . Notb ingbu t tha want of

religion i n o u r b a a r U and more sin-

p t i m t t a ^ WMummaUoB. May tba ^ r t ^ h l s i b ^ t o W upon our Min.

^ Ml with tha fullness of the blaasingor tha gospel of Christ.

—mrwm ommnAMJ, By tba kind attanUoo of tba Prasidant of

that InaUtuUon. in possassion of a pamphlet oonUining a racant catalogue of the studanu, tba «iourse of study, and the laws of the Virginia fiaptut Seminary, loca-ted at Richmond, for the improrement of tbo minUtry of that State . Wa were present and assisted at the formation of the Virginia fcducation Society, to which this cxcelleut Institution belongs, ol which from that time uum .ne present we hare been an h u 3 member and desire so to continue. NVe, of course, feel deeply interested in i t . success, and sincerely rejoice to perceire that it is so prosperous. The number of stmlenls now in the Seminary is sixty, twenty in tbo first class; twcnty-one in the second; fourteen in the third, and five in the fourth. They arc in-.tructed by Rer . R. RyU„d. a . JI. Pr i„e ip„; and Rev. Wm. P. Nelson, A. M.. and Mr. Caleb Burnley. Profesiors. When .rill Ten-nessee move in the cause of ministerial im-provement!

Miaamaippi Rivaa ASBOCIATIO.N. We have received from the Clerk of that

body themiautesof thelastse.siou(thethird) of the MiMissippi River Awoci.tion. The meeUng took place at Mount Pi.gah, in Fay-atte county, Tennessee, on Saturday preced-ing the second Lord's day in October, 1834 and continued several days. This, As.ocia ' tmn numbers 'JO churches and 015 members; tne nomn**' uaiuui.. . . iiiarKeo in tba minutes ti.cir names so distinffuished oy the printer, that we can ascertaio .Lem. During the past year 38 were baptized. 06 were received by letter, and one restor-edi m a k i n g , total Increase of 105. Dismiss-ed by le t , r 7 l , excluded 7. and 9 , r e dsad. diminubing tbeir „„mber87. Hy oompariog those numbers it will be seen that they have received a nett increase of 18 members. By the character of the proceedings, we should conclude that all the churches in this body, • r e , by no means, in a harmonious condition Brother 8 . T . Toncray , was the Moder o" and brothar Wm. M. Warner , Clerk- T III

Church a tE lam, to commence Saturday pre-coding tba third 8 a b b _ ^ , o 8 e p t e m b e r , ' S .

CUBIBERLAND ASSOCIATION.

borlMd AwooiaUon ara baforo us. This bodv

4«ad liid ISaioludadi in all 118. Thi , num. bar daduQtad ahowi a na t t in^aasa dorine tba yaar of 06 mamberi. Thair next annual maatingia appointed to taka place with the church At r r i a«I .b ip , Daridson county, com-roancingon Saturday before the fourth Lord' , day in Septombar, 1835; Elder Lewis He . tb to preach the introductory sermon, and Elder Cornelius Payne to be his alternate.

The lradu(f hrtlhrtn in Cumberland Asso-opposea lo too llaptist

State Convention of Tennessee.They refu.ed officially to admit to a seat in their body a corresponding delegate, appointed by l U Concord Association, professedly for no other reason than because that delegate was known to them as having been a member of the State Convention. The Awociation took up tbo subject of tbo Convention, discussed it and adopted, and published advice on thesub-jcct to the churches.

As all public acts of bodies in tbo Baptist church, are matters of interest to the whole denomination, and as it is desirable to see the dark as well as the bright side of all our af-fairs, wo bow to a sense of duty, as public journalists, and lay before our readers the ad-vice referred to verbalim et UUratim.

Wo have emphasised the words Uadmg brethren, because we are well assured tha t ' Uieir exclusive measures are not concurred «n by all the members nor all tbo churches in that Association. One Church, if no more.

p„u„c,y - ^ m c d " the advice of th^ir miUeT. of course, ad-nutted to possess higher authority than the Association, and it will consequently be con-ceded that they have aright, without jeopard-ing their fellowship, to reveme the decisions of an inferior tribunal. We submit the d o c urnent with, alprcenf, no comment.

" In the first place, we do not acknowledge u t institution to be what its name pnrporu ,

».z: a Convention of the Baptists of Tennes-«ee ,as i t only includes a very small part of ll.em; neither do we approve of the course by them taken. We believe that the Baptist.

rule of faith .nd praotica. As .uch, we invito

tradicUon of those wbo have now faith in the nawlnvantionsof tbaday .not founded upon tba .criptiira of truth, and ara pracUsing a c <»|dingly Wo are conlially o f opinien'that t « not of the Lord, but calculated, if not

fha fd°. .1? destroy « f e r yo„ lo Col lo . s i an . . I I .Ch .p . .80 .a i and « be A Wbawiforo. if yc be dead w.tb Christ from the rudiments of

tba wiRrld.wby as tbo' la l U Motll m ya subjeet to ordinaiteaf. toueb not. taata o o t handle not, which all ara to raaist with tha using after the oommandmeuta of man. But ba ye separata, aaitb tba Lord, and I will ra-ooiva you." Wo would also advise you to taka the advice of John where be .aid, " I f any come unto you and having not this doctrine, receive bim not into your houses, neither bid him God speed; for li» ii.".! ki j . ( . i i . v!m O^a speed is partaker of bis evil deed." (Sd John 10 and 11.) Likewise the caution of the Apo.> tie Paul, Romans 10th, 17th and 18tb v». "Now I bcsecch you to mark tbam which cnuse divisions and odenoos contrary to the doctrines which ye have learned, and avoid tbem; for they that a re such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple." We would further ad vise you to deal with your members as the <Jospel directs and act accordingly."

Tin: PROPOSITION OF Elokx Bonn. On another page will be found a proposition

from Elder Bond, as to the means of carry ing into execution the resolutions of the meeting at Bethesda. We accord, in the main, with the views ofbrotberBond.sofaras the principle is conccrned, which we suppose our brethren regard as the important feature of the subject. In this respect we have no only one improvement, which relates merely t o t h e s i s c o f the-district, and consequently involves no principle. Instead of an Asso ciation district, we would propose to have the same arrangement for the whole State, or at most, have but throe districts iu the State East, West and Middle Tennessee.

Tlio Association districts are too small to accomplish much alone. To have the arrange-ment cover only one of these and act each separately from tbo other will cut up tbo Sta te and divide and dissipate the energies of the denomination. Besides some of these districts are very feeble, and perhaps this is generally true of the most destitute. The s t p n g , according to brother Bond's plan, will supply themselves and leave the weak without assistance. More than this:—our associations dono t includo all the Sta te . For such pla-

,, caa therefore, as are not included, the plan bafura us makes no provision. Let tbo ar-rangement cover; the whole State and all these disadvantages will be remedied."'

WKHTBRN BAPTIST CONVENTION o r NORTH CAROLINA.

From a late numberof the Biblical Recor-dr r , wc learned that a Western Bsptisl Con-

fant lon pf^Norfc CiiplMillw^ipoitJiiirf'. tba l u t Monitor wa parcalf* tba baan wtually oarriad into afaot . Tba JJon. •titution,dco. appaara touato be good, and tl)» apirit of our bratbran eomraandabla. 8UU wa donot know what to think of tba mattar. Wado not sea why tha BaptisU of tha tSta ta •bould have two Conventions, two Saminariaa for the improvement of the ministry, and two -"-mlnih^thinft. W . anca, submit to the brethren there tha inqui-ry, whether these proceedings will not hare a tendency to divide the energies of the church and produce unpleasant feelings with-out increasing the amount of goodJ Had they not better all unite in one Convention!

.VMERICAN P R E S B Y T E R I A N . An editorial article in the SOth number of

this paper, relating to " the YoUng Men'a Education Society." of the Presbyterian church in this city, says, that Rev. Mn Og-den. in an address at tbo fformation of that society, stated that Burmah with a population of eleven millions, (he should have saidteeea-tren millions.) has but roua missionaries. Wa were surprised to see such a statement from that quarter. Mr. Ogden mrely has more correct information than is here indicated of missionary statistics. Wc supposed that our Presbyterian brethren generally knew that somelice/i/y or/Airfy Baptut missionaries are lanoring m Durmah. We presume the dis-crepancy noticcd must have been an error of the press.

B«{>U«t.tb« t iR^wbin , t U ^ w o a to wham ^ i t f t l l p i l H ty b i

Wa tamaik for tba iaRmnatiloti o^ btalbar A. that u y unoanU flMr tba uia.of tba vantionmay b a a a n t U i R a r . <w Gaorga Goodwin, Traaanrar, i t NiahviUt.

NORTH CAROLINA. The people of the .State of North Carolin-

bave determined, by a majority of upwards of five thousand votes, to call a Convention to amend their present State Constitution.

EXTRACTS or CoRRcnpo.NnENci:. Brother II. J . Anderson, in a late letter,

dated Toulon. Ten. April 24Ui, 1835, says, I see in the first number of the Baptist a com-munication over tho signature of P. S.Uayle, in which a proposition is made to raise the sum of six hundred dollars for ilie use of the State Convention, and that sundry persons have agreed lo contribute ten dollars each, provided fifty others will give tho like sum."

" I am much pleased with tho tenor of that communication, and loarn with much regret , the intolerant spirit of some brethren."

" I consider the o^ec t of the Convention as of the firstsmportanco. and highly approve of the same. I trust it will exercisc a saluta-ry influence in the pruinotion of harmonious views among the brethren, and the dlssamin-alien of prinHpIci alike liberal and pious."

Tiw toiiowiDg u iroin ilk akeallwKBrBtiMr, who raquasU uato publish « dialogaa 'Whiob raoanUy appeared in the Oroaa and Baptiat Journal, "on the aubjtot of Baptlit S u t a Convantioni, mUsionary ellbrt. Ifco." Wa ragrat to . la ta that tha papar oontalaltiff tba dialogue rafarrad tohaa been miriaU.bnt a . .oon as waUnd tba ' articla we ahall taka plaaaura ia laying it bafora oar readsra.

SMITH COORTT, T e n . M a y 4 t h , 1M6. DEA« B a o n n i i — T h a work of tba Loid,

in thia region, i . prograating. I hava jOit ra^ tumad homa from a section meeting held ia this county, which continued thraadayt. Tha prospaot at tba commaneament appaarad .omawbat gloomy. The first and .aoond day until avening, passed awaytr without much to ancouraga us. At that tima tba good Lord began to pour ont hi. Spirit upon hia ohiMran. Filled with joy, they sung tba praiM of iMaa, and . inner , awakened began to plead fcrmar* oy.On Sabbath morning ona dbcipla foUowad Jesu. down into the waterand waa buriad With bim by baptism. Tba meeting ou thia day wa. attended by a vary numeroua ooiiffaga-tion. Tha praacbing oloMd bafora t««df« o'clock. Tbo ex| | j i tamantwa.8ogr«atitooidf not be continued, and in fact, tbara waa no need for i t . Wa administered tba saoramant of the Lord's supper, and spent tho ramaindar of tba day in singing, prayer and exhortatian.

I have reason to believe that this meeting will prove the commencement of good timat. A deep and tender impression evidantly pra-vailed extensively.

The anti-effort spirit appear, to reign a-mong some of the Lord' , dear obildran. I greatly desire to see tbeir difficulties ramovad and to bava their mind, direotod lo anlargad and clear views of the gospel of ou r J^ id Ja^ sua Christ. 1 am your, respactnilly, in tha bonds of the gospel of Christ.

•£. B. HAYNIB. Tbo following from ElderGayle in ralalioa

to the adjourned meeting of tha 8ta ta Con-vention, held at Sweet Water, E , T . tha p r ^ ceeding. and raporU of which will ba l)iiDd on another page, is of g raa t i a t a m t . ^

BOTBTOOKT OOVNTV^ Va. April 1 6 , IM5. . Dbar BROTIIM Uowm.ir-1 .natab la iao*

ment to .ay a word o r two in ralation to tba adjourned session of the ConrcDllon. Tba

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meeting throufbout w u m numerou.l, t t U n . did . .could h . w been expected, under al-m c i My oiroum«t«nce», but when we con-. ide r the b u . y i „ , o n o f .he ye.p, the cold-tfe" of the weather, the mountain. bein» covered w„h .Do«r. which had ju . t faU.o and tha r>r( (hill . k . o . i : . vu mju

THE BAPTIST.

brethren ba,e been made known to another. uluatlirnr>ti/<r.. I '

R -"" " " " wucb had jui t fallBn an.i i; . • r 7 " • """ ' " "" 'wn lo another, v ^

Jbefac t tba ta battalion muner look »«<« oppo.ition brethren, could .uch a U.e neighborhood at the .ame t i ^ t t h ' " co ^ Z T ' ^ r ^ t " / " " " " " "" grega .on. were remarkably num;rou. A do^ r i ' . . ' ' V " ' ? ' " " " Lid Col e T ' 7 "" J . rgchou.oclo .e l , .ea tcd . would not accon . l l ^ ^ "ot o f T " W

of the t.mo the p i c t u r e „f seeing .,,e mee „ — c m . . . log hoi„e full at night. I I" >"oof «iih energy und ' ' " ) ' view, and nrof

A Urge numt,er „f minister, were in at ^ ' T ' ' ^ ' " '"' »« ? " ' <'7 ^ J c U o f Z T ' tendance. Their preac.ing wa, war i ; The ol.jcc, ' t^oen .o c j . ^Uhtu and the eflect happy, and .oul-ch::::! I " ^ r r * ^ " " " t r l ^

'cjojcea (I n e . . the tear, and rejoicing, of ,aints, hu. the prayer, and tear. , and lamentation, of •inner, . ,ay.ng to nl.ri,iiao,,[oh! do pray for u. , would have drawn forth all your i„ .uppl.cat,on to ,he Father of mercie,. „.a. Cbrut might bo ,peedilT formed in then,, the nope of glory.

I fecl confident thi, meeting w.ll l.ave a m « t . a uu ry influence on .heBapt . tehurch . « . .n Ea. t Tenne..ee. How long it be

To

b) imitiial ^uuc-.Mo co.no ,„,.otl„.r „„ ,cnp,.,ral gruunas. . - . „„. , , „

••^ta..., i ,.„. f o l lo . . n , plan- I erru,, o r L i r ^ n e r ^ "

""" '•""Kfcgadoi,, II necMsarv ' '"-"Iher

sc. that .1 an, l.n.ther should not feel ,t ' m.n.,try uf t ' l J . ,

- . n . r i b a n d make one mighty effort n the 1 : ; ^ t „ . B u n u r

dear brother Co,. He will reply to the interrogation. • I.NTERP08C, David,on CO. May |:Uh. ISVi.

. Ueah nnoTniR HuwK,.t._Hrot|.er Cox ,u W e. .orpubl . ,hodi„ ,b„ 5,h number of . t japlutsav, . I.I. hr.. •„. „i..

a P C.I,ed place, n. a agreed upon by t u r n o U „ d t L t ' T all . ochurche. par„...„|ar .cct J aga . . . p " ; I.i t t in.n < . . ' "Parat ioi i , wpr.. • .. . ... .,( ,|,a( p..r,„.„|ar ,c.:t-on. again. Pren»r. , i •

e x e c , . . , . it ,l.all ' Keen once m r T «« had •••. .^. ' .•rpuo.i,. .eUin,h„ 5,h number of " , P ^ - d to „ ,a \ ' 1 ^ . • lu I ent . oae t i c , .„ ti.eir proper place. U ,„

bro her Cox pent out in y.M.r next « hat ho con..der, the.r proper place!

PHILLII '8 .

I'"<»! THK U.U'TIST. A P R o p o a r r i o N .

" ' o commiMion to preach the go.pel to every crcature wa, fir,t J . v e a . o , h e „ p o . t , e . . w h o c o m p o . e d . h e J ; ;

« I ot fl r ' T " ' ' " ' " - ' n time I f t . *: " 'U'O'vork. until the pre.en

etowod Tipon h m II . -1- . . . , ..

, . , , , snail iniimaiG aw.sl. to suppMcd w„h preaching, let .ho com., .meca„embled a, above.communicate Iheir w„h to the ciM.rcht, and u,e their in-nuencc a m l b c exorUon, to ,,rucure the .cr-v.ces lor .bcmo, such mini„er a, may, by

. . . . ' .10 lliOiig It T - a l i f i o d l o a i r o r d t h e m i n s t r u c i o n i o L ' PH I .e t ,he fund, of all the churches fn a particular ,ection ho „t the di,po,al of ,|.e

nml di.crct.on defray the family and other ex . p c n , e , o f , , , . „ , i n i M e r c n g a g . L And if any clmrch, avingapa . tor . .honldnotbe able to »"«tain hern If. let her call on the , , t e r

c ' ' u r c e , i „ b e r o . v n s e c , . o n , „ h o . h a l U e d ;

qualified to alford them i , . . , ' » r l l . . ^ ' K ® ' r e i-onjiigal re-

vhich happened on the L'Tth of July. y .n mo which,, t U

"mo ha , not materially mitiga'ted. f , 1 k "uchor i ' e r b y d a y , a n d „ f , e n d r c a m „f .er ' y m g U Whilothu, describing ,

' "vcr u hich I mnnrn whUo " 'ore arc none that can comfort mej ho „ o i^ ientswhich-a t tendedherdeath t^ vivi ;

other, who n,ay .ec tl.c.o line,. , „ L .

J . j m ^ ^

ih io fof the w a j t b e rightaoii. die, write a few of the rouit prooiineat.

Ktune then, that .be bad been in declining health (or .ome two or three yaar*. and until the month of Fobroary, 1831, when .he be-came wor.e,extreme dibility en.ued.derange-ment of the d i g c t i f e organ., and other a-larming .ymptoin,. .^hs lingered and declin-•d gradually until the hot weather in July, when .he .ank fa.l. It wa. now evident ,he muit.hortlT rn t»f ,Ki. ,en-snile. Whe told mo the prospect, before her were glorious—that Jesu, wa, her friend, and that all wa. well. \V|,cn freed from severe pBroxysm,. winch uero frequent, she would converse w.ih ease: having all along the en-tire possession of ber intellect, which wa, of the first order. A. length the messenger made it , appearance visible to all. and which she met witb ihai calm, composed resignation, thai might be expected of one in her peculiar situation.

fu.e to bo .eparated. AU who have exiMritB. oed the loM ot dear friend., know tbb to be true. That after all our phi lo topfa i^Bf , '^ the .yinpathy of friend., the heart will •Ull bleed,—and that wo our»el»Mha»e at laatto carry our own griefs.

To weep and mourn for the dead, whom wo loved in life, i . lo far from betraying weak n e „ , that it it the noblest attribute of our nature. Even the Saviour of .inner* on .ome ocoa.ion. u>rp{. TK.t .iiiw„irb it .h^H. gloom over the heart, it leave, a pen. i fe .weetnes, behind, which we would not e«-chaiige for the pleasures of the gay. No! there is a voice from.the tombs of those we loved sweeter than earthly music. There i . a remembrance of the dead to which w« turn, even from the delight, of the living. Oh. the grave! the grave! From i t . peaceful .ilent bosom spring, nothing but fond and tender recollections. Ah! :bo graves of those we ,, I oi iiiose we

One who had spent along life in: loved; what a place for meditation! Here it well doing lor .lesiis' sake. She said to me, don't tcif/.. I told her, I could not help it. She c l m l y rcpliv.J."At mori: <>/a man." After some time, sliesaid she fell very strange—that ,he appeared to be two persons; one dying

i, we call up in long review (he whole hi,tory of virtue and love; and the thou.and endear-ments lavished upon us, almost unheeded, in the daily course of intimacy. And here it i .

verv " V " ^ " " T - c n e . J S W neier very tbroshhold ol eternity; and had. no i .gain to meet in tbi, vale of .orrow. Then d ^ . b t , a clear view of the separation then! let those left behind, prepare to meet tbo.e taking p,ace. I hat the mortal part was re-, gone before, in a better world than thi.: for turning to its native dust, while the immortal here, we have no resting place. Thefew en-

" ^ - d . ljoymenu affonled us here, are moro than l ^ w T v V I counterbalanced by Ibo care . «nH conflict., » ew ga^e r.se lo another expression of like inseparable fro.u our existence. Soth . l l i fe c U r a r u r , pretty soon ..fter; to wit ".rAn/a I in it, bo.t condition is of but httle value

alh! " All thi, t,me agonizing under | more than a, it alFords an opportunity to nre-the pan?, of the destroyer. And her last' pare for a life of joy and peace word wa, with an olTorf to say more,! .S!.o„Id any one porchanco road the forego-and to ru„e her fceblo arm,, but herstrength ing lines, even after the writer sleeps with failed and she fell asleep in the arm, of her |his dear departed companion in the silcnl ! .{edee.ner. Thus rted one of the noblest and | tomb, let him remen.ber that he too must die i happiest .pirils that ever animated a female and after that the judgment. Therefore, l i t " ® not the Spirit of Christ h'eii none ofibh!^'*; breast, ana which ha, deprived me of the so-1 say to . .ch, "prepare to meet thy God." j Thi . assertion i . not only true in referonooW' c.ety 01 the tenement in which it had so long, The lady above refered to, was a native of the deity a . the Holy Spirit thatdwelli l n l S t M ^ dwelt, and had been for more than forty , Vi rg in ia-her maiden name Frances Ferris, " i n t . , but al.o a . it applic. to the temper years n.y proa.est earthly comfort. E te r j of an excellent family. She embraced religion | mind of Chri. t which chri. t ian. o a p e r i o M . ' S the same loving, constant, unwavering sup-j in early life; yes! while in her teen,, and wa. »» the b l e e d con.equenceofdivino io-aw.lU M porter ami fncnd. as well in adversity, as in ; a member ol tho Baptist church from then To the exerci.e of thi. lovely t«inp«|^

A. ^tmlSji n v D w t m n t m ^ ^

u . (Ivwmtn, ucaofpndot t i i iMloB}

ThU ii u i w o r o d hy ibojoooDd'ptrt of mt text. For whom b« did foroknow U » l u M prtdeiiinato to b« oonAtmod to t lMinagt d t hia 8oa that he mifh t be tho U t i bora U M i c many brothrvo. v

According to tbi. r f p r e i o p t a U o i i ^ t U ^ denoy or design of thi. dlWno oot, i i tho id. timate adrancement of ouraaltaUoD by oooh forming to hi, imago a numerou. ^ f e

I . Ha primary de.ign i . the contori i i i i oT^^ all i t . object, to (be image of Chri«t. Lot ao ' one then pre.iime that God prwloaUoMoo t» endle. . felicity without a rtgard to holioooi. Let no one say. If 1 pr«do.tinatod to W .a»ed, I .ball be .aved, do what Ilri l l . ' Aod on the other hand, if I am prodeatioatod to' « he damned. I .hall h e d a m o e d . d o w h o t l c t u . ^ The.e are erroneou. coooludone. ^ NoM .hould think tbem.el*e. the objoott topndoo* tinatioD ofllfe,while they iodulgo to w y tliiflf that ia oppo.ite to the nature, chanotor ud l conduct of the Lord Je .u . ChHaU For « • are predeatinated to be confonsod to bis iM> ago. Wo ihereforo .poak witb ooniidoaM. Real chri . t iao. , tbe true objects of this d*-cree, b e a r a re.emblance (o tho blessod R*. deemer. They receive hi. dootrino, imbib* hi. Spirit, imitate his life.

Tbey receive hi. doctrine. T h s j draw Iboir religiou. .entiment. from hi . word." Tbdl^ view, of the divine character and govonff ment, of tho depravity and guilt of hanoa nature, of tbe gospel witb it.ordinanoos aod institution., correspond with tbe priooi{>IW laid down in the word of God.

They imbibe his Spirit. F o r i f a o y n M '

prosperity But of this dispensation, I do not complain.

Oh no! Bu t . t o i t l bow with reverence and

until her death—married in the year 1790— wa, the mother of, and raised ten children, with those maternal aflectioii. and attcn

wo are admonished, let thi. mind bo in which wa. al.n in Cbri.t Je.us.v^tcfleot o* . ' ^ the mind that wa. to our master. Wbot UtS- ' """ " " " iiimiriiai aiieciioii. and attcn mina inai Wa. JO our master. Wbot lUi-

Unmblo ,.ibmi„ion to the will of my heavenly j , ion , incidcut to a In.c mother in Israel. But »potted rectitude! What un.ullied dlgaitfC^ f a t h e r . Knowing that I myself will . oon j .hc is now gone to receive the reward of a What wnparalled humility! What unremiitl How. and that "nil tliinrr> wnrlr <n. .>..11 iilll 1 .1 • . .. • J1-..I.. .. . . . . .1 . . Father . have to follow, and that "aU things work to- well spent Ufe. »,«s,cu are me ueaa that gether for good, to them that lovo Godt to die in tho Lord, from henccforth. yea, .aith thomthatarocal ledacconi ingtohi .purpose." the Spirit, for thoy re. t from their Uhois Xeverthclcss, torwui i , my constant compnn ion, But thi, i , a kind of sorrow, materially dilToront from all u then . Every other ,or-row wc strive to forget but from fAwwe re-

and their work, do follow thom." I am your brother in t i e hope of ctornal life.

WM. MANTIX. Djxoi«> grntwnn, April 20tb. lf!?6.

"Blessed arc the dead that beneficence di.play their lii.tro in all his (iment. and taction.! O for a reiombland* ie thi. infinitely lovely

My dear I ledeemortod my God| ; I roadmy duly i n l h y w o r d i ^ / ^ -x J But in thy lifo tbo law appoan,' -Drawn out in liviiiff cbaraoters. . . j . . ' -

d -

» f"

''iV'-T?-*

8uchwwthyduty,.uoh thy,„|. Buohdafereoo. to ihy P.th.r'. wi||j Sueh

-«.»nof «h.d.m«pred«UB.tion. Hence th.t true chri.ti.n.i„it,"e L

prewion, «

u «ot ..id ,h.t he did dojo'od. or ,ha

fo«re .h.a.ag . . he ,r.,el. oo hi. hea.enly

Z u , . .T. i-ereasiogly

. l l v l ^ , ""I™ "--"'-ce in'

.UB.ver,d.mo.tl.ber.laudmo,t unwearied ^.ent 00 to the waau and di.tre^e.of men.

•x^mplet Let jour light therefore .o . hL n. fllAt ntk^^

THJs; flAPTISl.

"JO"* -a-v-^I^hI:;. It i, ,hea a mUtlkw

cure, the fel.cK, of only.cho.ea «w .elect-

The Iran! V"*" ' ' ' ' " " ' " " " '"bject.

nouid beJ Lethiin count tho.t,r»~let him

, -- .,,,1 ourn among many BRmiMK<« »•>' lodefiniio ,orm mavt „ a v.r.T ' of the

in.i i, "Fiiroi (iropnetjr

huk„„u,o.lge. .auKLe eternal Father

MAST BBrTirHKN?"" Lonk" inf,.

S e d ''vored John..,

.„,-before „,eo. thai other, .e.ing go^ . ' <ra„,gro..,r. ^ Ti,e,.. once n.ure The d^

ho.„m j , hi. own thrll.i ' ''"'Ciples, said

Dnr doctnoe cannot .a^e u., I, , „f ^

Blind xeal nor fal.e demotion -Hu trate ,h„ Tb. feeble., pr.,er. if faith be there ' -""'K'- " W rbv ' J

r! -

• uuiion, ° "'^''"^'•"•ry wise people per-

bye been at the council board of the \l -thty. and h,,e looked into the cab et of

W h t r ' ^ r " ' - - -"-.i u WH o i r ' . " ' ' ' ""-'" '"-n. be .at-

2 ' ' T " " ""r hearts and

Z n 1' P-Jc. in

• SaWour lod t f "

y t P i . he. tut he may he the firstborn .v

burning

'•^"""""cll. • ''cj Thcexallal.onor .

r - - - - -opinion ,v„h.„.,

•ng to the Hible. tho .iccr.o . .

tiplyin. I will '1" n>ul-

UOItN «on. tliat he might be the o'-'ODg many brethren,

"cro I, rin all,,,ion. „pt .

nations in

glory of hU iCth X T "

horah the li-n.i • ^ Je-

By him noble, rule, yea, .1, .he judge, " h, «rth. He i. ,h. ble^ed .nd on y tVnUU -bo only h.th itnn,or..li.,. who LTh . nati vrb.ch .bore erery name, th.tat the u l Z of Jepu. e,ery knee .hall bow, .nd efe»

glory of God the Fail,., i., «y.that the doctrine of prede.tin.tio; T.": God-duhonor.ngdoctrine. For it.direct .nd u«..m.,e tendency i. the exaltation of Je.u" -1 the Holy Spint .ay. he i, exalted to the «.oHVo,OonT„KF*Tn.K.AndChri.thin,.erf

t a.her aUo. H,„ wonld know his real dig-"ty and greatnes, a, ,he first born! The„ -•. atCCch.lOv. .Mle., the image of

.nTu.ble (J,,.I. tho first born of evert crmttre." How doe. the apostle here prove ..m to b« o.efir.t born, or the grand cLtre and lanrful hc,r of .11 ,be wealth, dignity and H.nuyof,hefamily„fG.Hl! Take hi. own declaration, and then you have hi, proof. For l y h.m were all things which are in he.veo •Ton earth, visible or invisible, whether they t'c thrones or dominions, principalities, or po-er., all things were creatcd by him and orhi.„.«,dhci, before all thing,. „nd by '"".-1 thing, exi.,. XVho should be contem. plafe 1 a. the head and lawfnl heir of all thine, i-iii tie tnal maae an; «niDe».

Thi. IS the argnmcnt that (;„d „,e Holv Spirit uses to prove the real dignity of the Hon of (.od according to tho soul sanctifying «o„l encouraging an.l 'Jod-honoring doctrine

now licfore us. Hence we condud. that the perpetuity of

among all the redeemed rank, of h aL NnrMs before ,ha throne of «od. in exalting .. d.he Lamb forever, w.n only be accom,! Hf'.ng,he divine and eternal decree of pre-

.•ostination. This brings

third .,,,e.t,.,n. which w.ll be done in our

^ IIARNABAS. toK TIIC IIaPTIST.

I'ahiii. Ten. May 9th. 1835.

Dear BROTHER Howf.m.:_YOU willploa.e

irud the m.nds of some of my brethren to correct conclusion, relative ,„ the .landing and .entiments of the \Ve.iern Di.tricl A.! ocLUon I have discovered .'rom good aii-ori.y. that the impreuion ha. been made on

of th« Slatc'thal there,w,. .omething wrong ''•nongu. And indeed, they have trealedu!

been ni.de „ entirely my.ieriou. ,o me. If our brethren would make Ihem.elre. ac n-atn'H .»i.h iM. and keep in mi„., l

"T P.OPI.UII i U i Z i u ^ ^ i J ^ .bo.a difflcultle. would h.v.„a..r

exUtad. I .m prep.red lo..y. ih.t the Wa.. tern Dutnct A..oci.tion h.. ever .tood fdr, •nd n..,ni..D. the true eb.r.ctar ortltollad B«pti.U, though m.ny of our brethren h.ra 1 1 f""" »nd decl.r.d

yei wo ui,

1 '' ""T Pl«.e them to re urn upon the principle, of United Bapli.t,,

I have al,o learned from .ome document, which have recently come under my notice, which I cnuol now obtain, and therefore. cnnoLay from what .ource they canie. ih.t he above association wa. generally oppo.ed to the efforts that are making for the furVh.r-ance f , «„ ,ki. .ubjecl. I b.va

only to.ay. that we have)been mi.repre.ent-ed. W e have thirteen or fourteen minister., and with one .ingle exception, they .re all •n favor of the benevolent operation, of the •lay. True it i,. .„,i , „„ ^^^

heart, that .t i, ,he case, we have some brelh-ren Miong u, that are opposed to those in.ti-tu i,n,. Where, I ask. is the «.„cia,Ion, in all the we.t. that are united upon that point! Vould to (Jod.th.l it weie otherwi.e. What

then ha. led to the conclusion that we are anti-effort! 1 cannot conjecture, unless it ! because we have not united our effort, with the Convention, which many of us wereanx-'oustodo. and had made arrangement, to unite with the Convention last fall, .nd for tliat purpose declined joining the Kentucky Convention. But when we came to convene with some of the brethren on the Subject we

no encouragement.but the reversej therefore we determined to do what we could among ourselves. And I am glad to say. that •n this a. well as many other., all has worked ogether for good, for many of our brethren

have united with u, in the Western District Home Mmionary .Society, who would not I have ioin»it iiio ... .

THE BAPTIST.

Oye brethrao, our mouth. k r ^ ^ S 5 « unto you. ourba.ru H J wrlta unto you, I do it for you in tha .ight of God mi^t . p ^ r ^ ^ rou. and th.t you .hould knoT ol'rTi J t

J^onelb.Iat him glory in ,ha Lonl.fo,nori that comBiendath him.alf iV app;ov.d bn! whom the Lord commandeth. '

You„iaChri.t. T.B.ALTOH.

V

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have jofteU tho Convention. \Vc shall be able, if the Lord should continue to hie., u. fo .upport our mis.ionarie. the present year' May the Lord ourGod continue to ble.. hi." people in every good word and work.

I, now, in concluding the.e remark, to my brethren, would very affectionately .elicit them to call on us a. they pass and hacomo acquainted with u., for it i, only i„ thi. th.t we .h.ll everunderstand each olharcoi rectly. And my brethren, lei me remind you of the great neccity there i.for u. who b« liove in one Lord, one faith .nd one b.pH.m" to itriva to keep the uuity of the Spirit. Lat u. ho fellow-helpen of each other, remam-be ing (h.t (hey that are strong ought I., bear the infirmities of the ,vrak and not to please

FOR TUB BAPxirr BAPTISJL •

wa. placed in my b.„d.l..t f.ll, wSuC^ l

r h i c h i r ' r "

«t.bh,h me mora firmly in my former rla,^ or b.pti.m. A. tha d.ta of the T •i-and puce when, it where .nd by whom it w« printed .nJ " ' c.rcura.tance. which induced tha .u^Jo,^ publish it. .re Rirconcaalad from'th' puWi I have been . t . lou ,o .ccount for it. pu^ cation. I know of no c.u.a to produce thi. attack upon B.pti.t .en.ima„uru„L« Campbell'. of ; ^ bad gradually f S r J . ' ^ r . t S care, .o th.t ha found it n.ca...^ ! forth in .11 his .trengthag.in,ttX mer.ion.)Ofone thing I feal ...ure^ h . t t

,K ., ° •• Rion wnera the au-hor ra..de. w.. not ,„ch . . ,o randa, hi " .

t.ok onB.pti.t principle.nacaua,,. S I " h.vo been oo. or two indiWduU.,

b th.. ™e.n. ha bopad to bring orar to W. faith or a faw w.raring .oul. whom ha hopad heraby ,o a.t.bli.h in thi. "moda of bV,!

«'.m''(.prinMing.) Unla.. ha had .on., o^ all tha.a object, in riaw, 1 n l ^ i ' count forthi. „npro»oked.tt.ck upoaban, i.n.. I am not .orry, howaf.r, tjilt j.

hean publi.had, nor do I coo.W.r Iti'M-il,! worthy of a formal rafutalloo, u ail J k " Bumant. have baan .n.w««d and r.fl,l«I . bou.and time, bafor. thay wara bor«wJd bj

blai and .pra.d out In hi. „wn ^ ^ by hi. own pan. 'fo Ihoaa Jiowarar who w"! "Mfe holhsidMof theijumion.Twoiildra, .

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94 THE BAPTIST.

' oo. ro .pnn , ..,e,n, pM,v,d..d. Mr. HowciU-an ' T . ' ; — r . , „ n .

tlikt i l hai <>X<>rt«<< a inA i. th- t " ' " " • •^ ' • l- "of lu .no. , rOH Tilt Kai T I S I l h «m i nd i o r .ome candid im;«.rfr» on the ' " " " " " " t h e i .

•Ubjeq< of bapti.m. but bccau?e Mr. Howell '"'"^'•'"ly »-al, a broll.rr to o.ir I k p

gives a plain statement of ti.e arBimieni, ,n , " " ('"invention of Tennrsjoo. .ve mu-

. , 1 " . '"'P'""^' ' ' ap ' ' " " . Truth ' -vnlo the «ul,joct (hrouRl,

' ' • d vvitl, ' PaP"- ^Vr bfliovc ihai /ri,/A 1. . . '

-••r--.-. »«|Mi9iii. iriirn wm suojoct (hroiieli

«n»»y. •Ia„e. bri^hle.t ,rben contrasted with ' UvUevo thai trui), Ik., noil,- '

error, j „ , t , . e o l d appcam bripl.to.t n l.cn i ' " " f ' e m p r r a l o d.,cMs,,..„. , , ur ,„„„rv s „-„rth

cODtrm^ited with the ba,er metal, or counter- «>ll boc . no hut thr ' " " " s t c r r.-ap, „

The foil.,>vu.g letter open, " v ) hr ,!,=,( roape,!. Iiin I 1 . — . . '

Bi^eriionn

.-an b». ,ueM.o«rd. because the .nouth of the

I.'..d hath spoken the.n. Hut yo.. may bo dis-

to turn aside the last, and therefore I

will fortifv it soincwbo)

."^peakinff of the support of tho .n in i . try ,

« say. t» the Church, that usthev have re.

ce.ved of the spiritual ,h .n , . ,of .he n . inutor .

•IMDIK T on i iuury 's n-ortli.

_ . - • — t ^ i i^uuiKrr*

h U . : - a n d thus scriptural arguments appear I "H ' -en , . The foll.,„.ng letter opeus , ... reapeu.

more forcible, when contrasted with the so- ' wl.,. h w.ll please to " and patherelh fruit nolo e

pbUlry of those who direst the scripture, of P " ' " ' " ' ' -M-Ko vonr l.mther n, ' »> » « a r e understand

lhe irp Ia ,Daml leprt t imatemeaningtosupp„rt " '® ' " 'P"^^ ' ' ' • ""• ' ia l l . fr . '"» « ' '"pornl ,„p,„ t M>rriv,., f r „ m i l p

. e r l T ' ' " ' • ' in . i . i| . .s . ' o n , , ,

.errnon arc a plain and candid exposition t . i .po, , : . f . . v r Mav l ,.,. |,„.,

of the",acrajnent. .of baptism." and enn,»in ».. . ron.-.rd

•5, •errnons.-aro a plain and candid expo^ ' i i Z

of the",acra.nent. .of baptism." and contain ftfl manw <> MiM..^_ A _ . . . .

f (!» ' I , . .

1:

I>TKHP,„I:. , . .r,. nave

^ """J contain Deau nKOTii,-,, t o « T. • " " ' • o .oul , ^ v e d br the " m .ny arguments a, could be collected and . „ue h . u L ' ' " P " ' " Preach.., l ' , . , , , •

- a n , e d in so small a compass. t,ne a d . : : ' I l ^ ! : ! ; ' , ; : r : : * " " ^ .o. , , . i : ; -

which will accrue from the circulation | should be' I ' c h u r C . « „ . ;

grim in the way of truth. I,i„, „•,>. .. ' " I- h-r,. an.l "oi v c ! Have not our chun he^ alre«d» I r..,.„i , .t

Some u . thou, . , that a Bap . i , , should ^ U : : : ' " - " P . e a s u r o of t.od u p o n t - l ^

" . - e r Air. Campbell-, sermon, but It, ar ,u " l I o n o r t h e L r • " v., . n , to pa , „.e hire of „,e.r lahore, J f j ^ . r ^

« . a . . . r a n y c a n b e r . „ n d . „ . e « o w e a k . a ' n d | h . , m o n e ? / ' . ^ . U . a n c e h no, ch. . .„„bo.d t h e / , , . , of the " r:

i r " i - y . H . / , „ , . r " ' — ' I ' ' - e reaped down >o..r f.elds, wh.c u labor wasted on >' • ' - " P ' - o d in the of yo,. kep, b..ck by fru.id crie.h. not therefore | cries of them which b . . , . . '

, iiiai It Would b.

Ubor wasted on-'th, de.er, a,r." Those read

• n wh« wish to know tho , r„Mcan find ,nffi 7 ' : " " : - " ' " • " " • c a n find ,nffi. . h , . l e „b„„„d ,„ re, on , f I reaped have entered

d e n arguments in Mr. n o w c i r , ...hree ser- ' and make of . ; V ^ , ' I •

. . . ' " ' I I not Oder a sacra- d i nne iiin»i,.r «l. ;

lex.:

. • —• . oapiism IS an

.mmer,.on of the subject upon a prole,sion

of r . . h . „ Christ .-This be in , proved. Mr.

Ctmpbel l s . p t o m fall , , „ the ground a, ! )» .

goo fell before the ark of God. A , these

••rmoD. do not « „ u m e the shape of a con-

troreri.r, by reading and comparing the ar-

r m t e n , . of each, the candid inguir.r may

•MUy determine which ha, a . .„ ; i , . . . j , , .

t r l b o K-

*^J "mode qf baptum^' which is not baptism

S a r J o u r w I i A h o went down .Vo the water.

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editor of the Bapli . t at NMhri i le .

( K r The Editor rc|rre(i to .tate th.it the

whole edition n f M r . I l o i r e i r . .'(hreo ,er

w i l i no to t re r a .acra-fice which costs,,.,, nothing." "Mono )

o " '«>' . ! ) v.V.onswnreth

"Il Hi.ng,. and we are uuthurucd i„ heliev-

' " l , ' i < r a . , be , o luf lda. lo advance tho He-

dcemcrs kingdom on earth. Take i f you

please an example in tfiving it to supp.rt the

preaching n f , h o gospel, (iod's people are

" f he Whole Church are required to bo'put

yon V.I. readtly admit. The com.nission of

I • u . " " " " " •"•"Church, of which his minister, have orer formed a

part. C.o , e, therefore, into all the world and

preach the gospel ,o every creature. The

min i , er, are tog„ and the other n,e„,her. are

t o , u , t « , n i l i e m i „ going. Their field of la-

nHd: the minister, are peMiIi .rtr the

, . .I"--.-.irs or tt.eir 'I'v-ne ,.,ast.-r.-Imagine a . a .e-would to( ;„d

" " " " chcase really existed. A minister know ,

a congregation will, by divine permission,

meet h.m at a certain place; anxious to hear

bin. prcich. He i , about to le.ire home. H i ,

f».n.ly i , unprovided for. H . , business n, , , . ,

coase or suffer in his absence. He know, h i ,

children ;mu.t want bre.vl. He goes. The

cr .c , of h i , children haunt h i , imagination^

ai.d tho tear, of h i , wife freeze h i , ,onl. Hpw

c«D he preach! Vet ho cannot, must „ „ , .

ccase. Honl. are dying. How rough i , tho

poth ho tread,! O ! who i , .ufflcient for t hcw

thing,. His crie, of distress, mingled with

tear, o f the bitterest anguish, must and will

enter into the ear, of the Lord of Sabhaoth

and those who withhold a support will feel tho '

consequence, in their , tore.hnn,e, as well a .

their (oul, .

The Lord has put It into the heart of . „me

f r ? "

" '"•»«breu. not only 'to p r a , for tho re ' ^ f these

of hi , word to devi.c mean, for ,bat object.

1 he brethren ,n nearly all the S ta le , had pre-

ncuLly moved. - a t h e i r e f l o r . , h a d r e . u U e d

.n S ate Convent.on,. The deliberation, of

brethren here led to the formation „f ,he

Baptist State Convention of Ten«e. .ee. The IthArui Ka*K f 1 ft n A . I I ' I A

THE BAPTIST.

which . b a l l ' I e . ;

natton „ a w.,e and underatanding people. I

f ^ P ^ ' - f Chr i , t your fellow-labor er and brother.

B. P H I L L I P S .

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dev ised-; : ; ; ; ^

l . bc ra l th .ng , shall they stand. Accord ing . , cr , of our ' ' f , , , , " " "B* . ana by

l.beral th ing, shall they stand. Accordingly

the principal article m our Constitution sar,-

•• I'h.s Convent.on shall devise .ind execute

PU... for the dissemination of the gospel in the

'l"^tit„te parts of our State, and as far as

prarucahle. supply ,„ch churrhe, a , solicit

•"d. W e now begin to look for the time -many shall run to and fro. and knowl.

edp^o be increased." Two evils are still oper-

"•".P to a great extent among us. which may

cr , of our brethren. Tho d i ,c .n , ion of the

question, pr„po.ed must be productive of

good, and we hope that they will receive that

deliberate consideration which their very

great importance certainly demand, .—Ed'« .

•nc Church o, MU Cn.k-, David.on county, Triniesief.

The decission of the churches at Hethesda

on the 28th of March, IS . ow before us. As regards the work, they have set out, we be

-0 look with so much anxiety. F apprehend i t " " " " f- ' ' ' " "

put men into tho m i i t r y w Z a . 'w " - " c c a n of It. A , respect, a ri|le of --•er sent to tha. „o rk . This is the drst.

1 h.- second is, that we have refused and still

refuse to sustain Ihyse whon. God ha, certain-

l> Hent. und who have made full proof of their

"vils be removed-or « r ewe , o much afraid of ' . s inn ing . „ , „« new in tcn i ion , " -•

worli I

« I MIC oi

action, and i t , connection which they have

. « t forth, we find the following specification,.

' • f . 1 hat there were brethren choscn to

travel among thechurrl.es, to encourage be-

nevolcnt etfort. and aid in bringing the fund,

'hat we will not a U e m , r t " t h J ' T " " " " " I-T verse. I'd. That " ' ' " •Pt the I ,„eh proceeding, should not bo h lam.d , he-

cause It was providing for honest things, not onlv in tho ..r .. . . . "

In conclusion, I des.re, for my own satis-1 ' T ^ ^ ' ' T " ' ' ' ' ' ' ^ ' ' ' " R ' ' ' " " t

f . r t ion, and for lbatof our brethren general- I i V V ''^'" " " " 'he

'y. .hat .ou shall disprove, if vou can the po- 1 . 7 , i ' " " " ' That

Mt.ons I havo assumed. J wish a l ,„ that L j hrethren chosen to thiswork were chosen

• - I I . .n .-onnecuon, .how ,|„. M , a c j of |"e ' 24 verse inclu-

Matrmenls made by our venerable father in I ' in«liv.dual

K-spel, Ja ino, U bMsi.t, and published ir^ ^ Performed act , of bene-

" • n c c u l a r of that session of the Convention ' ,7 ' ' " / r l " " " " ' ' ' ' ' " ' ' " ' P ' ' "

- I ' " " Frankl in . And „ „ „ |,i, pos i t . ! : . ' ^ 7 ; " ' ; , . ' P " ' ' ! ^ ^ verse.

I"" " /X 'V; / . a , be call , I, .,:ed ' duty

; - n M e r of the gospel for hi, st..nd u. foreign missions,

(-•nvontion. ,„.,| , ' h e xv of Act , „ belfeve.I to be an exam-

" f the Con- r i ^ : . ' ' * ' ' - <"

, . • ..I IOC minutes o ••'t fall. I he scr.pture propriety of the Con

^'•t.on IS, to my mind, made per.ectly cer-

t a " . . . . those .-xcelleut. productions. I re-

c j m e n d a l s o . t o your attention, and deiire

y . oref. i to tho .letter, of HldersHlodgett

m .ayle published in the Uapti, . . No „ „o f

!r ^

•oo,er th ing, are just. whal,oever f h i n „ are

erer b „ g . nre of good report; i f ,hero be

" y virtue. If there be any prai.e. think on

bo,o thing,. . . W o hone.,,y'believe that . ,

n u r u n d e r - t L i n g

council. Tho viii. of I'd Cor. is believed to

he an example for the association of churches

in order to work. The former has been car

ned out into a system. V/hy not carry out

the latter.

Tho ,nppiirtof pastors is a business belong,

ing to churches in their individual character,

hut tho preaching of the gospel to tho desti-

tuto. and aiding feeble churches to support

the gospel among them, i , a joint interest in

which every church is equally concernedi

neither can tho work bo done, but by a jo int

co-operation and systematic effort. A , to the

work ,e l forth at the afore,aid meeting, we

have been ready a year ago, but a , to the

modo of doing it , we do not wish to act un-

advisedly. Wo wi,h to see tho following que,-

tionn.11,cussed previotisto any systomatic a c

(ion.

, t be « f . of Apte wbich if Dot « i p S

. an . „ „ p , e f „ t^e Maoolation of cburohe.

to ad fue , wh , 1,1,. that the 8th w d 9th of 2d

Cor. u » o f , u t l l j r r e g . n l , d u

for t h , aMociation of church . . , to do L

work which the Lord hM c o m n i . ^ , ^ ,

v ic^" . f

and in »h. h „

t. may we not expect good to re.ult from t h .

« o c . . u o „ of churche, to do the work which •

toe Lord ha , a„ igned theml

Notwith,t .ndiftg that it i , our wi.h that t h .

union m a , cover the whole ground u.ual to

Unued Baptut.i yet could w . f o r . , . , t h . probability that .iich a working Conv.ot ion

would extend i t ,el f beyond the l imi t , of t h .

general union, or that it would infringe anr

of the right, of the churche, or individual,,

we would give it up and work alone.

What we have here , . i d . we de,ign for t h .

Hapti,t, in ordei that our brethren who oppo . .

.ystematic effort may have the opportunity to

discus, these specification, and que,t ion, in

that paper. Many of them are very capab l .

of writ ing and we hope they will,«o it delib-

erately. and i f the .cripture, are io conflict

with combined (Sffort we wi,b to ,ee it. As regard, action, we agree to contr ibut .

over^ month, and take up collection, in the

congregation occa.ionally. Thoma. H . Ev-

lOthof .May. 18.35.

S . D. W H I T S I T T , aerk. In discussingtheabov.named report, there

wa, m.ich harmony and good humor. I hope

we will get along with that busine., in peace.

W e are not a rich church, but where ther . i .

a willing ,„„id it i , accepted.Much prudenc.

needful in all churche., because they a r .

more or les,divided'on th i , .object. Some

believe that minister, are classed with poor

>a.nt,. A , , u c b , t h c ,upport allowed t h .m

does not enable them to give them.elve, wl.ol-

!y to their work. ^ Other , believe the , are

viewed a . laboren. and ought to havo a full

support, and give them.elve, wholly to t h .

work. I t appear, to ine. that the fallacy of

the course of the Bapt i . t church in the we.t ,

IS obviou., for it make , void tho command, of

{.od. When would they preach the go .p . l

to every creaturet Nover. God ha. ordained

that they who preach the gospel .hould l ive

of the gospel. To thi , ordination tv . havo

•• id nay. But did no! Paul work for h i . l u p .

port! He did, . ome t im . . from nec . u i l y , ftnd

•omotime. from choice. From necea i ty ,

when ho wa . neglected. Prom o h o i c , wh . n

he would out off occasion from tho.e who

would havo repfoabhed him for receiving a

•iipport. But i . it not a .hame forB«pt i , ( , to

he filed among Pnul'*Jij,pn,er.. fnr Iher

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7 THE BAPTIST. ti« only p««,pr» who d b J w i t t W l K t ' U j ^ ^ l t t S ' ^ ^ V ' ' " 'H . it worlhy of hi. r.w.nl. P ^ ^ S ? ' " : ! : ^

ba ohanKed by the reforraaUon, fo r they will •Und c l u i e d among; (ha poor f t i o t i .

J . W H I T 8 I T T .

ON THE ATONEMENT. Th« moon en>«r,iBg from ih .n»;n

O er vuc crcattoa threw « nokly (iMtn; And etrth'* wotu down inhabitants a ^ i n W t n wrapt in .lumbor: Natare'a uddoit itiion ESsrobod thetkr out»tretchin|»ceoery;-^i Wm itill aa a duerted »epnlchr«>— S«v«, when the roar of distant waterfall. Breaking through .ilenrc, utrilcPi npon the ear. With cadoice Iwriih. but wrrowful ami drear.'

ii —' wQXHior To aiolten at the nij^!, when Sol himtelf 8hnt ull hit glorie* in:and even earth CoQ»nliive, writhed! while the mild aaffercr Rrmthed gently, throngh hiaagoni*ing thro*, "Father, foqjive, they know not what they do. •

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Yet one there wm, who at ihi, «olemn liour Felt not the wooing inllaence of tleep^ Hi. look, w.^0 heavonly-yet .orrow pale Antiety, and menial anguiihdeep; Threw over hi. conntenancn a gle<im of wo. Writhing with agony, he knelt and prayed (While drop, of crimwn trickled o'er hi, brow) " 0 ! God! if poMible thi. cof> evade. Vet, Father, not my w i l l , - r t , manJaltbe obiytd "

'Twss J e n . iti Gelh.oroane! again, Hi.pniywru! brwithing. floated on the'air The l o ^ pf guil, for degenerate man' Seemed riiore than h» huiaaniijr couki bear. When lo! the heavens grew bright! and from above A .eroph wnt from God' , eternal throne Defended! Hi . commliaion wai of love; Ho came to .ootho the agonizing Son A ^ fit him to exclaim, My God, thy will be done. And «ee! the clouds of Mrrow fleo hi. brow, The pertnrbation of hi. muI i. calm'd. And the bright .milo of re.ignalion now Aecompanie. the word., thy great demand, Jehovah, be acoompliahed

Bot ah! what now awaited! See him brought Before an earthly tribunal, where u t A worm of earth, to judge the King of King.!

• ^ a on that btow de.lined to wear the gem Of never fcding glory, the rud. ihon» [forth r r ^ e d down-whi le from the wonnded pore. Ku.h In drippingglobole., o'er hi. Mcred form ^ b looA-Seeon him placed deri.ion'.robe. And lH>«rthan>uhitiid«,~while freratied rage ^ in eaeh b r , M ~ » n d erery countenance M j ^ k a the enmity that born, within. W » h m ^ e r y p ronounce-" I f . i l . King of J e w . " ^

R a S V h ^ t

M o f " Calvary H. borrora. n . i t demand, thy view.

Mm,nt Calimr,! t l » very nam, b ru ip up

rnmeek, the bumble, lamb-like Bon of God Maltreated, rnieifled between (wo thieve.! .

I l l* wo;w may .cofT! tluj infklel deride! Call it entboaiawn—madnesii—what they w i l l -Yet well anur td arc we, that Jeau. died To make atonement for un; thai iho blood Which flowed from Calvary's .ummit ranalono Secure a place of hnppuie.. for mun Beyond the limit* of mortality. IFedied! and in bi« death we l i v e -He rose! and in hi<i re.urrection bids u . look Toward, the day when we .hall bur.t tlw band. Of ihi. materiality and .oar

I Above, from all iniquity ahnt m To .ing hi. gloriou. prai.e forevormore.

JO.SEPII AND BENJAMIN, A Sc r i e s of L e t t e r s o n t h e C o n t r o v c r a y b e .

i w c c n J e w s n u d C h r i s t l n n s ; c o m p r i s i n g t h e m o s t I m p o r t n u t D o c t r i n e s o f t h e C h r i s t i n i i U e l i B i o n .

BY JOi^EPH SAMUEL C. F. FKEV. Autl,or of « llehrcv C . m n s , . , Hchrew, l„„„ K i „ I » I ,

Dklionary. KJllor ..f Vumler lloo,hi', bim.

In two vrtlumes._vnl. I. pari I. The necessity of a Mediator. 2 A. Mediator appointed. 8. Me«iah the Me.li«ior Revealed. 4, Me^iah mu.t have come long .mcc. 5. Je,u» Chtul is the true Mea.iah. 6. Mewial. was expected to bp the true God. Vol. 11.— P a r t i . Jesus Cliri.t i« truly (Jod. 2. The Impor-tanco of ,h« Divmity of r i „ , „ ._ t ; „ , , , oqaence . if ho be not truly God.-Conse<iuencc if he be truly God. 3. The .Second Advont of ,ho Messiah 4 Messiah the Ju.|g„ of the World 9. .Sermon, on Important Sniijects.

KKCO.M.MENIMTIONS. /Vow VrnbyUrian MinZur, jYtu- Vorlc.

The subject, embrace.1 in iho work entitled Jo.eph and Beujsinin. propos,-d to bo publi.hed by Rev J 8. C . F Fre> .are in thcm.elve.,so deeply imporunu and w caUiolic in their claractcr, that all who have any righteous claiu, to the character and hope, of A chri.t«n. will rejoice in every prudent and proper ef-fort to eiplain, defend and c.Ubli.h them.

Mr Prey's previous character as a Jew; hi . ao-q o ^ n c c with the Hebrew l ,„g„ .g , . ^ tradition,; hw present character a . a chri.ti.n min-» u r . and hi. nece,«.rily con.tant and thorough in-ve-.plK.n of the thenios he propo.«, to d i J T l cultariy qualify him for thI. work'!^ In t h e ^ ' i " G^the8av„urwillhoglorified through itainflVenee,

the .ob..r .ber. cordially recommend t h . p r o p ^

A. M'leod, D. I , . . 8. N. Rowan, D. D. , 8 H

D.; R H. Hire, D D.; W W Philip,, i). n

Kg: * • • -CLJ^

* •Ill nil HMWIH ^Ji.. ,,1^,,,...^ ^ MtniHmin Mi Djdck^fortntd Chvrck.Jv: f . W a d i r i l b . nwohjrt tMed in aeeing the coDtem-

pilled work of Rav. Frey beforo thopablio. and 001. dially concor in the above recommendation.

J. M. Mathewa, D. D, ; J. Knot , D. D.; W C Bro^mlw, D. D.; J . Brodhcad.D. D.; N. J. M.rw In., K. Daklwin, D. D.; T. Do Witt, D. I).

tKrom MiHi.ht, in JVVu. y^ic We. tho under.ignod. d<. gladly avail ourwive. of

he opportunity to « , p r e „ our entire confidence in •he judgment and ability of our beloved and re .p-«?

brother. Elder C. F. Froy. for furn ish ing '^ , J;hr«U« public with the in,erecting work for publwation in tho abov« prospeclu.

knowledge of ilH, Hebrew Scripture,; his mtimato artiuaintnnce with th i be.t Jew«h wrmng.; his free acc,e«. for many y , ^ . lh« most valuable and eMen.ive librarie. in «n.l h« general chnrac.er a . an able ,„i„i„er of the ^ Twtament. fully justify ,h„ belief that hi. J„-« # a n d Benjamin will contain matter of no ordinary

,o ,be advocate of Bible Christianity. i J arrangement .,hibile<l in the above table

of contenl. needs no rocon^endalbn from u., and we are a««red by tho.e w l« have pcr»M,d the mann-•cnp(. that hi. method of discuMion. a . well a . ,h«

Wj, therefore cheerfnlly recommend the w„rk to

Z c i n 1 - • ' ^ " • • ' " •hos^^ r roneoa . and p^micioa. prmcple. m, extensively propag.,e.l in , h . present

D. Dunbar, S. H. Cone. Ch. G. f*„mmer,. J H Brouner, L. Howard. Ch. C. P. Cro.by

Ha^ving .een the above work m . u b ^ i b e r . cordially unite m Ihe foregoing recom-mcndation..

J^<Joing, n . D ; W. R. William,. A. Maclay. Epitcopalian miniiUr, i„ Vork

Not having wen the manu«;ript of Mr. Frey we ran only e,pre«, an opinion , l„t such a work may prove extremely u«,ful, „nd tlw, we have confidence •n recommendation, of tho«, who have read it

1 Breintnal. J. Milnor. I). I). R. o ' , chap January lOth. I83fl.

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RELIGIOUS. diully to congratulato you on tho Wgh prtvi-^ legts yon poMcas, beyond so many of iho na-

tions of tho earth. W o rcvort lo tho period A D D R K S S Of the RapUti f/iiion, atrmhkd in JV>to Park when tho " P i l g r i m Fa the r s , " driven by in-

sireri CKaprI, l^,iuhn,June 11^34, to to le rance , took tip their residence in your Ihrir hrrihrcii cm.jmtius 'Af liaptUt Tricn-1 now h a p p y Country . — W i t h holy de l igh t and nml Convention, m,;ii„g at It.rhmoHd, I'a. pml i tudo we eual t in tho formation of your

.•l,>r,l2,ih, first S t a t e on Iho broad principles of ent i re Hklo\e i> 1 i r i ; t i ik i ;n ; — I h o tosipfl 19 a i •, , . . . , , , , , „ . , . .

. P'vil and rohgiousli lwrty by Roger Wil l iams, tr.^o it tiiTifi\.' iiinmii'M tn miiiiLiiKi lint firm i i. j* '

a membiTof our own denomination. I n youf numerous and flourishing churchcs, in theo.x.; tension of divine truth, and in those r rv iv j ^ ;

source <if many nicrcic*lo muiikiiul, bii tono! Ill part icular demands our grateful remcm-bra i i re on the present occasion. I t awakens \)y its spirit and dtwlrines a disinterested bo-ncvolcnce.roscmbiing that which distinguish-ed its divine founder, ' f ' ' " hearts of his

of religion with which yoti haye been so hap-pily faCorcd, we see thn blessed fruits of vol-

„ . , , , , ' "ntiiry christian zeal ; weexc l a im ' 'wha t hath lullowers are tl.us iiiiilod li»' a ImjikI o I spirit- ^ , , . , „ , . ,

,. ! , , I O f l w r o u g h t r and devoutly pray that your inil svmpn ' i 'v , tlioir sorrows are divided, • , . , , . . . . . ,

• ' . , , , , , , . ' d i s t i n g u i s h e d public spirit, your union and thnii iciVM ariMiiii t ip io(l ,and whi le uni or I 10 I i , , „ ,u„ . i . , 1 j i i

J . , . , , . , 1 brotherly love, and vour benevolent ofTorls lulluenco ol huly Uo,>es aiul ^ i r e s , 'I'OV } , , long for tlin salvation ol their fellow mor.als, | ih-v arc combined in iiidissoiubleUmds, with «„cccss in tho uso of the simple but powerful tiioso who a re o n i i e same ^piril, ami who nteaiis of grace wo ascribe, under the infl'u . licrish the evpcctati-.n of mlu-riting the once of the Holy Spirit , to your perfect free-

doin from the inoumberances of a S ta te re-s ame gl'TV. In this imiwrft^t state, therefore, when

iho servants of <)iir l j i f i | i i%tt :sc^^^ted from each other, sometimes by physical , and at other limes by moral causes, we embrace wiih pleasure tlie opportunity of addressing you afforded by your Tr i enn ia l Convention. Wo are separated from you, bre thren, by Iho ocean of mighty waters ; but we a rc unileil to you by a lovo which many waters cannot q u c n c h . O u r descent is one, our failh is the same, and our mutual hope i& fi.vcd on the s ame eternal glory. W o rejoice iw Ihb same ordinances of our oxaltod Lord , and feel that our duty and privilege, aliko im|M:l us to nd . dress you, Imth tooxpross tho interest wo take in your welfare, and that we may Icnrn from you more fu l ly the grace you now ox|)ori-nnco.

You 'wi l l poimit us, belovod bret l i ron,cor-

ligion. And wo devoutly trust (hat, unim-paired in tlioir energy and eflicionoy, your high privileges will bo transmitted to tho la-test generat ion.

Persuade<l, brethren, as we ato of your warmest affuclion towards us, a n d o f t h o d e o p interest you take in our welfare, which has l«en fully shown by tho brothron who have visited our shores, and by your publications, we will briefly stale to you our present cir» curnstances and prospects.

Y o u must bo fully awnro that m a n y things with which you aro practically unacquaini t ed, combine in this part of tho world lo re-tard tko advancomont of our prosperity. Events however, transpiring in rapid aucctw-sion, prove that tlieso impodimonla aro loa-sciiing, and (hat f a r m o r o correcl viowa of hiatory. E v e r y year deepeiu ou r ooavioiiaii

the spirituality of our Lord's kingdom aro beginning to bo ohorished, which will, we trust, ere long bo prevalent around ua.

In addition to tho ovila without our imine-diato iwie, there have boon those within it. Wo have had to doploro the extensive influ-onco of erroneous opinions in refererence to

;;(|ie moral governnwnl of Ood, and the obit* ^^ttomof man: the abuse of doclrinet which lire doar to our hearts aa tlluslrating theaov-reign love ot^Jehovah, which have been un-

%appij^ pervo^odjso a i apparently todeslrtiy tho acc^ntabi l i ty of human beings: and the encoumgoment of n ministry with leas men-tal culture and infornnatipn than the state of socisiy demanded. W e ble&s the groat head of tho church that we sco these evils rapidly diminishing, and more scriptural viawa and holier practices becoming prevaleot. T h e rcsu lu aro already encouraging. T h e num-ber of our churches has increased within t he last forty ycara more than three-ibid; so that we have now certainly not leas than one thousand churches, most of wHich are sup-plied with pastors. These churches proba-bly contain from ninety-five to one hundred thousand members. W e rejoice that m t y nearly the whole,aupport flouriahing Sunday schools, and aid in various ways the exien* sion of t)ie gospel around them; while B M e CUutet, which God appears ao greatly lo I m m owned among you, are growiikg up among us.

W o bless our heavenly Father for the suc-cess with which he has been pleased to boaor otir public societies. .. Our home and Ibraign. missions—our societies lor Ihe diffusitMi o f ' divine truth in Ireland, and on tho contintfil of Europe, wi(h our colleges for t h e lion of the rising ministry, a n a l l IkvMwl with support, with usef\ i ln«H|and wi t l i 'prai Mcts unenjoyed at any fimner period of tlM^T^