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rrrile, Thea Ihinqt saith he thai haH the Kfm Hpirils af God, 'and the saxn stars; I hww thy Jarks,thai than host a name thai thou, livat,^ art dead. Be watchfvi, and slraigtien the^gs v:hich rrmain, that are ready to die: for I ^ not found thy jcorks perfect before G o d - — t t e v . 3 : 1 - 3 .
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t h a t t h o u l i v e s t . "
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p r e s e n t e d t o t h e e y e o f t h e L o r d I c s u a . W i t h
a l l o f i t s r e p u t a t i o n f o r e x t e r n a l p r o a p e r i t y , h e
a a w t h a t i t w a s a l l t h e w h U e i n a s t a t e o f p r o -
g r e s s i v e d e c a y . Religion w a s n o t aU g o n e , b u t
i t w a s n e a r l y s o ; o n l y a U t i l e r e m a i n e d , a n d
t h a t w a s r e a d y t o e x p i r e .
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r e m a i n , t h a t a r e r e a d y t o d i e . "
U Christ admonishes them to b e watchful or w a k e f u l i n apposition to the drowsy ditica of the church. They ought to t ake the alarm, and awake from their a u p i n e n e s s .
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a a e m a d t o b e of t h e C h r i s t i a n g r a c a a o r t l r l u e i w u r a a l y t o n p i r t . 1
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W e n o w p r o c e e d t o n o t T c e t h e n e x t s p e c i f i c c a t i o n g i v e n b y M r . C h a p m a n i n s u p p o r t o f h i s g r a v e c h a r g e " t h a t S a p U s t a u t h o r s c a n n o t b e r e l i e d o n , " a n d t h a t t h e y " a r e e i t h e r r e -m a t k a b l y i g n o r a n t , o r w i l f u l l y a n d k n o w i n g l y p e r v e r t s a c r e d t h i n g a i n o r d e r t o s p r e a d a b r o a d t h e i r h e a r t l e s s s y s t e m of r e l i g i o n . " H i s n e x t s p e c i f i c a t i o n i s a a f o l l o w s :
" D r . G i l l , i n h i s D i s s e r t a t i o n o n J e w i s h P r o s e l v t e B a p t i s m ; a s s e r t s t h a t " t h e r e ' i s n o m e n t i o ' n m a d e o f a n y r i t e o r c u s t o m of a d m i t -t i n g J e w i s h p r o s e l y t e s b y b a p t i s m i n - a n y w r i -t i n g s o r r e c o r d s b e f o r e t h e t i m e o f J o h n t h e B a p t i s t , C h r i s t , a n d h i s A p o s t l e s ; n o r i n a n y a g e a f t e r t h e m , f o r t h e first t h r e e o r f o a r h u n -d r e d y e a r s ; o r , h o w e v e r , b e f o r e t h e w r i t i n g o f t h e T a l m n d s . "
K o w , l e t US i f w e c a n n o t p r o v e t h i s s t a t e -m e n t t o t a l l y a t w a r w i t h t r u t h i n e v e r y p a r t i c u -l a r . M a i m o n i d e s s a y s : " I n a l l a g e s , w h f l j a h a a t h e n . o r a s t r a n g e r b y n a t i o n , w a s w i l l i n g
e n t e r i n t o t h e c o v e n a n t o f I s r a e l , a n d g a t h __ h i m s e l f u n d e r t h e w i n g s o f t h e m a j e s t y o f G o d , a n d l a k e u p o n h i m s e l f t h e y o k e o f t h e l a w , b e m u s t b a first c i r c u m c i s e d , a n d g e c o n d -b a p t i z e d , a n d t h i r d l y b r i n g a s a c r i f i c e ; o r if t h e p a r t y w e r e a w o m a n , t h e n s h e m u s t b e b a p t i z -e d , a n d s e c o n d l y b r i n g a s a c r i f i c e . A t t h i s p r e s e n t t i m e , w h e n , t h e t e m p l e b e i n g d e s t r o y -e d , t h e r e i s n o s a c r i f i c i n g , a s t r a n g e r m u s t b e first c i r c u m c i s e d , a n d s e c o n d l y b a p t i z e d . " — M a i m o n i d e s w a s t h e g r e a t i n t e r p r e t e r o f t h e J e w i s h l a w .
T h i s t r o t h w a s n o t c o n f i n e d t o t h e J e w i s h n a t i o n , b u t w a s k n o w n a m o n g h e a t h e n s . — E p i c t i t u s s p e a k s t h u s : " W h y d o y o u p r e t e n d t o b e ftGreek, w h e n y o u a r e a J e w , a S y r i a n , a n E g y p t i a n l A n d w h e n w e s e e a n y o n e w a v e r ^ i n g , w e a r e w o n t t o s a y , t h i s i s n o t a J e w b u t a c t s o n e . B u t w h e n h e a s s u m e s t h e s e n t i -m e n U o f o n e w h o h a t h b e e n b a p t i z e d a n d c i r c u m c i s e d , t h e n h e b o t h r e a l l y i s a n d i s c a l l e d a J e w . T h u s w e f a l s i f y o u t p r o f e s s i o n , a r e J e w s i n n a m e , b u t i a r e a l i t y a r e s o m e t h i n g e l s e "
P r o a e l y t e b a p t i s m w a a s o w e l l k n o w n a m o n g t h e h e a t h e n o f G r e e c e a n d I t a l y , t h a t i t f u r -n i s h e d t h i s p h i l o s o p h e r w i t h a p r i n c i p l e t o m a k e a c o m p a r i s o n , b y c e n s u r i n g t h o s e w h o a s s u m e d t h e p r o f e s s i o n o f p h i l o s o p h y , a n d f a i l -e d t o a c t i t o u t . E p i c t i t u s i s p l a c e d b y D r . L a r d n e r , A . D . 1 0 9 , a n d b y L e C l e r c , A . D . 1 0 4 ; s t i l l , t h e D o c t o r a b o v e , t h e a d v o c a t e fo r i m m e r s i o n , a n d o n l y b e l i e v e r s ' b a p t i s m , c o u l d find n o t r a c e of p r o a e l y t e b a p t i s m , n o r r e c o r d o f i t , for t h r e e o r f o u r h u n d r e d y e a r s a f t e r t l i e A p o s t l e s . A n d i s t h i s t h e w a y I m m e t s i o n i s t a s u p p o r t ' t h e i r c a n s e l C e r t a i n l y — t h o u g h i io t h i e h l y r e s p e c t f u l t o t r u t h . F r o m t h e t i m e E p i c -t i t u s w r o t e , i t I t w e r e m a t e r i a l t o t h e q u e s t i o n , w e m i g h t s a y t h a t h i s k n o w l e d g e o f p r o s e l y t e b a p t i s m e m b r a c e d t h e t i m e of t h o A p o s t l e s , w h i c h o f I t s e l f w o u l d s h o w h o w u n t r u e t h e d e c l a r a t i o n of G i l l i s . W a t s o n , In s p e a k i n g o n t h i s s u b j e c t , s a y s : " T h i s b a p t i i m of p r o s e l y l e n , a s L l g h t f o o t h a s f u l l y a h o w n . w a s a b a p t i s m of f a m i l i e s , a n d c o m p r e h e n d e d t h s i r I n f a n t c h i l d -r e n ; a n d t h e r l t o w a s a a y m b o l o f t h e i r b e i n g w a s h e d f r o m t h o p o l l u t i o n o f i d o l a t r y . " ' H e r e i s t h e s e c r e t — O y e s — h e r e Is t h e v e r y s e c r e t of t h o o p p o s i t i o n o f t h e I m m e r s i n g f a m i l y In p r o i e l y t e b a p t l i m — t h e c h i l d r e n w e r a b a p l i a e d t o o . B u i t h a n t h e y o u g h t n o t t o m a k e a f a l s a s t a t a m a n t t o p r o p u p t h a a l t a r o f t h a l f D i a n a . T h l « la t h o p o i n t , a n d t b i a la t h e c h a r g o . H o w
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D r . O w e n . — " T h e i n s t i t u t i o n of t l i e r i l e o f ^ b a p t i s m i s n o w h e r e m e n t i o n e d in th.e O l d T e a - | t a m e n t . T h e r e is n o e x a m p l e of i t i a t h o s e a n - j c i e n t r e c o r d s ; n o r w a s i t e v e r u s e d in t h e a d -m i s s i o n of p r o s e l y t e s w h i l e t h e J e w i s h c b u r c h c o n t i n u e d . N o m e n t i o n of i t o c c u r s i n P h i l o , in J o s e p h u s , i n J e s u s t h e s o n of S i r a c h , n o r i n t h e e v a n g e l i c a l h i s t o r y . T h i s r a b b i n i c a l o p i n -i o n , t h e r e f o r e , o w e s i ta r i s e l o t h e TannertE or A n t e - M i s h n i c a l d o c t o r s , a f t e r t h e d e s t r u c t i o n of t h e i r c i t y . T h e o p i n i o n of s o m e l e a r n e d m e n , t h e r e f o r e , a b o u t - t h e t r a n s f e r r i n g o f a J e w i s h b a p t i s m a l r i l e [ w h i c h in r e a l i t y did n o t , t h e n e .x i s t ] . by t h e L o r d J e s u s fo r t h e u s e of j h i a d i s c i p l e s , is destitute of all probahUity."— • [ T h e o l o g o u m e n a , L . v . d i g r e s s . 4 , p . 4 2 5 , 4 2 6 , ' 4 2 7 . O n H e b . v o l . 1. e x e r c i t 19. p . 2 7 2 . S e e ; a l s o h i s e n q u i r y i n t o O r i g . N a t . of c h u r c h e s , ^
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ty ^ j ^ l y t r h ^ i ^ f i i r w h ^ T i S j n i p l e a d ; a n d t h a t t h e y h a v e f l i s b e s t r e i s o n a , f o r r i j e c t -i n g t h e r a b b i n i c a l rite, a s h a r i n g n o c o a n e o -t i o n w i t h . c h r i s t i a n b a p t i s m . B y t h e t e s t i m o -n i e s o f t h e l e a r n e d P e d o b a p t l s t s , w h i c h I b a v e q u o t e d , w e a r e t a u g h t , t h a t i h e J e w i s h p r o s e -l y t e b a p t i s m w a s r a t h e r a c i v i l U i a n a r eT ig ious rite; t h a t t h e r a b b i e s t h e m s e i v p s w e r e d i v i d e d a b o u t t h e n e c e s s i t y o f i t ; t h a t i t a a d m i n i s t r a -t i u n w a a c o n f i n e d t o p r o s e l y t e s , a n d t o s u c h c h i l d r e n a s w e r e b o r n p r i o r t o t h e - i n c o r p o r a -t i o n of t h e n - p a r e n t s w i t h t h e J e w i s h c h m c h ; t h a t t h e e a r l i e s t a c c o u n t s o f t h i s b a p t i s m a r e c o n t a i n e d in t h e T a l m n d s , t h a t t h e r e i s n o e v i -d e n c e o f s u c h a rite b e i n g a d m i n i s t e r e d t o p r o s e l y t e s i n t h e t i ^ e of o u r L o r d , b u t a t r o n g p r e s u m p t i v e e v i d e n t M t o t h e c o n t r a r y ; I h i t , s u p p o s i n g t h e r e w a s a c u s t o m o f t h i s k ind^ i t i s u n r e a s o n a b l e t o i o n g i n e t h a t c h r i a t i a n b a p t i s m w a s d e r i v e d f r o m i t ; b e c a u s e i t m o s t b e c o n s i d -e r e d a s t o u l l y d e s t i t u t e o f d i v i n e a u t h o . ' i t y , a s a t r a d i t i o n of t h e f a t h e r s , a n d s s v ^ s e v e r e l y c e n s u r e d b y o n r L o r d h i m s e l f ; — t h a t i t i s a b -s u r d t o i m a g i n e o u r d i v i n e L e g i s l a t o r s h o u l d c h a l l e n g e t o h i m s e l f all auiiorily in heaxtn and on earth, w h e n g o i n g t o r e c o m m e n d a h u -m a n i n v e n t i o n , w h i c h h a d b e e n a n n e x e d t o a n a n t i q u a t e d s y s t e m ; a n d , t h e r e f o r e , t h a t t b e d e r i v a t i o n o f c h r i s t i a n b a p t i s m frt>m t h e J e w s , i s d e s t i t u t e of a l l p r o b a b i K t y , a n d n w i l d i m a g i -n a t i u n .
O n t h e t e s t i m o n y o f E p i c t e t u s , i n t r o d u c e d by M r . C h a p m a n , { . w o u l d s i m p l y r e m a r k , t h a t t h e l e a r n e d a u t h o r s t o w h i c h I h a v e r e f e r r e d , t e s t i f y , i n s p e a k i n g o a t h i a s u b j e c t , " T f a a t n o t h -i n g w a s m o r e c o m m o n , t h a n f o r t h e h e a t h e n s t o c o n f o u n d t h e J e w s a n d C h r i s t i a n s , a n d t h e y s u p p o s e d t h a t t h e C h r i s t i a n s w e r e o n l y a s e c t o f t b e J e w s , a n d ' ' h e n e e t h e l a n g u a g e o f t h i s p a g a n p h i l o s o p h e r m a y b e e x p l a i n e d o n t h i s p r i n c i p l e . I w o o l d a l A r e m i n d m y r e a d e r a a g a i n o f t h e l a n g u a g e o f P r o f . S t u a r t , t h a t "it is on all bands conceded, that so far as th» testi-mony of the fioUiiu C«r dedde iuek a poiat,th» baptism of prostit^ among Jewtjw^im-mersiqn." If ti^.: t h a t a c l o a o ) ""
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Idas* b y t ! » £ m m t h e y c a n h a v e n o m o t i v e t o c o o c & y L t h a u n t h i s a u b j ^ c t . t c o u l d h a v e in t todaeed- . t h a t e s t i m o n i e s o f o t h e r l e a r n e d P e d o b ^ t l a t a t o s u p p o r t t h e p o s i t i o n o f D r . Q i l l i b u t i t la a l t o -g e t b c r u n a e c u a s a r y , a n d t o o m u c h rt>bm w o u l d b e o c c u p i e d o n t h i s s u b j e c t . I a g a i n r e m i n d t h e r e a d e r in c l o a i n g , t h a t if M r . C h a p m a n h a s r e a l l y p r o v e d t h a t D r . G i l l h a a l i ed oU t h i a i o h * j e c t , h e h a s p r o v e d t o o , t h a t t h a I c a r a o d P a d o -b a p t i s t s , w h o s e t e s t i m o n i e s I h a v e p r o d o c e d , h a v e a l s o l i ed , a n d I l e a v e t h e D o c t o r i n V«I7 g o o d c o m p a n y .
S A M U E L B A K E R . (7b 2a eontin\ud.
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UhrlatlitRi, o r V W f i t o i i t t i m •«! erronoooa and perveree lnterpret««#ft««( t h 8 •ne lwK ttraeUe, n whleh mention hi l i i t e e f baptlam or ba th .
Ingi certainly they i i iNi<l tn«»»« of' I t-beter* the t ime of J o h o r Levitical por lB(» t J#r# , t J>o l r bodlei u d of their gar roonu, i ^ t o i ^ t o rte divine l a w — Nor In *o grea t to theae t h l B g i t d o l d e t e r w V t h » pMAlw*'™* rltecommenolnjjf'i i ^ B r U ' w a e before entire deitrucilon o f t H M f c l l f o r t O e r ! thoog|i
wa, par»f l ,6 l iau . f l . ) W h e r e la there epy lirfit lon of luflh a prwiifle eraang the J«w* time of M
re the coming of our Lord^' If any ono " * ' " i produce any elear teetimony of that kind 1 the Old T e i t a m e n t i t h o Apocrypha, Joae .
phue, or Phllo, tha t would be of grea t moment . In former timee, proaelytee, eoming over from heathenlam to the Jewi sh ' r e l i g ion , nasd to
I g lv lnge a, that It
MOVS.—Thu •nrl'l lm« h i d many Icarnnl trra llai'iiiiTt humnn iMturo and Wnmnn-hiium, bu t wby hiu nuliwly s ' " " " «• an ptpa^l i lnn of hoy-iiatiimi whirl) In m< tti'irs like tlin ut l inn than a hawk U I 'ks n linntlan«! Sniiin tiignnlniu phUtMofbct. ill hU chiHllinnliart nf ihs tiuniaii •t'lrtM. h»« d W d r J the iDce Ihiii "itH-n, »iimK», anil K r v n r b " if h« had iinljt ii.lH>"l " l i i i jn ," III* wiiik wuuld iiavn (wan oiim-pl . ' t ' ! A »i'iy UHCcrtnIn, in j . t e i luu - , iHatpUi^atilii i'ii>allun l> a bny-^bul b* oiititrow* all t l i i t al ter a while, and turni aul a msri ' man at lut.
P I N r t U L A R P H f i N O M B t m N - A i i a m j i a p l i . In iht> Nrwfuundlai id TIffioiii (I*** au aeiNiunt a f a utaiigi' iihwiiiiinsnnH whiati racatilly i>«»um>d In tha iiiii>iMilini(i m.^liburhiMid uf Ontie«|iilitn Day. h
tha t tlw wbnl* It laad In all titnbabllliy. rUlii i cu t uf ihit otifsii. wlUt^a mp lduy wkleb tkiwakaii a t lid far nil' ti(>imil, maier l i l ly to allViii, if uai u t ia r l t
HiDfiy III* (liH lio.t biti-liiiti iin (ha coast.n'f NawAtuiidliHHl A •I'HM uf flbirrvailMl, m a d e liji atwmUKr'uf iirl«Hi)A« | t H k l a a » a al P a H (la UratK. <1 ll aoxHni l , iinivanlii y md a duulH, thai llwi«a-li>«> «l III tlio vMnf iv i< br ing raplilly ill<|ilttyil. > n « y a f al Ui | i>f la t riifliii, a«Mri»bl«li iflihANon p i t iMi wHh pitrOti'l «««# and i t rv iy l«rgiy»aiHi aau , a r e aaw ap> |irfl«t>bliiH ilis *ufrMi<f, ih« waim Itnlnii tu (Imt a tkilT i<«n w a r w r upl iHvol ttr plHutlim of aha! ihaae ba t lmr i Hat a m i f d a
n* . oliutti a t «III diHl uf atUHililiwPMi aitiSNf Uw lnttatiU«HU.«-Al a Hofffi nuar flw hxHil nf ttiiy Lnbtnti oliuttl milH anil a half ttwffl llw ihuf* uTthe aaa. niera li a psflMI boaati) wlilab In ballavMl la ltais Iwea liN»«d lit ihn unlinanal of liie aarita, and (h« auiwdoiiia uf
wiimi. ll vlmauid i«<n tir iwalM frat abava ,lha l»*«l«( Oia !ila A«< of VK( fiMllH upw III
ii «a*aa»l '«lih ! « • er luUi TIM atoHM.artiiak era
er ihiirii, ai« fflnderolcilia, Hiid, la (MByhwiaaaMipiirtiMMly rwedi iihd i a m n
tu tlM^l^mnd la tlia aitjofiwi la«4> U i i i nn ia pftaitninMiMiti and eiia
Ietlait III* ailaMiaa wf |«aiii|iitiI laiUiti M«,|i nay ap|i)«r. ii In iiiilt aniiiliaf avi>
l><ih<«< uftliH liypaiH««li| ilmi h ' r i'lulia haibeeii fn r f lHi t t iya freilMaltraHiiHliifl f m m
iii#pM«i ilmili wai t ia i . Till- ... iliai<iliiMlHa» wMiel iMt li 'ft , ilRauiHr Mi,|i
waih themaelveai whleh U a very di l f t rent th ing from boptUm, o rpe raon i being waahM by another . . . . I do not abiolutely deny t t i a t t h e Jewa Initiated proeelytoaby bep thmi but I .men t ion theae difflcultiee and objeetlone wllh regard to the fac t . " [Pa rap t aa i e ^ N o u a o n K p i e t l e a o f ) ' au i . p . 041. edit ,
^ " i ' r e f . B tuwt ,—"In flne w o are dcatltute of any early teetimony to tbe practice of proae. |y{e baptlam, antecedently to the chriatian ere "The original Inatltutlon of odmitt lng Jewa to the covenant, ond a t r angwi to tho e ^ i e , w e a . e r ibedno other r l u than tha t of circumeltlon.
waa Initltirtid before tlie timo of MM»«I Rhenford th lnk i it »wM t a b l l i h e d w I i k t i u r f i r i t p a r M i i in P i r a d i n l "
Mr. Chapman ie entirely jn i t l aken in aup> poiing that Haptiila i r s i fraM of the arguinent drawn from preie lyw bapt l im, In fivor of In-fant bapt l im. H e l» perfectly w e lw me to all the " l i d and c c m f t r t " he can get from m l euarter . Uven If he cooH prove the of proeelyto bint lam, M w t h i t l w o o f OhrUti " t h e argument ^ m analogy, If odmlM^, wo«W be decldedly««aliiet the praeUee, ChlWren
th« Jewi ib rellgloB word not T b e analogy wouW W o l r f l , « i U the e m p n who were born ef O i i r m a f w m U gr t m^ to te baplif«f( ami tjiat only t hwp ,» r i , f p ^ b o ^ t i i e d w h a were born i^/bre the parent • n U r e d tbe cburcii. B u t the kf idt r (nT^nft of proee. lywa wore not elwaye to be btptlood. •roved by Bchneekenborger, p . U 9 , where bo quotea from an o r tghn i wthovi ty the fellawlng
jiMir. ii In milt aiiiiitiiri ilmi H'r I'liilia h a i b i .
mtulfMitwi t« a • (a ie of WlidMyi -
f^aiinri n>nin ni)*FjirMr aiat* iiiU nil lb* l«l lll|i| la Ilia tiuslo. Uniteii A i a i w M i a M OwwItwiM raiMliiwn ilm tliip Oiinml<ioaa (VHwAaVHufliu W > atliiiiit. Ksriiiiiaivly. ali |IIM|LI IIH> ulilfi aaiilt ia UirN mUaniii Ilia nrww atwiiwl. '
Durlniili* lulu war. a (>>iDl>*r waiaa Iward aa AociiaaH alii(i aa fa i id is rfew iMinlw wUf aa
Ha pff»«r*i«l lil« PWfl" priMiilplei ealmta uiiili ha n w a ii>wt Sri tw enmlilnf up th* valWiMiy H roiia wtwrtv hilar "wri'wr'l ' N l a t a r a hatfMi, ilm Uxitltiirluiiknl u*»r (h* lide of H»i ibirN end r»> MARLNMTL-"RRI»B'IIIF «»MH IHAL KLANA AF RWWI iti»ii may ha»a ll," w»wn «MUiH« ih» daw W «ha Wanli hn imi aff ih» miwi and dnwa win* ilw paw f«l»«» i» bin luiif wat)<ry biim*.
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« Z i d t T W U i i r a k i i d l t f G l i i « t o a a n n r ofKripta • n l l r M m n a l y , (aot of b c l i m n u d lhair —I IMMI fitiMVIrmi ind Mgfctri on piofcatiBa.) Mioci»t»dbT Tuhadny u l i i*mU lo"Bh«y»nd.«i»BM« iUth« eammisiii «rc:ksut.liaria( iim • twa'Vfjuixi t ion, doetrian, oOean
II l i r t i i n j . a r i a m l M D . and i n d . p n d « t . •C (B i i i iM, f & a w h d f i b f n law-fiTR ia ZiOBlmt Christ. Md ia l awka fgBaMaaMtad . Baad: Bam. I :7 ; I Cor. I :
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t l a hariaHad m a n a i d * ef C h r t * E S a f t W . h a t i fc dEulrta:aiB, «Btewitb OUn. ^
, ^ aaf b a a t i w naanf W f S U S U m p f ^ e M U n m t f ^ i r A i U . ' —
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a„T*at«iSittii»lHuJm wmdaautt ten t ihtt frimi-Itrcaad ^Tiirriiil hapthia w u adainditafad i f tfaa i a w r -
M i a n i i a n t < r . is tha s inu af ih« Triaitr 1 Tint a i h a f T l f PMmpHtt iwamieBtstora id-
mitOmtfaa Bihia daamotihtaiihoaa^iaia ttmmmmd Jar,ar <sn9:rqria>iK<t«>Kni,uidth«tabtb* aanoit diaarru-I»«n—) | | | | | 1* r<a»»iiiaJtthaiB,imw»tT ttMOvm, at bz W H A T R I D M C N U i< U IW adiaiaiitarad. . S
•I. Tkat IB itsndaxd bistoiiasa wimliiBioiisIr miEnn that tha «i»iai a» ml af lha apua l i c ataacha. wma rmrtlg d tmnr f i t , (L a. wstad in tha paopla or moalicnfaipa n d <a tlx i l a n t M i r ^ j a a t i f iijialliii (Tba church afChiiKfsTa lapuUisiaiiBta tha raid.]
3 That m abeiatr, miuizad mm S f m t vrrmarUt, m f c i a - fluarttoia of tha trmtnUml ckmnka haarint Hf t r -tat wiriMli. j r i f f iT«i .anfcr» ia tha »iaijtr>- oaa imUj Iw aaIIad=a(BPf/dar»l,l]rciani>if Clni(,ar (branch of tha •tmnt-tfCtruc. ,
S. ThK an nlifioas aseutia. hxTtaf yaaan . K ^ dtwicai w w B t r t t i e m l ^feimuenti (i a. in tha hsadj of t U l d a r r , or a kw, aa a m i o a . } u a oati-acriytiuaraad aifrnaalTriiai tnaniaa whichaoBhrialiaaaaalawfelijeoaa-lilHll.lriiiratliiaM fittmn mCAto t m a t ; conaaiinent.
Ir .aQtftaactiardiuncaaarnehicniaUrhodiaaaia iBtftL Jad Sx txanumt FTimdrtt*.
1. That tha fll««, and tha «W«ataaa,BB«lloTad with ha-maa d a r i a a a a r v a d i l ^ ia^ a ^ anahaabaaa lhan!i(iaaaf FIAFRMS.
teThat ta dirida thapeaitiTaiaiiu^BuiauU o f r h r U t intd ^ ia ta daeidahow- Ihr Christ ia to
Ba Otavad. and b whttpaiaU wa mar u fe t r diiohc; him. Botta Bfasa l u h a r (M a f lha iaM of his jaritiaa iwpita-Bant>,ia la ta&xitl ian UKandHaralaaa oaa ia tha(a><t «f tMnarat t .
X. a m c i IIIMWI I laws, ( la haptism and tha ssliiaeta of kaptiim, ksL.) a n not laft t A a o n u t z s . hitt, n ALL CA-«ai taairiia f u m i r a and t L A I S eammmad • or txmmpUt.
,T*-KT«rr»eiittee law,ardiaaMiirrrartu*, iatha ehmch, aKmrrsastr ammOMdid, or rmwflit/, iMjxmtietig Jbr tuUn —indlhaMina lO taaoa tanatiou ind t r a ^ o a s , anw
a n d ^ u ^ W T o a a imriiu - Jk Christ ( » a n a M i , a a o a v or ilmreh tha anthorirt to tra$c with thai anSaoaca a r lajiMi'iatina of his chueh or kiaidhatiislawaiv, orehanjahisiaws, and rafastitnta ona thine far aaathcr—to c a r r a a ^ what BE astahlishad ia taBAtiHaar—to chanfa thanti THBASQS-
t PanreiFiaieaBnaithorbteoacadW Bor c a t m o m i m . T t e a h o n d a A i a a . j K l i aad p r i m t t t , m rcSfiaasiy
henara, aad hnU eaneir aaisoaatiaeaZ* bonnd to "WAaaATt aadaaraaB. ' J . R. GSATK3.
l^Ym thould take the Bapliit for 1851.^ W H I s It win boldly mwfimiiTi the above doc-
trines, pnsciplea and &cta, i t will fesiiesily mnd vncsMngly attack, and expose every ditiaa and ipui tual wickednesa that lepaiates cimstiaiu. Not man—not ehriatians, but t he lapraitJied errdtfof Pratataatism are its fijea w i ^ whic& it -ia awom. to i r a p r a deadly aad t n i c d n f v ^ t t e & T u s - ^ p t ; ^ et
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e w a t ^ ^ t h p r o g r m of reHgiont' aentimeiit aad t n f l j . in the DioiiarehiM«£ Es rope l aad tb« indieatkma of reyolntiona which it i« moat certain to gene-fMe. T h a i A w o f mart35rp,vwth which the do-minioiiael - T h a Bea»t '«4rere atrewed seem •pringiag np in heroea, who plant their aword pdnta a t A e heart of Church and State t im ' and poGtico-religiont deipoti im, that ia mo-tnanyaappor t ing every altar and throne in Earope .
ReTolationary principles springing from the Gospel of Christ .
have been condnnally at work for centuries past, through all vicini-tades , generating the means by whic^ to act Sniocie ty with freaher v i g b r ^ d moro ijnpnl-swe force. _ ^
Thie u p a h l i i ^ a of Earope, tho' apparently d ^ a t e i ^ have not despaired—and are this day m « e t b u aver basy planning mora genaial •sd-afiaetiTe reTolations. Whan once the fire ef^^freedomhaa wanned a paasantls bloody it can only be e U ^ by death. **Th8 Spirit c s & o t d w a y deep ia dnst Whose e a ^ ^ e is e ther iu; t h ^ may t ry i P o d u k K and degrade it; it m s v ra*t Dimly fer • while, ba t cannot wSoUy die; Afld^ t rhea i t w a k e a s . ^ wiUaead i u ^ r a
•.^Muif fc^^ndjygiker/J , T h e Earopaaii correspondent of the Phila-
delphia North American shows, that tha anti-monarchists who are banded together, foroper-ations over the whole continent, are specially active now; and that Alazzini, who was so con-apicuoas in the dethronement of the Pope, is a leader in the great movement. H e says: " T h e Earopean Democratic Committee, represented by Mazzini, L e d m RoUin, and Arnold Rnge, have published a spirited address to the Ger-man people, in which thay call fur a 'German RepabUc.' T h e y say that the Aostrians, Prussians, and Bavarians are so m a n y Rus-sians under different uniforms and Sags—that from S t . Petersburg the word of command is given, and that E u r o p e i s - C p u a c k from the Volga to the Rhine, from thie Danube to the Baltic. T h e y refer to the treachery of the King of P ruana , who mediu tes negotiation merely to. provide himself a retreat—to appear to yield,' under the menace of numbers, to the irresistable forces pf Austria and Russia, or if drawn in by the CTrrent, will march " to a pre-pared and arrmged defeat," which would pre-serve his throne, whereas a victory wonld give rise to a revolutian. Therefore^ the Demo-cratic Compiittee declare that " to be a Rus-sian or a Democrat—such is the alternative; all the rest is only a pretence." Ia such a peril, Germans are called upon to free tbem-selves from their tyrants, who are the servants of Russia, and to bless the day that will per-mit them, "in asublime andfurmidable rising," to conquer at once their independence as a na-tion and their rights as citizens. " L e t , in every valley, and from hill to hill, only one song be henceforth heard—that of nadonal in-dependence."
" T h i s is no common call. It is well known t h a t d u s "Democratic Committee" have ample f o n d v ^ their-command for r e v o l u t i o m ^
kt Baptists wa eaa ni •fa»kio(c of tlte nsdona*-i s t b e charch mean, and^wa j p m f r ^ ^ ^ reanlta t i u t C ^ d a t i g n ^ wwl^* ^ tham, W ^ k'iow ibM ^ ^ c c e i must be shaken, until error is banished, and the spiritual hierirchiea overthrown. W e know that there mast be wars and n i n w ^ ^ wars, until every throne cruwn and scepter is ground into dnst, and civil and reHgious free-dom from thrones of gloiy lighten and, b i ^ the world. - ' ' ; ' '
As Christians, then, who wait for the res-toration of all things—a» freemen, we but feel and "watch with,' intense in te re« , t1ie movemcnU of the rejmblieMS ot the ^ I d ^ worW. .
Tiwae fiery master spiriw, M a z z ^ , and Rage^are,now thrilling the ImtOm* e£ ^ milliuns, crushed. bMeatii the thfpB«a of.dear., puts, and whose every breath ia drawn' t thro ' i Blea of bayooets tha i gleam aroand {rarpled royalty, with the glonona lassona of freedom '' and independence, which alone c w ' ene rpz i^ the peasant* arm. and eluthe it witH'%mni{m-' tence w h e n j i i s e d agaiiut tyranny. T h e u f l a -KB^eS thrae r epubf i cua , I ^ a aana, a re , f a s t ripening the masses for a wide spread reyuln-tion, the first blast of which will shske the scepter from the hands of every crowned head ia Earope, and the sword and keys from the han of the "successor of P e t e r . " And when Freedom's banner shall be once more uplifted high, and stieamfrom a thousand heights, and berdarinn blast be blown, then will the thou-sand exiled patriots—those hero warriors, whose voice was in every battle cry, and whose sworHs gleamed un every battle ground where freedom fought with tyranny in Europe, rush again to her standards and lead an embattled host of freemen to conflict and to victory.
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wSl be conlinued through 30 or 40 numbers.— T h i a a h w l d he in the hands of every Baptist. M r . C . has collected nearly aB the arguments of Pedobaptista, compiled aS theireharges up-on Baptist authors, and rei to^ted all their pdnc^a ta rgnmea t i andolgect iau, and repub-lished .aB t h e v murepresentation of men and. d n n ^ asdl ield up the IiAtary of the Baptist c h m ; ^ ta ridicle. H i s book haa been endors-ed fay the Teonesaee u d othnconforences. and p r tmaose^ by the Methodist presa in thia ci-t y " a maaitsriy p t^uc t i in i i ' ' and win be circu-l a t e t h m u ^ the whoSlitmdi.- Mr-Baker ' a R a r i a w wSIeovsr the j.WkaIe groond, and tha ' tntmbers a h e a ^ l M S b A ^ ^ ^ b l i c i a u earnest of wha t i t wili h e . Bapdat^ solder, whataverpapaia he m».y Ake ; will not be fWTy eijuippedibf the great d e n a i n & i & ] ^ conSct w h i B i r t ^ b a g n n hare, asd-iriueh iadsadned^ to s p f i ^ a v a t h e wbrie south and son th -we^^ w i S d W ^ T a n n e a s e e B a p t i ^ F o r a m i g h ^ s t m ^ ^ ia aC h a m ! — i i r d n S r e a t 'Valley—^ haa a l r ^ j s ' b B f i i n between Bspdato and e m ^ i i ^ papal and p r e r e i i a a r p m n i v F m a ' tha a t d l of dia e a f h e l M ' and'&oiB d tep iv t e s -
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rthe^. world, and calling^ upon diem to subswbe , according to their means, to *'a national l o a ^ ' of ten millions of firancs, to aid in overthrowing the Papal gov-emmenr, and in re-establishing a Republic in
•Ital^. Mazzini i s tha prime mover in both committees snd the Emperors nT'Ru'saia and Austria, the King of Prussfa , and the P o p e , have far more cause to be alarmed at the move-ments of Mazzini and his hordes (who have everything- tO; gain, and nothing to lose, and who are r ipe and ready for wide-spread revo-ludon.) than they have to trouble themselves about the German question, about H o l s t ^ , Hesser or a Ca th (£c Hieinrehy in England!"
W a see fiom the above that t he spirit of re-publicanism is at work, and having learned im-portant lessons ^ o m past struggles, is in a etindition^ a n d o n b ^ l y , t o do vastly more in disenthralling humanity than ever before.
W e are desdned, perhaps, to be the favored spectators of the mightiest lerolotinc s, in both Charch aad S'tate, thiu ever transpired upon the earth.
JThia is pre-eminently"* revolutionary age; d l the omnipotence of Bature.'providence and refigjon ^are c o m l w n g to, energize freedom t a i . p r o ^ t e . pr^greaa.. The 'Kble is being read bym.illjnBjl Bpw," w h e n i t was only by tens,, a few yeara past , and ita profoundly republican prindpiea a r e sinking, into the-hear ta of the Idweat stratum cf society, and rapidly t n n a ^ * ring aer& and n ^ a l slaves, into chrisriaaa imd f isedpi^ T h e ndigion of Christ aomehowin-a t ^ ' t h e s p m t and essence of individuBl soy-ereigBfy into'every breast, m d r e n d M man nnable to bear oppression.' " .
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F A V O R I T E P E D O B A P T I S T AR-G U M E N T .
Have you never been met with the follow-ing favorite argument of Presbyterians and otbers, when every other argument seemed to fail?
'Well .say what you will, I contend that those that are fit for heaven sre fit for the church," and this seemed an unanswerable argument.— Here is the syllngis-m complete.
All that are fit for heaven are fit fur the ahurch. *
Infants are fit for heaven. Ergo.—Infants are fit for the church. It is by the second proposition that the mul-
titude and unreflecting are deceived. Believ-ing as they do that all infants dying in infancy are saved, which all admit, they decide with-out a second thought that they are by nature '•fit for heaven." W e charge |Presbyter ian ministers, who know better, with making and vending this wicked piece of sophism to de-ceive the common people. This is a.greTioua chai;ge bBt-weBppealto «3^ny B>«BTd»Pmby- ~
[oulr'firSjfimrentsybeihs the r b o f r f aH 'man-^" kind, the guilt of this ain was imputed, atid the same death in sin, and eorrvpted naturt conveyed to AI.L TBCUI POSTKBITT. From this original corruption, whereby we are UT-TEBLT I5DISP0SZD, and HADE OPPOSITE TO ALL eooD, and WHOLLT INCLIRED TO ALL EVIL!!" Soch characters as the above are, in-deed, singularljr^'fit" f i r heaven!! Does the Confession think they are "fit.*" Read on, " E v e r y sin, both original and acttral being a transgression of the righteous law of God, and contrary thereunto, <Ioth in its own natare, bring guilt upon the sinner, whereby he is BOD.ND OVER TO THE W ^ T H OF GOD, AKD CUBSCPV THE LAW, AND SO MADE SUBJXCT TO DEATH, W-IXa ALL MISEBIES, SPIBITCALT-TEK-poaAL, A!ID KTEKSAL!! NOW, aoppose we grant what they claim, that infants sre fit for their societie^ What wouM be the character of their membership/ W h y , those charac-tera "IHDISPOSED, disabled, and OPPOSITE TO A I L GOOD, a n d WHOLLT WCLISED TO ALL BvuJ" Yes , inclined to ALL evil, and bound over to the wrath of God, the came of his Taw with all miseries, spiritual and eternal!!
llntrodocing as infant baptism does, such charactert into the-church, and, where it is left to worKits ^ t i r a a t e results, fillingit u p i n t h such, - ^ H t not afecountfor the spirit of Pedo-baptism, w h i ^ has shown itself in the bitter-eat intoterance towards, i ^d cruel persecutions , of . Baptisto from the.day that Calvin burnt in B alow fire the innocent S e ^ e t u s , uioil the. p r m n t day, when their resort is to Zander, misrepresentations, and t h e destruction of^the privata Uiaracter of one w h a m a y bdd ly dare to expose their inconsisteneieeaad'-ftmcriptu-raf practicesT Y«s, "opposed to aB good and ' wHtiLLT ineUned to all enU!" W e are willing " to grant them all the l e i ^ t of their admissitw! But the ConfeWoff ^;«cIw8 that such cferac-tani»infiinta or a d u l t , ' a r e ^ ^ " only for hell, aad so Baptists believe, l^ . therefQre, ^ y do not receive such into the^^chorches . R e a d chBp. lO, of Confes«oK,."Elect m/aais, dying ininjancy, m regenerate and sa red by Christ throngh the Spir i t . " ^ ^ ^ w e s e e the Confes- ' don Idainly teaches tha t even the very eUet i n ^ h r h a ^ heed of ngeneratioH t o to enter h e a v e o ^ n d arB'they then to enter t h i
Baptiats may, BBdafeitU invert these propo-sitions, when they are pressed apoa them.
In&nts are "Jit^^ only, for ftell,-^Confes-sion. ^ . --J1-. r-i
B a t they are fit for Pedubaptist societies, by. ' their own admission. ,
1 . W e can see what characters they :coaeid:. de«:fi£ for! their soeieticf becanae, t h e y d o pto«>. feSBtb take dwm in.
2 . W e - s e e also when Presbyter ians sajf»'" that infants are JU for heaven, they either r ^ ' ' jecl tiie teaching$ (^ their^H^feiiio they do wt believe whal lAeu t a y , a n ^ either bora in ' ' fBtd toPedoism!!! ^ , , ,
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U O ^ d w s B i i n u ttpoii the day of P e a M ^ ^ . . , rj
T h e prophet Joel s'pake of it lis a ne;r and extraordinary and unheard of circumsUnce that was to take place, and characterized the gospel above the legal dispensation.
John spoke of and announced it as some-thing anhssrd of, extraordinary and of future occurrence, " I indeed baptize you with water, but he [Christ] shall" baptize you with the Holy Ghost."
Again: Christ said, " Y e shall be. [implying they bad not ye t been,] baptized with the
: Holy Ghost not many days hence." (2.) It c a in i t bo the regenerative iofluence
i of the Spirit, for this will prove that the re-! generative influence had never acted upon a
human soul—no person from the days of Adam, I ontil the days of Pentecost, had been regener-I ted—and conseiiuently tared. This needs no
discussion. (3 ) It therefore establishes the fact that the
apostles themselves, who had been three years with Christ, and hadteen baptized, and receiv-ed the supper at his hands were unconverted, and nnregenerated^ntil the third hour of Pen-
I tecost. Which is too ahsui-d to disprove, since ! Christ himself had chosen them oat of the I worlii, ami pronounced them "dean, through ! the t ru th ." ' I I . T h e baptism of the Holy Ghost cannot ' be the abanilant or -overflowing influence of 1 the Spirit,—as being "filled with the Holy ! Ghost," See. W e understand by the Holy
Ghost and Spirit of God one and the same person If then, being "filled with the Spirit of God." is the baprism of the Spirit, then was Bezaleel the first person ever so baptized. See E x o d a s S l : 3. But this baptism only en-abled him to work aldllfoUy in gold silver and b rass. I t is not c a l ^ -fL baptism. Hiram, it seems, received - the same baptism—yet we presume not regenerated.
- John, £KiMbetk and Zachar ias were all fill-^ w i i h ^ to^ to^ .Ohoj iHif id y ^ ^ b ^ b c K j t i s ^ e d t n t d f e i g h t f S the Holy G i ^ t .
Jesas S r e a t i ^ l ^ ' ^ i s disaples, and said, re-ceive y e the and ye t he informs
No compromise with error.
V I , T h e baptism of tlw Spirit c a s e d *irith. t h e ' W t apostle, for A e rtsolBtB - n B e a s ^ of spesking with tongaea eeased with the' apos-H^ic Bge. W e learn,; . ^ i i" . 1 . Tba tm beHering sinner i* a fit SB^e^t
for water baptism, who haf never been.bap-tized With the Holy Ghost. Phil ip baptized the Samaritans who beKsved. (Acts 8.)
2. T h a t if, in the present day, there were such influence given as the "baptfsm of the Holy Ghos t , " i t .woal4 form BQ valid reason why t h e / w h o belisTed should n o t tabmit to the ordinance of water baptfsm. Pe t e r urged Cornelius, "his kinsmen Bad a e a ^ t i e B d s , " ^ t f f t h e y had t ) e » h a p t i ^ wttli' tne H ^ y Ghost, to sabmit to water bf ptisin. (Acts 10: 46 .47 ,
3. Tha t after all, the baptitpi. of -tbe .Holy Ghost, as anderstood by-PedobBptists, does sot Bid or establish their theory of sprinkling BBd pooring, to the exelBdon. af immerdon, bvVBeeordingta it, -would rendor all isecei*
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s ^ t a a l h a i ^ a b - V«ry welk Birfi^tuBl bap; tism they say is a type of water b a p t i m , a ^ therefore wster bapr i smmustbe performed by the same action. W e therefore conclude that they must tmntfrse the person they baptize, whatever else they may do, and they cannot escape the conclusion.
4. Finally: W e see what havoc men will make of God's Word wresting it to support the comraandments of men!.'
A NEW HEAD.—Air. McFerrinof the Meth-odist Advocate sayo: " W e have the pleasure of appearing in the presence of our patrons tins week, with our 'liew and beautiful head." W e have had one glance of him last week, and he had the ssme Abram looking head on as ever—no perceptible change. W e might have been mistaken, however, but if the editor of the Advocate has got a neic head in fact, we hope it is a t ^ t e r one, and- that we shall see some proof of it in the character oj his edito-rials. Ic has long been our firm conviccinn that a neic heart would be a greater acquisition to him than a new head.
W e notice that the paper he edits appears with a new head, and a very appropriate one it is too. W e admire the genius of Mr. Mc. 's foreman who conceived it. He has immortal-ized himself. It la the very thing for a .Metho-dist paper, a rough black picture of an ugly man, bedecked with certain marks of the "beas t , " denoting the line of his succesion and parentage teaching Itis followers, (for they mast be his, for we dont think the followers of Chnst would set under a pulpit, filled by a man clothed in the garments of " the mother of har-lots." Silken robe—and sleeves large enough for a woman's dress, and crape bands and other popish gewgaws,) to believe his doctrines, and to follow him instead of learning Christ 's will and following him exclusively.
W e congratulate Mr. Mo. on his picture,— sppiopriate fchanner tinaeir ;whicK
to riHy the followers o f Wesley! Mr. M c F . has also the boldness to declare that tis tnan-t'rm he intends to advocate under this picture of his master. Hear hiro: " May the Advocate
them after this, A a t ^ e - baptism-of the Spirit ever preserve and maintain the pure doctrines was something t h e y i w ^ not y e t received—had I of "WESLEYA-N Methodism." Paul and Mr. never yet been wi tne i^ . -Bnd was yet to take place. ^
I I I . The baptism of the Holy Ghost cannot be -ntidergtood as the power to v/ork miracles.
(1.) Hoiy men and prophets for the thou-sands of y e j r s previras, had wrought mira-cles, and ye t had not.received this baptism.
(3.) T h e apostles liad also wrought mira-cles, years before they or any mortal had been baptized with the Holy Ghost.
W e may then conclude that there was something peculisr abnnt this operation; and the Bible p v e s us ample testimony that the Holy Ghost did regenerate men, that miracles were performed, and influences of the Spirit were «njoyed,.wtttIe as yet no one was '^baptized wi t t«he Holj^ Ghost ."
^ h a t then shall we understand by the bap-asm of the Holy Ghos t l W e answer.
IV. ThaUparAaiUry Italian of the Haly Okost, by which the tU^eet was enabled to speak languages {toagHei)-which had never leen studied, is t he Bibledefimtion of the bap-tism of the Holy Ghiiitr ' "
Read the his tory '1>f%e Pentecostal day, and notice what distip^^idiW it from any thing that had ever.previous^rigrecttrred in the his-tory of. man. Is i t the-aMBd from heaven7~-This had been heard b y , Elijah—and by the Jordan multitnde—and on tiie Mount of Trans-figuration, and again. W a s it-distinguished b y miracles? Not a mirade \oat trreugkl^voT oi»e. • • • "
W a s it being filled x ^ ^ B ' Th i s they had J p r e ^ t i ^ r fc^Sl^^^ W h a t
e. spaing in. j»d tong«f!Bj|s of fire sitting upon A e j p ^ H t B ^ I ^ QMiiili^' tation o f l ^ Si»rSL I t i l T B i r i ^ ^ a t confeuB-ded the maltitadsrBs: new, and unheard "becBUCBd^efe ry man heard l i iem^^^ak in his dwa &c .
A^m' rwha t^^ rc&s iM^^^ a doubt-m g P e ^ . t h a t C f ^ ^ B o C m had receiv-ed t l^^j^ptismtV^^ - i ' s c ^ y ^ -
" F o r they heard uinguet, i. e . in other iBngaageB,^ .U: 46.
S o also with the d i s d p l i ^ M ^ p h e s n s , when the Holy Ghost-CBtaies^ ' t iMn^ they ^ o i t e iHA tongwe*. - ^ ^ '
If ^ e 16: 17, 18, where.the SavjoM p r O ^ ^ / A e p f r t of the Spiri t , theroaly j i ^ s o t pre-i^yudy tpnguea, "lAcy 4aU s p ^ iintk *e» i . e . in langua-^ t h s y - h a d ^ n e v e r ^ C t d i ^
'Fh»:hBpt&m tf^^oly Ohost never ffccorrea but bf Penteeos^ u d ' a t the house of C o l ^ m ^ B e e p ^ through die. laying on the h l i ^ d a ^ ^ p i B[Ni«tIes,^it was afterwards m ^ s G i ) ^ ^ bift throngh the haadaof the epostlet
Mc. diffWr in this respect. Paul gloried in the Cross of Christ, and Mr. Mc. in "the doc-trines of IVetleyan Methodism." quite another thing. What are some of these pure doc-trines of Wesley?
1. An entire change of the government of Christ 's Charch—from a democratic or tepnb-lican or{;anizati')n—into a monarchical hierar-chy.
ii. T h e total disfranchisement of the laity of every unalienable right with which the God of nature and the King of Saints invested man—of representarion, am) even petition—for sail! Wesley. " W e are no republicans and nev-er intend to bp."
3. Cresting or supporting an order of min-istry, which Christ never instituteil, and the Bible does not i^arrant—and ranks of honor and authority, in the clergy—and thus making one greater than another in oflice or atlthority, which Christ said was not to be among his followers.
4 . All the rights and privileges wrested from the laity and placed in the hands of an arbitrary clergy—even the very houses they have built with their o * n money, they are not allowed to control, or to have a voice in calling a minister to'preach te them, or in dis-charging one unprofitable to them. T h e y must take what their rulers, spiritual ruleris in high places, please to send them, not allowed even to intimate by petition whom they de-d r e .
5. W h a t shall we say of sprinkling ponriag and infant baptism, popisb^triKlttwns aU, y e t * pa r i and parcel of Wes l ey ( H U ^ . ^
'B. T h e r e ^ ^ ' " f r b i > ' W h e d " in the' shape of^B Dr^ jp i ine upon which every Methodist i a ^ n d by clerical dictation,, and must roll aroand with it or be crushed beneath its fel-loes!
W e have not space to e n u i ^ r a t e here-—All these Mr. McFerrin pledges himself to support —in this he glories—and while he is mending the broken screws and bands of Methodism, or fastening them more securely upon the necks of Wesley 's deluded followers, |he does well to divert their attention w i t h j ^ w f t t : ;
' ' V Georgia and East •Tennesse^^Railroad.—^
VVe understand this road is n o w ^ r t ^ s s i n g rapUly^ Several miles of rails a r i j t f r e a d y laid down, and the work of l a j ^ B g d ^ n U ^ t ^ , ; ceeding at the rate of a quarter of a od l aa T h e road is in use now a t the D d t o n end* Cn^ few miles, in tranaporting iron and otiter mate-r ids ; In B few mo'nthsforty miles will be open for freigfat em) trade. T h e road i s hailt aad graded in excellent style, and the rail nsed is quite heavy, about sixty pounds to the yard.
Competeiit j u ^ e s pronounce that this road in cg^sUnc^M>,and equipment will be one of the best in the S o a t h e m States .
, W e h«ze eaUed the . B t t ^ ^ oE & p t i a t s tcT <6e;decdt; ' ' treBchery"Md jeittltU.m "<jf Pedo^ l ^ ^ t s , in instSliBg p d o i s m , in^ a tboBsand ' d ^ r e a t . forms doips t ; i ^ f t ie . m b ^ . ^ and especially to hias ^ e youth irt this land, „ W e have noticed the p i ^ s r e tradeVP«do!>
baptist books, containing the picture of John pouring water upon the head of Christ from a clam shell or ram's hora. "Magazine pictnres. like those of Godey's book—a professedly and-sectarian nariond issue, haying, doabtltss, fire pr tea t b o u a n d fitptist'patron^ and yet twtee in B twwlvem&nth has be mosl^grossly impos-
.«d t f i i p ' t ^mv^h iMly ^ f M n g iAt honor, b y pablishing Pedobaptist pietiires, even to the fdsification of historical f a e t s ^ a n d teaching pdpable error,^ Pedtiism and .padMstic influ* enee is swaBng%pon- a s inTnameless "ways, «Bd by4iameIess.inesns,tliroiigh pictsres, thro' privste ^ pablic icfack^, throngh evangeli-cal dliaaceSi and throBgjr tke agency of the pnbncatioBi of ..Tract .Sbdeties ai^d Sabbatb M ^ l i i B i a i i ^ t l ^ o n ^ ' t l j ^ Fa*
c o l p o i ^ i r ioirtliroBgh the tand, « i d ' fiwn Ae^B^ei&iiBi or •Gnek what qoarter *e«<« s i ^ ? — b e a r i n j i i ^ may we t ras t theml W e have often rdsBd our feeble voice, we have often pointed Bt these things and recorded our dissent, and yet who is awake7 what Baptist press in the land has had the boldness, the fearlessness and the faithfulness to hid our poor endeavors to ex-pose and put down .these Hhings? Rather, what press has not given to these societies, and tu this Maj^azine. d l -its influence. But we did not take u p u a r pen to quarrel—the bur-den apon our heart is more nf sorrow than of anger. W e took up our pen to point' to an-other presnmptious instance of pedoistic J a -suitism, and to warn Baptists to examine will, even the school books they pat into the hands of their chilJrcn. T h e following extract of a letter addressed to the New York Tribune will prove'the fraud to the public: S E C T A R I A N I S M A N D T H E - P U B L I C
S C H O O L S . To the Editor of the Tribune:
Sia.—Allow me to call the attention of the trustees ofnur Pablic SchooU to the sectarian character of some portions of a reading book, which has recently been introduced into these schools- I refer to "Cobb's New-^iorth A-merican Reader," or "F i f th Reading Book." Un the 52d page is a reading lesson entitled " T h e Baptism." by N. P . Willis. As a po-em it is beautiful, ba t as a reading lesson, is loo sectarian for our Pablic Schools. Itclothes in beautiful imagery the scene of an infant's baptism, which as you know, is regarded by a large portion of the patrons of the schools, not only as without divine authority, but injurious to the christian faith, and as the source of ma-ny wide spread evils. The article also con-t u n s the insidions argument of example for the practice of affusion, in the place of immersion, for baptism, which is also opposed to the f u t h of at least one-third of the parents whose chil-dren attend these schools. But the article as it stands among Mr. Willis' Sacred Poems, or on the page of the school book, would not be so objectionable as it is, had not Mr. Cobb ap-pended to the lesson the little catechism, which settles the question as to the Sectarian Jnten-t i m of the compiler.
This catechism is designed to produce an impression of the truth (?) or principle in the lesson on the mind of the scholars. The young neophyte of Anti-pedobaptist parents is ex-pected to show how he appreciates the lesson T h e following are the questions appended to the lesson, with the answers, which are fur-nished from ic.
"On whom diJ the mother rest. '" " S h e stood up in the meekness of her heart Resting on God and held her fair young child."
" W h a t went up devoutly?" '•The prayer went up devoutly"—
" W h a t glowed fervently?" "And the lips
Of the good man glowed fervently with faitlu That it might be even as he had prayed"—
" W h a t m<ived silently?" " A s the holy words on
Her lips moved silenlly."— " W h a t lay soft upon the forehead of the
child?" " T e a r s
Stole from beneath her lashes, and upon
t t e impress of Cobb upon it—-g^ linger for anything—reading, sptH.
ii f which gives the followbg definition to baptize, "Bsptize, to christen" and iio o^W pgnificationH
Sneb ara the instances of Jesuitical pedoinn jftposedjSpoB OS and the public, and shall wc see it Bsd-give no warning?
T O C L E R K S O F B A P T I S T A S S a C I A T J O N S .
I am now compiUng the Sonthem Baptiit Register for 1852, snd do most earnestly so-l id teach Clerk of the following Assoctatinni to«end me the minutes of hii Asiociation for 1850, so soon as possible, as the Regi.ter will bo issned'prior to the meeting of the BiennitI CoBVlsntitiD, !D May next, so a» to fill d l orders which may be sent by the delegates.
T h e minntes below will enable me to give in tha Register for 1852, the perfect statistics if each State in Uu tehole South for 1850. Ths ftnportanfie of co-operating" in grtting np the statbtics of Baptists, South, wiH ^ seen from the fact tbat the Suntberii Baptist Register is the only work published in this cosa t ry which p r e s the anoBal statistics of Baptist Associa-
pgblisbed b y the Amsriean doc^MIJf-tuiving diseoaUD-
aed ^ ^ prsetice; O a r b K t b r e n innst eo-operate in s Soathem
l^g is te iv inf t t tu re ,o r be deprived of the sts-tistics of our denomination.
Will Baptist editors. South, aid in this cause by publishing this notice, and the Asso-ciations wanted in his State, a few times!
The Register contains 75 pages, and fnr-nishei] St $8(00 per hundred. Si,00 per dozen and 10 cents single copy.
W e want the Minutes of the fallowing A«-sociations in Virginia: Accomac, .Albermarle. Appomatox, Broad Run, Concord, Dan River, Dover, Green Briar, James River, Judson, MidJle District, Parkersharg. Salem Union, Shiloh, Teay ' s Valley, Union. 'Vul-
i«y-Brinutes of Associations in North Carolina
for 1850. wanted: Brier Creek, Cape Fear, Cahawba, Council, French Broad, Flat River. Hiwassee. Jefferson, Lewis Fork, Pee Dee, Roan Mountain, Roaring River, Salem, Sandy Creek, Tar River, Tuckasiege, Three Fork, Union. Yadkin".
All the Minutes of Associations in South Carolina for 1S50, wanted, except Broad Riv-er. Will the Clerks please favor?
All the Minutes of Associarions in Georgia lor 1850, wanted, except Georgia, Hightower, Middle, Rock Muuntdn, Talapoosa, and Wes-tern.
All the Minutes of Associations in Florida for 1850, wanted,
All the Minntes of Associations in Alabama for 1850, wanted, except Tallasahatchie.
AU the Minutes of Associations in Missis-sippi for 1850, wanted, except Aberdeen, Chickasaw, Cold Water , Panola and Missis-sippi.
All the Minutes of Associations in Louis-iana for 1850, wanted, except Mississippi Riv-er and Red River .
All in Texas, except Colorado, Soda Lake, and Trinity River.
All in Arkansas. Of Tennessee Associations, the Minntei of
Mulberry Gap, Nolacharky, Southern Wes-' tern District, Central, Union, Western Dis-trict.
All the Minntes of Associations in Ken-tucky for 1850, wanted, except Bethel, Sd -phur Fork, and West Union.
All the Minutes of Associations in Missonri for 1850. except Bine River, Concord, Salt River and Union
T h e Clerks nf AssociaUons who receive a copy of the paper containing this notice msy ixinsider it an earnest request to send imme-diately, if possible, a copy of his minutes for 1850. -Address " Tennessee Baptist," Nash-ville, Tenn.
The forehead of the beautiful child lay soft IVilh the baptismal water."
" W h a t would be a deeper covenant?" " T o the eye of God tbat mother's tears Wonld be a deeper covenant."—
"Ckn there be a more interesting spectacle than that of a mother dedicating her child to God in bapt ismf" T h e child is expected to answer, ?*N6ne."
Now, Sir, is not the introduction of such a lesson with its catitehism, a treacherous at-tempt to biaathe ^oung mind in favor of a sen-timent and practice highly oflensive to one-half of the ci>ramunity? In the name of more than a tuillipn in this S ta te , and uf mure than-seven miflidns. in the Union, composed of Friends, Christians, Disciples, Free . Will Baptiste, Se-Tenthjja^ B a p t ^ a ^ D n i S O T ^ Bsptisu, ' and a imln t ade ' i ^ ^ e i ^ ' w ^ ^
aga i i f t ' l iM use' of books of s'lch a charaiAer in our -PuhlS: Schools. If that lesson cannot be tt once re-moved from the I m k , the book sboutd be dis-tmrded. ,.A l a r ^ CIMS. wht; belong^ to t h s Methodists, E|Hscopalians, ^ ^ Presbyterians, reject the doctrme and practice of in fant bap-tisni.a^d in their name 1 d s o renu>nstrale a-gairist the boo)c. I ask for tayself, as my church has no such-advantage in this sectan-an controversy. ' •
J . H . E B D V ' W e leave th'is f»OT here .Without " further
coinmenU "Not a Baptist paper, (save the Bap-tist Memorid,) in New York that we have seen, noticed this protest. T h e N. Y . R e -conier is too much absorbed ia oppodng the Bible Union, ami the Watchman, atBostotr. in abasing slaveholders, laad watching ' fBgitive Slavefs, and this is a smaH ihatter; only an £ n g -I t s h ' ^ K t h y how, and beneath their notice, ii
T t ' i ra l (Jerman, ijr Greek, or Syriac, or Chi--.nese, which they but i m p e ^ c l t y understand, w^at v d a m e s of l e a m e d ^ l ^ b r a t i o n s would be pouted out upcmit^ aiid Ua author, and his private aiders and:Bb<^rs , who bribed Mr. Cobb, i t may b e with t b d r influence, to circa-latB bis books, if b e would maka tbem teach ia-faBt baptlsni.
W e adviw our readers to drop every book
REV. L . H . MiLLis ia .—It was no&ced a few weeks since that this brnther, late of Ten-nessee, had accepted an invitation to the pas-torate of the Baptivt church a t Aberdeen.— W e are glad to be informed that he has enter-ed on the discharge of his office, and by the excellence of his ministry is winning goHen opinions for himself among all denominarions. May he d w a y s ^ "sncceflsfal.—S. W. B.
S p e c i a l N o t i c e . S O U T H E R N B A P T I S T B I E N N J A L CON-
VENTION-T h e i>ezt meeting of the •^Southern Baptia
Bteunial CaS^tioa" w\\\ be held with the First Baptist Church in the city of Nashville, Tennessee, cominencing on the 2d Friday, [being the d t h j o f May next.
IntooductiHy Sermon on Foreign MissioDs: Rev. B- Manly, D- D . , of Alabama. Rev. J . B. Je te r . 'D . D. , S t - . I ^ i s , al terMte.
OnBo^aesv'c mission's: Rev / 'T f ids Htmie, r ^ ^ ^ ^ i - ' M R e * . T ^ G . Keen, of Altbams,
i i m t e d f ^ m b d i d f of the First B q d i s t Chnreb of Nashrillej hereby extend a coidfd invitation to dU who have a desire to attend. Amplepreparations have been mads for the Accommodation of all that may come, and every eflSnt will be pot forth r to render their sojourn in oar city pleasant ^cad: ag re^ ahlei . . ,
Delegates, and all o t h ^ attending the Con-vention, are earnestly iirrit6d'to report them-selves Bt the Book Store of Messrs. Graves & Sbankland, on Uaion Street , two doors fiviB the Bank of Tennessee , where the Committee of Arrangements will be in attendance, to as-sign and condact them to suitable abiding places. " >•• 1
CHAS. A . FTN,TIB, T . . C . K . W I « S T O I ,
W . P . JOHES, A . B . SBASELAITO, SAM'L M . SCOTT, J . W . KIHG,
' - AAROB WBIGHT. JoHB MCIBTOSH, J . H . SBEFHEXD, H . G . SCOTEL, W , F . BABO,
" ^ A.NELSOB, Committee of Arrangtmntt.
4,»4Baptirt paper*, N « n b u d S e t A h . art r*' qnested to copy the abpva. ,
C l i p p i n g s QI
a l l T H I N G S Time is earnei
Psiistng by; Deslh i» earns
Drswint^nii Sinner w.ll thiiu tri r i m e Slid deaUi i |
Life is rs rnes t j Whrn 'tis 1
Thourptomes Ncvprmore.
Soon to meet Etert Wil t thuu never ae
Hrsvrn is eaji Siilrmnly
Float its voicf Duwn to th
O thrin mortal, ar^ Spurting throagh 1
H'-II is earnes Fiercely nil
Burning billuii Near thy sn
Woe for thee! t f t b Unredeemed, nnaa
Oodis Bsrvetl K n e d u f t i l
Ere tby soaaa Pawi away-
Kre be set his jlldj Vengeance ready,'
Chri«t is csmi Bills thee •
Paid thy Sjnr Prirrle^s St
'W'ilt thoa (ipum ih Pleading with ibei
Tbim refu«e.«t Wretched i
Tb"U ilespi'te^ G.id'f. d t a r l
MaJnes*! ilyitig s i | Les t his wrulh will
When thy pie] .All depart, ,
W h a t will siiu Fainting -hi
Friendless, dewilBt Entering a world
Uh, br eamesi Lniterinc.
1'bou wilt pei| Linpering
Be no longer—rise Lul thy Saviour s
S T I L L T H E ! K f v . Stephen Ui lbnn,
Methodist E. mini«ter of His reason" next week, things in their rieht ligl ••With these views, kon pelted me to dissolve my M. £ s charch, andseek.< which dings LB the DU) doctrines and cnmmandmt siastical faith and practic
A N D S T I L L T Rev. Mr. Anderson, la
of Scotland, has chsngeii to baptism, and has beei deen by RHV. Dr. Innes F
And still there is roon God's Spirit and Charch are teaching for doctrine men. COME.
—,—A sister renewed ifl Baptist this week, sey i i | to do without i t . "
Da . WI.•l!To^"s L t i r pleasure of listenin;: to th K. Wmiton , on Thoi^ the benefit of the Protest His subject was, "the inf can government, in the d T h e Doctor bandied the one it is too—in a mast one of the most popular I and scarcely ever fails ta thies and engross the stri audience. His address i was characterized by which ran through the e J creditable ta the i e c t u r J love of freedom in the b<| Tennessee Organ.
ResignatTDn of Gov. Miss., 7th,—Ciov. Quitr on Monday, and started Tuesday to answer the i in the Cuban invasion, dent nf the Senate, wB Governor on Wednesda
Fayetlezille in rtdns through that town on tha to the .ground some JIO houses, killing several,:! Damages estimated at $ next week.
L I G H T F R O M "L ike a star n nhasting, i f
Star*! bright s tard In your glad wbUe
Whence your eneq Anil your fadelesi
T h u s tome your Ti •With a harmony
" In t l ^ Sprit read Of Eternity in T
There thou hast th And the energy j
There the power, t With a bolisr lig
W e are tending, nf in a grand, uncei
Through the deep i Rolllngin a sea i
By the L a w per* Lowly flower.'
Lite 's pcrfietnal ] Truly if we i
• Human Suull lets Shadow forth t
Ever pressiogc Onward and asjp
Quite a contest.—La ing the same number i to McLemoresville.
I
O A P T I S T
U t i o n s .
J I n f tba Saathern Bcpti i t I n u l d i i mntt ( i rna i t l y J i b a itillcwini Ainuciatinna
' a a n f r h i f A M o d i t i o n f u r
• i b i e , • • (fag R e j i i t e r will ^be meeting of the Biennial
r nwt^ w U u a n ait o r d a n ^liy tha delegatei.
r wilt enabla ma to give in the ptrfeet ttaliitieM t^
'I South for ISSa. T h a aratiog in grttiog Tip tha
, Suntb, wiH ba ieen r r a m
atham Bapt i i t Regii tar u bed in tbia otmaery wbich
itiitica nf Baptist Aaaoetap IpifaMAarf by cbs Amancaa tSiic&iy'haTiny £M<mtin-
t Bo-nperatB in a Southern I or be depriTBd •{ tbo a u -
'natian. itors , Snuib, aid in thia
| g this uotjce, and the Aasa-| h i i Statn , a f e w t ime i ?
mains 75 pages, and far-rhamJred. 3 i ,00 per dozen, I cnpy.
l i n u l P S o f the follawinj A»-f n i a r Arxnmac, Albermarle,
Ran , Concard, Dan Been Bnar,, James R ive r ,
i i i t r int . Purliersliarg, Salem ^ a y ' t Valley, Union, V a l -
aafiiins in N i i n h Carolina I, Brfiir Creek, Caps Fear ,
FrBni :h B r o a d , F l u l I Jefferaun, Lewis Fork, Pea
ain. Rjiaring Rirer , Salem, t River , Tuckasiese, Three
I k i i f :
of Aasaaatrana in S o n t i i
i wonted, except Bmad R i v -| r i u pleaaeio-varl -
f of Aaanciatiuna in Geiirgfa I except Genrgia, Hightower,
main, Talapuoaa, and W e a -
> of Aalocianana in Florida
I of AaaociarTons in Alabama I except Tallasahatchie-I of Asajxnarions in -Missia-
Iwantad. except Aberdeen, t Water, Panuli and Miasia-
I of Asaociatiana in L o m a -nted, except Miaaiasippi R i v -
ept Culonida, Soda Lake,
I Aiaocialiana, the Minntea of ^dlacbnrky, Sirathem W e s - '
Antral , TTmnn, ' W e s t e r n ffia-
o f A i s o c f r a a n a i n K e n -
ranted, except Bethel, S a l -f e a t Union,
fcsof Ajsociatfans in SEssonri ] Bias River, Concord, Sale
t Aasociationa who receive a • rnnmining tiiia nalice may
at r e i j ^ a e a t to aend imme-a luipy of his minntea fiir
h - I e n n c M s e Baptist," N a s h -
St i i
, I L G . S c o t T B i , • ^ ' ' W . P i a i a f f .
laf Arrmgemadt. "• ^ rSorth. airf Santh , w e r ^
L U K i n . — I t waa no t i ced a-: this hmther , late o f T e n -
pfed an invitalim t o t h e p a s -at chnirck at Aberdeen.—
uinfarmed. that be baa enter-I o f h i s ( i S c e ; a n d b y t h a
ministry is winning ^ H e n df among all denominationa. t smnsiTuT.—S, m B.
i f a L F o t i e e .
l A F n S T B I E S m A L C O S . L ¥ E N T I Q N -jting aC tbs"&miAern Eaptut
a" will ha held with the I in the city o f N ^ ^ v i l l e ,
encing a a t&e- 3d Fnday , ' Hay nexl..
nao an Foreign SGaaians: D . r a f A l a b a m a . E s t . J . . Ljoia , alternate, aiona: R s r . ' Tbiia Home ,
i Keen, oTAla tnraa i
an bahalf of tbn f l n t ^ITiafayille, hereby e i t end a
i to ii2 who bBT8 a deaiK ta Iprep-iratinna bars' been mads
atiiio of an that may come, t wil lbB put fisctlL to lende?
|a i i rs iqr p l a a n a t ' c a d i a g T e ^
r ^ ^ e r s a t l e ^ o g tbe Can-" ' i i r r i l iJ to t spar t tbem-fitore of Meaaia. Gravea Dmx Strafit, two dooia &am aea, where the Cammittea
f will ba in at teadanca, to aa-Uiem to suitable ahidinff
ClUa. 'A- PlTECKB,' K . WnraioH,
W . P . J O H E S , A. B. S h u e u x i ] , SJUA'TM: S c o t t . ^
/ . W.EBfGf, ^ AABDV WjLUzUTr ~
JoHS MCIHTDSH,
Life ia eamast, ^. When %Ia o ' rr ,
Thoa re tnmeK Nevermore . , •
Siioo tu meet Etarni ty , Wi l t t bua never aerioaabeT:,^
Heaven ia eanieae! Solemnly
Final i u Vofc^a- , Down to thee. . v
O thnn mortal, art thon gay. Sporting tbroogh thin* eaitbly d t y !
- Hell ia earnest; Fiercely n»a
Boroing bdlowa' Near th;f foul.
W o a for tbeel if tiioa abida. Uurtdeemed, noaaoetified}
• 't r- ' O o ^ "
wrikrttmiHUt*r$ and Stxktiu in ikit Stat*
' " T h s i.s.\i>xti ET TRii r s e r u do cauH THIS* to «r r ."—Iwlah. ^ - . D U E B u r m t M ; ^ ' - H a v i n g esunined tba pablicttion*- of Old
School PretbytariaiM-and Caraberlaoda, and •acertameii their.true seadnuaM toaobing im-meraio^ l a d B t i ^ t t * u their pabl^«lii^.o|dtiioBa • r a ^ & a ^ l m r a i n ' i ^ l a on a c r i p ' t n r a l ^ baman ^ n n t i o n r - h i ^ y inde-cent, and frrifigioitfj'wty^i, tifa progreai of ^ l i g t o n in the sprang from M o u e r , B i ^ n t f ^ A ^ i m tfae theory of their religion be&)(« i ib i | ^ (»n ta immersion or d a m n i ^ o — t h t f Sep^ iaUII i i i l iM ia tei^fold worie^th'an t ^ V not ^ " l i j y b n t d i ^ i l i ^ j O ^ : « o b a ] ^ d —
Towerinc tf Beyead Hlghar t h t o U o w e t n l i a WlthoBt a waddli Conduct me, Condaot ma tw And clothe me ' And laid me thnn My Saviour and
• •iglit,
A P i l l o w t o b T o
well, lay the ie t h i n p i p ^ y i m r held: 1. A precioua p r M ^ i t e o l S c r i p t u r e .
SI
• v w ^ U o a l b y m n .
withChriat 'e
charity et ell
- E r a d^-eeaaoB •• -•.•S Paaaaway—• v -
Ere be set biajiidgmeiit lliraB*>.^ •Vengeance ready; mercy gnoa. «
Christ ia earnest— Bids thee - C o m e ! "
Paid thy Spirit 'a Priceless snm.
•Wiltthoa s p a m thy Saviour's Tove, Pleading with thee from above!,
Thon refiisestJ Wretched one}
Thon ileapiaeat Gud'a dear Son.''
Madness! dyfog sinner, tarn! Les t his wrath within thee buiTi.
W h e n thy pleasares All depart,
"Wh at win southe thy Fainting heart.'
Friendless, deiwlate. alone. Entering a wljrld nnkoown!
Ob, be eamegti : Loitering,
Thon wilt perishr Lingering
Be no longer—rise and flee; Lo! thy Saviour waits for thee! -
S T I L L T H E Y COME. ' Rev. Stephen Hilburt, of Brooklyn, Ala.^ a
Methodist E . minister ofj i ine-years standing. Hisreasnns next week. Aa proof that he sees things in their riaht l igt t , read a '^aragrapb: "Wi th these views, honesty and candor com-pelled me to dissolve my connection, wilb the M. E t charch, and seek one with tbat cbnreh which clings lo the Bible and repudiates the doctrines and commandments of men in eccle-siastical faith and practice!
A N D S T I L L T H E Y C O M E . " R e v . M r . Anderson, late of the Free Church
of Scotland, has changed his views ia reapect to baptism, and has been immersed at Aber-deen by R e v . Dr . Innes of Edinburgh.
And still there is room. God'a Word and God's Spirit and Cborcb says to aQ such who are teaching for doctrine the commandments of men, costs.
—,—A sister renewed heraubscription to the Baptist thia week, saying, she was "too poor to do without i t . "
Da. WcfsTOH's L e c T n a E . — W e bad the plaasare of listening to the lecture of D r . Cbaa. K. Winston, on Thorsday evening last,, for the benefit of the Protestant Orphan Asylum. His Buyect was. " the inflaencc of a RepobH-can government, in tha development of man . " The Doctor handled tite subject—and a great one it is too—ia a masterly manner'. He is one of the moat popular speaSera in the city, and scarcely ever faiU to awaken t h e sympa-thies and engrosa the strictest attention, of his audience. Hia address on Thur sday evening, waa characterized by a vein of patriodsm which ran throngh the ennrs d i sburse , U ^ l y cieditable^ to the lecturer, and enaobling. the lore^if freedom in the breast of bia hearera. Teitnetsee Organ.
Reiignaiion of Chre. Q t d l n a n ^ J a e k s o n . filiss., 7th.—Gov. Qnitman resigned his office on Mondi^, and started for New Orleans on Tuesday to answer the charge of participation in the Cuban invasion. M r . Gwynn , Preai-doit of t t e Senate, waa awons into'offica as Qovenior on 'Wednesday.
TajeUmiUe in r t o u — A lamaiTa passed throngh that town on the 23d nlu, wHch razed to the ground some 200 dwelHnga u d out-bousea, killing several, and injoirag others -Damages eatimated at flSO-iOOO; "•Particulars next week. - :
L I G H T F R O M T H E S T A i & " " L i k e a atarunbasting. ttnreatigg.''--Otffejfc " " ' S t a r a l bnght n m i Ob ^ t l i a r t e ^ ^
l a y o n r ^ M t a i ^ c b i w ^ ^ Whence: your e n e i ^ m i f i a t r y , -
And your fadelesalight ita aoa iw? ' '
ju jjjj yij^j. answer, "With a harmony subfims—
" In thy Sprit read the reflex. Of E t e m i ^ in Time. •
There thou hast the flame undying. And the energy divine;
There the power, the love, die beaul^. With a holier light t o a l ^ . ,
W e are tending, upward wending, - ' In a grand. nnceasLog flight;..
T h r o n g the deep abyss of fi^g. Rolling in a aea of i ^ h t .
B y the L a w perradiag natnre; t Lowly flower, or star-world high,
Lile'a pe^e tna l projrressioa; Tru ly if we l e a t — i n
• HMIUQI SobI! le toutwaid a c t i o n , -S h ^ Q w fijrth the innate will;
E v e r preasiBgcalmlj.oBwtrd,.
Q a i a a i « i t o t - j L a r t week we w e w eejid-ing the fame number of p a p e n t o Lebaiioiiaad to McLemoresviUe. Bro. J<Beiiiendaii».tida week three new anbscribers, which p lMawM^ Lamoresville three p a p e n U n ^ oTLelHtBaa.'
that uTAiBre c t M f i n a t n y ' ^ ' a c t i a f a e rmade agamat Bap6sts , than the foHowera of Jo 'm Wealey. Their preachera having less charac-ter, are more r^less and unscrupTdous in their assertions, than those of any ^ ther sect, and it seemed that be Ta aeoounted the greatest in the kingdom of Methodisiii, who, disregarding all truih-and decency, vrill abuse and ridicule, and deride ns aod oor docuines most. And yet there is no sect that takes greater pains to in vite Baptists to their communion. U b k s in to-ken of Christian love and feUowship, or that pretend to grieve and lament more because we will not approach, or who seek to noe our re-fusal more toonr prejudice. I t is but right fur us to know^ the light in which they r e a % re-gard us, aod how they and the world are by the i r jeadefs tanght fo look upon us. W e wish to let the world see their true position and real sentiments towanJs us. W e tread upon 6rm grouiid when we quote the publications of their antbors, for,if we understand theSr laws aright, every Methodist preacher is^amenable t o his conference for any book he may publish, and answerable for every sentiment he may ail-vance, and if bis conference does not condemn him, or his publications, it is proof that it en-dorses him.
W e wiU begin with Mr. McFarland, of West Tennessee, and uf the Memphis Annual Conference. His pamphlet in which the ex elusive ecclesiastical claims set u p by Baptists are considered and refuted, has been before the public six years, and we have never heard any objection urged to it by his conference, or any Methodist whatever.
His preface containa the following allega-tions: "Whi l e the religions public is excited by the assumptions of CathMcs and church-men, each claiming excluaive ecclesiastical au-thority, but little attention has been paid to similar claims set up by the Baptist denomi nation. T h e main reason perhaps, is the fac t that I H E I E CLAIMS OTc SO P R E P O S T E R -O U S as not to merit serious attention!/"
Page 4. " T h e affinity between Baptists and Campbellites has been so c l e r l t d e v e l o p e d
AS S O T T O B E M 1 S D 3 D E B 3 T O O D . "
Here is the charge again reiterated that Bap-tists and Campbellites are one and the same people!
Hear him again: "Judging from the signs of the times, the Baptists of this country, with their brethren on the other side of the water, will soon throw oS ' the mask and inscribe up CT their banners as their united motto. 'Regen-eratim is faundonly inicaier.^
In conclnaion, we will say, that we have no disposition to nnchristianize pious Baptists, but at the s a n e time we maken'o compromise with a S Y S T E M F O U N D E D I N P A L -P A B L E E R R O R "
Here then ia his declaratio.i of waging a tmceless exterminating warfare with the whole Baptist system, because founded in pal-pable error. Does he, or do Methodists re-gard our system a a a religious, or even a safe one? W e ask our readera to remember..this expression, and see if it does pot eorrespond with declarations made by other Methodist wri ters who pronounce our ayatem of religion, a "heartless one"
Again: so it may not be m i s t ^ e n . Page 8. " D i r e s t the Baptist church of tradition, and where does she stand, ao far as succession is coocemedJ"
And again: "No t a little testimony is garbled from ignoroTit Protestants, who stood opposed to God and his church. Yet tradition is the one thing needful. I t has enabli^ the Baptist efaoich to t race the several chuaneh back to
claima.
well raraed in ecclenaatical jorisprudence; ^ t many d f l t ^ ignorant and unstable, by their high pretenrions are Tcaaxo a s i d e raoK t b e
GOOD A B D M S H T W A T . " ' ^
Do Methodiats condder Baptists then, in the good or the right wayt t ^ Why then icish to commune tcith themt^^^
Page 9. " T h e modem Baptista deny the baptism of tha Holy Ghost, {what Metho-disits-understaml by ther-operatiun of the Spir i t , ] Xe ie^ ' tbe days of miracles,) and demand, of.those who profess to have been baptized with tbe Holy Ghost, [i. e . regenerated by spiritual influence^] a miracle in confirmation of such baptism.^* •
Touching onr doctrine of baptism, as com-taemorative of tha burial and resurrection, of C b r i ^ he says: " T h e r e ia not one text in i l l the New Testament which teachea thia doc-trine."" " '
He has the reckleasnesa to asaert thia in the fiBM of nearly * hMndred of themott anmeiu Pedohaptisl commentaioTt!!' ! f . •
Well , what about Baptistorien._ S m p. 11. ' |Bn t in purspiog the fine of apoalohc decent, oni a t t e n ^ o ia next ( ^ e ^ b y ^ a p t i ^ ' t o the bistory-of t b e ^ ' W a U e i u ^ or the ChiUtiana of the Valleya. T h e y have, pa t forth an anusual
5. A aweet v e n a 3. A hearty pray«r:ii) 4. A good c a n a ^ i
blood. 6. A
manWnd. 6. A tesolutifin to ^ a morrow. 7. A glance «f . ,
Ow SATA^'a P w r i ^ t l ^ ^ ' r t a l J a n informa u a . p ^ ^ c h i f a ^ w q i ^ v i ^ o WMt.t^ thea-t r e , a a evil apiiit, w h B t a ^ W i j ^ S B J f ^ l i ^ damwuJed how hf^dtirttiaet f^ t iMatiao, inatantly repli-f e . Mrd'id but w f ^ t ' ^ ja^^^ and fitting, for I
We u n d a W f a n ^ t w ^ i why the same spirit never fails to aet ' upon thole professed chris-tians in onr day when itt'!aabioDabIe fancy par-ties and baUs—ihey tip,upon the Dnil's right
ful territory. ^
A receipt worth five times the subscrip-tion price of the TennessM Baptist. Who has not sufiered in health and comfort from wet and cold feet? and bow many lives are annually lost from thia caqse7 W e ofler the following simple remedy:' "
Order your boormaker to cut canvass soles, dip ihem in melted pitch or tar, and lay them upon the inner soles or welts before putting on the outer soles. Thia will render ihe bottom impervious to water, ••<To guard the upper leather, melt tallow and rosin together and sat-urate a few times thoroughly, and you will hove a pair of water priioi boots or shoes that will be three times mure durable than those commonly made. T r y it.
For the Teanestee Baptist. R E V I E W O F C H A P M A N O N B A P T I S M .
C B A I T Z B I . I
S T A R T S , C O N T I N U E S ,
A ^ D ENDS 1» W A T E R T H E F O O t l D A T I O S AND
W H O L E S U P E R S T R C C T D R E 1 S
W A T E R . Take waUr from it and there is not a Theologian upon the Globe thai can furm anything like a Christian organization oat of the muterials Itfl."
S u c h is t he language in wbich we are de-nounced before the world by this c.ommunion professing people! Such a ^ the sentiments endorsed by the six years silence of the Mem-phis Conference, and snch is a pamphlet cir-culated by thousands from the Ohiato the Rio Grande, and believed by all who believe that confidence caa be placed in the declarations of the leaders and rulers of Methodism.
W e leave the candid reader to draw his own pjnclusions—and make bis own applica-tion, and to answer in his own heart the ques-tions. Are , and have not Beqitists and Baptist sentiments been traduced before the world.'
Are these Methodists leaders sincere in their expressions of christian fellowship when they invite us to their communion table?
Do aot Baptista editors ministcra and mem-bers, owe it as a duty to themselves, to God's t r n th and a prejadnxfd w o r ^ to defend their doctrines, if t J i e y regard ^ l e i i B as doctrines of Christ?
Have we, as an editor, been too zealoua in wiping these staina from the Baptist name?
Who has used language or manifes-ted an intolerant or illiberal spirit?
How. are we to regard \\iosa professed Bap-tists who oppose those editors or ministers who are engaged -ia defending Baptist principles and practices.'
H o w c a n a r a a n be regarded as a patriot, who preserves neutrality in time of war, and renders "aid and comfort" to the enesny?
• t W a r D o r ' t t h b t g e t R e a d t . — " M a m -
ma," said a little child, "my Sunday achool teacher tells me that th'is world is only a p U c e
in which ^God leta us live a while that we m i y prepare for a better world. But, mother, I do not aee anybody preparing. I see you are prepaiiag to go into the conntry. and aunt E l i z a i s preparing to go there; why don't they try to get ready. '"
- ;—-Jewelry i» becoming ijuite fashionable again. One of our cotemporaries says he met a .lady on N e w - r e a r a who bail'a farm on each • ^ 8 t , ' a fon'r atofy house r o u n i y ^ neck , and at least six fife' memWrships to'the Bible .So.-ciety attached to each ear.
"Oh that one would hear me! and that mine | adversary had written a took!" Such waa the { passionate exclamation cf patient Job, and many no doubt a i n e e ^ e days of tbe Man ot Uz, have expressed a auAllar wish. When an author has once placed hie name npon tbe ti-tle-page, and bia bookhaa passed the press, retreat is cot off, aod i tw i l l aometimea take the patience of a Job fe hear with tbe num-berless inconveniencea to 'which an author is subjected. The adveria^ of the author has his unfortunate aobiect a d d i n g before him in black and whits to be d teected at pleasure, and tbe pioor anthor haa no'opportunity either to hide o r ^ t o n h aiUDiywia^;^ a o a t te cruel he can. And as the critical a n a t d t a i a t - ^ no eloriform to administer to<the sattjscta ^ bia operationa, it ofXen takea all tbe f b r t i ^ e the patient can command to bear v i A m e ^ e s a the pain in-flicted. John B i m y a i i ' t e U a ua, that he took bis pen in hand to put thonghta on paper, about bia pilgrim, w i ^ o t n o d e r a t a n d i n g at all that he should make iabook, but others saw these lines in black and white, and then—
"Some said, print i t ; John; others aaid, not so. Some aaid it m i ^ t d o good, others said n o . N o w I w a s i n - a a t r ^ t , ^ a n d ^ d n o t s e e
which was the best thu ig tobe done by me.— At last I thought, since ye are thus divided, I print it we l l ; and so the caae decided." From the preface of the work before me, " A Plain Work on Baptism," it aeetna that James L. Chapman published in the "Naabville Chris-tian Advocate" a aeriea.of chapters on Bap-tism, dedicated to^Hinda . " The author tells us, " W h e n these cbaptere were being written during stolen moments fitim a laborioua itine-rant life, tbo writer had no idea that he would be called on to give them in a book form to the world. It seems, however, that hia merous friends and an ea^htened puMic," made an nnexpected call apoB the a n t ^ to make a book out of hia e h a ] t t m , « i i d tbe obedient au-thor responded to dtCi-tall, and the result ia that we have another b6ok on baptism. I do not wonde^ that oar aotbor waa taken by aur-priae.roT altboogb hia < * H i D d a " chapters might answer to fill up t b e M l a m n s of a sectarian newspaper, yet therereir taioly was no ancb superior ability, orac^ohite Teaearch displayed in them as to justify - ^e i r publication in book f o r m , a n d t h e " e n l ^ h t a i e d p M c " d i d n o t ev i nce ita superior illvminalmwbexi it called for thia book. I wonder in what form "an enlighted p u b l i c " preaented ita -reqoeati I expect " a n enlightened public" did not make a very Umd call upon tbe author/, and it would not have been very much ofi'eaied if ita call bad not been heard . ^ '
W h e n theae d i a p t m on baptiem firat ap-p e a r e d ^ the -«Kaai»aftjCbriatUn Advocate,' tbe Bafftiiits l ^ k ^ f q ^ tb«m U harffiteaa af-faire, and t i i f iy iEoncl i i^ to let them paaa un-noticed, for thi|y t e I^^Bt> they wece a
niMice auch a paper aa tbe ' ' A d v o c a t ^ ^ ^ i ^ d > i r b e n , after this, it was published: t o ^ i g ^ o ^ ' ^ t the auther of these c h a p t e r 8 . - h a i i ' ^ i ^ i f ? ^ e x p e 1 1 e d from the Methodiat P i r a t e e t ^ j i ^ l S a l ^ on d iecbargea of falsehood and and con-duct, they did n o C i M t U i w i d i a t h a d been writ-t e n deserved a n y a u a r a ^ a t t e n ^ n , o n t h e
grxMind of tbe p e r s ( i l ^ ^ a j r K M > M ' t h a wiiier. But then; this o g ^ t e r , from U w Metbodtat P r p ^ s t a n ^ S i i ^ j i B n ^ a m ed to the world aa a Episcopal Ckarckf met, and Blafai aod t b e ^ a a h v i H i ; i u endofaeiaeitt; thtnka that bia "very 10cid,'»^and and desperate effbtta l ^ ; into circulation; adid aeem to juatify-na this b ^ . I t Btand the char; *- '"-''--by o n e dei k i n ; war u ^ i i ia worthy of aome times, on account of
Methodist Confer-
higi as such, A d t o c a t e " adds
I t cPer r in , lAentaare
t e a l i y ^ b U a b e d wait to.pnah i t
i ^ ^ g a c a b i n e d reapACta ti>
m o M . to under-ttlect^
i t o y ^ i f M B a . l ^ i ^ a r i h a i i
f i t d t i d i K ^ i a i k '
deal of -nicety," and -fae-MleCts-tbia very ad-verb, "only ,"'to show the importance of accu-racy in the collocation of words, and bow the aense is required when adverba are placed in a wrong position. We are willing that Mr. Chapman should talk and write nonaense if be prefers l o do so, but we protest against bis put-ting hia nonsense into the mouth of any Bap-tist Minister.
In view of the language which Mr. Chap-man puts into the month of his imaginary Bap-tist minister, he goes on to remark, "Is not this sufficient to make the spirit of a Quaker feel warlike! Iu view of this and kindred statements, when composing the materials of this volume, we t hough t on the cancer and over the remedy, and tbe result of our labor waa, to use the k n i f e , instead of a soothing plaster."
Baptists, then, are to expect no quarter from the bands of Mr. Chapman. He goes in for tear to the "knife." He is not aatisfied with throwingrocks atns , l ikethe other"01d Man," but in addition to this, be must inflict his deep gashes with his "kni fe ."
D o you ever s ing , Mr . C h a p m a n , tbe fo l low-i n g l i n e s :
"Teach me to feel another's woe; T o hide tbe faults I see: That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me ."
Did you ever preach from the text. " H e ahall have judgement without mercy, that bath showed no mercy." (James 6: Suppose you try your hand in preparing a sermon from that text.
Mr. Chapman goes on to remark, "Jn bring-ing thia preface to a.ctoae,we wauld .wiab it to be distinctly underatood, that eveiy^ac tence,:giroof, contrast, application and re-ap-plication of evidence, througboot the entire work ought to be regarded, whfiJIy regarded aa the result oldesipn, our part, and not of acci-dent."
If errors and misstatements, then, have found their way into thia book, they have been placed^tbere b f & i ^ ; and t h e y a r t not t h e work of accidenL Now p l e d ^ ourselvea to prove before we d o ^ w review^ of-^thia book that Mr. Chapman h.aa I^bught falsa ehargea against Baptista, made falae tt^ menta eonceiTOng facts«and-thtf she haaia . re-peal«din8tanc» escribed l i i tgwge to autbora wl»ch t h ^ never wrote, andi f w e m a k e g o o d onr pledge;, bear in mind tha t according to Chapman'a language, all thiaU to be '.•vthflUy r e n r ^ as t l w reault of design on his part, amTflbt of acc iden t " If Mr. Chapman, then bw-'pobliahedlfaUeboods in hia book, be in-tended^ to do ao, and w e must not e x p e a him t & ^ Tiver acrupoloia in.tbe^aeleetionof hia weapons to maintain bia cauae. H e h a r a bad caoae to defend, and you need not be aar-piiaed if yoaf ind him empl<^ing:.&id weapona to sustain it.
Mr. C b a p m u informa ua, that in hia book "Error is opposed with faeWi fiction with, ber reality, miatatementa with the truth of history, opinions with w e n eat«bliahrf'authoi« it7v«xamplea firoin the claaaicewiUi examplM frsln the c l a i a ^ , words and aoondavrith t he plaat'taaehilgigaof inspifat ioni-aaakiog,^ the whole, tbeae points Uoaaiattkabiy c l e v , that
*Baptiatanthera cannot h e relied on .whea wti-t ing on immerpion and ita claima; that tbe figure in J f f tn 'a baptism looked to t he deacent of t jw S j i n i t aad no t to the burial and r e a n r r a c t i ^ a f Eiiarist.—that John did not baptize
! b B t » i ^ « a t e r ' - 4 h a t a U o f AeBpoatIes, lf(bey
"bap t lud M J o b a did, ky-Wlbalra— ihM t n C u u m prepw Bodp tan I n k f t e l a Ant'
> bapt lan, and (hat aAalon ja thf only plain mode taught In tha Naw Taatamant." Mr. Chapman makaa load mfaaa lona of what he la geing to do, but I h t n latniad that n e h laaguaga aa tb« focagoingdofa M t M a m w w k whva i t oomaa trvmAm- • Haioai i* much be< forehand, of what ha la golag (o do. but when ha a t t empu to do tha thing ttaalf,.ha woefully faila. Our Baptiat raadari Mad a o t ba alarm-ed at hia thraatettingthoBdar (br it ia geoaral-iy followed by a very harmlaaa k lnd«f light-ning. And what if he doea aay, " that BapUat authora cannot be relied onl" Bear in mind that tbe cbaraoter of tba author of thia atate-ment has been already pgbliabed to tha world and the public will th ink,"I t laonly Mr. Chap-man that aaya thia," and Baptiat autbora will ba relied on In apite of Mr. Cbapman'a alan> derous accusation. In our aaz t coounuaica-' tion we expect to abew en what flimsy prateiH aea, Mr. Chapman makes thia grave charge against Baptist authors, and to a tow more fill. Iy how destitute of weight any such charge i s , w6en it comes from Mr. Cbapmaa. diaposition to keep a t a respeetful distance frcim them. H e hss aprinkled his English-Greek quite profusely t b n » g h his book» but i s oral discusaiona, for very obviooa reasona ,be makea bia main iaaue on his oEn^ i sh argu-ment ." H e aeemafinlt is book.to write qoite
, temedh) a b o a i t l > i p t a ! , « i d 4 i i 4 « i s a , ^ M . a ^ apo, and ek; bot y W m a y aay of Greek aa one of the sona of the prophets cried out to Elisha, whRn bis axebead fell into tbe water Qf Jordon, "Alas, Master! for it waa borrowed."
^ [3 Kings 6 : 6 . ]
Let any one compare the list of Lexicogra pbers presented by Mr. Chapman^ to give tea-timony on the meaning of bapto and baptizo, with the liat presented by Mr. Rice, in bis de-bate with Mr. Campbell; let him notice tbe precise order in Which- these Lexicograpbera are introduced into tbe two booka, and tbe ex-act measure of fuUneia with which tbe defini-tions are given in.tbe two works, as compared with the fulness to be found in the Lexicons them8elves;-;and he will find out at once where Mr. Chapman borrowed^ considerable proportion of his Greek.
In t h e preface to bia book, Mr. Chapman »hus writes:—"Shonld our language at any point appear aevere, and too-pointed, the rea-der will please consider that we are contend-ing against stubborn entnT,in print, and chron-ic diseases of an intellectMl nature, that can-not be checked by either aofl words or chris-tian forbearance, the history of the past and of the present testifying. The old man of tiie fa-bles had to exchange grass for rocks. The moral is ours in practice. Causes must be ad-equate to accomplish tbe intended ends. This is eur position, and our plea, for every line cl the work."
Mr. Chapman has directed bis arguments in bis book against tbe immersion of believers on a profession of tbe faith of Christ, and if sncb a practice is considered by Mr. Ceapraan to be a disease, it must be admitted to be a chronic one, or one of long continuance, for such a practice has been known in tbe church of Christ from the period of tbe Apostles down to the present time. And when a man under-takes to check or set aside what baa the sanc-tion of Apostolic pradice, and the command of the Redeemer, we do not expect him to mani-fest christian forbearance. He is not e n g ^ e d in such a work aa would be Uke^ to call -into exercise a chriatian spirit. Still we do not suppose that in Mr. Cbapman'a case there has been any laying aside of christian forbear-ance, for no one can lay aside a trait of char-acter which he does not poasesa, aod from our knowledge of tbe character of Mr. Chapman, we suppose that he has never yet possessed a single trait of christian character. When we wish, therefore, for"soft words or christian for-bearance," we shall look to another quarter, not to him. Mr. Chapman has not selected Christ as bis model, but tbe M man who threw tbe rocks, and as it is common for dis-ciples to take the name of their Master he has adopted the name of his, hence he styles him-self " T h e Old Man."
S A M U E L B A K E R . (To be continued.
I ^ B T T B R I M B O S I T B D . A i d E 4 t t o r U l C f r r a p M ^ C M t
"aflbrt t o prova that tha eharoh daia«n> dad from tba raaara for tblaia, tba h o t that thair at iginia riw inan n w -tion Oarmanyi andar tha aaparvtsion of Manam, SlubnartBookholdt de Co. ' T n g«t beyond (bia muddy fountain, atrong efTurta have been made, and are now msking. to identify tba Baptista with tha anoiaat WaU densea.': .
Tha i e ara tha staaderathat Mr. McFarland h u ' t h e hardihood to charge upon u i , in the face of the daolaratioaa of Pedobaptist histo-rians who hava hadthe candor to refute them, and "pronounced them snch—declaring that Baptists aa a denomination had no band in those scenea!
W h o his Mnnsnn waa we do not know, nor does he. - N o s u c h man lived in tbe 15tb or I6th centuries. Again be repeats the charge on page 91, determined tn have hia readera be-lieve him^ "Having proved to the satisfaction of every impartial mind, that tha Baptista have not descended from the Waldenses, what
t is the coiiclusion to which w e arc driven?— T h e conclusion is inevitable-. Their origin is with the ulMa-bapt is t t of Germany. Th i s ia o |knaive to them we know^ hut nevertheleaa
fteiv^iiave t o e d n l m
. 4 > i a a £ L b a p t i a t a - - ^ ; M > - b a p t t a t s , w h o w o ^
this learned writer have .ss, understand them to be, or what unman decended from.' W e have some knowledge of tba poor persecuted, reviled, ridiculed and martyred .i4tta-baptists —but none of ^nna-bspt i s t s—we Baptists are so ignorant. If Baptists bad such an orii^n —can they be regarded as a religious people— a christian society? - Well, baa he any other charge to prefer against Baptists he professes to love so at the communion tablel
Page 28. " T h e s e exclusive claims we think are opposed toi^be civil compact that binda us together as a nation."
Ah, onr existence ii> dangerous to the liber-ties of thia nation! Truly when we gave re-publicanism lo this nation'. Yes. says Mr. McFarland, " T h e Constitution of our country tolerates no sect or party in setting np an ec-clesiastical ascendency over others."
Again: " E v e r y o n e may see that Baptint exclusiveness stands opposed to the liberal and christian sentiments set forth in the Constitu-tion of this country."
Oh what a panting for tbe sword is here— what an inquisitorial yearning for the power to use the civil arm against us dangerous heretics, l luw lung dues the reader think that uur livea or liberties would be safe, were the laws of this land in I be power of sueh leaders tii sxe-cate at will? H^jw lung before we may ex'i)ect Pedobapiists, who already fill almost every legal position of high trust or preferment, will call upon the civil arm or legal powers t.i crush us.' When they will gag our free press-es, by legal injunctions, and Pedobaptist ver-dicis? There are Baptists, and it may be grey headed ones too who will live to see it at-tempted once more upon this American soil, and beneath the stars aod stripes of our free-dom's glorious ensign!!
But hear his conclusion. Page 21. " T h e y [Baptists] verily believe that they alone have an interest in God's covenanted mercies. O Baptist immersion! what have yon done?— Y o a have built a church and consecrated the only evangelical ministers on the Globe, "pre-served Christianity amid popish darkness, pru-tesCant ignorance andinloleraoce? Upon yunr liquid grave and watery tomb alone, fluat the
, consecrated elements which point to the Sa-viour's Cross and tomb, and the weary Pil-grims f u t u r e i o m e . "
'•Thua have we pointed out gome of the di-rect tendencies of that exclusive system W H I C H HAS W A T E K FOB I T S S O U L . B O D Y A N D S P I R I T . IT
iTfcta P«»opal oharaotar to' ^ i s e h NapMt. T h a n ia oftaa a raa.
ia Indapaadfat of tha pAil i i ia t t l luraciarer tha man whoftlla tha ofi M * / ' W h ^ a a p o a t i a Paul waa batrayad in* i o I t l M l M r y a axpraaalm of aagar agaioai « th*< la« i i i t ^ | g fap r i aa t , f ronaa ignanaea i« r tba station ha oapupled, ba waa no aooaarln> lorniadof tbia , than ha apologiiad, aaying. " I wlat not, bralbraa, that ha waa the high prlaat; for it U written, Thou ahalt not apeak avil of tha ruler of thy people." [Acta 83; 6.] Tha Methodiat Episcopal Church is a denomination worthy of marked raapeet on account of i u diaracter, Its numbera, and i u influence, and a Minister of such a church is worthy of notice on account of kit if on no other account. In my opening speech in the recent debate at Lebanon, I announced, that it waa with refer-ence to bis ojicial position alone that I had con-sented to meet Mr. Chapmen, and I told him distinctly in tbe course of tbe debate, that it waa not ao much kirn that I waa after as his end«nert. And on precisely tbe aaine ground, I have thought it best to review his book through tbe press, and this, therefipre, is my apology for psying hioi.aneh marked atten-tion.
Mr. Chapman infarms us, in the "Prefsce" to his book—"Tbe workj as it now'sUnds, is free <ram two extreme*—neither having too much Greek, nor too-much English in ita tex-ture. - T i ^ l a y great stress on ; for the thinking mind must feel with us, that a work wholly immersed in Engliah or too much sprin-kled with Greek, cannot meet the demands of. the age." Aa our author seema to have thought it necessary to aprinkle bis book with Greek, it is a fortunate circumatance that in our day i t it is easy to glean a little Greek clothed in an English dress, for if all of the Greek language was clothed in its native costume, our author would not know how to dispoae of it. In hia debate with Mr. 'Fanning and myself, he evinced very clearly that he had no use for Greek unless it waa clothed in English lettera. He could not be induced to U k e a G r e e k Tes-tament into his hands. Had all of our Greek Testaments been infected with the Small Pox, he could not have manifested a more anxioua
Mr. Chapman thus proceeds in bis preface: "But stay a little, genUe reader, that we may talk with you, and prepare your mind for the perusal of this small vohime. Just walk down to the river, and there you will see a man call-ed a Baptist minister, with uplifted hands, and hear him vow before earth and heaven, "All learned men say, that immersion is tbe proper mode of baptism, and that it was only practic-ed in the days of the apostles." What , Mr. Chapman, a Baptist Minister say that " i t ," [immersion] waa only practised in the days of the Apostles, in other words, that it never has been practiced since, and the minister, too, say this, when he is just about to immerse some o n e himselP. No , Mr. C h a p m a n , Bap-tist ministers do not teach any such thing. I n justice, however, to Mr. Chapman, let it be said that although it reada as above in tbe copy of hia book which he furnished me to use in debate, yet since I called his attention to it he baa changed the position of his adverb " o n l y , " and it now reads in his hook "and that it only was practised in the days of tbe apostles."— Blair, in his Lectures on Rhetoric, says, "In the position of adverbs, which are usedtoqual-' ify the signification of aometbing which either precedes or follows them, there is often a good
B — S . Branch and ramlttaaoa. J . Baraa d<>. P . Batlar
C—J. A. Campbell. D—J. B. Dswannand remittanee. F — W . D. Peiruaon and remittanca.
S. Finley do. O. J . Fi .k .
G—Z. C. graves . H . Grimmet; tbe letter containing tbe re-
mittance waa received. J . O. Griabam and feinittanee: Fackag*
of Regiaterilforwarled. N . S. Graves and irmittasea. George Glover; list qfnaiaea entered.
H — W . Haggard and remittaDU;Gstof namea enwr(^; you fcod tbe doctor w ta^tan^ dable competition. ^
J . Herring; transfi r a t tendri -to. W . B. Hernn aod remittance. W . H . Holcorab do. ^ .
K—J as. Kennon and remittance ttit of oamaa entered—a fiirorable i n t t ^ a e ^ a n truly —here's our CP"
L—N. Lyne; we think the difiSoslty i s new obviated. , ^
<3. Longrairte " ^ A. Little; Package of I t ^ s t e r s f d r w i r d -
ed. J . Lea.
M—G. B. Mason; names entered. J . H . Miion.
P - W . Peach; thank y m. Post Master,-Talota, Flo.; thank y M ; go
ahrarl. Post Master. Lowryvill i , Tenn. Post Master, Onward Tenn. J . Powell; your expresnions of chriatian
sympathy, ba nasured, are duly appre-ciated. ^ _
J . A . Peablea. S—B. B. Sander-. T—J. Trotter and remittance; Package of Re-
gisteta'farwarded. W—J. Wiseman; the account had been paid;
all n^ht: C. L . Williams and remittanci. ^ Hugh Wilson do. ,
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C o m i n m i a l ^ r o n s r r i j j t
M I N I S T E R I A L C O N N E R E N C E . T h e next meeting of the Baptist BQnisterial
Conference of Middle Tennessee-and vicinity will be held in Shelbyville, Bedford county, commencing on Saturday before the 6th Sab-bath in March.
T h e Conference will be re-organized, and other business of importance brought before the meeting.
The object of the meeting is worthy the at-tention of oar ministering brethren generally, aod their attendance and co-r^eration ia re-quested by this notiM.
T b e following are some of the subjecU as-signed to brethren for the writing of Essays to be read before the Conference.
S . Baker.—The Natnre and Extent of the Atonement. " "" °r
J . j8»Graves.—The influence of the l ^ l i g -ions Press, and tbe necessity-of iU i l b e ^ eopp<nt in advancing the canse o f &i i t h . ^ - r-»
T.; R RJ i^ .—"Kie : , n i r t e s ^ . o t . p ^ i ^ a ^bllnesa jto ^y.aife^saiW,^'^^^ Gospel. ... . ... ,
iUtX, Kilisaan..—The influoice of a faititr ful Christian | f inis try*iui . the ntfiKids af to-ciety.
J . H. Eaton.—The relatiorfof Divine to hu-man agency in convennan.
William Sbelton.—The importance of knowledge of the language in which the Scrip-tures were first written, to a Prea«Aeir" of the Gwpel . . - • '
! Wk .S. W e b b . — T ^ i m p p f t i ^ t o ^ t b e B i ^ Uatdenominationof more vigoroos-efibrts to gnimote the Institmioa of Sabbath Schools.
A. W . M e a ^ s m . — T b e Siiptism. , '
J ^ C . . H ^ - - r l T i e , d e m i ^ o f t h a T ^ •Pnbiication ^ e t y , . fori oiore "liberal sup-pOK fit>ra the Bsptist d ^ r a i n a t i o n .
CwtO[prtreSa---tU influence upbn the cTburch^ a S ' & ' c " m ^ n a o f i ^ ' n a n o -
•» . a r ' ! ^-bii-i. .-.'^'rcJ . Other t reUiren who may be present»are re-
quested to prepare essays, skeletons i f ser-mons, or Exe |esea of Scripture, &c., "to be rsad a l a d l i f o w ..,., . .''".j
KEroBLiCAs Ba.siicb Orricc, jNanliville, Saiuiiljtjr'EveniD^. Marrb 1.
B m s w OV T K E 1I1A.BKXT in the we«k tbe weather wu mild and pl»-
Mni. but fur the last two ur three daji tt has twa •!XceediiiglT nnplsaaaot for out-donr traoaactim^m, fint rain, then ileet. anJ finnlly snuw. The river ia falling tlowlT. with a lorpliu of water fn- all oMful purpoit«ft.
There lias been a fair aiTDunt of bniineu traniaci-ed daring the week in all departmenu, without any material alteration from lait week'a qnotatioiu. Tha only alteration nf nms is the tircline in tiw .pries of cotton and tobacco, the latter haviag ialieo ofiTolly Ic.
COTTON. At tiie date of oor last wsaki; r e p i ^ ihe msrket had beeoms more stead; u d salsa w$>« making at lOj to lOfc for goiid and fins. OaSav urday ..venii^assoBaa wem ropBiiwJ Jbjf' Tyitiyiyi^ from LiraqMioI i s 7th iiUime,r^Mtin[jCft flarliaajB that market off t<>i<l, wbich tofether witfa Taijtim-favorable accounti from New .Orleana, catsplalaiyill^ settled uur market again, and on Moodaj salaa weiB made at S to 10s, and on Tueida; we liaaid'Of .sales ut lO^e. On Wedoesdaj pricea {ell off aiui on TburBday account* from Liverpool, one w^k later has those above alluded to. wen» raceive<l, with a
farther decline of Jd, which forced our market down CO TtiSe for inferior, and 8j'39e for coatnuia and good. Planters are beginning to be anxioua •^leri, while buyers are indifii-rent aa thOT anticipate a stiU further dcrline..
The rccripta of thf week ax the warehoniea of Jatnea A. McAlister & Co.. Johnson Bi Weaver, Johnsoa & Smith, A. Hamilton, and H. T, Teatman, amoont ro 1344 halea against 1,564 bales lait week, ai.d total receipu since 1st Sept. 29,B76 balei, agaiaat 30.897 t>alea at the sam* time last year. Tbe total increase of recsipta at all ibe parts ia aboQt 109,1)00
COTTO.N YARNS—700 and 800 Be per doiasi. COO 9 - .. 500 10
Lebanon 4 4 Sheetraga, SicperTard. Q.naburg^ I!^ Tf^ut'Ctiiih. (3 rds wide.) 40 Tar;>aaIiB.01o^, 6<taB0 Twilled'%gging. lS}aU Mar inen%t i i^ , l«al6 Denima. lSa25 Hesr j Woolen^os . 40a45 Plains'or t^ni«ys, 30a33 Sramlen Bags, $1 80 per dnzni. Patent Macbine, sewed, 40
TOBACCO. Tbeie has been a COTfiaeratile a-moani of basinea* transacted in thn aitWa daring the week, the nnmW^uf hbds ao!d-b«^ • decline of$l per'liu'^r^ on all desesiptions.~
Tbe receipts of Tobacco at tba. wanfaotua of W. H. J obDMn &. Co., np to this date, ara 488 hbda. Tbe sidu of tha weekamaunt is 70 bbda. at pricas ranging from i t to $8}."
At Yeatman'a 30 bbd* have bsea aold at pricas ranginc front $4 13 ta t9 30.
The talea-'at Hamiliaa'a are SO bUi . at firom $4 45tot3. 1
SUSAEL Tba-nis ip ls iiTipgatiiiava i i M vary goodwithin»J»wdayiaMlhr"j;!j'*'iai>eflaoppli»d —pricM, faiy'ilynand
Evils of i
Infant . -r- -IrJ
quote COFFEE. i M taaiket is
at preaent with prima.wfi'ee. tSia stacks of £ur ara good, and tba.ileniaiid couuoaea g o ^ BBCnpnteB ''or inferior lie; {air M priipe "" ,
M O L ^ S S a . T}>e«toekiara4iii^ Iicht, alihaii{b the demand ii fair. Wo quote for p a n t New Oi^ leans 30c.
FLOUB. Tbere b u baeo no ebanga is this aii^ ele since onr last, l ^ e iiuppIiM a n heavy witfc a brisk demand. Corrent rate iiA- Dbio t 4 S5; St. Louis
8A LT. Tbe emawi is iair wi.tfaa cairKpaadiog supply. Pricas sania as our fonw qoscatibBs— barrehasc, 6ne aack $1 7 3 « | l 80; coafM do."' f t SOStl 60.
CANDLBB. TiiBanppKesrf.tiKvwiMa dsaerip-tiona are good, sntb-ajisir demaad. : Wa qobis .{or talluw
WHISKY...^ T ^ r a c e W ^ heavy during i te p M weak.. Illie rfaiaaial eoatur les fair witboot any al leta^o ta t}nntsrii!^ ' W.T,
cocomoii rectified 20a22c. " •
BACO'?r Rn/cantibuM a^rs , - the alack am haiKi being light. We Hams at 6i97c: dear sidaa 6i'37c; r4bbed-J<^-sbmtdars i & H e .
OaiBD FBOir." Applai 50»6Jle! Paaches, no-peeled 90ca$l : Peeled»l 500S perboafaat, 8WEBT POjATOBSin bulk, 60fl75e per bash.
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WhifedeMll ' -SW^ • yiB!™ hwnm fat h«»e trod; Ainii]<t il« Turi'sraal reign, 'flsere'a pemce ilime in Gud.
While ftienda »re dmpping •U iroand, A^md.besemditfie-»ad;; ^ , And OT are raft"lii«B«i^ and weep
And Will • P S i W ffiSTIw l i n j n ^ ; ^ " ' C P l ^ f J i ^ a ^ X yidd I t e breath In pMce «nd tota with Gfi»l-"
ThiHi.wMB«nirBbdiB» sleep below. ^ In silEBce 'oekUi the^ clod' " ~ ^ ^
i ^ a w i d f e a i ^ w a k S a d . .
TVTien G«iiii5iiff» Tnnnp shall wBiid,. QniclcBii lo^—O blessed hoph ' > ^ f e - f t i i m ^ ^ ^ i p e ^ e ^ f
TUoi ihon the final rictory won, ^ Throngh the •aunng blood; _ . . _ We'll ever reign thrangh Christ oar Lord, A j kings and priests to God.
O dea&! t&en strike the fttal blow. And quickly do thy work; The peace t i e love of God impart*. Defies thy power-to hurt.
Takefiianas and relatives—take all—
The peace of Gud thoa not touch. Fur Lava hath wmiiuered »h»e. - i '
Oglmious peace—the pcacs of Gqd. T o all fatofel gi'" enj 'Mid scenes of death it whispera hope, , Aid sweetly poinla to heaven.
Xhi, E g a ^ t t e and joy tf w M ^ . gJjniBarBiiB'r conceived; Is o u ^ tawwitind lelt by thme Whaaoliaarti kath been renewed. - . I i idiama,Knoxco.,TeDn., Feb. 1851.
t h e A M E B I C A N S X I L O a AaND T H E B I R D S .
My p t a t ^ birds, whu'U buy? whoTl buy! No brightor plumes e'er met the eye.— And sweeter notes were never heard Cbaonted by any little bird.
W-tei'llbtty/ Who'll buy! Sir. will you not? They'tt diaaa yottr eates, if caiea yon'va jot; Aad b« qttita happy, lir, yoa know, T ^ a r a th* boroty yoa bertow.
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f f e l t A i n n >on hi* P»«»»y wow*— ' C c i a , - A i tha- choices! of my birds.
TliB WafienTtrilor viewed them o'ar, Wfiiri tioia he stood on foreign iHorej Then sifbka. amidst his flowing toara— "I'va been a pris'ner, too, for years.
••Dy.ftr»ngBr hands I have baan fed. *ild eat alone my loathsome bread— S.. t wOl set these captivos free, - j U u u w i h a j o y i of Liberty." •
i\ba»h'd and with s downcast look, ^ The pruir«ed btioa tha seller look: i A nd sooa tha captives loog on high, Their note* of freodom through lha iky .
OHI B L E S S E D ARE T H E DEAD ' t C H R I S T ,
*T ItI«A»«TH MAaT nAJULTO.1.
Oh! Wassrf t w d'itd Itt ChrfttJ Why wjn if • mourn for thOTl
No mora lha Hiqrmy bUloWf Sew balow With heart they staml
Nu mora tha* atrasgl* I f ^ f : TO guld*. tirimmh many a-gnlfotwoe,
•yheitbaing'a f r a ^ a bark; B a t , h a i S ^ . f n _ ,
~ % f t a . 5 i U r w i t r o f the West. Ctt l inim.»attnlikoc8an'a,fer^^,
Anolult thait R ^ e s s ark.
they to Ueepf 'tis hut aa sleep* Tfie seed within the e a ^ * ;
Xu b4ni« fiirthto.tha hrill5ant morn ^. Ofamora '^r inualar th! , ^ j p
8««m t h a j SB hwath rfAnw.
[ B E V I E W O F - C H A P M A N p S B A P W B J t
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I b tfaa'PrefKe tci his Book, Vb. Cha jnan , aiaett8,HUmt Baptist au t toaeannot be relied on;" and i s the firat- chapUr ef to baok,-li« thoa apeaka^ aavo^atea of the doctrine of
• exclusive innaetMisJ: - -»-•.! J t •^Their eoatmeacj^en, transtators, writers,
i u d hiatoriana, are e i t h a remarkably ignorant, ,or willfiiDy a»d .knowing^ pervert sacred ) things, io order to spread abroad their heartless ^ ^ t e m of wBgiitti "HiiB i» a grave charge, 1 tod.when the facu aire carefiiUy examined by oar readeta, tiiey can jodge-whether or not we
1 natain iC' - • " - ' ^ a work entitled the "Baptist library—
0Tee vohunes in one," we have this notable ^fababoodi "^OeriBBB TesUmeat, Matt, iii, 1: latiioae dayataare Itat/er—John t t e Dipper."-: Sow we Jiava carefully<sam-iBfedthe GarmaB TBatamentandGerfliwi Lex-icon, and find that Joiaanes der 'Dittfer, taken ss a phrase, ia na ther more oor less Iban Johu the B^t ia t , or John the BaptiaBr-.-the same a s jKa EngliatTOTiM; BevertfcelBBs, ia what im-BieraioDiatt call "staadard Ba^ttist works," this bue-&ced-iiatrotfa packed on 4he reaifiog BoUic aa B matter ^ au^t."
then wa-tereMr.Chapman'Bfirttspe-charge that
Ba^iM. Al l ion «Be ^itherxemaritablv igno-rant, or wiUfally.«Bd knowingly p ^ e r t sacred thlBga IB order tn spread abroad their heartless ^ r t e m of religion." Let os then carefully examine this specification, and see if the a-; bovB statement in .the Baptist Library is, (whatMr. Chapman calls it,) "a barefaced un-truth." .- •
The German Testament was translated by Martin Luther, witii the assistance of the learn ed Philip Melancthon, and the sense in which Luther used the word -Taufer," we may easily gather from his writings. In works ol Martin Luther, VoL 1 page 336^ J a n e 1356, on "De Saciamento Baptismi,—he thus writes, "Pri mo nomen Baptismns gracam est, latine p ^ test verti, mersio, cum immer^mns aliquid in aquamp Bt totnm. tegatar aqua,et q u ^ v i s ille moa jam abaolncrit aqod plarosque, [neque enim-lotas demergunt pueros, sed tantuni puo cnlaa quaipetfundunt,] debebant tamen prorsus immergi, et statim retrabi. Id enim etymolo-gy a nominia poatulare videtur. Et German i quoque bapt iamnm, ' ta^ vocant, a ptofundi-tate, qnam / i f f , illi sna- nngua vocant quod profunde demergi cowreniat eos qui baptixun-tnr."
Of the above we give the following transla-Uon: -
In the first place, the word BaplismuatBap-tism] is Greek, and may be translated into Latin by the word mersio [immersionl when we plunge any tiling into water, so thit it may be covered entirely by the water; and although that cnatom has become ubsolete with moat persons,[for they do not immerse children en-tirely, but not only pour, or sprinkle, over them a little water,] yet they ought to be entirely immersed and immediately drawn out again. For the etymology of the word seams to require that. And Germans also call baptism, tauff, from Jgitt, which in their language they call tieff, bacauM it is fitting for those wha are bap-tized to be iJlanged down deeply."
Dr. Kaapp, Professor of Theology in the Uaiveraity of Hall*, in Garmaay, gives a ai ilar leitiBony. In hia "Christian Theology," tranilated by Dr. Woods, Preiident of Bow-doin College. Brunswick, Maine, on page 483 weread-.^To Baptiama, from Baptiaein, which properly aignifies to immeru, [like the Germ. Utt/on,] to dip in, to wuh, [by immewion."]
On page 486, Dr, Knapp speaks of Immer-•ion aa the practice of the apostolical cbarch, and he remarks: " I t would have been better to have adhered generally to the ancient praC' tie*, aa even Luthar and Calvin allowed."
Prof. Starr, another learned German divine of the Lutheran ohurch, in hU "Biblical The-ology," translated by Dr. Bchmueker, on pages Ma and 614, speska of Immersion as tha praC' tlce of the apostolical and primitive church and thin goea on to remark; •'Under these clr cumitanccs, It la certainly to be lamonted,ihst Luther was not able to accomplish his wish with regard to the IntrodocHon of Immprslon in haptiBB, u he had done in the restoration oT wlne'ia the Eucharist."
The learned Greenfield, author of the Greek Lexicon to the New Testament, and Editor of Bagster'a Comprehensive Bible, in hia defence of the Seramporo Translators, testifies that in the German Yersion of tha New Testament baptico la rendered by a word equivalent to im merso. The learned Dr. Gotch, a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin testifies that in the German version, baptizo ia translated by word aigal^iag t»d»p.- In the 'Glossarium U «i verala* Hehraicum,' edited by Lew ia Thomas, Paris, 1697, the German tmifen it represented ss corresponding in form and signification with the Sax; rfi>paB, Eng. (ftp. '
Aitsldiigi the E ldes t philogieol aothc^ty thus gives the oteaalng ftf the word, and exam ple^of ita case, in ^ia.Dictionary:—^Taafen verb, regul. act. 1. Properly to dip-[tattci«» In water, where J t has Uu same meaning as
is IWmIt only lia th«lrato.—
word.. A M M M T •wetBigaiarfitertrf r a a g u a g * ^ ® ' ^ * * ' ' ^ ^ ^ thorf^ th0r«. is no appeal, German #ord fifce-tto baptisCjdeBotci'to poor, *wi»o as isimene.: ' -But baptize wortiaBOtanacoanitetraBalatl ,
ndw haa meanings atuched t&U which ltdIA not have when Luther employed It as a trans-la«oa of baptizo in bis Germali T e s t a m e n t ^
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lOllUU - , ^ « Tb»«harse,t6erefort , that the BapUst Libr^ ry has told "a barefaced niitruth" on thi» aob-jk t , f« lUto the ground. Mr. Chapman's proof faila him entirely.
Mr. Chapman's second specification to es-tabliah the charge of ignorance or falsehood a -gainst Baptist authors is as follows; speaking of the Baptist librarj", ba remarks:
«IB thU work, page 359, we have th» re-markable discovery and news:'John a ^ was immersed i« Enon, near to Salem, because there was much water there: and they came and were immersed.' On reading this p a a ^ n e doobted our eyesight, and paused, readiag, and re-reading, before we could be satisfied that U was so, or ihat any people in their sober senses would not send forAsuch adeclaraUoB to the world. Pray, who immersed loha-ln Eaon! W e can conceive of a peraon being irnmersedrin water, but it does bewilder oar tbooghla to think on ihe immeraion of Joh iun Enon-Ves, Eaon. Well, we life toleafn, and if an nntrntb can make us wiser, and add to our stock of knowledge, we bow onr heads be-f o r e immersionisU and thank tbem for the in-formation. John was immersed in Enon.— What a discoverv! The exact spot of John's baptism had been tong unknown U> the world, but the fact is now before us, if we believe im-mersionUts—Enon. This is decidedly a rich thooght in i u own way, John was also immers-ed in Enon. Reader, forget not thU!"
Well, indeed, Mr. Chapman pvffs and Mows here powerfully! And pray what Is it, that lias aroused the "Old Man," ar.d led him to blus-ter at this dreadful rate! Why jast a little ty-pographical error of two or three letters!— B o o t h ' s Pedobaptism Examined in the "Bap-tist Library" is a reprint of a London edition, and in the London edition it reads, [See Booth's Pedobaptism, Vol. Ist, page 79, London edi-tion.] "John also was immersing in Enon, nearto Salim,''and the careless printers put it' "John also was immersed in Enon near to Salim." Atfd are such errors of the press so very uncommon, that Mr. Chapman must blow so powerfully over them! Is his own baok en-tirely free from such errors! No, indeed, for yon may find one of these errors in Mr. Chap-man's version of this very statement from the Baptist Library. The spelling of the word Salim in his book,does not correspond either with the New Teslanient,or with the spelling n the Baptist Library from which he professes
to quote. And such errors of the press are not only very common, but they ore often per-petuated in edition after edition of the most important works. A sUiking illustration of this we have in Matt. 23: 34,"Yeblind guides, which strain al a gnat and swallow a camel." In the versions in English of Wickliffe, Tyn-dale, and Erasmus, it reads "strain <nU a gnat," but in the.edition of the New Testament prin-ted in 1611, at for out seems to have escaped By an error of the press, and, it has been regu-larly continued since. (See A. Clarke on the above passage.)
And In th»:BapUat Ubraiy.in th« samt wiy immersed has escaped for immersing, and thla ia the simple explanation of tha whole raattar. And yet this is one of Mr. Chopman's specifl-cations to establish the charge of falsehood against Baptist outhors. And would Mr. Chap-man have us to believe that Baptist authors are so given to lying, that they will even lie with-out any motive or indiiccmont! There certain-ly does not aoom to be any motive to tempt In thit case, for it would make jutt at much in favor of UaptUt practice to iny that "John was immersing," as to Hay that "John wos immerj. ed," and henco if a lie has been told In this case, it hat been done without any Inducemont.— Mr. Chapman's ditposition teems to bo so per-verte that ho will i o out of his way to spy out a fault in anoihtr, ond at the samo time he oterlooka the exccllancios of hit neighbor.— In this he resombles the tly which naglect the healthful part of tho frame to pitch and luxari-ateon the sore. A more flimsy pretence upon which to ground the charge of falsehood, I have never known than we have in the exam-ple before us. It n ould bo well fur Mr. Chap-man if in all instances the proof were at tcarco when the charge of falsehood it brought a-gainst him. I hope if Mr, Chapman ever pub-lishes a second edition of his book he will throw this second specification into a chapter by it-self, and entitle it "Much ado about nothing." It would be well, alto.to prefix as a motto the lioet:
"Ocean into, tempest wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly."
i p U * ^ -b e f m h i a
icgdOt JShich
of ptJfoftlj!^ ib^isff i 'eV
writer who ^ e a ' ^ J u W s t , for au-
it certainly be
jBoliior, whose wri-: makes any mention
the subject with ek Historian, who
f , and wrote an lining the trsnt-I birth of Chritt
t;EhocM,inA. D. doubt, therefore,
__ _ _ _ oraearpBtfTOistake about the nereMity'of baptiamjMi&ration.-.. Nicephonis relates tha t th (?a i c i f ap»*aa a Jew,'and that the c h r i s t i a B [ i % b i > i « i ^ ^ i m s clothes in order t f tspt telfehim over with sand, an action which V v W s ® p k ^ ^ d s i m -mersion aia p r a c t l c ^ m w h l S ^ f ^ w ^ ^ the h i g n a g e o f t h i ' ^ S B ^ W ^ g w r a ^ l ^ - ^ ChapmaB clearty er this as reajlya bi^ia»nt-iK all.
jBpnHogt^.
« f not ja^^bot till S s , there [fcnt bap( m i n e d vol. backtothl tfiority for an authoi
I believe • tings are n9W e x t w ^ of this casB'^of sand, is l th»; flourished i o - ^ ^ - t "GccleaiaatieAfc actions of the el tq the .death of 610. TTiere may whether the ^vrat it did, it grew ohl
W«U, ln the ad m «a M|f Watory p i i n f a n t -
or tJi*e^,^lt<^»el1Boat*ac^«^ Iifoofajf-bapti*^ by,afiiui(Ki bt ,wateroo.th^facet«ad the. flr^.^i inilance he.adducea^ia ihe v ^ one.p^e^ted..; ln t ire 'BaptUt;£«brai7,thatpfNova^n in D. 36f. The'charga of falsehood is not sus-tained iii this case. _ • '
V a l n a b l e D c n o n a i n a t i o a a l B o e i » . CUOKOH POLlXVior U» King.foi» of ObrlM,
in iu incemHl and exienml dstalopernMM.^
tism at all be would BOt,haw ^ e c i d ^ - t h a t j t would have been baptiwa tf i t j jad been sonw-thing else. The answer of the bishop, that the Jew would have h ^ n baptized, "if only water were poured on fen:" seems to be in accordance with the pT«ct!ce in the third cen-tury, of pouring water copiously on the sick for baptism, in those extraordinary instances where immersion was.looked upon as impracti-cable. And a writnb, when speaking of what had been practiced as'cliriatiBn baptism might justifiably, leave out of consideration altogeth-er, a case of sprinkling with sand, given on the doubtful authority of a writer of the 14th century. Such a case was not really entitled to any serious notice, f -
But Mr. Chapman Jias still another case of sprinkling, before !,ha't.o.f Novatian, in the year 251. "Iren®u3,67 yearsafler the age of the apostles, mentions the fact, that christians baptized bv BfFusion.'* •Mr. Chapman, eUe^ where in his book, states on the authority of Pond, (Pond, p. 4T,) that "Iranajus mentions a sect of Christians who baptized 'by on affa-sion of water mixed with oil." (Chapman p. 203.) Now we deny that Irenseus calls those of whom he testifies, that they baptized by af-fusion, christians, and we shall shew that he speaks of them na her«t!ct, blasphemers, and idolators, and that he speaks of them as hav-ing many sorts of bapltam among them, but alfcontrary to the true. IreniEua was Bishop of Lyons, in France,and he was one of the best christian writers-of the second century.— He wrote a work against Heresies, in five books.and in tliia work ha speaks of the Val-entiniana, the sect thirt he testifies, baptized •by an affusion of watto mixed with oil.' Wall, in his History of Infant baptism, (Vol. 1, p. 500) saya of this work by Irenaeus. "After much discourse agsinrt the Valentiniana, ho goes to prove that they derived their opinions, not from Christ nor hte apoitlea, but from the former heretics which had la the apostles' time set themselvea agalnattha apoatlet." On pa. get 604 and 806, Vol. i i o f ^ history, Wall rsmazkar-tha Vatentlidaiia^Iud. several un-der t ecu , of which I e i n « i i »l»**ka particular-ly. And for their ,baptl*B, h» taya, thoy had aa many aoru of It j irUrera were teacher* a-mong them; but all contrary tp the true. Some
J 3. Boynold«, Prfoident of Georgmown Oi^iege,' Ky, pp 240, iSmo. eldth, 50ff.
.Noiicf ef the Prett- • - • "It ii at on'co learned and plain, cnciw but cloai
and CD Vprehen»i»e."—Cif»x<ia« Index "Thit work ahouM -b« in the nf all who i-h to know what the Scripturea teach on thia »ub-
ject."— B-iptiit CkrpnieU. ••Thi< i» an able treiitiiie nn a «ubi»ct which boght
to be bMter under»t<«Mi."—CAris<i«» StertlaTj, It ia tbe l>e»t work on the aulijeot."—Dr. Hon-
ell. -Tbi» book ia tlie moai raloabls which ttai been
pttbliahed oo iheannrcej and nauire of the Baptist form of Church ruliiV "—SontA We$Un Baptiit Ckrmiele.
BAPTiaM. ANB TEaMS OF COM.MONIONv An Argument bj Eichard Kuiler. i>p 204, 12mo. cloth. 55e. .
-"He i*bn wiahss to- aee the aubj«:t of Baptiam rallyatui in a ChrjacuD apirit ltoated.aboald rand lhia~work."-fSo»iA«r» Bapiitt- .
jiii^, could reaint the evidence it adiaeea-^tt ia aanctifiad by the Uwe, and cordial courteay wMdi 1
la BwthinffIn <fce BiiglUb to it, and iioCri"g:wt»"» « »» carefoily read, wittgnre PRdobnptism a niore effectual proatraiiun "—Ne* York BapHtt Regit'tr.
SCail'TUBB CATEpHrSM. Saiwble for rtrf, Diimeatic Inalroction of Ghildree anA S»rvanu in private familiea, ond a!sn bibie in Sunday Srhoo].- By'K.-v. Ro Ryland. Pr<-»idfnt of Rich tnnnd O.i'lpca, and Pastor of l«t Bapiisl Chorch.— US pp , ISmo 18r..
Rev. Andreny Broiddut, in rceomm'nding Ike tcnrk. say-i: ' It is in my enimntinn, n ireasure nf Biblirail truth, aduptp.l in a hap(»y manner to tlif olij'-et lor which it w n d.?»ig.ied. and it U woll worth thrt peru^i' rtf any sLudetit ot the Biblo."
Sev J. B. J. trr. ••Thi' plan of ihe worV I connidor fuperior tithat of any G8tr<-.hi»m which I have »wn; and nothing iswJed but a kn-wli'dge^of its ttdvan»as»>« to lirinfi it'into 2Pn.»rui ciirujation."
The E'liior i f the BaptUt Onard'an. »"y«. in cnncluiion of « vir) favorahie notico, "Urjides • .h-nerving llip pur|i.j»« for whi Ii it wo« df-isned. «e hopp t" »pe il introduced into Sonrtiiv Scliooln. We know of no text bo.ik iheulngv wo can. so confi dentiv recommend fur I.iih purp.»-i?."
T H E nA.rri.sr C A T K O H I S M JU«, rnsiisiv ed. AM Eipo«ilinn of tlie Bnplisl Oa'I'i-liism. pre pnrwl by ih<> celebratpd llHijamin IK-tldonip. The CalBrliiHm i« a Tnii tnr.l rli-noininatiniml woik, pr< piir-d wiliigrenl r;iii-, and •.anctiorn d h\ a long n«-tabli^h'd iT»ne-. I'contains 2ri» pp., IHtno., fine piippr. neiiilv iii inied ami bound 511c This work hn." tho c.i-diiil r.T..tnni.'ndati,m ..f many of the most oniinent U ipti*! cU'igvmpn of America
To an vpnr.nn forwarding jO cents enclo»«l in a letter, wi' will send a ropy, flee of postage, or ihree cupies of Kvlond*» Calerhi,,,!. ' • HAKBULD & Mt'RR&Y.
Ji^chiunad, V'«. CIJAVB.S 4, SIIANKI.ANI).
' - l - - B | t & N F l E L D . « j t ts t recenlo^ihe ' S ^ l s j o c k of E n p d i and Amencan.
M l J t f t i M n i c M P T i m f , ever ofTered^fe this market, v i z : ' ^ " " '
Velvet, ' Fine Ingram, r Tapwtry, Mixed do. Brutsells. Tapistry. Venetuin.
- Imperial ,^hree Ply, F i n e . > diH-S p p . I n g r i ^ _ , S-4 ,6-3a : l t ) -4Dra j -
* ^ a f t e d , C^Sill^Bod Wilton RUGS, aome very splendid, allgf whicli will be as low forcojA ascan l je bought gast and brought here; and will be regularly supplied directly ' from the Importers and Maaufactarera.— Pleasp.callandsQe. - ,
T l i e A o w ^ r i B S t U n t e , - ^ T e n i M M e e .
L , « x l B c t o n
A f i frregnlar Session of thw rnitftntion cnmmenoed on.tl]e Clh inst., t and it will
clMe the iMt of.July. F A C U L T Y :
ITH < H J A B T I B O T T M S . ' n r i f r i K tlie UtoM,
Rev. J , . ^ . ' E . Covev, President, Mrs. LocrsA CovETi Preceptress,
F o r PHrifyrng-ilie n l M d , mA foi^fhe C«re of Scrofula, UereuruU Uiteaa: Hkewma-
Utm, Cutaneous Enpliont. S/jtttara Vl-eert. Liver Complaint. Dytprp^ia,
BrnnrhVit. Salt Skrum. Cun-tmptioK Fever Swrei. Fe-
male GovtpltUnU, /Kry tipelat. lost of Ap-
peti'e. Pimjilet, ' " BiteM. Gexerxl „
Mili'y A-e This pri-puralion h « now borne the nf over
14 years exiM-tieniw. - since its fir.i iMnidnrlion to public lavoi, during wbicli I.ma numerous imjtati,>o» lia»e sprung Into exi..tM.re. f..u,.,r'M- tiu ii rloims t" tbeconfidPhce of thn romtr-.in.itv on ihr rural ivf f~>w-Pra containe.1 in Sur-aparilU. f.ajt. the gn^at reputa lion and extended ol whii'.h baa been mainly Bt-Irib.ltaWe to the ir.ai.y ^undeifnl cures effected h> the U1W of this preporniinfi. White Snr.opanllh Root forms an imi>«riani parmf iu cmbinauon, u is »t the tamo time, compounded «nh other vec-ta-ble remedipH oT great power, i nd it !« in lb» jipruliar ctrmbiftalion and scientific mnmirr of iu pM-iwraltoo. that il8 tt-marka' le sucr-ss in vi.e cu.e of di.t»?.-
Odi' r pr"por-.ii.»,« imit.nte il in the style
R A T E S O F T U I T I O N . Preparatory Dftpsjtmenx S 7 00 Yreshman Class ' 8 00 Sophomore •• 10 00 Junior " " 12 00 SeniiSr " 15 00
Music on the Piano. Painting, Drawing and Ornamental Needle Work, at the usual rates.
Tbe above ratesare intended to embrare the usual Sesaiun of five MoD'.bs aud a prnpor-tinnatn charge will be niadr for the two ad-ditinnal rartnths. , — _
The Trustees in making this annonucement, are confident in the ability t>f the Faculty to give entire satitfaction, founded upon an ac-tual knowledge of their snccess in teaching daring the past two yearo. The eligibility of Lexington as a locaiiuc for an insiituiion nf learniiig.is not surpassed by any in West Ten-nessee. being erainectJy beaJcby. and snr--oanded by an agrionltarBl comtnnnity capable of supplying aay. dcinand created by the Scbool. and biiDjiiDg board vitbin tfae reach of ^wdin^ly pecamary means. This ailvantage
l£e abilisy of the
^ t a n t s as the wants of ihe/School require— will make it an ioEtitatioB. eininentiy worthy of publio-'patFiiii^e.-.. ;
' Buai^, iucladjug fi^ts, fuel and wasbine. can be obtained in respeciahle families at SG per month.
Portlier iuformalion will be supiilied by ap-iilyiDE to any "f the Tnistee.o.
WIM. A. MURCBISON, F r « . JOH.>' W E S T . Sec'y. T R U S T E E S .
I bpn,tn£r the namp nf one nf il«
Jacd. Hill. Jumes Vunn, F . N- W . Dnrt.in, Jeremitth Hanpliinn,
Ma<li un County, p.ilono'n SliBW, R. P. RaiafcS, Gibson
Ci-nrity. William Jordan.
Robert Dei.ison. Ilcn- Legronl M. Jiin"»,Car-dcrsnn County, roll Cnuniy,
A- Sannders, npriiumini Graves, W. J . J . -Morrow, Mc- William Henry, D«-
Nttiry «bounty, " cutur County. George W . Day,
John D. Smith, Rev. E. Collins, W. W. (Jordun, Grorpe J . Hunt, J.ihn H. Thorn p.«on, J. V. E. Covey, William Brown, Jum<-s W. Glass John S. H ubiiaril.
hv in -3m S'^i'hri.U T .m
J . le. CO'V.'VEM^V. WATCtl A.\D CLOCK llErAinEli. HAS opened a sli'ip on Marktit strcpt, np-
po-ite Lanier & Hrotbcr, where be will attend to all work entrusted to hiiii. Jewelry and .Hilver ware mad« iind repaired in the best maimer and nn the Bhortesl nuiicf.
June -29. IR^l.—tf
1-
•ow'a ttoiiaf '
e e ^ d e l ^ f f L t o . H i i t t w ^
r ^ t S ^ ' i a a X S m a g ioito-ffe hre^^^ " l i e B r ^ r a n d Monmig Star!"
^ J W T H A I M W F U R A V E R M P F E R R ?
H j a j n y a W y - a o d ^ a m f l ^ o ' e r , . , ,
Aa canqueiora let them pass a n d ^ i . . . . .
And.Wthe — T T l S i f e i B B . B i S f c C ^ ^ c F i y ! • 5' ' •
W e SikSr, fiont bu tTMni* , OD, . ^ ^ ^
A m i l W * S l i a U d w e l l - ^ .
i5h«ft*B»«»Hair again.' .
T r u t h ' o ^ t f d e a r t h win rise agmin.
ti^ijiJien,m.i differs 'A woodeB fite-ball dxppti (jjddi^'ltt pitcb
af. fWjwi . 3 'A caldKW In which to dip
•^ ' - t c i t inJ^e . /^ l^n-^TOn tiaae«,!;a ^ whWe It la tMcd for 6i4e.
Strymon, in which the host of cranes dip {iaUft) ;their Sertnan^ ^ a n n i ^ i i g isMtiiiCiated; idid ic is, a.^only used in a special sense, to dip [lauchea} in water, ia a ^ e l i ^ i n manner,
The testimony I have introduced fully justi-fies the assertion in ^ e Baptist I,ibrsry,.Aat a'Johannea iJer l'attfer,"Tiiean«««John the Dip-per.^ Lather belined that the Greak word Ear tapUmjDeant immenmtaud^llhat slon was the practice of the ancient church, an^ as he wished to accompIUh (be mtro^uc-i^^of^httDuirSnm lai baj|itism,'i)rhe bad done fa-tte reatorattooi of wlaa in tlie Eacfa<riat, b e employed a:«onl for baptiam iatrantlatiagUK Getmaii T e f U m e a t : ^ ! ^ a i g ^ f i ^ i m n ^ -sionV Butiiather was unalile to accompbi^ bis wiah^in this pkrticulv, tlie papal pbw^; fn_
dp t ikes and law8;<'«aa-die ^Kefbriaktioir bf wUeh-Li^ ther was (tcriS^
aUer^finn.andaachafiB^tuteaforbaptiCT^
the Lutheran church down to the present tim^. iBpri i ikl iarl iate^n'dall-
•itbi^tissMolongiB.-Germajiy.itia n ^ i a t a l l to he v o n < k ^ Lexicmi^toj cation of 1 _ . .J nafleit.Tike as our^i i jSsh Dictionaries^cfine
I hope too that before be pens another auch a paragraph, he will prepare a aermon from a teoetita be found ia Mark "Why make y« this ado!" • -wi
l i e third specification of Mr. Chapman, to prove that Baptist authors are cither ignorant, or they «4wilKolly and knowingly jwrverl sa-cred things," is as follows: speaking of the Baptist Library, Mr. Bhapman says: "In this work, page 8, we read: 'The ibatinstance on (Cioor^ of bt «pciokli{ig« ia thkt of No< v a ^ i i n the ye^af t t . ?* Another untruth, plain and pdaitiv8.-.> v ^ a ; find i » Pond'a work, p. 45, that->^lker , a .writar of great caution and research, ^ v e t u»to' understand that some 60 years.after t h e death ot-theapostlea afman vas-travslling i a tbe desert—took-sick—desir* ed bapt>sm->was b^ t i z sd by faaviag -sand tiMce spnakled oBrfiim,: there ioing no water
when this ease wab reported to the bishop, after he had: leravsred tlie b i^op decided he would have^beeD baptiae4, "If only water were poured ou him." Ieeiiaua,.*r»ty-aeven years after the-age of tbrapostles^ioeB't tioba the ^ t , that christians baptized by«fi\h> •iOfl. .•i-'.!..<fri v-irn! -ij
The first case titen ^f «prinklingi>efore the year 351, addbcedVby Mr. Chapman, ia a caae of sprinkling with sand, instead of water, and this case ia given on the authority of "Walk-er, a. writer of great caution and research." I suppose^ that w h a t e « e s a y be said of the cait-tnwof Walker it^aeiU net do to call in ques-l i w bia research, for in-csder to obtain nidion-^ for :infant-baptiBm thia learned writer went baefewen t6<tke< t m u r i ^ s a y m ^ o i Ckritt,
. l a tair^Kodait Plaa;{D» jn&ot Baptira,pagea^ 369, he ftya. - W h s r e authority from
t6»r scripture faito, then tte coatDm of-Uje etondi ia to be held aa-a l a w . I t doth J i ^ fo l -iM^tha tou r Saviour gave no prece]itdar-t%e baptizing of inCaats, because n o a icb-p ieee^ is particularly expressed tBi'8ori^we;'fbr oat
nstead of baptism dreaaid op a marrlage-bod and with certain .proPtne words actcd a mar-rings of the parton to Chritt. Oihert put tho person into the water Indeed, but instead of the christiao form of baptism used n strango and uncouth ono, which 1 have occasion to re-peat ot another place, and anointed the bap-tized person with hdwrn* "There are sorao of them." tnyt lr«n®na, "'who think it need-lets to bring the perapn -to tho wnicr at HIIJ but mixing oil and watat together thry pour it on hit head, (by which wordt of hia, and by a thoutand other Inttaticoa It appears that the Oalholictdld ordinarily put the whole botly In the wnter.) and they uto certtin wordt not much difl'troni from thoae I mcnlloned before: and they will have tbla to bo rederoption, (or baptittn,) and these alto 'ute baltam. Othert of them utad no waUr at all, nor other «*ler-nal cereraoniet; but aald "tpiritual baptitm which conslats in tht 'knowledge of the un-speakabt;* Msjetty, lari l In all.'
Some of,them did poor oil and water on the headt of people newly dead, with tuch words and imprecationa aa-htt had before racntionedi and they told the dead.man'a aoul what ha should say, if in iU wigr«o the supreme beafen, it thould meet with any of the principalitietot powers that belong tohlm that made thit world. The aoul wat to tay.J'that It wat better than the power that made th«m." And a great deal more auch bhwphemooa atuff. IreniEut excu ses himself from descending to more particu laritiet; for that they infentlng every day new ways and opinions, It wan.widlesa to describe them all." - - a .;.- •
In vol.3, page 186,Wall sayaof the Valen-tinians, they "made oa? .of the name of Christ only to mockand abna* the religion-, their own religion beingamlxture of idolatry, magic,and lascivious rites. They hlatphetned the Scrip-tmeea nafalse; andihe athoUcaatcarBalrand both a8gl»inga:wto^J»C««i^jtf Jjeawfc^:^ of be-
IraiKBoa, thew, apwking of the -ValeatiKUma as * tbem that they da i i i f t sSf t f i rop l lR^ fro™ Chritt or
hia aposUeBf^ ' ftej: set themselves against the 80Qatl«8ijiffi;^6bllt*Il <tf their many
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CO.MPILED AND ARRANGED nr
T H O , M . . \ S K K L T , oflbf "Gl..iirr,.t(«r City Machirip CtimpHnv," N. J. To whi.di ia ad.lfd. VALUAULK 111N"".S to tlic young .Mui'lmiiif on ihi Clioicc ..i a Pn'lfssion; Mi.dirrulion of Indii.iry; In fHr.-ni'il ruliiviiilou, ami the Stu.lii-i. und .Morul- of ilir .M. i'liiiiiii!, etc.. n r . , rtc,.
IIT Joiir« KHOST, L L . D. U iuii.l ill KIHIIO BIMI .Mualin. ami wotituiiiijig Uia i.ujj.v,. I'rire :.a i- r (• ipy. j;""'
Gu w n c s A: SIIANIVLAND. rii. i-'tit.
dfpcnd^-ofpimins up, nn.l ineredient., and berf<>n.l.. ilnir n—-nWimrr i.. it. Those Ufedilig a r-m-dv and punficr. like thi-, an-rrn.iHBliM to n..i.' «l.eie this diff.-r-nrp m.d in m»kil,gcliolrcor»lint H' y will u.e, not to take any other hut Ihul one enlill. d in thptr ciinfi.W-ncp. frotA tl.p li.t of cure« o ha. tfr-rci-.l ..n livini; wii-
wh'.-e ti..tiin.>n-iil> «nd r, »i,iei,rr. I.nv,- hci-r, filbli-hi<). and »> hn a.o •lill hoiriiiR>dnTly n- timonv I,, in «orih. Til" »l.o> h --I'irv ot" in-diciiii- bii.i sciiT.-lv (•iiiirt«h-rt n piirallf-l u. ili,' nu.ni,i .iu< und n-mHrital li- r'irr» i-ff.rud ty ii« u f . and wha. it I UK eQi-cicd ouca it can , (P'ct s'lHin.
krum KE.NTPCKV. Inanranlorr Khrnmntlam Cnprrt.
BARiwraws. Ky., Jill) 111 1813. MI!S«b». SASO.—Oi-ntlrmi-n: ll i» n,y duly t,.com-
miinii-alelnrl. in rclntinn m tin. b, ni.|i. inl pITfi-l* of vpiir .-nr-iipiirilla. Mv wifi-w». alTlirtrd with ii.t llamaiinn and •nrent-F. ul the iinmarh ofilie wor.-characlnri htr Iim1., co"! tho.i w,tp much awollen; .he had ooiiniaM hfudnphn. and last Kprlnj *a» at-lackod »r*«rrly wlih inrtnmalory rhrumaliim. Tha bait inudical aid Wf cuuld obtain affutdi-d only inn m-ntary r lli-f; and whilo In ihi" liiualion, alia hfard of Ihp many remarkable eur<r« affecii*) hy the o«b ol 8aiidi, Bamapaiilla, and enmrnoncfd il« uw, which produced innlnni rflief, and JB»« ihan bolllaa »n-tir«ly fotnuved all llm dmp.lcal iwellinif and every other InAiimatiiry iiympl,>m, n-Hored hertopeilarl liealili. 1 irudihii«"»itt Oinpni ««aii act of jii'tii-e. h». Having il I" bo my ,luiv 1.1 rnc.uirase ih,, niffi'rinR p,jrtl"n ,.riliehuiri«n f.tniiy to u.e Sniu|.'Snr«n|mr!llB. which I helwre lu" nn paniHi'l in the cainb'CUB of meii J'lU. Wiih Ifi linif c.l la-liiig giiitl udr, Ire. muiii >"ui frlenil,
PAMUF!!,. P llAHCiER.
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sorta of ..baptism: w w e y ^ ^ r y ^ t o thetrne.— They made use Christ only to mock aad abiMaLlth$ai«ft(Sw>! • »helr own reli-gioa being aagiC' w d la-acivious rites--,. 5 ^ . A n d Chapman m gw-ipg I t e l hte»l3tr«f> b9Pt«saH_ wo^d
mers and iasuc selves againat how scarce ffluatH sprinkling, iw ries of-tlie 1"
blasphiuw^Si^jM caseatQ besjvQ tice! he statement jiiL < «thei first w M J i s r l
fpraneiOlK^of ' "
i t i<^of hlasphe-who set them
«f ChrUtl And ^ouriag and
tw« first centu-ti!j».-4iineaprink.
jU^j^wiojihof the two:8ttoBg ofauchapraor
itthaa these can I jto. prov® the
ipj^hraiiy falsei that " " -o fpoor i ago* ^ i o ^ y e a r a f i l , "
by,Mr, i^ l t tcounta t .a l i io
; fa i
T o l»l'UllllI'» UIMI l»uUH!»li€lt». o n Coloi-fd Piipfr, ao by
3;i incliei.; Assorli-il eolnra. No, 2, 21) by '23 inchi!«.
•• 3, Id iiy -ii " ,, Vfll.w -J-l 1>V '.irt •• •• I'liilni-r \ !Sriiilh'» I'liio While, |>lain. •• Lcltpr Piiper. " Uliifl I'laln do
Nu.',', blu#Plain. ilo " Sju|mr do do do " (io do ilo do
tlo niiifi plain comniorciiil pnpcr • '« do do do tliiii do ilo •• .No, 2. I'luin Blue Cap do >• Uiiiuu Mills I'lttin White Cup do •• Plainer & Smith's Plain Blue do " Jc ssups Plain White do •• Plainer & Smith's Uliic Flat cap do •• do do. Wiiile do do do
133 dot- Packs, PJaiu and Pearl surface Cards of all sizes.
50 doz Pnnkis; Pine French Ivory surface do of all size*; Kor sale by
G R A V E S & S H A N K L A N D . Aug. 31.
T H E C 0 3 I P A ! « I 0 N ; A NEW COI.I.ECT10N OF
H Y M N S AND .SPIRITUAL SONGS, Aduptftd to
DBYOTIQUAL KXERCISES,. , B T R K V . D . C A T A A . SECOND BDtTfOJl—Beviaed and enlarged.—
Published by Gravea & Shankland, Arcadt Biiildinga,Ciiiot>strect,'Na«hville. Tenn
TluJ nnw and elegant edition of 10,000 copiea ia iuit from tho press, tuid for salo at the fidlowing
nctail PriceiT Plain Dindiug, single copy. Extra, gilt, Extr» Morocco,
WkoUenU Piiee^i Plain Iliiiding,per doz,!n, , Extra, ffilt, " Extru, Mxrocc, gilt.
Aa the ptiblir.atioo of iho Companion is a partne •liip affair with thn compiler and ourselves, none o tliem can beFurni-ihod to persons to scl] on commit lion.
Orders for ihoCompaaion must in «11 cases be ac companied oitiicr wiib the money, or a note at four months, with apjiroved secucity-
Jnae22. GBAVES & SHANKLAND.
(lend llio fulluniiic r, •ni N',» Oni.»;A>i«. N..V. iSi. 1049
Mic«.ll«' S""• '••" ' ' ••nieii .—I '"k- 'Ite llliely ( .,-ntlii K Miun i-in-r wioi-l. in.iy be mipnrlance
IU ih"«» "re fi.ll'.-ni. u< 1 l.iivr I rtxi-i ved Krrni behelit f.-,.m y«>- Kio.iicnrill.i t.'.vins lw>"n cu'wl of a maladv «'>er nulleilni! aix ye«r» 1 her., hy chc rlully ci-i il) 1, Hit' S'.od efl.-i i yimr me.li ciii,'. ami I h-ipc '!o,l will i.-«»rd you fur iilhlic S""d vou bnvi'don,'. A chronic co.iijh bad inrmenied HIT day und night, nni rei^'aieil aiincU "l f''»ei- Indncad me to b.'lmve Ihui 1 .b,.ul.l ill- wub cun«unipti'"i One while .Llferii c .1 vi..le.,t allack of hmrlnl! t'ever. a friend |M-i-.uiiHed i.my yiiiirii.cnmiiHrable mrdicino l-ui m 1. il iiiu umh 1 Imd "" i-unli'l-nce in il. I lliiiiUy lMili-t..i,. .1 I. li-tfil,', io..i by it- M.e unil tiip lielp of (>".1. 1 r.-.|.,i-. d ti brtti" beklth limn I Jind aninyed f"i kU u-»r. 1 .-ai not Lui bi»«» Ihr nUllior ot lid- tidM ii.»M,* n.-- li< |,>i#.
W lib (ir, Ul f .|,.-ci, I ii'ii. jenile'T.en, FBUMiN GliUL'PAZ.
"TUUTU ISSTRASUEKTIIAN FICTION." Ni A ni-HUAM. .N J. liincW. IBl!)
MussKsSixns—Geiili: n„ili: \ly wifemff-red with n di-trc'i aad biiinlnc in ln-r ohu.t lor tnany yeariL und my daofhier waa ntilined Irom ber lurlli wiih a hunini- in hoi Word. W,- eon.ulted viirious phy.ieii.«. nnd irled numemu* n-mrdi-••. without mtirh benefit iintil we hear,!, il-niugh B-v Thoma« of the »rcai medicinal voluo ol S«iid»' Sursspariila. On ill. recommnndntion my wife nnd dnuabior derided on trying it, and toon experieiicpit pei-inanenl benefit. .My dauKhter's stin aMijmfda new npi-iarance m-tiiely; froir boing lOUgh, bnrd, nnd ^ B!y, il became nmoiiih and imTt. My wifo'a aum-rinj. nre almn.t gone, and it- u-ic a short time kmgcr, ii ia my firm belief, will prndum a perlecl core. Yoars.with respect.
8,HBM)RlCKSON, Fiuitni of I be nnpiist Cbuich.at the
N.-isborbiHid. Prepared and sold. ahulesnlcBiid roi«il,t^ A.B.& SANDS. Diug|:i<t« and (Thrmlil*, ino Pultan at ;
G r . i y ' s i i i v a l u n l i l o O i n t i n p n t . A Piisilire Cure for all Erlrmnl Difeasr.i.
HE TKSTI.M'ONV of nil who have ever usrd this cclebrutcd tjintnirnt. piacrs it
almvp all other Ointment, as a rpinfly for Ul-ccra, Wonnds, White Swellins. Sores. Tu-mors, Boils. Ftluiis, Chilblaiiia. Burn.". t^calJs, •ftiiter, llingworm, Scaldlieiid. Swelling! ufthe JoitiTa or 01and«, and every epccir-a of di»-c.hnrKin^ aores or inllamBtioii, wht-ther pro-ceedi .g from drbilily or loo lull habil of body. Ill all lli ii'e casi-s, at nil "ea.sona, in all cli-mates. and under every coDdilimi of the syi-tcm,
GRAY'S INVAH;AIU.E OINTNENT. will be (bund tlie inogt eircclivc nxtenial appli cation which iMciliciil Sciences has vet invent ed. Oftrn have tlic cures performed by fhi> Medicine bPPn the aubject tif pditorial ctim-incnt iu various newajrapera and jonrnala; aad il may with truth be aaaerted, that no Mi di-cino of tho kind boa cvei'retfaivcd auch teali-moniais of greater valou than are trttached tn thit. Every family abould bo provided with ihia Uiutmenttu oae in casca uf uccidootalin-jury.
IS^Bcwnre nf Counrprfrila. No Ointment ia genuine without it bears the written aipia-tura of W. W. or W, F, Gray on the iiutaide label of tlic box. To jiBi thc'^rnuiiio artide, allnrderaor ajiplicoiiona (iir Ateiiciea, miiat ba ,erillo W. K, l iRAY.
NaabAilki, Trnneaaw, Ullico at McMurry i!c Mclntoah'i Drttf
Store. For enlc by all the Drus«iai« in Naahville.
Aug, al—Cm.
C i ^ n i r a i r f i i i n l o I n h t l i i i t o . Al McMinncilU, IVurrrn <:uvnl}^^ 'J'cnn.
I L L be opened'jii the (irat Monday uj JaiiQiiry, IB,')].
The Faculty, fur ihe present, willeonaiato Kev. J«iii» P0WICI.L, Princi|iul.
w
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Mrs, F.. Powri t , . Muirnn. Mr, i'owell ia too intimately and exienaively
kniiwMhruugbiiBt our State und the Soatb* west, ad an accompUtihed ai;holar and gentle-inun, to rei|uire even a remark in way of com-inendaiion nn the p.irt of the Trustees.
Ilia moral de|>orlinent and literary acntiire-mcnla eminently qiialilv him for the highly re-»|ionsiblo ptuiiiili V, hicFi we have intraaled to hia care. Oiher T eachers will be added aa the want! (if the Inatitution require.
The Truaieea and Teachers will spare no lahnr nnr expen»e in furniahing every posaibla facility for imiiartingtii each Pupil a thorough literary aud ornaraentnl education, embracing all that i» neceasary to prepare a lady for tha re»|)oaublc siatiuo which ahe fill* in socictv.
Every Pupil will be thoroughly iustrocted ia Spelling,Reailing, Writing, Ariihmetic.Gram-mar. Geography, before advancing to the higher aod mure cirnamei{:al braucbes.
Every possible effort will be made to place the advantages'of education within the reach of every claai^of sracietv.
" T E E M S OF^ T U I T I O N . Primary Department, Spelling, Aic.. S 8 OP Freahtnan Class, 10 00
D.
30 cents. .•50 65 "
00
4 50 6 00
TH E AMERICAN F E U I T C U L T U -• R I S T , containing directions for the pro-
pagation and cnhrure of Fruit Trees, in^the Narsery, Orchard and Garden; with descrip-tions of* die principal American and.Foreign varieties cultivated in the ytuted States, =by John J . Thomas. Il lugtrat^ with 300 accu-rate figurfes. P r i c e d ! 50. "
P"or*ale. by . . G R A V E S & S I t A N K L A N D .
' ••April i s ; " . M-H -.- ,"1 . --.Vn-,-t' I ,t\.\ Y ^ E F I S T E E ' S Q . U A J ^ . ' ^ Q J D I G T I P J ^ , V V R y , ^ a b r i d g e d , ) new^aapply jus t re
ceivedby, ' ' G R . \ V E . S & SHANKI iAND.
corner of.WiUlam. J ^ r l ^ cists pneriHy tlrrojigtiunt tlie and Canadaa- Pri<^ f I p«rtotUoV«HT)blUiB»-ft*S|5t' '
-•Fo^ aale by - ' • > • - » W. W. BEBBY. .
Pec 14, lS50 -NnihTilla S o u t h e r n B a p t i s t A l i u a n n c
AND ANNUAL REGISTER F O B 1851!.'!
a o , o o o C O P I E S . Now ready fur . Disiribulion.
Price—lO centS per single copy. Si pCT 'diften.
8- bnodred. i pULLi sn|>plii;s of the Register can be ob-
tained of the foUowing individaais, viz: Rev. Jonathan Wiseman, Sumner co. "Tenn. D. Carr, Esq. Lebai.on. " Bew R. W . January, Murfreesboro,' fiev. J . J . Smith. Scminerville, " Rev. Jas. M. Hnrt, McLemoresville, " Rev. .1. P . Arnold, Camden, Thoa.C. Webb, Brownsville, Rev. JaS; Carson, Cleaveland, " W ; T & J K Cartwright, Cherry Valley " Rev D. Wagstet, Rowesville, Bi^tprd co. Wm. B. Burditt, Austin, Texas.. , Rev O Dodson. WoUing's F e r r y , " Thos..J.'Ung1ies;iCtarksviile. Geo; f -Tte*?.- J . - W . A!vi«, Bachartan, Lewis co. Va.
G R A V E S &JSHANKLAND. Nov. 30.
Sophomoiie'
; ^ u s t ' I i e c e i v e d . . A .NE,^ supply of the Psalmist in vanojis
styTeaof Hndirig, Mbra<Mg the Pocket,, •pew andPnliiit Edititins:'' -' -''> '
- G R A V E S & S B A N K L A N D -
K1 - ' 12 00
_ 18 00 iag*^ Jin^ic, PaimiDg, Needle
wOTk, aji3'piher ornamental braochcB ^ the nsualrates.
The A'cadrmic year wHI be divided into two aessioii?. The first to commence with Jan-uary, and end with May. The second to com-mence with July, and end with No-irember.
At the close of each session, the Pupils will l»e exnmined publicly, upon the branches which t t ^ have been studying.
"The Edmonson- Female Academy will be fitted up for the accommodation of the students, nnttl the Edifitre of the Instirute is completed.
Board, wttb-^rtisting, lodging, light and fuel, can be had in the best families, at fi-om S30 to S35 persession.
The firBtsesaionof tbe Institute will open at 10 o'clock, on the first Monday of Jan. 1351. at the Baptist Church, when pnblie addressei will be delivered by the Principal, President of the Board of Traatees, and others.
For {iirther inibrroatjon address any of the Trustees. -
G.. J . S T D B L E F I E L D , Pra. W . B B I T T O S , Sec'y. TRDsaTBES.—L. O , Mercer. S. J . Mitdkell.
W. M. French, Joel Hall, S. D . Rowan, E-B. Cain, Je?8« Barnes, D. G. Medeans, Mc-.Minnville; 'C; K. Winsttm, A. B. Shanklaid, T. 4).. McCreeiy, Kev. i . R . Gravea, Sash-ville; W - P- Martin. P . Anderson, Lebanms
J,-M: D. Cates, J . B. Taylor. Bei ^aie;JohiJ Warren, Sparta; J . G. Bai^ SbelSiyinlle.
1850-tf
J , R . G R A V E S ,
VOL. V
T E N N E S S E E Pualisked ererf arri B* al
um i &ucl TERMS—$2 (lOperannu^
Btlherni of the fcnr. Nn| tBi..-« for time lb:.n one disrretion of the pulili-hers.
r ^ AdTerti"emrnu insen ratps. C^AII letters on bus
tion. should be addri?" Baptist," N«hvill«,Teni»., p j
Persons sending us the sulj .ub.rribers. -ilinll r-reivo
Offirr of tbe T.-nnr ^ p.,„u Store ni.d n-p»-ilarj-, a,..„. from the BniiV of Tenn^
1 Suhsrrib,-r. uhn do n, the conrmrv. nre pon.idrred th,-ir •ubsrriptio""
2. If 3ubsnriber« nrderthe j periodicals the puliiislier reuraie. nre paid, nnd subsrrilj all tlie numi<er„ se
:1. If Suh-criheis neglect 1 T«f« noidictij* frcirn tlip oitire to e,l. they ',re held njspuns tl.Hir bill- cud ordered 1 up.i.—S-nding numbi-r. i.iu:kl nffire. i» ii.it "iirh iioti-e of I |i,ta requires.
•t. If Siiit.i-ril'er* remove i.if.,r.T,irr Ihe puhli-bers. And to the f.,rm.-i .lirepti.m they ar|
.*». Th,* courts hswe d.-ride^ newspaper or perindirnl finn and li-avuiL- It unrolled lor, I ZTrii,i. IS prima fiicte '•videnJ
< R - L ; T P I
SlinnT SKHMON,! f Pr a, Ih :! Oil a IllM
o r J D l K N i - E TO T i l l THE SURE T E s j
Luke x\ - :iH. Muttlie^ VII i l .
Aa the Saviour was on a cerlnin occtthiun, B| the crowd, dnpply nfloclj nnd ndtniring llie (rroat'T voice, and in atrikin(rlan| blnsaedneai ol bur whi}« a aim,
Metnoroblc w«a the r e | rather blfsaed are they (Jod und keep It." Waal Lord highly fuvurt'd, fxd being the individual uppJ tain auch a rclulltiii to tho true w»» the Miijfel'a • tl at are highly fuvori'd, I bleaspd art ihau ninnn|;| waatlip prediction which aelf uttered." From hJ tiuns alinll rnllpd inn bloal eratioii ot il urisea prunl Su it boa been in ages pf end of tiino.
And yet the Saviour [happy] are ihcy llint nnd keep il." "Tlirre ia I thU reply, lliyli lis WftJ ry, preat as wua her hnpH rent of llie Meaajnh, yel he, are tliey that litmr a | God. Whut other wo taught the iinpuriance ol God, and the happinesa [ il! This was indeed tin lileaaed privilege o( Miirj end happlneiiH have all I
Let me remind you 1 of our Snvinur inculcal menls. Mult. 12: 46-5(1 ed with the people, hehl brethren stood wilhout, ( him. Theji one said mother and thy bretlirei ing to speak with thee,, iMiid unto him that told I er, and » ho are my breL ed forth his hand towj said, Behold my mothen For whosoever shall do J who is in heaven, the aq sister and mother."
Here you perceive thd as his nearest and dea do the will 01 his Futlieij
Murk and Luke alsor Luke thus in brief exp Sttid—"My mother ond who hear tbe irard of another expression is 1 same thing. To do th^ the word of God are id uttered by his prophet BpuBllesjdeclareshiBi is to do what he comn dey God, Christ regard In affirming this, how 1 set forth Uie importanij will of God.
Lei me remind you of of Christ. Matthew that Bsilh nnto me, Lot | tbe kingdom of heave will of my Father wh the wUl of God is the | piety. Here rune lhe | distinction between wicked; between those into heaven, and those from it.
Whatever appea poEBesB, and however \ the aafety of your stati will of God, you are n l as certain as the word] word aball not pass a« .nward piety is deciaiv