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BT U T . c. B. SF€<aSa5. -Aa< I v3l rvfane the xma that One locast batb

Maw of t did I n a e l am and kov n r i o s s w e n t f c e e a e M eaed for tfceir ewiectiaD u d tecor-arf. T b t w t m j i a w A d t l>wlauHi,p«likaoe UriinuJ tJwir pepalstk», famine i^tzod

, or «xtard«Ht Ibj tribate their ccmUnuid b o i m . H « n v e aw tlie La rd s a n g h u great saty «f iioeeO to trovhle them hbmU in b o d j b a t isigfct; in t l i w n a m b e n were tkese wat-i k a of G«d. Noite coald vi thi tand t i i a i , in Taia eitber t&« sva id or th« tlie vuiged k f b u lMi|had to teoni evezy e i w t to destroy theouand oaeicaH the m n p a r t . taey scaled i t in • a i d a t u t ; no place was seenrc from their at-

, a o green thing escaped their rapacity, r t o r f t l e the da*vtat ion whldt thcv caaacd!

i them w u an Eden,*^ but their march ' i t radaeed i t to a deGort; aa the fire de-

the prairie, w did the«! insect band:? l a ^ j the froits of the r ine ja rd and the field. I n the Bujeatie imagery of the prophet, the deatratt ioa va« au avfo l that the earth is said to ^'^qaakB befcare them, the he&reo? tremble, the SOB and Gie bkkbi ve re dark, and the stars withdrew theis shining." B ^ o l d what the Lord doth agundt a sinfol geueratioQ'

Now th« Praphet ezhorteth them to hamble themaeire* before God. He bids them make an TtniTezml fast, ' 'Assemble the elders, gather the children, and thoM that suck the breasts;

. let the b n d ^ n x i m go forth oat of his cham-ber, and the bride oat of her cloaet; let the pzieats, the ministcn of the Lord, weep be-tween the porch and the altar, acd let them a a j , • Spare thy people, 0 L o r d . ' "

Then, when they repent, " t h e Lord ^isall tanx &am his fierce anger," he »hall diiiband his insect army, he shall again ^end them w m and wme, and so fiiQ shall be the barca with wheat, so oreiflowing the rata with wine and oil, that by God's goodnes ^ the jeara which the loenat has eaten" shall be restored. Be-hold God's g n c e onto his people of old, and let na look for a parallel in the£« later days.

L Begatd attentirely the unirmal Church of Ckritt. Has ahe not had j ea r s which the locust hath eaten? See her when the demon of persecution hath made haTOC in her midat. Hor bLAopa and her eunfesors bkre been killed all the day long, and her saints counted aa sheep for the slaoghter. B a t ha:3 ahe been orerthrown. has the enemy utterly made an end of he r? S a y ! He r God has given her increase in the hoar of her sore trarafl, acd has well restored the jears which the locust had eaten.

A t other times / CTTsy has done her immense nrizchicfc Some doctrinal error Las blighted her grsen pastures and turned her frui tful fields into barrennty=. and her pleasant places hare been laid waste. A well glossed sjsieia of error has be«i rampant, and troth has hid-den its head. E i e foithful esased from among men, or when found they were as " the voice of onu crying in the wilderness." A t the mel-ancholy proqiect the believer might have .taken up the wail of Jeremiah. " O that my head WETS waters, and miuceyes a fountain of tears tK.t X n i r ^ t ircep day and night for the slain of the daughter of m j people." B a t there were a few ButLful and devoted men, who Lsd ac t defiled th&r garment!, these wept and made supplication, and l o ! the breaches -trere healed, the error was uprooted, and truth again tri-omphed, and so mighty was the tnfiuence of divine gnce , that those years devoured by the loeu^ were restored in the superabundant joy of the l i ^ t of God's countcsance.

gometimcs the opposiiioit of ike icorid im-pedes the progres of the gospeL and thus the loenat seona to dcvoar ^ e expected harvest A t the presQit ume, although the Lord has honored miaaond, yet we are apt to be dis-eoozagcd at the £mallnes» uf our success. Be; doth no t bow down, nor doth Nebo stoop. False aystema do not fall. Idols arc not nni-vezuUy cast to the moles and the bats. We axe hi £ram depreciaUng the ' real success achieved already in Mi.saionary work, but we say ta y » i « who are disappointed: Snppc<se the worst, granted that these years a r : un-p n f i u b l e , let us ktbor atilL let ua even increa^ oar efiirts, k t as caat more bread upon the watna, for we shall find i t in that day when tfae y«ar v iudh the locust hath eaten is restored. Oiirist will soon say to hia Chorch, '^Oh, my belored, thoa hast labored for me, and thou hsr t hoiKned me by continamg thine efforts amid ^acooragementa. 2iow I will bless thee, sow win I g t r e Uiee Uiy reward; lo, they come unto A e e u d o r e s to theirwindows; lo, t h r o n g aacend ^ bil l of Zion, kings are thy nursiag &tfaezs, and qoeena are thy norsing mothers. B a j t m aod ba glad, for thy wo:k is rewarded, and the seed long buried in thednst doUi yieli thee pleatems aheaves."

Tbiu it is with the Chordi unirenaL I L Saw le t na look a t any poHiadar

Ciwrdk of Bedttmer. I suppose there is Bot a efaareh of Christ n n d a the heaveoa which baa Dot had tto t i s m rf d a i k s e s and barro i Mas. I t n a y be, reactor, t l ^ in y o v own efandi the locoit b b o s j .

I t loctui M Ik* pvipiit Do yoa hear tHdUmgwyeh is not aeeuiduig to

atrand doc-tomi A n b s B g c y i o t ^ ^ l i n g for^Iaek af tts b i i ad eC BR^ ate* jaai Bumbeta dimin-^ f i l Moa^^ then, a a i p i s r e m s ^ t , le t a c t j n ^ r W fiabU tlw o A S f l ^ fer tfcii deaida&m tf Ha^ < 3 ^ M l f T M l i ^ t k a f c k z walls l U l ^ a ^

L and kar idoty reeovered.

d j o r d i ? Alaa , tooBMiiy«Aor«ieearerentby conteatioQ; atrifc bad» entered; " t i i e root of (Ktteraesa ^ffingeth and thereby many are defiled." The ^ i r i tna l i ty of others has been greatly iojorad by the locast of jffide. The rieh aMmbers atanding aloof from the poor, as if t h ^ w o e not all equd in the hoase of God. P i ^ t ^ the " eaakerworm" of worldliness and covetoaaaeaa ia too maeh abroad, or the crawl-t i ^ "caterpi l lar" of iadiibrenoe ia c n ^ i i ^ over tbe d iareh . Oh, theae are aad tiaws, b«t there is hope. If there be a dioaen few, '^a remaaBt aeeording to the ekction of grace," who sigh for the waoderiogs of Ephraim, oar eoveaant God will hear their groania^ aod

W W i n n t a d ^ kw ^ H a r e WV not 86C9t a poor destitute ehurdt raise from the donghiU aiid made like a prince in Israel?

Charch metabers, here is a word for jou , iriioi yoa bdiold the barrenness of the land, do not murmur, ba t pray, do not be discontent ed, but be earnest in prayer. I t may be that in a little while the &ce of things will hare become dianged. The locust may be removed, aad 60 great shall be your prosperity, that yoar increase shall make amoids for your late d i s t r e ^ Be not disheartened, trust in your God and pray, and lab<n- cm, for he has prom-ised to g i re yoa a reward, and he shall " re-store th#years whidi the locast hath eaten."

k e t through these locusts. Once the Bible was a barren book to as, we had none of the oy of the Lord, we were without Christ, we

knew not the delight of prayer and fellowship with him. Oh how immense our loss I But, >eloved, our God can and tciB restore if we i re near to him.

He will ^ v e us com enough to supply those many years of famine, the fatkine shall devour the lean. We ^ a l l be so satisfied with mar-row and b J i ^ s , that i t shall be as if the es-sence of years of happinei« had been distilled into one single hour of beautiful rapture. Oh, the baoqoeting hoase! Oh, the choice old wines, and the long stored f ro i t ! My readerii,

j o a h u m the- plcMvre whieh- n y "wM^T are not capable of expressing—the joy of ; rears bound up in the hours of one day.

Thus doth the Lord restore to his people the years which the locast hath eaten.

To the ungodly it must be a gloomy reflec-tion that this promise is not for them; that they can tee it with their eyes, but shall not eat thereof, because they believe not nn tLt* name of Je$u5.

And now, the God of all graco b- witli ttifc reader. Amen.

I I L And now, beloved, let us come closer home to our otcn personal esperiatoe.

Ah, as individuals, we have had years which the locast hath eaten. Wha t were those years before our converaon ? Useless, barren, void, eviL As we go into the tomb of our departed years, and by the lamp of memory look throt^h the darkness and bdiold their ccrpscs, we must accuse ourselves of having dain many of thtm. We have killed time, and this is the worst kind of murder.

Sorely the time past did more than suffice to have wrought the will of the fiesh, of thobe years we are now ashamed, we would not m o -tion them without a blush of shame at otir re-bellion.

Alas, these are not the only years which have been the prey of the loctist. Since our regeneration mudi of our time ha$ run to waste. Backsliding has made our souls bar ten, and our green things have been utterly destroyed. Hours have accumulated to days, days have increased to years, and looking upon the great aggregation of wasted time, we stand starUed and amaaed. Time b not a thing to be triSed with, i t is a glass with diamond sands it is a river which ought to be navigated by rfiips of diligence, otherwise i t will become its iwn avenger, and drown the man who has idly bathed in its waters, or floated dreamingly

along its &ar£u:e. Ob, my brother, dost thou stand amazed at

the time which diou hast lost ? Would you not give all that you have to see it restored ? And e m it be found again ? Is there any diver to )e found who can descend the depths of the fathomless past, and recover the jewel which I eo carelessly have suffered to drop into these abysses ? Oh, can the wealth of empires re deem my mis-sp«ait years ? Can mountains of gold be the ransom of my wasted days ? Nay They are goae, and gone forever! The past can never be recalled 1

There are three monarchs. the Ring of the Present, who sits on a throne of clouds, with robe of air. a crown of vapour, and a shadow}-sceptre. He in the centre holds an empty dominion over the hours which march from the empire of the Future which lieth in the east From the realm of futuri ty, the unknown monarch of ages to come, sends forth the hours one by one, they man:h before the Lord of the present, and then they vanihb into the domin ion of the pas t Here in the centre I am fix ed, and lo my yearsi, like captives, are driven into the regions of the eternity gone by Methinks I will attempt to soften the heart of the gloomy master of the past, perchance h may return some hour which* he has seized upon. I ask. I beg, I supplicate. He smiles in derision. " Kestore!"' saith he, " Thoa foo I have devoured them; like Satum with his sons, I have rent them limb from limb and fattened on them. Sec here this hour which thou thus vainly wasted, is now in mine hand.s Each moment of it is my food. See. I will feed upon i t ."

Tell it through earth—sound it through creation—lost moments cannot be regained.

But sec, the text says, that the years which the locust hath eaten shall be restored, by which we must understand, not the years, but the produce of ihe years. Locusts could not eat years, they ate the harve&t thereof Now Christians, rejoicc a t the thought, that though thy years are gone beyond recall, their benefit may be restored to thee. Dost thoa grieve over thy years becatise thou mightcst have im proved them to thine instruction ?

I t is well to lameit their loss, for how much you might have learned in that ill-spest period but fcorrow not as one without hope, for so great is the power of the Holy Ghost, tha t he can quicken thy Acuities and teach thee in one year the experience of twoity. Oh, gray headed c o n w t , thy wasted years may thus be recovered by the t o e i n g of the Most High.

Again, those years have robbed of opportu-

BHOBT S£BMONS. '"Give us this day oar daily bread. '

I . By this bread is meant, not only the bodily food which Providence supplies us with, but a 1 so that nurishment of truth which it dailv provides for our souls; it is the bread -which nourishes to eternal life.' ' which makes the soul increajse and grow strong in the trials of faith. Thii , God allots us each day , apoint-ing precisely those inward dispositions and outward circumstances which arc mo.- t proper to make us advance in faith and solf-denial and we receive our daily bread from him, in accepting, as from hia hand, all LLj appoint meats.

I I . Hunger i.s what gives rel!>h to food, and makes it digest. Why have we uot a huu ger and thirst for righteousness ? Wh\ arc not our spiritual appetite.i as keen a.-. (Lose of the body ? We tliink the man sick who bus. lost his appetite: and so it is with our souls . they languish, and are in an evil state, Ifhj; as they are without a spiritual Luiiger fur that food which coiaeth from God. The uoun.-L ment of the soul is truth and ri;:hi>.ousnc.-s.— To know what is truly to bt- filled with it, to be strcLgthtned by it. thui i> iLc .-piri! tial food, the bread of Leaven, we are to teed upon. Let u.-« appear before God with the earnestness of beggars who cravc .=ome bit ad to subristoa. The woi^t t i ad of -poverty is. not to be sensible of our wants I.ft us, there-ore, read and pray, with this mental hunger

for what should feed our souls, witii tiii- >t jement thirst for that water wLicb - j riogotli up into everlasting life. NutLiug b'-it an earn est and cvntinual desire i>fin>inicti.-ii ( in jua! ify OS for the knowledge of the wou.lruii.-. of God's law. Every one receive, tlie ki.o»l edge only in the same proportion h< deMre. it. A great degree of tliis de^ir' 1- Uk prop, r preparation for waiting upou God 111 all ihe ways in which he has diri cle<i u.- to .-rvk h:.-blessing.

w m t h o N e w l y O r g a n i z e d S o n t h e m Bap* t i r t S t rnday S c b o o l TTnion I n j u r i o u s l y aCCy t t h e S o u t h e r n Fobl ie iUion SooietyP M r . Eorron :—In a former article I simply

disavowed for myself and those who had desir-ed and labored to secure this organisation any intention or pvrpoM to injure the Southern Publication Society. I t may be poosible, how-ever, that although wo had no such purpose yet what we did for ajio^Awpurpoae may have such an effect, though undesigned. This, there-fore, b a question deserving of oar serious consideration. The constitution of the ITiuon was drawn up without any suspiciMi that it^ provisions when carried out in acttial practice jnitthi or aeald M y e t b e r B i ^ s t orgmn-iiation in existence. We are perstiaded that they were adopted by the Union with the full oonriotion that they wotild have no such efiect. It is not always possible to see into the future so clearly as to know before hand just what may occur as to the result of any plan of ac-tion. but it does not appear to me that it will be diiheult see what will be the working of this plan if brethren, instead of oppressing and thwarting will heartily co-operate in carrying It out.

The second article of the Constitution reads as follows " The objects of this Union shall be to call the attention of the Baptist;> of the iSouih to the importance of Stinday fc^ebools, [to provide and recommend to them suitable books and other publications and by whatever means we can to advance the iDterest.- of Sabbath Schools kmong our breth-ren.

.\ct "1, Further provides that iu the execu-tion uf the.NC objects "The Board of Managers >liall have a right to establish a depository of l?ur!day School books in the City of Nashville witl. branches wherever it maybe thought nec-e^>ary—make contracts with authors, publtsh-ir> and aj ; i i . t j ai.d do what ever else may be

uecosary to the efficient accomplishment of the objecL- .specified in Act 11 "

This I.- all that can be brought in any way to bear upon the interx>ts of that society The Sunday School I nion may "^jrociJt Sunday S hooi ItiM.ks "—so may Sheldon, Blakeman

id" New Vork. So may every Baptist merchant in the South. Would this trouble tiii S.iuthern publication Society? But it may

need for their Sunday Schools h> f u from be-ing injured by tho Sonthem Baptist Sunday School Union it will find in it the most effi-cient of all uuxiliariea. I t wUl be the right arm of its strength. I f it does not chose to in-vest its capital in this way it will not surely be so much like the dog in the manger as lo feel hurt because some one else is led to do what.it could not or would not undertake.

t k i a x s A O T For R^tytcmt T.tbe^ ta AW JOMtouLl tk* frst Jlaptiit llood skmi im Jr^ Otdest Bapfist C%«rdk ts AmurioL, 1 dener CkurcA. J. B. Grans, Editor.

(TUia work coatains betw«ea twa^ dred p»g«(. Only a »nj»n part of ft I lished "m this paper. Tbe second part! taut Ubtorica] doccsie&t, tliat cvoy Bs'j possess.]

C H A P T E R XV.

when the executioner ceased a laoment in der to spit on his hands, w aa t s take a ^ hold the handle of tbe whip, aad n n d c r the e t r o t e more severe. Tlds he did threa"^ times. Daring the infiietaon of b k pamfal seoaii^ng, Holmes a u d to die p e o ^ :

."SKUtiai jtc. 2\ \ V T O Y S H O B T S E R M O N S .

We are the Li>rd"v Romans. H S TLe Lord has every kind of claioi and ri^'bt

to us. 1. From hi.-» creating power '2. From his providential care 3. From h b redeeming mercy, 4. From what we Lave dune. If fhri.-liau?,

we have solemnly and fully givcu oursehe.' t.. him.

(I.) At our conversion (2.) At our baptism. (•3.) At the oft renewals of thi.i dedication. Having opened yo i r mouth unto the Lord

yoa cannot go back. To whom would you go Do yon wi^h to go back "r

lO.VlLl. lO.NS. 1. 'Tis your highest privilep- to l^long to

the Lord ± l ie will take care of you. 3. l ie will provide for you. 4. He will guide yoo with hi? counsel 5. He will receive you. in his own time and

in his own way into his glory. Are yo!< Christ's ?

nUies for ustfiduess; and it is proper to la-ment them. B a t be i t knovn that some, who, like J o h n Newton, have been called Ute in life, have yet been very oaefa l ; and by J b o r ^ u d the giacioaa benediction of heaven, b a p aecOTipl i^ iedal i feJabor inafewyears . T b m is hope, i ^ mgeA C h r i s t , y e t Grace ean restore the years iriiidi the loenst bath ea to t . L a m m t that tb«a i d i o d d ^ have % o w n away

abortor t b d a y t k e a m x a ^ te w I f |fa« a s g d of d ^ is a t o w a b d i i U v , Jet ns l a l i w v i & l l w ^ii&MDea a i . " w l i a ^ ^

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S h o r t P r a y e r s . ••Wtrt jr praj. not rain rrpetit'oi.-... tb'

-sut t . Ti. I n 1715 I ^ i a o d with the Duke of Ormonde,

a t l t icbmond. We were fourteen at table.— There was my Lord Mar, my Lord Jersey, my Lord Arran, my Lord Lansdoune, Sir Willian Wyndham, Sir Redmond Everald, and Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester The rest of the company I do not exactly remember. Du-ring the dinner there was a jocular dispute—I forgot how it arose—concerning short prayers. Sir William Wyndham told us that the short-est prayer he had ever heard, was the prayer of a common soldior, just before the battle of Blemhom, " O God, if there be a God, Mve my soul, if I have a soul !" This was follow-ed by a general latigh. I immediately reflec-ted that such a treatment of the subject was too ludicrous, at least improper, where a learn-ed and religioas prelate was one of the com-pany. But I had soon an opportunity of mak-ing a different reflection. Atterbury, secm-ing to join in the conversation, and applying htmadf to' Sir WHliam Wyndham, said, " T o u r prayer. Sir 'Wlllkn^ is indeed very short ; bu t I remember another as short, bu t a*madi bet-ter, offisred up likewise by a poor soldier in the a m e emnmstanecs ; if in the day IMt le t fo^H ti^Wthra not forget m^ ! ' ' ' X ^ a a A t t e r b ^ ^ n o n o a i i ^ i t , . wiUi 'bi8 Bsoal g n e e aad vaa a go i t l e a i ^ po-l i te tepioof and was'^ immediately^ f d t by the

i ^ o i i i m d k m w p ' i r t iok twap tny .—BeUt r f by Dr. i ^ .

> 3 . - S S k W ^ ^ S

le >aid to yi-vrtJe books means to puidtih Ui. ks '' Such was not the intention of the au-thor., of lilts rotistitution. If this had been, I hen- was no lieed of giving the Board power tip negotiate with Fublishers as well as authors to procure them II was no part of our design to form axi establi.'iliment which should collect funds to invest in buildings and jirestfcs and liiiJeries for the mantifactnre of Moks. The i bjeet which we had in view was to find the i/ii/iu'j thai cuiild and would produce the books that Bapti..ts need for Sunday Schools, and iLen by adopting and recommending such book.- lo #..-cure for ihem the confidence of tbe dLnomiuatiuii to bring them into notice and

(ii.-iire lor them a sale which would be re-luuui rail -f t') the author and to the publisher. Hi tt can till- injure the Southern Publication Sotiviy ' It hii- a large actjuaiutance among wnuug men L<.t a secure the manuscripts ul' author- .-uitable for Sunday School Books. It ha.- u large amount of money of the denom-iiiatioi. in It.- hands, furnished it for the very purjKjc-e of enabling it to print and publish hcaj' Il-i^ rist bvoks. Let them print and pub-

lish them as cheap as they can. I t ought to be able with such aid to do it more cheaply than any one else. The Uuion will buy where it can buy cheapest. How will the fact that tiiat the I'nion buys ita books and spreads them over ail the land injure the Society 'i l>n the contrary it will do for it just what the Society needs to have, and I will furnish a sure and reliable and large market for its productions. Due.- a .New Vork or a trnarleston merchant feel that his business is injured because a wholesale house is opened iu Nashville for the -sale of the same kind of goods 'i Far from it. lie rejoices that he has a new customer and that his will reach a thousand hands

through tills new channel that would never have heard of them or him if it had not beca established. Surely it cannot injure the South-ern Publication Society to open for it without any expense to it a thousand Sunday Schools that would know nothins of it or its books but by this means.

But one may say the I nion may be used for the same purpose by other publishers- Well what of it ? Suppose the American Baptist Publication Society should prepare and print a book just suited to our Southern wfcits and could furnish it more chcaply than any one ebe. is there any good reason why we ehould not have it. Must we never have a book but those ptiblished a t Charleston ? The brethren in Charleston would never say so. No sensible Baptist would agree with them if they should say so. If any one else can famish better books and cheapcr books than that society can with its large capital, donated to it by the de-nomination for the very ptupose of making books good and cheap they surely ought not to complain if the Union should buy other peo-ple's works as well as theirs. I f a book b needed and they can not or will not f u m b b it no one could imagine that it was injuring them to buy it from some one who could and would supply it.

The object of this Utuon is to make good Baptist Sunday School botdca cheap, and if it can get them er a t Charleston than in New Ori< isville, New York or Boston will require i t to get d « m stultify itself and lose the denomination if i t should refww laws of trade w d ^ t o ^ tbe worse books a t

e m ^ b l i n t r o n S o a e ^ chooea to e n ^ o y l i ^ n p i t a l u d c x t a w M , for the pTodnetion ' ' ininnii i ifrm

Is Controvorcy Bight ? To Mc Editor of ike FnmUin Chirck Jf,iya:iiu.

SoMB good men are oppotsed to controversy, and wish to go on in their work, as their fath-ors have done, without making any opposition. But when a man ia Eurroucded by error, \tt}-pish darkness, or heathen idolatry, and is dt--termined to "contend earnestly for tbe faith which was once delivered to the saints,'" can this be done ? Is there any one truth iii re ligiou tliat is not controveru-d ? Does not ev-ery Debt deny the bible, and every Atheist the existence of a God ? Does not popery de-nounce damnation upon all without her pale, and episcopacy deny the right of diaseut f A man, therefore, who determines not to teach any disputed point, noes in fact determine to teach nothing at all. Can this be right ?— The scripture invites us lo examine, investi gatf , and even controvert each article of our faith, in order that we may a.-^ccrtaiu the evi-dence on which it rests. Silcnce iu the disci-ple, darkness in the creed, and obedience in the subscriber, may do for the ignorant or sloth ful, but the Ilitelllgi-nt diseiple of Jesus will have a desire to examine all matters for hiai-self. The best acd holiest men of actitjuity were necessarily engaged in controversy. Mo-ses contended with the Egyptian magi ; Elijah die prophets of Baal ; and J o b debated with the prince of Edom The preaching of John the Baptist, the teaching of Jesus, and the ministry of the Apostles^ were inostly of a coutrover.-ial nature. The a^H.>stles arrived at the truth by ' much disputing" among them-selves, and con»ii;i-ed the Jew.-and Gentiles by disputing with both .\i;d hare not sou::e of our IksI divines lake a prominent place in defending the truth, by engaging in the great controversies c.f the day .' Should we like to part with the works uf (•xren. Chamock, and Howe, Booth, Fultft^ and Carsuu.—tu men-tion no ui'ire ' Vet,"after all, wiere do we find more christian me«kne^ tuorc holy zeal, more untiring patiinee, more espaudcd benev olcnce, or elevated devotion with any other el-ement that might adorn the christian character, than in tlie men we have mentioned ?

So long as there ia errur ia the .church, or wickedness ia the wnrld. it will be our impc-ratiie duty to labor af't r reformation — There can be nu n-fcrgiativ:.. without ehangx-, no chunge withma ui'..>>\ation , and innovation draws forth upp->silioa, which iy the very element of o)ntr>» rsv Bal, ev-jn .-o, whenever we s-h? error spreading around us, it Dnist, I -huiild tLink.be the duty of all who arc able, to Ufl up a siaudard again-t it — Zeal for the defence of the go.^pcl a- i tx-es-sary a- zeal for it- pri-pagaliou Eien ia the present day ,-otue new -ect i> often ^tartinjj up. some old error is often reviied, and some per-version, of divine truth I- daily is.-uing from the press, cotiseijucntly, so lung as thi.- is the case, the friend.-* of truth must expect lo fall beneath the curse of Meroz if the3- Jo not come forward t ) defend their Master s cau.se-Though the land of Canaan was given to the Istaliles, yet they did not gain an inch of tbi> promised posscs.-ion but at the point of the sword. Aud are we to suppose that the pow-ers of darknc-s will n-tirc before the servanL-of Jesus of their own accord? I t is in vain to think that we can ftilfil the Savior's ••om mission without being engaged in the most powerful conflict with ihe enemies of truth.— If such men as Luther and Calvin. Miltwn and Lock;-, Knibb and IJurchell. had avoided controversy, or sealed iheir lip- iu lilence, we never should h.ivi- seen the reformation, or en

AX ErrscTtxe ecxxs.

When the time arrived for thi Bapti:,t preacher to be led forth acd the voice cf tbe jailor was prisoB, Holmes listened t o i t chterfolBesi-. Taking his testi hand, he went forth with him to execution. As he approached th^ hippirg-{•ost, around which were gatht^redi crowd of spectators, he calmly saluted tbes^ tho m.igbtrates were pre£«nt to k whipper did h b duty—Mr. Incr j who hxd signed his sentsuce, and' After waiting some minutes in the governor's coming. Xowel executioner to do his office.

' Permit me,'' said Hohnes, exeeu-lioner siextd him, '-to a y a few

' New is uo lime to speak," rep? But Holmes was ubwilling to hofff He desired to declare to the m' grounds of his belief, and the rej punish ment. He therefore lifted and said.—

•Men, "brothers, fcithere, and coi besecch yon give me leave to g^ words, and the rather because hi spectators to see me punished- a seal with my blood, if God give which I bold acd practice m ref« word of God, and the testimony That which 1 have to say. in brief, though I im CO d;.>-putaci, yet see] sell with my Blood what I hold, I defend by the word, and to dispu' with any thai shall come forth it,'

Magistrate Nowti told him. i g o w ts co t'.me lo dispute."

•'T't-cn, " i-onticued Holmes. give an account of the failh and or Tbi> he uttered three tiiiies. B u t Flint cried out to the cxccutioni do thine office, for t h b fellow wou a lony sj>eecL to delude the people

• In compliance with t h b aulhoiaf t ive man-date, the executioner roughly se dHolmes, and began to strip off Lis. clothes tccce was to be hiflictcd upon the; upon Lis garments. But Holme mined ui speak if possible Whi ti]«Lnhippcr wa- removing his do.

The sen-^stmer, not aras deter-

therefore s and pre-

paring him for the lash, he said t ^ h o people: the word

C h r i s t " "it is for

the joyed blessing of tuleration at huaie. Al-ready controversy Lias given u j truth and tx.h-Tty, and if we are faithful we shall eujoy p-^ee as an everlasting reward. TL .'n let tho.«<- who are lUlmiing among tLe:nselTes, or l i^put in j with others whether ro/ii/'^f-v-.tjir is right, remem-ber that it na." given birth to ncariy all tbe civil and religious privileges that we are permitted to enjoy.

Men may be induenced by various motives in proposing t h b question or rcj|UCstiDg us to let it alone. The pope hAt4l&controversy be-cause he knows that if (be truth of the g^fpcl should spread, h b authority would be ques-tioned, and his infallibility destroyed. Epis-copalians will tell you it is wrosg. because they wish to destroy a .spirit of free inquiry, believ-ing that this will incjease dissent, destroy their apo.stolical pretensions, and endaiigtT their worldly esiablisLment, Others arc not opposed to controversy, but they think that it necessarily engenders an anchristiau spirit, and therefore say that it had better be let alone : we have, however, shown that it is cot true, and proved that some of the greatest controversalistfi were men of the grcates piety the world ever saw. As the Israelites were not to make any terms of peace with the Ca-naanites in the p r o o ^ d land, hut entirely destroy them, so the christian, like t han , b engaged in a tcarfare of txierminaiitiR against all sorts of idola^^, error, and vice.— I f ^ ^ t o r were harmless we nwght let it alone,

~'it is r ^ o o s to the s^ols of mra i t must SjOBjevery clu^^tian to oppose it.—

e G»rl«8 proiSessor

^That which I am to suffer for of Gc-d and the testimony of Jes t •Xo," Magistrate Xowel

your e: r^ir. and ;.'oing about to se« ee the peo pi t ."

"Not for my error, ' said Holmi "for in all the time of tny imprisonment, w j t i n I was left aioue, (my brethren being goi all your minbiers in all that time vicce me of an error ? And wh governor's words, a motion was public di>pntc, acd upon fair ti renewed, and desired by hundrc! the n>ason it was not jrranted'f"

This was a close and significan As ail the multitude knew that putation had been anticipated. ba< taken place, the inquiry of Holm demand an answer. Nowel there'

• It was the fault of him wh and Would not dbpute," rcferrin But this, a-« we have already & iht case. ^

Fliiii becacio impatient at the < ilo juy, acd ri'iM-aied his ord^r to Uie cxecutio r,—

•Feiiow. do thine office." H( ae^ howev er. would liot remain silent, ^ lil-n being disrobed, be said.—

- I would cot give my bodyint your hands to be ihus brui--=cd on aay other a ous t whal-

COBUI^ rd of

_ by John, ' f t* ieal^lMi^ away.

laiion'

Tfarfint B*!«in Uoed h> ^iacnct. far BiSrisu lAoti. '•Though my fiesh and my q » r i t f i j i , yet God

will not f a i l " The poor saSaer did not faiL He found that bis strength was equal to his day. Though the lash was doing its Uoody work upon his sensitrve fle^, yet bis spirit was sustained by heavenly coBKilatiots. I n h b own account of h b experience dtirisg thia dreadful ordeal. Holmes sabsequcKtly said, —

~It pleased the Lord to c a s e in and £11 my heart and tongue as a v e ^ I fall, and with an .\udiblc voice I brake forth, praying the Lord not to lay t h b sin to their charge, and tellbig the pcopla that now I found he did not &il me, and therefore now I should trust hnr for ever who failed me no t ; for in truth, as the strokes fell upon me, I had sccb a spiritnal manifestatic u of Gc-d's presence as I never had before, and the outward pain was so removed from me that I could well bear it, yea, and in a manner felt it not, ahhocgh it ints griev-ous, as the spccts.tors said; the man ctriking with all h b strength, Fpittirg in bis bai.d three times, with a three«sorded whip, giving me therewith thirty strokes."

Afier. the requisite number cf pcunds tha t he was fined, (from which Icara that, accor-ding to the Puritan standard of penal meae* ure, one blow cf a thrte-cordcd whip, well l ^ d on, was an equivalent to one pound ster-ling,) the cords which fastened him to tbe whipping-post were tmtied, and he was set a t liberty. With joyfulcess in b b heart and cheerfulness in h b countenance, he turned to the magbtrates Flint and Nowel, a»id said.—

"You have struck me as with roses." Bu t not wishing to imagine that he regarded the punishment as Uteraliy light, nor that he was sustained by h b own strength, he added,—

Although the Lord hath made ii ea-'v to me, yet I pray Gc-d it ia%y not be laid to j o n r charge."

The #xiwd now gathcrd around him. same from mere curiosity, others inwardly rejoicing that the heretic had been scourged, whilst a third class were filled with mingled emotions of sympathy with h b sorrows, and indignation at h b wrongs.

ever . ; hundredth it out of

it voJuata-least in re-

yet now I would uolgive part of a wampum-peague * to yinir hands "

•rnbntton here," said the he gave his jacket *

•No."" said Holmes; ,-cient.-e of u n b u t t o n i ^ ^ ^ ^ of paying the s e n t ^ w R l tiiirt

do nothing t o w a ^ cxecuti just law. "

^ Faiihf-al to h b word, be woul n l y assiit the executioner in tb iioviiig his garments from his bi^

He was as helpless as if he rcre asleep, and the executioner had lo hi die him as though he were a statue. Still K continued addressing the people. , '-The Lord," said he, "having mifested h b

towards me in giving me 1 ^ t a n c e to-^ W s God and faith in Christ, jid so to be baptized in water by a messei t of Jesus, into the name of the Father, S« and Holy Spir i t , wherin I have fellowshi rith him in bis death, btirial, and resBireeti 1,1 am now come to be baptixed in aSie t i s by ytwr hands, that so I may have forth fellowship with my Lord, and am not at isied Eufferin"^ for by his stripes am 1 ealed.'

Tho«ecut ioncr , having remp d so much of ^is ^ r m e n t s as would iundei l e ^ e e t of tho scoarge, and h a v i n g ' ' ' post, aeixed a three-corded bands, and laid on die blows mancer. Stroke foOowe^

cora i s to t witbeSeetiTe blow I t t f i n g i ts crimson blue wale in tbe sofierer's Tbe only j^ana wbkfa o c c m n d fiiction of tbia bailiaroas

•Tbe part of a p o ^ ^ • '•ii-'-H..- Ji5i»

Lore to Christ. "I Tiil ic** thre. O IxTd, ar etrtcjth."—PnjcL rriu : 1, Xot only the fiowers unfold their petals to

receive the l ight; the heart of man also l a s a power of expansion. I t b love which pp«ii it, and expands it, so that the rays cf the frpir-iiual sun may penetrate and illcminc it. I h e Christian, in the wcrk cf stlf-cxamicalion, Ectd not direct his attention to many j o i t t s ; all b icclined in the daily question, B< w b it with my love to Chrbt ? That Icve to Lim ia of great impcrtancc, we must conclude, since he in a-nth requires of ns an afiection for bis own person fuch as no ore else ever claimcd. O Thou must be mors thar> father and mo*iicr, ti^an brother axd ^ t c r , cise how cculdfet then, the lowliest among the children of men, lay claime to such superabandant love? Since I have believed in thy word, all my deare has been t© lore thee, I will cot ctase to love thee, till thou ar t dtarer to me than iiatier, or mother and brodier! If i tey dety thee, if they reviie thee—^*hat b to dreadful as to see one's fjither or mother reviled a t our a d e ! — but more than when t b ^ resroach &ther and mother, ehall thy reproaches, thy wrtoig: go to my heart.

ilT GOD! I KXC W THAI I MCST D ^ "Ueiz. Gott! ich wei» woUl daia fee eterbe."

My God! I know Uiat I taost dir, i l j mortal life t5 pbisiog t ^ c e ;

On earth I Deuber bope nor Srr To find a Sasting mideacc.

Th<n teach me by i h j lieareclv Era», WiUi jov and peace my death lo fm.

MvSod! I know not when I die, i r t a l is l ie mocmt or tb«~^cr,

Honr soon tbe clay may broken lie. How quick pass a ^ j tteflower;

Then may iby child prepared be Thiongk Time to meet Eumity.

« My God! I know n(» I die, tor death baa many ways to came,

~Isi dark, myaerjoM agmy, ^ Or e«aile as a sleep to khdcl

J u t as thou wilt, if but b be Fa-ever, blessed Lord, with tbae!

HyGod! I know not v i m I die. fTfaere ia BV erave, besMtli w2iat s tnnd;

Tes froea its eioom I do raty " s ^ TbtedeUvsedbr tbybaad . i

CoBtefit, I ta)B whatnot if ndae, S i8ceant i t e ' eaz t fa ,myl^ ia t iaa«!

KTenu3onsf lod!wi i«i Ima*«e; O b ! b a ^ w b W a o o f a i f o w , ' '

T o c b a n ^ l ^ a d t i k y l r a i ^

k

B x n eomeaft ^ ^ a a i

1 B A P T I S T ,

" A H H T I L L S , DBCKStBBR 26, 1857.

AeAinx TBX v o u s .

nmkauiMtimateaf our own plftce, oar climr-U lOmm e r ^ l e to , OT^tMpects! | (on. * iwHO, lioee « bariiJ b thr oolf T ^ ^ " ? * ^ " t ia i iBnmieteefcNy r e p n M t i 4e«U>—And PiaJ , to beta f*** jf* M reooa with oorMhw euMBtly aliSltlw »b«»» paoMfais dJrtiocUy wyrs, »* »n> buri»<l

wlmt A s old ymr luw d<me fio' a i j l B Uwact, aod the rmising ^ to Upt iom i» an em-^ with na. And ahonld it b« onr l u t y » r , j Una of rrMmwrtion of chrfat.

US m a k e stuAi t i m e l y p r e p m t i o D . t ha t « t | l a tiw t v o simple o rduuu .c« of the Suin^r uiU whaUtver b o o r t h e s a m m o n s eomes, we m a y } Baptism, Uav.. tho cardinal and essential facts of d w t riadlj, rise w i t h t r i n m p h , and t a k e J UxTgospel gwiAieally sct'f.wti. ' M i d o f namOTtalitr in h e s r e o . * | Faal d«clatw (1 Oor. 15

V ChaicMl. ta rnwiiin-Hh B^ptiiti. hf 3b. BIM. «tth tb« -Html Buiiiftrts:* of WrtKy.witteMt duKfaw *t sotte-Htjanddtnetlrtath* ttcm of Uitarr.*~u>4 Mftm to rtadint* mj etaiai t» the wiiMtnc* of tk^^kUr—ret deaM K h M i l a ( M b n t k w t a tltrWrlacef vhos iun lM rtlrarMd-•n« t Mr. KW« fimrrt I <» tb»oalr nMi>« Mt B»-tlUa pa y r MniMtl? tt» fati—«» imi* a <peci>l cOort to fUem I hm laOaoMtan tk« <7* sT Pm^j i r t aa i narrvlivn. M «»|] M dtrfatlUM of Mlxr ilnoBlBatiou.

T» aM te th* watait ponibt* cimUtisB af thMF l*Rm. ialacciptiras«a]k»lakMkteriixBiicitlu>:ftr SI. and Ibr tlum Boath« at SO ermtM. u d all tack asmben icfidiK f m t u catU a«]r an «faiaat*d. S m rabantben b r aw jtar tiarii^ lim

avtr ethfn. a r Kialatmeraa daooailaationa. not ui«Krlbm. r u ham

tta Tnii I III I B»)itte *IT th» «attr» cMrrgit t w . far U in ad-Taacv. or flw Unt a«ir .>n<n- aumjka, «r«* w v tit mmkttuA-aeriiat.

t b e d o M o f t h e T e a r .

AM d m m mMthing piquant and memora U« m the Qorehj of fim experience, ao there M i o B i e t ^ « A Md evei «oWn» m the view rf iati tmm. And wt , the two aatitheees in « OTO life, Us UiA and his death, are ^Wuly w t t h m i t experteaee or conaeiotuneaB. E ^ and Deuh u » aliks bUadand inaensUe. T h e fim two j m n Imre almost nothing to n e a o r j . T h e n come a few elnaten for the ^ tmor j . W» are five or six yeans in the world hirfbre WB have htain WOB^ and nerre enoo^ to recsTe durable imprMii inn And, looking the other n j , by itf die greatest nnmbcr of people die witiumt apparent pain, vithont OMBtal wmabilHy; apparattly aa little con-eims of (kiliog Ufe as flowera are of the loxs of t i m petaiav «hen ripeness plneks them one

B«t it is a r a ^ dt&rest ei^ierienee that we h s v e ; when ia M l maobood—in strength, rigor, nerre, we tafe record, day by day, of ehM^e—peeing some thinp forerer, ealnang ^ u n some, and palpiuting vith ran-w« emotions wdnaas for the past, or hope fwthef i i tare!

Bat as 4»e may earekwdy read a book and &a half its meaatng; aa one may botglanee at a picture and p«coTe not half its beaaty: a« one may p«rt &om a trarcliBf aeqaaintancu almost withoot any iaai^t . so £ e periods and ^ t a of our life are irrt»ulariy dealt with. We glanee off from ereats befiice we see eren a titte of their meaaicg, we hasten MI to new th ia^ without rsadintf yet more raloable les-sons ra the old. Sho«ud snch things be pat in a book as ate happening to each of us erery day, we should hang over the chapters as if a stnuge esehaatment poMusaed oa.

Let OS redeem some thongfats fK>m the past. Lat OS eall op its shadows; pads the events •gain before us, and pour upon them tht light of sobered redeetion.

Wheu speaking of the end of time, we do not leAKt that it is ending every day, every hoar. While we are loolang forward to the close of our history, we neriect to look back and pereeiTe that our history has been a i^ries of eloaiiin; that the past is h««ped up and crowd-ed fall Qsf things—left, ended, fini^ed for ever.

All the per i i^ of time which hare appearxhi ysan and dajs to ns, are as effectually ended a» they will he at God's last day. when the angel shall lift up his hand and iwear before Him that iireth for erer and ever, that time shall be no more.

XeU me. what can TOU remembt^r, AND what

r ^ t e of your first five years ? Thev are gone without a trace. To you die time is not oolv gone, but they you almost without a re'- ( membrance.

Of the next fire jcan, how much eat joa recount? A zianeing thing, here and t h ^ , is reproducibte in your thought. But the years—the years—they are roUed away, died out, and gone, as have the claud<! of last sum-mer!

Then year Allowed vear. Thev came, inrew . . . . orbed to the fail. waLd, died, a n d ^ t " UkJ i " ^ are aU, «r

^ wroughl upon you like ^^ h, n igbi r»i>e i, eternity—wnose marks yon wiU carry^or ever. • , de>ceudm« iiit. ihe . i.ei... u, = n,a„ diawlTed and passed like drops of dew. One " " " " » ' by one. years are dead-twentv, thirty, forvy. [ fifty, e i^ ty I Go to the W a a d call them. , " " They Aall not hear yuu, nor obey I W e r e i they good, were they eyil—wcze they mLi.-p<nit ; aad pooriy uatd ? Nothing can retouch their j period, nor add to their rcconl. I< it a sol- i emn eonsideraaon to look forward to that time when yon shall stand on the brink of life and | look back on all your yeari? ? It i* a great j deal moreaffcctin^ to you to staad in the freah- i utas of youth, or mid-life, and look back upon what Tears are

LETTEBS TOK. L. B I C B - K o . XVII .

r»t EptstUt of tk* ApotOa nsl cmiy aford •<, jronu./ for hfamt Ji^plism bit btar UHimumy

agatmti it.

Ayo CoKJiutxat. Ha. N. L. RifE — z w Sir:—

I IvaT» examiiM-d ihe tcai-hings of Evaii;:elists a n d t l r t historr at ibe Apoitles' miaistrj-, a* reconl-•d by Lake, without fir.ding one word concerning the inatitutioo. «r the s l igh i« i intimation of Hifex-i»:enc» of such i practice: bni. on tite other hsiwl. throttghont tbe Go«t>«"Is and tf o Acts a rigid c m -ttn«u«ot of baptinDi u> beJier.-rs ouly. lndee.i. I wiU kixurd to vou g r « u fraukceM in freely admit-t ins that not » »ord fe!! frv>n, Uie lips "of Chriat toachius t t r baf.ti«m of injauts. and that no di»tinct mention is wade of it in the Acts of the ApooUes, or eren in Ihr Xew Te»tameut ii«elf aside froci the •nentioD of hooaeht'Id baptiMUs—and 1 Cor. rti: U apon »hsch j o u feang « itir« imfemut. Vou say in your book, page

" But why, ii is asked, do wc find i»> distinct m m tion of the baptism of in£mis in the Kew Tesia-meut ? iwTetal re»>cn may be given

•• 1st. Christian lKi|>Usm was not iastitoted until after the retmrrertion of Christ and. therefore there ctiald not be. in the fynr Gu»{<et». anv mention of the baptiMu of i<aanl!<.

The .Vets of the .-Viiofctles ctMitaio, iu twen ty-«i«tit ciia|>lent. a very brief and rapid sketch of the sac<-«ss of tb«- Gospel and of the history of the church, fi-r a peritui of about years. ' Indeed Lake, the writer of tije .\ct». ojufines himself main iy to aa actooai of the jottnieyinga aad labors of

of the a^Hisiles. Neces-sariiy, therefore mjinv things doise by the AposUesmust ba\e been otuilted. aad, of course, tiioae t h i n ^ would be omitted, which i r e ciade sulficietxUy plain in other |i&rLs of the Bible, and abcmt which there was no coctr».>Ter»y •

I now turn to the examination of the Kpistles to prove, that they cot ouly allurd no grt awi f..r infant baptism, but bear liie most Ooiiciusive tu tuuuuy against such a prju tice, a id , cotsciuenliy, agaiiu.t the existence of the rite in the Churches planted by the Apostles. 1 am confident that 1 shall do this so conclusively to leave no reasonable doubt upon the mind of the candid n a d e r and to place beyi>nd your power successfully to dijpr.ive 1 challenge you most rv^pectlully to the trial, or call upon you to yield the nuestioti by your per>isu-cl siUnce.

Before i-nicriDg ii}.n>c the i iaminat iou ..f ihe Epistles, aKuw u.e to n j e r . t i on^ few aiioni» thai hare aa important bearing upon the subject matier under consideration

1st. Since l>apu.-ai is a divine icstiiutiot. ail tlie

1-5) that lhr<» facta coBtt i tatetbe essence of the Gosiiel by wi ich m m are saved. I r t . That Christ <lied for our sias, ac-cording to tbe Scriptures. Jd. That he wi« buried 3. That he rose again tbe third day according to the Scriptures, and that of a-ese fkcts there abutulant evidence.

Xow, the Supiwr wa.s gi ieu a.« an emblem of the first fact, that Christ t ' .o i for onr . ins. It does not imply his rrsorrecUon or hi.t burial, but set- forth his Jove in for the Church. Baptism is an emblem of the two remaining his fcenW, and m u r r r r t u m , and who can ctmceive of anotlier act that would so graphically or beantifuUy rej)reseni these two fkcte ? Tlic thriie great facts which lie at the foundaUati of Christianity, and which are the only ground of our ho j^ of salvation an thu«. when-ever the ordinance ia properly observed diytiisctJy presented to view ISaptbm points us direcUv to Jesus a« the only aacrilice for our kins, aiwi to his resurrection as the only liop.- of our ju»tilicali..«,, ana as the sure pk-dge of our own future gloriou- r, sur-rection.

lio we not here see the sut>eriority of the new dis-peusaUonover theold , i n t h e f e w n t ^ aad cstri me simplicity of the rites employed and the r t a s e n M t luts of their observance, sini-e their teachings are so clearly obvious 1 How numen->ij» were the rites im der the Law aad how citnre their teachings m the Jews.

l>a. Owas says This was a great of tlie im-fierfectioji of legal institutions that lhe\ taught the tLinc^ which they signified and rt-pr. seut'ed i J^ore iy and th»- mind of Ood in them was «..t U arne.) but wiUi much difficulty. But all the ..nlinances and insUtutioDs of the gospel do give light into and e i hibit the things themselves unto the minds an.t f5»ith of b.aevers. Uerein they discen. the reas.H.s aiid ^^c.uud^ of their worship is called our rms^malJt /rmrr i R.>ni ]•' I . ' ;

The design of baptism advocated b> Uaptisis a* taught in the above jiassages. was nuivrr>ally under stiMjd in the first • eiiluries alter the .^|«)slU-5 aiid has ever lieen thr uniierva) or at prevailing Opinion « F all commentators in evtrj- ase until IM'TI

I will prove this by t l ree juries—Ut of the earliest fathers , 'Jnd, of the mos! dist iusuirbol ihe.>lt.:xiaijs iu the 10th and I7th . enUiries , .Ird tlie »taj;dard Pe»'.ul«apti>t L'umnx ijlatuis ot the iMh ai.J I'jOi . ^u turit>

likewise mijcht walk in DewacM of life, h a r e been grafted itito the Bkness of t j ^ death, shall we alM share his iwuiiect ioo."

Col, '»: 12.—"In Him, also you were euetuuciied I d e n y t b e c h a r M o f f t B a B & t w ^ i i & s e T n B c a s with a circumcisTon not made with bands, even the | p u t o r . " o r * « » » ^ E A ^ . . t t . . . «<rti . . i..w<.. . i ^ u .V ! I v T ^ ' " paaww » r o t - ^ w n t e a n t cwUng off the whole of the llesh, the d r c n m l | T i m o a s f o r ^ ^ I w ^ ^ ^ r f ciak>n of Christ; for with him you were buried in I T your hajitism. wb».-ein also yoa were made parUkers j M d i t t t a s about « of His resnrrmion, thnugh the faith wionght inj*'y> we admitted you by Go.1, who raised 1dm fToin the dead; and yon j serrice referred to, was a S a b b i ^ t>readim<r also when yon ww dead in tte tracsgressiora and | «rrice, for anotl»er nnc.rc«nc.s.on of your G d raised to share HU ^ t m t i n g f o r a p a ^ W ^ S l ^

In a note U | K I I , the clause " and wt-re raised," j serrice was only rendered C m Sabbath they say -This clause, which is left elliptical, I to Sabbath, or at the longest, r a s only an

is fully expressed CoL i 12. buried with him in I arrangement by the month. (4.) tapUsm. in w h i c h ^ w ye were made partakers of We hare now to fulfil OUT J his rrrorrecuon This pa.isage cannot under- | - , ^ t . . , - * stood unless is I * borne in t ^ d that the primitive f ™ baptism was by immersioo. j t h e cha i^ m a d e agatc^

'•Note i PlanttJ i»tke .'<i-enf« of its death, ^c., | engaged m an underhanded , literaUy, have liecome partakers hy a rital union I aninst the editor in oaeEtiaa.^ [as a graft with the tree inu> which it is graited) of I i ; . ! ! . . h e r e p r e ^ t a t i o n o f h i s d e a t h {i^ h a p u V ] ^ I STS-f S

the Sute of South Carolina—w him, not only full liberty to oar private letters of the kind

i.i

t u s 1 fcslIUo.M .f lui. t i B I l l . . ; llsEMa.vjA U U«>-1&<) J «h.«.e i.e .

ferreil to the i-ommeui-eniei,i of th- «.-.-<.n.i • S|>eak>ot -men goina down iuu> tbe xaur bwun.i to death, atil coming up out of ii apiHiiiieii i.. lit.

I«5iiATUs. IA I) 11)0 J in bis Kpist!. I.. iheChur, in Tliallia says, ' DaI>ti. nl »a> tiieii to - t f.irth the death of our Lorii

2 J i s r s .N M » B I T B We R R I . R E ^ ^ I . I ..UI i^ -L

ferines and re>urri-.-ti.>n by tiapti>m in a |i.>.>l 3 CuarsosTon |A U - i o j r.pie.-.ei.t> lli. ,..,uil...i

of l^ptism' as r<»ferriii "^at the same tin.? aiid death and to rr>urrecii.>ii ami lif^ heads being imuieise-l in tiie water aa la chre. the eld mat. ..ird ai.,1 siuku.u ,1 » hf4e is coticealtn! , once . then a new man rises aga;a. K.h a j il i seas j i.. I>e L>a|.iu<ii unimer-cl i and i.. eme.- ge. ..o ii i, f.., t,, b u r j the oid man K> brin- i..rtt, t J rhe li"ht tht-new

-t Bisii. I I W.- U-I.J L.aj.u-.l IJ.I.. .Icaiti in symbol : of the .lealL Chrisi should die t.. sin . a.id l.y the a.-.-, nt trom Uptism i the inimei Slot). beii a rai.Msl as ir..ui Ihe dead lue

God i.i Chri.-t Jesii^ and should di.- :,„ tuoi.- th.it is. &h<*uUl (.iii no nittre

li vSj J • As Je.-u.- UiiwiLg .ill- suis orid dieii th.ii having [>i;i i. dra;h

produced, but that is he would fairiy, we would reproduce them | Two of our letters hare beoi pn Tennessee Baptist of the ISth " duty bound we here gire the

l>una} ..or

sep.d «ii tit.

»e eiiiersi- the

r x k an lai-

judged: wiU the

rs w MKc ; They arc registered and Noti^en God's judgment dawt.-

iavent aa ordiiiaace. •UL U au otdi.iaa<.e is tiiibieajiuicai its sviuK-li-

cai imi-Jin is cieariy t3u-.;h: in the S .npiures siucr b»ing a part uf ap...siti .e duty it u not left !.>l«.ia

i . Wh«i. no symooi is as.-igttt^l u> aii orditiancwin the scnp ta res we are Iwcad to conciude it has none —We miy cot preauiiie to create ufie.

•"ith ia aii ri^-s ai-d 'irdiaancvs the /csi^n ur sig-r.iHia':cy is the aia.;n thmg and thi.s iirlemi!iic,s the form .tr action to IH- olrserretl. »

£. j. Tijedesia:i "f the L.-nl s ^ui-|ier «-a. u. re-r-tc^seni ihe broke:i t.»r\ aiid ji.>ux<d . ut I.I.rfvl of '.'hfi.>t Olid to reprc.i us Uiis detemjii^eti ihc break

of the bread aud pi uricg ciil . f . iug E W B L E * C I R R G J I . J I I . \ t s T U K A C T . . « K » S A - I . . R

pi.i Ajcr With th»se tnuL? a^ ai ioms » r r u v eiaiuine the

nature of christian i.aptistu. Has Uaptiscj UJie 'Jbe Sup[>er a <lel!a;le design nr

If vi>. that design is of divine ap-P'HnUEcat ai d i i a j not l-e chaugeti or di.srega.-dcd. It like the Lords .-upjit-r it .-mblcmatii-al the i,m.sUoii IS waaT i.a it AS E U s L r a ' it we can determine this simple and nf.sfsariiy phiia qnes iion. 1 for if Christ La." appi.inted it it nitt.st be ifious a= I exsily ascertained.) « e cannot mistake tiie priTer action, since the rmbieoi tcu-M i;ects.sa.-iiy deterniine the action IVR ihe tbi^irl .J! a riu- de-termines the / t r

or of ti;e rile. Th» n uhai i,s ilu' etablem of Dapii.mj ' \\ ,• muM luok aK.ne inio , Vew Testament to asfe[ta:c iL-is f.-- all decomiaa ti.30s admit that it t:a.-> a d< tinite sigTiiilca:.«y

We lied the signiliraDc; o« L a p t j ^ i ejp.-essly set forth iu Remans 6 1—.. ai.d Coi. 'J li;

nsr buried with hiai as he ui,s in th.-e to I again, walkinji in newne-ss of l:fe.

The aulltur ol the Apoi.toiic Coiis;iiuii..a> | \ SKI 1 says Baptism relates t.i the death .,t «

I the wat^r au.«wers to the grave . the imm. rM.iH n reseu.s cur ilyii.- I. (,::„ ,!,., ^i, ,

I oitli him ' : Jt r.T I 1 » , . , , V,. - I...,,.,. . ,

HAl-TlsT I •Jiivis r 1 ..» 1.. I. . 1"

i I 'Aj t i A.S die.i l.y i. hiiu by lufiti^ni iiiio d. . ih clar.>s .^ar d< a;h ..n! . cau-e he v> !i.i is j . bv this i)..ars a hk. i f -

iM ...

15.1 .-u; I

:li U'-.i.T tli<» Will.' u, thai i- liiri. ,1

I -

they be more fixtd and judged than th=T are already!

Not nnly ii there room for toleain thought in the larger |:criod» of time, but there is ^mething afketug in the kubdirifioos of tiiuc. E»ery Saturday evening has, to my car. a gentle knelL The week tolls itccJf away-one, two, three, four, five, si*, and the perfect -•wven—and I can almost hear the f ound dvbg si^aititancyi away, as if the days had slipped thoir cabl<^. and were driiiing down the stnam, but beatirn' j Cunt measures aji they retxde! And of cvcrj i one, one may say, ended, gijoe, I ."fcal! thci- j no mort: ? i

Dap ha»e some voice, likewise, in dyins They seowl and shut down drearily mmetim^. but ofiner die in gorgeoiL- apparel. the stin st04>M in the west, poa-es the horizon a t j is gone, 1 hear no audible voice. The sccnc speakjf to the eoul aa no voice may to the car ' The day ia mne—for ever' And no temple was ever builded aa days are—of wouderou^ , d«,ed3, of 9tran| < thought, of marvclotu faucics, i of deep feelings, at iugc experiences. All the frescoc* apon the Vatican are not so wonderful [ a* those which otir experience paiiiLs upon 1 «ia«le dayM, that move on to the borixuu. sink. , and go to the bottom, with all they have ' I

In Uke manner it is with seascms: the prom- ; is. of spring, the fl^ of auuimcr, the fidfiU- j ment of autumn, and the year s fleep—winter —ach of them goe?. with a gradual and lin-t^ rag step, so that we cannot demark their exit: and wo only know their departure after they have gone. Memory may glean them, hut aerer renew. Upon the futarc wc ca>t hopes, none u ^ the p a s t U p o n the future we throw good resolatiom! of amcisdmcnt. but aone upnn the past. Cp«m the future we caat a fertile fauey. and fill it with thick deeds; bat the past—apon that we caat ci% .-iighs, or tears, or faint joys—faint ait dried flower< are fragrant of die summer that is gone

But how much more marked are the com plettoat of ixperiaaa—the era oi early youth —the beginnings of things whose endings axL-with ua yet; the «eds whose stalks are yet growing; the foundations whose w^ls we are still building. We can look back to days of mrrow tlat gathered as clouds for i^torma—that rained, aad drMched ua; that threatened to overwhelm ua; that paaeed atd for ever hsft us, and now lie ia memory, round-ed out and compietcd things

How many hopa bom, ripened, fcrishcd. How many fears that tjuiTered. struck—like harmless lightnings m sunmier eTcniags—and ended f How many aspirations that flew

till the head was dizsy with

ihal ^ • 1 hn-, . • T.

xl...

...I isl-r .llj.

ifp i-ai;i I'J Iliis rt-a t-.i[';t/t».i U'

is I ut un.ier Ihe .-aril. U-. ju- , riod ba! li. ad mrii Irumiln- il u-, l-u.-.t^i li. l-aptisa. -Te i I.P HAS l.urMl i , Ir ii ;. l_ii. of llap I' 71 T j

2 LctuIlU. dieti II.ai ti.t- i peth a< lii!.l ii.l.. il... s,^i.i|i,.ii, ,i again bri::geth him out .-i it siL'siUies eiplaiiis il 1 Ki.in. vi ) Ueiiig ui-.i. ,! •sou 1 wnuhi have tliiK-e Ihat are I.. I • be or.tirely icii-erfed as ih.- word mysit ry Ii./Bijirj • In Dr i>a \ en \ Vid. l.utl-eri Cate. hi- .Mu .m

•! WiTsjcs born lti;;ii — Ii.-m. ter is i . . Ip ct;u.<id.'rvd bv us i , .-5.liil>iiu,j dreadful al.> ss .iiviu.. jasi:.-,-, lu w In. f, c i " oar -i.is wLii-hhe i..,jk ..ii huii.s..ii' -.as f i j u were jb.sorl-td . a j fa l.uvi.l b;s t plains. - I'.saluj lxi.\ >|or, ;sTriu u.ii, ,v .,1-1..-such a:i ir.imer>i.>r> d. [.rive- a .-i ii'_!a. i;.d

I ri.-i"! 1.!. . -M,

• It

Uiai -iisi i..r UIi:f a..

m water, so that i t is DO kmger M u M . b e a n an im-age ef that burial which h i r f t w to t he dead. 80 CoL H. l - i There was in baptfam, a s administered in former t i oM. an ima«;e both of a burial and of a reswTcctJon; which. In re«|>eGt of Chrhrt, was exter-nal; in rsfi-ard t o chrisUana, Jntemal, f R««n. vi. 4.") In Rom vi Col H 12.

11. STAfTV-Bca.—The apostle explains the sacra-ment of baptism, bv communion with tfie «leath and resnr r^Uon of Cbrint, (Rom vi 3, Col il 12."J In-s ^ i n ' Theolog. Polem. torn, i cap iii i 16i».

LI P a r a a MA«TV«.—"A.* Christ, bv b«|>ti«m, hath drawn us with him Into his death and burial; M ho hath drawn ns out unto Ufe. This doth the (tipping into the Yvater, and Ihe imuing forth again, signify, when we are U\ptized " Oration concern ">2 the Resurrection of Christ subjolne-J to Comm. PUct s .p . 11, edit. 1&T4. 3. A J fBv or T W K L V K O K T U K M O S T 1 ) I . » T I X O C I S H

ai. PKiK>BAi>risT CojtwESTATOBS Asn ScaoL.iBti ->R T U E 1 8 T K A U t . U > T I I C S S T C A I B S .

f B.OiTEB—Episcopalian, .Vuthor of Saints Kesi—"In our baptism, we ore dipped under the water, as signifying onr covenant profession^hat

V t . ' ^ buried with him, for your l«plism signifieth , in which you are put under the water, to signifv and profess, that your old roan is dead and buried. We are rai v e<l to holiness by his Spirit, as we rise out of the water m baptism—(Col. ii 11, 12, IS. where uote,)— that the putting of the bodv under the water did sig-'"•^ Jiaf^tt ' ial with Christ, and the puUing off of our sins." "So ahio our rising out of the water signiflMh our rising a n j being tiuickened together with hii.T. .Note also tlun it is „„i .-ngageTSient to this A»r,r»//rr. but a thing pnsent lv done. Thcv are in l«plisn» buried with Christ; aLd put off tbe" bodv 01 sin.atid were nuickened with him. and this doUi all suppose their otm prrsmi pnifession to put otf t!>e l»dy of sin, and their consmt to be baptized on these terms. • Paraphra.se on the New Test, at Rom. VI- i. Col. ii U'; 1 IVL Iii e i . Disput. of Right to Sacram. p. SS."

i Mh Brail ITT—Author of notes on the Xew r e s t a m m l — W e are buri.-.! «i th him bv b.iptisn)

into death. The apostle alludes, no doubt, to the ««. ieut mat.m r and way of bapt iung jversons in those hot .-. u.-itries which nas bv imm. rsioii or putting them iio.ler water for a time, and their rais-ing iheni up iksa.u outof waler , which rile had aUo a mystical signill. .lUon repre-seiiting the burial o( our ol.l iii.in sin in and our resurrection to new- I ness of life. Eaihh. Notes i«i Kom. »i. 4.

Confession ol Sisviii a sh— 'As touching l>ap llsm we .-onfi-s, ihat which the Scripture .loth ii. d m - i . phices leach theris.f. thai we bv it are buried into Ihe death of Christ, ma.le onelui lv, aii.l do put 01. I'hrist Chapter i \ i i i,; Hami..i.V of Confess p Jl«> I iiiibridge l.-i,sii

I»B S A J I t l v k k e - a a i l . i i ..f the Kipoaitiun 01 the r h u r r h Caiechi.sm- • We are bnri .d will. ChriM by baptism inio death, that like as Clirist was nii.se.l up tri.m ihe dead by the glory of the Kaiher en-ii s.. ne al.s.i shoul.l walk in n. wi.ess ..f life. I Rom VI. 4 I In ihepniuit ive tim. s. the manru r of bapliiiii:; was |.\ uin„eisi..ii or dipping the whole b.Mly iai.,11,.. «ater .\ml ihis manner of di.iin; il «a.s a >er> sianiri.am emblem ..f U»e dying ai..l ris-ing a:;ttiu reterred I., by St Paul. ii. ihe above men- 1 ,

r - T ' * ; . , • j Kven wlieu fac ts and the t r u t h a r e all av^itm " V r appeared .

. . are l . a r i . l w.ih I,,.., ii, . ^ t l k s t h^ t be 1 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ r T ^ i L napiism viMt. ii,ea,K„tl^ 1„ a.,,.a Ian.,nam 1. ' " » h e n lie can make his pajxa" I - 'i sepolrhr.. ca|.ut iniim-rgetitlbus Vrtua homo seiH liliii l>lazc Willi colilrover>v and personal conteb- 1 rv • .-l suL^uergilur delude nobis eiiu rgei.tibus ii..vu» ; tioi. ' DuTlBg the space of twelve . c - u r . u „ . d . , hr>>..si.,a. Th.-..Id lua;. is . To follow Lim thr . .u, .h all hl.s a l - . a c k = ^ t o y®®"^ ^

IK u tml i ze all bis i n u u e n d o . s - t o answer al l h is e r « l i h l y ^ o m e d , t ha t t h e .(Ueaiotis, e v u . if we had the miud , would ao t I

that e£tor, . " • ' g a l -

that the

of

iBai (in bapiism.]

meaning appears to be, if we have s h a r ^ t h e reality of his death. wLi-reof we have ncdergoce the Uke-nes-s."

11. BAUIE>..—The argument in thi.s verse is, therefore, drawn f n ^ the nature of tbe christian profi^ssion. By €>ur very ba|>tism, by onr very pro-fession, we have l>ec«me dead to sin. as Christ be-c«uie deail. and l*iug devoteil tt> him by tliat l ap-tism we an- bound to rise as he did to a new life.

• While it is admitted tliat the allusion here was probably to the custom of immersion in bapt i sm,! - . , . . yet the |«5sage cannot be adduced as aa a r s ^ e n t writing of the party that that is tbe only mode, or that it is binding oa I l e t t e r of Feb. 1856, was addrt all christians in all places and ages. ' | ter was ofiered to the ed i to r

f'.K '"^-wiog even with the name of the r e r ^ " ^ of the »ord l>a)>t!sm IS immersion, and though we I x r 1 • x T i ' , & . regard it as a point ..f iadiffenncy. whether the or- y*"' the letter from the lbnted COpy dinanc.* so name<l perf.irued in this way or by I ®f the Tennessee Baptist, becat tS(Wt. t paper is sprinkling—yet doubt not, that the pievalent I responsible for its seeing the The oris-n y i e of admini-stratkMi in the apotUe s days, was by j inal draft of the lettw as c ^ i an actual submerging of the whole bodv under the I In water. We advert to this for the ,.urpo.4 of throw- P ' l ^ f ^ ing light on the anah.gy that is insUtutcd in theM "^takes are made m i t s publish

Jesus Christ by death underwent this sort of I this maybe explained, as in keepf

given in to settle

badbe«a hoEtilitT

. • I j b y the frioids

!t,tl! p r e

lish sny of coold be

iblish them this paper.

m the , and as in As win be whom our

thislet-blication.

verses. I«ptisiu—eveo i.timersion un.K r the surface of the ground w h t ' I I C E - He SVKMI emerged again by-his re»-nm-ction. We hy K-iug ba).tizi-vi into li'is death, are .-onceive.1 to hyve made a similar traiislation. lu the B. l of descendi.sg under the water of Itaptism to have rcsi};iie>l an old life and the act of ascend-ing to emerge into a secxad or a new life '

I T O P E < \ > \ T I M s n . )

The Toimessee Bapt is t . T h e Tcnnesiet! Kiipti.st of J u l y l^ ' th, has

reucwiHl i ts ]iersotial a t t a cks upon u.*, in the same .-pirit of c o n t r o v e r s j which charac te r -

t.s p rev ious a .ssaulu U J H J U our^clvc&. W t

of the _ the Tennessee nnessee Bapti

well as ptist; than whie

110 large sized paper which is mof^pid iod these partictxlars. (5.)

i For coarlaiaon vC articiv caai

>y a p^Oent Be toifiing form; bat with much grmmar of

we know of m

J . P . Ttistiii, Editor South( Charleston, 8. C.

Mr. Ttistin's notice of I upon a " filial duty " of " »orro

B ^ t i s t ,

last July, necessity'

account

iii-d it.s p rev ious a .ssaulu u H.U our^clvcs. W t " ^ m t ^ u c i n g tilts u n n l « ne.nl ha rd ly ti iat the l i tLaous and a j n t a t i u g ^ ^ policy of t ha t i.s i ts r i u l cle.-^eat, in ^ ^ i t s n s e a n d p r o ^ ; and e whicii it lives aud moves ai iJ has its b e i n e t h o u ^ d new readc! • s t j . . . . .. . ® I nrti.'^le Ai.rvA^irr^

and our absence sincc his ret for the delay of this, otir reply

In re-introducing this unpleas^ controrer may be well to notiee orie&sthe history

as we ice the Erst

buri.-.| iii,d dn.uti.'.l in the "immersion an.lfr nai..r ai..l vvliei. th- buptize.) pefsoi. IS litteil up fmni llie |

It r»-prrsenLs il.r. resurreclinn ..f ihe lit» v . ler man I,- i.,-ri.ess jif,. |r. this ra-e lh.-ref..ri' II.. c o i t a i v perx.a cusiiim |..i (..lurii.g. or sprink liuj; I i,..i oi.ly u-ii.g a-aii.si ai, . c. Irsiasiical la« |.>t"Mie rhurr t i ,,| Kr..'l.n,.l| hut against the anaK.tiy aii.i i.iy..u ri..us siaiiiti.;al!on ..I the sacrament, is mit t. 1; unless il. Mich cases llial c:ii; !>.• ••! ili.-ijis. Iv. - sut!i,.|fiii i..jusiifv a liberty in a ntUHl an.i <-. reiu..iiy ihal i- n .-luse of necessitv I'll. i..r l»ab:taj.iiiini, Il 111 . iv ml, iv |; (it,'..

.•SIK .S..Bi,..s Kx.i I,„11| - Ti.p |.ri>per ea.i .-f Iwii.ti.ni , ..i i,, iiii.|.'rst,-..d as if il vven a si u ,'1 the .ruj/htttg au.ttf t.| .in —hul [.r.ipcrlv i- l';e -i-i. ..| ,i , 1,. t,.,H bv tallli III Ih, r.-. ii.-n ,.t .lesiis I l.risi w !,ich laj.ii.iii i. a v,-r. liv.h aad eij.r.-,.sivr li;>ui.' a.s was al.s,, ihe ai k ,>I .S.iah .ui .1 ul-., !,(. reiiiined as ii were ..ul of j. se|,uMi.., 1, .I ,„ li lijv. . . whale s Iwilv . ul .)l which J.mati arose .Hitrr i ihr .c •IJVS l.iiriii .lii.l 1|„ ,-i..u.l aij.i U.sl .., ul.i. Il ll.c „ | I^ia.-! are .aid lo hav.-li-i.ti/.-.i iha: i- -.vi.sh.d bin l .a . i^ l For ail

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-ow many loves lighted ^ e path of wuo at« gone, while the loTe shines on.

a e p u h ^ l M p s , fed by the liring to cast thur l i ^ upon the uheaof thow that aregone t

& w , wbea t ^ whole reality «jmcs bodt to « , d o we s t ^ struck with wonder at the M done, tiu CTents aeeompliahed, the expe-B^mm npeneOtthe t ruat iaiu completed: iQf

fi»mer •it, ahoaU be a p i a filled with,' tAoha, how many would tit Om aa

I O T m y y m h i d j I Of o u r i O K low m ^ weoU eosle to ottr «n™.m»pa «d»iw,aa iSa»aaay iaBBb«taace? How

Wia t . B i g ^ o f ttded, Uid

rf ^ how m to, t f e kat daja of the

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i-i-TSii.n. Tui.tsiAiii,:. •What. tJierefon-, shall we say ' Shali we continue

:a sin tlutt grace lijay ab«;iiid' Let it cm be thought -Vs many oj us as .tied t " sin how shall in- continue in it! l)<> you not tpiovr that so caai.y .>f us were

were itumers»-il into Ills .Jcath ; For this pu!-,...se we were buried with Him by the immersion mto death that in like maiii;er. as Christ wa.s raiseii from the dead b\ the gi.^^y of t h « i | U i e r . so we als.v sl.uuM walk in a new life. F«r, I f ^ f c were united or g n m a togtiher in tlie '>keM* of hia death, ye.i also shall v»e l„- i. united t . i ^ h e r ia tlK likeness of ) ir.s res urrtsriion."

Co! 2 1-.;. - ' I t i ^ l j j ^ H k j i i a , (a imiin-rsion in which als- ye up togetlier tlir.imjh the faith of the aork ingcf Ood »h<. raised Him I t i i t Uie dead.- s^c

i That the P V - J . . U u! Laptism Is euibieicaiical LX

clearly taught in tbrse [.assjiges uo one can d e i ^ j That the Ap«jstle ip jna l s to the emblem or s i ^ f i -caacy of baptism as showing that U lievers cannot persbt in f in that grace may abound, becausc the emblem of their ba|<ijm siiowed thctu u- U- J raJ . i a n r r f a n d nuwnwith Christ. If, Uien, they were i t Ul ed Ihe proper subjects of the ordinaact- when th.ry were bapuzed how can they coatinue to sin ' This pro/ifaaioa of death, burial and resurrection with Christ takea place tc thc act of baptism, and is slttM-owed forth by the act. therefore, they take place embletiiitlic.iHy. and these ac 's are exhibited in tue action of bap t i sm Mark how explicit the teach-ing of the Apostlet. They who had died to sin, wen; immersed iaJo Christ. (For the force 6f intu, see Letter X,) To be baptised i-vfo Chri.st wa.s a profession of Him. Says Bloomheld, an Kpiscopa-l i a a :

S t k ^ t h a t lAituiiai iiito his religion, and w ^ R c o g n i m l hia diviim misaioa. aad boiuid them-srfves to obey his lnjunetions."

Says McKniiht. a Presbyterian, -.Mark tbe force of iaptixil Ufa rJn'rf. Is it not they were baptized into a prgftsticu of k f ^ j r r r i n and oirfinMe?"

Stuart. OUhaasen. DeWitte. Immersed UUn his dnth, a profession of his d^th—we thus de-clare onr faith io the ^ t of Christ's death and of our death to sin with Christ. For the purpose of ^clarlng aiid showing this forth to the worid we »ere buried with him by immentoo into death, and U* nme ^orioBt power that raised Christ ftoii the

baa laisedua'bum the death in sin to walk in aaewiifii. For If w» were tnUy thus united with Christ fe tt, Ktat t , of his deaUi, we shaU most err-tainly be uaiterf^with him ia Hb nmncctioo.' We shallhawiparthitheatitrMurrwtkii over whom

secQud death will ban ao poww. Christiaa t ba , it a dhiiMlr appolaM ambtaq

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.•f other things (jeriaimag i,. <...rld Uiiliv .-ej.,.s. iits ihr .icath ..I Chrisi liil. tiiiUiJi.ce ui.-ler viaier h.nvpver sh. i l 1 burial of t'hrisl and ihe lowest d.-nr,-.- ..i i itioii. vvfcei:, 1*11. lai.l 111 sofiuli lirr ij, u

and guarde.! hv U..!i,.4:i s,.|,|i,.,. sidere.1 as eiitirriy cm .-il Ki.ierv,,.,, waur r.ibil,it> ai; la.ari-Ol liis !lievicio.-\ vvliiih. bcii.,; ,1,-ad 1.- ,-(:.. dM.iih in his own .laik .|..msii!s li ai .Ad Ihc.se things theajiosiir iiiiiiujif-.. n.-si.le:. l-ajitisti al—repiesen.s .i , . Ihe pre.eiit ai;.! ft i i ire whicli 1, . -Christ.

4 Titr-Ms l l .e ..•reui..:..v 1 l.,...i,,sn, u,,,.,., fold miniers;o:i i:,i.. the vvaier a . ..t.i ii n.), , ^ der the nater, and a rising out ..l the «ai, - The iiilernal .nnd esseiiiial !onu i.f la|.!i..:i: i. .Ji.'r than tlial azialogical proportion of the >1 - , alie .il> explained, with the things siguilied Ki'r .-i, i. a [•ro[.erty of ualer u> wash anav il-.- niil, ..f i|„- I-,mIv i o it repn «enis iht- [Hivver ..f ( hri-t s !.!.», | „, :) cleansing from sin. Thus ininiersi..i, ,„n ..f ii„ ^^ U-t dev Wes by U» iu..-t agreeable ...uiloi;, il,,-tification Ol ;he oM man . ,in<l eiu. rsK.., .'.m water the \ iviticativ.il of the UPV. i,:ati The ^luie plunging ini.) ihe waier rihil . i is i.. ,.u, , j^n dreadful abyss of .iivme ji:.stii-,. i hrisi . ; account of our sins was for a time in a m.iiu.er s«al lowed up. Abiding undi r ihe water h..ue-.,-r sl,..i i a

} timi-. .Ien..tps h i s .W-eM i.. hwi ihiJi i- i.. wp l.avc elsewhere .ieclaretl^I.e h.wesl degr.-,- ..f sl.a>emeni wheu. Ill a sealed ai^d guarded sepulchr.- I... con.^idei-e.1 .is „r,r entirely cut idl E:i,ei>i. r, ..m ol t l ^ water, presents us with an iniat.- ..f ih.ii v jct..ri which he tb..ugh dead, obtainci .»v,r .Icaih et. „ r . his own parilii.n. ihal is, tlie sepulchre Thn- li.rre li re, il is right that w, who are rrtn hi:, deat i , and liirietl with him, simul.l ai.so n-p again with him and >vaik iu newnes-s of lift- , K..111. vT I. <'ol ii. Syiiiag. Dispuiat i.a.-sii .lis;, -.li i^lo.

•T I-.'SBOK. .1 U,:i. liiJU;. - Bapii.-.m LS a tigdrr mark of our spiri1n.1l burial For bv that inimer sion into water, awl c.otinuancc under the v.ati r which repre-scnt a burial, baptije.1 pri s..-,s ex'-res^ their Wing burieil to f ia ." C.^ms ent i?, Kidst ad Rom. ad cap. ri.-t.'

0. ltooB^BKEKIt-s died lt'.6r>. —" Thf ajMistle s{>fuk ing of what was notorious and certain savs Kxow ye rot , that so majiy of us as were baptize,l'iijto Jesus Christ, were UpUzetl into bis death 1 [Rom. \ i referring to what is j ^ r fomn -.1 in b.T|,tism. namelv the entrance into water, and the going out ii. For he immediately adds. Therefore, we are burieil with him in baptism, wherein also ye areri.sen with him ' A», in respect of Christ, his death was followed by h b resurrectiot! fh>ra tbe dead, so our coiubrmiiy ti. him consists In dying and riiing again with liim Tnis is clearly presented to onr v:,.w and pealed, by that immer3iv>a and emersion which are in baptism Thi-olog. l»n;et. I. ix. c. xxii. torn. ii. p. 0S8."

7. Bopaj tTCs , dieil 16«7.—"The plunging/jper-formed in baptism, signifies a death to sin; atr i t he emersion a new life.- Opera, torn. 1. ps H>29, edit .

9 - a * a Basauxucs, bom 1687.—'-He that il bafitla^

puis 00 Christ, the second Adam: he Lt bapti^d. I »ay, into a w h ^ Chz%|, and there dflttht and i t i s l i lM^i f , in Christ sufieredt, died, sind man; and sn<^ a man suffered, die^^d'wa^^Eied with Christ.'' Gnomon, ad Rom. ri.

9. Wouisi^faora 1679-—" Immersion into ^gfkr, la farmer tflfal^aod a short continuance under the water, ptacOM{Ktteancient church, afibrded the representattoti-^f%M In baptism." Curw, ad Rom.TL4.

10. Gaonn. 4 IMS 'Buried with him by baptism.' Ifot only tba word b^Htm, but the very fom of it, i n t i m a t M ^ For animmmioDofthe whole body

iiuis. T., lhi> inith . u;h-rs schoolmen, and almost all inur,.reiers sireihc'i siiftra^e The thing is ii,

s.. ii.auiie.t li.ai Ihcte is m. iieetl ..f lestiui.ii, ies 14 ...I.arin tl but t'Ctause ihfie are mn a f.-n lh.ll • isr It-acii it n uill supertlu.vu-

i.jt I liiav i;.-i vviti.ijui j.r.tj.eT an : .I.v • Ul iiii.uiiierabl.-uvsiim-'i.ies i.. pLsiuct-u W,- l-eaiii vviili lii I'tnl Kii.,« ve no! thai

1..JI.V a., ufr,- l.ii|.ii/,Mi nil.. Jei.iis Christ wer.-11.1.. I 1. .l.-ath ' Tber.-(..re u, ar.> burie.!

ut I..Ill I.V hii.iisi;, i„t,, death ;liai like Chrisi vv;u. -isrd ti.rtu ilic dead i.v ll.e tallies .•! g|..iy . v.-ii s..

v... ,il.- . -t,,.iiid w siiK i:, i.(..vriess .»! iiiV |U.'m ."i t r,.| li .-I,. 1 r,„ .J,, , -I:,II, llf'v ,1.. .V I... 1.. e liapli/.rd !.-l lli. .le;i,i 11 li..

ai . ., Vs -I iie had ....i'! 11 the.-e l>e i.'sui 1,... t . vvi.al |.iirp-~e are w. Uapli ed '

III vaio dws ti V I liurcli lisp tlir si;;n ol oaptisui. II .h-- de...| Ms.- i,.,i ^ii.iiUr les;iin,,|,irs (le,,ucl:lh ~ Ciir 11: il.P lail ... - l- -.r ,ii.siai,cc Thai U liev

l.is .1. alli l. v hi.. I>a|.ii.ni VP mav be rei...len .1 lariakers his r.'surre. li.jn l i i ial . Kp ad Tral

ivaptiMii vva-s givcii, .ir ii|.(>oiiile.l i., sot fi.rth liie lealh id oiir U.id K|. ad Piiiladel in Ihe iiai..e ' Unai In l.apiisiil «, i«Tf.>rni ihf s: jus ..| his assi,.i, aj..i resiirip. ii.,i. Ju.-i M a r t - We ki..>w

'1. -avil _ l.a(.lisui sp. ll - li.ere is hui oi.e.lralh for rid, ai.d .>i,e rcsunpcli..ii tn.ni ilie dead, ..I

"1. ch l.ai.iisi„ i, a 1. |.p liiisil Ma.; - Il.-ar P^u akiim ai.,ii,i 1 hey J assed ihr. i 'sh llip se.i ai;d

i.il I ,1, ihe . 1. a.l «..,! il, ii„. i il, ails ilipii j.^.-.-ii.;,- iiir. Ui;li iLe sea i. V I - T I . S H l..r ii

vvj. an ••.sca|.-.- ir..ni dealt, i.-f.niijilish.il l.y vraipi b;i.si| . - Tij I..' t d ai.tl (.lui.gevl Ihv ii l". rplu,-;. a.1.1 .-liietjr, ai. a si.;n ..[ ..ur de.sc<-l,l I. H.l.les aTi.l ..I .1. ascei.l fn-ni it l hrys.isl — Hai' ii-siu 1- .1 I lf-,l;;p ai.d li-iire .if ihe resurrWii.-ii .\ni t'i -s 1 a |.,e.l2e m,.! n^jiire id'ihc resur rvli.-i l.a. lai, — |).(,i,ii.;; be.irs ih. respniblanre ol .if-aili a.,d -I a iiurial Uen, — I unyhl acciimu aip ii,..uiiiPi.,l ... ;rs!iui..i.ii..- 1 u; iho.s. 1 iliink in i l iii„|ai,ilv siiil.-. i.-i.i 1.1 pr..ip ihal baplisn i tTi.perh a iy|H- - I il..- i.-iiih iu.d r.-.-urrevii. ii ->i Je-^I., i |.r,.i - a u d jis.. . ,i all Udievers thai arv l.ap li: e<l iiit. ihp la.tli .if hini lr,.ni a ile.-.th in .iii 1. i.pvvii.-ss ..f lifp. ahii h ii tiiey .Id inthis wond Ihev liuvi- J lui.sl fi n. I,i)|je. that alter .iralh th.-y shall "i l l j r i ri-l aiisp t.. c'-vrv \niiu.-..Ivers 'ii I.il, .\.>v IVsi a.l I l -i . Ill .11 17.1 i.sti _ " i i i i . Ii.T;

, 111 . - n - rho.sp (.h.^sps l.iine.1 wiih < lirisl and risen with Christ, are ..uly ihe sense ii..i sigiijn. ali.m .••! ihatea-steri. cusi.im in baptism viz of [.!uti "iiiii the |.apii/etl iwrsnu under water aud raising nim up aijaiii—and thp significaucv ..I iheni. the apixstl. hrip ji:..ai vi :! 4 .". j plainly lells us uii .llT lelei- l.. ll.e .le.Ml. and burial rpsurre. ti..n o! Clm-i ai.<l therefore the plunsing Uiid. r Vvaier ii.uM iiecp-.-mri.ily lefer lo I hrist s • Ip.iili aii.l l'iir!:il sii.lih.- raisii.Vup a..;ain lo his re .-ui-r."cti..t! V^.Tks viil i 4 Hi e.lil lTlf<.

.Vi. m I LAiiK —Xleth.xlist CommeiiUU.r - Itr I i r r bxricH |i prihaUt that tbe ajH.stle here allu.K s lo the n>."ir i.f administering bapiism by iia-o.ecMcc. the V»i-,deb< iy lieing put (ht wiitei. which swMpsI to say. the inai i.s dntraeu. |> dead an>! w hen he came up out of the water be seemed tt» iijvo a r.-sarrect.on lo life, the man is . m i t i, ,iin h, ilirt He vras, therelVire suppt.s«>d to Ihro'.v cif l,is„|, | rt.-ntilp state as he threw otr his

luthes and to a.ssume a new cliaracu^r. as the bap-ti/.ed generally put on i.c-w or fresh ijarmenls. Sec I I. n..tes on Col J I J — / . e r i r j . »J-f.—alluding !o the practiced in the ca.se of adults «herein the i.ers..:is apjn ared Ivj l-e buried under Ihe water .is Chrisi was l-iiricd in the heart of the earth. His rising again the ihinl day. and their eajprging fr.im the w^ter nas an (....i^cix of the re

the UmIv and ii, ihem .i total change . f life.

As utany ut kart brtn Utptiutl itilu Icius Chriit hare been lapti:ed into his I n ba^itism we. through taith. are ingrafted into Christ aud we dn:w new spiritual life from this new root, through his Spirit, who fashions us like unto hini. and particularly with n g a r d t.s hi> death aud resur-lectiori.

• ll> rtrt IT/ irjjA AIM—.Alluding to the ancient manner ..f liaptizing by immersion that as Christ was raised from the dead by thi glory—Glorious power of the Ft ther . so w? also by the .s.imc poner sliould rise again and as he livej a new life in heave.n, so we should walk in newnisss of life. This, say^ the apostle, our very baptism lepresents lo us ' . "fo'"—Surely these two must go together, so that If we arc indeed made coui'ormable to his death,

lie cntiiputiblu with our l imited s ^ c e . O u r paper Ln-sidcs is a f v / i y i o u s and a family pa-per .TiiJ ii Would be beucath cv tu the stan-J a r d of liti-rary d i g n i t y — t o say no th iug of o u r mission ij, r h r i s t i a n journa l i s t . to c la im the a l t tu ih i i i i.t' tli..ii>aud.- of readers , many of vvliom arc voiiiig ( 'hristi . i i is, aud the tcuder p lants of Ciiristiaii fami l i t . -—to make thcni pa r t ake of the n-u.>niiiu.s ami scllish spir i t of

i, I personal . j u a r n l- Al t l ioa j rb the ed i to r of the rpsui I reiiiieSMV l lap t i s t has ^ iveu many culuuxns to

siicii iiiisccnil\ j .vr-«jnaii tus iu his la(u issue, as «e l l a- Hi l.Tiu. t ..lie-, agai i i - l u.s. we .shall not g r a l i f \ Lis Liiiii. I l,,r jrcUiiij: tlie Uapt i - t publ ic in hot wal- r bv g ' H i i g liim the contin-uo.l a t t en t ion which iie soiicits. a.s he uot ides 111.- ivaaer.s i l.-.«.uiicf<; Hi his ;<a}>er t ha t they loay rvp-.-ct a lew lu.irv ..f Li.- n u m b e r s to be jpveli I . ti.c s jii.c - i ibK^l

W c Lav.- no ml . i.ti.vii i., ab iwc i all the ir-rclevaui , |ucst ious whicL the ed i to r of t ha t paper cbooscs to " d e m a u d " of lus to rep ly to. H i s in te r fe rence aud his d ic t a t ion as to w h a t w« should pu t in to our paper , h a v e appea red iu iustancca long before the pn :sen t a & t r ; b u t wo pu t those th ings down to the score of h b t i - ic ai.d m..,! - ! - and his self sppo iu ted mis-- ai.d -M. Iv: the ma t t e r pii.v- Many o the r

was saying hard and bitter thb, calciilated to injure us seriously not kbowu, aiid charging tLs -'ecrexlj, to injure hL< paper and th Society This we let pass, beli would ultiniately work ID the l i ^ t twelve months ago, we heard that lating a ref>ort injurious to the South Western Publishing II to a false report, which sot/u one the crcnlit of the House abroad had it not leen for ;he kind interested friend, would have affected. About this time, we from a fricud in South Carolina, that Mr. T was circulating, by p the most serious i.harg\>s agaiDst Caruliiia. if r>ot elsewhere, and affcctcd our perbonai characlu. had been a recipient of one of the sent tts extracts. The letter frc ^ which the

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cbruary, last vol

extracts were taken, was written 1 a n d can be found in No. A few of his charges we copy hi

'* But this, and similar thitigi and ^ tec ia^ ly well known, but long-conliaued aeaii^st tbe Southern Baptist Publi mmhl have called fv>r public compla;

cdiliir- i.ii-v»-ll v., iiur vv i.ii. niai.i I r - . w. r. -t, iin.

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I!. l..--. i. -Wi- liai. .-, ami l.i. I! i.ard V. Wi. .1 . 11

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his d e u c e s in these respects, as \ t pre.sent vre th ink it wor th

- . , i'.. l.ri-.-f.-st f>o.ssible 1.-- vvlili-ri i f u c a t i s

U ' - . ]»..)ti..: YVv • i.f 1 ..ill .it .1 unc

^ u i i o i i - a u . l ii.i.srcprc-1 I ' l - l pa j vr vfc allow

i s i. Ciij. v thi V art ' ^-'V rijflit luiiiii-f t I hiiswer I il.iu-. s to tlli-

Tr Ic-rei..'.- to '.viiai t ill.- s!l,i,i|.

Mr. Uraves has, for a lo; time. l>eo.-i

11.l<-; V ..In. >1 i •c rll Ut

al.d c . i i :s iJ ; ral i ! \ at chaii^-i-.s I.I, ,.iir dis;.->.

I 'ii-'w u|,. ill ••rii-. 111. . . . 11 i..ij .1., 1 'o i.i

.-.ml t,i;u u..-:,-a.i cal c,.iiiiccli<i;. ut' lai t-. we sLouM Ktiii

• rk to keep : i Ir- i.-ai k-. .mU ti;i-l [.roposc to di. lu scv (. ..'i ;iisl;ii.ci.'s

I. a-tli. he I.J- nil :: hi.-lUun t.' iistracisc hii:i Ik--

cau-. II. IS ;i New England mall Thi.-;, as much a- ai.ylhii.f; cl-e, sccms to be the Lead aii-l fr,.iit .il" ,.ur oticiice. .^nd \et all we have published, iirsi i last, on this point. the indirect a.ui t.i-ual allusion to hi.snativity. for exp la in ing hi.- fcnown r mient iousnoss , and Lis liLcrlv :i iii.iiiii.j; nck i i s . - . harges c t t h o n l

. pr.iul vvl.. II w. -.li.l in the-i wards • It may ' Ih- the on^' inal habi l ..i the ed i tor s ua t iv i ty ,

whi ih he Lruit^'ht with iiiui f rom \ ' e rmoDt , to ' ho a g-ooj Yauk.-. r ' ' Th i s all our

mat t rial for the p la in t ive s tory which he has • i ^ i n . and again given abou t j ierscvution for his i iu t i i i ty (I )

.\s tu the pouil- he h.i- ra;.-ed for us, we .-hall make short work in answering Some of these he La.- repeated, a.- it' their absurdity would not su<:j:i-.t tLiir owi. ai.swrer lie .isks if wo WDuid regard it "as ciis.'jtutit lo invite a Riniiac t'atii.iln into our pulpit, to preach lo a Hiipiisi church, or to assist ill ofiBcial rites a.- ministers • Whether we would thus in-vite to perform rcjjular luinisterial duties, a < auipbeilite or Mormon prcacLer't We really Lave such a lina.l ol liouseuso that we c.T.nnot write doivn an an.-wcr t.i sucb .jucstions eate-g^orioaily *

There afL a few .jue.siious which the editor of the Tennessee Hapti.st puts to us. that wc

aii-svier .•litcgorically, Dccausc thev affect

usn,;; .ill kinds of ex|«ilients, privately t." ja in Kx.thold for himself in Sooth I,as long been doing in G e o n ^ a n d sbt.w ihat 1 am not giving my own opi you -.^Jt such men as Dr. Maolev, tie.nl of tbe S. B. Pub. Society .'j J liichiuouu and many more of our m. L.xllv men have long sincc complaini i :msiic- of Mr. Graves towards our F 1 . -cv.-ral <.lh«r StJiles.' • • • Th. I.Mil liest ami whose names if 1 l:i! mauv of th-se lines and whose havp g.-pi4i wrigla. witli you- assure mc

anibiiion and -anity. together lipsire lo abs..rb all the denomiziaU. ni-..r. himself, thai forms his pur{Ki< Mii.placi a!i ihe Baptist pape rs and t liiai iross his path • * Men w .ar lietter known Ui you than mine, you would not .luestion. have told me tricks and obliijuities of Mr. Graves ti] suUiciei-i to sink the stajading of any f.-ssor or miiiister."

Such b a i-pecimeu of the ch was ciroulatitig. backed by the fu his influence as Secretary of Haptist Publication Society and Southern Baptist Was not this cause f'T a controversy with him thoujjli urj;.-il to call him to an the.sc private siacJerii. we prcferrc, matter pa-ss, until he eboitld becoi recklcss enough to unmask his ha£

In April l?si7, Mr T. copiwi articlc, (advoca ' Pcdobaptisti fleet!

- S C O . N T R O -

Ekiitor of

^'nths, and, and then, spending

on Society against us,

we were ,h working 'Publication •ng that he More than was circu-

i^edit of the and owing lirculated. iuffer, and

of a dis-seriouslj " a letter rming us

ate letters, in South

rges that be writer

'issiles, and

his working Society,

and fip«>-

i<l secretly i-olina. as be States. Tu

I can teU the Presi-Taylor, ol

lentaad mc. of the

jiapcrs. bo know

would would

il is per-. ccvetous {•atronage s tnr ing It.

enterprises &ames an-hose w.ird

lOre of the jv 1 would K-.*cdinary pro-

es Mr. T weight of Southern tor of tht justifiable

Yet, al-[cotint for to let tht bold ^nd

Jctcrs Pulpit Coinm lion with some bititig r larks. re-

;mg UTOTi ourself very sevei^y ts well a.v a all the advocates of Old Laj mark scn-

ocattng 1 )wjth s

- Lcausc thev affect » . the Lu.sinc.v< standing ol • ilra^^^. Marks & ^ " ^ P ® * * t ® Co , • and our statiduig as chn-tians and iBen section, and especis of honor He ask.s, •• Have vou not attempt- and t».-cojwi5fcncy, u p ^ a i t od to Lnak down the firm of ('irivc-s. Marks & sre^fposed to pulpit commtmit uid (.'o. by circulating rcf^orts i.i .Vctr " lor* ami intercourse with PedobaptBs.

the South, that it was rotten or in.sul-1 . . ® ^ unkind and u t . ^ article

upon timents in the South West.—(So last Vol.) We will copy seutimcn

• • • .\ lid we iiave never heard of Tulpit Communion' ull ii was reccn

rhe quarters where partyism. botii in 'lilies, is commonly expected to rua

We liave ncvt-r thought it worti make anv reference in our colunuis w h i c h Wis ia fxck rmcie rclaiioas which .oi LD SOT Ftsp ASt ravoE a i ASP CtlSHSTKST BiPTlSIS."

Here is an unmerited rvproach cs upon the people of the wuot,E West and So® West as citiien.s, i. e , that the West and i ith We*!

Itics and dc-nomi-

. i c t s ^ that of llu'Crality and tJ.cojjsi^fcncy, upo. all tha<«

: asso-

Xo. of

cha teia as staru-d ill

Ugion at^d n-Uy high, tie w hile to

a matter ai IU, and

LtBUat

with great mildness, reproving hiir br nsinj: fuch language towards so large and" mcctable .1 portion of the denomination in

J •>• I .

know the {>ower of his resurrection. "Which bo wrought in you. when ye were as it

were Imrttd witJk A fat t'n Aoiifuai—Tbe ancient man-by immersion ia as manifestly al-

Jafled to heil^ as the other manner of bapUzina bv "WnWinj or pouring of water Is. Hcb. x.

30. Coneybeare and Howson, two distinguished Scholars in their late work, the Life

and E l d ^ of Paul, give thb translation and t«ra-ftbelN^o passages:

V , 1»batsha5i wesay thetil Shall we persist ia sin that the gift of erara mar abound! God forbid. We wio died to slo ( when we become followers or Christ] how can wc lire any longer in slnT or have you forgotten that ^ I t i T - A ^ ^ ^ JTS? b^ntiaed into feflowthlp riM bytbeUpUsmwbmin we shaied bU death 'whjsn we s a ^ the waters: and were ral«^

under them] th»t STW Christ was raised up

CMmnM vidt]^ - Keiia(tiat>t|(arcu!atiaB,whidi aaaa Rctad, if Orndtove &c-(c do a o t e ^ S ^ 5 the I a»aa BfeAw Trnitis."

If it was wroa? m us to diaent fern b a ^ meaaared b j Mr. Tiaifias Btandarf irf l ibeaSS and

eoosistesey. unlp^ its length was Inowa or adjusted, then we are to guilty. If sought to know die tiBth af report* that had been in ciretJ&tia& in the Sottb and West for some year oraare, aad, if to corrcet them, for the honor of tim Baptist name, and th« wdfiire of the Soulhem Baptist Pi^lication Society, then to tMs extsit m guilty, and no more, Mark, we Keither a id nor intimated, (which is infitiiteiy mtaaer tiae to say.) (me word against his peisomd, SHimf ordiristian ckaracier. A maaa p«ihHe acts and deacmiuational sentiments are kytimat. matters of remark—of approbation or ccmdcs-oation.

Had he answered tiiesc iatmt^atwies of oars tc ^ e spirit in which they were written, stating his reasons for or for itot brltiog C ^ ^ oHe priests and Mormon or Caa{^)ei^ ptead>-ers itito his pulpt, cocftsring what -was true and denying what was t e in the reports, this controversy had ner« been, fcr a pasoiial warfare was not in oar heart. Bat Mr. T. made oar article an ocea.uon for publidy atueking our character, aad arraiipiin^ tie before ^ public for a pestilent feUoV He lAaiped that we had rrpeatedly gone out cf otir way t» utter inuendoes agaitift hLs paper and its coiidactota ~ I ! altitudes of smaller grataitcoii aspcr-skms."' 3. " Harreg indulged hbnadf [Mr. Graves] ia imputing motives and positions to his Wthree. which for the i 4>cace and tie unity of the denominalioa. eatho-must be establicb^ or else they miut be dis-owned tffTetraoted by him if he would escape thebad i^e of being a reviler of the brethrm."

He sneer.- at tiseii account of our KorUierm nativity a With laakiag - rcckleis and ran-dom statemests as trt &cts and opinions."'

Wc submit it to every man if this ia not an attack upon us, that cjiled for some notise ? Atd if thij wasnot the Erst public attack upoB privau- ebancterr If so, Mr. T. tibe first, public, as he had for years be«a, the priv shinderer of onr private'character. He objee to answer our queries, until we had linked together all we had to ask. and then he promised to do srj.

To our first vjuestion respecting theeipreaed ^atinients of thai Bapfct minister or ministers in Charlestoa, he replied explicitly in the nega-tive—mark this. He, tbereiore, expliciitly d^ nied that any Baptist uuuister in Charlcaston ever expressed sentimeuti favorabk to opca communion

He arratgueti ua for giving curreacv to the rcportsi—demanded onr autlwrity, and called upon us to retract, C:") or contradict it.

To our -seeoi-d oucstioii, be replied, that a Tear or tw'j ag<>, a Bapti»t miuister in Charlee-lon was engaged Ui preach to a mission station supported DT I'rcsbvicTiin and Oongregatian* alists. but a Pt^lobapti.st minister was at ioi^th found for it—so thLs arraijgement did not la&t long. But the fact eiisLs and we gather that it was not the fault cf the Bapti^t minister that he did not preach until this dav.

In another instance Le said: " a Baptut minister [i. e. Mr. Turrtin] ha^ aided the Hu-guenots aiid Fretch Protestant Church in this city. Keeping their cLurch oj en and their pulpit supplied on the Subbatfc. iu the inttaTal while the church art a pastor. ~ This b a Iraiik t>onfe3.-ioa cf a fact, which we re^ quest tiie reader to rcmenbtr.

Wc replied to thii. article 13 tbe -U>th Xo. of last Volume We otap liatitally denied hi» charges atd ii.sit;nations pL-rstmal to ouTsclvef. and called npoo Llm to mase good or retract. We publiaLt^ hi.- iirticJe at kugth.aod claimed that wo thus gave Lu-i demil of the tirst report as wide a eurrency a gave the report by mentioning it iu our papor We rwjucbted him to all.vw his readers to see our articles in his paper, and aot oue has he ever j.ubltshed.

We claimed that be had tmjustly charged us, as in self defett-e we were compelled lo do, but tot one word othcrwL-« did wc breathe a^^inst hb private character as a nian. or as a chrutian. Let tbi."! be remembered

Mr. T replied, cot to p.-ove or retract hit charges against us. but lo rcjxat them, and to intensely a ^ a v a i e his coursc towards us. by rejKoii/;^ fArjjj, and construicg oar i^uestions into a {lersoxial atuck uj>on him, "spotting him with queries and the utterance of unfotmded runtors. [mark it. he uses the plural, thus de-nying vcrbaily the truth of both r^wrts. one of which hf had cntil"c..st,-d.) or imagined aud fabricate d chargcs." H ere again the pltiral, in-volving both .question.-, wLjch be calls charceji. He declarrd

that, for ihe rtceiil ruiu' rK, he heJd tis responsible U-r o u authorities. Mark, otiC of thrse he had alnady cotifirmeu as true! Charges us with Laving recklessly astmicd and published these reports' and that tmtO we give tiamc- he held us chargeable with nrHess and tvtifvl mLrrrprrsr.-tt.Tion.

^ ® had in t'ur last rtp.t protested against Mr. T "5 ctitirse. in STituig j.ru-ate letters to laaligu our pcryonal '.Laricter, iud stib us iu the dark. To ihl- Lc replied, (see No. io la- t vol. BaptLvt ) a.ai anj charges he bad " publi.-bed. or 5 rivaurlT written against that editor, dt. li'it rtTroi! or w!o<fiTV," and eren dvclarcd, that if wc would publLsh the ktter or letters tairlv. either vrith or without the uam«^ of ti f partit s addressed, he would re-publi«^h thtm in bis paper, if wc wi.-hed him to do so. And filially, he denied that he had ad milted, as we had given him the credit for doing, that he was then cficiatiog and receiving a "fat salary." as we had charged, as pastor. ;.ro icmporr, for a Pcdobaptist wmi^ . He aflaruied that b;- had admitted no surh t k i i i ' j ' (Sec his ndiai' .-ian quoted above, 'hat assisted," whiJt -die church arc cegotialiBg,' is uot this the present tense V ') . We repliet^ .Inly 18, assuring Mr. T., that

notwithstasdin^ all he bad said a^inst us, we were not coasctotiii of entertaining any impro-per feeling towards him. and if an nuneccsari-ly offensive word ercspcd our pen, in rcplyitJg, we begged forcivcncsa.

We again callod n{>on him to prove or retract hb char t s against our personal character We called his attention to the fact, that be had $e\cxal times pronounccd both those charges,

diaivimiaait*! oar two questions,) £tise and unfoondei?, i c .

South

Itl

S

2. Will Brother T. inform us and his [ would thus inrite, to per&rm reguftr' duties, a Camphellite or a Mormon 1 nc4, will he sUte his reasons for rejecti

p<]tul ministerial associatioa 1"

vent, and would .-oon bnak down, etc.. or lan-^ g y lo this imjxjrt Au.-wer. cateporicallv,

( - ) I f-He aLvo a^ks it tve Lave not p^u:•c scd our soliciting l i ^ t , upon

prtifcrence for the Presbyterian church gov- m tha solution, by him, emment over the Baptist? and also, that if we knew of an .jy-en com.'nuiiioii Bapti.«t church I Q C E W E S . — 1 . WuuM he regard it as th.it was respect,ilU, etc whether we w o u l d * <^bolic priest into not join it y (The editor's elegant languaie ElTl' i ^ ^ T is "' wonldhookon to it."] To the I «»'^""nSsterl Wm questions we answer, catergorically. No. (3.)

Wc have now done with the editor's interro-aiions, cro.->s-cxauiinalion», and inuuendos. e have uo space for him on these points;

nor do wc acknowledge his jurisdiction. sT though he claims the right to reprove and .0 . correct tts. W'e are probable some year. his I correctly without coitdaiiKii ^ i o r : and our E:iuistry among tho churches j " that could be eonstn as for about a scorc of years, would entitle us at { o f f c a s i r e ia our arUele. W«= snarked least to the laws of parity. So wc notify him. 'liberaP and 'oonastani very Miat tmtil we can find leisure, or shall <iat,ife I some, and » t it -was our mind, his qae->4}ens and asperrion.s are alike I P^'^iUe g « » t l j ahuii ta some , -uttered in Vain. |<iaartera.

Wa have a word about some possible ambi-1 fiitice Brother r . has made aliasion K? •uartets.' gutty jn a sentence of our article of May 20,1 suhjcct to the high tideof itartyism, wHI allow us which t ic editor of the Tennessee Bantist I sotaewtat remarkable t e of lib-makes tue of. I t relates to the a d m i S w I S

' minister had been toapo-1 u Brother Tustln m^n^jpyJ with a wnlaent mp-

Was there anythin;; obje I queries, even though the

could:

the

ksistent ia pulpit, to im him in

erl if he

E i e r t em from

in t he j« answer

rarily supplying the pulpit for another denom- Baptist minister or mtasisten ^ Chazlesi inatioD in this city; while the chanse of teue I supplied, in years past, who fc in our grammer might imply that Bueh was

wroL ' This, howercr, I a p^onii; would baTe been an cnror, if oor t a n g o ^ tlst, omittea,] nunister or minitteir in '

fBajH

We repeated our additional questions, as he had promised to answer. (See anott>er column.)

W e acccptcd his implied challeecc, and pub-lished one of his private lctters,"writiai to alienate one of our infiucntial friends is S. Ca., and called upon Mr. T. to publish it, and make good each specification. (For this letUar. see Ir-' vol. Xa 4-i.)

V u isoticed bow he labored to i cake tiie i ' prcasion, t h a t we were the assaul t ing p a r t y ,

d not him-self We callcd upon htm^ to re-c^.jcile his two statemctts, about oEciating for that PedobaptiEt Society.

We finally propounded to faim twoadditiocal questions:

1. "Dowe underuand you todeiy ever l i a r ^ coa-fc>ssed your pn/ereace for ihe Presbjieriaa Church coremincat over the Baptist—the B a p ^ goven. meat being too democtatic. And, alK>, tf kaew of a respecUbk- <^-ccmmccifiai Baptist Cbartb that was respectable etc.. you weald - book on to

^ a; •• Have yoa 00: aUetnpted lo break down Uw

erm of Graves. Marks 4 Co., by circidafing reporta in Sew Tort: uid throushont the Boatl tbat i t v a a rotten or iasojvent and \Koaid soon bieak dcm& or laaguoyt of Shis impon 1 " - '

We eralaiccd why we asked this question—because the ereiUt of ^ a i wm, ^ at one time, injured in Kev Ttai^ a | li it, by such lemrta r e a t ^ g theat, inibmatioa Uat wsie oim .^ap , had cirealated Each a rniort in O M I O M I ^ ^ ^ least, » »!« South. : '

r

»

t h X I V. T H E 5 T E^f N E S S E E T B A P T i

I b m f » lurtaorj a s paasOOe W W J M S of tfcis • o n t i w r s y , n o v

i ^ 1 > ld* lMt« r t i ah . do M l l o ^ Mir. Tastiii i a d oe te r m i ^

w t i i i w W Boati i^ b«t : : jmpatbj for toe—*• ediaa tage of U m : we have a i t i v w l % n e d , riaarieivdar l i U M h n p i n «lMBMlir, u r o B ^ wt h a w qoastuBied k u pnb-Ii««ali, and t{aeitiuaed witk nfe ience to hia tiqirmmi MDtimtnix.

{L) {Smtku fyvrtin hitarficUiHonaiier cafamB.) We hare ciiarged him witb— wbat m never b ^ r e knew a northent bom mKB to be gu i l t j o f — a t oar northam n a t m ^ , and e ^ e n l l ; Mckiog to prejndicG ns t h o e b j IB ibe minda of Sontb Caniliniano.

f n ^ L "Awl Ow wucm temper utd policy that actnatoi Ua coone itere at the SoiUh and Wot would b a n hun as «eitalar ami maiusini; fneaotler •nd poUticiaa if be bad ranained in Vermont,whence bccUM." PrietUl^iMraf

W b j this pains to whisper into the ear of the oat be addrcMKd. tbat ve camu from Yer-BMHit? And who does not ceadilj see the s ] j intiinsfion. jost enoo}^ to awaken a snspieion, that w e m a j {xniMblj m an abolitionist ? W h y d«Mf he write the word freesoiler ? " No d ^ ii((n to nngndice iw b the abore soi tence! Who w ^ M j it!?

Prmf 3. " IN- U mat be Uie uriginal habit of the Mfiter*!! uatiTitT, wiiicfc he btooglu with him from Vemoot. to be a ipiod taoJwe • gnoMr — i t mav ba the bkt* furce of wmppraoMU, which leads a man to make recUe»i random siatnaecu," Mc. tm kit fbwt rfl^.

W h j this allasian to Yenuoot ? there M «»e r ia h ? Ntone in the intimation' that w» B a r be a good "^Yankett p i u M a * " Would a SoBthem man believe that a 2torthem bom man n n i d r u o r t to so low a triek a^ lo jeer (ar decde aqother n u n btxaaae he chanced to i be bom in the Xiirth—tannt him with being a { ~ Yankee gneiMr," in other words a Yankee

The &et is, thesn; expres:iion:». in their connection, impreiwcd ail with the idea, that Mr. T. waa bora in the Sooth, acd were ap-M c m t l j intended to produce this impretiBiuo, tor no one coold atmbiit« so iittle and ao mean, a thing to Mr. T . deny this ctiarge id o n l j to ugraTate its torpitndc.

W u the Tenerable Sands of the Herald far wrong, when he regarded tht; following language applied to him by Mr. Ta.»(in, a tanni or a j e o — g r a w i j insalting m it wa.-' ?

- Perikopg our Richmond b r o t h s f o i s t s that natiTe bora Englishmen, like h i n t ^ f . bare jometimes the name among ua. of being verr impracticable aiul smcuncionable in their pre-jn^ee t , &c.—From the Southern Bapdst of J m e 6,

We hare no eommfccU. If it is the la:iguage uf a Chriatian gmtleman, we hare nercr learced that language.

" Wim u-iu Mr. T. born f which has been asked ao often, will be answered in the folio wing;

Xa. Kxarwa; I hait jast read in ji-ur paper of ifca laUt inatant Br©. Tnsdn'a wcutui artide agaia^t yaw. ami roar repiy. In somp of yoor coatfuTrmra I l a rc Uumghc joa uccaaioaally a!>e<i lacaua^e that

amiccssaarily haisii: bat I'hare nertirseen irum yoar pm aavthina Uatt iodicaiea a spirit lialf as bi^ tar and nndietiTe aa that which Bro. T.'s '^Teral ar dcie* anm to me U> cTiccc.

The rppuR aimut Bro. T."s lavariiig cpeu com mmiion imi eiixydaUd etry cOeajictlv l-jn^ U/urc it nu aUicid tM tiikrr i/aitr paper vr ta tat lakts. ! liouti it here abon: a j a r a^u tmm a bisi^y siitrd aod I^iiiy raapecteii bnulier. oriainaily from South rareSna. whu diid a lar^j- buaines" aicnallv CharWon. tbrocub his aa^ntj there.

Bro. T.'s ailsaiua U> joar birth-place erinces tliat he is iianl rua for weapucs with which U) ab ail TOU. It ia unmanly. A pity it ijt iLat hp shooM be murv canrmied to axittati ChrisUan conrttay to Pedobap-tiato than to a Bapti^ brother. I haTe kcowa bim far lof these IS yots . When 1 first beca-iif ic-'inainted with him ha hailed frum FhHsdapiit, and came S-jHlh to Mcore a p t ^ o n of oar !.iaTp mos^v in iDtchanit? fur hij jerricea as a leacUrr . bat as

teachiim nor preachina coold he acritiire tiuatey flutoutiuh ia the he went 5arth acd l^dc char^ of a iTemaie InM^a^oa in ProTid>:nce Bhodc lalaad. If Br«. T. KM bcra »<nub of SIas<in and Kiaa ' s line, bis aJiasion to your birth-place can only be cmustrae'l »s> an artifict'tn- pri»Inte a tabe imtia««ian on the miiais of lae t>et.pie of Use dualh.Tis: Uw miprc3aiunUm4£i»a^>ii«n»-6or man. If Bro. T. a Stiulliem luaa by binh, die dUfoence betxeen yoa Li tliin. tba; he r^moreil to ibe SirrtA tbronah dujitt. you wen.- brua;<bi !isU« beic there, by i «et of your o<m ToUtiim. As seen a yon WHe free to c h ^ e a home lor rourself. yon sviQght the —the home which be had abaadoD ed. Deprive him of his CM saiarifji at the Sjuth ihniw him ajmn his owa rwii>nrces. with the limitif i weana with which yua cuumecccd voor career itj tha Sualh. and I dnnbt whi ther he wo'ald remain oce day kineer than was neceiisary to trind up hi- aSiin* ia the Sonih and remot«» ta the Sonh. I jdlsfe him by his piui aitf.

I am not jireparcd to endocse aif your sayinss o bat when I see itnfair and ie^.uiticai in

fiaeacai bma^^ht lo bear open a bruilier. t ft-el U mv Hnty to anmafk Us- Jmuit and Irt ta« i.-uih W knowu.

I am on Uie vergt m eternity. bavins onJ-v-partial ly rectrrerpd Jhim a severe atUci of dista^e! i fanr <rf the^iirtj staled by me an? pnaitivefr denied by Bfw. T., yju may furai-h him with my "name, u ^ u bis demaiidiua the soma, bat n « mlierwiae. a? I .!o ooi wish to enaagf iu a pai^er wanHre with Bro. T <ir any one eUe. I wi,h my laa days to b<- aprnt io mcBW peacfftil and prodmhie emp!oymctiL-<- - - -

Two other wiaiusrt-t t f a l i f j that be L-« a -ptn-•tf ""^ 'f ' Vankt-e. bum in Pencsj l rania . north of Philadeiphia, where hi* fatlier now reaides.

— " i l l .Mr, T deny that he has often confe«ed that hw ->wn tusiis and i^mfemicts were Easitrti. L e., in favor of New England

a«(vj5D I r t i i — M r Tn^tia has denied hav-ing atten.-d yiews in fiiror uf open cttmunnion. p n n u n ^ oar liacition a charye, and holds n^ respomiible fur cur authorities. There is no altoraative left as, but ta stand charged with liaader, or to prove the ezLitence of the report-

ed Pnmf. A few weeiu •unce. a Baptist minister ami mjnielf eocTerjin^ »b«ut Bnber. BaU and opfB eommnnion. when he remarked " Mr. Tnatia ia in fliirur af open cijmraoaion, but does aot openly «pnaa hia sentimenta . p«>rhap« it Is policy to be si-to en the subject." Thea for the lint Uit» I learn-ed ft™ another Ba{Xi«t minister present that he Ptwicbed ia a Pedobapti.< Chnrch. received Jt noo

P " mon^] salary, and preacatd in a bla<-i . Baptist minijrtoM and a a««con were

P«««a, and an condemned STr. T.', tncom,i.,teccT. a ^ ^ ESTES." Brwington, g. C.

-SoillhasSlterpitatdidiiatmMitiett their Itthhaawn - — - - -I'vciMd awff,-gtimlae-litOgtoiitti

tpwfUi i tHaa Locd may ( s U a yoA ia sB up-xit^BWS, u d that tbaclBnIa s foUwn to dettror yott may barmJeaa. "

B«Ue«c mr ytmr Bra. in ChriaL, ^ QEO. t . COOPEB.

Anwnew, Qa., OctT.BS?. T n i M Psoor .—Bro. T . T . S m i t h s testimo-

ny, at length, was detailed, if v o mtderstand bis snbaeqnent leUers, in a letter written to as o n t h o 2 d o f No»., b o t & n c d t o r c a c b n a . We bare again written for i t

Thia letter is only explanatory of the rea-sons why he wrote to Mr. T . before answering OS, L e , to learn from Mr. T . if be (Tnstin) • laalif i^, in these conTenations, bis state-ments In &ror of open commonion.

• of 18th ntt., and ptetriona lo answering It, I felt it mr duty to wnte Bro. Tastin and give him an opportn-mty (or expIanaUoc.

In hi« reply to me, I do not nnderstand bim to de-ny b « that b» may have eiprcaaed himself to me, m a tree prirate conversaUor., In fiavor of open Com-m union.

1 mixbt add that this conTcrartion between na oc-curred nearly four years ago. and while I hare a *ery diatinct lemembrance of the poaitioo be took there may have been •onw <tnaliScatiooa thrown around hts posiUon, which entirely escapcs me.

Very t r^y yoors, T. T. SMITH.

That a scheme is being ploUed, and the ele-ments a t work to communioHiu the Bap-tist denomination in America, we hare long had reasons to fear, and that a l a i ^ body of north-ern Baptiata are upon the r e r M «€ the plonge into open eommnnion at the t ^ I e , as well a» u japtijan and in the pulpit, we have loisg been

aatLsfied; and that there are men in ^ e South ready to second the move cannot be qnestioned —men whose published sentiments are even now preparing the way before the denomina-tion.

We gi ie thia in proof that we did not inrent the report

S jcoan Paooj ' .—The following foot note to an ar t ida by Eld- J . S. Baker, was pnb-liibed in this paper in 1835:

1 am erwBbly Interned, that one of the principal advaeatea of t ie teaolation proposinj to invite Pe-dobapUala to Muta witb u at our Biennial CoQrec-tion hi laSa, has aaid that he would have no »cru-nka ia cmnmnning with thsn at l ie Lord's table, if it wera not eantrary to usaye. I have gtjod i^aaona ta beOere whas is rq>t»rted. and know other oppoaents who sympathise with him.

That btMber has btea tbe ^ l ied supjiig ol n Pe-dohaptttl cfaarch. Smt «sae lime !

Who will now aiy that the editor of this paper mroi ted the report? J f r . T. Awwrf/ , ire tiiak, mU knew U was in dratla-t m . Did he not see E l i B . a note? Why did he not attack bim SB he has na? W h y ?

• U P m f . B ^ 6 a a n a . Ia a letter tn Bro. Ho-m a ^ I M aak a f in some inieffis-nce of which * a k me in M w a i m . Altbon-h at one tinted TO b O M with BrnTta t i a - fo r inTed in thehonse ^ him—we never apaks of thow matten aboot w h ^ rociiaBiwn tnMlfr ha, Bro. T. T.

mibrwied ma, howeve, ^ hi, (T.1) ^iew, y w tb« Commnman qmatum—that he U r m d the

toamove headed by Dr. wkott aMOMwaa condnctinf a eorrapoo.

j * — t a t a i i i T i H i t persona in Englai^ wio h2d — • > IIIW«,'PBAPARATDFY to TLW I N I T I A L of ODCO

^nwiMliTya ia thegaited iftatea. I f l h f c h e s o ^ •» dtwAwana that hare come to B z h t ^

^ F C T O I W A A A M E M H E R eCthead Chnich in g». and Bro. TtaUn therw was

, g t l o B ^ think he ( a ) woaid hate H P g ^ * " T eonaidetation. Bro. 8.

* in flmr - . <fcr«iaBmc)B

w onmsalon/aal l i f i l ,

A brother from Yirginia, not a Landmark man fnlly, whose name, did we feel at liberty to gire it, would hare great weight, freely con-fessed to OS, that .the tendencies and inflacncies exerted in certain quarters' filled him with alarm.

There are men whom we love and respect, who are unwittingly, doubtless, for we will not judge them, riring their influence in favor of views and p ^ c y , the logical and irresistable conscqnenccs of which lead to open commun-ion. We do not mean those whose sentiments, like those of Mr. T-, are in favor of open communion and a Presbyterian form of gov-ernment, because they love clerical power, and prefer to control rather than to be controlled by the people, but those who in their speeches, published artieles, and books, affirm that Pu-dobaptist societies are scriptural, or evangeli cal, or christian churches, and who, with Mr T.. advocate the validity of P e d o b a ^ ^ t ordi nances and immersitHis, and urge &pt i» t s undue aSJiatiocs with. ai.d recognitions their ministers. We may lose the favor some, we may incur the hate and opposition many for saying this, but we give it as o u j opinion, in the f t a r of God, and in the coi^^i-entious disduuge of doty. The time has come for every Baptist, who loves the welfare of his people, te speak out when such revelations as the above are b r o n ^ t to light. Such bein'? Mr. Tustin*s views of church communicm ant church government, we warn the denomination against his influence as a denominational teacher, and against the influence of all those wlio .-ympatiiie with him and endorse hid views, be they who they may—^however nnmerou:?, or however distingtzished; and we counyel our brethren no longer, from this day forth, to cir culate those books, professing to be BaptL-i books, by whomsoever written, or by whomso-eTer published, that acknowledge Pedobaptist and Campbsllite societies to christian, or scriptural, or evangelical churebej', and approv of -tue ordinations and baptisms administered bv the officers of such human societiei=. How can Bapti^^t.- cocsistentlj or rightcou.^ily circu late !.ach views? They are the opening wedge? for open communion, ajid the ruin of the Baptist dsnomination follow*

Fotn-m ITZM.—Mr. T has twice denied that he ever declared hi> preference for the Presbyterian form of •rovemmcnt over the Baptist, the latter being too Ltemocratic. & e

Proof.—We tubmit the te^timoDV of Bro Tharp. of Georgia, whose strict veracity man will presume to 4Ue>tion.

PiusKT. Ga,fH.t. •.;4 ItwT BEIV (ia^vKs I am in receijit of yours, in which

you ask mr to state »heth»r 1 ever heard Bro J I". TU.-UI1 nay substantialh that he preferred iLc P'rMbvtcriaa form of Covernmerit to the denu-crat' furm of our Chnrches ' '

In a sermon which I preached before «he UaptiM Slate Contention, held in Atlanu. ia the year 1853 I had evasion to a>lvert to onr form of Government denominating it repubUcan. In retarjiins on the Macon and Western Eailrt>ad Bro Tnstin a.id I werv sittina on the ramt- scat, when the srrmoii. and espe-cially that part of it which referred to Govertnu i.t was made the subject of convcrsatioii. Uc eipre^^ nl bis opinion that ours was purely, ami only, a <le mccracy. and p v e that sa a reason why he prefeneii tlie Pr«sbyteriaa form, which he considered repub-

lie save, amnni; otlier reasons for preferrinc

teitta? b his memberahip? The A B I ^ m wWeh be holds i t ia, we rapped a

J f ^ i ' ^ ^ ^ J ^ y ^ ? Witnesse.?

^ rt seek from him a recantation of wmtunOTts, or express its censure ?

T ^ d a y this, and aU we have written in t h b ^ own brother according

to the flesh. W e -would not deny him a placS tor OMtrersion from, and repentance on aeoonns of t ^ far from i t ; but, n ^ r d i n R him as r ^ t ^ l y unsound, and his influence unsafe, w ^ i n k be ought to withdraw his connection from the Baptists until he can endorse and ad Toeate their f ^ t h and practice.

I ^ e following is a summary of the uiibap-twtic positions we understand liim to hold and advocate.

1. That John ' s bapti.sm was not christian, i That the apostles were never baptised at

Iic5l2- ^ this. • that a pastor of a Baptist Church is not se care against any question which may be spnina up-on bira at any time." Thb be considered a neces-sary t»^nlt of our form of Govtmmeul. from which Ui? I^--.l)yterian was free, lie save it a> bis opin ion ti.at lite Conrention, called i t Jeru^aiem. at the inst3t.ce Jf the church at Antiocb, wa> both author tly and a model fiir a Presbyterian Synod. I took t different Ti-w of the matter, and pointed to the feci that at Jerusalem the vhde rkiirck came toeeiher as well as the Apoatles and i:i'lers, and the direc tions 5iven the delegates fr>.m Antioch were by authority of the whole church.

From the time of the above conversation, (tJie non-lty of Bro. Tnstin's position and the length of the conversation having made a lasting impression on my mind.) I hare considered Bro. Tustia as pre-f»nin2 the Presbyterian form of Government, what ever objertions he may have to the Presb.vterian sys tern as a whole.

I dvprrcate- and deplore tbe.se divisions amon;: brethren, and hope the time will soon cume when all who have " one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism," will be found ci>nt«ndir>*, not against each other, I>nt against a common foe.

In Christ, yours affectionateiv, B- K. THAKP.

(We assure Bro. Tharp that no one more deeply r t ^ t s the occasion of this controversy than we do. Mr. T. by his course long pur-sued towards us, to e fec t the ruin of our influ-ence by the destruction of our personal char-acter, and throagb our iall, to pull down the South Western P i i l i sh ing House, has forccd u upon us, and may forcc another step upon U". rt'e have said before, we again say, Mr. T musiprvce, rwfract, orsufler Utt coase^enccs of bis s ^ d e r o u s and liLmovs eha rg^ , again and again repeated. There is a duty we owe to our children, if not to ourselves, and those whose woridly fortunes are vastly injured when - e are injured.)

When a professed Baptist renounces the govenment of his church, as Mr. Tusdn does above, he renounces the fundamental and distia-^ s h i n g characteristic and glory of the B-p-^ eipresses his preference tor a Presbyterian gOTeraasait, and when be actually attempts to prove a Presbyterial gov-ernment Kriptural, or w a r r ^ t e d by the scrip-tures, be u no longer a B a p t i ^ t b e is unworthy the name. His influence as a denominational teacher is d a n g m u s , because i t tends to disaf-^ and m i d e ^ o t b ^ As t ^ I may a

P * ® ^ sprinWing l o immebion, and quote 8cn|AQre to snraort sprinkling, or even iniant b^Mism, and S M to maintain i t from the scrip-t u r n . The l a v vbieli de t enn ina the govern-w n t like tha t wiucb determines the ordinances and the tufyteix of them, is organic, and to re-nonnee i t iis to demolish the r a j foundations of the (3mrd» rf - - -

I t is e r i d ^ i the testimony that Mr. T. is n o t a B M O s t i n a wby does ^ re-g a i n with tbe B a p i ^ ? ' t he o r n i u s a t i d i

m - l o ^ l d ^ as Mr . T . ^ t o i d s ^ ifae m m t m ^ «j ^ G b o d t b a o * s s i $ t a n l , i ) r i f a f t

aU. 3. That there was no Christian church be-

fore the day of Pentecost. 4. That the minister does not reccive hi.v

authority to preacli and bapUre from the ehurch.

»>. That the baptisms and ordinations of the Baptist denomination in America, came large-ly from, and are corrupted bv the informal baptism of R o ^ r Williams.

6. That the immersions of Pedobaptists and Cimpbellites are valid.

That Baptist ministers may cuu^istentiy associate and co-operate officially with Pcdo-baptist preachers.

That it not improper or tinbap-tistie for Baptist Associations to send fraternal messengers to, and receive them from Slethodist Conferences.

9. That the governnitint of the Presbyteriati society is scriptural—which ijiiplies tliat that of the Baptist Church is not—and that he pre-fers the Presbj-terian to the Baptis t '

10. That P ^ o b a p t i s t Campbellite >weieti. s p d for all we know, the Catholic Ilierarehy Itself, and r n i f a r i t m aocietiet^, that openly re ject Christ, are truly christian and evanirelical churche.*.

"Whi l s t yet we truly admit the.^-fin the context other churches, and he does not desii:-M t e them or limit his ex].res>ion,j to be ^ n r c h e s o f Christ and evangelieal churche.- ' Quoted from his edUorial of iforcl, Sth, Is.V.

n . He is in favor of of.en eonitnuniou with acknowledged erroristi".

12. And, finally, has long preached, and is. we suppose, r.ou: preaching to a Pedobapux society, at a .Hilary of SLOO cer moiith, and wears the canonicak. and u.-.es' the !itur>rv of that Society !! *

We must clo.-e this article here to renew it in our first issue in January, for ve are not throcgh with our witne.s.^. or our vindication from his late published eharj,res.

\S e re-submit an old .juesttou to Lim, slight ly modified, and as it ti an iiiiportaiii ..ne ao.l concerns others than onrsolf, descrve> Mr T serious attention

Have you, or Lave you not, Mr T . rtpurted in the State of Georgia, or eltewLvre. that liit firm of Graves. Marks i Co . .,r the Soutii W estera Publishiiii; Hou>e. in Nashmlie wa.-rotten. or insolvent, or untrtistworrhy or wonls or sentiments of thiji import

T' CMtitinued •

• If \vc hare mi-sander^tooi fuliy correct.

Mr T w. ajll , hetr

AU of Mr. TUJUII » re,>lies AI II R..|U F-> .<I appear in this |ia{ic;. UN

C h r i s t m a s a n d N e w Y e a r ' s P r e m i u m , T U K GKEAT C..M.Mi:.NTAKV O> OL.- i i .v I SK.N-

Now iu cour--e of-publication, iu MA large royal octavo volumes, five volumes alre;:d> completed. This work, is a Library of biblical learniiig, but its co,<t (^lii uij) will put it beyond the reach of hundreds ut our ministers who should it, ai,d who uc^ire to possess it.

W c offer It jci a jTemiuiu lu a^y l>rot.»<.r who will sctid U-. wil an tlieucxi iCrev twenty-four new and ful l -paung sub.-cnlKt, for the Teuneasee Bapu-: and iiou-Jic.-ti liaf tist Review, or sixty new .-ubscnb<.^^ to tiit ChildV Monthly Book. Wc will allow tweim c-onts on each new suL^erib-.-r lue t^'niij Book, and it may go towar\i> tLc ? I - • i}uircd to -aia the above f-rcuiijiu 1 Subscriber.-< to the Tcunei..ee lia^i.-t. ^ tu the Review, and t.n to the Thild s Be.-k will gain the premium. \\ il' i-.i uui.ilrod.- oi ministers try il. and tuu.^ a i.-uLl. u;ll be cfft-ctt-d ? If you lii; to ri-ach il, w - will allow you the same per cent oa the .-ub;cr:bi-r-you do obtain, in other book-, or t.-wards Ol shausen. Make the effort.

A.\oTllEJl PRE.MII M. — We will -ive the above premium to the pastor of any chureb or churches m the South, who will sell worth of our publications during the lu-mih o; .lauuarv nest. J?ee our new i-suc.- The ncv and eu larged edition of the 1-ittle Ir^.n Wheel: Trials and i^ufferin^'s tor Relijrous Liberty, and the History of tlie Newpur: and Provi dence Churche„, th-. Illustrated ed;uoa ot Theodosi-v volume I si. Evi ry Bapti.-t family in your bounds will cortaialy wish this. See our Catalogue.

<ii:.v\ E.-, M ASK.- A. <

, I'm tk* Twimm* Bi«U«t. M». Ker roa :—A Methodist preacher near

here, sayif be has examined the Great Iron "Wheel, as well as Brownlow's book—doesnt .«iay how many mistakes h« (bond in the latter, bu t loudly accuses yon tif one mimpresenta-Uon in the Great Iron Wheel, page 114, which is the foUi wing par t of a scntMice, TU: « I t may consist of unconverted persons alone, preacher, and members." H e admits members may be unconverted, and thinka that 's right, but contends that a rule in the Discipline of ISiVi, page 45, v i i ; «' Do they honor God as a sin panloning God," roiinins all preachtrs to possess conversion. I t may be added, that on page tVI, same book, relating to receiTtng a preaehcr into full connection, the folloinng question is asked: « H a r e you faith in Christ This shows, our friend nigca, that according to the Pisciplioe, it is nccessary for preachers to possesa conversion, which, with cerresponding fruits, is all the evidence of such a generons ' state that any denomination requires. W e de-1 fend the Wheel and its author, and in general our opponents are easily put to flight We have promised that you are ready to prove, ex-plain, or retract any portion or statement, in | any connection, when shown to be wron". Plea.se reply to this, and oblige, "

One of your sincercst sympathizers, Florida. G. W. V. -^.NgwtE.—The above has been on file for

some time, and would have been attended to ere this, except for the pressure of writing upon onr hands, and our repeated absence from home.

The statement to which our attention is called is tl^s. in the Great Iron ^Vheel:

It (the Methodist Society in any given place J may consiet of unooverted persons alone, preachers and members, as il did from 17 «i to IT.JS."

That the Discipline reijuires a profession of .-a veral th i is^ of one about to be licensed to I>reach we admit, but that profession may be readc by the candidate for orders, and he be still an uTiregenerated man, and, if he is an -Vrmiiiiati Methodi.st. he may answer conscien liously without affording ns any proof that his heart has betn renewed by the Holy Spir i t

t -ay tlie affirmative answer to all these (uestions can afford no orthodox christian, who ai:-ierstan.b the practical religion of Metho-di.-i. any good ground to believe that the can didate i.- renewed iu heart. The difficulty is, f / y f,„fh „f 3l(th,Miisin is not the faith of the Srriphirfs

Methodists believe that a sinner may a t any time J. I. riiiine his own will to seek, and to .-ern- (ind. and thai he is justified and regene-reitd upon such conditions of good works, in-t t'alL- into a state of unregencration and unju-tifieation when be fails to produce good Wort.-.

W Leu L<. L, douuf;, what he is taught to re-gard -ooii work- be verily believes he knows j .d a- a {ardoning (frid, and that be loves • od and th.nt be may even enjoy days and

Weeks ot ftiiiess perfection, but any man who tan believe doetritie so uns>:nptural and absurd as thi.-. gi»L,- cvidciice to all that he has never

•i a Irui i.iea of -iu. or - ^ n and felt the < p -infuhu-ss a.v.'l .lepravity of his own corrupt

in art -Now Wesie\, during ail the thirteen years

his pnacLin^, in sin and unregeneraey »ouid an.-Htnd the>e <(Ue:-tions, and

en iLi^ ciiaracicr (B ) mentioned above, has ai;-w. n-d thiin. and would to-day answer them, and doubt if there is a man living who knows him who believes that he is a renewed man, or Li.lv in i.iy manner of conversation!

ILose juistiou.- amount to nothing with all • Liilii the scriptural doctrine of regenera-

tion and ju:-tification Ask the .-ihouting bun ired,- iu tli.n Oainp-raectiiig. "Have yon the

love of God abiding in yon ? and they will aaiswer, Vca. I>esire cothina ba t God ? and V y will a.- n^adily au.^wef, ' ^ o . " But go to lu m in six week- or six mouths, and they are

slaves of sic. witboat either God ho}« in the world, nule.-.-it be that at some

.ture Camp meetiug they may knoic and love

r V

CLOSING OF THE LEDGER. Ck»e np the Ledger, Time!

Slowly and sadly, but let it be. Muemftilly |iasseth by the year i

What are the records for you and me Kept by the failing fingers here !

Wliat for pasKioi), and what for love 7 What for avarice and crime 1

What for hope, and the heaven above •? Wbat of the Leilger, Time 1

Close up the Ledger, Time Many a name, for good or ill.

Fills lo the margin your blotted scroll— Many a high and haushty will,

Many a low bnt hnmble noul; Vet one page to each is given.

Marking the changing path we climb, Uoiding the balance of hel! or heaven

What of the Ledser, Time,

Close up the Ledger, Time < Say, are we creditors for aught 1

Have we a store of noble deeds, 8|>rinsing from high and generous thought,

Sucli as our fallen brother needs 1 Have we laid np for coming years

Words to wean- in a funeral rhyme, • •Nameii that will call np creatful tean 1

What of the Ledger, Time '

Close up the Ledger Time' Say what promises hope has drawn—

Say what drafts stem tniih has paid . Say what bankrupt hoj)e» have gone

In the grave with memory laid , Say if the bean has kepi iU own,

Gatberinitu: lieauly with lure and limi-. Say what fabricks are o'ertbrown—

What of the Le<ippr Timi »

Close up the Ledser, Time ! iiark the knell of the year gone by '

Have I mn oat my ,«>.Iilen sand ^ Where shall I be when the next shall die •

W here shall the soul within me stand ? Nanglil beyoud may the Le>lgiT lell,

Naught be known Imlin guiil and crime Listen I I hear the New ^ ear » l>ell'

Shnl up the Ledyt-r Tiiar '

>b .EMn>i^Tmtr i W wJIl be laeased 'to lean t h a t J I o ^ has h£d some preidcoa meetinga thia There has been an abiding rdi^iaw interest munity several months. The chapdAkS bet t Terr much revived, many peniteitt a taaenS** eried mighUly for mercy, and sunw h a ^ to tt^joice in the peace-rpealting U k t o ^ b Jmaa. Several were restored to fellowsh^; and f c wilSag converts were " buried with Christ in l iS jsm," on last Sunday morning. I perhaps feri nnnsuil interest in this wortr, since many of and three of the coeverts have been my

Truly God has been good to me a n d ^ pnpib. I have now been more than e O t years, with an average of more than fifty p n p ^ wiihoot one single death in our km-hif band.

Yet my heart is deeply pained, and often How with tears, in view of their Sist oood&Q. Bat few of theia have embraced the Savka^May the good Sjiirit soon visit us ia mercy at Jltfc dpia.

S. Sn lasos. S E M O S S CALLSN FOE.—I have H N much

pleased and edified by reading a scries of hort ser-mons, by Bro. J. M. Pendleton, that hare sen pub-lished in tbe Tennessee Baptist; UHI ha* ;«en im-pressed witb their beauty and intrinsic « :!e!lence. They are altogether loo good to be lost, at I would be much pleased to see those gems of tMu^bt ar-ranged in permanent book form. 1 thii^ ail who have read them would be highiy pIe«seS|a have a

iiit'i ijnestions

ri.o

It

W&V does no t I ^ P l t A j -

Fur ihr T.-t.. E. W h o Can T e l l ?

I have heard it said that a t'ominitice of the Southern Baptist Convention at Louisville, iu nominating the Nashville Bible Hoard, named

four brethren connei ted with the Tennessee Baptist (ifice. and the Coiiveniion confirmed the nominations. I do not know, and the min-utes of the Convention Lave not b-.-en sent to me. I t seems, by many, to be looked on as a grevious matter, that three of the Board pro-posed for the Southern Bapti.-t Sunday School Jnion, were counecicd with the Ttnnessee Bap

tist Office. I f this is just grotmd of complaint, suggest that the President of the Southern

Japtist Convention, by virtue of his office, call that body together, and let its nieuibers lasten to the place of meetuig faster than

rivers run, and as fast as rail cars move. Let them revoko what they did at Louisville. Let them put ont of the Bible Board every man who ever was, id now, or ever will be connected wiUi the Tennessee Baptist O^ce. I t wUl not do, brethren, for things to remain as they are. There arc divers men who will never be satis-fied until the denomication turns up its nose a^ an angle of forty-five degrees at the men-tion of the Tennessee Baptist Office, and puts its dephantine foot on the South Western Pub-%hing House. Ought not these divers men

to be gratified ? Bu t I am writing too much. only mtended to inquire whether the last

i ontbern ConTwition was guilty of the u n j « -d t ^ b l e oflTence of appointing on the Bible B o a r d / o t i r men c i ^ M t e d with the 2Vn>i«see B c g ^ Ofice. Who can tel l? I want to

A S S T O . — T I F I UUmBtes show that four men theBoard wbo,a t th»t time, were

opBBeetedviA t ] ^ office. t "

A'«»W> Taan'a Pmtcn. The S {at and >fc&

tj.ju again a.- bifore. Can we receive such I j j i -tMn.-j.- usi- ff rirgcneration ?

Ivit wL. I; iLi preacbir i., received travfiiu^ <MHn. :tion the fnllowin

Have \i.u ta.th in i'bh.st "r . \ re youguin<r u. ptrftciioi) L»o you expect to be made

p . i . i.'. .11. in this lite ' re you groaning a l l . H Ar^ ; u fc.-ulved t j devote your • t i f u L .lly t . i; aa i id Lis work V Do 'you

W il.i- ri:!<- > (' si>ciety ?—of the bands ?— l>o \ou keej. iiiem Oo you consuntly attend

.-ac.'-jutint : Uavt you read the form of . Afi. )ou willing to conform to

ilavi Y 'u con.-idered the rules of a pr .K; cr I'-,.I-cially the tir-t. tenth, and twelfth? V, ill you keep J u m for con.scicncc'sake ? Are y u aitermined to employ aO your time in the Work oi' (jod r Will you endeavor not to .-peak too loii^' or too loud Will you dili-

ntly instruct the children in everyplace? Will you M-it from Lom-e to house? Will y-u nvommend fasting, or abstinence, both by precept aud ex.m»ple ? . \re you in debt?"

H. rc an live .jui-stions coucemins; the state o! .1- juliiijr, toward.- ("Jod, and fifteen toucL-II hi- tailL iu and work^ for Methodism.— Till- I.- Worthy oi" remark, that here are some ijii-'-iioiis t i a--ci rtaiii if he Las read, believes It; Jiid will kei j) and obey the Bishop's book of Di-eiplinc. and not one to leam if he has read, b' lieve.- ill. or will above all things obey the N'.n Testament. The Discipline is placed alio . I- tbi- Bible, and the Bishops above Christ. The only .juestion pertinent to onr matter is this 'Have you faith in Christ ?" I t is too itdeSnite to amount to any thing. The Mor-mon, the I'nivcr.-alist, the I'nltarian and Mr Campbell, would, and could all answer, "Yes." But what sort of faith ? !

M e t h o d i s t preachers have a faith, one end of

which rests upon Chri.st and the other upon their own pt>od works—and they fondly hope and teach that salvation is at the end of it.— But their Arminian faith is not, any more than the faith taught by Mr. Camp^l l , the failli of the Bible—the feith that in the very honr it i? exerciscd, lays solely hold upon and unites indissolubly to ChrL-.taud s e c t a ^ to the .-oul eternal life. They teach there is no such m-ion mjoyed before dtath, and not until death or after, is eternal life given to the believer, and ire see not how they can predicate regen-eration of any of their members or preachers.

But it will be seen that the cardinal doc-trice

of n-ligion i= virtually denied in the second, third and fourth questions. No man who has right views of natural deprarity of the heart can believe in the doctrine of sinless perfection—can ever presume to claim that he lives days, months and years without committing sin. Indeed it has passed into a by-word "when a Mithodist reaches sin-less perfection he is getting ready to fall/rom

ijrace." He either deceives himself in the pofes^^ton or he makes it to gain confidence to aeceire others.

But any one can see that if one preacher may fall from his conversion for one week or one month, every preacher in the domains of Methodism may also, and yet like their Father Wesley they may preach on, and who can tell how largea mass of them arc in this condition ? W e arc willittg to modify our assertion ^ striking out ' ' m a y , " and affirm^ by the i a x S -ing of God's word, that svery Methodic min-ister Kho is not an Jrw«»«<w in Ihtory mly, but iruly and experiauniailg end, iditv^ tdbo^ ht preaches, is an uncomrM mutn, has buil t his houae npon the sandT

The tests of the ^ s c i p l i n e are not when applied to Anniniacs, A e tests of e o n r e ^ o n or spiritual reg«seration- » - . S Hat a TOO EIT«a nvm U a s s n u t 4 |>»FT or T^aonosia 1 Procure tlia iUostiated edition »1,00, in ^ t for the parlor $1,60. U wiQbea b«MH titel Christmas <Mr New Teats pnatoL

—MU.\BT TSP MAKKETS .\re ihe vie»s preset ted in the lollowinc ariici* I'topiari—visii.nar\- or soan'), and comm<«i, sensible' Onr present ba.ik ing tbeiir>' is a hombag. Time has, a^ain and asain proved il lo be so. [jajier .lollar i» worth no more, than a frtc>t£«l leaf, nor cat. all ihe laws make il so so lon£ as Ihf lianker is an-»-,4-e>l u* i>'»ue thrue aiid Bte and somelimt s ten of them for every dollar hr-tus in his vault. We have never Iwfore met with virus that so fully raelour own. The time ha.s v-ome for ibe [x-'ople. wb<i are ihe only suiferers and lusirs, to take the mailer into »envius cuusiderauuii aiid no longer suffer th.-m.-elves Ui l.e inip^jsed up*':

— T H E DAV«S U T TUS lioi NKS line mifbi supjiosi- from Uh- specie siatemeni ui this nioniiiia ihat the ri\or Pictoius ran through Wall -tn-et au j that our banks wer, l.uilt upon ih<? studs of its ;;ol. det. N-.i Morj- than iwenty tiv, million art no»v lyins! ii. their vaults.. Sii oi ihem lioid i-ver a mil-lion each , Ihe Manlialtai: c 1 iXjU iWtl, Merchaiil s. S I ' * » < » . -\cericaii, SU'lll.iVni. .\uierican Ei-cba.i2e {1 My Wirt t ummert. (i59,lX.it Mcln. polilau With th. M.uopolitau Bani, certificates the bank.- ht-ld yesSeniay thirtv mil lions of clearinsj-hou-se land-, aii apinrent condition of strength without preccdiat.

When shall »e over have a better limfe than th? |ir«seiil tu afaauiilou the sLi m jual iidot>t a gcuuiae and cic-lu»iv<- .s|)f.cie l urreiicv ' \c .er for ihe-im-pU- reason thai a heller cuM Dot l iivl. Tbe facili ly uith \vi:u 11 the uan.-iiior :i> .«nch a currencv aaav he ma<ii a iVw words irill liiuMrai.-.

The lianks in tho stale h<>id now new-ill sav ot loiii The bank uutrs ali.ial are

Omi.iKMI all ihe liaiiks ne.-p luslly res pcnisible lor this cirrulali-u, the wi ..ie of il nould

aeltialh reprrseri coi. m whor word-wholr ii would be alrt-stly a sp..cie ccnyncv for h> our U» the hank r.oies are ii >! nnly sj-cun-d by stocks lor uitimau [.avm*-! l.ui il.ey are th lirst claim oir ihe e-jei- of ihe liai-.k.-

It I- iru. our }.r>>e:i; j-apfr ciirroacy co:— Lite who'll of il -triclly -t.. akii;.;- re;.re>i nl com The baiiks thai the ;:i,tfi art- i:*-.! ihe banks that h.ive i^^ued th» mo-l of tlie paper. And yet Iht present »or r«-cenl) pracin-e of ihe banks of rcceii iua and j>a> in^ oui all :fia:e notes at pai comer very near to a loii-.t rvsponsibilily for thi- wholi: circula li«'n. It is ihc sanie practice iliai would prevail if ibcy were hy law jointly re-ponsibV rbr ihc -n hole circnlaiion.

Is it not apparent, then, thai with oalv the specie thai we kscs of tK-ii.g no» employ^ in busine^is. we should endnre C" -l;L.«.k in tb- liaiisiiion to a npccie currency '

h i> an error to -uppi-sj-, a- many [H i le evi.teia Ij do that l«eiity live millions of goid and inrniy five millions oi jiapei make u-seiher fifty million-s of currency and thai ihe papci laoieiy »ould advaacv price- ruinously . for when the paper outihe gold is shut up and the ;;old will no; couio out lill ihe I>tper is -hut uji—in other words deMr<ned. V mixed cu.-rexicy of pold and paper U not unlike i»r. hnckels in a well—when one i-ome- up fail, tbe oth-er «1>C3 down empty , both arenevi r ful! at ihe same timt- The jiooerer currency always displaces ihc heller. The etleci. therefore, upon prces. of dts-InjyinK the twenty live million- of paper—lha: i-the relative value of lalmr to -pecie. and property lo specie—can be as well ascenained now as if it had ah-eady been bum»-d.

man norks now for a dollar :i day He is paid a paper dollar He prefers specie. He goes to Mr. Beebe in Wall street, who takes otT ^sayl one jier cei.i. and give him 99 cents in coin. So if Mr. Cor-nerlot sells a house for gl0.9<X) and sets pa{«r for llukl amount. b»- sells bis paper money at 1 [>».r cent discount, and there you yave the specie valaeof his bonse—ju-l 89.900. No eoch niiaoas diSerence iu priccs as the pai>er money men threaten. The dis count on our paper money indicaU-s esaclly the wot« that could happen to general prices. In IfCT paper money was (say i 12 per eeni, below specie. The specie value of lalwr (if .jnoted in [Kiper at a dollar «-as then S8 cents. And if the paper money had ail l-cen burnt ap in a night, Uie specie value of iabor next morning would still have Uen S6 cents. If our paper money were now ail burnt up to-night, the »l>ecie value of Ubor. if worth lo-day one dollar in pa[)er, would be tc-morrow morning, just half a cent ^ess than a dollar.

It is clear enough that, aitcr the extinction of bank-notes, there would be just as much specie as before—no less; and that there would 1* just as much labor as before—no more. There would be just the same quantity of wii>eat, bouse, farms, ships as before—.no more. Their relative (juantities being UBchanced, why should the reJative value of these things and specie, measured each by the other, be in any degree chaagwl 1

Then why not restore banking to its legitimate doty—the loaning of money, and give tha people a ^ ^ i e currency 1 Why sfconld not oar lianlcs cease

be the great borrowen and absorbers of capital, a^ti>eybav« been of late, and become w hat they S h ^ l d a n d i n theory profess to be—ita providers, ttaebeneflc»t agencies by which labor is boaestly toaxiied to capital and made protiSc 1—Post.

Y < P U N D E B S T A N D T H E P B O let t im af a * K«<r TMaiaeot. utd eigmMlT

,, ••tai«Sa«V>rt Pmom a d m d ta>tnXuK« ^Tk. iwt Ima^ -ObtI^C. Cwat HiitiwcT.- JM«e.«l M

copy of them. If Bn>. Pc^idleton win volume for the p r ^ , could not tbe Soai PublUhino House poblith them ? Vi hat Pendleton 1 Yours in love,

Kilmichael, Miss. W. jCHrar. .\.v8ws£.—Tlie South Western Publialt j Roo-xe

will U- pleased to issue a volume of Short Sermons from ibe j>en i>l Bro. P., and we are com -jit that he would prepare 7d or lOO fw a doUar he thought it was the wish of the deuums uunislera generally.—

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ant TliMdoTitsI ttitads aa«) orm COCSTBT.—Tba TlniipaMi Tlii't

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Bro, Wm. Bomm, near Lebanon, T-you in l^jihesmi 1 li Ucomes yon the faiihiul. Hold faai, and if God wills, in »<• will visit you. Yon would do well few

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' P H E O D O S I A M O R E B E P A T I F U L J- AjfD vatrama TBAX wnar

ttro t)w m a af ikr^oaa Wnwn f m ^ A ^ STI^- ««« »-aa aiU^ t k c l ^ ^ of nnmctioB. cwofniuu ant tia^tiai af Paxter Thwdorta * oM llinla.1r. and the abala watk i* haai. niiutraird. Thr ralar of baak. •• • ^aacSstsiaail asdiu fenBt.T andatttaetiTCaMliaiabanaaSariaQT

co|>ies of Lard's work, a purely Ci {>bellite work, lie clearly defines what Campbel! Mr. C eudorses it. It is so purely will proUuo- a reaction iu ail who are U) Ulieve a delusion. tract will apj ler fiom iLe jien of Eld. Poindeater oti that »ill be serviceable to you, and all the midst of Camphelliles.

— BSAK BauTHEE TAVLOS. .—I drop j this mail also. Tbe giKHl work to which i in Uiy lasi ik sliil goina on; two more pcr profesi».d reliEion since 1 wrote, oaly two Uae IS brother Vau- s cook, and the Crasiord s lemaie personal wacber. T! have been deeply interested for some time U.ey gave bright evidence ot a thorough heart.

Four pers -ias were received as candi; tism—one yesterday morning ' One m' [H-ciod hui was, irom sickness, unable to ta >reseau Som« oihert are m a ".law of conviction J Thank liic Lord for his goodness and mere

^ ours in hope. T. P. Cra

CajasTXis AJ1> Xta Ybaks Girr B<Sis CbRisTiASs —-No more useful or beacLiful n<«d be desired than iht- tbUowing. which send sajcij^ and prmaptjy by mail . 1., Thtx>d.Js:a Vul. 1 lliusirated aad enlar^

in fine gill i Thtrodia ia. Old voL. plain (1.00. in gilt 3. Life iu Judea J ^ v.., • . , -L Life in Israei \ del'ehuul book^ o. ELepreseouUie Women

C h a n go of A d d r e s s . Ei-ln • a Ill-r. uf l-iiniT Co.

Paial. « bii. Arl-

RE . \ D T H E 24TU C H A P T ^ iilTTlIEW U. ...a rt! Ou h". r

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A T L A K T A M A K E E T . ATt.STl, G»_ Drc.

r -NI TC5M.-.-ES BJIPT-.ST h.rv I c^jt .inlni-. ir thf hop trt

»,»;rc m u, Uj- prerai.iiy: r .iBi a 111 b,.; Lu: r,-&.-br-l jn

irr l«i.r -1 •n.i pirtlrtt. tfct w-nn isd^Brnnbli. W - qiK'iv ec'iaiaal T J Wl...»i 911,:, t CO. rT«jT

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R- p-cTfnU. StACO ABBOT" Coimuw on

M A B B L E D . On br 1-: .r.! h> K. . 1 r Rr> J. G. B]

FarTOiB|ct(>T. Mtts.. tn Mi«- R. J. Go*ra. of Jcfea. On Ui' '.SjIJ ta Oct. U«v «t ihr- rac»lmr«or ti<.

ura, l hiEor T.cii_ t.j Rr>. Wm. Skrlloa. II. Y- Kil> •jf Ripn-j Mi,^ t.. Jlif C. SnrxTON

On Ii,. litb cf Der It th.. n-ddfTjrr J. E. n»;i» E l 1. I . a V I . \ l . T . H , . « r j . « o ! C t a t t a n u o g i . t o J

Uai 1 T*rB7, s of Rutb rlorJ conatT. o I !!.- Ull ..( NOT t,T R., W3i. Cut- Mr tVte

i,hTaa. to MiM«.*Glta KiTzxiLLEm uf Wa#liir.rtco M Ou tbf. Kth 11,-c- Ui- rr»,»de-n(» pf lb*. brU 's li. T- .oj!1. E.,1. T N J.>M, tr, r. A. Kixun.'

br a W r r sntUT w t ^ I>a\iIM»ia. aad n t BotUa^ haa ten a d ^ t a t i a c o r t - p d e e a t iUf l , iaaO.

Win net parrots prmrat a of t f l* «HtlaB of Tbcaaaaix ' to « » U ekiWreat 11 a-ffl b« a raliublr vnmnt. and Vbocas iaifauocc it mar exert aacr tWok and v i h s a ttroack tkna ?

Will not r r r r r Baptiat atxter i,aicba«* tki i t-iMim tor ber [ r uk i r , thai vteitaii n a r f n m thaaoras is taMr wttk " • - i f i f i i . I and t b . arcarai-ancp. aitaodiii^ Pi.-inr J o h n r o ' t l u t i a a .

A g T o t n a i i d B n o k i e n a n w i n i B d t h t T c a a a e n a a ^ ^ a e n B -I b«r of liiia cdixiaa Utan aar farraet onA. THI.M.3 4X1) STTFEKEVG K>« m r e r o r s u»-

^ EKTl . and the exact B i O o ^ af iha e r n n i a t i a a of the I 4f!ne« and Serpor t diBTcliH, finejT luasd. « caiila. SIS logla.

T H * t r n X E i w n r W H S H . aad aelaictd adl-tSOB. boand tor prtaeEatioii. 40 d |«sr».

I ' P E N X E S S E E B A P T I ^ F O B O N E X DOUJLS! AU pnadbtTM. Ba|.tiate mmi o t l « a . bA

mn-Mv caa b a n tbe TcaBcoaa w - r * ^ . tfe: essrn*. j n r . far I t l (». is a d n O T . or thiaa m T a l i n > a i t

• Th« pnkliaben Bake Ibla sSn- that-Om t r» charaew s tbe pape: aiaf be ksaWB. aoafitet tt vSl ba qfEK^tad.

" ^ O U L D Y O U L I K E A B O O K T H A T » T arO o p n a s ta Ttm tlie p n f A e t ^ jmxa of tke Wnr

Ti«Uia<^t and txai^ af t ^ o14t Stoi far g^^ny-a of O n I to rd ' i Great Pinfibeej. tn S . D- B a ^ P i t e SLSA.

C P U B G E O N S E R M 0 N S - 3 D S E R I E S . We h«Te DOW readj for mzSSSnf LOOO e m e a ot 1]w l U t d

Serte. of Spnr t rna lSemrna-Seroea ie t k T t i . Tirnntaiai i oaczuacect {lieaa* of tba Sazzrf fin ilaii fzia CUOD.

THE SAIHT AHB HIS SAVIOR, 1 , 0 0 0 C O P I E S K E A D Y F O R M A I L I N G . • We hate Losed a s editiaa cf th i . »mrt. and d isaU lia

)>!ea<ed to art>d thrm aU out fcj naC. to &D cciiCT icr I aa-? TearV preaenta.

Tbi» U so e s s i n j j a e a arok. u i e r , nillMted «a a n fcna. II il t i e BrK n t r r t r d > t dMl iEerS-

pnaebrr . aad one -aiikh ia its fercU dre^Jeiial «jjiH O n ricfcjieai of f t i fentiaietta. asd t i e teantr of i t i iBiaatTT. teUr atutaiE* hto le|«t=ti=a.

n-v. A. c. n. of EccheHej r=iTCT:tT, I of Saint aad b « SaTiar t h c a :

- Hivia* mad a csccidnable poTtira of the adratpp iheeta, I do iHX b>sitata t a t n a r m s c * K one of ^ aiaat t a laaUe v a i t e on prutical n-liffvna wkieh onr dax hai prcdarra witbl. r ta»-( • Ika l io It i eortriox, fcrrid la Ma arr>t ina£ ^ d L a b o a e c r in erseot andtelieit»o> EJatttratje*. and a b i x ^ wtoDr b n bvffi Oir b a l u of atTle v h b l laadnd kia eariier • r i nms . ' '

TUe loodna Tne in ia tha« R»ab> of j t : -Amilta!tort»ti> r«t«DtaikHU»4t*anilna» or tt> iB.tmrt jarathrTa is ihe art of irrtfar earwl asd efiutiTe

I to the l>e*rt aad cmrirpw." ^ « R ^ t v e Toa Si>tas-oc> UfrJ GnSj fiitv ccna tr

I Tnran Fimref or fibmoxf . lun ra Tt. I thi^feu-^TupaTeaiCTiTTOai the prire of fce^ R «L I I ^ 'be- Foaier.- "The Sensca brjx. Sevtt Tc=4a.-SUy^d Strinf.

AH mini>ter> rmji rr.4 Jrors-on". SerEwtre end be immieed la the art of effpctire prerixinK aad rxhertsti*—af ijii fcirg ^ '^^Jpi^ear* Spar-ro li > piac;i.-ral fi-irmrnioEiitt.

xxwEDmnx OF nowxnv^rj CKsiTwnKc—aisro-t j f.r aTti na EcfmTinf of tbo Ataha-

Thi. i» a e^xa to aire hnrtofhre ti8(Tri Tt to » ?:airta.-<J birtrry cf RCEI£=>«E. ii it» riae. «T» islm. It, TEAR fcn trp t« tb^ prewmt time, trrry ir>rrfca= CkriKlm at 3-= xftrr «iool.l be tuniliar aritb tiia HiSere

p oa RJ ortaeo pajea. TnTiiTT J. w«k-I « = • FISATSS. U S B * M L

TVIARY S H A R P C O L L E G E . ITw n c i t ®f pppolar laa-.it«i« *ia mnaDecc- oa tte

a-Kt Mondar Li J»-traTT oeir Tie Tmrt-w take pteannr la jnno^ic, to til- f,.troo. .£ tj„. aAooI flat -Jier faee Ma-ad J - ,..!=; -er^r- of P-efit Waawr asd IVner. and llfaa Hoa- U. t ^ . c j ^ rf trm^ a™rtiae«.

« irpc^iBrml. t i e ^ S S S ^ that er.tire a»»i.fectira wtH b. para to aB. I T" ^sataa. %SO:wet iaora-I rnent $la Br urda of dbe Board.

aedto

• •J ' • „..•: 1 0 0 0 CaBtarxAS ASO KBW TXAB'S GIFT BOOKS.

ISnstnUed uideii]«rged e d ^ of TkcoiksiB in ^ fir tiw pwlor, tl,60~Tol 2, |1,B0. A mow ^ a a W e fuH bewttifiii cUl book 'eoald not be ae]e< ted, and weh a ^ k mar lead same wanderer to C I I T H and to 1M> trwdv lAea j v i baia paand away.

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A C E i r O W I i E D Q K E N T O P PAT Tbe f*>r.owiiip "ah crtber* bare paid to the date

ll'.-tr naittee for IS57 : N I>»«T to I* :..>T. Dr J V Caaiiniaj> 4 Ort. J.icr

U Jnnr. Elu-r A J Mrml! 10 Sept. Lak' E B«.-Brtt M.-Eln!ijnv ;; Dee, s JIorRaa « Mij C Bill IT II

Tje fcUowi.Tg nsbicriben hare paid to the date* a.-: tbrir cane* ior ISJS :

J R I 5 II C-i^MS H Marrh. Cobert i 1 Jin. J.J.n W Tanaferm 10 Jia. Kurwe 7 Te S lU;;i!.urtDii to -iept Ibii. E L Carpeawi to a Fe.

The r iloTCij eabeenber. h»re p&id to the dates aai Ib-ir oaitip* la ISi^.

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I i H i n a o m i l j l iaksd t o t he t m e and h m m U M t h u i m bdkt ld of God i s t he tried i n u t i f t h g r n t i u v a m n h o o d tha t has pooied • v t i l i V M l t h a f o i r t U y k n * , and fband the s a d — H & r M thia v o r i d gom—an o t t e r aoli-t a i a , a t a b a r n a d a iriieBw the g k v y has de-p u t e d . W h o then would r en ta i e to think Bghi ly rf the w o l ^ has known love as • t n m g a a d a a t b - ^ «ral that , e T e r & h h f d l t o t iw paat a n d m i n d f o l o f the fa tere , l i res dieer-f a U j span the toBtorj «£ the <me and in sob-C u u i praparation far the o the r? T m e , hnn dteda tf old maida are & n l t j , and Boored, and u ^ n ^ j ' — t e t then, how n a o j marr ied womoi m a r a w o n e ! True , himdreda, h a r e loat * a aa t r imada l opportonities" by fbUy, and co-

and eapriee. T m e , many of them ha re ^ fanad "no t -v iae ly ba t too welL" B a t t m e ,

a l w , t ha t of the rant crowd yet remaining a gloiioaa hor t can hwk b a d i deeds of no-blaat eooraga, «rf heraie l e l f M o t i o n , of sub-l imai t t r a t L T h e wires cf England.—they are g r e a t and good, ye t perha ja few among t h a n h a r e bean fiuthfol to their tariust lo re ; whilst i m o n g the " old maids" of Br i t i s a there a rc thoosands who are t m e alike to the dead, and to Uw worse than dead—thoaaanda who loTad W aiuar, and tha t as woman only can !

Saeh was Grace Wil longhby—the most gif ted, as weD as the most beantifal , " old Biaid" I e ra r knew. A n d to-night, although wida ocaans roll between ns, I see once more the fiiir hair and calm eye, the smile, die glance I lore, and here

The forms of the depancd Enter at the o])«n door; nwiMioTad. thetnwhfflutfd. Coau to Tfait me once man."

Let ma t h m tail her story. And if it win thee not, my reader, and if i t ttaeA thee not, deeui i t the & a l t of the n a n a t o r , and believe that , bet ter told, the history of this old maid" had been a blessing to t h a e !

I t was a September s igh t , and a n o n d the old house i s the g r o r e deep silence horered. E r e n the brows leaTes that had fallen in the earlier eTts ing, before the wind went down, lav without rust le on the g ra re l walk and ondcr their parent t r ees ; eren the gnsxs by the roadside bowed their heads in sleep; and all around the hall a t Forreston was stiU. There was no moon, bu t the stars looked down from an onclouded sky, and the old trees spread oat their arms, as if to hide the secrets of the an-cient hinds they guarded from the bright , ever prying strangers o re r head. Deep, therefore, was the shadow on the greenaword; cold the night a i r tha t crept beneath the t rees; dark tome Uie path that led to the great door ; wel come to ord inary tzareHera the bright blaze of the fire, which eren now ^ e erentide found on the broad hearth of the ha l l ;—and j c t it wa: with lingering step that Martin Leycester trod tha leaf-atrcs way. W a s i t that his long jour ney to far off London had rendered leas a t t n c t i r e the scenes of his earlier chi ldrec: or inu-i t tha t upoo his a rm there rested one whose erery lo«dc had power to charm, whose voice was e v m sweeter to his ear than the low dreamy^mnsic that fioated ever and anon upon the air and bade him hasten home ? In vain the watchers of the hearen above sooght to discorer where he stayed 50 long. The " higii cathedral a rches" thickened into one long hid-ing-place, and shut out ererything but the h r i ^ t s tar of lore. Yes, there, in the lon^ a v m u e so old and dim. the pare devotion oi two hearts, whose earthly lore was crer a re-flection of a higher ye t , filled all the air with giory such as angels lore to see. I n sach an hoar i t matters not how many word^ are "poken—a toach, a look, the premtiie of the belored one, the simple consaoosness of mu tnal afieetion, will be enough of joy. And who that can i ^ p r e d a t e the boanty of the Great Fa ther in g i r ing to bin erring children a h ^ p i n e a s so like that of Eden, forget to raise his heart in grateful and ennobling in-tereourse with E e t r e n , or fail to seek the prus ence of the EBghest. eren in his most precious hours of earthly l o r e ?

I know tha t i t has been too m u i ^ the prac-tice of the e h n s t i i n world to depreciate—be fore marriage—the sublime affection between man and woman "diieh hais so richly ble:s£ed t h a world of ours. " L o r e " is with some of them anything bu t an emotion giren of God— and alas 1 too many of the followers of Christ, deem Him to grea t finr confidence on theme ao worldly and Ingloriouii. Would that the high w t of all a re t imff l t s tha t ean exist in the hear t of man—erer excepting his dcrotion to his God—were bu t set in i ts own lof ty place. Then might such women as Grace Willoughby be oftener foand UUOUil^ US*

Beneath the tzeeathat n i ^ t was held no or-dinary conference, fiir Martyn had journeyed to London a t the ret^ue^A of his betrothed, in ra in the efiort to diseorer in what comer of its mighty world the heir of Forreston had found a hiding-place. Alaa fo r Grace, alas for her aged £uher , alaa fcr little Clara, the fkiry of their home! an untold w e i ^ t of suffering had home to U i a s t h r o u ^ him who should h a r e been their stay and guide. F o r A r t h u r WU-loughby had b e a for years the shadow on their hearth.

" I h a m no hope," were some of Mar tyn ' s TOds. " T h a y t a f l a a h e h a s s u n k q o w e r a n d ™ j i » , u n i a , a t la8t ,a l l trace is los t : al-

»»«n«gl» it iadeamed probable that still, under fiTea-aaidrt terrible tempta-

" o n ^ O a w f i m par t of London. A l l we i a t o l d o k u p i a d p n y . S o d can re>

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M M V the

e d h J a w o r ^ ; ^ dead, Oon I h a a fia-ever. in S m a t al l times r "

And Gru i e said, "Ym," and looked u p to the s tars and l e a n e d their lesson; and then went calmly into the wide hal l and past the soaad of Clara 's pensiTe mmnc, u p into her own room to k n e d and pray. Oh woman! how d i r ine thine a t t i tude in such an hour—how like tile Intercessor who ye t pleads for H i s belored ones b y the Fa^thera throne I

B u t life is not all prayer , and the time comes when Grace must b r ^ to dying ears the story of her lorer ' s ill-.<nieces8. G r a t l y and anxious-ly she told her fa ther all, and then in u t t e r Klf-oblirion soothed his newly-opened grief. Al l through tha t n i ^ t she w a t t e d beside his b e d b u t towards dawn he rall ied, and she left him for a while to the scarcely less dut i fu l at-tentions of her betrodied. Sweet in such hours is the low word of sjmiHtthy, the silent pres-sure of the hand, the look tha t reveals the sooL Ah , Grace, thou hast a treasure on earth as well as in heaven! Shall it be continued to thee?

Who has not known what it is to awake from troubled slumber with grief upon the soul, and wonder in the eariier moments of re turning consciousness what can have been its cause. So woke Grace Willoughby on tha t September morning. B a t a letter was beside her on the table, and i ts sight recalled the sorrow of her life. W h y should !<he touch it with a hand so feeble, and need to seek for Leycester ere t he looked upon its page ?

C U . I P T E K U .

In one of the most wretched thoroughfares of the metropolis, and in the attic of one of its meiuiest lodging-houses, there lay a man still young and even handsome, but with the stamp of wild excess upon his eye and brow. Beside him stood a woman,- coarsc and vulgar, and at the door appeared the pari.»h sargeon. The boand hands of the sufferer upon the bed, the terrible s trai t on the floor, the earnestness of the landlady, and the grave aspect of the doc-tor, told the story.

" He must go," said the woman, harshly •• Sis friends will never come. I cannot have mv husband's life risked as it was last night. He tnay be quiet now; but he will be at it again by-and-bye. His bc.-t place is the work-house, and to the work-house he goes."

The doctor au<)uiesced. and had already one foot on the stairs, when with the swiftnc.v> ot the wild deer, there hashed past him a tall and beautiful woman. He turned, then, and went back into the room.

Grace Willoughby wa.> there, kneeling be-side the bed. and covering the hoi brows of die madman—for such he waj—with kisiies.

O Ar thur , speak to me." she cried ; - 1 knew vou loved as still. Look up, and tell mc that j o u have not forgotten Grace '

H e did look up; but it was such a look that she feel back insensible into the ann.< of Ley-cester

That night, when Ar thu r had been removed to a lodging Leycester had foimd, and when it bad been arranged that Grace should sleep in' the next room, and rise at four, to relieve her lover s watch—for. althoi gh they had hired a keeper, tliey never left their charge—a cloud seemed to comc down and rest upon the sp in t s of the twain, and ia each other 's eyes, ere yet they parted, they read of shadow deeper than that underneath the trees.

" What is it"!"" exclaimed Grace, at her b ro the r s window she looked out upon the street—how different the scene on which they gazed two nights ago !—" I am oppressed with doubt and fear. W h y can I not obey your wise injunction, and trust and not be afraid 'f"

He looked down on her, and was for awhile Then he said, earnestly. •• You have deep trials, and you need deep sympathy I cannot give yon all you need, nor can my sympathy g i v e a support eijual U> your reijuircment. Look to the great High Priest , dear tirace, and be our fnture dark or bright, all «hall be well will; you

He spoke La lowest voice, for the strange man from whom they seemed to shrink^—partly perhaps from prejudice against his calling, and part ly from his utter scorn of piety for the sufferer, was close at hand, and marked their every look; but Grace caught every whi.«pcr. the memory of that hour cherished even yet.

Lingering, that night, were their adieus flurried, e r ; morning dawned, was their re-union.

I t is well known that cianiacal fury vents itself most fiercely on the friends best loved in happier times. So was it witL poor . \ r thur Leycester had been the companion of his bov hood, and they had been as brothers to each o the r , now, in his madness, he hated his ear liest friend, l uhappy (Jracel in the deep silence of midnight she awoke from fitful slum-ber, only to hasten into the next room and hear the last words of the man she loved; only to feel that by her b r o t h e f t hand Ley-cester that n ight was brought to the gates of death.

Awful yet beautiful was tha t hour 's parting She knel t upon the floor, and herself bound up the deep wound, from which the blood flowed warm over her trembling hands. H e knew she was beside him. and he loved to have her there, and ever and anon he strove to speak. At length, when life was slowly ebbing from him. he whispered his last commission.

3Iy own, my cherished one—it is my last reijueat—never, when A r t h u r ha^ regained his reason—never, never suffer him to know that he did th i s ! God help you, Grace ! May our Fa the r—never—leave—you—to—your— sorrow—alone! '

H e ceased; the last gcence of the tragedy was ended, and she knew well that he was dead. Too lato came help that , earlier, might, with God's blessing, h a r e availed to save the pre-cious life she moomed . A n d in the hour that saw her lover enter on the eternal bliss of l ieaven,6nuse Wil loughby began her life of ear thly widowhood.

Months passed, and A r t h u r was restored to a sound mind. Then was i t tha t Gmcc s t ro rc — a o r strove in vain—to keep the secret of his fearful deed. Then was i t that her influence o r o h m was made the instrument of noble re-uinnatitm.

She i i « old maid, now. W h o , tha t has as I h a r e seen, her calm and ever-cheet-

b f e , ^ «ma taa t t m r t i s H i . rto i . An-wise.

l i t f i t 80 • h b e b e f t S i n w i . t fc . t

v f i d r i f i a hmrm." M a t t 6 :

J S S r Noble smt iments f rom Bro . Walke r , Bdi to r of t h e Cliristiaa Index , G«o>|pa.^ W e Ueas God tiiat there a r e fea r iesa^cpUsts , t rbo dare r a i n titeir Tdces when a Tro jan horse is at tempted to be introduced within our wal ls : B a t i s t a B e p n d i a t i n g B a p t i s t P r i n c i p l e B .

The signs of the times already indicate tha t if ever the distinctive principles of the Bapt is t denomiimtion in t h i s country shall fail to ex er t their designed influence on society, the humil ia t ing fa i lure will have been superinduced by the Bapt is t s themselves. T h e wild logic of a section of the Bapt is t press, which is but the ochoe of what distinguished Bapt i s t minis-tors Lave published to the world, proves this to a demonstration. From Pedobaptist.v they have noth ing to fear : from their own brethren, everyihing. The arguments which have been used to convince the common people that a Pedobaptis t minister—an unbapt i ied , n/ior dained. unauthorized man—may lawfully ad-minister the ordinance for a Bapt is t Church, prove to our minds—if, indeed they prove any-thing a t a l l—that the Bapt is t Church ha.- been l i t t le else than an impoat ion on the credulity of weak-minded people, f rom its beginning to the present t ime—a specious humbug—we hope the reader will pardon the U-M; of this word; it is the only one tha t wmveys an exact idea of what some would make our Lon ored principles and practice—on the |>ages of c h u r c h h i s t o r y . Mvst tee Miere /fits/ I . s it a fact tha t Baptists have followed only euu ningly devised fables, and the brotherhood, de-nominated a church, is but a conglomeration of men and women of variant principles and d; versified practice ? Is there aoc' immon ground on which to stand ? . \ r e there no c r iur ia of judgment by which to arrive ut truth, fire t ru th—as it wa.« exemplified before t-Mr Pedobaptism was known ' If there are not, let us break down all barriers, and .-irike liand.-fully with profesiiors of Christianity of all per suasions. Le t us at tend their communion table and invite them to ours. Let us haul down the old Baptist tiag, in defence of which M) much blood has been spilt—in a word, niyitu latf to our powerful adversarie.<. the I ' .- . l 'bap tists. We prefer an houorabic , -urr tudir— though we have to march oat of cauip without even our .^de-arm.—to a per{ielual warfare with oar brethien. who are so compliant to please the abettors of sprinkling and infant baptism.

These remarks wire prompted by tlio vievi> of two of our cotemp>rarics, wLicL La»e re cently fallen under our eye. UrolLcr Sear>, of the Western Recorder, Las undertaken the herculean task of proving, that to receive I'e d a p t i s t immersion.- ' is Um.j ts-ioi lishr<i /uii'/isl usiije. We p r ..,c, however, dial Isc doe-not date far ther . jck than the beginning of tlic third century, a.- there were no Pidobapli.sf organizations in e i i s t cmc anterior to tliat period. We may not have seen all hi? ar tu l i> , since, from the paper before u.*, we find him among the Bapti.-'ts of Virginia, p ro \ i i ig ( ) from their associational records, that our (tho Baptis t) •• dottriiial view? ' arc the •anic as those of our •• Baptist Mre.-. "" Of ci>ur>t., then, the Virginia Bapii.-t.« arc ihc • ,-iiii.= ..f the great Baptist denomination throughout the world ' We prefer the " Munster ' ' or " l;i';:cr Wil l iams" date to this Much as w<- love \ ' i r ginia, we cannot acknowlcd^.'c hi r a- ih. . ,. i ii'j of Baptist principles.

•• Vin j iu i ' ' /.'../-/i.'i/.i," .-ay-our brottii r .j,/ untied the caiuiiii/ of v.-hen Otimi .i.-

tircd h'j (J PciM'iij'list j '<;<r/,i/ "—Krj,'o,a>\vc suppose, all other Baptists should il>' lik. \vi.-> ' If this cc rc a boi.a I'.J.- fact, a j p l i i d ih, Baptist denomiLaIicii ii; \ irgii.ia as a \vl we i^Louid reject it as a prcctdcnt lor tin. dance of our c h u r c u o Hut, ro niai l i r \1i13t our brother may have b«vn able to . nil 1 r^ m the minutes of {art icular a.-soc!atioij-, vn. J. not believe that a i.iaji,rtty of \ ir^iuia l i a j -tists were ever in favor of rcceiviu;; f.crsous luto Baptist churches on their Pedobajitist imuicr sion.s. We are confident that if a fair cspros-sion on this ijucstion could be ob l a in i i ,,oir that an overwhelmicp ttajoriiy would be against receivii j; applicants for inciiibi-Tship in this irregular way. Tin. history of \ i rpn ia Baptists, if fully written out, would. doubtlc.s.s. exhibit the strage aiiomalx of classinj: som< of

reac/iti.- on brull . tr Scars' juesiion, while the jt...plc—the

unofficial membership of the cL ixchc.-—would as certainly be on the other side The lari as-suciational action had on thi.s ijuestn'n—as HC stated a few weeks sincc—occurred in Hamp-ton some ten or twelve \cars aj."'. liru .1 15 Je t e r , and Kev. Servant .Jones, of W illiamt-burg, advocated, with power and t hMjucnce. the reception of persona on their I'edobafitist immersion.®. I t is not humiliating to uwn. that, in debate and personal influence, tbey were more than a match for their oppouci.ts. ^ct, on taking the vote by yea.- and cays, the decis-ion was against them by .">7 to In.

Bro. Sears is sorely pressed into a discu.-sion of this question by a brother Sanders of Ten nessee. H e endorsed, perhaps, too hastily llie strange sentiments in the letter of Kev K Fuller , of Bal t imore; which brother Sanders could not rcceivc as sound Baptist doctrine, nor as accordant with Baptist usage: hence the long successive columns in reply to him in the Recordor, We rejoice that there i- a brother Sanders for Kentucky. With all their admitted excellencies, the IJ.-.ptists of thai State h a r e needed just such a brother Sanders for a long time. W e hope he will it >.u! with our brethren editors, and to cncouragc him in his labor of love—if we knew his post office—we should extend to him the right hand of fellowship through the Index.*

The other paper to which we alluded abo^e. is the True I 'nion, a Baptist paper, printed in Baltimore. I t has a t length ventured to insert an art icle in its columns, containing views, to use a figure, which arc exactly at r ight angles with those put forth by Dr. F u l l e r I t s apol ogy for not having done so at an earlier date, is the " objectionable sp i r i t " of previous ani-madversions on Dr. Ful le r ' s letter. The ob-jectionable " sp i r i t " is a very convenient r i -cuse with some knights of the quill , for exhib-i t ing before the i r readers only one side of a question. StUI, the art icle which the T m e Union editor has published, contains sosie such remarks as these, conceraiog hamersioss by Pedobap t i s t s : " T h e y seldom fail to make a ridiesloiu and costempUble f a n » in their v a y of a d m i i ^ w g i t " — " I ^ e £ l i a sons, t h ^ l a d i i m i i ^ n t m maka ' the offering of the

t o b f M i i i l t o n H ^ wish to d o s o . "

Thene aei t fenenf i rom somf . p o u irotdd h a r e I i m promptad b y a . T « y > b a d q n r i t , " b u t m a a o i ^ e e s a l t e f s c a ^ occMto iaU; • I t w m e a i a n s Q ^

T h e Index was the first paper t ha t reviewed Dr. Pu l l e r ' s let ter , nor were i t s objecj iosablo tenets contested by any otho-, excqpt, iit&se-qvently, by . the S o u t h s Bap t i s t Ber iew, and the Tennessee B a p t i s t W e come in, there-fore, for t he first portion of tha t " objectiona-ble sp i r i t " to which our brother in Bal t imore alludes. W e hope, however, tha t he may ye t l e a n to discriminate between ju s t animadver-sions h o n ^ t l y expressed, and an improper sp i r i t Let him read, earrfuHy, again the document published in his paper by Dr. Ful -ler, and hc may perhaps conclude tha t i t has more the cast of an imperious manifesto, than simply an opinion from which brethren of dif-ferent views may unequivocally dissent. To repel such dogmas, then, with promptness and decision ought not to be regarded a.<< a bad " s p i r i t . "

Bu t we can sympathize with the T rue Tnion. I ts position ia a delicate one, but it will have to yield somewhat to an outside pressure, as the following abundantly shows :

• To KU lURb FfLLUB, t>. D. /tear Sir:—If an i n d i v i d u a l w h o h a d

been baptized, on a profession of faitli in Christ , by a Mormon preacher, were to make applica-tion for membership in your Church, express-ing " siiiis/iniion" with the baptism so admin-istered, would you bo willing to receive such individual to full fellowship?

" B.IPTIST L.\tuAN " lu conclusion, we may say. if any of the

Southern editors desire to prove that it is right <4> nreiCf mriiih.ers i.ito Baptist Churches 0/1 Ptdubaptist tmuursions, w e wi l l m e e t t h e m on this issue, giviug column for column. This we would do, not for the sake of controversy, but to srtfU if po.tsible this veied .(uestion, There ought to he uniformity in our churches touching this mattor

• lake i,lea..un iii iiitriJueiny Br-, Walker ut theltiiiex, to Uro A. X t^aniiers, of I'urdy, Tejm , one .if oar alil^sl ami truest I'rienrls a n j subsrriliers

If any urn- vi^)lps l>« see one r.f the ablest di.srus-xi'Mj.- of thp Tnitv of ih. rrimiiiv,- (.'liurch. t-eiid for .1 iract by KUier A. Jones Jr.. tli« title of wliicli is.

K. clesta.-li.al l i n n ,.r ur. .Sri|,iuralfliurches Miiln!"..riii .ir I i,ii.,riii in ih. ir Character li L- the falli-Mt and al.lot .|i-cu.ssjoii il,ai ha.- fell under o I yc. I'ru ." 10 cents.

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A L i t U o .About a O r c a t D e a l . " BKO KI.ITOII:—In t h e B a p t i s t of t h e l:>th

. \ug there appcannl an article under the above c3|.tioii, which appears to me very exception.i-hlo The writer thinks tlj^it because bapti.sm adds nothing to our .salvation, it is a non e.s-,sential ! Well, that brother, be he whom he may, i.« not a .sound Baptist . One that believes an ordinance of Christ to be a non-essential should ne\er assume tiic name of Baptist. The writer (W H Walker) al.so sa\s All. so far as I kiiow among us, who write and talk so in iTs.santly abi'Ut Baptism, believe in tlic final

r se \ e ra t i ce of t h e sa i t . t s , t h a t is, t h e y be l i eve t ha t no one who.-c .-ins h a v e been f o r g i v a n can p o s s i b l y fa l l of l e a i h i f . g h e a v e n . I s it not ( a.-.-ing M r a n g i ' t h a t tho.^e w h o ho ld ll i is doc t r i n e a n d b c l i c v c t h a t s ins a r c f o r g i v m p r i o r !o ai .d w i t h o u t ari} r c spcc t ti. b a p t i s m , s h o u l d be di .»po; td to m a k e t h i s s y m b o l t h e . \ l p h a a n d O m e g a i.t t h i j^osj e l W e i l , I s u p p o s e t ha t b e c a u s e it i.- ] .oss :ble fo r us to b e s aved w i t h o u t b a p t i s m , t h e r e is b u t l i t t l e neces s i t y f- r us to p u t u u r s c l v c s to a n y t r o u b l e a b o u t it. I poll the s a m e g r o u n d b r o t h e r " W " cou ld a r g u e t h a t a s t r i c t l i fe a n d a ho ly c o n v e r s i o n We re no t e s s e n t i a l to o u r s a l v a t i o n W h a t ' s l l .c Use of b e i n g so . - t r ic t , if we ' l l be s aved anv hi.w ; T h e a n s W ( r is, if wc a r e r e a l l y eon . . r i e d , h a \ e p a r t a k e n of C h r i s t , we- wi l l wan t

to fo l low hiui III t in p a t h of r tghtcousi ie .ss , a n d in l i e w a t e r y f;raM- B r o \ \ t h i n k s b c c a u s c b a p t i s m IS t h t a n s w e r ol a go<»d conse i tDce , t h a t t h e b a j tisiu . | o u r I ' e d o f r i c t <!s is p e r l e c t l y \ a l i d l l .-e.n-s t h a i b r o t h e r W . cou ld not p e r c e i v e t h e weak iu . - s of hu- t h e o r y . N o w i m m e r s i o n a l o n e is bapt i . -ni . Lence i m m e r s i o n a l o n e will a n s w e r 3 goe>u c i i i s e i cnce . I ' a n b r o t h e r W Cnd in tlu- S c r i p t u r e , j o u r i i i g is < t h e a i . s w i r i n g of a g o o d con.-icicnce o r bp r ink l i n g Is to t he a n s w e r i n g , ..Vc ? F i n a l l y , l e t mc say to t he r e a d e r s Of t he B a p t i s t , t h a t 1 t h i n k W . 15. W a l k e r is f u l l y h a l f a P e d o b a p t i s t him.self H e r e a s o n s j u s t l ike o n e

J A W U e m e m b e r B r o t h e r is a l a t r c o n v e r t f r o m

M e t h o d i s m , a n d s t i l l b e l i e v e s in f a l l i n g f r o m g r a c e . — 1)D.

r-'T til,- T-nn'S**-* il.,j,ti.t P r t i i t s of P u l p i t C o m m u n i o n - H o w it

W o r k s Mu. EtiToK —The old family Bible sa^s

A'y thetr ) nnts yc ^Jiaii know tltmi.' I f t he •Oid lAnidmark Itt^il" is n o t a c c o r d i n g to

truth, wc may expect to see it.x opo.site, '•.Inti-hind Markiim" produce some good yotx/fruit. I t certainly produces frui t , but is it good frui t f rui t productive of t ruth and holiness. Ex{>e rience is a great teacher, and it may throw some light upon this subject. As 1 have long been (as 1 trust) a standard bearer on the walls of Zion, 1 will give you the results of my ob-servation and experience,

A number of years ago, 1 attended the meeting of a Baptist Church, under the pas-toral care of Bro. M . Before services commenced, Mr. G - . a Methodist circuit rider, came iu, and Bro, M invited him to preach ; he did so. and preached a termon ad vocatiiig the Methodist doctrine of falling from grace, and subversive, or rather in oppo-sition of the final per.sevemnce of the saints. This discourse was so objectionable, that Bro,

M thoui,'ht it ntcessary, in his sermon of the next day, to review his arguments, and correct the erroneous impressions it was calcu-lated to produce. Was this edifying commun-ion, or was it calculated to produce kind feel-ings?

Again, the writer was pastor of the church at P . The church then worshiped in a schoolhouse. Dr. 31 c , a Campbelli te Re-former, made an appointment at the t ime of our monthly meeting. A s wc had no reason to believe that the appointment was made for the purpose of conflicting with us, i t was thought best tha t wc shonld yield, and tha t I should invito Dr. Mo into t he stand, to preach according to his appo in tmen t I did so ; he preached, and with all b is power endeavored to estabUsh Baptismal Begenerat ion. I n con-clusitn], I fel t i t m y d u t y to e x p r e n publ ic ly my dissent f rom t h e doctr ine advanced. This led to 00 discussion or nnkind feeUng between u s ; b a t i t was productive of no good, a a d proved concIosiTely, t ha t i i is of no advantage to have wells without water , or p r o d i u m e n without gospel. W e treated each other with <^ ' a r t e^ and kindness, b a t i t was evident to

duki there wia no oommouon of Sseliog o r

h e a r t Such, I believe, ia t he case in most, if no t all , of otir afliliation wi th o ther denom-ba t ions . ^

A t another time, I a t tended a Methodist meeting a t S H . I was invited into t he polpi t , and u r j ^ so strenuously, t ha t I accepted the inviUt . r , Mr . H preached, and his whole object was to demolish the t m t h , t h a t C h r i s t i a n s a r e " c A o w n Christ "before the foundation of the t ror/rf ," and t ha t they •' are predestinated unto the adoption of chil-dren by Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his urUI." . \ s a n i l l u s -t rat ion, he selected two men of straw, one defied to eternal life, and the other predestin-ated, by the chains of etera&l fate, to everlast ing danmation. The elected conld do any how and be saved, but the other poor soul was lost any how; like a horse chained to a tree, (his illustration,) with food a abort distance from him, he might be called, and though starving and willing, he could not go, because he was bound by the chains of fate. Agains t these men of straw he poured for th all the thunder of his ar t i l lery, and demolished them. I n d o i n g so , t w o / /nr r fcmj . Biide doctrines w e r e grossly misrepresented and abused. Much as I dissented from his false teaching, courtesy forbid that 1 should cxpo.se and reply to them. All 1 could do when called upon to pray, was to beseech God to pardon all the error and bless what t ruth had been spoken.

From that time t«i the preMiut I have always avoided an alliliation with other denominations in the pulpit . I have long been convinced, tha t the communion so much talked of, does not and cannot exist. Thero is really no com-munion of hearts, for it is certainly such a compromise of t ru th , that a faithful man of <iod cannot yield, without doing violence to his judgment , and sacrificing an adheraneo to t ruth, for this, so called, christian imion. t»ur prin-ciples are antagonistic, that oil and water will more readily unite than our sentimen « If they have the image of Jesus, as Christ ians, we shall |o \c thiin, but when they turn from d ie •• yctxi iAd tray—the old filths," l a id d o w n in the Hible, we cannot be fai thful to God and p i with them My experieme wjll be the ex-perience of others when it is thoroughly tested.

II 0 , J The writer is one of our old influential

brethren of Mississippi —Ki '

For tfc. TcbHrsiM-, ba^tiot. Church D i s c i p l i n e .

. \ c e o n l i n g lo t h e r u l e whii h c u s t o m h a s es-t a b l i s h e d III mos t of o u r c h u r c h e s . 1 e., so f a r a s n i \ Very l i m i t e d k n o w l e d g e e x t e n d s , w h t n a n u m b e r i i n n n l s a b» inuUs o f f ence , a n d t h e n m s k e s a n ' a t k i . o w l i d g m e L l t h a t Le is sorry for ll the c h u n h f r e e l y pardon .s h i m , a n d rc-Uiiiis hini 111 iV i iowsh ip !

.\giiii.s! il,is uiiscripturl and pernicious prai l ice I Li.l .rniv uio-t .-.Krun protest. My peisMiiii 1,-. /All ' tntiidnr tjvtlty i-f o ! • , , i , I... , fi . . . 1,1 i> urludfd frutn

I hi t'Uur-h I T h e \Tord iM i i d e n i a i d s i l N<>w wc

c o n i m a n d y o u . b r e t h r r n . in t h e i . amc of o u r L o r d J i s u s C h r i s t , t h a t ) e w i t h d r a w y o u r s e l v e s f r o m c M r y b r o t h e r t h a t w a l k e t h d i s o r d e r l y . " e t c . 'J T h e s s :> 7 B u t now I h a v e w r i t t e n u n t o y o u no t to k e e p c t i m p a n v , if a n y m a n t h a t is l a l l t d a b r o t h e r b e a f o r n i c a t o r , o r mv ( toi 'S . or an i d o l r t c r . o r a r a i l e r , nr a drinikard^ or an ^ / ; ^ c T b t n f o r c p u t awav f r o m a m o n g j o u r s e h e s t h a t w i c k e d pe r son 1 ("or I I I.!, I t docs not say p u t a w a v t he d r u n k a r d , or t b e f o r n i c a t o r , u n l e s s h c m a k e s the p r o p e r a < k n o w l e d g m c n t I t s ays pu t h im a w a y a n d t h e c h u r c h t h a t f a i l s to do ih is i> a i i c s s i T V lo t he evil

- T h e C l i u r . h s h o u l d be k e p t p u r e T h i s c a n n o t be dc i .e u n l e s s t he g u i l l y be e x c l u d e d : a n d ihi g u i i t y . a c e i i r d i t g lo ihe r u l e I a m c o m b i t t i n g . can r e m a i n in t h e ( " b u r c h , a n d en-l i r e i y r u m hi r i n f l u c r c e for good . H o w ab-s u r d . thi-u it is to say . t h a t if a g t i i l ' y m e m h e r s.T\s he i- so r ry we a r c b o u n d to r e t a i n h im in t he C h u r c h

0 T h e h o n o r of r e l i g ion r c t j u i r c s it T l u C l i u r i h is • l igh t of t h e w o r l d . " t h e r e f o r e n o t h i n g t h a t is w a b u l a t e d to e c l i p s e t h a t l i g h t s h o u l d be a l l o w e d to r e m a i n w i t h i n h e r pa l e t T h e .-ame cau.sc t h a t w o u l d k e e p a m a n o u t of the C h u r c h , s h o u l d e x c l u d e a m e m b e r . B u t a C h u r c h well n t r e ce ive t hose w h o a r e l iv ing in open a n d w i l f u l v u d a ion of t i o d ' s t r u t h i h e i c f o r • she o u g h t to e x c l u d e a l l s u c h , w h e t h e r t hey m t k c a n y a c k n o w l e d g m e n t o r not .

1 T h e r u l e I prof-eise, w o u l d e x e r t a re-s t r a i n i i g m f i u t r c c on ibe m e m b e r s of o u r e h u r e h c s . W e need al l {-ossible h e l p to e n a b l e us to wa lk in ihe p a t h of r e c t i t u d e . W h a t is m o r e l ike ly to k e e p us in t h e r i g h t w a y , t h a n s t r i c t g o s p d d i s c i p l i n e ? ^^ h a t C h r i s t i a n w o u l d be l ike ly ti> y i e l d lo t e m p t a t i o n w h e n h e k n e w t h a t e x c l u s i o n w o u l d be t h e i n e v i t a b l e r e s u l t

I write for the purpose of eliciting invest! gation . thcrcl'ort if any brother should differ with mc, 1 should be glad to have his views.

M l l E s L, LA.MW.EV,

J u o o h H i l l .

Died at his residence in WaDcer Cosatr, tbe first dav of October, 1857, Jacob HBL Hill was bom 2tov. 9,1837. He e m t g a e e ^ ^ g w a and joined the Baptist Cbuieli a t Cod E r n ' i x r -

Jaj>. rcnce District, S, C., and wasbaiitizedt^ : Webb, in .^u^ust, Fnnn ttenee he S t o r e d to Walker County, Ga., and imited with tbSTater -viUe B^>tist Church, and remained an ordc ; and pious monber of the same un£I his death. fe wss a Tainable member of tbe church, g«ieral} a his post, and always ready to do h b part in ai incina tbe interest of the church, while by his uno ntaci ous aad humble deportment he carried conv ion to aU, that he had been with Jesus. He bore a last lingering illness of about thirty days, with !<»» iue christian fortitude, and died in the t r i n ^ t . of tbe christian &iih.

Let me die the death of the righteous, a c g e t my last end be like his. May God sustain c w Beted kister and her ^iherless chil<*jen uiuler tl hravy aitlictioD, i« the prayer of his p

Jeremiah Cook, Sr. L > e i > a r t e d t h i s l i f e o n t h e e v e n i n g o f t h e

A u g u s t l a s t , M r . J e r e m i a h C o o k , S r . . a g e d s i x m o n t h s , a n d t w e n t y - s e v e n d a y s . T h e w a s b o m i n t h e S u t e o f T e t m e n s e e , b u t w h ] y o u n c m o v e d w i t h h i s f a t h e r t o S o u t h

i n s t h e g r e a t e c t p o r t i o o o f h i t l i f e i n A b l E d g e f i e l d D i s t r i c t * . N o t h i n g t r a n s p i r e d t

t e r i z e h i m b e f o r e t h e w o r l d n n t i l t h e y e a r l S b e t o o k p a r t i n t h a t m e m o r a b l e u r u ^ s l e G r e a t B r i t i a n a n d t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , P e a i d e c l a r e d h e r e t u r n e d t o t h e b o s o m o f h i s ( b e i n g a t t h i s t i m e m a r r i e d , > a n d e n g a g e d c u l t u r a l p u r s u i u , w h i c h h e e o n t i n u . ' d i n i d e a i h H e l i v e d » n d d i e d a c o n s i . i t c i i t m . t h e B a p t i s t C h u r c h . H e w a s n o t o n e o f t h ^

m e r e l y m a d e a p r o f e s s i o n o f r e l i g i o n , b u t a n d s o u l , a n d p u r s e , n e r e e n g a g e d i n t h e cj h i s L o r . 1 a m i M a s t e r . . \ b o n l f o u r y e a r s f a r m i n g i n t e r e s t i n d u c e d h i m t o m o v e t o C C o u n t y , G a . , w h e r e h e - r e k i d e d u n t i l h i s M a s

e i l h i m b o r n e . F o u r o r l i v e w e e k s j i r e v i o u s ^ h i s d e a t h , b e w a s a t t a c k e d w i t h a n a b s c e s s o n t h l U n g s » i i d n o i b e i n g v e r y p r o m p t i n c a l l i n g i n a j i J l a c i a u i l » M u m e d s n c h a f o r m a s t o b e b e y o n d t h e i c h o r j H ) W e r o f a p h y s c i a n . V e t » t n o n e o f t h e s ^ M i n ^ s n a s h e m o v e d , f o r h e k n e w i n w h o m h e s l e d .

I'r.o..r.EsMVE Te.M'em ^ oi EiiKoa.—Orig inally ( 'hristian bajaism was the immersion of a believer iu (^hri.-t. This beams on the face of Scripture. It is al.so confirmed by all stan dard church history. It is conceded in every scientific encyclopedia. It may be assumed, therefore, as a faet settled among scientific men.

Let u.- now mark tbe gradual progress of in-novation and change. Tbe first error in regard to Christian baptism appears to have been, confounding it with regeneration. This infects the language of even the second century. Why should this surprise us, when Paul , in predicting the Great Apostacy, informs that even in his time " the mystery of iniquity did already work ," turning men away from faith iu Christ to outward forms. The eccond step of error in regard to baptism, was but a con Ecquence of the first, namely, insisting upon its absolute necessity to salvation. The third was, magnifying the cfficacy of the form apart f rom faith in the rccipicnt. Hcnee, in the third ccntnry, baptism is familiarly termed by Cyprian, " the graca of G o d ! " Then came (of course) the baptism of infants. Then pouring, as t be subst i tute for baptism of the sic'k. And lastly, in the course of ages, sprinkling, which (especially when applied to those who are s o t believers.) is real ly Himething entirely differ-en t firom GhrisUan baptism, bearing no r e se i^ Uance ei ther b t ub j ee t ^mc^de t i f fny or ^ e c i t ,

. Thus er ror began bo exal t ing b a p t i m pre r iiUth, ( the sign over the t l ^ g s i g n e d , ) and e ^ ^ ,by actoaUy abolishing baptism alto-gether . No th ing {^remains b u t tbe ancient n a m e ; tbe th ing i t originally signified ia gone. —•Bc^Hit Almanac.

G r e a t w a s h i s p a i n a n d g r e a t w a s h i s a £ i c i n t h e m i d s l o f t h e u i a l l h e w o u l d s a y . • T ? ( ' U i k I , b e d < M i e . • • N o t a m u n n a r w a s h e a r t : c a j i e h i s l i i « > , b u t f r e q u e n t l y h e w o u l d c a s p i r i t u a l b r o t h e r l o p r a y f o r h i m , l h a i h e m u i a m u r , n o r r e p i n e , i l t h e d i s p e n s a t i o n h r a v e n l y F a t h e r . A f e w e v e n i n g s p r e v i o u s d e p a r t u r e , h u s s e r v a n t s g a t h e r e d a r o a c d h i j ^ n c h

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Died at the residence of his father, near ( Newtoti county, Qa., on the 18th of Octobw^ Brother James C. Grauade, a^ed 30 years, 8 i and i;t days. Brother Graaade waa sober, and upright from youth. A littlo more Uian a{;o he piade a profession of religion, aitd jo Baptlat Chtirch, and ha j given evidences of b ^ true follower of Christ, therefore let his relativ fHoads monxn not as tbose who bave no hope, we believe that J « n u died and arose, so also t i who have &Uen asleep, will God, through J ^ bring with hun. L- H.

ns, 1858.

Hra. Sarah Wotiey. t i n . Sanb Wod^y, widow of Jo ta Wpoiey

bom in Boyd county, Kj . , on tb« 5th of Bept.^ HtddiedBCM-KibDicliMt, Mlsa.,0!ilGtIiof Ok-ber.1867. Ibed=ce«s»l was Mlated to Ex-^ ge Boyle, of Krntnck]r. She Hred u d died christian and flm in tbe BaptiA ftitb. Sbe sereo oipbau chil&tD u d nuaeroBB i B o m faw daatli.

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