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KITMBEB 4 .

ferings might not admi t of any ambi-guity,—^the dignity of his person—the increduli ty of the J e w s — t h e innocence of the suSere r—the cause of bis suf-ferings—and his conseqt jent exaltation — a r e all par t icular ly marked , and are equal ly appl icable to t h e doctr ine of the gospel. "He shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high; Who hath be-

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' the suSer ingsand of the death of Chris t . In t h e test imony of the J e w s to the existence of the prophecies long prior to the Christ ian era; in their remaining unaltered to this hour; in the accounts ;iven by the e v a n ^ l i s t s of the life and ieath of Chris t ; in the test imony of

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Frotf Christiaa's DaHy Traatcry. E L l | l i r S ADVICE TO JOB.

"Surtly it is meet to be said unto God, I have, bo^ chastisement, 1 wHl not of-

fend alyimorec that which I see not, teach thdH nAz* if 1 have done iniquity, 1 will do no more."—Job s s x i v . 31 , 32. •;

T t e third petition in our Lord's irayer is soon uttered, but not easily elt—VTby will be done." It is more

diffici^t to suffer than to do the will of Gori; to lie passive at his f§et, than to engage iu the active duties of relig-

• Waoo txrfcro p«««l.«rfBKhU"5

signed a s the reason of the unbelief of the J e w s , and it w a s the very reason which they themselves ass igned. T h e prediction points out the procuring cause of his suf fer ings—"He hath borne our griefs, he hath carried our sorrows. C h n s t w a s once offered to bea r the sins of m a n y . He was wounded for ovr transgressions, he was bruised for our ini-quities, the chastisement of our peace was upon hint, caid with his stripes we are heal-ed. H i s own self ba re our sins in his

unto sin, should live unto righteous-ness; by whose str ipes w e a r e healed. All we like theep have gone astray, and. have turned every on* to his own way, arid the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all: All flesh have s inned; y e were as sheep going as t ray , but y e a re n o w re turned unto the Shepherd and Bish-op of your souls. He had done no vio-lence, neither was there any deceit in his mouth'. Thou shalt make his soul an offer-ing for sin; God m a d e him to be sin for us w h o k n e w no s in ."

T h e whole of this prpDhecjr.tfauf r ^ R J—jrTessiab. I t descr ibes both

advic^ » J o b in his afflictions. T h e his debasemen t and his digni ty—his sen t i iA^ t s it contains a re wor thy ouri rejection by the J e w s — h i s humili ty, no t i ce I

L E T C 3 E X P L A I H T H E M . four things.

Jt it the language of submission

i h is affliction, and his agony—his mag-I nanimi ty and his cha r i ly—how his

words w e r e d isbe l ieved—how his s tale T h e w a s l owly—how his sor row w a s se-

v e r e — h o w be opened not his mouth but to make intercession for the trans-

w o r d ^ cAiutuOTCTif is in italics, which shows that it is not in the original; w e may Aerefore refer this ac t of submis - j gressors. In diametr ical opposition to aion trt a n y of those crosses wi th which j eve ry dispensation of Providence the Almighty visits us. W e would des i re not so much the removal of the stroke, a s the sanctification of the trial. . . i

It is the language of confession. T h i s ' ia implied ra ther than e . ipressed. " I ; will not ofiend any more ." God shows us our sinfulness in our sufferings.—

which is registered in the records of t he J e w s , it represents spotless inno-cence suffering by the appoin tment of H e a v e n , — d e a t h as the issue of perfect obedience—his righteous servant as forsaken of G o d , — a n d one w h o w a s perfect ly immacula te bear ing the chas -t i sement of m a n y guilty, sprinkling

without the

cura torem Pont ium Pi la tum adfec tus erat .—J'aci t . An. xv. 44 . ] and in the a rguments of the first oppo-sers of Christ iani ty, from t h e | m e a n condition of its author, and the man-ner of his d e a t h ; — w e have now great-er evidence of the fulfilment of all these prophecies, than could have been conceivetd possible a t so grea t a dis-tance of t ime.

K E I T H , [TO BE CONTINUED. ]

Communications.

bim a promia<

•That m e . " — pierces

S o m e will not be brought to the fiiU'^ m a n y nations from their iniquity by " " ' • vir tue of this sac r i lke , jus t i fy ing m a n y

by his knowledge, and dividing a por-tion with the grea t and the s[ioil with the strong, because he hath poured out his soul in dea th . T h i s prophecy, therefore, s imply as a prediction prior to the event , renders the very unbelief of the J e w s an evidence against them, converts the scandal of the cros.s into an a rgumen t in favor of Chris t iani ty, and presents us with an epi tome of the t r u t h - a minature of the gospel in sonle of its most striking features . T h e simplo oapoottiof* of it ouffiwwl- crt for the conversion of the eunuch of Ethiopia ; and , wi thout the aid of an apostle, it can boast, in more mordern t imes, of a nobler t rophy of its t r u th— in a victory which it w a s mainly instru-menta l in obtaining and secur ing over the s t ron^ly-nveted prejudices and long-tried infidelity of a man of genius and of rank, who w a s one oE the most abandoned , insidious, and successful of the advoca tes of impur i ty , and of the enemies of the Chris t ian fai th .— [Burne t ' s L i f e of the E a r l of Roches-ter , n . 70 , 71 . ]

Thus it is written, and thus it be-hooved Christ to suffer according to the Scriptures, and thus the apostle testifies;—I hose things which God had showed by the mouth of all the proph-ets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

That the Jews still retain these pro-phecies, and are the means £>f preser-? ving them, and communicating them throughout the world, while they bear so strongly against themselves, and testify so clearly of-a Savioiir that was first to.sufifer and then.tpbe exalted,— aie facts as indubitable aa they are un-accountable, and ^ y e a ccmfirmation

coufession of their guilt fiery jrial of affliction. _ |

It If the language of promise. " I f I : have /lane iniquity, I will do no more." i Thus'^when the parent corrects the dis-obedieiit child, he not only requires of '

:onfe33ion of his faults, but a i of future good behavior.

It a he Lmgnage of desire. "' which see not, teach thou P r a y e r l i k e an arrow that the dufks clouds of affliction, anu makes fliem break, with blessings, on the Chnslian's head; but ihe arrowjvill fall tq the ground, unless'the bow is Strungand bent ia a-depetulence on the pt^wer of the Spirit. Our afflic-tions are sentforour instruction. There are nany things that we see not in the light jof prosperity, but which are clearly discovered in the darkness of adversity.; Christ has no disciple that is not mtroduced into the school of af-fiictrnhJ

L E T I R S K N F O B C B T H E M . T h e p r o -priftv oV such a course will appear

Whfn we consider our deserts. Should the siiiner coin plain because he is a sufferer? Is it meet for the disobedient child to upbraid his father when he is correcting him for his faults:^

f f t f e n toe consider God's designs. I t is nmfnir his pleasure, but bur profit, that & afflicts us. Look at his ^ w e r ; who

St him?-^his sovereignty; who n stion the order of his anange-

• ils wisdom;who can dispute a i e might be laid to the ipot

Waiesi providences in the world, like % k ;clou(l3, to the watering "pots of w r i r ^ e n of his churcbrthat the fruits • W l o i e r s of it may b* brought to. to iheinithofChnstiantty, than which W U H L ^ . - r - - i i l i s djfficuU tq< -i . " '"•'••••• fcIThe prophecies,

H d ^ m u c h b e t t e r i s l t t o ' ^ w i s d o m k . s i i i i p l e enumera t ionJ) f a : f ew of them than y . l ? and to "get - u n d l R i a n d i n g : ^ tha t testify of the sufferings of the Mes-n t ^ i o be chosen t h a n silver. ' ' " , siah, need no forced mterpreia t ran, bu t

conceive a n y stjrotiger. a s w e have seen, by a

For the Tennessee Baptist. Cane Creek Church, Madison co., Ten.,

In Conference Assembled, on Saturday before the ith Lord's day in April, 1 S 4 9 . WHEKEAS, W e believe the Bible

from remote antiquity, to the [)resent age of the wor ld , has been the text-book of Bapt i s t faith, as well as the sole r u b of action and practice, to the enlire excruBRjn o r a n rcgutaitoira forms of discipline, founded in the construct ive theories, deriving their paterni ty from tha t a s sumed , and ne-cessarily spur ious power , so definitely indicated and severely threatened and denounced by the pen of prophetic in-spiration. A n d whereas , we are not unapprised that mul t i tudes of ihe pat-rons and abettors of that unholy pow-er yea r ly migrate to this land of civil and religious equal i ty , enlarging the numerous host a l ready in our midst , who acknowledge spiri tual subjection trt-n ir;.. .. -t*- T ,hfl extension of the R e d e e m e r ' s Kingdom upon the s imple and republ ican plat-form upon which its great founder res-ted it. A n d whereas , in league with this c rusade a re opponents of the plain and significant ordinances of the Gos-pel. repudiat ing and denouncing, it is t rue, m a n y of the more flagrant enor-mities and corrupt ionsof the miscalled mother of churches , and against which their ecclesiastical fathers , centur ies ago, protested, but l ikewise t rue, that they ye t retain points of r esemblance sufficiently numerous to m a r k their identi ty, and declare their affilia-tion in disobedience to the Pr ince of Zion , in violation too, of the ad-mitted teachings of t he Bib le—the volume, which their own testimo-ny will convict t h e m of declaring their only religion. T h e s e a re numer-ous, powerful , respectable and talent-ed—act ive ly and industriously busied in assault ing and defaming the princi-ples and pract ices which w e hold sa-cred and emana t ing from the authori ty and command of him, whom they call too " L o r d and Ma3ter;"pract ices, some of them, which sometimes their own "incorrigibly s tubborn subjec ts" force them, how reluctantly, per formed, to observe. T h e immense issue of their press has filled city and town, and vil-lage-, ntnUraraicr ,- Aod f>V. ,

e ry accessible point, wiffcin the whole length and breadth of the land with theirdenominat ional l i terature. T h e i r periodical press issues its weekly mis-sive not unlrequent ly a r m e d and poi-soned with virulence a n d invective, a imed at tbe reputation of some prom-nent sentinel on Zion ' s watch- tower , to divert the confiding reader from at-tention to the principle or question in issue, a n d merge the controversy into a wa r of personalities. The i r contro-versial Goliahs, forget t ingordisregard-ing the injunctions and precepts of him whom they essay to serve, scruple not to infringe the decorum of christian in-t e rcourse—nay—far the r—in violation of the decalogue itself, false testimony has sought to league us with infidelity and with unexampled effrontery in christ ian controversy; to assign us a position immeasurab ly in its advance in the work of destruction and "soul-d a m n i n g error,", whi le the a rgumen t s adduced in suppor t of the t ruths and principles we asser t and main ta in , a r e often met by quibbles and evasions in-compatible with the digni ty and can-dor of the christian character , and , too, surely indicat ive ,of disregard to the e t e r n a l t r u t h s o f revelation, upon which the chris t ian 's profession and his hopes o f accep tance a r e f o u n d e d . T h e r e -fore • -f,

Reeolted, That we claim no descp t from, and disavow ^all association

AY, OCT. 4, 1849. with, either pa?t^6if-"existing, a n y of we therefore tender him our most hear-the ecclesiastiei^;^fabrics, organized ty, cordial christian greetings, and re-upon the basis b f e o m a n power , and garding the instabiliiy in the pastoral founding their o i -dpinces upon the au- relation among the chief causes of the thority of human lP ld i t i on—but avow coldness and inefficiency of thcchurch-the Bib le—and t b # Bible a lone—the es, we invite hitn to the pastorship of religion of Baptisi i | i^and;maintain, that this church without any limitation of through a 8ucces | i | f r of ages with lit- agreement , save such as may originate t le of a n y intervrtijlpD, champions of . in the casualt ies of life, or disreg;ard o f t h e p r i n c i p l e s ^ - ^ c h w e n o w hold, [ the respective aiid mulual obligations have feariessly proclaimed, often in incident to, and inseparable from the def iance of exasperated princes and relation of pastnr and church . prelates, hostility to anti-C' anst, to e.x- Resolvid, T h a t in our devotions to piale their temerity in the loathsome ' God and our supplications for his di-

or the j vine aid, and the continuance of his I mercies, the pastor of this church be I commended to his divine master, with

j l oom of ihe prison house, bloody doom of the mar tyr .

Resolved, T h a t as christ ians, and especially as Baptis t christians, we cannot be indifferent observers of the scenes transpiring in onr midst , can-not be inactive spectators of the un-usual and startling events which the age is developing, and while w e per-ceive the finger of God in the d r a m a now enacting upon another continent, indicating the d a w n of a new and brighter era in the social, civil and re-ligious condition of mankind, w e will not close our eyes to the obligations resting upon us as the humble instru-ments in accomplishing the purposes and designs now indicating to the wor ld .

Resolved, T h a t as a body, and as in-dividuals we will bow with humility and reverence before Almighty God, beseeching and praying the great head " f <!.» - L . I . x t a y . h a a r r a y -ed in her most beautiful and at tractive garments , that he will send into the richly abundan t harvest laborers ap-proved of him and worthy their high and holy vocation, that the word of God may run, and have free course, a n d accomplish the purpose whereto he hath sent it, that peace, harmony and love may dwel l richly among her membership and beholders, exc la im— see how these christians love one an-other!

Resolved, T h a t while we cordially e x t e n d the tn- ci instain leT-lowship to all of other denominations who bear the image of our Savior, we can invite no compromise with the er-rors, which we conscientiously regard chem as holding and propagat ing ; but most affectionately entreat them to " sea rch the Scr ip tures , " " for in them j-e think y e have eternal life and they are they which testify of m e , " know-ing that thousands, who liKe Saul of T a r s u s believed themselves doing God service, summoning to the investiga-tion of the Scr iptures a prayerfu l earnestness, disregarding " the tradi-tions of men which make void the word of G o d " have renounced Babel and her confusions, many of them becom-ing conspicuous lights in the Kingdom of Christ .

Resolved, T h a t the derision and ob-loquy with which the more violent and reckless abet tors of opposing sys tems de fame us, are but the substi tutes for the pains and penalties of other and by gone days , when " m a n ' s inhuman-ity to m a n " was legalized under the sanctions of a spurious Christianity, and the racks, the gibbet and the stake were the bloody instruments of coercion in-to conformity to the edicts of murder-ous and profligate ecclesiastics.

Resolved, That we ofier our humble thanks to the disposer of events, that our pi lgrimaee on eartK.io o.naoag free-men, where the tree of liberty, p anted and protected by christians, watered by their tears, sustained by their pray-ers, guaran tees protection in the wor-ship of Allmighty God, where the hum-ble fol lowerof J e s u s m a y worship him under his own vine and fig tree, and none shall hinder or molest.

Resolved, T h a t while w e esteem the ministration of the word among our chiefest personal blessings, we also re-gard it as a powerful engine in the di f-f'usion and maintainence of our princi-ples and practice, and one of the prom-inent "• '

our most earnest entreaties for his con-tinued and enlarged usefulness, that the temptat ions incident to this poor, ear thly, perishing existence may not assail him farther, then he shall receive power and grace from on high to resist, that like many other illustrious cham-pions of the cross, he may war a good warfare , fight a good fight, and when the roll call Shall be sounded on high, pass the valley of the shadow of death leaning upon the rod and the staff of his divine master and redeemer, to be numbered in the bright galaxy of re-deemed wof ih iesgone hence to the par-adise of God.

For the Tennessee Baptist. ROGERSVILLE Ala. , S e p t . 1S49.

BRO. G R A V E S : As the t ime of the meeting of our

General Association is drawing nigh,' permit me to make a few remarks ' through the medium of your valuable' paper. i

1 have no hesitation in believing that it will be one of the most important meeting ever held in our denomination in Middle Tennessee . Our advance-ment for the last four years has been astonishirigto both friends and enemies." Our brethren in North Alabama are beginning to appreciate fully the im-

Trf ujnucrmiatcii aciion; ana they are coming to our meeting like a mighty host. 1 have jus t visited the session of the Liber ty Association, part of which lies in North Alabama, they are an intflligeiit and efficient body of ministers and brethren; the res-olutions which they passed relative to Union University, the Publication So-ciety and the Tennessee Baptist, show the deep interest which they lake in our benevolent oberations;they passed one resolution which was highly honor-able to that Association, and that was , to sustain a beneficiary at Union Uni-versity, and they selected our excellent brother H a l e who has been there near-ly two years , they agreed to allow him SI-50 per year for the other two years , and the whole amount was subscribed in about ten minutes. I name this, jus t to show you how they do things in that Association, and besides this, ihey have missionaries in their bounds.

I am on my way to the Muscle Shoals Association, which they tell me is another efficient body of Missionary Baptists. One thing is now placed be-yond all doubt in my mind, and that is this, if North Mississippi should co-operate with us in conjunction with Noilh Alabama, all our benevolent op-erations would be placed immefliately on an eminence that would astonish, (1 like to have said the worid,) but 1 w a i cay t h ^ o a o U s . May God gran t it» for 1 believe that it would be to the mutual interest of all. !

I wish now to tender my respects to the many persons, who have been so kind as to act, a s receivers and collec--tors at the different churches where I have a t t ended ;and suggest the impor-tance of having the time of the Gener-al Association published a t their last meeting, so that all may know when it is; I also want all the names and credits t ransferred to one list, when there are more than one, which is the

our opponents; p ledge Ourseluta lu u u u auu lu cav,u . " , • - . o t h e r t o main ta inand support it assured • l / ^ S ' ^ l ^ cannot see many chur-that i sbu tou r reasonable service to him , <=hes, but I hope that they w.ll a 1 raise w h o redeemed us, and among the ob- j somethmg, and send on their delegates liantiona we when we T,nt on as we want to see them all represented

at the Genera l Association. ligations we assumed when we put on Chris t and submit ted voluntarily to his government and rule.

Resolved, T h a t the good report from without of the reputation of our much i es teemed and beloved pastor, the use-fulness and success at tending and fol-lowing his ministerial labors, his un-yielding and intrepid advocacy of our i principles, bis untireing and zealous ' m e ar t ic le nere aiiuciea lo, is lu ih« efforts for the spif i tual improvement 43d No. of the Tennessee Baptist , prin-and advancemen t of the churches of ted J u n e 28fh. B e f o r e entering on the his charge , together with his accep- examination, our readers will do well tance as a christian gent leman with to read the art icle Q u i s Q u i s ; it will be the genera l communi ty , h^ve endeared admit ted, has written many excell-him to the membersh ip of this church; ent things in which we hearti ly

May God ' s blessing rest upon all our brethren and sisters.

I Yours most Respectful ly , | W . S . P E R R Y . I

Agait.

Q U I S Q U I S E X A M I N E D . . T h e ar t ic le here al luded lo, is in tbe

concur; but notwithstanding he has spoken well in some respects his ar-ticle is by no means unexception-able. H e speaks, for instance of prea-ching a sermon, when his risibles, that is, his laughing facuhies were up . Now the world is too ap t to think that we are not in good earnes t when we pursuade . m e n break eff ^ from sinr'by r igh lebasne^ ; and thus secuie* eternal life; and rs anything bet-ter calculated lo cor^firm them iq ihii belief than to hear ministersof ihe gos-' pel, speaking in the public prints s(.' slightly of their efforts to save sinners, and especially when such a serious subject has been taken f i r a text as the one quoted by Quis Quis, viz: " H e shall sit as a refiner and purified ol silver." T h e sentence knowing the terrors of the Lord , " w e pursuade men," felt as it should be, In- every minister, would not, I am incline I to think, often excite the risible ficuliies, but would have a tendency to induce the emotions of soul, experii need by the prophet when he exclaimed: "Oh that my head were waters an.l my f y e s a fountain of tears;" and again, Quis Quis is in favour of aj^itating tiie chris-tian churcli until it is cotnfilctelv pu-rified Iron) cvcrv [) irlicle of dro^s.— W e verily ihoiighl thai by the pr'iase, (he whole christian world, all lienorni-nations were included and esf>eci;illv the Baplist. But in this we are very much mistaken, for we find in the se-quel, that the Bajxists are not to be touched, though ihey be rum sellers and Sabbalh breakers. The crucible and all the other instrumrnts of refining are designed entirely Tir the benefit ol the Pedo-baptis t world, they may not do wrong wiihout running the fearful risk of being thrown into ihe crucilile in the midst of a blazing fire arid tli°re remain unlilall the dross is consumnl . but the good baptist may f l l liqum and ,break the Sabbath, 'wnhnut tli-leasl danger of having lo endure thr

rpflnino t h *".-by no means be spoken ol even il Uieii names are wiihhelii. Th is does no very well agree with the pr;iclice uf the primitive chrislian5;some ol'their wick-ed deeds were published with ilieir own names, not in a transient newspa- j per but in ihe New Tes tament , that they miglil be handeil down lo the la-test posterilv ol" Adam, in order to de-ter others from committing like offen-ces; such for example, as Pe ter tleny-ing his Lord, John, Mark deserting Paul , &c. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul , Pe ter &c., did ex l remel j wrong lo publish the faults of any oi their brethren, if Quis Quis be right they should have let the refining fires remain latent until pedoism c a m e in-to existence. But we believe the Primit ive Baptists were right,and shall therefore choose to follow their exam-ple; so drunkards , d ram sellers and Sabhath breakers need nol hope to es-cape the refiniug furnace, for we are sure that there are true hearted Bap-tists enough to heave them into the crucible , jugs, bottles and all.

P . T . H .

No. 5.

For the Tennessee Baptist.

PADUCAH K y . , Aug . I 4 th , 1S49. B r o . G R A V E S : |

Last Sa turday a beloved brother . prooootod mtra cTjpy " f y o t r r - A i m a n a c • and Baptist Register" for examination. I had not seen it before, nor was I ' aware of j 'our publishing such a docu-: ment. I found on the 14th page, three i handsome Premiums oSer td for infor-1 mation on some impoftant subjects o f i general interest these days. T h e I st i was a premium of SI000 (hr "oneplain precept or example in the Bible for Infant Baptism, ^c." T h e thing pleased me, for certai n ly no man needs S1000 worse than I do right now. It would make me perfectly easy. I could preach then (if the good Lord spares my life I and health) for a whole year without i distraction. I sei my brains to work for the first time lo see whether I could prove what so many pedo baptists of great abilities had tried in vain. For if the plain precept can be shown in the Bible the point is carried; a n d I get your thousand to boot.

Wel l brother I am ready to give you a fair tri.il. You promise to admit as s tandard authority, Drs . Wall , Mosh-eim, Neander and Messrs Jones, Rob-ertson and Benedict; lo all of whom 1 have had tlie good fortune to have ac-cess, save the third named; and having no doubt of your being familiar wi th them, I deem it unnecessary to take the tedious root inelohunt u p page, sec. &c. I take it for granted you will ad-mit that those standard authors have most unequivocally shown that a t the council of TRENT, and from that t ime

down to the latest council that was held iiicluding that of NICE; that it was d e -cided, decreed and ordained; that In-' fanls ought, and should be baptize L You will, I know, further admit , tha i Kings, Queens , Cardinals , Bishopsand Potentates of this world, have each in their Ittrti given their inBuence and au-thority to s i jpport and carry forward the ordinatice of lufarit Baptism, some-tinaes at the point of the sword to the present day. This you must admit wiihout hesitation, having then estab-lished the fact that Infant Baptism has been ordained by men high m power ; I request you my biother now, to lake your Bible and turn lo Romans 13 ch., and 1st v., where you will read, " L e t ev«ry soul be subject unto the higher powers ." Turn next lo Is i Peter , 2d chap, and ISlh v., and there read, "Submit yourselves lo every ordinance of jjtan lor the Lords sake;" and I hope you will be perfecil'y satisfied that I have tixind the only plain precepts ir» ihe Bible fnr Infitni Baptism. Th i s loo my brother, I estalilisli my claim lo tbe Premiumyoi) offer of SIOOO: hav-ing first showti ii was clearly proven by you.- admitlcd s l anJa i ' l atuhoi 'kai man had ordained i',; and seromllv, from the plain la.n£juage of Scri j i tuie that we must obey it.

Rememljer your ofier was for Pre-ccpt or Example. Nov? ii is only on ihe precept that 1 rely. As lo ilie example , 1 know ihere is none, but if ihe Holy Apostles of the Kedeemer, either mis-understood or neglected any of ilie commandmeni so r their master; it is no part of my business to at tempt to cor-rect their mistakes or improve upon iheir short comings. T o meet you, with precept pin in, is all I have to do; and now I ask, if you are not \villin<r frankly lo acknowledge yourself jus t ly due Hie the Premium Sum of SIOOO.'' You propose gix)d .security, from which-1 conchule you want lijiie on the nion-e v . 1 h a v e nfMibjectuin Ifv wailinrr. h u t .i-.. ,,5, -<vrii, ir IS common to-givi- 2-3 per cent on each payments, and 1 will clteerfull-y (!<> llial lo you. Jus" as you please though, if you prefer time ple,Tse semi me your note duly at -tested etc. for SI)9Sand your paper for one year. IT you choose the cash pay-ment, then please place ?74S in one of your city banks subject to my o r -der, and send me the paper for one year , and ihis shall in either case be \-our full receipt. I hope you wil l meet this case fairly, and a%'oid those editorial cringings and onesided l ean -ings, so common these davs.

Our confidence in success, I know does nol a lways secure il;bul if it turt» out, (but how can it) that I fail in this my firstattempt toestablish Infant B a p ' tism; I shall most surely give it up as-a hopeless case, and never try it agaioi,

I must now take leave of yoa for the' present. May ihe Lord strengthen' your hands, and m a k e yon abundant-ly useful and prospeious and happy; is the prayer of

Your brother in hope of BeavEW, T . L . G A R R E T T .

Well done. bro. Gar re t t , well done,, such genius in making out a casowould eiuiile you loan eldership in a P re sby-terian Socieiy. You Inwe made it out clenrly, as clear as l-nfanl Baptism wa"|r ever n iadeooi of the Abrahamic eaveJ nanl. Now for the Preiniums, foryoa-shall have the money, ef coarse, but we-want to have your argument for Infan t Sprinkling 6\i\y canonistd, sa it m a y take its place in the calender. W e therefore propose to submit it to threw or four pedobaptisis magnates, and if they approve it, why sir, ihey will of c o u r s e be so dehghied with it, that they , will help us oui by subscriplion, -being it's the first, and only scriptural argumeni they have at their disposals. W e would respectfully stAmit the above scriptural argument for the pre-miums lo Drs . Edga r , Cossitt, Neely and W m . Eagleton.

EMIGRATIO.N* TO TE.VNESSEE.—Tha Alex-andrin Gazelle, fa%-*:

The fumjlie* of M-»«rs. B. W. Macrae and W. W. Waliat p. of Fauquier couoty, and Locien Dale, of Prinre William, have ntsrted in company to saek new homes in Tennessee. We understand that xhm emigiunis number one hundred and for^^ whita and-eolorad, all tu!J.

It «-a.t dcc'dcd bj oar Supreme Ooort, sow sittinf ia this city, that a man conrictAd of Petit Larceny, or any other infamous crime, vas not thereby dis-qualified from voting. We uaderiund this clasi of fetsons lia»c been feqtiently excluded from the bal-lot-box. Perhaps the Le^luture ahoold take toiao action on this • object.—Kn/yr. Reg-

PARIS—Ih tlH! article iwd, is reppBed by 601 halcf>r»; 4S0 botchers, 1,7^ leslanrstears; in driak by 3.182 wine, beer and liquor merchants; dressed by 5.S12 tailors and dresamalci , 1.918 banera, 3,010 boo'juakers; l o d ^ in 32,603 lodging houses; mused in 22 theatres, and foi r»poso has ^7,402 Mi.

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P R O O F P O S I T I V E .

" A Bapiiat paper, a&er speaking of the deciaion of the EDglish ecclesiasti-cal court, to the eSeft,; that according to the doctrines of the English Church, laptism is ngeneratian, ^das that "if it be a dilernma into whjch the Church oLEngland baa fallen, pedobaptists every where are implicated, and. will continneiabe, so l o n g ^ they venerate, and lenaciously adherd jo their hereti-cal views of the mode; ^ d subjects of baptiani." I t then atiejnpta to show how Protestant Epi^pa l ian i ' ^ - . and Presbyterians tire "implicated" in the "dileinina;" and having done this after its fashion, proceeds to convict Meth-odists of the same "heresy." The first evidence brought against uaip the case ia ihisi "Mr. Wesleji said, ' I t is c . r -tain our church supposes that all who are baptized in their irifancy are at the same time bom agaiq." The inten-tion 13 evidently to make the impres-^on, that Mr. Wesley asserted bap-tismal regeneration to; be the doctrine of tii5 Slethodiat Church; for ihe En-»lish, Proteslan^ Episcopal and Pres- . jyterian Churches ha^ been alrea-

JJy disposed of by the editor, alter •which the name of Wjeiley is introdu-Uucetl in connection -wiSi the doctrine ji)f Slethudism on the 3Eime subject.— :To what church does Mr. Wesley al-l ude when he says "our church?"—

- The answer .by necessary inference fniHi what tlie editor says, must be. the

i.Methndist Church; and yet the writer . ".eU knew that Mr. Wesley was, when 11,- wrote the pasiane, a. minister of the y Church of Eiigliiiiil, an^ of nu other,

and lliat he reierred to ' ibe dticirine of I that cL Jrch, and no other. I But the heresy is Co be rivelled on

us by the luliinving i quolalions from ' j our ritinilt

'•Methodist ministers by the Disci-^ pliui-are n-tj'iired as they, come ti> the I tuui to lise llie fiilliiwiiig language:— » " X iiC cun tuL'r iiiKi^ije kingdiim of ; God, fxr i pt lie be rf^ijnemie, and 6om ^ ttmic of wali:r anil ot-l^e Holy Ghost.

I besepcli you U' call ujJnn God the Fa-ib t r . jiLO.'Unh our Lord Jesus Christ,

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) ihis t hild tha naiun- hi? ciiiinot hi be hapiizt-d wiih wafer and the Holy Ghost, and received into Christ's Holy Church, and be made a lively member of the same;" and praying "we beseech thee, for thine infinitetnercies, that thou wilt look upon this child, tcash him, and sanctify him with the Holy Ghost; that he being delivered," j&jc. And again, "Gran t that this cAiZiiSnow to be bap-tized, majreceivelhe yaqaijii of thy grace and ever remain in the number of thy faithful and elect ch i^ ren ."

The first heretical i point here speci-fied,canalsta of a quotitioafrom Christ's discourse to Nicodemus, John iii, 5; and if it be heresy. If is chargeable on the author of the passage quoted.

The second consijit* of a r ^ u e s t of the congregation to p t y that the sub-ject of baptism mi^l^ receive " that thing which by natute'he cannot have —might he baptized with, water and ths Haly Ghost, and ' He received intw Christ 's Holy Church^ and be matle a lively member ai\he saine." Monstrous hereayi

Next cornea a prayer, that God would "ivfliA and tanctifs with the Haly GAait,'^ the subject pf the ordinance, and finally, that he itnfghl "receive the

fuUne3s of God's giude, and ever ranaia in the number o f j ^ o d ' s faithfid and e l ic t children." Wbrse and worse!— •V^o will now say, that Methodists do mH hold baptiamal regeneration by wa-terl And especially, ^ince in the short paragraph quoted against as above, the wipA ii ascribed to! the ffaly Ghott no J a a than three time^."—5. fF . Chris-tian Advocate.

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yoaropinion to the contra rynotwithstan-ding. We are not so very ignorant of the life characterand history of Mr. Wesley as many of our Methodist brethren seem to be: perhaps if more of them knew what hesaid of them, when,he had been preaching "above fifty years," his po-sitions might be fairly stated without their thinking it a a attack upon ("us") them. Tha t the editor of the Advo-cate and others, may be posted up with reference to Mr. Wesley's views, we introduce again, the venerable gentle-man, and let him speak for himself.

" I never had any design of separa-ting from the church: I have no such desigti now. I do not believe the Meth-odists in general, design it when l a m no more seen. I do now, and will do, all that ia ia my power to prevent such an event.

Nevertheless, in spite of all tha t I can do, many of them will separate from it. Although I am apt to think, not one half, perhaps not a third of them. These will be so bold and in-judicious, as to form a separate party, which consequently will dwindle away into a dry, dull, , seperate party. In flat opposition to these, I declare once more, that I live and die a member of the Church of England; and that none who regard my judgement or advice, will ever s e p a r ^ e from it."

But (says the Editor) the heresy is to be rivetted on us by the following quo-tations from our ritual, (omitting " A n d " which commences our reference to his denomination) we are made to say, "Methodist," &c; the sentence should read thus:

"And Methodist Minisf'rs, by the discipline; are required as they come to the font, to use the following lan-guage: '-None can enter into the King-dom of .God, except he_be regenerate aaJ born anew of water and the Holy Ghost; 1 beseech j o u , " &c. &c.

" T h e first heretical point here spe-cified, consists of a quotation from Chri-^t's discourse to Nicodemus, John iii:-3; nnd if it be heresy, (says our brother,) it i.-chargeable on the author of the passage qmited." Now in reply to this, we most respectfully suggest, if when reference was made by us to lUr. — ^.Hu^Jva cw Methodists, Hat must have been theyrrsf, and tiii- would have been the second "heretical point here specified," this we tthiiik additional evidence, that the editor knew we did not allude to Mr. Wesley, as a methodist. The phraseology of the Discipliue used when baptizing infants, is "our Sa-viour, Christ saith:" "None can enter into the kingdom," &c., and our Bro. says this is a quotation from the Bible!! We have no doubt, be and others have so long seen it in the Discipline, that they verily believe it; there however, is no such scripture; Christ said to Nicodemus, "exceyt a man be borr. of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God," but never a word said he, about sprinkling Infants, much less, that "none" could be saved without it; already, they were of such as composed the Kingdom of Heaven. " I f it be heresy, it is chargeable upon the author of the passage quoted." says the Editor; true enough. Will our brother tell us •who the author is?— Methodist ministers, throughout the country, in the presence of God and men,charge it to the Saviour. The

5th. Do you believe, when you call upon God, to "grant to this child, that thing which by nature he cannot have, bapdsm of water and the Holy Ghost." Do you believe it is baptized with the Holy Ghost.' If not, vi'hy pray for it.'

6th. Do you believe, it (this child) is "received into Christ 's Holy Church, and made a lirehj member of the same?" If not, why this solemn mockery?

7th. Do you believe, God will "a-ajA and sanctify this child" just because you chance to apply your wet hand to its forehead? If not, why do you not pray Him to wash and sanctify all children.'

8th. Do you believe as j'ou teach, that a babe without an ideacan receive khe fullness of the grace of God? If so, how empty must your views of that ful-ness be! and if it be not your faith, is i t not sin to ask God to grant it?

9th.' Do you believe "that this child, now to be baptized, will ever remaia in the number of God's faithful and elect children.'" If so, you can't be-lieve it without evidence, and where do you get the testimony?

lOth. Do you believe, "this child faithful and elect" by virtue of its bap-tism? If not, we insist that you do not believe the teachings of the Dis-cipline, and should therefore have it changed again, and if you believe nei-ther the Discipline nor Bjble, please inform us why and for what object youi baptize or sprinkle infants.

These questions, my dear brother , are worthy o fyonr attention and mint;, and I hope you are willing, to give a reason for the faith that is in you; un -til then may I use your language a n d ask:

" W h o will now say that Methodists j i o not bold baptismal r«gerKmitiotTf"

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GOD AND N A T U R E . There is nothing so worthy the en-

ergies and attention of an immortal mind, as the character and attributes of God, revealed in the Bible, and t h e natural world. Nothing so calculated to expand, and strengthen the intellectual faculties, improve the moral charac ter.

i ! j Although the ab f i gArded aa a reply w- our article with I 2 reference to the dedaSoo of the eccle-' sikatical court, and pedobaptist viewa I general;—yet aa the Editor of the I AilvociUe haa attacked it, we design

g ^ i n g him a fwr chance, and have iharefbre quoted his article verbaUm. Wil l he ejflend to na a similar coiirte-

[ I T h e &rft evidence brought against

UB in the case (says the editor) ia this: I "Mr . We3ley:raid, I t is ia certarn

otpr church mpjxu^r that all who are baptized in their i n f ^ i ^ , areat therame time borii again."^ I !

^Hold Bro- Edit(»!|do not impute toi> . _ much la uajsufficieatj&r yonr defence, i a te the errors of jpisr own church.— f However well w e faew Mr. Wesley to I i a tite f a t ^ r of Mfcthodiam, we spoke - - o r b i a i a a a pedofadptist, and gave him I alplacs with Presbyterians and Episco-S jl ifiansi his name ia not mentioned in ! ihe Mune paragraph with Methodist,

Advocate imputes it to Christ. W e find it in the Discipline, which is per-haps changed every few years. W e af-fircn that neither Christ norhis Apostles ever wrote anything like it. T h e doc-trine is therefore heretical, and those who teach, and preach as w d l as those who subscribe to it, must themselves be heretics.

Will the editor answer us a few plain, commonsense questions?

1st. Did Christ ever command his disciples to sprinkle or baptize infants? If not, why do you do it?

2d. Is there from the beginning of Genesis, to the last of Revelations, a thus saith the Lord, for the baptism-of any other than believers? If not, why do yon do it?

3d. Is there in tne whole Bible, a solitary example of an infant being sprinkled for any purpose, and thereby brought into the church? If not, why spend your time and breath for nought, attempting to prove it.

4th. Do you believe "none (no child) can enter into the kragdom of God ex-cept he be regenerate and bom anew of water - (sprinkling) and the Holy Ghost?" If not, why teaeh it iq your Discipline.

human heart, as contemplating through the medium of Revelation and Natu re, the infinite, omnipotent omnipresent J e -hovah.These bodies ofours ,so"fear ful-ly and wonderfully made," are the cr ea-tures of his hands, the breath wh ich he continually breathes into them, c on-stitutes our life; so that it is "in him we live andmove and have our bein g ." But in addition to the spirit of an ima-tion thus communicated, man has a soul, a spiritual, rational, immortal na-ture, imaging in some degree the div ine Being—this part of man though as so-ciated with, and responsible to God for, the deeds done in the body, is not cir-cumscribed by the laws which govi arn his physical proportions, but in imag in-ation, may range through all the "va-rious scenes and departments of .na-ture, may "ascend up into Heaven," or make its "bed in hell:" may "take the wings of[the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea," but "^e^-en there the hand of the Lord leads, a nd his right handholds" his chi ldren.— God is everywhece,

" H e rales the world with trnth and grac«5."

. He directs his children by his w o r d and providence^ i i e saJrciIQusi ihciu " ' through his truth, and in their a f f ln^

ed, is an avenue through which plea-sing impressions ate'xiommuuicated to the mind,and collectiyely they evidence to us the wisdom, power, goodness and diffusive benevolence of God< And as selfishness is not characteristic of the useful man—nei th« is it impresed up-on the natural w o r l d . '

Intellectual beings may learn much from the beauty, order and harmo-ny of things, as spread out in the face of nature: But fife is too short, and mind too limited in its grasp, suflficiently to inves t i^ te and compre-hend her various scenes, and depart-ments, which excise our admiration, and point us to God, • We , however, may easily determine, that nothing in the economy of oatare exists exclusive-ly for itself. W e may search from the spear of grass to the majestic oak— from the tiny drops of rain to the depths of ocean—from the glow-worm to the imperial sun—from the smallest insect on earth, to the tallest seraph in Heav-on, and we will find action and energy every where; but in no department of the universe, a single particle of matter on which selfishness is impressed.

T h e sun, though actively, unceasing-ly dispensing light and heat, shines not for himself, but to illumine, warm and fertilize,not only the planet on which we live, but his benign and healthful influ-ences are sent alike in other directions, to other worlds revolving round. The moon and stars,each an other world,and part of our solar system from, every point give off their light to the planet on which we live. Far as the eye can reach, with the assistance of the teles-cope, through boundless space, the whole etherial plain sprarkles with mil-lions more of suns, the centres of other systems. All these, in obedience to

a t OOTt, tiiaustrloualj jror-form their mysterious functions, they exist for the glory of the Great Crea-tor, and the happiness of his intelligent creatures in these^countless worlds.— Each star we see and more, seems im-bued with the same liberal spirit, and all-pervading philanthropy of its Di-vine Author.

Every atom, every particle of mat-ter of which the globe is composed, is pnHnwpH vyi th^mple and compound action or energy, amitUe globo dition to its revolutions round the sun, turns upon its own axis.

These things cannot fail to impress upon our minds, the benevolence of the supreme Ruler of all things. Who, in the economy of nature, has so wisely given us day and night, the beauties of spring, the harvest of summer, the plenty of autumn, and the comfort and advantages of winter.

P . *.

" H E T H A T G E T T E T H W I S D O M , L O V E T H H I S O W N SOUL." What a beautiful thought, and how

admirably calculated to urge us for-ward to the attainment of that, which is said to be "better than gold," "better than strength," "better than weapons of war ," which is always "with the well advised, 'and profitable to direct,' the price of which is above rubies."

Wisdom and knowledge, are words familiar to every reader of the Bible. At one time, the apostles thought it im-portant, that the Deacons of the Church

tions he tenderly says "whom the Lo rd loveth he chasteneth,"and promises tl lat all things shall work together for t h e i r good. H e has 'mos t benevolently, constituted us, observant creatures, c a -pable of appreciating the endear ing relations we sustain to each other, the world, and to Himself, and though w e have become alienated by wiched works, nature has not rebelled, a n d God's attributes are plainly visible io every sphere. Still, the heavens declare his glory. T h e stars which sang together at the creation, still g«2tn the firmament,

"Forever aingjng as they «hine. The hand that made ns is devine."

And floors, which in the beginning decorated the young earth, still bloom in beauty, and shed their fragrance here. T h e gentle zephyr, which wooed t t e opening rose of Eden, or gathered swisetneW from oriental incense, is wafted to every land.

The bow of promise which in splen-dor arched the Heavens, in view of the children of Noah; now in beauty guilds the clouds oVr all the race of men. Each sense with which we are endow-

be moat happy arid useful here? And how prepare ourselves for an intellec-tual appreciation of Heaven, but by . usin^ the means in our power fbr the attainment of knowledge.

W e live in a country, uiider institu-tions, and in an age, peculiarly favor-ble to mental improvement. Mind is asserting and most triumphantly main-taining its ascendency, over matter.— The elements of earth and heaven are made by the power of mind, subservi-ent to man's wishes. The earth is yielding up her long hidden treasures; the incongruous elements, fire and wa-ter, combine their influence to propel our productions through cities and wi l -derness, and across the once fear fu l and trackless ocean. The lightning of heaven, has become the, means of transmitting our thoughts. W e live in an age, when the arts and sciences are doing more than half the labor of the human family, leaving the more leisure for intellectual improvement. We live in an age, when men no longer disposed to incur the mortification of ignorance, are reading and investiga-ting for themselves. May we not all improve the present, by reference to the past? the past and present only,are ours. Since printing has attained such per-fection, we are not confined in knowl-edge or imagination to the house, the town, the state or country of our nativ-ity.

Adopting the sentiment, but chang-ing the language of Addison, we may appropriately say,

'*No pent np continent, contracts our powers. The whole vast nniverse is ours,"

We, though standing on Columbia 's shore, may, through the medium of history, transport ourselves across the intervening ocean of timej an^ecODie ciiiparaais^d with our Erst parents, and living through successive gtnerationis, may enter with the faithful into the Ark, and observe the angry gathering of that cloud which was to deluge the world. W e may in imagination take our position on the topmost round of the tower of Babel, and be in the midst of confusion of tongues. May live, the contemporary of any or all of the prophets—hear with Moses, the thunders of Sinai, or see with Simeon, -.WsKrrjOTTSOa.' TTre mTjy ttvc-ln oil the stirring events of Egypt; may take up our abode in its ancient Heliopolis, or in the proudest palace of the city of Thebes, where we may see her two hundred chariots issuing from each of her hundred gates, sending forth her two millions of men. W e may go with Cyrus, to the destruction of Baby-lon, and his own destruction at the hands of his brother. We may be in all the bloody engagements of Alexan-der, Hannibal, Caesar, Themistocles, and Aristides; hear the thundering of Napoleon's* cannon, or see the impetu-ous charge of Murats cavalry. W e may through their history .their science, their oratory, their poetry, contemplate the grave, the sober Egyptian, the proud Chaldean, the firm, contempla-tive, inflexible, uncompromising Ro-man, or the lively, volatile, and elastic Greek.

Let us then brethren, as wise stew-ards, improve the talent given us, and let not the immortal energies, with which nature and nature's God have endowed us, be so misdirected, that we

B A P T I S T , N O E L . W e are always pleased to present

prominently birfore our r e f e r s , such articles as the fbllowing, w"hieh we ex-tract. froip a pedobaptist paper.

Baptist Noel*? style, is unique^s i tn-plicity, force, beauty, truth, and hon' esty, are its characteristics. Read, and admire the ingenuousness of the man. He says, "1 have weighed erery considerable argument, that has euer been adduced in the maintenance of infant baptism, and 1 have come distinctly to these t wo conclusions, which appear to me, ai least, to be certain"—that chris-tian baptism is immersixm, and be-ievers in Christ, the only proper sub-

jects. Who, that has read the Bible does not believe with him, that this is "distinctly proved and will complete-ly prevail with the christian world eventually." P .

MR. NOEI/.—His baptism took place at the chapel of the venerable Mr. Evans, on the 9th instant, in the pres-ence of between two and three thousand deeply-interested spectators. Before his baptism Mr. Noel delivered an ad-dress marked by simplicity and earn-estness, from which two brief extracts are made, as indicating the course of argument and illustration:

"1 have weighed every considerable argument that has ever been adduced in the maintenance of infant baptism as an addition to, and which evidendy becomes a substitution for, the baptism of believers in Christian churches; and I have come distinctly to these conclu-sions, which appear to me, at least, to be certain. I will not speak of the convictions of others, but I speak of the conviction of my own mind, after very much examination. It appears to me to be distinctly proved, first, that baptism, as ordained by Christ, is an immersion in the water; and, secondly, that immersion is meant to be a profes-sion of faith in Christ. If those con-

tt, . y

and it is hoped edifying and refn-shing to many, should a pla^e be found for it in yotir columns.

"l^irteen others were baptized at the same time.

- Our city has resumed its accus-tometl business appearance. Taverns, and boarding houses are ihronged with visitors, memlxers of the L' gisl itun'. and oflSce-seekers.

(C?" Mr. Henry, of Knox, ami Mr. Haynes, . of Washington, have bpen elected Speakers of the Senate, and House of Representatives.

N O T I C E . The annual meeting of the Tennct-

see Publication Society, will be held at the Book-Store of Messrs Graves & Shankland, on Saturday the I3th inst., at 7 o'clock, p. M. T h e members are earnestly requested to attend, as busi-ness of importance will.be transacted.

S. M. S C O T T , Sec'y.

P R O T R A T E D M E E T I N G . There will be a protracted meeting

held with the Spring Hill church, in Tallahatchie connty. Miss., two miles west of Oakland, commencing on Thursday before the 2d Lord's day in October, 1849.

H . L . W H I T E , Chwch Clerk.

will completely prevail with the chris tian world eventually), then it follows that a person, who like myself has only been sprinkled in infancy, is unbaptiz-ed; because such a person has neither been immersed, nor has he made a bap-tismal profession of faith, and these two things constitute Christian bap-tism. So, that, if these conclusions are correct, then I and others who have been only sprinkled in infancy, are in neither sense baptized."

Mr. Noel then addressed himself -to the jiuestionj whether, after having many tirries pforesSea r^Ki. at the Lord 's Supper, he should now revert to the initiatory rite:

" I f a man—for instance, one of the Society of Friends—has been a consis-tent Christian for years—has followed the Lord diligently and zealously—has done good by his pen and by bis preaching, and is welcomed by all per-sons who rejoice in seeing the w^ork of the Spirit as a thorough Christian— if that person should come to recognize that the sacraments are still obligato-

, and that he should come to the ta-ble of the Lord, there is no church that would receive him unbaptized. Neither the Roman Catholic, nor the Anglican, nor the Presbyterian, nor the Indepen dent churches, would receive him un-baptized. And, therefore, the fact of his having made a profession of faith in other ways, hasjnot appeared to any of the churches of Christ as a reason, why an unbaptized person should not at any point in his heavenward course, be baptized, when he comes to recog-nize his error. Our blessed Saviour has set us an example in this matter. At the age of thirty, when H e was known by all who knew Him to be de-voted to God—when His whole life was a profession of devotedness, not in the least requiring baptism as an

faith—when John was baptizing con-verts because the kingdom of heaven was at hand, summoning men to be-lieve in Christ as the Saviour about to appear—then it was that Jesus, not certainly needing to be baptized unto faith in Himself and needing no repen-tance, was yet at that age baptized af-ter long years of piety. This He did, because He would honor the ordinance of God, not needing it Himself, but with a view to the welfare of others and the honor of God. H e was there-fore baptized."

At the close of his address, Mr. Noel read a very solemn paper which he had drawn up, "as expressive of his own feelings—the feelings, he doubted not, of those about to be baptized, and which he trusted might be the feelings of the audience, too." This paper was of a purely devotional character, and partook in some degree of the na ture of those solemn covenant engage-ments, which our Puritan forefathers were aecustomed to make and renew Concluding it, Mr. Noel remarked, that "all may not see it ^heir duty to make this profession, or to enter into this covenant with God by baptfsm; but I am sure every person tatight of God, living for eternity, really conver-ted, will feel the necessity of making essentially this profession before God

A copy of this 8uloinii covenant en-gagement made under circumstances of 20much interest, will be acceptable.

should not only be men of honest report, hut "Jkll p f w U ^ and of t h e j i p l x . ^ ' " t a k ^ l ^ ^ L l ^ yn shy mass o£-Ghost." And all christians every where are commanded to add to virtue Tmoivi-edge. It is most certainly the duty of the children of God, to make all things sub-servant to the promotion of his king-dom and Glory: the developemenis in history, the improvement in sciences, the discoveries in philosophy—the beauties of poetry; are all to become engines of power—wielded by the church to thjs honor of God. Wicked and ungodly men, in the a rmy of the devil, may for a time turn these wea-pons of our warfare, against us—but He who makes the wrath of men to praise Him, will have myriads of sol-diers rise for the defence of the truth and his "knowledge shall cover the earth."

Brethren, are we alive to the respon-ponsibilities attaching to christians liv-ing in the nineteenth century—with the light of the Gospel shining so res-plendently about us,—what manner of menbughtTwe to be?

The very nature of church organiza-tion, as well as our christian prefession, pre-supposes high and holy purposes —indicMes, at least, some knowledge of God—and hope of the undying felicities of Heaven. How can we

ve rBTage ' lE r^n off daily from our printing presses to be introduced into almost every family, under delectable the name of "Light Literature;" but let ihe Bible—let sacred and profane history,—biography and science, lure us on to higher, and yet nobler attain-ments.

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L E G I S L A T U R E . T h e Legislature of this State con-

vened on Monday. Judging from the character and appearance of the mem-bers, we predict their deliberations will be characterized by prudence and dis-cretion, and the laws enacted, of a sal-utary character.

(E?* In the Senate there are I I Dem-ocrats and 14 Whigs. In the House, 39 Democrats and 36 Whigs.

(!?• On the third ballot, Mr. J . J . Morrow was declared duly elected 1st clerk of the Senate; fbr assistant clerk there were 12 or 16 candid.?.tes, and after 31 ballotings, the Senate adjourn-ed without an election.

Mr. Eastman was elected first clerk of the House.

FROM C A L I F O R N I A . We have been favored by a friend with a

number of the Alta CaHfomia-EitTO. publish-ed at San Francisco under date of Aug. 2nd, which presents an interesting summary of news concerning matters and things in the gold region. The number-in hand was not printed on gilt paper, or so far as we can learn on golden types, which made us lather distrust its origin, but nevertheless it is a very respectable looking sheet.

^Tte cJrjTjtitm bold on the 1st of August by order of Gen. Riley, passed off" in a very or-derly manner, and every thing is represented as being very quiet at the mines. Merchan-dize of most kinds was abundant and at low prices, and the arrival of emigrants the month previous was set down at three thou-sand six hundred and fourteen persons. Gold was still procured plentifully by hard labor, and the Diggings on the Sacramento were re-presented as generally healthy, there not be-ing as much fever as last year. But the heat at the mines must be delightfiil! Think of 115° in the shade! Speculations in real es-tate conanued.

tiWy -I r-L:....^ nSairs. mattern »nd things in the Sandwich Islands, &c., Icc., as if at their own doors. The overland compa-nies were begining to arrive.

S H O R T N E S S O F T H E COTTON C R O P .

The news in relation to the cotton crop in many portions of the South is any thing bat encouraging. In this portion of Middle Ten-nessee, however, we are likely to have fine crops. W e learn from the North Alabamian, published at Tuscumbia, that the crop is North Alabama will fall greatly below the average, the boll-worm having committed ex-tensive ravages. Plantations which have yielded seven or eight hundred pounds to the acre, will not be likely to yield more than five hundred, and "the same observations" (says the paper referred to) "will apply to a large portion of North Mississippi and West Ten-nessee.

A letter from Wyatt , Miss., speaks of the ravages of the boll and bud worm and a con-sequent shortness of crops.

From Louisiana, the news is disastrous, the Concordia Inteliigencer informing us that the destraction by the caterpillar is very great. The Shreveport Journal says, that the last named insect "has destroyed all prospects of a fair crop of cotton."

The Aberdeen (Miss.) Democrat says that the worm has made its appearance in every part of that country, and that the crop which sometime since was considered only a half-a-verage one is suffering severely. From Ca-hawba, (Ala.) the news is no better. All this presents a sad cnnditiou of things fur the plant-ing interest, and must if more general, cause a great revolution in prices.

fljt Tdegrapk for tlu: Ckarlutm Comer: N i w O S I . U I I S , S e p t . a s .

There was ao arrival yeitsrtiay from Tampft Bay. The vesMl left on the Sis i init., at wliicli time ootb. ing latrr had been ntceived from BiUj Bom Ltgt, or the other Indian warriors.

The bng P. Stnde, which left Havana on the 16lh inst.. arrived yesterday. The I' avana Oaceia con-gratulated the people on Prosideot Taylor's proclam-ation, and quotes l^gely from American newspaper* to «how the failure of the soorot eipedltian. It also contains extracts from Yucatan papers expressing the gratitude of tlie Yocaiecos to the United Statea Goveniment for preventing the expedition which might have been intended for that quarter.

A repori was current a t Yuctttan that England was about to exercise an armed interference ftir the paci-fication of the Peninsula, by virtu« of a contract with the Prestdenc of the ^ p u b l i c , on cnndiuoa that the port of Bacahir, and the jurisdictioB therrof, be ceded to England; another report howevor. was in circulatron, that the Yucatan Government would reject the intervention on the proposed baais-

Accounts from Gualemala t j the 26lh J u l j , have been received, which state tL»t ui.; rebellion h.ndod by Guzman and other.. v\it« stili t»T.i.;r.'-»iug. and that the Charge of the Unite.! Stales and Belgium were about to quit the couiitry.

A civil war had broken out at Nicaragua, pro3oi> ing moat lamentable effect, but th» Government, it was expected was able to suppress it. Th» BriiM States Charge hai|.arri»cd at San Juan. A question bad arisen, which was the subject of a good deal of diKuflsion, making Canilon the line of the river Njo* araguai .

Accounu from Jamaica state that the pnncipu merchanta had catliid upon the United States Consul, for the purpose of solicitinj liis Gov,.mment 18 tablijih a reffolar mlil caninjuiiirali«, ' York and K^ston.

The 0. s"ran-!Kirt Stph-. Grv bftfvern N.**

Butler -^niik ...n S'lti-is, at t;€f mij.,r;'iir9 u. u,

The hark Coavov, Yates, from Charleston, arrired yesterday.

? M I S S I S S I P P I D E P A R T M E N T

'Union is Strength."

For Ihn Thinata Baptist.

CALM T H O U G H T S T O C A L M | THl.NKERS.

N T J I L B E K I V .

BEO. G r a v e s : I promised in my present number tol

exHinirif ilial singular re. snrt of l 'ci lo- | b.iptisis. ilt;iiMiiiiiiiiied "close i;ommuu-1 ion." Of course ihey would resent itsl application lo themselves. Withnutj e x a m i n i n g lis justice n r let! us inqaire at oiict m.v, . i .. . . .cs byl which they are actualed in its use.— I Here we may expose ourseives to the [ charge of prejudging, and ihat caution I of the Saviour, "judge not, lest ye be] judged," may be retorted upon us with I seeming severity. Yet we will ven- | tare. Why is the charge of "close! communion" so commonly preferred I against the Baptists.'' Considering the I occasion which is deemed most fitting I for the charge, we would naturally f suppose, that, its design was, either tol make a parade of certain liberal senti- [ ments. or fix suspicion upon the integ-l rity and piety of a sister denomina- j tion. Either of which would be'cul-1 pable; for what is less acceptable to I man, or deemed a wider breach o f l etiquette, than an incessant commen- [ dation of our own.' Sooner or later the I merits of every instkutioo will be] manifest, and an impartial judge will I accord to it its just dues. If the sen-1 timents of Pedobaptists be liberal, it I will noi bedifficuii for socicty ultimate-] Jy to perceive and appreciate them.— ] For the march of freedom is progres-l sive, and liberty the hallowed height, J for which the unburdened mind in-1 stinctly pants. The time has already 1 past in which the liberal spirit of P e - j doism was lo be tested. In this res-J pect, it has been weighed in the bal-ance and found wanting. Long since I •has it become a record of othp.r limea-l that its demands upon the conscience [ were unyielding as ihe grave. Did it I ever recognize the sentiment that man I is acconntable to God alone, and that to I worship Him as conscience dictated, is I the inalienable right of every man?—^ I Upon the contrary, has it not sat arbi-1 ter of conscience, and with a rod o f j iron repressed the first forth-goings the soul, not in exact submission to its I own unjust demands. Let the graves I of martyrs answer. Let the loss of property; the dreary dungeon; the! whipping-post, and the solitary desert! give answer. How many backs h a v e ! smarted; how many hearts have bled I in obedience to its beck. Boast of a-j liberal sentiment. Tes, they do; b u t j as well might the Autocrat of Russia, [ only when his subjects have compelled j him to yield. Oar own growth as B1 denomination and the belief that we [ are nght, almost universally prevalent I among the unbiassed, have enforced a | different demeanor from our enemies j respecting us. But the stoop was never! gratuitous. See how far they ha»e | come; from the proud height of com-l plete exclusiveness, to the admission [ that we are equally right with them-j selves, and justly entitled, not only tol their charity, but their association and] their love. They give us the hand oi christian fellowship. They mingle it our pulpits. They pray at our altars.} But these are evidences only that wel have attained a point where it is ourl privilege to command. They dare nuti act the part of persecutor; though theyl cling with a dying grasp to that cher-l ished feature of their creed, '-'infant| sprinkling and indifference to it eion.'" This very principle, is just thel mother of the darkest passions, ii ever ! was. It acts in a different way. Yet l to its disputant, it is as merciless, a s l •when it bore the arm of power and^ cnuld lead the offender to the stake.

Why attempt the picture of ihcirl own benevolence, at the moment they I burl at ihe Snptisl the charge of "closeI communion!" Arc they more liberDll than we? The charge, they make upon! tJs, supposes it. We are close in o a r | communion. They are open, free aii£ christian; yet tbey know they makel tbeir communion depend upon thel same terms we propose—a chriBtian| character and baptism.

Suppose they make it appear, tbey are our superiors in liberal sentimentd what have they gained? Just wliaJ they wished. Tbey have fastened "" stigma upon ail our pretentions for t ' future: awakened the suspicions of« ciety against us, and reduced us to the servile posture nf begging the meanest proffers of its favor." They leave ud a ider the ban of a world a n d s a c f ' " 'ng us, boast of the glorious prosp an insulted Providence affords the

This point, however, they can nevel Their conduct neutralises tbeil

profesBions. While they boast of Til sentiment, they seem to wish "

^ res t from us our privileges or con J Vert those principles into a crov

^^orns- We shall submit oal obedience to conscience: we shalf ?®spise that sacred trust; we shall fans it8 voice forever, or it shall become

a lash more destructive than BBCOJ P>ous sting. -Dpon every occaicm mu^i hf> tauiilfd Willi ihe epithet, b l ot. close, restricted, narrow. Tlfl

m

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af | l l i e L< gi5 I

I a t Knnx, a r j Hr .

sBiiston, havf L>t>a o^ the Senajp, ti nd i i i tfvea.

of thp 'en-^-et i , will be h -Id "'at

l o r ^ e a a r a Gni,ve<;{& jlay the 13'^ irjit., ^ f ie meinhf ra p re

ed ta attend, ^ h;i3i-I win be trajftacred.

I J J L S C O T T ,

SD M E E T I t a protracted | a e « i n g

Iprfng- Hill cfatjrc&i m Bty, Miss., fwL niika id, caminen^ing on ! the 2d Lord ' i day in

H. L . W H I ' ^ E , T -Church ^larL,

S A U F Q B N I A . ^ f fc.Tored b y a &ie id w ^ i a

t CalifoTTtia-IUtrai p n l s w h -I n n d c r date o f k a g . ^ i d ,

i n t E T e s t i n g m n i m m j ; o f

_ n e r s and th ings i thKgbld ber in luind w a i i it p i i n ; e d

| a a for OS 171! c m b a r b iaa I made o a i o t i i a r i s t m i t ^ t s

liBloia it ia a v e r y i a p c - i a a l o

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a a tha l a t o f ^ n g n l i t i y . f , paaiei i afl" in S verff e v e r y tiring ia r pras^nfed

a t t l i B m i n E s . ? M e r ^ l i i f n -

w u abandant ^ ax l o w arrival r f erai^anMj^ Pile

aat d a w n at tjiree | l i ( ;a -I and finmeen pers»na. J S u l d

plenrifnlly h y i a n i mlinr, I on tl ie S a c n u n e n a w e J ^ is-• ra i ly i iealt l iy , tiii|r8 itijc t ^ ' u las t y e a r . E b t the: h i i i t

he deliglitfiil! r T h i B i i ' o f Spegnlntifroa i n r e H C-a-

I C T U m u a n d

1 I s l a c i a , i t ? . , ia". , '-aa l a . T h e over land c r m p i -

; ta arrive .

M O F T H E C G T T O N C H O P .

I nslatian to ti le catttin cwip in s i i s S u o t i i i a a n y ti i in» b a t

i this porl iac nf M i d d l B ; T e n -we~are l i l tely ta l i a v i l ina

I n frmn the North ALalt^-nian, pacamhin, tiiat t i ie crfip IB

w i n fall great ly helnif t h e | - w n n u Imving c n n n n i i t i d e x -

Flancanans wii ich. ' h a v e l e i g i i t hundred ponnda to t h e

sly t a y i e l d ranxB t h e n fiva he s a m e obaervat iana" - (aaya

1 to) •"win a p p l y ta «_ l a r g e I Miaaiaaippi and W e a t T e n -

| ."Wyatt, M i s s . , a p e a f o s o f t h e t and bnd w a r m and 4 c o n -o f crops . •

na, t h e n e w a i s d iaaatmaa, t h e qsncer in inrming a s Lhat tha

! caterpil lar i s jvery g r e a t I J a n m a l a a j s , t ^ a t t i ie laat

des troyed all jprns^ects of

1 (Miaa. ) Uanaerttt a a^a t haC i t s a p p e a r a n c e i i t e v e r y

y , m d tha t thtf crapj w i i i c h v a s camodered o i^y a rhalf-a—

bring s e v e r e l y . ' Fr tan C « -t n e w s i s no b e t i ^ . ^ t H s " " I of t lringapjrth'i p l a n t -

[ m o a t i f m a r e ge3srBl , : :ause a [ in prices .

r t i e Ciariulm f ^ a r u r r

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C A L M T H O U G H T S T O C A L M

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I J T t T i l B B a I V .

BEO. G E A V B S : I pnimiscd in my present number to

examrne thai singular resort of Pedo-baptisis, ileiimnhiated "close t;oaimuu-ian." Of course they woald resent its application to themselTCs. Without esaminingits justice nr !"!'i<;iice, let u s inquire a t once l u v u ii.i.u^es by which thie< are actuated in its use.— Here we may expose ourselves to the charge of Srejudgiag, and that caution of the S a ' f f u r , "judge not, lest ye be judged," njay be retorted upon us with seeming St verity. Ye t we will ven-inre. W h y is the charge of "close comtnunton" so commonly preferred

such is our character, must descend to children's children. An abhorence must be awakened for our sentiments —an oblivion must ^ dug for our name. And all performed by the hand of him, who boasts of his liberality. If such a course be liberal, God save us from i u pursuit. We' l l abide the issue. W e will content to be close, if by it w e adhere to God's precious truth, having the sun-light of bis favor, weaving its happy tissues for brows.

A L E P H - H , Sept. 20, '49.

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against t|ie Baptists? Considering the occasion prhicD ia deemed most fitting fcr the charge, we would naturally aoppase,ithat, its design was, either to make a parade of certain liberal senti- ' ments, or fix suspicion upon the integ-rity and [piety of a sister denomina-don. Ej ther of which would he cul-pable; fbt what ia less acceptable to man, orj deemed a wider breach of etiquette', than an incessant commen-dation of our own? Sooner or later the merits of every instkutioo will be manifest, and an impartial judge will accord to it its jus t dues. If the sen-dments of Pedobaptists be liberal, it will not be d iScul i for society ultimate-ly to perceive and appreciate them.— For the march of freedom is progres-; sive, and liberty the hallowed height,! for which the unburdened mind in- ' stinctly pasts. The time has already past in which the Kberai spirit of Pe-doism wa^to be tested. In this res-pect, it ha i been weighed in the bal-ance and found wanting. Long since i a s it became a record of .other times.-that i ts delnands upon tbe conscience were unyi^ding as the grave. Did i t , ever recognize the sentiment that man i ia accountable to God alone, and that to worship Him as conscience dictated, is the inalienable right of every man.?— Upon the contrary, has it not sat arbi-ter of conscience, and with a rtxi of iron repiiefsed the first forth-goings of the aouI,!i^t inexac t submission to its own nn j i a | demands . Le t the graves

L e t the loss of

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wfai'pping-poat, and thi give answer. H o w many b a c ^ h a v e smarted; how many hearts have bled in obedience to its beck. Boast of a liberal sentiment. Yes, they do; but as well ought tbe Autocrat of Russia, only when hia subjects have compelled bim to yield. Our own growth as a denominadon and the belief that we are right, almost universally prevalent among tbe unbiassed, have enforced a difierenlj demeanor from our enemies respecting ua. But the stoop was never gratuitous See how far they have come; frofe the proud height of com-plete excljiaiveness, to the admission that we are equally right with them-lelves, and justly entitfed, not only to their charity, but their association and their lovje.; They give us the hand of chriatiaq fellowship. They mingle in our pulfiitk T h e y pray at oar altars. Bat thegekre evidences only that we have a t tuned a point where it is our privilege to command. They da re not act the part of persecutor; though they cling wifh a dying g r ^ p to that cher-i s h ^ f u t u r e of their creed, '-'infant jprinklidgi indiference t o immer -fflon." rjiia very principle, is jus t the mother (pfkhe darkest passions, it ever was. Ie gets in a difierent way . Yet

' to its disi^atant, it is as merciless, as when it bore the arm of power and cnnid lead the-oSender to the stake.

W h y attempt the picture of their swn benevoleace, at_ the j i o m e n t they barl at the Baptist the c h a r ^ of "close cammumon!" Are. they more liberal tiian we? T h e charge, they make upon

auppoKs it. W e are close in our Gonnnumoia. They are opi^ . f ree and diriatian; yet they know ^ y make lhat communion depend upon the Bmeteiids we propose—a christian diaractek' M^d baptism.

Snppcjsi they make it appear, they we our stMeriors in liberal, sentiment; what hav? they gained? Jus t w h a t

wished. They have fastened a fcgma opoo all our pretentions for tbe fcture; awakened the suspicions of so-oeiy"gainst ua, and reduced us to the •emle pbsture of begging the ndeanest po&rs jof its favor. They leave' ns Mdertljeiljan of a world andsacrif ic-®gJB, ho^st of the glorioas' prospet, ® mauliei Provideince affords, them.

JfuaBoInt, however, they can never Pw. * f^ir conduct neutralises their P'lfcasi^nl. While they boast of llb-

they seem to wish to fifom U3 our privileges or con-

^ f t thqse principles into a .crown W e iAaiZ* submit our

to conscience; we shall • " • p a jhat sacred trust; we shall hnsh ^ " J i c e forever, o r i t shall become to

tasS mnre destructive than a sror-P ^ aifcg. Upon every o c M ^ t m ' w e

l a u n i e d w i t h t h e e p t l h e t , b i g -cloBt, restricted, narrow. T h a t

going with the other sects of Dissen-ters in England, to put down the un-hallowed connexion of church and state; they have been bovgla up by the Episcopalians, and go with them! 1 hope light will come to us on this im-portant subject. I know their govern-ment is somewhat manarchical, but trust they will show themselves in all coun-tries as Republicans, and against the aggrandizement of aspiring kings and foul unions of church aRd word.

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For the Tenncsste BajilUt.

B B O G R A V E S :

In the early part of August last I wrote a short communication contain-ing strictures on two editorial articles in the South Western Baptist Chroni-cle, of July 14th—the first, in the or-der I noticed them, headed "Reform Sects;" the second " T h e Banner of Peace ." In that paper of the 25th ult-, bro. Duncan acknowledges the receipt of the communication, and re-marks: - " " ' .

"F i r s t part shall receive attention: the remarks of outs referred to in the last part were not made without due reflection, and a full knowledge of the facts of ths case; any further notice of the matter, at present, would lead to an unprofitable controversy."

I cherish the most kind feelings to-wards the Editor of the Chronicle, I appreciate his talents as such, and highly esteem his paper as a valuable publication; furthermore, I trust that I have that affection for him which should exist in the bosom of every true be-liever. Yet I believe he has commit-an error which he should correct. I have consulted several ministering brethren on the subject, who are of the same opinion.

I send you a copy of the remarks to which allusion has been made: If you consider them worth anything, you can give them a place in your columns.

"But if you will indulge me, and nofconsiaer tne bffleioiiSoi iH-fogant I wish to make a remark or two on an-other editorial in the same column, headed " T h e Banner of Peace ."

I can say nothing of the character of the controversy carried on through that paper and the "Tennessee Baptist ," as I have not read either paper contain-ing it. I t seems from your remarks that the controversy is Between "cer-tain pedobaptists residing in West Tennessee and the Editor of the Ten-nessee Baptist, in the course of which the Banner has been used as a medium of publication by the pedobapusts." Thus it appears that these "certain pedobaptists constitute one of the par-ties and the Editor of the "Tennessee Baptis t" is the other.

1 understand from your article that bro. Graves has said the "Banner ," which is the medium of publication for "certain pedobaptists," " teems with fhe vilest and lowest abuse of the Bap-tist church." The Editor of the Ban-ner, Rev. Dr . Cossitt, a third party "appeals in his last number (June 29) to Baptist Editors to bear their testimo-ny against the charge preferred.against him before the Baptist denomination, by the Editor of the Tennessee Bap-tist." In responding to this appeal you remark, " W e love to see justice done; we must say, therefore, that we have never read an article from the pen of Dr . Cossitt which was at all abusive of the Baptist Church." In this response you exculpate Dr . Cossitt, Who seems, according to your own article, not to have been charged by the Editor of Tennessee Baptist. For it appears the charge was against his paper , and not hispen.

T h e Banner being the medium of pablication for the pedobaptists, you have left those who have not read the controversy in the dark, as you have not told us whether or not" those "cer-

pedobapttstsi" nave, through the dium of the 'Banner ' p

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For the Tennessee Baptist.

B R O T H E R G R A V E S :

A Mr. John Bruce passing himself off as a Missionary Baptist Preacher , from Murfreesboro', is not a preacher, but a lawyer. I have been acquain t with the gentleman for sometime, a n d am a member of the Murfreesboro ' Church and I do not think he is a mere i-ber of any church.

Ripley Miss., Sept. 19th 1849.

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"tnedium ublished the vilest and lowest abuse of the Bap-tist church;" notwithstanding you seem to have thrown the charge back upon bro. Graves.

As " the editor of the 'Banner ' is not o f course, to be considered responsible for either the opinions or the state-ments of his correspondents," we think the c h a r ^ might lie against his paper and not against his pen. If we may judge the character of the effu-sions of those "certain pedobaptists," ihrough the "Banner , " by some from the same quarter, which have appear, ed in the "Advocate ," of Nashville, we must say brother Graves bad somie foundation for the charge. ": '

Yours in Christian afiection, A . J . H O L C O M B E ,

Panola cd.^'Miss.^ Sept . l i ; '49.

For the Tennessee Baptist. R E P U B L I C A N M E T H O D I S T ^ .

B E O . G R A V E S :

This b o d y ' o f energetic christians had no "local habitation and manner scarcely, ' ' i. e. no large bodies in this country during the Revolutionary war, arid we cAnnot tell whether they would h a ^ taken'gide with the mo l&r . coan-ttycHr fought our battles. History how-ever interins OS that Mr. Wesleypub-lished against the Revblnlibti; the Eng-lish preacfiecs generally left the CTun-try.^ La te papers state lhat i n s t ^ d of

Bevlval Intelligence.

F o r the Tinnessee Baptist.

B R O . G R A V E S :

I promised in my last lo keep your readers informed of the success a t ten-ding our labors, during the present season of protracted meetings. Th«; next meeting of interest, was held with the Prospect church, Madison co. , Ala., which commenced on the Sa tur -day preceding the 5th Sabbath in J u l y , and continued nine days. Seventeen were baptized at the time, and six more since, making twenty-three in a l l .— Brethren Carmichael and Hale render-ed valuable services during the p ro -gress of the meetings. The next s« ries of meeting scommenced with th e church at New Market, which include d the 2d Sabbath in August, and contin-ued seven days; brethren Carmichael and Hale assisting^ Four or five were baptized at this place. My next ap -pointment was at a camp-meeting with Sal eincburch, which included the theadSabDalh in August, an{rt:DnTin-ued seven days. Here I baptized twelve, which has strengthened the Sa-lem church much. Brother Hale and several pedobaptist ministers assisted in the meeting. From the Salem campmeeting, I went to a meeting held with the Freedom church, Jackson co., Ala., which included the 4th Sabbath in August, and continued five days.— At this place I baptized five persons. Brother Camichaei assisted me all the time, and bro. Darrel a part. From the foregoing it will be seen that " the harvest is great and the laborers few." I next visited the Enon church, Madi-son CO., where a meeting is in progress. At the time I left it, (Friday,) eight or ten had professed to find the Saviour precious to their souls, and two had been baptized. T h e ministering breth-ren in attendance were brethren Kim-brough, Van Meter, Hale and Hender-son. I am at this date in the neighbor-hood of the Berea ehurch, Lime-stone CO., Ala. To-morrow morning, I expect to baptize five. As the meet-ing of the Liberty Association com-mences next Fr iday; this meeting will close on Thursday night. You have only an outline of the meetings that I have attended.

Other meetings have been held in the bounds of this association, the par-ticulars of which will doubtless be communicated by other correspondents.. Upon the whole the churches of this Association have enjoyed a glorious visitation from the presence of the Lord, and we feel much strengthened and encouraged. Several of the per-sons baptized were from the pedobaptist ranks. From the Liberty Association lintend to visit the General Association of East Tennessee.

Afiectionately yours, R . H . T A L I A F E R R O .

P . S. In my last communication your p r t n t e r s u t i s i l i u i c U i l r c u o i i s ^ vrf W. H . Holcombe in the place of Rev. G- W . Puckett , which places the |mis-sionaiy character of bro. H . in a false position. H e was the principal deba-ter in behalf of the missionary cause at the time alluded to. See the Ten -nessee Baptist, No. o2.

R . H . T . Limestone CO., Ala., Sept. 11, '49.

For ihe Tennessee Baptist. B R O . G R A V E S : _

I have the unspeakable pleasure of saying to you, and through" your paper to its numerous readers, that the Lord is doing great things fijr us in this part of his vineyard. On Saturday before the 3d Lord 's day in August, we com-menced a meeting with Ellon church, Lauderdale county, and continued un-til the Wednesday morning following. The church was much revived, and the presence of the Lord was manifest m the congregation. Several found peace in believing in the Saviour, and great joy was in that neighborhood.— Bro. Bomm baptized five at the"close of the meeting, three of whom were from the Methodist society. Deep feeling'was seen in the congregation f r o i i j d ^ to day, and many were left much concerned for their souls. The ministers in attendance on that occa-sion were brethren Borum, Turner , Lea, Car ter iand the writer, and bro. Conner one day, also bro. Brown, li-centiate.

W e had to close that meeting to at-tend another at ihis place, which com-menced on Friday before the 4th Lord's day in August, and closed last night, with the monthly concert prayer meet-ing. Tlie labors here have been much blessed, as the fruits of this meeting, | we have baptized 31, received 4 by let- j ter, and 9 others received fbrbapi ism. ! Among the number baptized^ were 6ve from the Methodist church. The min-isters in attendance on this occasion were brethren Owen, Conner, Borum, Turner, Lea, and Brown, Dcentiate.— To God be all the glory. ^

You see I have said nothing of who have professed faith in the Saviour, and who failed to confess him by obe-dience, because the Saviour has said, •'if ye love me keep my Command-ments," in this way we are disciples indeed. There is a belter day com-ing, "truth is mighty and will prevail."

Yours in Christ, GEO. W . YGUNG.

Diirhamville, Sept. 3, '49.

For the Tennessee Baptist.

a protracted meeting B R O . G R A V E S :

There will be a p Icield with the church on Dixon's Creek (ihe Lord willing) commencing on Saturday bofore the first Sabbalh in October next, to include the 2d Sab-bath, the usual t ime of our meeting.

We hereby respectfully request and earnestly solicit our ministering breth-ren lo attend the meeting. We also most affectionately invite ourlay breth-ren to be with us. This church is one of the oldest churches in the State of Tennessee, and is the spiritual moth-er of many Baptists

We have given this timely notice that our Brethren may make their ar-rangements to be in attendance at the meeting.

There are doubtless great advarita-ges realized by an interchange of min-isterial labours, and the co-operation of members of other churches.

By order of the church in Confer-ence S a ^ r d a ^ e f o r e the 2nd Sabbath t i l A u g u S i , I o 4 » .

J O N A T H A N WISEMAN, P . S. I trust the churches which I

serve will authorize me ere long to send in for a large supply of the Southern Almanac and Register for 1850. Ev-ery family at least in the State should have one of these valuable publications.

J . W . August 15ih, 1849.

For the Thmessee Baptist

S H E L B Y CO T I N T Y , Tenn., Aug. 31, '49.

D E A R B R E T H R E N :

At a school house four miles east of Raleigh, which we call Prosperity, where there existed an arm of the Egypt church, which we designed lo have constituted into a Baptist church on this occasion, we commenced a protracted meeting on the 3d Sabbath m this month. The ministers who were present were Bishops P . S. Gayle, B. Askew, and A. S. Wynn, and Bro. George Holloway, a licentiate. On the first day of the meeting the ever blessed God received and poured us out a blessing. From day to day we were blessed with the spirits influence in shedding abroad the love of God in the hearts of penitent sinners. So great was the work that the ministers in at-tendance did not think it prudent to en-ter into the constitution of the church until the 10th day of the meeting.

There were between 80 and 90 con-verts, 36 united with the church, 34 of whom were baptized by Bishop Gayle in Wolf River, near Raleigh. Several others are expected to obey the Lord in baptism soon. On Tuesday last which was the day of the baptizing.— Bro. Gayle preached in the Presbyte-rian church in Raleigh to a very large congregation, and the meeting has been continued there till to-day, and is still i n p r o g f r e ^ ^ a : h s i v * » n o a d o

since the meeting commenced in Ral-eigh, making in all at both places about 100.

P ray for us in this part of God's vineyard that he may continue to re-vive us and convert sinners.

May the Lord extend the conquests of His Kingdom throughout the world.

Yours in love, J A M E S P R U D E N .

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gems 1 Of peerless splendor, land her "georgeous

State;" ; • ' Another roams the fieldi of dassic love.

Coursei the seaof knowledge, pries the depths i Of cauies and eSecta, or dares tho steep . -

OF Willi conjecture—firm resolved to pluck The deathless laurel his burning brow.

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•WTrich eminates from Heaven . - to bear it fiirth, I

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would'st cleave i The intervening seas, og Burmah's plains Spread bl.«iming 'neath^hy feet, and there Anridat the darkand s t . ^ waste of mind, •Woolds't plant religion's bTassom;-woulds't

infiise In himeat hearts the precepts of thy Lord,— TeU bow the meekHfcdeerner from his throne, Hirfi on the circle uf fetemity, StnnpeJ to this world revolted and proclaimed The wiinis of pardon-in invitin? tones Pn.ffered an endless h4ritBge to man! And as their souls swejed with the. wondrous

theme, J Already plu-ned fbrffighr, would'at point their

ciiarse And guide th»m upward in the " s h i n i n g i ^ . "

: FTom the 'ChruHan Chronicle. ] L I N E S ,

On the DwJA of Miss Mary Jane Taylor, age ! Eighteen.

, HT OUVSB OIKWOOD.

Gently, o Death! come gently! To bear away theiynung.

The fair, the true the. beautiful. The praise uf every tongue.

Sufilj! kind death! 6 , aofUy! Place thy finger on the heart.

Whose every [julrei and feeling. Did earth's sw^efcatjuys impart!

• I Q Death! thou cnm|st early.

Life's spiing-amij Scarce begun. The lush fruit all U|ripened,

By Autumn'? feyid ann; The fiowers are blii»ming brightly.

Anil life ia all serine, Conld'st not thau Ii* her tarry,

To glad the eartlSy scene? 1 J

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^ d though the shkft may deeply wound " 'Tia from a ha4d jfloye;

A hand whose eVei*y gift is f r a n ^ t With mercy lava and truth.

E'en though his mlasenger be death. Who s pwea nt^ age nor youth!

ASectiim's teariifalling. For O! 'tis haril to part

Wi th one entwined by chorda of love. Round manv siliindred heart.

Amilher tenant resU within 'The church-yani's narrow home,

Another spirit live^ in bliss. And whispers yg to come.

Life's cup, by heir. And Q! how Util i sweet.

I s mingled with thi That each of us

was early drained.

For the Tennessee Baptut. f O L D M A S T E R .

Being confined at home in order to attend the springs for my health,! Have conclu.Ied to write a little for the Ten-nessee Baptist, for 1 cannot consent to be idle if there be anything of impor-tance that I can do. The above ap-pellation I have often heard presump-t u o u s l y applied to our Creator, by those too, who profess to be the lovers and the followers of the Lord Jesus, and I do not doubt but that they are what they profess to bej but I am confident that they are committing a great sin which I shall endeavor to prove. It is admitted on all hands to be impolite, if not wrong tonic-name any individual, now to call the Lord Old Master is nothing betterthan nic-naming Him. Besides, the Lord has told us what to call him, and we might fill half a page with the names, he has given us, which ate applied to himself. Now to call him by another name ia to accuse him of indiscretion in naming himself, and to take upon ourselves the responsibili-ty of applying a name to him, more ap-propriate than any he has ^iven him-self; and we also show our rebellious dispositions in refusing to call him a all times by the n a m e s which he ha designated, and making one which suits our convenience and fallen nature much better. The term Old Master is often used by apprentices, students, &c., to equalize their bosses and teach-ers with themselves. They are very careful, however, not to let their in-structors hear them using the word old master; no they would blush with shame if t h e y should overhear them, while at the same time in iheirabsence it is old master does this and old mas-ter does that whenever they speak of them. S o m e of the disciples of Jesus are not so particular, they call him Old Master in his presence, nor do they seem to fear the consequences, though he is doubtless displeased with them, but like those who call their superiors Old Master the name becomes so com-mon with them that they use it on all occasions, even light and triviol oi>e«, such as Old Master sends rain. Old Master will straiten you, and thus they become virtually guilty of taking the name of the Lord in vain, for notwith-standing he has neverowned the name, yet byapplying it to him and taking it in vain, proves that they would also take in vain one of his proper appellations. Again Old Master savors much of dis-respect and irreverence, and though christians would not think of treating the Lord thus, yet it so appears to all who use this unwarranted appellation. This term is also applied tosuperanua-ted master,?, whose control has descen-ded to their children, they are therefore styled Old Master to signify that their authority has passed away; this also christians, would not apply knowingly to their Creator, but it savors of this definitivi to all who hear. I hope no christian will use the appellation again in reference to God, if any are com-pelled to use it, there is one who be out may properly called Old Master. We used to engage in the. service of the Devil, he then was our Mastec. We have renounced him and all his works, and have entered on the service of our Creator, who isour rightful master, and we are at liberty to call him by this en-dearing title, because we are his ser-vants, but the enemy of souls is our Old Master, though this is by no means an enviable relationship to cgnfess, I do not verily believe that the old serpent would consider himself at all flattered fay such a title, but would, on the con-irary feel himself rather insultt'd.— How much less, then, should it be ap-plied to him who is the God of Abra-ham, Isaac and Jacob, and whose name should never be spoken unless actual-ly necessary, and even then with the most becoming reverential regard.

P . T . H .

ham, a practical illustration of the im-port of circumcision.

He says, verse 11. "He received the sign," (the type, the thing signified, orlhe import) "of circumcision;" which was (as shown by the above quotation from the 2d chapter) a new or circ um-cised hearli and this, to him, was "a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had, yet being uncircumcised" in the flesh.

The "holy fathers"—the early stan-dard writers of the church of Home, (a most unholy set of errorists, who hatched purgatory, transubstantiation, invocation and worship of saints and angels, and many other abominations) igriorantly conceiving that circumcis-ion in the &esh, sealed or secured salva-tion under the old covenant; being fer-tile in imagination readily concluded that baptism was New Testament cir-cumcision, and that it secured the sanne blessing to its subjects. And as cir-cumcision, by divine command was applied to infants under the old cove-nant; so also, they concluded, should baptism be applied to infants under the new dispensation; and this the more especially, as they had found out (by misconstruing certain passages of scripture) that %vuhout baptism there was no yossible salvation for them!!!

But is it not strange, that protestants should copy Roman writers in this re-spect, and in all others, consider them corrupt and unworthy of imitation?

Surely the temptation with the Ro-manist was as strong to get wrong, and ID stay wrong in the matter of baptism as in any oiher thing whatever!

That the seal or warrant of salvation under the old dispensation, was a new or regenerated heart, is shown above in the case of Abraham! That the same is true under the New Testament dispensation, may be seen by tiie fol-lowing references, ii Cor. 3, 3, 18. Eph. 1: 13, 24; 30. ii Cor. 1: 2, 2. Heb. S: 10.

Now I have briefly shown, that the Scripture seal or title to heaven and immortal' bliss, is a new heart—}he w o r k o f the Holy Spirit! He who as-cribes this to baptism or to any other ordinance, flies in the face of divine authority, is a corrupter of the good word of God, and consequently expo-ses himself to the anathema, due to the teacher or preacher of "•another gos-•peUr

Yoars in Christ Clinton Ky., Aug. '49. S. R.

On the 30ih day of June, little Mar-tha Jane Morton, infant daughter of Wm. E ; and Margaret A. Morion was torn by death's resistless hand from her bereaved parents. How promi-sing! h o ^ lovely! how interesting was litile Martha Jane. The pride of her

all who knew larents, and beloved by ler, scarcely had she breathed two short summers before she was taken from these low grounds of sorrow, to dwell forever in the paradise of God. Yes, she has gone to that dear Saviour who loves little children, and often takes them to himself. Deep and un-feigned was the sorrow of the whole family in consequence of this sad be-reavement. Hard indeed was it to give up the little favourite; though well assured that she had gone to bright glory. -

But ah! death stopped not here. Nancy Jane Whitsitt, consort of

Rev. W . A. Whitsitt, departed this life August 3d, 4849, at the residence of her father, Dr. Samuel Morton, and in the 27 th year of tier age.

Her disease was first billious fever, which in its progress assumed the ty-phoitl form. For twenty-five long days and nights she suffered. If the exer-tions of her physicians aided by the unwearied attention of kind friends and anxious relatives could have availed; she would yet live. But death had marked her for his own, and there was no remedy.

She had for years been a member of Concord church at which place none filled their seats more regularly than she. She lovei i the house of mourning and the house of prayer. But her hand will minister to the sick no more. Nf-ver again at Concord will she unite with her brethren and sisters in their devotions. Slie has gone we humbly trust to those bright mansions, where the "wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest." She has left a disconsolate husband, and one little daughter, with a large circle of rel-atives and friends to mourn their ir-reparable loss. --_UiUala_a£ wofi is but half-tol^--— The destroying angel was yet insa-tiate. He next fixed his ruthless fangs

he was received into the fellowship of the Mount Lebanon church, which re-lation he sustained with honor to him-self and the church, until the 29th day of April 1849, when he died in the tri-umphs of a living faith. Bro. L . was an excellent man, his deportment, even in early life was amiable and blameless —if ever 1 knew a man without guile» that man was Robert Lane; he knew no malice, seldom spoke of the faults of others, never uMess by necessity—and then always in the spirit of Charty and in tones of kindness. His con-duct was exemplary—a model for all church members, his conversation such as becometh the child of God, while with that calmness and fortitude, char-acteristic of his life he contemplated the approach of death, he expressed his unshaken confidence in the faithful-ness of God, having no fears of death he desired to depart and be with Christ. He had but one wish to live; there were strong ties to bind him to earth. A heart so benevolent, so sus-ceptible of every social virtue would naturally cling with intense aifectioa to a wife so amiable, and childrisn so interesting as were his. But he has gone to receive his reward in a purer, brighter world than this sin-ruined planet of .ours—though his amiable wife, interesting children, and the church of which he was an active mem-ber, have all sustained a great loss, we sorrow not, as those that have no hope, for our brother only sleeps. "Calm be his sleep as the breast of the ocean.

When the sun is reclining upon its still wave,

He dresms not of life, nor its stormy commo-tion,

For the surges of trouble recede from his grave."

A. W. MEACHAM. Nashville, Aug. 29, 1S49.

F e m a l e E d n c a t l o n .

THE undersigned respectfully announces to those who are seeking their daughters

an education, solid and tnorough as well as ornamental, and who wish them to pursne their studies, where they can have the bene-Sts of christian family inflnencc, and of a re-fining social intercourse; that he has establish-ed, in the city of Washington, in the retired,

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F A M I L Y BOARDING S C H O O L , with the aim of meeting their wants. His thirteen years' experience in Philadelphia, and his success with the large estabBshment then known as the "Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies," may perhaps claim from the public a confidence in his success' with a family board-ing School, whose number is to be so limited as to secure the twofuld advantage of family government and of his personal instruction of every pupil. He will, however, take the lib-erty of referring, in the West and South, to Rev. Drs. Howell.in Tenn., Malcom, in Ky., Gen. Houston, in Texas, Major Borland, in Arkansas, and Co). R. M. Johnnon, of Ky.

Circulars containing particulars are in the hands of Dr. Howell, of whom they may be had by those wishing further information.

R. W . CUSHMAN, A. M April 19,1849.—6m.

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For the Tennessee Baptist. Obituarj Notices.

hitter draught, aust meet!

S w e e t t h o u g h t — t l | i t i n t h e b e t t e r w o r l d . W h e r e d e a i h c a j n e v e r c o m e .

T h e sou l , rBd.>em b y J e s u a ' b lood , . - W d l m a k e j t a fiial h o m e .

"iSi..". . - -v t " -- T h e n r i t m i b e r . ^ i l y ' " ' ^ ™ ® '

. I n ' t h e s i l en i , dfri jamlesa s l e e p ;

- " An eye. omniiciinf, o'er thy dust, WiUfiithfiavjigakeep;

And when t h ^ U ^ ' h m d trump shall sound, • Thmrwiltt^risBind-atand,

Arrayed in uemortaH^, a: - U p o n t h y Eoija-B right h a n d !

" The iSweniAlClsDifflaniBisnt.—A^-"golar minister, Mving beard of a diffi-rallT Irctweeaiojne of bis parishion-ers, gave notic^ t i a t he would preach an. "the efoiwati |«ini™andmept; and when an weteMindering and inqui^ ringas"t6rwBiu|cpald be his meaning, ha annoancetl aS to text, "A new com-m a n d m e n L l ^ i e unto yqu," iAt« e fore ane.anot/ier."~Z[ [

—An E n ^ t p s i b -•at uliliiy, says that icial cap browa pa-'. edgV to foiin one,

lIiatt^«L,if Jaid. over ^ ^ underj wffl pro-diii:eimre •craOTth tSan diere ordina-r y b lankcta , : or; over a single cover e t ' ^ b e w a i ^ l h a a o n e blankaqnly , and will lu3t,llwith a - little-caie,= the whoit.wiat^r.

l ica t ionwhui two. aheeO m per, p a a t ^ a ^ s t s c o s ^ t L b ^ w i ^ dfiej

For the Tmv£ss>e Baptist PROTESTANT AFFINITY W I T H

ROMAN ERROR. BEO. GHAVES:

Having recently seen several pedo-baptist pafalications, which regard and treat baptism, as a seal or means of se-curing the divine blessing; and believ-ing that the error had its ori^n, in mis-conception of the meaning of the Apos-tle, in the l l t b verse of the 4th chap-ter of Romans, I propose giving what I conceive to be a correct exposition of the te.^t.

Seeing that Hebrew christians, at-tached an undue degree of efficacy to circumcision, "Paul labored very.hard to convince them of their error, and to give them right views of the import and design of the ordinance. This he attempted in several of his epistles, but more particularly those to the He-brews and Romans. In the latter, he says, (chap. 2: 2S. 29.) " H e is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circamcision which is outward in the fleshf But he is a.'Jew, which is fine jnwanlly; and circumcision is that of the heart ia the spirit, jmd not in the lei i^ , wSmc priii^ ia not of meor^but

And pursmng^besubjectstill further in the 4th chapter, (knowing that those whom he was addressing venerated the name of the patriarch Abraham,) in order to rivet conviction more cert^nly, he giv.es thenj in the perioa of Abra-

DIED, at his residence on the 11th of September, 1849; our beloved broiher, GEORGE COCKBURN, in the 6Sth year of his age, leaving a wife and four chil-dren, together with a large family con-nexion to deplore his death. He was born and raised in North Carolina, and at an early age emigrated from thence

Tennessee, and from thence to Franklin rounty, Alabama, where he lived and died. In the early part of his life he stood in the ranks of those who defended the liberty of our coun-try and fought valiently with the wea-pons of hostile war, but in the latter part of life he enlisted in the war of Christ and fought the good fight of faith. For the last twelve years of his life he has been a member of the Bap-tist Church of Christ in Tuscumbia— and showed his love to the cause of Christ by his acts, conversation and support of the gospel. He stood, as a living monument of piety. In him the poor, widow and orphan always found a friend. Duringihe last three months of hislife, he enjoyed an unusualdegree of the love of God, which often caused him to speak to his family and breth-ren about the mercy of ihe Lord, and his special wati;h-care over him and family. During his ten days illness he showed a perfect willingness to die and loved to talk of heaven and of the lnnniiiirinn nf th^t glnrio^l'l wnrlj^ which he hoped soon to enjoy, a n 3 ~ ^ e r e b e hoped to meet his children (for he had eight'already dead, and exhorted his friends to prepare to meet him in heaven. But yet there was one thing that somewhat troubled him and i h a t w ^ the anxiety of his wife-for him still to live, but while talking with'ber and telling over the troubles of this life and contrasting it with the joy of heav-en; she in much affliction told him that she "could give him up." Then he was perfectly willing to die and bid her farewell. While sinking id the cold embraces of death he was asked by his nephew "if he was going home?" to which he replied in a low sweet whisper, "yes, yes, yes*," and then slept ofiFin death without a Struggle or a sigh. "O death where is thy stingi"" Seeing that this righteous father is ta-ken away leaving a pious wife and four children, one of whom we had the pleasure of baptizing a few months since, our prayer is that they all may so live as to be prepared to die, and that the husband, wife and children may meet in heaven where parting shall bis no more. - ' - JAGKSON GUNN.

For the Thtnesste Baptist. • "Manr that is born of woman is of few days and" full of trouble:" A sad-dening- truth, fearfully verrified in the ;ilm<"si unparalleled afflctians which have recently befallen the weeping family of of Dr. Samuel Morton.

upon the vitals of Mrs. Margaret Ann Morton, consort of Wm. E. Morton.— She too had been lingering under the same toof all the time that Mrs. Whit-sitt was sick. Struggling under the destructive influences of the same fa-tal disease. She suffered on until Sun-day night, August -Sth, when about 10 o'clock she ceased to breath.

Three short years bad not quite elapsed since she was taken from the hymenial altar, a youthful and a love-ly bride. Yes, she was young, amia-ble, accomplished and lovely. And having fortunately placed her affections upon a gentleman w^orthy of her love, who is in easy circumstances: bright and propitious omens seemed to dawn upon her entrance into life. But how soon, alas! were those prospects bligh-ted, and she, in the morning of life, consigned to an untimely grave.

She has left her little infant, too small ever to remember its mother.— But there is one who does remember her. Her image is ever before his eyes. That loved image he can never forget; yet memory administers no heal-ing balm to his wounded heart. Oh! how lonely, how wretched, how dis-consolate is his miserable lot.

And yet the destroying angel hover-ed over thisdistressed family still gree-dy of his prey. His next victim was James Whitsitt Morton, he departed this life August 20ih, lacking only a few days of twenty-one yeers of age.

James was moral, ingenious, indus-trious. inteligent and talented. He was handsome in his appearance, bland in his address and sociable in his disposition; those who knew him best loved him mosi; none wiihin the circle of my acquaintance was more promi-sing. But how soon, alas! was he cut down; and now he lies low in the drea-ry lgrave. - -

Oh! methinks it would have melted the heart of adamant, to behold the wild burstsof irrepressible grief, which gushed forth from the heaving bosoms of his heart-broken father and mother, when they-saw their beloved James was dying. They had hitherto borne up under their accumulated misfor-tunes, with christian and manly forii tilde; VBut this additional stroke has unmaitrad them quite.

Oh God! grant that the hand of the destroyjer may now be stayed; and sanclifylhese sore afflictions, so that if it be possible, good may from them r e s i i l t ; ^ ' :

• ' . ^ L A Augu9f22d; 1849.

. For the Thinessee Baptist. Bjr' special request, it becomes ;ny

painful _^doty to communicate to your nnmei^as readers the melaacholy-in-telligenco that brother Robert Lane has finished bis o plight and useful life on earth, and 'das gone to receive his re-ward in *tbe; Spirit Land. Brother LaueJwas bom Bedford county. Tennes^e, f » the l l t h day of June lS12;-wai united in marriage to Miss Ameri(»..H6lman, of San Augustine cpunt^/:Tesas, onTthe 27th "of June 1837:^"Be made a public pi-ofession of faith Christ on the 26lh of March 1844, and-oh the 3d day of April fol-lowingilhe writer administered to him theordidance of Christian Baptism and

For Ike Tennessee Baptist. Departed this life at the residence

of her Mother, near Little Cedar Lick^ Wilson COUQLY Tenneasee-on thf 17th. a a y dTMay 1849, Miss Mary M. May, aged twenty-one years,six months and 21 days. Sister Mary May made a profession of religion at a camp meet-ing at Drakes Lick in the fall of 1837, when she was only ten years of age— while she was young she gave her heart to the Lord; shortly after she prossed religion she united with the Methodist ^ c i e t y , but she would not submit to receive sprinkling for her baptism; she remained with the Meth-odists without being baptized, often ex-pressing a great desire to be baptized until in November 1845, when she uni-ted with the Baptist Church at Little Cedar Lick, and was baptized into its fellowship by R. R. Barton in which church she remained a pious and de-voted member, always expressing a great desire for the welfare of the church, and for the cause of the Sa-viour which she so much loved; she was an affectionate child, always ready to console her widowed mother in ev-

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From the Christianas Daily Treasury. HYPOCRISY AND PENITENCE!

"Be that cozerah his sins shall tioI •prosper., hut whoso confesseth and fortaX kelh them shall have m c ; c j / . " — P a o v J x sv i i i . 13.

THIS passage bears iwo aspects; ler-j ror to the wicked, and joy to ihe righJ teous- It is like the pillar of cloud and fire, wiih the dark side towards tb^ Egyptians, but ibe brigfal side towardJ the Israelites. Note.

THE COXTRASTED CHABACTEUS.-Let us look at each.

T/ie hypocrite. "He that coverelll his sins." Some commit evil openlyJ others secretly; but none can escaj: the scrutenizing eye of Omniscience.-In bow many ways do men cover their sins; by palliation, or denial.and sfome times with the cluak of religion and friendship!

The penitent. Two ihings are Eta ted of him; be confesses and forsake bis sins; the one more particularly re gards ibe heart, the other the Iife;.ihe one includes genuine repentance, the other practical reformation. If a new principle has been implanted, old tbing^ must pass away, old lusts be mortified J old pursuits abandoned, and old com-J panions discarded.

THE DIFPEaENT CIHCtlMSTANCES.-Whal is said of ihese two characlers.T

Obser%-e. The misery of the one. "He shall]

not prosper." But do we noi often se the wicked rolling in wealth and afflu ence; extending their connections, cr dit, and influence in the world, andl increasing in iheir temporal comforts.'! Yes, but all ihis maybe the case when! misery and wrelcliedness possess »,he| heart, and there is no favor from God,/ no peace of conscience, and no hope] for eieniity. |

The hajrpinettof the other. "He shall j have mercy." This is what we want: | onr stale is one of misery, and requiresl ihe excrcise of mercy; mercy to par-j don our sins, renew our minds, clean3e| our hearts, and enrich us wiili grnc ^lere, and glory bereafier.

"Ls t deep repentaace, faith. Eld lore, Be joined with godly fear,

And all our conversarinn prove Our hearts to be sincerr."

Prowling and giving.—The venerable father Scwall ot Maine, once enteredj a meeting in behalf of foreign missions,] jusi as the collectors of the contribuiionsj ^'ere resuming ibeir seals. Thechair-I tnan of the meeling requssled him : lead in prayer. The old gentle[nan| stood hesitatingly, as if he had lu neard ihe request. Ii was repeated! a louder voice; but there was no i ®^iise. It was observed, howcverl 'uai Mr. S. was fumbling tn his pnct

and presently be produced a piec.-of money, which he deposited in ibc <^TOirihmion box. The c b a i r m ^ '^hinking he had not been undersloodl

pray till ptc given tomclhing^ Mcs.

The legs of the lame are not eqt