5 6 T H E B A P T I S T .

K*t r « i l from J lelUM- ilaieil

•UcMHO.N, Ten. Man !i 17.

"T l i c (looplo III tlii» si'ctiDii o( < iimiii>

-iffin voi j l)-.ult»aiil ill rmui irapnig n l i

jTicjiis |iapi'i», ami c»|)CiJally iIk.h' id

iroin llif hand-, of a ll.i|>li-l I w i l l , liuivrn-r,

. poll all priiper orrmioin , n-i- n ) f o lili' c"-

iJeavuis t" ailvaiuc llic iiili'iosl of imir pa.

peri l) pri'CiiriiiK ""I'ly siilisri itu J'* I

<111.

'• HeliRion in ra l l u r :il a low I'Mi lo llii-

.Itiarli rof llie rardi Hapti'ils ai i' It iv , uml

iio»l uf llmsu are c.f tlx IVi l in l i vMipt—I

i.icaii lliosc llinl (ippijso t'vt'r) lliin!; ii

il.apf o/ beiicvolt'licf, aii.l » isli In .1 run

(u:riii' slriiigs an j biiul llio <'uint i( iitci "i

their filloiv moii, Kud tliiis slrilfc a fjl.il lili'"

rcligiotm hber l f . .May tlic i.or'l lio |.lfii'<

etl to arrcsl tlieiii ici tlicir mail < arrcr. .iml

liritig Ihciii 111 Sfc Ui3l l l iej air «,iiriiig

against 111!) nacreij h i r.l uf llu' nniiiiicuIjU-

l.amb oi (Joel, Is lilt pr.i>cr."

h'rom Ihi Hihlivnl Itfitinler.

A U I KKV Ft»l{ r i n ; A M IS-

Sliall thu fiillowiiig ri!i)ii(j»t ho f^raiUfjil or

not! .Shall till! iiiiphinin; hcalhi'ii liuve nii»-

.lioiiiirics to Ifach thpin the Hay of aiiSatioii!

omliHll ihcy he io|.| il,j,i a|| mi»sioii» nrc cuii-

ira i ) lo tin; si-npiiiroa—lha» (ioti iri|| |,i,,

i .»n ui.rU lo liM otvii tnne—and that for the

pie,fi l l Ihey iiiiixt ho content to ilie in their

-iin anil go to por.lition! What wouhl ihi

•-iinpic hearted christian think, were he in.

I'orini',1 tl,:it there are men in this coiiiitry

•ulliiij; tli..Mii»i |v I-I chrnl ians, »»ho are uni-

ilii j pi, ) i i i j .ill in their p.>Her, hoth

l|„. 1 Mir a.1,1 Mill nr. I i i l|o,c the do.ir of i.ah atloii ' III llic !i....ll,eii' \od cause the mnti

[ni i.i.i I i:i>.

TIIK CIIUK-i riArii s HOPE.

Air—(Auld Unnsf Syne )

((ltd •wreim, dearfnt tie that bimls,

Oar glowing heirtR in one.

Hail facred hope that tniieii our niiatia,

To harmony divine:

It ia lh« hnpe, the blUafal Itope,

Whirh Je»B»' grace hn^ giren,

Th« hope when days and ycari nre pa»t,

We all shall meet in hoaveu:

\V« all iliall meet in tievveo at lant,

W t all (ball m««t in heaven,

Tlie hope when dayn and year» are pa.sl,

We all iball meet in beaten.

What thoogh the northeni wintry blast

Shall bowl aroand thy cot.

What tlioDgh beneath an eastern sun,

Be caat onr distant lot:

Yet (till we share tbe bliisful liope,

Which feaoa" grace baa given, fco.

From BariDah'a aborea, rrotn Afrio'i strand.

From Indta'a bsniing plain,

From Earep*, rtom Colambik'a land,

We hop* t« most again:

(I ia th* hope, tb* bliasral hop*.

Which Jeraa' graca has gitea, lie.

N« lingering look, no parting aigh.

Oar fatore meeting knawi.

There rrimndaUp beama from etcry eye,

And hope imioortal grows;

O sacred hop*, O bliaaral hope,

Wbkh Jeans' grace hta given, Ice.

all IliM, for sootli, he foperalii.il not liappeo

TIL suit III. ir nilit^hlriinl TIEWH of orthoihiX J ' •

M ' l T . M , r|{t).M .\ NATI\ K u r I.NDIA

Tlie fiillowiiiR paragraph n f romtho f - o r i

I the i!iinlt»li t'liorch .Mi>>iiioii.iry Societv. 11 i< a toiii jiini,' appeal from a convened iiea-ilieo, .MPe.l W illiam Chiirriiii, to « lur l , <'liri,iii,ii, in Kiiglaiul and Amenra >,hi<iild le'pond

I'eil i;ii(;li«li i;hii»tians, nays thin native o( India to Ucv. Mr. WilUSin'oii—• • tell them that \\ illiaiii Cliurriiii, hj theGracf oftJod a servant of .ICMIS Christ, was oocc a servant of iiin; and would have heen a.sorvant of sin now. h!«d they not sent yon to tell ino of ("hrist crucified for sinners. J e l l them my heart thankii them. Oh! when 1 thinU, that hail not the Kngli^h Christians sent Jesus (Miriil to iiir, I most li»ve hceii forever lost, I cannot help lomiff them. Ne*t tell thorn, we wonder much thai they only send one or two miisionarie*.—What arc onr or two! l>o they not know how many millions of iny poor llimliio Hrethren arc yet without (tod! Oh! tell them that Wi l l iam, who thanks thom for himsell'. hiames them on accoiinl of others. I have heard yon say there aru many millions of people 111 Knpland; and then I th jnk—Wel l ! many million*; and only one, two or three Missionaries come to India to s.ive million* of those who are perishing; in sin! Tell them »\e have three hundred and thirty millions of gods, whose slates we ore. And oh! tell them, that though these gods never spoke be-fore, yet in the day of Judgement, t bcdod of Knglisb Christians, who is the God of the whola worhl, will give them a,tongue, lo con-demn them, fornot sending them tlio gospel, and more Missionaries to I nd i a . "

M M TKIt.S I IKCK IVKU .

I ' loni A . C. McCorklo, l», M. Jack's Creek,

roil, sent S'li—John DiifToy and P, M. l)(if.

fey, Jackson, ren. paper discontinued, owe

ij)\! ii.'i, heiiides making us pay tho postage on

their letter!—James M Hniith, l». M. Coving-

ton, Ten. I new sub.—John I), (Jolfee, P. Sf.

riorence, Ala. 1 Hiih discoi).—Duncan Be.

tliiine, I'. M. i-'redoniu, 'I't-ii. sent 91—Thut.

II. Jones P. M Courtland /\la—Simon liyrant

Henderaonville, Ten. dikcoii.—W. I'epper,

P. M. .Mt. UcKerve, Ten. I noh. discon.—.El-

der Hainiiel Love, Knoxvillo, Ten. sent 95

and .'I new siihs.— Kider It. S, Fant, Hunts-

ii l le, Ala. sent J.'i—James Jeffrey, Pine lla-

yoii. Ark. discon. —N. J .Spillnian, .Mt Ver-

non. T. I new »iih.—Peter W illiams, 'I'homas

I'liiiii.l X c , Marion, Weakly eo T. , ;t suli-

•crihrrs who have made llie |)rodjf;|.jin dis

CMVcry that Thr llnptint ii, piilili^ihed lint once

a iiioiitli, and has hecume ' a mailer of spec-

iilalion." NN hat use do they make of thoir

seiiHC.., not lo know Hhi'ther a paper comes

111 hand mil 1 i>r /wice u iiionth ! Surely wis-

iloni will die wilh this tr io ' d u c ^ l besides

the pi'slajfo—demon Hopper. I.'uliimhiu, Ky

new Hoh. postage I'Jj — 1' M. Iiouisvillc, Ky

I Mii'. iliscoii.—Win. I.eigh, l.eighton, .Ma

'J siihs.—('. W .Sayle, Springfield, ItohinsoD

CO., lent 8-i—Oaleh T. Harris, Jacksou, T.

sent (>.">—Jesse .McRlyea, P. M. I.arkins'

Fork , Ala. I snh.— Thuinas .M. Urunson,

Kives I M ) . Ten I suh.

A faithful man'a promiae it liii debt, which

•0 fear of damage can diiponte wHli.

W O M A N .

BV N. I>. WILLIf.

Oh ! what i« woman ! what her amile !

Her look of love! her aye of l ight !

What i» ahe, i f her heart rovile

The luwiy Jeans I Love may writo

His name upon her marhlo brow,

Ur linger in her curia of je t—

The light apring-flower may loarcely bow

Heneath her «lep->and yet, and yet,

Without tli it meeker gr ico, iho'll be

A lighter thing than vanity.

SF.ML-MONTHI.Y LI.ST.

The following persons have paid up to 1st

Janiiary IrtlH Peter (i iven, J Fly, Ucv

.Mr. Iloss, A. H. K ing , Win . t.'russ, \oi)rew

Milain. Wm . H. Hamhier, Isham W. Par

ham, Fppy Ciinninghain, Jas. .S. H i l t , Wm

Canirell, John Cunningham, Win. Kirk , Isaac

Walton, .Alfred Kay, Mra. HIixaheth Frazer,

Flder .Samuel l.ove, llov. II. S. Fant, Mra.

Dolly Pryor, Joseph Barclay, (Jeo. W . Ma-

ples, C. W . Hayle, Thomas A. .Simons, John

Junes, Rev. John Wiaeman, J . Anthony,

John Rngland, Kdmond Vinaon, E . U. Bigley,

II. n . Sypert, Jamea Arringtoo, Miia L . E.

Morton, George Roberta.—And the fullowing

have paid up to thedatea respectively affixed,

8amuel C. French to lat July 1688, Elder

F.lijah Hickey, Levi McLoiid and Joshua

Tindall lo lUtb J an . 1^38, Dr. J a i . W . Hog

gatt to 15th March 1637, Mrs. E . Clardy for

18.10, Reuben Langley to lat Feb. 1838, Joah-

iia Dell and Alex. Turner to l i t Ju ly 1837,

Edward Wil l iams to March 1,1388, Joho K

Blade* and Caleb T . Harria to Oct . 1,1837.

PKIHYRD av W . HMBLL HUNT, NAIIIV i i , ta.

T I I K m i U M W I U\NSLArU>N .

The f.illowing nrlu le, whirh originally

red 111 Zion - Her.-.ld, wo find in the .S. ^

vocate. uf this city. Pcrceiving thai

tl ielvritrr has. at the very threshold, misciin-

cfived Ihe true n j l . i f r uf the i|iie»tlon whlcl.

he undertakes t.i dis. oss, and upon a faNe

basis errrted a fabrir of sophistry, and

tha tc i ro r i s generally grasped withnvidilv

at the eipense of truth, we have thong!.I n

wonh while very hrieflj- lo correct the mis-

lakes in the article in qiicslion. and set the

^bject in a proper light. The liMitor of li.e

ocate would oblige us, and perhaps do

sometliing in furtherance of corrccl bibi

translatiuus, by re-inacrtiog thia^ piC9f<

the remarks here accompanying it.

Frm/i Ziim'i llrratd. iM-TIHT Ht KMAM Tll,V>M.ATION fiF TIIK tlllll.K

Mil. F.HIIOR—I am very sorry that om Baptist hrethren are stilt .disposed lo jiistifv theiii.ehes in translating in the lliirmaii Ian goace the word, " haptize." hy a word wind, •lenities ncliisi. ely " to dip." There seeiiin 111 he some ciiiid reason why they should not ilo this. In the first plaee, they acknowledge that the word • t iaptife" has ditforcol mean-inps.siich a» wash, cleansr. Aic. asto immorte Now. as this IS true, would it nol have been more consistent with this acknowledgement, to translate the word hy oi,e of simil ir im port ' Would it not have been more literal > Would it not have been a great deal heller 10 view of the different opinions of the chris-tain wurld !

In Ihe second placo, this translation of the word will open a wide door of evil. Other sects will doubtless occupy tho same field, and this wiU he good ground of conlenl iun, strife, jcaloiisiea and o i l speaking. Indeed, we havo no reason lo think it will be othcr-wite ; for already ha« contention iiiAnifested itself there. The heallion tribes, instead of hearing a gospel uf peace, will hear conlen. tion nnd rank diapute. How great an imped-imenl to the gospel t Wha t delicious food for cavillers nnd infidels! But do our liaptiM hrethren think to coerce, or force all oilier missionaries who may labor there of different denomination!, to follow in their track, and

preach iiiiiMcrtniii I or dn iliey think llicy shall lI'Kt shot the door ami keep mil ail iitl>-i-rs ! If Ihey do, they h.ite learnt hiiinan naiiire to liiiln purpose. How iniirli hctlet it would he for themselves, how much morr benefit would 'he heuihen receive, how n i c more famraiile. yea iiifinin-ly niorc. It »1 .1 'le for the spread of the gttspel. gencni l l ) , if ihej hid pursued a difTerent course.

Piiir.sttTnaupiRr.

Feh. 18.

Philanthropist might hsve spared himikelf a

large share of his gr!"f. if li* had recollecleit

that .Mr. Jndson, in rendering the «ciiptiire»

iiito the Bnrman language, was not governed

hy the Riiglith, or any other version, but

solely by Iho original text. I f he consiilted

other translations, it was for the piirpoae of

gaining what light they might afford ia aub.

nrdinatiun lo th« aacred standar4j| ,*><Mi

hv any means w ith the inteiilion of g'itinf

pr^ceilenee to any such assumed aiithoritics

It IS plain, then, that the opening remark of

Ih? article under consideration resiilta from

•1 misconception of the nature of the qnes

tion This is not whether Mr. Judson has

correctly translated the fJnrco Eti^lith word

" hapti/.e," term manufactured for a spc

cial CMgenry.) hut whether he has correctly

iranslateJ the pure f.Vrr*- word " hapti*.'."

rbe tianslator was as firmly hound by Ihe

principles of reason and failhfulues. to con-

sider the Greek text the sole paramount au-

thority in this case, as if there never before

had been a translation attempted. This com-

plaint, then, against translating " haplixe"

hy a word meaning lo dip, is groundleis, as

Mr. J . has not been translating from Ihe

English version. P«dobaptisls have long

wanted to make that tho standard, and by

the recent harsh and unjust proceedings of

the American Bible Socicty, have aulborila

l ively, yet impotently, declared that it shall

ho. and this to tho exclusion from their pat-

ronage of nearly all tbe versions in the world

Ix i lHsnow suppose that "Philanthropist

stand* corrected in regard to the standard of

traoaUtioo, axamin® hi* argument. " In

Iho lirat place," says he, Ihey [Ihe Baplista]

acknowledge l !» t 'he -ord " baptize" [hap-

liXo] has diflerent meanings, such as wash,

cleanse, Acc., as to immerse " And this i*

IS M'hole argument ! Kecanse hapiizo has •

•trvoiMtary meaning, it would havo been

mote consistent" " inoro lUtrnl"!! " a

?reat deal hetter," lo have given Ihe tecond-

ry meaning than the primary ! Verily.

' Phtlanthropist" would improve on the orig-

inal, But , wliaittv«r wc may he willing to

concede lo the woni " baptijie"—which it

in fact a mere arbitrary term, aignifying

any tiling that may chance to suit the whim,

ihepAltcy or the i/ulrurlionf uf the translator,

whether it be made to mean to dip, tospria*

kle, ta pour, to wash, "foeroM.'" " to perform

a watf ring ceremony," or " lo mite a viaM*

—nc^Ut i f j o nol acknowledge that bafHlxn^'

has any other meaning but to immerse. W «

may he permitted, in proof of this asscrlipo^

lo quote the language of >Mr. Cantilt of Kd-

inhiirgh, whose aulhorily we presnme will

nol he lightly estopined hy those who are fa-

miliar with recent p.jt-lications pertaining to

the sunjrct in hand. In a work on baptism

winch nsiied from tlie press a few years ago,

(Boston edition, p. i:l,) Mr. Carson remarks;

•• The primiiivo wjjgil Imjiio" which is never

used ID relation to baptism in the New Tea-

lament, " has two sigiiilicalions, the primary

to dip, the secondary lo dye; but tbe deiiva*

W^e.baptiio," which alone is used toieseriba

the action of baptism, " is formed lo modifir

tlie primary only : and in ail the Ure^k lao-

giiage, I assert." he conlioMcs, that ao in-

stance is nol lo be found, in which it [haptl-

lo] has the secondary meaning of the primU

(ire word." liaplo means primarily to dip,

secondarily to J^f, «» « " tffiet of dipping i

haptUo means to immrrir, and nothing cl*«.

But there are very few, comparativaljr, at

this day, who contend against tbe true mcaor

ing of this word. Pedobaptisla have gener-

ally yielded Ihe question, in varioiw fomM«

and oo different oocationa j a l ignal i n i t aoM

-.is

SB f H i : B A P T I S l * . of wliicli w u affurded by a cuinini l lee t>( (lie Boani of Maoigort of (ho Americao l l ibic Soc i e (y , (o wliom wat rercrrcil (lio applica-(ioo of Mewr*. I'carcc and Ya(c>, in IMItTi, for awi i tance in (lio piiblicatiun of " (lieir no>( cmcellcnt »er»ioi) of ttio New 'I ea(a-n e n t in Bcog^aloe, a version wliicit i i Itiglil; commooded by many of (lie nioi( learned piiadi(t of India, ai wel l aa by (he Prorettnri io For( Will itni Col l ege , Calcu((a , at being ra idy tupcrior (o any vertion pruviotntly made." The coinini((cc made icvcral suc-CCiiive reporlt, beg inning widi (he Jeclara-Uou tbat our v e n i u n s were Ja l i r in (raiisla-ting bap(izo (u iinniuritu' and (ben tnoilir>ing and changing un(il all (bey could lay wai tba( i( wat tneipedieiu lo encourage fiaplitt lran>la(iun«. And (lie learned and respecta-ble Hoard wcro <|ui(c salisliod wi(h (lie con e lus ion! " A r c not (be nap(is( tran»latioi)> c o r r e c d " was asked on our part. " N o cr i e s one of (ho Necretaries of (be Ituard " bapt ize doos not mean to dip or sprinkle eitlMtr." " And, pray, Mr S e c r e t a r y , what does k .•neant" N o answer. Again it it Mked, " A r e not our translations porrect I" " Y e s ! yes ! ) y e s ! " resounds on all hands; "tbe|r «recorrGct, but—hut—it is intjrjieiJienl «• c i r c u l a t e tbem !" l o e x p e d i e o t (o circulate (be aekoowledged triKb of God ! !• Why is it i oe sped ien t to c i rcu la tc Baptist transla-t i o n s ! Because , when tbe beatboo read, " H e tbat belieTctb aod is immersed shtl l be t a v e d , " tbey cannot be satisfied with sprink-iioK.

W i t h regard to the appreltensions o f " Pbi-lanthropUt," that c o r r c c t , faithful transla-tions of the word of Ood " will open a « idr door of er i l ," and genera(e " c o n t e n t i o n . St r i f e , " Aic. we (b ink (he force of (he object iuo applies ent ire ly to his own side. I t it error, not truth, tbat produce«,evil. As for content ino , wo will doubtless hare enough of ( ba t i o defenco of the faith once delivered t o t h e a a i o t i . W e do not e x p e c t that eve ry cavi l ler and infidel will cease opposing (be (oape l , because i( it truly translated. There w e r e revi lert and objector* wbo opposed our Sav ioar to bis face ; aod the ear(b bas been burdened w i l b p e n o D t of tbat character ever • inc« , and probably will be to (be end of t ime.

T b « question whether Baptists e x p e c t to "coerce or force" o ther denomiDat ions to pract ic* immaraion, i i a very silly o n e , and dkservat to be answered according to its folly. BaptisUfaave arer b e e n uncomproiniting; e o . •roiea of usurpation, wbiob cannot be shown of alt their opponents j they do not interfere with lb* r igbu of other s e o U . T b r y are de-

len i i i i '!d. b o w e v o r , (o do ( b e i r p a r t iu o u e g r e a ( . mk fuUh/ully—that of g iv ing (he uoad i i l t e r a t ed ivord of (>ud to the whole wor ld . If t h e i c ho any who c a n n o t b e a r thiK* rod a r c too t e n a c i o u s of t h e i r p e c u l i a r oiiinions to exain i i ie them i i i ipur t ia l ly , and re l iaquish theiu if wrong , t hen le t Ibeni q u a r r c ) wi th the b i b l e if it sui ts ( h e m — b u t no t wi th Its c o n s c i e n t i o n s fo l lowers .

W h e n wo shall he conv inccd tha t any o t h e r than a s t r i c t l y fa i thful cou r se un the pa r t of our n i i s s ionanun would have benef i t ed t he h e a t h e n m o r e Ihaii the one they have pur-sued , wo shall be p r e p a r e d with • I ' h i l an -t h r o p i o t " to » u h tlipy bad d o n e d i f fe ren t ly Ami when wc can be pe r suaded that the Am l l ibic H o c i c t j has lioiiefiled the Ituiiiaii rucc by c u t t i n g off niNtily all the ( raokUt ions iii the world f rom »I1 hope of suppor t f rom t l 'a l ins t i tu t ion—livcausp l l ieir I raus la t ions a r c not con fo rmed to the e r r o r s and (irpjiiclices ul the day — thou will we bt> p r e p a r e d tu applaiui the c o n d u c t ol its m a n a g e r s .

In (he m e a n t ime wc r c jo i ce tba t l l ap t i s t s a r e b e c o m i n g a w a k e to the i r du ly , and a r e e n d e a r o r i n g lo r e t r i e v e the immense loss which tbey have sus ta ined by t b e i r l a t e une-(|ual un ion ; tl ia( (bey have formed au " A m e r -ican and F o r e i g n Bible .Soc ie ty , " have a c t i v e a g e n t s a b r o a d , and t b o u i a o d s of dol la rs al-ready poured in to the t r e a s u r y aiid appropr i -a ted to t b e g lor ious e n t e r p r i s e .

sb

U O O i ) A M } E V I L In tbe fo l lowing e x t r a c t will be found some

c h e e r i n g n e w s . In it will also be seen an ex-r a o r d i n a r y spec imen of an t i -e / Ior t i sm. \

more c o n s u i n m a l c ac t of folly has seldom been Commi t t ed . .\ m o r e i n d e c e n t o u t r a g e upon re l ig ion and civil l i be r t y we have neve r liad tbe pa in to r e c o r d . A m o r e g l a r i n g vio-la t ion of the p r inc ip le s of common sense we e x p e c t n e v e r lo bea r of. T a l k of the Span-ish Inqu i s i t i on , indeed ! W h a t is worse than an iji poti /ado law ! A d m i t (ho absu rd i t y , aod to w h a t hor r id resuKs will i t not lead ! And these a r e Bapt i s t s ! — F r o m luch B a p t i s t i ,

Uood L o r d , de l ive r u t ! " W h y did the p r i sone r p lead gui l ty of an o f fence which our c o r r e s p o n d e n t t ruly r e m a r k s was no of fence , s i ncc t be law was e n a c t e d a f t o r t he c o m m i t , sion of t be d e e d to wbiob i t was to apply ! H a d be n e v e r read (be C o n t t i l u l i o n of the Uni ted M t a t e t ! H a d b i t a c c u t e r s n e v e r read i t l If tbey have n o t , w e c o m m e n d it (o the i r p e r u s a l )

But wbat was the foul cr ime , for wbicb our brother has been thus unceremoniously eject-ed from the church 1 " W h y , murder, I pre-sume," says the reader. N o ; not qtiit* so

bad as t h a u •• I b e o i i was a r s on , or UuriTa ry.*' Ob , no ! it wa t a l igh te r c r i m e ; g u . , , aga in . " I i must have been negro siealiiig or horse s t e a l i n g , a t l e a s t . " No, uo, f r i e n d , you a r e e n t i r e l y too severe j u was no th ing of (he k i n d . " W e l l , what oould h a r e b e e n t be o f f ence , d run t t cnness , or (igbt-i o g , o r c h c a d n g , o r g a m b l i n g ! " Not a( all , iio( at all . " O b , I have it n o w ! " say you I " I had fo rgo t t on the worB( c r i m e vi all— ^ I F b l a c k e r (bau a.iy in (he decalogue—.1,all I ^ ^ name tbe awful Ih ing—it was for joining the Conven l i on ! " N o . r eade r , you could u e r e r ^ solve i t ; but I will lull you. It was f u r ^ ^ Ijirnking tu a rn<i(i .' .Speaking to a man Ye»: for s p e a k i n g to a p r e a c h e r — a missioD- _ ary—and say ing to him, " S i r , I would thank you lo c o m e and p r ea c h at our c h u r c h . ' T l n y t was ihe heinoim siu. Te l l il not in l i e d f o j ^ ^ I'ubliiili It not on iho banks uf .Sugar c ^ c k T

W hat a brolherhood of—hem : inliglSeneii chriitiiiiit.'

I ' lxlract of a l e t t e r from Kev . J a m e s 11. Hal l , d a t ed

.M< LtMoRMviLiii;, .March, 21), 18J7.

i M? hPuith bas been bad through the win-

tcr, Ihe rp fo re my miss ionary labors have quite l im i t ed . I shall c o m m e n c e o p c r a t i o n v ; ^ agaiu s h o r t l y , if I ' r ov idenco p e n u l t .

B r o t h e r B r o w n i n g and myself held a three days ' m e e t i u g last N o v e m b e r a t U a r r e u Fork in h.. I l a i i rx u o u n t y , a t which l ime ami place he Loril was pleased to grac ious ly smiie and

blcs^ the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of bis word , and the re w e r e f i f teen o r twen ty t b a t appeared to he anxiously e n q u i r i n g wliat thpy should do t o b e saved . Thi» p lace of worship M OCCU (iicd by liie . \ o l i8 . I must he re rt lale a cir-c u m s t a n c e r e l a t i ve to this m t e l i o g . O u t ul Ihe m e m b e r s f r i e u d l ) t o e l l o r t l u n i c o b ro l l i -er B r o w n i n g and m)Helf to hold tbe m e e m i g The c h u r c h found it out , and a f t e r the meet-ing they m a d e a ru le t ha t no m e m b e r of that church should inv i te a missionary to p r e a c h in tbe in. h . They tben inqu i i ed of luis m e m b e r if ho was nut gui l ty ; to which en-quiry be answered, yes J and O, l amen lab lo to (el l , (boy exc luded him! W a t (bis ever heard of before, in church or s tate , (ba( after an offence it commiKed, (hen make u law tu cover tbat particular ca te , by it t ry (he of-fender, ((bough it can nt^t bo taid uffendor in this c a t e , because tbero was no law •, and where there it no law there it no (rantgrcs-sion,;) and pronounce sente^ice of condoinua-t i o n l "

On BAT RBVIVAL .—Mure than 120() persons recently professed religion at Union vi l lage , Waahiof ton 00UDI7, N . Y .

T H E B A P T I S T .

singular overs ,gb( , (bo lot er of J o h n Hushing in(ended for the last No .

, » s o m i ( ( e d . And we regret to say we have uafortunalely lost or mislaid thn manuscript,

.bould have been published in the pre-,ent No If brother 11. wil l send us anotber c o m m u n i c a t i o n embodying the substance o f t h e l a s t , w e will insert i l with pleasure.

M c M l N N V l L L K . T h e in te res t man i fes ted in this town on Ihe

subject of re l ig ion for s o m e t i m e pas t , is still luc reas iug T h e p r a y e r meo( ings a r c crowd-Pd (« excess . n u ( ( b e , have no p r e a c h e r s Canno t two or t h r e e m i n i f t e r s pay (hem a vis-it immed ia t e ly t T h e p r o t r a c t e d mee t ing 1. some s ix weeks off, and t be in te res t may a b a t e be fo re (ba( ( inie.

B A I ' T I H T S T A T K t : O N V K N T I O N . A m e e t i n g of t he Hoard of the Convent ion

took p lace in th is ci ty on Monday '..'Tth ult . So lomon fJ Mor ton was chosen T r e a s u r e r ,

v ice U e a . ( J eo rge ( Joodwin , deceased . B r e t h r e n W b i t s i t t and Kve rc t t we re ap

po in ted to assist b r o t h e r .Morton in a s ed l e -ment wi th (be e x e c u t o r s of (be la (c T r e a s u r e r .

R e t o l v e d (bat E l d e r P i c k e t t of S ta tesv i l l e be r e q u e s t e d to p r e a c h in d e s t i t u t e p l ace t ac-co rd ing to liis d i s c r e t i o n for t h r e e months , in tbe employ of t he B o a r d , and r e p o r t to the C o r r e s p o n d i n g S e c r p t a r y b e f o r e t be n e x t m e e t i n g of the C o n v e n t i o n .

A d j o u r n e d . T H E B I B L E A S S O C I A T I O N .

At a m e o d n g of (he Hoard on (he 'J7th u l t . It was

Reso lved , t b a t R e v . Brad ley K i m b r o u g b be reques ted (o ac t as tbe A g e n t of the Bi-ble As toc i a t i on , in r e c e i v i n g c o n t r i b u t i o n s .

By the fol lowing communicat ion it will be teen that the l i tt le persecuted remnant of effort cbritt ians io Bedford county h»ve made tbe best of their situation. T b e anti-efTort majority could not suffer such unholy beings tu dwell among Ihfm, and with pious horror cast them out. Very we l l ; they bave been the moans of planting an effort church just by their s ide. W e shall see which will prosper most.

Ihr The Baplitt. Un the first Lord's day in April , (the 2nd

inst.) in the year of our Lord, 18.^7, afier two sermons w e r e del ivered at Sugar Greek m e e t i n g house, Bedford c o u n t j , T e n . , an ap-p o i n t m M t was made for four o ' c lock , of the same day • ( E lder Melch i scdek Brame's , for

(he purpose of c o n s t i d i t i n g a Uni ted Bapt i s t Church. If the occasion of (bis cons t i tu t ion in (he game neighborhood with (he old chu rch should be a sked , wo answer ; A few m e m b e r s in said chu rch would nu( lo( ut live wi(h thom so long as we con t inued in union with the Missionary Ba|>tists. W e bel ieving that the missionary Bapt is ts possessed the es-sential c l i a r ac t e r of (he Uni ted Baptist Churcli of Chr i s t , p lanted by the aposllcs on ( jhr is t the chief c o r n e r s tone , from (hem we could not revol t and deny ourselves the high privilepo of connec t i on with thein. W o , t he re fo re , for ibe purpose of being incorpo-ralpd as a ci ty sot on a hill , lo diffuse as much light as p r a c t i c a b l e in obed ience to Chr i s t ' s c o m m a n d , met our appo in tmen t .— rtie following m e m b e r s p re sen t ed themselves , who wished to bu cons t i t u t ed on the t rue pr inciples of the Uni ted Bapt i s t s . A coinpe lent p resby te ry being p r e s e n t , viz Elders llradley Kii i ihrough and John B. T . B ramc , b ro ther John Scruggs of E a s l T e n n e s s e e was appointed c l e r k pro tern. , who enrol led the names of e igh t m e m b e r s T b e services were opened with s inging and p r a y e r by b ro the r K im br ougb . Appo in ted E lde r John T . .Muse speake r for tbe church . T b e Cons t i tu t ion or Covenan t was read and r ece ived . . \ r ( i c l c s of faith w c r o read and rece ived .

Rrol l ier K i m b r o u g b p ronounced us a churc l in an official m a n n e r , g iv ing us Uio r igh l (land of fel lowship.

B r o t h e r J o h n B. T . B r a m e closed Ihe so-lemni t ies of (bo c o n i t i t u t i o n by t ing ing an appropr ia (e hymn and p r a y e r . .A shor t ad-dress was de l ivered lo tbe c h u r c h by b ro the r K imbrougb , and a door was opened immrdi -a t e l j for the recep t ion of m e m b e r s . B ro the r John H. r B rame un i ted himself with us. Appiiinted our monthly mee t ing first Sunday iu every mou th , and S a t u r d a y be fo re . Con-cluded with p r a y e r by b r o t h e r J o h n T . M u t e . W e ask the fe rven t p r a y e r s of our warm hea r t ed b r e ( b r e n .

By o r d e r J O H N S C R U G G S , Clerk pro lent.

of tbo Convention party. 4 lb . Church took up the case, both the brethren presenl 1 acknowledged the fact. And g a r e DO saU»-fac(ion. The Chiircb therefore say they a r e excluded. And are no more of us.

" B E N J A M I N G A M B I L L , C lk ."

T h e new church at Suga r C r e e k intend to hold a pro(racted mee t i ng , (o c o m m e n c e on Fr iday before the first Sunday in Juno n e x t ' Minis ters and o ther b r e t h r e n a r e e a r n e s t l y rcqi i i s ted (0 a( (cnd.

For The Baptiil. P R E A C H I N G T O U R .

E l d e r s John Fi(o and John Borum intend to p reach at the following places , on t he daya respect ively announced :

At Saunders ' F o r k M. H. on the 'ind Sab-batli iu M a ; ;

At Smi th ' s Fork M. I I . on t be day foUowing; At J . Bond's Union M. H . on the day fol-

lowing ; At Phi ladelphia M. I I . on the day fol lowing.

A t Provideuce M. H . on tbe day following; At Brawley ' s F o r k M. I I . on Friday, SaU

urday and Sunday fallowing ; A t B a r r e n F o r k M. H . on Monday foUow-

ing ; A t Pond Spr ings M . H . on Wednesday fol-

lowing i M Bitdad M. U . 0 0 Thursday foUowiog ; At Shor t Moun ta in M. II . on Sunday fol-

lowing,

T h e following is a true copy of the church record of (he exclusion of Elders Muse and Brame.

" Unifed Bap(is( Cburcb of Chrisl , met at S u g a r Creek , Saturday before 3rd Lord's day in November ISHO. And after divine service —proceeded to business as follows. 1st. The cburcb appointed Bro: Yates Moderator. '.Jnd. Enquiry made for peace . 3rd. An all-gation laid in by Bro 1 Benjamin Gambill agaiust Brethren John Muse and Melch Urame, from report, for becoming members

For The Bapiitt, LEXIKOTO * , Ten. , March 30, 1837.

Dear llro. LTOR I hoped to have had le i -sure before (his ( ime (o visit Nashvil le , but like Martha find myself careful and cumbered about many things. In my last comiminica-lion I made some mention of tbe sad and de-plorable s tate of things that came under my observation in reference to intemperance. 1 wish now to address a few thoughU to the readers of your exce l l en t paper on another subject, though perhaps not less important. In my visits and travelling in this Westarn District, I find a most lamentable and almost criminal apathy or negl igence amongst tbe Baptists about tbe personal condition and standing of one another, and hence BaptiaU within a few miles of each other are porfaot strangers. This is true io many oases in re-ference to preachers, ss wel l as lay members While this stale of things cont inues what prospect can we have for union, brotherly love, aod mutual sympathy 1 and how can mm help to bear each others burdens, f a l i l U o f the law of Christ, If w? remain M •« •

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t e c i i i c d b r o t l i c r , M r ^ a l e » , o f C a U n t l . i , r e -

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i n s e r t i o n in t h e C ' h n s l l a n W a U - h i n a n . I fin.l j fr. .|iienl d i . e o s » i o n » on t h e s u l . j e r t b e t w e e n

l l m t 1 h i d b e e n t n i s i n f o n i i e d , ajid 11, 1 iii\ j t h e m a n d M r . B r o w n , t h e < lerpyinan at t h e

earl)' a n d l o n f ; c o n t i n u e d i m p r e s s i o n s w e r e

i n c o r r e c t . .\s i l i a v e n o i n t e r e s t t o p r o m o t e

t h a t I S o o t ill a l l i a n c e w i t h t r u t h , e a n i l o r a n d

f a i r n e s s , y u i i w i l l u b l i f ; e i n c b y g m n g . M r

Y a t e s ' l e t t e r a p l a c c i n y o u r p a p e r , it m a y

u U o b o p r o p e r t o r e m a r k t h a t a s i m i l a r r e -

q u e s t » v a » m a d e b y i n c t o . M r . I ^ i s t a c c C a r e y

n g w i n I ' l i R l a n d . H i s a n s w e r w h i e h h a s b e e n

r e c e i v e d c o n f i r m s t h e s t a t e i i i e n i ) o f M r

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t h e 5tli o f . \ p r i l o n t h e e i g h l l i o f t h i s i n o n t h .

t i a c c w h i c h I h a r e h a d t o p r e p a r e a n d p r e a c h

t l i r e o s e r m o n s , b e s i d e * o l h « r w o r k , s o tlijit I

m » y s a y t h a t I a m r e p l y i n g t o it w i t h t h e

l e u l p o s s i b l e d e l a y . W e a r e » c r y b u s y jiisi

o o i r W i l l i o u r s c c o n d e d i t i o n o f t h e D e n g a l e e

N e w T e t t a m e D t , w i s h i n g ; t o g e t it t h r o u g h

t h e p r e * * b c r o r e t h e d e p a r t u r e o f o u r b r o t h e r

P e a r c e f o r E n g l a n d .

I a m s o r r y t o f i n d t h a t o n t h e poioti y o u

p a r t i c u l a r l y m e n t i o n y o u h a v e b e e n m i i i n -

f u r m e d . C o n s i d e r i n g t h e s o u r c e s o f y o a r i n

f o r a i a l i o a , I d o n o t i r o n d e r a l y o u r r e l y i n g

u p o n it, a n d f e e l i D g c e r t a i n t h a t it m u i t b e

c e r r e c t . 1 s h a l l n o w r e p l y t o y o u r q i i e r i n ,

» n d t h e n g i r e y o u m y v i e w s o n t h e s u h j e c i .

Your first query i s : Did tho Sera-npore Mis«ionarie« f tom the first in their ea r ly t r«mUUoM of the Sorlpt i i re* IraniltUt o r ' r a iu /e r worda bapl i so , tcc. 1 T h t y tram-

M i s s i i i n ( l,ur« h . I a m i n t l i n e d , h . m e v e r , t o

11.Mill t h a t t h e s e d i s i i i s s i o n s w e r e r a t h e r a b o u t

t r a n s l a l m i ; t h a n t r a n s f e r r i n g t h e w o r d , f o r

s i i K " t h a t t i m e t h e K p i t c u p a h a n s h a » e t r a n s -

l a t e d t h e w o r d — T h o i n a s o n i n h i s A r a b i c , a n d

. M . . r l i n 111 h i s l l i n d u s t a u c c a n d P e r s i a n v e r -

s i o n s . W i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n o f u u o v e r s i o n

i n a . l e b y a |;eiitlc'iiiaii w h o u n d e r s t o o d n e i t h e r

l.atiii n o r t ; r e e k . it is a w e l l k n o w n f a c t t h a t

« » e r y v e r s i o n , b y e v e r y d e u o m i n a l i o n h c r « ,

h a d t h e w o r d tniiislaUil. W i t h o n e s o l i t a r y

e x c e p t i o n , t h e r e f o r e , t h e p r e s e n t r e s o l i i t i u n

o f t h e U i b l e . S o i i e t y m i l b e t h e u n d o i n g o f

all ll..it h a s 1 e e n d o n e f r o m I h e h e g i n n i i i f ; b y

all p a r t i e s ' W h i n I w a s i n K n i ; l a n d . a t t e r

m y visii l o A m e r i c a , . M r . H u g h e s c o n v e r s e d

i i i t h n i e o n I h e s i i b j e i t. a n d w r o t e a l s o u p o n

I t t o D r . ( J a r e y . I n c o n s e q u e n c e o f c o m

p l a i n t s s e n t h o m e f r o m C a l c u t t a , h e h a d c o m e

t o t h e c o n c l u s i o n t h a t i t w a s o u r d u l y t o h e

un/a i lh /u l even for the sake o( peace : Dr C a r e y would never listen for a moment to any proposals of the kind.

F r o m what I have said, I think you will see tha t if the Dible Soc ie ty a t the first had any pr inciple to guide them, that pr inciple was tho liberal one of leaving to any t ransla tors the same power over the word bapt ixe , as ove r the word bisbop, e lde r , e lec t ion , icc.— Wbi lo this was d o n e , we uied cach o ther ' s v e n i o n s , mak ing a l l o n a a c o for any render-ing of a pa r t i cu l a r word. T h i s appears to me tbe only p r inc ip le upon which they could ac t coD«ii lent ly. I f they d ic t a t e to t r a o d a -torn on lb« word b a p t i M , they have tb« t ame right to dictate upoo every oilier word—aod

w h e r e w i l l t h i s e n d ! d i s p u t e .

e o m m e n c r d a b o u t t h e t e r m b i s h o p , d t c , o d

t h e y w i l l h a v e lu a s h o r t t i m e t o e d i c i ' t h a t

n o n e o f t h e s e t e r m s s h a i l b e t r a n s l a t e d a o d

• li.is t h e w o r d o f < ; „ d w i l l b e r e n d e r e d u „ i o

t e l l i g i b l e t o t h e n a t i v e s . A s » a p i „ t , j

I h i n k w e s h a l l b e g . m e r s b y t h e p U o „ '

l . a v e n o w a d o p t e d , p r o v i d i n g w e p r i n t T e s t j .

m e n t s w i t h e v e r y w o r d t r a n s l a t e d , a n d t h e y

p r i n t w i t h I h e s a m e t r a n s f e r r e d . H u t I c l e a r -

ly s e e t h a t all d e p e n d s u p o n t h e s e l w „ p „ i „ „ ' W i l l t h e l l a p t i s t s b e f a i t h f u l t o t h e i r c a u s e

a n d p r i n t a t l e a s t t h e N e w T e s t a m e n t for

t h e m s e l v e s , a n d w i l l t h e I ' e d o h a p l i . t s h e

f a i t h f u l i n t r a n s f e r r i n g t h e w o n l . a n d n o t

i r a n s l a l i u g I t . | s o m e f e a r s o n t h e s e

p o i n l . . M v h o p e s p r e v a i l a b o v e m y f e a r s lo

r e g a r d t o t b e I J a p t i s t s , a n d I t r u s t t h e y w i l l

. • . . m e f o r w a r d w „ h a n o b l e d e t e r m i n a t i o n

•• n e i t h e r t o a.1,1 t o n o r t a k e f r o m ' t h e w o r d

I tl... b o o k o f life, b u t g i v e e v e r y w o r d i t s

raithf.il r e n d e r i n g . I a m , „ r e t h e y a r e well r a p a l . l e o f s u p p l y i n g t h e m e a n s . Y o u m a y .

p e r h a p s , t h i n k it is a n r h a r i t a b l e lo m e t<i

d o u b t w h e t h e r t h e I V d o b a p t i s t s w i l l b e 'aith-

ful in t r a n s f e r r i n g t b e t e r m bapt i io , a f t e r

h a v i n g i n s i s t e d u p o n it s o m u c h . I w i l ! s t a t e

t o y o u a f a c t , a n d l e a v e y o u t , . j u d g e w h e t h e r

l l i r r e is n o t s o m e g r o u n d f o r s u s p i c i o n , w i t h -

o u t b e i n g u n c h a r i t a b l e . Y o u k n o w t h e p a i o s

t h e y h a v e t a k e n t o p r e v a i l o n u s t o t r a n s f e r

t h e w o r d , a n d t o a c r o m m i K l a t e t h e m i o t h e

ri.lhMi c o p i f s p r i n t e t l f o r t h e m , w e a g r e e d to

d o s o . W e l l , a t t h e v e r y s a m e t i m e t w o g o s -

p e l s w e r e o r d e r e d b y I h e c o m m i t t e e h e r e t o

b e p r i n t e d i n l l i n d o s t a n e e O n a c c o u n t o f

t h e d e l a j w h i c h h a d t a k e n p l a c e i n t h e t'lrst,

I w a s r e q u e s t e d b y t h e c o m m i t t e e t o r e a d

I h e p r o o f s o f t h e s e c o n d . W h e n I w e n t i n t o

t h e i r o t T i c e a n d a s k e d f o r a c o p y o f t h e g o s p e l

t h a t h a d b e e n p r i n t e d , it w a s g i v e n m e ; a n d

I f o u n d t o m y u t t e r a s t o n i s h m e n t , t h a t t h e

w o r d h a p t i z o h a d n o t b e e n t r a n s f e r r e d , b u t

t r a n a l a t e d throiigtiout by t h e term g-ftoial w h i c h signifies to wash. I m a k e no comment on tbi*, but l eave the f ac t to speak for itself If the Fpiscopal ians , icc. had le t things pro-ceed in the same m a n n e r that they had done from the beginoiug , tbey would have been no l o s e r s . T h o g r e a t e r n u m b e r of miisioDaries belong to t hem, and t he g r e a t e r number of t ranslat ions in ex tens ive use would have been execu ted by men of the i r own vi^ws, lo o the r cases, a plan of concession m i ; h t have been adopted as in o u r Dengaleo version, w h i o h would have m e t tho views of all par-l ies—it would have involved the necessity of pr in t ing in a version re<|uired by us, • few oopiot with the word traasUted t bnt tb* principla now adoptad, If fiilly noted oat .

t B E B A P T I S T . w ^ " n r i e a d t o a s m a n y b i b l e s o c i e t i e s a s t h e r e

a r e d e n o m i n a t i o n s . I h a v e n o d o u b t w h a t

b a . t r a n s p i r e d w i l l b e o v e r r u l e d f o r g o o d . I n

e v e r y » g e " ' e c h u r c h n e e d s s o m e t h i n g t o

U u n i b l c i t ; a n d s o m e t h i n g t h a t w i l t t e n d t o

h u m i U l y in a n o t h e r w o r l d . T h i s is t h e a g e

o f c h r i s t i a n l i b e r a l i t y , a o d y e t i n t h i s a g e t f

b o a s t e d l i b e r a l i t y it h u s o h a p p e n e d , t h a t

t w o o f t h e l a r g e s t s o c i e t i e s i n t h e c h r i s t i a n

w o r h l h a v e r e f u s e d t o » • • « t b c M r a i d t o t h e

t i r c i i l a t i o n o f t h e w o r d o f ( J o d , b e c a u s c o n e

w u r d 1 1 1 ll w a s t r a n s l a t e d a c c o r d i n g t o t h e

o r i g i n a l s e n s e , w h i c h t h o w i s e s t a n d t h e b e s t

o f i n e u o f all d e n u m i n a t i o u s h a v e a t t a c h e d

t v I t l U h e r s e r i o u s o b j e c t i o n s m a y c a i s l o n

w o r d s o f l u i i u i t v l y m o r e i m p o r t a n c e , bii

t h e s e c a n all b e c o v e r e d w i t h t h e m a n t l e ol

f o r b e a r a n c e , a o d t h e v e r s i o n e u c o i i i a g e d

p r i n t e d a n d p i i t i l i s b e d ; b u t t o t r a n s l a t e t h e

w o r d b a p t i z o l o i m m e r s e , w h i c h all a c k u o w

l e d g e l o b e its fir>l t h o u g h n o t o n l y m e a n i n g

IS a c n n i c o f s u c h m a g u i t i i d c e v e n l u t h i s l i b

«.ral a n d b e n e v o l e n t a g e , l h a l t h e U a p t i s t s

w h o h a v e b e e n g u i l t y o l it, a r e d e e m e d w o r -

t h y ol e x c i s i o n W e l l m a y it b e s a i d . W h a t

I S m a n ! C e a s e y e f r o m m a n w h o s e b r e a t h is

in h i s n o s t r i l s . f o r w h e r e i u is h e t o b e a c -

c o u n t e d u l ! V o u i s a t f c c l i u i i a t e l y ,

W . Y A T E S .

It i s n e e d l e s s t o o f f e r a n a p o l o g y f o r o c c u

p y i n g a p a g e o f o u r p a p e r w i t h t h e f o l l o w i n g

etfiisiuu, w h i c h h a s b e e n l o n g a d r e a m y t e n a n t

o f o u r c o p y d r a w e r . W o a r e a w a r e t h a t It i s

o o t a l t u g i ' l h e r s u i t e d t o t h e c h a r a c t e r o f ttiis

j o u r n a l , a n d y e t t h e r e i s n o l h i n g o b j c c t i o n a b l e

lo t h e p r o d u c t i o n . B e s i d e s , it i s t h e first

txcluttrely UU ranj e t f o r t w i t h w h i c h w e h a v e

b e e n h o n o r e d , a n d il, i n t h e v i e w u f tiie s u -

p e r h c i a l r e a d e r it a p p e a r s light a s " a i r y i i o t h -

l u g " I l l s a l s o i/iorf " a s a v i s i o n o ' t h ' n i g h t "

— a n d i n t r u t h , t e c h n i c a l l y s p e a k i n g , w e i m v e

c o m p r e s s e d o u r d r e a m e r l u l o a i m i - r o i e h i d

ol a s i n g l e p a g e , b y t h e u s e o f / t i e i e r t » p e

wittiuiil Itadt. F.li.

F o r T h e l iArr i sT . - CuiulDit events call Ihvli f hadows hclori.- "

A UKF.AM. Althoagh I am no belwver in the opinion, that eve-

7 idle viMoa snd morning vagary is iraly portealoas *( c o m i o g eveoti; yet tu some etteot, dreams ore U> tnyselC heralds, aonoanciag fact* by allegory, of whst M y d lo transpire. Aod so true are lliey sometime* io their falUiiieot, that I wish I eoakl find a Daniol t« interpret tbe one I am bow patliog apoo psper. 1 can not. Well tben, I most to tbe aatboiitiea.

Nebachwlneaur dreanied a dream, and yoo the reader* of The Uapiiai are well acqaainted with it. Still liter down io chronological order, aaother Boob or Testameot says—lastraetion is sealed to the hMrts of men in dreams, aod that eenam chaneters shall dream dreams, lie. At this kiod of aatbority yoa are not dbposed te laa^h ; ahhooghyoamar at the next. However, I'll qaote again from roemoiy from BBother sei oi aathora to streogtlMD ray weak. Da«g ao that Uioae iwho may pick ap thia No. of ' m ^ l s l may M j ^ othats thkik a* wall a* I, that draams are t h a - i ^ s r a of eomkig avaota.

Tba aahappy A l i l ^ had a draam of the tate of

bar hasband Ceyi , and Uvki thiak* tiiat Morpheas ws4 sent to liar with it, i s a deputslion from the

ininioital guds, lioldiiig eoait celestial on " vast O-jyinpas' height." Cicur 's wife dreamed ; and was it IMI fulfilled by ibe assasiiustion io the Henste i

Ho niucb did the ancionts believe in them tliat they were considered of a substaotive nature, aod as standing by .Morpheas, whose inio'istsrs conveyed thcui to hi* favorile* upoo earth. While other* coo-sidpted them as alleg«>rical edicts, sent oot from the archive* of eternity, by which we mighl gue** at til* re«olve* of the F*te*, seeing, ts it were, uar des-tiay, through a glass darkly.

Voo wtw are wtll read, know that the mod eras too have taken this sahjeet into serious considera-tion. Beattie, tbe sathor of the llssay upon Trath, wrote upon this sabject. The English I'edestrian siso. Home of oar own sutliors have thought this xibject worthy of coosideration. Now, if the belief of ancient and modern great men, in the oniinou* ns-ture of dreams, is not a sulfictent apology lor one wlio IS less than the least, to believe in them also, I ufTer 00 otiier.

On the third day of Ihe we«k, after the third watch of the night, I arose and set out for yoar city.

The firmament sparkled with I0,U()0 suns which hid their diminisluMl heads at the dswn of day. The snow being thick Upon the timber, every breeze brought U down, until the eipos«d parts of my cad-die, Ciivered wnli snow, under tho rays of a rising sun, outihona even Santa .Anna's. The glory of it, like lus, soon departed. My course lay acros* the Cumberland, and portuiog it I was led NNW. until Bveoing of the same day brought me to tbe house of my commercial friend with w ^ m I trsnsacted some business. I spent tbe night with him he accom-panied me on niy way a few mile* and returned.— Ihher baiinei*, partly privaU, partly public, i h ^ me io varioas diiection*—I travelled to all the point* of tbe compass, and Urned ia for the night at Here there was oo company, and only a part of the tamily. "ITw avMiiag pHml off plauairily eooisgh; •t 8 I retired and slept soandly until 3, when light slamtiers fell upon me. In t b m , and i t this time, " fsacy knit her frostwork." I ilept upon a high embence, in a high house in tlie second story—and all atone. " Tho wiod wss high, .And roughly rush'd u|ion the sky."

Ily an invisible power, I was carried many miles to an old and dilapidated building. Then Iclhean slumbers came upon me. While sleeping I fall asleep, and in sleeping soundly I slept mure soundly.

In tbi* stale, which is called Death's holy brollier, I hccame conscioHS, »nd found myself in a low pi-a s n opening lo the rising son. This was a fit resi-dence of the b»U and owls : hut I heard no h)nely midnight hooting*. All was silent and *oliUry, des-olate and deathlike. There was ju*l " light enough lo make darkhes* visible." I was on the groatid Hoor, on a small pallet, and io a supine posture, had been k>w , was coovalewxnt; and with my bast elevated, I cast my eye aroaad apoa the solemn scene—stUlness—stUlness prevailed.—I grew des-pondent—I sickened st the s*ht—I looked snd k)ok-ed for life and something living; •• bat noaght of life appeared." Barely, thoaghi I, this i* tho vale of CJehenna, with the shadow of death resting upon il. Certa'mly some peison nioie deadly than that of the ilohno Upas exists all around ; and from it how can I escape i

While eontemplatuigthis pn«»n of Death—on the very sabarb* of ihe eternal world ; a holtow, howl-ing blast of wind rallied throagh the ruined maositto. I attempted to arise, bat dkl oot ; by this attempt •oma power was given ; i ased it. and tamed im aboat to hiok into Ibe eastern heavens ta see if light

hat it was of that yellow, siekl;. sppaaied : it dkl sombre kfaid wbkh graat aclipaa of I8S1.

was seen at noon dlv of the ll gave mo no eofl/ort For

the want of a more pleasant seeaa I let tha aya rast apon it with a degree of salTeraoeaaapiaaiMnl to tell. While thus counting my momenta as thay moved heavilv on, I beard ihe tread of haman feat aMroach. ing. riie sound was neither behind n<>r bMia , to the right nor to the left; but proceeded ftom tha northern heavens in a line of 4fi d«g. as it aa a ^ peared to my anderstsnding. This UsoiplilM oam* on the old insnsMo and into it, and spproacMd I head. I looked out aod ssw a figara banding < me of this I say nothing. I looked toward* n v fset and saw two ; tbey claimed so sadianee wkh me. I said nothing ; they stood and looked esgertv on me i ss if having niach cire sbout something 1 spoke not. The anxiety depicted in thair ooaala-nsnces became so intense I could not bear i t ; sod amidst the silence, the solemn silence of a grave yard I srose—lUse spectres dissolved in airaway." 1 was here lumcil sbout and urged ihroagli loag, dark aod narrow passage* leading lo the west side of the fabric which I was anxious to leave. For in il I was dirty, blind sod naked—in a great degree so. I passed out under a long shed, low and oM. 'Ilie liatel touchtd my hair.

A long journey was now before m*, I svas com-pelled la travel it, although half clad. The first scene was a gently sloping iaiMlac«|>e; the next was a multitude of liuinar. beings on my right, stcndiog as if every instant expecting some nigh comnumd ; while on my left suddenly appeareda lone female without any heod dress, cloth^ in a garment white l>ey ond desciipli>n. She was grave and silent, mov-ing in the same direction with myself, and all to-wards tho setting san.

As we pasaed the maltitada no eye waa toniad towards us: every one seemed wrapped ap in hie own eoirteni plat ion. They were mea. In tbe dia> lance a broad stream appeared—a grtal rittr. W e were to cross it ; I knew not how, bat was dotar-oiined to meel the exigency. On this slifiS, awl im mediately opposite the maltitade, this female (to ward* wbotu t gave aMotition en aeeeaat af ear aia-n l a r outset upon the lung journey heather,) s u d d » \y danced off from me, yet direclnig her sttentian towards me. I hasten^ my speed somewhal, bnt gained no distance.

As we came to the bank of the river abe gradasDy approached my path ; until we were prasenlly in ihe cut leading do'wi: lo llie water. We descended to-gether, niS in passing over some of the ine<|naliliaa uf the bank ; I ventured lo extend some Bs«istanee whKli she declined ; but on reaching tlie baaalifat beach, she was alhirsi and c-illed fur water. This was the first word spoken. I immcdialely atlemplad lo procure some, but before I coaM do so sba waa drinking by her own procareinent and ready lo paas ' Ihe great river with me. It waa clear, calm sad shallow. I directed my eyes lowsrds Ihe other haak, and saw men fording. This gave me confideoc* that to cross was practicable. We however directed oar coorse downward as the river appeared to narrow. At this moment a pilot volantarilv appeared ki front, aad witliosi a word gave as a sign to follow. We dkl so. Tbe streom grew narrow and more narrow; antil the servant placing a timber apoa the opposite beach we passed ever dry ahod.

Being B*fely landed I *tood *lill for aome lima, krakiag for tha way. High Ubla lind* arose in tha view, ihKkly covered with dry sod Unglad sedga. Hera osr pilot disappeared, tnd a cara came apnn me for this strange yet iateraaliag female. I east sbeat in hiy miad for mesas to coflvsy her ap this aiaap with the least inconvaaienea to beraalf. Whilo

deliberating, and not half prepared to start, I was maved olT, feeling mora concern for my oom-paniaa than for myselr Bat uairard waa my fata; and aa axpraasive silence seemed to btimata that a kiag aod tcdnaa joainey was lo ba peifermed, aad actiaa waa naoaasary.

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Dfcir Sir:—I M ii.)i<..|f ,it liberty lo prop nn i„ »oo lliH free u-ia I)f tli.j r|.,«...p ,| nm„.|,, in Cui,,. berliiiiJ •troe!, iVoiu iin.- In i>vo iiVlook, for |hi> purpi.M of i>viiir.n;{ »iiar lii-noi o!..nci( Inline poor mtIi.i itc ui'fl.lo l.i ri'ward you for liimrliu rTclvcil. «<ropl by their praywn fur ihn hlpsiing of Almi;liH <!imJ, on nil) our wi ll riiemt cmli .ivofn And laborj of love. Wiy (iircclioaim-ly,

II. KAfJI.IHrf, MinUrr I h.nr!citon, I'lb. II, IfinT.

Mr. Willnn », ilio flcaiiit, niilliiuUo tlie Minin-of ttrry rhriji»i.ni dcHoin nnl'mn of lliit eily. nnd

llie uniiily, Indi-livrr cffrliliciiliMi In nil tho imli-««il hplnnninx tn (h-ir diflVrcnJ fliurchen, vvlifl nr.-

m itn. «r»y irt ,hpl, cvw. or eyelid*. Hud 'ho .,« lOwrly 10 npply lo liim erery day, (ex.

Ii-i-pi ilmriiihliiiili,) HI miao'cliick, nl llie nlHtvniiien 11.11 fil I'liurfli, wiii-ri) ho will rfcfflve ihi iii Rrali*, iiiiir ilii- I'lid Ilf Vliruary, wlipii lin lirrivtm for Au-I'.i-I.i. 1.11 , uliprn lie Inleiidn In rPiimlii till llio iUh of in II, vvIh'II III' le;ni'9 for Minilj niiii-ry, Ui ro-... Ill ..111' wi'i'l. milj , wlu'ii III) Iciive* for Mohiln, al « 1 liii nil., upi'li, nil lii-i ivS) lo New Ork'Biiii, wlii-re 111' 14 ,i.Im-i'.I 111.I III ii'iiiiiiii lnii;|iir iImii lh« llllliull ol \()iil. Ilifii fiiri; lo i'ii\f Nfw Orleununn iho Ul of

lo \ i-ii ilii. r.ilU Ilf \i.-ignra. I fiitnii* 111 e;iii> rirniii.iilniiri'A iimy roii«iill him in

my [Mfl of ill.' vMiilil. Iiy iitiiliiig llii-ir ciiii'n liy lot-ii-i p...| |i.iiil, f.ir 11.' rfri'iie lit. olhiir

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i raiidf.il tw--. Ill p.-r .inniim m nihnncn, or <5 t (li.- o'.il Ilf dm y.'iir i\n pnyiiinnl roii*idHri*d in I. II..-" Il.ll.'«. I. .kIi' :.t iIm' lllllp nf 1*u|.«.TlbillJ. or

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.I..-.I •,*rdilor«lo whom ihii pro'pprtnii H "mt nr.- r-

• ppctfully ri-fnie<li'd tn niio it 11 fpw in crlion*, iind r. rwr.rd oi llipir piiprr in nitharigB at llrownmrillp, T«n. AI.I.KN M. 8forr.

(TIiniR I' ANOrRHO.N. Hrownnvdlff, IMiirch 21, H37.

/•Vom llii .Vii'Idii il liiiitmr. Til" follmviiig Pout Orticmi luvo bcra recenlly cn-

liitiliKlird ill T»!niie«iw'e. Co Crnk, Knox Coanly, jAMm II. MAnriN

Kau., I'lxtmiKlnr. A'Mi; Unrdeinnn County, Jno.O. I)a-

vinion F.<q,, I'mliiiaiiler, Conroi-i/i'i, Fiiyntlu l.'ouiity, AmiKn niiANCii

E«>1., Potlinnter. /?urn('i.«(orr,ncofliri0nC00uly,8AMi..nuBifi

r.«q., I'oilmuler.

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roiliim.iir. ^"^"'••q., /Vo,Mo,11,0,ncryCooBly.

»• Ai;!«Ti.t:Hoy I'nq., I'o.tniiitier. ' ""tl** C/oyi/'« Crrei', lllnunt County F,, n.

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V. M. I..IMipki„.S„,n. i i Kiili'. I I'll. »piii ,> »iiK«. iimi v ii. I , ii.-M I ,„-„ .„!, \„;,i,', |, I -ii'.. II. I'r,.„,.((. »,nl 2 new

fi;'. i.f i.liii li ,ir,3 rrr t l i l n l lu III.. - Mill, ami III nnlcrnl I.. I.e rrnliled I., mini. '•/,,/...,-/,,.„,( „„." II ill jili a-r- ({11.. 11, llif. Il ,inn iiiil pii,| oiTite I.I I Jrl. Iiiiliv..liial III » l.i,«p cri'ilil i|,„ miinoy I' I'l lie .ipiilii .i ; uilli. Ill (. irliciil.ir liifnniia mill of ll.is luiiil V. l aiiiuit a/lix ll.c crediu. —I ' r adk l i i i . 'IVn. fi ml i),,. arre f.

y.')! trl..i; a pily to |„«r m,,.), valuable i ifi/wrltrM M. l.aiircl Hill, IVii. paper cl.aiiRed—11. I». llif;l., IHnin ii .Sprinir, 'ml y'l—riio% >Iarliii. Iliinitvillp, ,Mn. dcnt JN •iiiil I IK H Kiili.—.'\latllirn IlilUriiaii, Tallailp. 1.-1. Ala, I new mlin _|' Klurencr Ala.

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,11 n, di,—!'. M. JacU - Tn cli. Ton. nent 82.

• KMI-MitM Hl. M.sr. ri.n r..ll..ii ||.(; p. TMirs liavT paiil up l.| Itt !;.' . I'-.:-. II. <•. .1.111, V .1 VV lliighn., Mr. \ \. N..rll.-i'>. I)r J. I'. J. 1.,.., .Iiil.n IJnb-itri-, 1.1 ..i(.'i' K iii<,.iiiiioii. W III, '|'|iornl.err», S,,.iiii,l Ml (Jail. », Will. II. Wliim. II, Uncli.

r, M.'X. .' i'ii..rii. M. II..••.II, Sl.j;ritii...l Xn-li n, R,.,. .). II Hall. Mm. Cralih*. I,i » ii llirlirrv .l»<-..'. Ui||, Mi-. .Manila Howard. II M. Il.gli, i;ii|;,li IliiiUn, Win. IJ. PcrUlnn, (ir..»» ricriiju , .laiiirs K, ilrowiiiii;r. Win. Watkirn, .Saiiiiii I llnrKcll, A. M. .Anderson, i!ii«« T-.illiiitt, .Mr<. lini.iniia (Jiilrrriari, Wm llilliro, .MIckJ.iII l'!»te«. .lulin'roivnirnd, T. IJriM Im, W. f;.iiMl, .M'm II. Tiirpiti. Daniel <>. Luvkctl. .\nd tlir follgwini (u lite dalet 'c«pcc(ively alFMcd : Anna

C.uwnnt) Philip \V. (Jreciihill, Isaac Shrlliy, Mcliita'icl Ifiit-chint (ivliat pout oflicQ )) (Miainp C. Conner, Monroe T. Allen, Mn, .M, M. l)(i(r

ar, Jiiihiia W. .lolmioii. \Vi|||iaiii» Walker: Jmcpli Ar-iiiiclde, P. Cile^.jo I'V'h. I, 1H:!8 i John lUc-iiey III Ut Jan. IS.IOi Mri.fS. W. (?il)h» t" 111 April Ualoigli Sloit lo l«th Jan. IPIll?) Wiley M»«oii. Mr*. Mary Itcad, lo l«t Jan. |Kr7i dev. Whito. John C. Ontlaw, Alfred .MoDiniel, In Oct. 1. iH:i7 : W. W. ilnncook to March 1. 16SH; Wm. Ritbm, Mi'-njiili Ef* te» aoU J. 1). T. Ilrame to Ut Jan. imW.

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VOL. IH.

MATTHEW LYQN, Editor and Proprietor.

NA8IIVILLK, TKNNCNNKI.: MAY 1, 1837.

; Odo Dollnr n Vear, 1 paid in ndvnnoe.

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AtiKNTH. We havft been endeavoring; to prepare a

list of ageiilK for Tlio llaptibt, and present ^ tho fullowing, to winch we hope to havo the

plea«iire of addtnf many tnoro. Home of * those have hcon acting from the coinmence-

^ inont of tho paper, o:hcr« from later dates, s ^ and «omr aro new aRcnUi. A few we lia»e

placcd on tho litt without itpecial authority, but iifino who we have rca*un to believe will

\ Vliject to act. Many postmaslcrt and other friends havo occasionally Irantinittcd mib-ecripliiins and rn'ineyi, (and we hope will coiiliniif to do »o,) whose names wc iiare uut iniorted, but will as >0110 as autbori«»il.— If we havo oniittod any names which ongiit to appeur, wo hopo to bo informed of ''.o fad, that wo may make due correctionii. Our object 19 not to have a new set of agents, or tn make any new rcfgulations, but merely to rail upon certain individuals to interest thomni'lv.-i more parliriilary fur tho prosper-ity of till, paper, and d. let all our suhscri-ben. know tlifii names and places of resi. dciK'o, thai rcmittancos .nay bo made with more safoty and despatch.

'I'hcro are yot many places to which wo •end packages of various sizes, where we bave no agents, and very much ueod them Will some of tho brethren in those places lake the trouble lo act for usi

AtJE.N'I'.S FOU Tin: HAPTIST. Tcnnnitf.

L. H. '''"-anlfli". C. W. 8aylo-Sprinjrfi«id, noumliZZ vC, Elder Richard Aadorsoo—Shelbyville. Felix J. Ferry—Tiirnoriville. Ilarril Carney—Clarksville. James Dabbs—Gallatin. Willintn Moore—Trenton. MuMi II. Prewett—JaolfsoB; Wm. Mallory-Searcy'., Jlontgotnory co. Elder Ja'. H. Flall-MoUmoreiWIIe. Eldtr Nerilla M. Lumpkin—Lagrang®.

lilder K. t'ollios—I.exinglou Kidor 1'. .S. (iayle-HniHnsville. Kidor John Hinul —lludtllcsi.in's X Hoads Kldcr S. Love—Cliurch (Jrove. Kuoi co. I'llder J. C. .Marlin—I'lcasant Exchange. Charles Hitkox, P. M.—Denmark. Kider .liilin Wiseman—(Jreoii (Jarden. Klder Jlicbard Taliaferro-IMiiUdelphia. H. J. Anderson, I'. M.—Toulon. Nalhan Sparks, I' M Sparks'. Col. Wui. Martin—Dixon's .Spring. II. M. .McFarland—(julUn. WilUam Willi»_.Si|vcr .Spring. Dr. W. Lea, 1>. .M.—Katun. W, E tell, I'. M._Winclii'stcr. 31. U. 1

.yon—June lilio rung h. Kider i':iijah Uognrs—Sevier C. II. Kid. J. .V. Leftwich—.Mulberry, Lincoln F.MerT. H- Altom—Alton. Tho's I,. Hale—Warrensbnrgli, Greene co John W. Uecord—Louisbiirg, Marshall co. Fider Duke K imhrough—.Mossy Creek,

JelfcrsDn co. n. Ilnckdcr—Cleveland, llr,i.lley co. Cider Ja s Ivennuu—Uutledgp, tiraingor. John .Morns—.\tlions. Elder Hiirrow Bnckner—Calhoun.

Kciilucky. James (Ihiilson—Wilson's Creek, fJraves. V.C. Hiakey—Uowlinggreeo. Elder Thomas Chilton—'I'renton. Elder Temple Logiie-Franklin. Elder D. Allcock—I'adiicab, Graves co. Elder .Stephen Ray—Clinton.

^ilabama. Elder Benjamin H. Fant—Muntsrille. H. H. Rockctts—Jonesborougb. VV, Leigh, P. fli.—LeigutCH, l^Tence co. David Meredith, P. M.—Flora, Shelby co. Elder II. E, l aliaferro—Talladega Spring. Elder D. P. Destor-(Jreeniborougl,. Elder Wm. J. Larkin.—Montgomery. Elder E. Gore—Carrolton. W. T. Httobelt—Mobile. Jm. a. Irvine-Benton, Loirndei oo. A. Parne—Ruuelvillo, Franklin co.

MiMtiMtippi, James M. Uuckner-Madisonville. Eld. S. 8 Latimore-Vernon, Madison co. Wder iSamtiel McGowan-Columbus.

Arkamat. Jacob Wolf, p. M.-Izard'« C. II.

Virginia. I)r Tho's I). Toy-NorfoJk. Rev. Wm. Gossctt-Richmond.

South Carolina. James Powell—Cheraw.

•• )V„AT war. Atl. THESE ClUITOM COMR TO V' I bis query stands at the head of an edito.

rial article in a late x\o. of U.e S. W. C, Ad. vocate,of which the following aro the open-ii.g sentences:

•»nie of our B.pti.t rie,... adopted camp meetings, claw

Metbodisi Episcopal church. Then I. thh exsential diflerence, however, th.irvariow .novemtnis are conducted too much on t^

voluntary association" plan-not bein, systemat. d and made regular, permanent and efficient by a well organised iIincracr, superintended by an ilineraot episcopacy."

We know that the Baptist, of tlie Nonli-East are in the habit of holding camp meet, ings, and that this cuitom is not confined to that section of the Union. VlTe have attend, cd such meetings in the South, and bare never beard them spoken of as a oorelly ia tho West or Houtb-Wcst. Wo proiome it would not ho difficult lo prove, (if it worv » matter of any importance,) (bat the practioa has been maintained by our denominallon oversioce it was made laie/til by the Puritani to lino, imprison, leourg-e and banish (be

members of Ibis ouuwL""" "on-con-

godir orthodo,." One tho main arg„me„,I for thi. cruelty ,h.t "althourt P r Z ant, ought not to pcnecnle ProtL^,^ Protesunt. might punUn Prote.int " ' 1 contemptible quibble. tr„|y, ^

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