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sorrow that the missionary who preceded,
him had reported so unfavorable as he did
of the condition of the people here. That I
he was himself deceived by it; and was
surprised to hud here such an excellent •
state of society : so many good brethren:
•&<•.. Now hro. Haker is it wonderful after
all this, that hi* report should have excited
surprise ? But I make war on no-body. I
No far from haviirg a disposition to devour,
or even to bile hro. 1). as he insinuates; I ]
am not conscious of a particle of reasnt
tttent towards him. I would not hurt a hair
of his head. Hut he ought not to think it
strange, if my confidence in him,.and re
sport for him is somewhatlessened: though
from the tone of his letter I suppose he j
does not feel much concern about that.
My principal object was attained in the
publication of my former letter; and but
lor thinking l ought to notice some things
in hro. D’s letlei I should have troubled you
with nothing more on this subject. Hut I 1
desire ‘o avail myself of this occasion to j
say a word or Uvo in answer to your note ‘
appended to that same letter of mine.— *
You say, that 1 am aware that all religious
bodies speak of destitution, according to
the extent to which their views of gospel j
truth are proclaimed. Now if I grant this,
still it docs not meet the case here : for our ,
missionary brethren tell us that there is no
difference between them and us, only as to i
the means of sending the gospel to the’
destitute; and that this difference ought
Util lo UiiuWr w irotn Ittittjr Yt>t*ulUer *.* I
Therein acknowledging that our preachers
do preach gospel truth. Or, do “cast in
the gospel seed,” to use the words of the
report. In addition to this, they invite our
Methodist]lircthren; not only when they
happen to he present; Imt to to go to their
meetings to assist them ; thereby endowing
their views of “gospel truth.” I confess
that the report, taken in connexion with
the circumstances, did, and does look to
me like a fraud ; a “pious” one though it
may be : 1 am however, done with it.
I am unwilling, because I think it would
he unjust to close this, without disclaiming
for the neighborhood of Pmeville, the pre
eminence which you suppose we have over
our brethren of other parts of the “dcsi rib
od district.” There are several other parts
as thickly settled mid whose inhabitants are
quite as “wealthy, intelligent and moral”
as we arc ; and who enjoy as many reli
gions privileges as we do. *2 Any person
who forms opinions of this country by ap
pearances along the highways,*3 as you
seem to have formed yours, would be sure
to be deceived both lit regard to its popula
tion and religious privileges ; almost all of
it being thickly settled, except that part
along the highways. It is with reluctance
I send you this, especially as I know you
have plenty of other matter with which to
fill your paper ; but 1 thought this necessa
ry in oidertn set mysclfright, which is pro
bably the last I shall trouble you with for
publication. Yotns with love and esteem.
DANIAL M. lIAI.L.
K. So we think. We are two distinct
denominations, when we should be but out,
seeing we agree in doctrine, and only differ
relative to ccjtain measures adopted with
the view of promoting the spread of the
gospel.
2*. We assure our brother it affords us
real satisfaction to lie informed of this.
3*. We designed so to express otirself as
to convey the idea that our impressions were
received only from the “appearances along
the highways.” With such a brother, as
is brother llall, anti-missionary though he
may be, we will not quarrel, and we hope
brother I). will not. If we have arrows to
shoot, let us shoot them at a common ene
my.
For the Christian Indir.
Atltlrm of thr Coinuiiltre
Appointed In/ the Sabbath School Conven
tion, held in Macon, April 21, 184-4.
The followiny; is ;i copy of the Resolu
tion passed at that Convention :
Fesolved, That the proceedings of this
Convention he published in the Christian
Index, together with the address to the
churches, and that we request each chinch
in our Association to have the same read in \
some public meeting.
Beloved !—ln attempting to discharge ;
the duty enjoined upon us by the Conven
tion we have endeavored to do so with due
consideration of its importance. And feel
ing a very natural desire not to labor in vain,
we flatter ourselves with the hope that this
address will be read (as the resolution re
commend) in your Conferences, and that
you will, as- churches, take such action in
reference to the Sabhalh School enterprize
as its paramount importance demands.
Allow us then, beloved in the Lord, to
enter upon our appeal to you without fur
ther preface, only premising as follows:
First. That whatever may have been the
opinions of Christians formerly in reference
to it, it now appears clear to all who have
experience on the subject that the Sabbath
School system is second to none as a means
of promulgating the gospel and establishing
a deep and heart felt piety among the
churches.
Its influence upon pupils, teachers, and
patents is of the most salutary kind, and in
deed it seems to be about the only agency
that can be generally employed to bring the
gospel to bear upon the minds of children,
fjf it* beneficial effects upon all classes
there is no room whatever to doubt. Thou
sand* amt testify to this point. And let tile
tyitfim he fcijiy pqt jnw operation and its
effects will soon appegr in tfje increase of
hod; piety ami intelligence jjj that gommu
<y,
Vet there is hut too much reason to fear
that there is a want of interest in this sub
ject among the churches generally. This
truth was painfully impressed upon our
minds by the fact that at the Convention in
Macon, a meeting appointed by the associ
ation, and of which due notice had been
given, but five or six churches were repre
sented and but three ministers were pres
ent, counting the pastor of the Macon :
church.
Beloved brethren, these things ought notl
eo to be, lor depend on it, though we may
slumber, that unslnmhettng enemy who
welketh about seeking Whom lie may de
vour, ia constantly engaged in sowing his
poisonous principle* in the minds of the
young.
In order, if possible, to make our appeal
impressive, allow us to address you in your
various capacities of Ministers, Deacons,
Parents and Sabbath School teachers.
AITKAI, TO MINISTERS.
Our appeal then is first to the ministry,
and to you, beloved in the Lord, do we
turn, confident that our appeal will not be
in vain ; and we address you first because
we consider it utterly useless to hope to
; create a becoming zeal upon the subject a
i mong the churches until the pastors feel
| propelly in reference to it.
Reverend and beloved fathers and bre
, ihrcn, we beg you to bear with us whilst
i we take upon us to expostulate with you
1 on the position which we think you ought
to occupy upon this subject.
(Jur apology is the pressing sense of the
impoitance of the subject, together with the
t conviction that nothing is to lie hoped for
unless you, as a body, can be induced to
take up the subject in real earnest.
Will you then allow us affectionately to
ehquirc how you have discharged that part
of your commission which refers to the
young. Have you made it a part of your
j pastoral duty to enquire into the spiritual
! condition of the children of your members?
! Have you made a distinct exhibition of the
: gospel to them as a class ? Ate.you quite
sure that in your ministration to them of the
word of life that you have given the trum
pet so certain and distinct a sound that each
•me that hems may lake the alarm.
The holy Apostle could call the people
among whom he labored for three years, to
witness for him that he was free from the
: blood of all men. (Acts 20 : 18-31.)
Beloved, tlo you feel entirely easy that
whatever lay in your power to do for the
! salvation of the children of your several con
gregations, lias been done ? Or is there a
secret misgiving of heart, that if these little
ones perish, some stain of their blood may
possibly he found in their pastors’ skirts ?
APPKAI. TO DEACON'S.
To you, dear brethren in the deacons’ of
fice, we next direct our earnest appeal, and
whilst the law of love, wo trust, reigns in
our hearts, we would Iwg leave to address
you in the most earnest ami solemn man
ner.
We trust you arc in some degree im
pressed with the nature of your office as
servant* of the gospel, to which you have
been set apart by prayer and the inquisition
of the hands of the presbytery.
You must be sensible that the nature of
your office requires you to be assistants of
your pastors in their many and arduous du
ties.
It is true that your office requires you in
part to serve tables. But w humbly hope
that you are bettei informed in reference to
the nature of the gospel church than to sup
pose that your duty simply requires you to
lay the elements upon the Lord’s table, or
even to extend your care to the tables of
your pastor and of the poor around you.
The deacons of the apostolic church,
Philip, Stephen and others, by their bold
and intrepid defence of the gospel, (Acts
) And by their commendable zeal foj
its promulgation “ purchased to themselves
a good degree, and great boldness in the
faith, and your office has been honored a
hove even that of the Ministry itself by hav
ing furnished the fust martyr to the truth of
Christianity.
Beloved in the Lord ! Your pastor needs
your sympathies, your prayers, your zeal
ous co-operation in every work in w Inch lie
feels it his duty to engage.
You sec after what sort we have appeal
ed to him. Should our address by the blessed
influence of the Spirit stir his soul and bring
bis past remissness to bis mind, and
should he resolve to attempt something for
the salvation of the young, what stand will
you take in the matter? Will you allow
your pastor to tug at the heavy end of the
log, and turn from time to time his anxious
eyes to you for aid and encouragement,hut
all in vain ; and at last to sink broke spirit
ed under the mighty load ? ot will you act
as men, as Christians, and as officeis in the
church of Christ, in this so important a
matter.
APPKAI. TO TEACHERS OF SAIIIIATII SCHOOLS.
Ye faithful band of self-denying ones, we
; know how to sympathize with you in the
work in which you are engaged. It would
afford us unfeigned pleasure could we go
witii von and aid you by a kind encourag
; mg word in your pious unde; taking, as you
are endeavoring m fasten the word of the
; Lord as a nail in a sure place.
You have indeed, beloved, undertaken a
; mostpainstakingand laborious employment,
I but yet a most glorious and divine one.—
To pluck a brand from the eternal burnings
and quench it in (hit blood of atonement is
a york dial
Might have filled an angel’s heart, ‘
And filled a Saviour’s hands.
We know that a sense of personal unfit
ness often casts you down and almost over
whelms you, especially when the weighty
responsibility of the work appears before
you in all its magnitude. Yet remember
that he who in view of the great responsi
bility of the gospel ministry was compelled
to exclaim “ who is sufficient for these
things,” could also say I can do all things
through Christ which strengthened,.
Toil on then in faith and holy zeal, ye
faithful ones. Set your hearts on nothing
less than the salvation of immortal soute
and when assembled millions shall gatijr
around the throne of Cod, you will be able;
to say, “Here Lord am 1 and the children.*’;
APPEAL TO PARENTS. i
You beloved friends arc actors to a very I
large extent in tins important work; and
your influence for oi against is felt at a
thousand points.
Dear father or mother, let us ask what
feelings do you entertain towards that young
Christian friend, who year in and year out
toils assiduously in summers heat and win
ter’s cold, often in storm and sunshine, for
the spiritual welfare of your little boy or
girl- v. I
Do you look upon that teacher as a dedTT
and valued friend to your little ones?
Do your daily prayers ascend to the Al
mighty throne that they may he blessed in
their work of love? Oris it the habi.ual
feeling of your heart that you have dine
your part when you have sent your child
to the Sunday School.
Your part! All is your part. How can
it be made to appear that it is the duty ot
that brother or sister any more than of yout
self to engage in this auluous work.
God lias constituted you and you only
the guardian of the spiritual interests of
these children. To him you are responsi
ble for (lie discharge of those duties and that
responsibility you can never shift off upon
another, and if a young brother or sister
binning with love for souls, is pleased to
take a part of your work, or rather to as
sist you to do your duties, it slioukl create
a debt of gratitude of no ordinary character.
The teacher iias much to contend with,and
needs your sympathies and co-opention to
the fullest extent.
Have you afforded it ! Or has lie been
often constrained to wonder why the chil
dren ol Hro. A. or Sister H. arc so often
tardy or absent, or why they have such de
fective recitations ?
Permit us to remind you that one essen
tial feature of the gospel is, that it turns the
hearts of the fathers to the children, Luke
1: 1. What Christian parent has not felt
this ? To whom is the heart of the pious
mother turned with such intense interest in
a time of revival as to her blooming daugh
ter? To w limn does the father look with
such concern as to his son ? But alas, how
many slumber over the interests of the souls
of their children until they are lost, irrecov
erably lost,
0h there will be mourning,
mourning,
mourning,
mourning,
Parents and children there shall part,
Shall part to meet no more.
Having thus endeavored to nuke alt ap
peal to you as Miuistets and Deacons, as
Teachers and as Parents, we conclude
with a remark in reference to the peculiar
importance of the system to us as a denom
ination. Wc, and we doubt, not you firmly
believe that just so fat as the careful and crit
ical study of the Bible becomes general, our
principles must and will prevail. To us
then ills of peculiar importance that the
system be earned out with vigor and with
energy.
With the highest regards, we ate, belov
ed brethren, yours in the bonds of the gos
pel. J. R. KENDRICK,
JNO. LAMAR,
C. F. STIJRGES.
The Tower of Prayer.
The following is an extract from thccotn
munication of g cot respondent of the Bap
tist Advocate. It affords evidence that the
Lord will hear prayer, sustain, shield and
reward his faithful followers.
Duiing the past winter, a young married
couple came from Canada and settled iu the
neighborhood, where Mr. M. resides, and
as he is wont to tlo, he went immediately
to see them, and converse with them on the
subject of their spiritual interests. The re
sult was, that in a short time, the wile was
rejoicing in the forgiving mercy ol God.—
The father, who lesides in Camda, on hear
ing that his daughter had becffic a Protes
tant, was much enraged,, and declared he
would “go and see her, and if she did not
renounce Iter Protestantism at once, lie
would give her a horse-whipping /” Ac
cordingly he set oil, and on arriving at her
dwelling, opened the door and pressed in,
horsewhip in hand, and without interchang
ing a word, demanded, a recantation, and
threatened a refusal, with an immediate
horsewhipping. The daughter addressed
her father most affectionately, but he was
inexorable. At length she said, “well, my
dear father, just let me ptay first, and then,
if you please to give me a horse-whipping,
I will not say a word.” Thus addressing
him with all the affection of a daughter’s
heart, sweetened by the gentleness of the
gospel, she succeeded in obtaining his per
mission to pray, when falling upon her
knees, sho poured forth the fullness of her
soul, to the dear Redeemer—pleading with
God lor the conversion of her dear father,
as though she would take no denial. The
God of prayer heard, and answered these
petitions, and when she arose from her
knees, she found the angry, seornful coun
tenance of her beloved father, had changed
into that of a weeping penitent. He now
began to plead that she would continue her
supplications on Ids behalf.
lie remained about, a week with them,
and before he left, was baptized by Mr. M.,
and then went on his way rejoicing towards
his house to tell what the “ Lord had done
for his soul.”
1 hope brother W. yon will call the at
tention of the Hap. Home Mission Society
to this subject, that a correspondence may
be opened with the Hon. J. D. Farnsworth,
Halifax, Franklin co., Vt., who, 1 under
stand, is the chairman of a committee to
procure some aid for the dear brother and
his family; for surely God seems to be
opening the door of faith to the poor, igno
lant, bigoted, French Catholics of Canada,
and the borders of this State adjacent.
The fields are already white, and let the
Society enter in at once, and reap the har
vest.
As ever yours, sincerely,
*'* E. * *
“Forgive ns—as we forgive.”
• Almost every child is taught to offer
Alight and morning the Lord’s prayer, but
rpljany perhaps do so without knowing lor
! vvliaTthey are pr:iying.Ajf|git
comprehends a great derm'**
Let us take one petition and examine it:
“Forgive us uur debts, as we forgive our
debtors.” Does cveiv child reflect that
when lie offers that prayer he asks God to
treat him as he lias treated his brothers and
sisters, his schoolmates and companions?
Have you been unkind, given blow lor
blow, or word for word, then your prayer
implies a petition that God will not forgive
“your sins, hut punish you as you deserve,
that he will bring every act and word into
remembcraiu-e and give to each its due re
ward. Lei me tell you how a teacher once
taught her scholars to understand and to of
fer this prayer.
This leacher had twelve small scholais,
they were none of them over ten years of
age, and none under five. She had taught
them all the Lord’s prayer, and every mor
ning and night as site opened and closed
her seiiool, all these children knelt and of
fered with her this prayer. Hut one day
as she was observing these children while
at play, she saw them show unkind and
unforgiving dispositions, and the thought
came to her mind that for them to pray that
God would forgive them as they forgive
others, was to pray for punishment rather
than sot mercy.
.She had of tell tried to explain to them
the meaning of their prayi r, hut now she
must devise some way to make them feel
it. She said nothing then, hut when the
time came lor closing the school and offer
ing their prayer, slit* gathered them around
her as she was accustomed to do, and ask
ed them the usual question, “Have you
been good girls to-day?”
They stopped and thought if they had
whispered, il they had recited well, if lliey
had come in season, and then with very
good-natured faces they all answered,
“Yes, we have not whispered, and have
recited well.” The mark for good beha
vior was put down, for all that was true.
“And now you are all ready to oiler
your prayer?”
“Yes, we can say it all.”
“And you are ready to offer that one pe
tition, ‘Forgive us our debts, as wc forgive
out debtors?’ Remember what I have told
you about it. Remember what it means.
Think if, through all this day, you have
done as you would be done by; if you
have fully forgiven all the unkind treatment
which you may have received; think of all
that you have done, and then tell me if you
are willing to offer that petition.”
The expression of every face was altered
in a moment, tears started from the eyes of
some, and all were crimsoned with shame. j
They were* silent, and their teacher again |
said, “Are you not ready to offer your i
prayer? We must ask out Father to for
give us as we have forgiven each other; j
and lie knows all—all our lives and all our j
hearts.”
“Oh no, not now, nor yet, not that one,”
said the children, “let us say some other
prayer; let us say the other one which you
have taught us, ‘God be merciful to me a
sinnet.’ ”
“Then you are not willing to say * Our
Father’ to God, but each must go alone to
the throne of grace and say, ‘God be mer
ciful to me a sinner.’ And why can you
not pray the Lord’s prayer? Have you
been more wicked to-day than usual?
“No, but we cannot pray so, we did not
know that it meant all that.”
“I take the reproof, my dear childien,
which your words imply, and pray God
that he will not answer upon you the pray
ers which you offered in ignorance. But
from this night you must think sot your
selves. To forgive truly and sincerely an
injuiy is otieu very hard, but it must and
can be done. It should be forgiven too,
when it is received, as fully, as freely, and
as promptly as wc desire origins to be for
given of God.
“True forgiveness also requires a forget
fulness of the injury received. We often
hear the expression, ‘I will forgive it, but
I cannot forget it.’ This is not right, no,
ttue forgiveness banishes the remembrance
of the dead : you could not one of you love
anil forgive your playmate, if all the time
you were thinking of the blow ot the un
kind word which she had given you. And
we do not wish God to remember our sins.
We pray him to ‘blot them out,’ to remem
ber them not against us,’ and so we must
do, or we cannot in sincerity pray, ‘For
give us our debts, as we forgive our debt
ors.” Let us think how many injuries our
Saviour reocived, how much he suffered for
our sakes, and how many sins we need to
have forgiven. Remember this, my chil
dren . and now to-night we will offer the pub
lican’s prayer, ‘God be merciful to me a
sinner.’ May we all be able to-morrow
night to come together and offer the Lord’s
prayer.” So both teacher and children of
fered in tears this solitary prayer, “ God
be merciful to me a sinner.”
Afterwards those children were changed,
they were quiet, loving, and forgiving; they
had learned to offer the Lord's prayer, they
liad learned to forgive. And 1 hope and
pray that every child that shall read this
may learn to do the same ; learn to be like
the child of whom Christ said, “of such is
the kingdon of heaven.” n.
PEN FIELD.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1544.
To Correspondents.
Hro. R Warner’s paper was stopped in
consequence of information received
from the P. M. that he had moved away.
No order was given to send it to any other
office. The papers he received must have
been forwarded from Columbia before wc
stopped it. The Index will be sent to the
individuals named to Enon, Ala., and we
shall always be thankful for any services
rendered us.
We would say to brother Stapler, we
will cheerfully comply with his wishes.—
The paper will be continued to his daugh
ter. We shall be very glad to have the
services of Elder Isaac Muse of Hancock
1 CO *Mi. , as “agent, and also those of brother
who has our best thanks
for the new subscribers sent its.
We have lately sent the Index to brother
Fryer and will send to brother Moses Dees
if brother Gaulding will send us the name of
his P. O. The anecdote hereafter.
Layman. —The views of our lay broth
er, on “spiritualising,” wc believe to be cor
rect. We will add, however, that some
ministers spiritualize, in the manner de
scribed, when they have no intention to do
more than make a spiritual application of
a historical fact. We hope “ Layman”
will make frequent contributions to our col
umns—we respectfully rcque.il him so to
do.
Kidron. — We see it announced in the
T. Banner that our beloved brother Kidron
—one of our respected correspondents—is
dead ! The annunciation is made by one
who claims to he his Executor. Alas !we
would diop a tear lo his memory did not
something whisper within us, “ lie is not
dead but slecpeih !” We rather guess his
executor would have no serious objection to
handling his cash, but we hope Kidron will
awake, arise fiom the dead and disappoint
him. Kidron dead! No, no; it cannot
he. It was only a popgun, loaded with a
paper squib, that was tiled at him, through
the columns of the Banner. Dead! Ono;
he is trade of sterner materials than to be
killed with a squib. Kidron! Kidron!
wake up, brother, and speak to us—our
lenders are listening lor the sot mil of your
voice. Dead ! no, no, Kidron, we cannot
let you die so easy as all that, and so soon
too. Arise, come foilh, throw off’ your
grave (.lothcsand fall to work. Hard work
is the best remedy for the “ blues” that is
to he found in all this wide world.
(Jucrics. — We have some on hand, but
arc compelled, by stern necessity, to defer
our answers for the present.
Form of our paper. —Brethren continue
to express their views relative to the change
in the form of our paper, both pro and con.
We see no good that will result from no
ticing ail that is said on the subject in our
columns. We thank our brethren trulv
for the spirit they manifest in this matter.
J’octri/. —We have received a poetical
communication, which we think best not
to publish, as we could not correct it, so as
to make it etedit able to the author, without
taking greater liberties than wc feel free to
take. Moreover, as he has quoted finely
front a piece published in the Index, some
time ago, some might maliciously charge
him with plagiarism. We would advise
all young men, and young ladies too, to
meddle (jut litde with the muses, l’oetty
is unprofitable both to soul and body. It
is very apt to abstract both from one’s
purse and principles. It promises fame
and felicity , but bestows, in a majority of
cases, only shame and sorrow. Our ad
vice to all is never run after the muse but
let her mu after you. Above'nll things do
not send us blank verse, unless it is as
smooth as ice, and as transparent too. This
last is not for our correspondent in particu
lar, but for all u
Rev. Hubert Hyland ami the Abolitionists.
The Rev. Hubert Hyland, President of
Richmond College Ya. sad pastor of a col
ored church tn the city of Richmond, in
replying to an assailant in the Vermont Ob
server, represents slavery as originating in
the depravity of the human heart, as exis
ting only under the permissive providence
of God, and[as a curse! J! If brother R.
will refer to his bible he will find that God
not only permitted but directed the pur
chase of set vants, and that the directions
given, in reference to this matter, constitu
ted a part of the -all things commanded,’
the observance of which was to insure, not
a ctirsc, but the blessing of heaven.
If brother R’s vie ws of slavery are coi
rept, the Abolitionists are right and he is at
fault ill l)is practice. If slavery originates
in human depiavity and is a curse, we
ought to free ourselves from it immediately
and at all hazards. Whatever originates
in human depravity is sinful, and the scrip
tures no where sanctions the ideas of a
gradual forsaking of sin. On the contra
ry, we are required to abandon every sin,
and that instantly. Were brother Ry
land to advance, in a Virginia paper, the
sentiments he has advanced in the Vermont
Observer, we doubt whether he would be
allowed long to remain in quiet possession
of either the presidency of Richmond Col
lege or the pastorate of the colored church.
If he were, we should consider it satisfacto
ry evidence that the sentiments of the com
munity had undergone a very material
change, since we left the State in 1840.
Did Mr. Knapp, during his visit, takehigh
!er ground than brother Ryland has ? We
hope brother R. will review the subject,
and either renounce the sentiments he has
advanced or adduce evidence to sustain
them. We would commend to his atten
tion the able articles on the subject of sla
very, now in a course of publication in our
paper, written by “a Baptist Minister.”
We have pul his article in the hands of the
author of those articles.
• Abolition Hirrlinss.
The editor of the Reflector is offering
premiums for articles against slavery ! So
the Jews suborned men to testily falsely a
gainst the martyY Stephen. ActsC: 11. j
Abolitionism must be reduced to great
straits if hireling scribblers arc needed for
its defence. The same editor admits that
we appear to be ‘familiar with the bible.’
Sorry are we that we cannot reciprocate
the compliment toour friend Giaves. Were
he a little mote familiar with the Scriptures,
he would discover that Slavery is an insti
tution of Divine appointment; anti that the
same authority which requires him to “/ore
mercy,” requires also that he should “iru/k
Immbly” and “dealjustly.” His ignorance
of the last requirement iscvincedin his mis
representations, not only of us, hut of th*
doings of the last Gonvtntion in Philadel
phia. Not one of his fellow abolitionists,
as far as we have observed, have as vet
manifested any disposition to endorse his
statement, that the Convention had “ dis
fellotvshipped slaveholders.” He has ca
joled and flattered some of his more north
ern brethren ; hut it is all to no purpose
However violently opposed to slavery they
may he, we are pleased to find that they
have too much honesty remaining to allow
them to confirm the statement, even of a
brother Abolitionist, which they know to
he—erroneous.
Such advocates of Abolition its the edi
tors of /ion's Advocate and the Observer,
we respect. Their testimony would have
much more weight with us than that of the
editor of the Reflector, for two reasons:
1. I hey manilest a greater regard for their
veracity than does friend Graves ; ami, 2.
I hey do not mistake s/j. era for arguments,
I’ tom the studied silence of the editor of the
Reflector, in his last two notices of its, (he
gives ns two for one)—relative to the asser
tions which biought us into collision with
h:m, we infer that Ire is nothing loth to let
the subject of difference between us sink
a ml rest, for the present, in oblivion. That
his silence is not caused by \\>e style of our
address to him, as he pretended, is evident
from the fact, that he replied to such parts
ol it as allowed of his replying without ex
posing his own want ol veracity. But we
dismiss the editor as art incorrigible offend
er against the truth. We do not design,
herealter, paying any more attention to him
than is necessary for the correction of his
misrepresentations. Wc will, however,
for bis information, and that of his echo at
class of the more intelligent and candid in
the South,” so far from disapproving of
what he esteems ‘ultraism’ in us, are dis
posed to go far beyond us and to pursue a
course of which we do not as yet approve.
We apprehend that he has been deceived by
his Northern correspondents at the South.
“lie Courteous." —The editor of the Re
flector, who trims his sail to the veering
winds, quotes this admonition for our bene
fit, and, as if to afford evidence of what he
considers courteous, speaks of us as “ the
■ edonbtable editor,” and charges us with
“misrepresentation, vidganly-/owslang,' r
itc. To shew, we may suppose, Ins utter
abhorrence of vulgarity, he rakes up trite
and vulgar phrases from the sewers of the
political press. Take an example—lie
boasts that he is not “kill inlirely.” Hove
truly dignified do such vulgar and hack
neyed phrases become in the mouth of th
most dignified and courteous editor of the
Christian Reflector! We would reoipsor
cate his kindness and courtesy in refreshing
our mind with a passage of scripture, by re
ferring him to the following :
“Thou hypocrite ! first cast owt the bean*
out of thine own eye, and then shall thoo
see clearly to cast out the mote ou* of thy
brothel’s eye.” The Saviour’s Stmt. Mat.
vii. 5.
If there be thought to be any th,iiog harsh
in the above quotation, let rt be remember
ed that we quote the Saviour's wo**, not
our own.
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