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apply in person ti the rich fur their abun
dance, n:i'l tn know hniv far they may be
relied upon, if foreign I tlmrers ran be
found ; lei tliem also encourage the poor to
forward their several miles; that the I
means of greatly enlarged,operations may
tie supplied. And lei the slate of the trea
sury be made known to our young men. ;
Let tho man and the means no longer wait j
for one another, and mutually encourage,
neglect of duty.
Thus lot the ministry say—“ We wish |
to remove this reproach, that men cannot be j
found ti> do (?hii*i’s work, even among"’
those purchased by his blood—r ire are \
waiting to be tent.” On the other hand,;
let the body of the Church say to their,
young ministers, and to their young mem- ■
bars, who are yet engaged in worldly avo
cations, —•* In the opinion of our brethren i
we are necessarily prevented from going to
a foreign land, but we are Christ's ; and il
you will go, wo will here live as sacredly
lor him as you do there; and we will give j
you the means to work to the best advan
tage, if it take* alt we have and all we can
honbrubly obtain.”
We believe this would remove that lasi
common evasion. For, “As lace answers
to face in water, so the heart of man to |
mail.” Besides, great confidence may be i
reposed in the spirit ol Christ in his disci- j
plvs, when it is fairly tested. We eminoi
believe, il'lliere were sufficient funds, there j
nuv tv-oil ol ojioi • .nr il mini .
enough stood ready fir the work, Inert*
would long remain any want of funds. |
And'vet, we are now as truly responsible 1
for this neglect, as we should then be; and i
the consequences to millions of souls aie as
deplorable for time and lor eternity.
Fardon us, dear brethren, the freedom of j
those remarks. 1 speak for mys.H; and,i
in most respects, I think I may safely flay, I
I speak fir my brethren also. If we had;
not most deeply full the sentiments here
presetilod, you bad not seen us hero to-j
night, about to go forth ns your messengers j
to tho heathen. We have, probably, pass-j
od our last Sabbath in the land of our lath
ers, and in this city of most tender rerollec- 1
•ion*. Ad ay or two more, and we shall I
eco your laces no more upon earth. Woj
go down into an exceedingly deep well,
and very solemn thoughts possess 11s, as’
wo wait a moment at its mouth. Dear
brethren, will you hold the rope? If ill j
you give ut, while /litre, the facilities to
work to advantage ? Wo cannot doubt
il—and the Cod of all Mossing* will bless
y on in so doing.
But wo shall meet again; until then, let
ns labor faithfully, knowing that there re
maineil* for us a rest in heaven.
For the Christian Index.
Iho. linker: —Being highly pleased j
with the remedies, “one of the Congrega j
lion at Dahlonega” proposed, lor the evils
mentioned by “Matlieles” in the Index a
sow w.'eks ago. I thought it possible that
the same coriespoiulent, or yontself, could
prescribe some remedies for other evils that
no'uajttwng Bwg)sl. The writer
will not say in what particular church, or
county, but leave it to every one whoso ob
nervation this communication may meet, to
propound the interrogatory to his own con- ;
science, that the disciples of the Saviour
did oil a certain occasion: “Lord is it 1?”
Ist. When Baptists are guilty of “forsa
king the assembling of themselves together,
as the manner of some is,” on Saturdays,
and other week-day-meetings; always hav
ing some urgent secular business to trans
act on such days: notwithstanding the fact,
that those meeting* are uniformly held on
the same Satuiday, in each month ; and one
has ample time and opportunity, to make
all his arrangements to meet them , When
all this is the case, (and that it is the case
the most supetficial observer can testify, in
many instances,) I would beg ol your cor
respondent at Daltlotiega ; (or any other
correspondent) to prescribe a remedy for
this crying evil. The Saviour said to his
followers, “If ye love me, keep my com
mandments,” and that it is an injunctionoi
command to assemble together all willsure
ly acknowledge in good faith, yet how far
short do many tail, to prove their faith hy
their works in this particular!
2nd. How is an evil tube remedied, that
exists in church members who never pay
their Pastor, hut a small amount, if anything,
and vet find more fault with his preaching
than any one else —often alledging lhat he
is too personal, —his “ doctrine ” is 100
hard, —his prayers are too long, —his ser
mons are too uniform, —We like “variety,
the spice of life ?” Should such members
hear their Pastor spoken evil of,-or “per
secuted for righteousness sake,” by one of
their non-prolessitig friends, they will gen
erally take part with him, in denunciation*
against the Pastor; instead of holding him
up and justifying his course before a gain
saver.
3rd. Wliat correr live should bo applied
to a profeor, who, when called upon to
pray in the church—it the prayer meeting,
01 ai a Brother's house, respond* with the
steicotvped expression, “Ib gtobc excus
ed?” ‘
If such professors are told that they
should ho ready at all times “to give an an
swer to every man that asketh—a reason
of the hope that is in them they reply
severally, “1 have no gift.” Brethren, do
read the fifth verse of the first chapter of
James, and never make that plea again fer
failing to pray, when called on publicly, or
in your families.
4th. When we go to a Baptist and solic
it him to subscribe for tho Index, or any
other religious paper; and he teplies, “It
in u very good paper 1 expect, and I would
like to take it, hut “the thins are hard”
i and 1 lake more political papers than 1 oau
1 find time to read ;” —What are w e to do
i bro. Baker?—“Try again!”
Gift. Suppose a proposition is made in
l the church lo establish a Sabbath school, ;
the mirsefy in which to train the youthful
; mind, for usefulness, and for making “wise
i unto salvation.”—fine brother say* his en
i gagclnem* during .flu; week arc so arduous,
! that he must stay at home nil Sabbath lo
j rest and they l Another rays, lie is [not
I competent to “teach the young idea how I
jto shoot.”—A third *av *, he is willing to;
; assist if all- the brethren will unite in the ;
. undertaking, hut he does not mean to do ■
all —(Query, w hether lie would he so will-:
jmg tor all the brethren lo share with him!
in some emerpiisf) in which dollars and;
cents were involved.) And thus the Sab-i
bath school proj et fail*. The members !
j then having nothing to do on Sabbath, ‘
will make and receive call*— give and par- j
take ol sumptuous dinners, nird spend the ;
day which the Lord has commanded us to!
“remember to keep holy,” in the idle gos
i sip and chitchat of tin; nUdtborhood.
Brethren, this is no “overdrawn pii-mre,”
hut those are “plain, tmvarniidied” truths, j
Let the inventer of the ‘'Calm))icon” or
any “tie else prescribe reinedif'® to .those
,—A,---‘v .a „*Otsol - Will DC Vtwiferrffc* TXg,
| tho cause of Christ, and particular on
CADMUS.
For the Christian Index,
liro. /laker: —l see that bro. Worthy j
j lias come out again—not lo destroy the !
i peace ol the churches, but to set me right. |
I x bis 1 am sure is no harm, if be can do it,
—and who so capable as Dr. A. N. Wor
! dty ?
j Wei', I suppose you will allow this to
j tne as a small reply, ilc has had t.voto
my one. Not that 1 caic so milcll about
j tlte Inst wotd.—Brother Worthy seems Jo
I stick to it: lie contends, and proves 100, to
] his own satisfaction, l suppose, that “the
i .V. U. Confession of Faith,” was voted
| down almost unanimously, tit our .i tsocia
i /ion. llow far cither of us may be in er
! ror aa to this matter, may not beiateiesting
to the public. Nor would l say more, if
other persons, and other matters were not
involved of more importance than our li/tle
selves.
1 knew at first, that bro. W's, original
communication would create much dissatis
faction iti the association, and churches—
and tend to tear down, what wo (a small j
and scattered people) weto endeavoring to |
j build up.— lienee toy few rctmaiks Arc. in j
I my Itrst peice: and n was prepared lor!
! publication mom as a balm for a one broth
! run than any tiling else. Many of us were
rejoicing in view of our piosperily, not
withstanding tho potent opposition ufhio.
W.—but the firebrand carnal and distress
lias followed. Wliat can those churches
think—or how feel who adopted the N. il.
artich sand were received into our nssoc.ia- ‘
lion, and in part Dr. W.assenting? Hut to liis
Inst letter, 1 shall say but little, and only on
one or two of his statements. 1 premise
Ist. That bro W. is mistaken if lie thinks
l intended to accuse Inin of intentional
falsehood, for I desire to love him as a
Brother, and to be very charitable towards
him : but some two or tlnee, and especial
ly one ol bis statements, where ho says,—
“The next day there was a resolution be
fore tho body, to have our old aitieles, or
abstract of principles published in the min
utes, — when some brodter made a tit ol ion
to have the N. 11. Confession published al
so. Bro. Battle withdrew |us second (if
I recollect rightly) from said mo.ion, rind
ing that it would, as he Autos, meet with
opposition”—no > this is a mtslatemem—
palpably so—and ‘tis (especially the latter
part) so much like a part of Ins lirst pub
lished letter, where lie lugs in our venerable
father Mercer’s name to help him out—that,
lam puzzled a little. If bio. W. w.ll
think a little, lie may teineuibei, that the
next day bespeaks of, was oil Tuesday, a
little before we adjourned—and that the ex
citement, if any, about the adoption of the
N. 11. Articles, vvas on Monday—they
were then (oil Monday) moved tin adop
tion by bio. Thotntoii of Euluula, and
onded his motion, and not cm “the next
day” as stated ; and lot the sake of peace 1
withdrew my second. Other brethren be- j
sides the very old ones, recollect, that on [
j Tuesday, when a motion forth;! pulilica-1
’ lion ol the Old articles was made, Ido. Sllor- j
t r advoi ated the motion, (not being with
us on Monday.)—and ill it 1 aro-e and sta
ted that in review of “hat had transpired
the day hefoio, ant! out of courtesy, we had
I not pressed dm adoption of rite N. il. Coil*
! fessioti, and as many good brethren, pre
-1 (erred them to the old, 1 thought il any were !
published, it were best to have them, —that’
das they were new to many, by this means, j
the churches could then judge of them, and !
j determine between them. The motion j
j however sot the old Articles prevailed, with j
an addition ol tlje Scripture proofs, on sag- j
.gCstion from brother Mathews. lain ve-
Iry certain there was no motion made on
Tuesday lor the publication of the N. 11.
Articles, only talked about as 1 have sta
ted. 1 repeat my former declaration, that
the N. Hampshire Conlesston of faith was
nevei discussed in our association, in v cw
to adoption, (as I am old, will say,) to the
best of my knowledge. Brother Worthy
had declared his opposition lo the N. H.
j Articles before they came up in the nsso-
| eiation. I asked him his objections?—
IHe stated he had no objection but lo one
! word, “Frce-.igents,” too ,'Jrminianfor
’ ■him: he wtiuld have been satisfied with,
r | moral agents ; I told him 1 should have
• liked it fess. Bro. \V nod I’ both think
. j much, vt-iv much of father Jesse Mercer’s
views and opinions. 11,11 bro. Mercer
believed man a free agent ! —come bro.
\V. let ns not dissent Irom the views ol
Jesse Mercer, so gieat and so good a man.
1 I here state for this? benefit of bro. Wor*
1 thy, that I have never pretemledto he very
‘{smart, even when young.—Not half so
smart as Doctor H'orthy. How lar# aln
correct, in dissecting from bro. wjpPview*-
and statements, I am, as he is/wil ln ”. t 0
lent e to the judgment of others—but*""’"’
—Bro. W. recollects possibly, more a ' JO !' l
the word, • expunge” than Ido ; btf
recollect correctly, it was in one of his 0 ” “
motion*,.and that after a little, lie wasA””
to get it off his shoulders—l think
lie careful hereafter how lie U3e the worn)
expunge \
Bro. W. may be assured, that 1
ing to render f.> him all his rightful*
r.m! that I would pjob-r to see
mintsie/ of Jesus L'hrist—and a
one too: ami sol sav to him
more particular hereafterf ‘
With respect. Air. 4
C. BAT#”
Please subjoin the following CertmS 1< s ’
We whose names arc hereunto
ed, members of the last Salem Asstw" 011 ’
beg leave to submit the follotviiijj^ !:Ue ’
ment of lads, (as their
them) relative to its adion upoiu4|fl
Hampshire Articles of Faith. S
That on .Mwndav a motion for its :üß* *
was made and seconded—\Vl)d| c ”l”" 1
some brother moved to lay the ingf’!.’ 0,1
the table, and another to t;xpungdflUj> oln
the report of the Committee on Hot*’ 1 ’* 1 ’
(it being the sih item.) The seccjOsM* 1 l<!
originalsluotion and tin; motion to
Inmuyhotii w.itlidravur -i *ip
it bv.) was bad in reference
By parliamentary usage,
the deliberations of such
driiual ot the Sicmd non
the motion. On the next day,
Bro. made a motion lo publish
t ies ol Faith, a suggestion ort/i/.wJjßnaitf
to publish the N. 11. Art ml-a ‘o(jHfci-iu
connexion with the minutes—
articles were ordered to be puhlniit^^^PL.
w. 11.
D. H. SEALS,
I tva* at the association
so far a* 1 recollect, tlm stalomei'isVJldc
by bro. Battle are correct.
JAS. MATHUfI^
liaJ Books. IL -
Our engrossineut in the euro c{ Jm So
ciety’s extended operations, has drtwht off
our attention in a degreu Irom llrtt'■■fiTn 1 ■
issues nl ait press, lmkn miiese ‘
issues have been'somewliatcuriailedlfikte,
by tlij absorbing interest emong in
political matters ; and the press I^Hroali
cit under its burden of exciting elJPßiieer
iiig matter, latjier than tho das*. ■ vile
publication* wliiclj occupied, tlrj ■bbly;
inmd a twelve month since.
however, the lover ol the ItOrribU aH* the
trashy have been teasied witli i pfcious |
morsel Irom the pen of a Marry a j
Sue, with announcements in |
and on placards, likeiiliae a I
must content oursolvcs with ‘
lover ol the marvellous, that there iiHßtit - !
ol Itisgluliouous tastes which tliese vHliines i
are not likely to satisfy.” U liaSdeaWn
publisher cun Rave ot the morals jk|our ■
country, when tie c.-ui sppciid such % com- j
inciulalion of a book to Ins advcrtiseneilt ol j
il as the sole ground of favor with tho peo- 1
pie, vve know not. Do vve live ityFnmce |
or America? Is this elirstian ItW'lltej
place to iidvetlise licentious books; jwlieen- 1
liou, ill the lace of laws and ii.njjiwraey ! ‘
‘i'lte popular excitement now rags-g will 1
soon subside, or will bedirecied utnjfi ne w ‘
channel. It lias been wrought upxijiainly |
by the party press ; miliums have become I
more and more reader*. This (habit ol 1
reading will be made available byin chi is-!
linn press, or will be tinned into former i
channel of corruption with i.iereaed vio- i
lcnce, and demanding still more*excite.!
ment. Wo ask Christians of everjf paitv j
who have been voluntary colporufurs for
patriotic or party purposes, if they will not
devote their energies with equal zeaLoi xlie
ditlusinn of printed gospel truth ? j e n,,t
interests oi infinitely gieater moiJtut at
stake, itiasinticli as they take hold X .eter
nity and the endless condition of
souls ? You have found pi/tticaj tracts
and bonk* influential in dirt cling f.nhlic at
tention to what you conceive to be the tight
views of public policy; will not religious
tracts and books he as inflnemial in gtiul- 1
iug'men to Cltri-t ?—.dmericar Mfsscn
gcr.
ECCLESIASTICAL EEiUKTAWiV
Bi'kke County, Feb. 25, 1815.
Dear lira, /hiker —The folio , ing query
has been discussed by some of our'good,
brethren atouud the fireside, and there Be
ing a difference of opinion ambiilTiSjf w t
call for yours which wgjdT-.nVyfraFrV -
matters of j
hope almi that any other brother who may
conceive it to le of sufficient imporiLncsp,■
will notice it through the columns of the;
Index. By an interchange of opinions,
unity of action may he produced—andfthe
Baptist churches may know anti adopt encH j
a system ol government as shall most ad-1
vance the whole, and the glory of (ioji, j
Query. —Mas a regularly chosen j
of a Baptist church a right, according to
1/aptist usage, when acting as Moderator,
to vote in esses of a tie, he being a member
of another church, the constitution of the
church declaring that he shall have power
to vote in such coses f
For my own part. lam clearlv the’
opinion that he has ; and the whole ques
tion seems to turn p>if iliis point—Has a
chinch the right to delegate to her P.istor
the power to vote in any case, his member
ship being in another church f This being
settled affirmatively, die question is deter
mined.
\ Baptist church is a sovereign and mile
j pendent body, with certain inherent rights
growing out of her sovereignty ; ami she
j may, with justice and propriety, exercise
; in •‘(inference any of those rights, provided
j such an exercise does not infringe upon the j
■J rights of otliers. Among these rights is,
I that to delegate to others power to act for
J and with the church, in cases where it is
j inconvenient, inexpedient or impracticable
•to act for herself. These powers should
i not he general, hut always specific and”
! well defined. Ho long as the agent con
‘Uines his action within his grant of power
Tirom the church, he is right, whenever he
ILtranscends it—it becomes usurpation. This
■being ti e case, n church possesses the nn
r questionable right towonfer upon her Mod
erator the piivilege of voting; and he, vo
ting only in such cases as are provided for
in the written constitution, from which he
derives the privilege or right, cannot be
j wrong, and is not guilty of any usurpation
1 of power.
The power which the Moderator exert - ;?
! ses of appointing committees, or of naming
ol a committee, vvlioayaiiK * another
’ <>u until the is funned,
veil jrj if,,. samWay—hut it has not
•Been questioned. Any ritrlit which a ‘
church clearly possesses herself, she may j
delegate to a person to exercise lor lfi-r, if
such pel sun i every wav competent and
qualified. II a church possesses the tight
t ! (which she surely rtueelol’ cailjmr a minis- ‘
2 . ff ■ ’ - ■ -
I to preach for her, and to aduunist ” tlte or
’ finances for her. I cannot possibly conceive
any good reason why slip may not confer
upon him the power to vote in case* like
those in the query.
I would ask you, brother Baker, if the i
Pastor of a e'fmrch is uni necessarily, to a ;
certain extent, and in a certain sense, a
“'niemher of that church. It is certainly ad-*
milled that, if charges are preferred against |
him, his trial (by which excommunication
might he enforced) must lake, place bv the.
church where his membership is known In ,
be; but lie being the pastor, the teacher, i
the administrator of the ordinances, the 1
moderator, w ith Certain other power* given :
to h i in by a written constitution n f dern* j
.jJjUUE—"ami ‘ti:”|
Titighest one, ulfii im fßCthtirch ; docs not 1
litis, of itself, constitute a sufficient right to ;
vole in such cases—hilt more particularly 1
so, when lie find* an express grant for the j
exercise of this power in the constitution, j
by which the body, river whom he is call-i
ed upon lo preside, is governed?
In discussing the propriety of tins mea
, sure, it must be observed, that in all tlclib-,
| eratiee bodies, w hether civil, political or
* ecclesiastical, that I know anything about,
| having a Chairman, whether he be called |
; Chairman, President nr Moderator, if the!
question before them is to be decided bv a j
’ majority, he is, in cases of a tie, entitled to !
the casting vote.
| This may be ml .lilted, and opponents J
j may argue that the Chairman i> chosen j
’ from the hotly over which he is ro preside..
. ami therefore there is no analogy. 1 an- i
j swer lhat the Pastor nl a church is, to a j
certain extent, and in a certain sense, a
i member ol u—but tliu strict analogy con-1
! sists not in the manner of choosing the j
Chairman, but in trie powers with which ;
j lie i$ invested by virtue of his office alter
! being chosen ; and surely it w ill not he dc
j tried that he i* trite of the body, after being
| chosen to preside over it.
| 1 do not pretend to know what is the
i Baptist usage in cases like the one under
consideration; and therefore chit upon you j
and your correspondent*, (particularly;
Theophilus.) for your views.
A. DEACON’.
Onr Response.
w e cannot answer Hie query definitely, !
but w ill make some general remarks on the :
subject.
j A Deacon evinces a mind accustomed to ;
; think cnunci.trdly, and atgues well; but a i
! portion of Ins arguments are based tipjn a i
’ presumption that is not generally admitted i—
the presumption that a minister may be
the pastor of a church in which he doe*
not hold membership. A largo portion ol ;
I our churches, and many association*, con-:
l tend that a minister can lie the pastor of but 1
one church—the church in which hi* mem
bership i*. Hence, in the minutes c> ma- ;
“Jiy’a’ssocTatiimi'Ta man who Serves three or j
j lour churches, is reported as the •• pastor” \
jof but one, and live “ supply ” of others.;
; It is pretty certain that, in apostolic times, j
every church had it* own pastor ; and it is
j therefore presumable thtil every pastor vvas j
! a member in particular of the church which j
j he served.
j It appears to ns lhat the decision of the |
! query proposed hy our correspondent,
! Would depend upon the views of the church !
felati't to this subject. Jf they believed
that a mail could be tbc pastor of more
churches than one, their allowing the mod
erator to give the casting vote, in case of a
tie, would, it appear* to us, he extending
the privilege of voting to their minister,
though he might not hold his membership
in their ehuicli; lor it is almost univi rsallv
admitted, that the pastor is, .by virtue of his
, olficu as pastor, (and not by any special
! provision made,) the proper and lawful
i modeiator of the church. But if the church
: believed that a man could serve Imt one
I church as pastor, the provision in het rules
of decorum, il should be presumed, was
designed to be extended only to a pastor
11 bolding membership with her,
•; That a church has live absolute right to
I allow a supply or a Iv:mit - tvt mini-let to
| vote, in any case, we presume will he ad-1
milled by all; but the propriety of such an
allowance, probably, would be contested by
many.
We hope Theophilus will respond to!
the call of a deacon—and, indeed, others
who feel interested in the establishment of.
currect principles tn matters of church dis
cipline.
PEN FI ELD.
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1845
Domestic nlflictions and the crowded
.state of our columns prevent onr giving our
views on several subjects, relative to which
inquiries have been made. Our present
• number contains several articles, original
| and select, of unusual interest. We are 1
’ compelled toilet,-r some communications.
Our thanks are due to “Monigunirrv.”
We hope lo hear fiom him en his own
j terms ns often as in a v comport with ids
j convenience. We remember him well
ami uffeeliaiuticly.
♦ _
j’ • i
. )itr remarks rcl.itivc to the bi*ctis*iwj be
tween Dts. Battle amr.Worthy, which op- i
, peared in onr last number, were penned
jnmlcr the ex pcrt uion that Dr. Battle’sartr
vvnujd .;ijipi;,-ir lasi week. Werf'xrcl,
i the misunderstanding between these breth-
I ren—evidently there is a misiimleistamliag
; of the mallets a*vut which they are dison* !
j ting. This is the cause of their strife of j
| words.
The “ Tried Question” S ttkd.
i It will be seen, from the response of the’
j Board of Foreign Missions to the Alabama |
Resolution?, which we publish in to (lav’s!
paper, that the Board lias candidly staled,!
that, • If— any one should off, r him self as I
j a missionary, having slaves, and should;
| insist on retaining them a„ his property. ’
i nr could not appoint him.”
i \i Itile w-c dissent from tTie t ews of the!
1 Hoard, we mm mend their cluistinn candor.
. AA e may, or vve may not, comment <m their
J answer in a future number. In ibis mim
| her vve have not space for con.ueats.
i
j Boon fur GiDrgid—Am S $ fiiign.
J as. ('. Whitaker soprrinlemkmt of the’
/.oar S. Hehotd, Washingttm t'o, do., dr- 1
“ires ns to acknoit i.-dpr ihr re. eipt. in food
order, of a Sabbath ?Wrool Lilrrar*. for !
warded by the rnfrcspnivding Secrivtary of
. tlie Atn.S. School I ’nimt, itr the lire oftfu- \
jS. School m Zoar M i!. io tix- county • ;
j hove named. I
j
Eipfisl Bccord
j H e are titan I .'lid *.a rrr hrefher. Dr. |
I Jctvpfl. for bis fo'cat *r notice of our pro-’
i postal “IVrio ‘it : .br o v.” ar.d r. trrot j
| that iverl “ tr: • ; spirit of one individual i
| shiudd hat c given occasion t ms to say am i
! living . alcn'ateti to n eiate to the prt;jm!i, , < ,
jof the Baptist Record. While in t 1
I hands of tts primcnt editor, vve rantict httt !
j wislt it an • ven.ivn circnhition. Were it j
the property of the edi’or, or <i'H it depenit j
upon individual enterprise for s tppor . wc
slinnhl be still mure favorable to it than we
now are.
Worthy In be Ermomkrn!.
We have repeatedly represented that a
larga majority of our Northern brethren
j were unwilling to co-operate with it on
j terms of equality. The correctness of
j this representation many denied. We
i told sonic that they weie deceived bv the
! soft speeches of Noiihern men—wc were
I not believed—onr views were ascribed to
I prejudice. Not an editor m the South
seemed, to concur with us—or if they did.
|we wore not aware of it. Even our es
teemed and vigilant Mother Meredith sectn
,cd half’ deceived. \\ e know that some
j Southern editors represented the stueol
! things at the North tn ho Bit* reverse of
| what vve-iepresented them to lie, anti sup
; pressed facts that were calculated tn en-
I lighten the public min i on ti e subject.—
By the ptihiic toslimonv vve bote on this
I subject vve incurred the displeasure ol the
I'vvholt* abolition fraternity ai tiie North,
and of some good brethren at the South,
| and actually Ins’ some subscribers by it;
I but the loss has been more than made up
to us, and we arc still receiving nr.tuts ol
j new subscribers who come forward to till
| the place of ileseru rs.
Alabama Baptist.
We learn, from the Inst number of this
| paper rereived by is, that liro. Jewett has
resigned the editorial el.air, but the name
;of Ins successor we Irani not. We regret
: *
i that be should have left his chair with the
1 mamf station of such angry feelings to
wards us as is evinced in the article under
the caption “The Index once more.” We
; respect no one as a man, a Christian, a
j scholar, nr a teacher, more highly than we
do bro. Jewett. Os his editorial treatment
• of us, we think we have just cause torom-
J plain; for
j 1. He has repi atedlv and grossly mis
! represented some of our most simple state
; meals. \¥e at first suffered these misrep
! resentations to pass unnoticed ; but upon
j their being reiterated, we deputed it our
j duty to expose them,
j 3. He has sought to excite our S jmhtnt
’ brethren against us.’ For an example, we
refer io his ineffectual effort lo enlist the
editor of ihe Biblieal Recorder, and our
brethren in the Carolina* and Virginia, in a
crusade against U 9, because wc did notal
low it to be possible :o build up theological
schools of a high order in every State.
3. He has copied, with apparent avidity,
what has Ixen written bv others against us,
w hile he has neglected to notice, j n any
wry, our rrp/ies lo such articles. As proof
of lid* assertion we refer to hi* republic** -
li nos the letter of Mr. Feck of Philadel
phia, r> v. ;i-h the writer stievFS at ns as
“the ro ioubtyble editor of the Index,” and
his repnhlication. in his last paper. (for
Feb. 22.) of nearly two columns, vvhit.b
vv rr'eommuiiiraled for the Herald by a
Northern man, a brother teacherin Virgin
ia. As the last pained article was, through
out, personal in its bearing, vve cannot eon
ceive what object bro. Jewett could have
hail, i t republishing it, if it vvas not to in
jure us. He certainly has not pursued tis*
same urbane course towards ns and the edi
tor of the Banner and Ft mcor, which he
has pursued towards rollers. Tor this vve
cannot account, but up 1 .;; t’u supposition
that he wished lo prevt ru eolation of
onr respective papers, in region* around
him. It is a I .tel tit-it the Banner and the
luilcxytre Jlicflpty Baptist naiv-rs oit of
the State that are exTHTTlrm* ~&nwn.jtvtrffr-
Alabamn and Mississippi. U'e cheerfully
admit, that he has occ isimially compliitien*
ted it a, probably more highly than we de
served. Blit creunv.-ndaiioiis ar,. often !>o
stowed as a feint t > conceal a pur*
pose to oppose anil, if possible, destroy the
one commended the more effectually.—
The high esteem we have for bro. Jewett
in ike* us sinrerriy regret tb it there ha*
hern any collision bet ween-us. Wlnle op
pressed with a sense of i :jastir..* vve have
written with perhaps unnecessary severity
—< erlan'y with greater sevetity than ne
would have used under other cireiimstanc *,
Every thu g unmeesss.iry vv t; would re
tract if vve could.
We lo >r e liro. Jewell’* succ"s*or will
not (ii iin it necessary to arm - himself it
gainst a cobcagoe, a id e;poa*e the quar
rel ol a predecessor. It is a! ne vfffoit
Southern editor’s shonl I atr rd ttridenge to
our Norther a brethren, tlnn vve are lunad
together hy a spirit which will not
differences of opinion, relative in local m:r
Icis, lo array ns trio* against smM hrt, A
paper renei tied in A):tl*mna. We wont I
not suppress the Baptist if vve rotdd. On
the rontf.iry, it would affor.l os real plea*
ure to aid iis circulation in any lawful wav ,
CL- .o’ > v 't' - c tiie abate vvas written wo
have receii-it if,,, paper ol ihe Ist imt,
which contains the sahuatnrv of the pre
*<:'Vl editor, J i tiiics AV . HosUms, wrtiirlv
will be found in a:'“s?ter column. Mile!*
“Ia man's stie.-ers r uiiy thing, it j* said,
depend* upon tbc first i.i.pie-sions whirl*
lie makes on the innuls ot ttuvee with u hmM
ne lias to do. if this be true, we p edtrl
great success to brother ll*k ; ns in his
editorialearrer—at all events, we wish bins
great sucres* jn hi* aidnous lalan*. If wo
arc not mistaken in the- brother, we know
hiuj to be fully eoiojvetervr to do honor ho
the Alabama Baptist a.|*,f the cause In? ad
vocate*.
The TortU nml tlif ?onth.
i nest* two words, in their eerie* iaal'icitf
• well a< civil and religious aspects, hat I ',
lor f.v, mt vo ■< past, brought with th-m.
In out mu: ‘ >i and supposed, their full in:*
port, I rv* ’ll three months’ experience
has convinced ns of mirerror. Dur.ng tlt.ij
iinie we have read unites of papers, for one
formerly ; and if the press is a lair expo*
nent ol public ICvling on any subject, the
present posture of stK.iir* artords ground of
intense sorrow to every benevolent iieart.
Me have always considered the moral
ties, which hind the nvo together,, much
monger than the political. [,. t each ol'the*
great leading denominations of Christians bu
severed, and alienation in other respect*
inns; ensue; lor these, taken together,con
stitute the mass. The most distinguished
llaptists of the South h.vr acted on the
principle, that whatever divisions might oc
cur among oilier seels, none among ihcrr
own should he produced by them. Hence,
the gcntlrmanliness and Christian forbears
mice, with which, even in our Conventions,
; they have almost silently submitted to op
pression and indignity from a fnnatica,
; clique. 15-. ii even this submission has beer.
; perverted into a reproach of conscious
! weakness, if not wickedness. Wc have
looked to the so called moderate men of
i the Nwtli to ptotecttis, but wchave looked
in rain. There is a point, beyond which,
to yield to outrage, is irreligious; and that
point we have now reached. Arc one
.Northern brethren asleep l or do they pre*
1 ft r the fellowship of those disturbers of th*
’ peace, to that of all the South ’ Thev cats
’ no longer enjoy both.
Nor is this the wixst- of it. These-Bah
’ ties are a’t to he fought over again, on hca-
I then lands. As regards the Home Mis. ion
l Society, it matters comparatively little:
i let it go. The Stat? Conventions can man
• age that, and other similar tb ngs. The
snapping of the cords oT fiaterna! affection
and confidence is another affair t and so is
the transfer of this strife to our Foreign
Missions. Mr. and Mis. Wade, and Mr
Mason, have already been deluded. How
ninny more are, or will be, who can tell ?