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D 0 C T R I N A L.
liriv. W. L. Geiger, Editor.)
DOCTRINAL.
No. 1.
Should Baptists teach lh< ir dis
iactive principles?
a lamentable fact, that the
.iS ; i 'il discarding doctrmal trutli
is coming very fashionable,
among Baptists in many sections
of 1 lie country. Many of our
churches do not want a minister
who preaches much doctrine,
They prefer what they are pleas-
<-d toc.iii practical discourses,
Numbers ot the pastors ot church-
OS all over Eastern and Southern
Georgia, cannot bear the idea ol
preaching upon doctrinal points,
ihey say “j radical discourses’
are so muci! easier to preach,
:mtl •" i.mcli n>» offensive. J he
masses are !)c,.er pleased w ith
tiiem, and the chinches are built
preaclnag.-
Hie untei well lememhem to
haw been called upon a feu
years ago. to preach at an asso-
ci.it ion. lhe association took 3
recess to liear the sermon. An
immense audience were assent-
blbig at the arbor, when an indi¬
vidual, who, by the way, was a
preacher, approached tiic writer
in about the following manner:
“My brother, I am a stranger to
you. but I have been fold you al¬
most invariably preach doctrine.
You are a stranger to these people
and they|gre strange to you. I
ani well acquainted with them,
ami know better than you
will suit them. It will be best
you not to preach any doctrine to-
day preach a -practical
course,’ and J have no doubt good
results will grow out of it. We
have a mixed congregation—Oath-
olics, Presbyterians, Methodists,
( amphellites, Hardshells and
MHsionaiies, and if you should
preach upon any doctrine J’ou
cant please all. Some would
sure to leave displeased and criti
rise us. If you preach a ‘practi¬
cal discourse 1 no one will be of¬
tended.” We replied, “My broth¬
er. I did not come here to please
the people, but to please God.
You remember what Paul says,
•But as we were allowed of God
to be put in trust with the gospel,
even f aitGot w a lie, no< an tint B^ 1 aH,n( 11 J
, °'
hearts. (I. Tlies. 2:4.) The Rev.
Robert Donaldson, of blessed
memory ’ iia. been been reported
, * 1 '" uw , K n ea< . ’’ if ..
«*«0, .
,»«,«« ..0
,1 l no one mad, I think I ha\e
0
... ,
H ai .
Mime ,, ling . J! * ' l , 1UUln A ,
mi ns
p-stor whowas occ.aoo.lly in
uaoin. 4"' '' ' 1 '" 1111,1
o m con^ie^a-on, on
one Sabbath mornmg, after a
very urge congregation had as-
n. - ( i, v as a- coste- n a -to i-
e. tu about the follwtng manner:
1 aster, we have a large, nuxed
congregation to-day. Vou should
say nothing against priests or pur¬
gatory for old Mr. M., our Catho¬
lic neighbor, is out; nor against
baby sprinkling for the learned
Mr. C., our Presbyterian friend, is
present; nor against salvation by
works, for Mr. D., the pious Meth¬
odist, is here; nor agaiust .baptis¬
mal regeneration. for several of
our ; Campbellite friends have
came in; nor against Halls or par¬
lies, for quite a number of the
fashionable people ot the com-
should munity aie with us. N either
you be too careful in pro¬
claiming salvation exclusively by
0 ur people are becoming a fast
people, they want something
; fashionable in religion. If a gos-
p e ] could be divised that would
elevate the world » little, i„i «
little, and Imver the clinrcli to the
same ] eve l—a gospel that would
pro , )ose „ c „ mp ,. 0 ,„ is e , lehvee „
tlle world and chnrci, on popular
g roun( i P —a gospel that would al-
l„w church n,embers to to
M ,0 swear, (just in a fashion-
able way,) to commit just an oc
-
casonal sin oi midnight blackness
to be just little ,
ish to particapate a covetous or self¬
, wit h the world
in just a few of the crimes ol the
day. such as are very fashionable,
we would delight in it and love
to hear its doctrines preached,
have them taught to our children,
and talk ol them around our fire¬
side.
Suppose we should inaugurate
anexaming committee to asser-
tain what per cent, of the mem-
bership of the Baptist churches
in Eastern and Southern Georgia,
grace, for a number of our rich
neighbors think their good morals
are sufficient to save them and
should they become offended,
they may not return, and we would
lose some dimes by the operation,
Be very careful what you preach
an <j sa y nothing to offend any
one.”
“Brother," replied the pastor,
..p] e ase suggest a theme for the
services, for I am sure I do not
juiowiust how to preach so as to
suit all.”
“Well,” said the brother, after
some thought, “just give the Mor-
monsdown the count rv. for J
don't think there are any of them
present.”
Thus it is with a number of our
people. They don’t wish to bear
doctrine, for fear some one
become offended. They seem to
wac t a gospel so constructed as to
su jj- every denomination of
Christians on earth, as well as vile
dinners and infidels.
T1 * i-not'onh- tile CM- in <mr
Sabbath-schools, we want ljtera-
ture that is silentupon doctrine,
if a doctrinal subject is treated in
a Sabbath school lesson, we are
disposed to slide over it, without
giving it‘due attention. And it
i s seldom these days that you find
a brother who wishes, around the
lire side, to converse upon doc¬
trinal subjects. If our members
take a religious paper, a great
many of them delight most m one
that lias least to say upon doctrin¬
al subjects, or that fearlessly ex-
poses sm and immorality, and por-
trays in glowing colors, the Iwau-
ties of holiness., Bible doctrine,
a j n ;1IK } unvarnished, seeps to be
inconsistent with the feelings of
fashionable religious people,
A fashionable young lady,
| >cr () f a Baptist church in South
ern Georgia, had been to the
on a vis i t to friends, when on her
return she called on her pastor,
and after conversing for two hours,
Bie clock, about what she saw
i n fj )e city, sweethearts, pleasure,
e tc., she arose to leave, when the
pious pastor said, “O stay a little
while longer we have not talked
any yet about religion.”
“O, tliat subject,” said the
voung lady, “is so stale. Wenev
mention it in fashionable socie-
tv. I love to.talk upon almost
any other subject better than
That, we fear, is the
ingsof too many church members.
The religion of the Bible—the
d t • , chrUti -tumtj—the , nitv thp
sm,1 , coraforl,,, , -• S word of eternal
truth, i is too stale, too old %
tier a large number
of Baptists of the
really understand the
taught by the Baptists. TV hat
you suppose would be the result?
How many could give the
mental doctrines of religion? How
many could tell the particulars in
which the Baptists differ from all
other denominations? We fre-
quentlv hear of Baptists going to
other denominations, as the Meth-
dist, Campbellites. Advents, etc.
What sort of Baptists are they?
nine cases out of ten you will
find them to he Baptists who d;
not understand the doctrines oi
the Bible—men and women
are ignorant of Baptist
It is true that occasionally,dm m-
formed Baptist goes to some
er denomination through police.
A brother married a Hardshell
wife. He was a physician—he
located among his wife's people
and began to practice medicine,
He joined the Hardshells
thereby he would be more
lar. A sister married a
.list, She joined her
home. But-in a very iaige ran-
jority of cases it is on account of
ignorance of the doctrines taught
by the Baptists. A brother said
a tew dayn-ago, “A great many of
our members have gone to
Advents.” We inquired, “Were
they good members, or were they
8 „cl, « you were glad to become
1-idol? ’ He replied, “One ol
hest men we It ad in the church has
gone.” “Why did he leave you?
we again inquired, “He said.
because he was not satisfied with
restricted communion.” answered
the brother. “Had he been fully
taught upon the subject? Did be
understand our reasons for nrac-
ticing restricted communion?" we
asked. “I don’t suppose he did
fullw. was the answer. ' There
was the secret of the whole mat-
ter. The Advents taught upon
that subject what satisfied him, he
not knowing what the Bible
taught upon the subject. If he
had been a Christian in the true
sense of the term, and had been
well indoctrinated in the
or the Bilde, lie would not have
left the church of Christ and gone
to the Advents.
A few years ago the writer ac-
cepted a call to serve a Baptist
church in Southern Georgia. At
our first meeting for celebrating
the Lord’s Supper, the usual in-
vitation, “to all of the same
and order” was given, when a
Methodist, sitting near a mem-
bei . of the he church him . whi whi.pered vernl
“You selfish Baptist will have
all to yourselves.” The
’church member replied, “This
close roram »„i„„ is the only ob-
jection I have to the Baptists.”
1 his came to our ears, and with
Bible in hand, we searched for
that brother, and gave him our
‘
authority from God’s word
tor our practice. 1 le became COli-
vinced and is to-dav a sound Hap
tist .
A good, hut unindoctrina.ed
sister said to us one dav, ‘‘Mr.
a Methodist minister, grossh- i„.
'
suited me the ol her day." “How
so?” we inquired. “Why lie con¬
tended with me that the Baptists
believed in election. I told him
that it was not so. But he insist
ed that it was, until I felt grossly
insulted.” We informed the sis¬
ter that she was mistaken—told
her what election is, and showed
it to her in the Bible. That
preacher will not now insult her
by telling the Baptists believe in
it, election, for if they did not believe
she would be tempted to quit
them, she has become such a
strong believer herself.
The practice of preaching doc¬
trine in our pulpits, and teaching
it in our religious papers is entire¬
ly too much neglected.
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