The Baptist reporter. (Guyton, Ga.) 18??-current, August 15, 1888, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextD 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. EXCELSIOR HIGH SCHOOL. (Male and Female.) E, 11. CONE, Principal. echotiwttoym^Uxl^d a* follows. Begins ,Tall. n>, INKS, ami continues three months. sniMKlt SESSION Begins June J, and continues three months. FALL SESSION Begins Oct . 1, and continues three months. TUITION. 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