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SHORT MJIBOXS Xu 1.
“And seeing the multitudes he went
up into a mountain and when he was set,
his disciples came unto him. And he
opened his mouth and taught them say
ing; Blessed are the poor in spirit; for
theirs is the kingdom of heavei.
Blessed are they that mourn; for they
shall be comforted. Blessed are the
meak ; for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they who hunger ami thirst
after righteousness; for they shall he fill
ed, Blessed are the merciful; for they
•shall obtain mercy. Blessed tire the pure
in heart for they shall see god. Blessed
are the peace makers; for they shall be
called the children of God.” Matthew.
The above is from an “old book” which
our mother loved and which has been a
favorite book with ('hristians for eighteen I
hundred years. \s wo. have no tele
graphic nor any other direct Communica
tion with Mr. Spurgeon, we propose to
give short Sermons from this memo r able
work, which we think will be of spiritual
service to our readers. Indeed since re
ligious, secular, political and “light-litera
ture-corrupting” papers have used Mr.
Spurgeon’s name as a “clap trap” to catch
subscribers and ride into position, we are
inclined to be a little mulish and for the
present prefer togive prominence to short
sermons from the writers of the New Tes
tament as they are fully sound upon all
questions dear to Baptists. Ed.
IBAPTIMT STATISTICS.
The foilawing is clipped from the Mis
sissippi Baptist, and is a part of a sermon
preached by C. D. Mallary of Georgia.
For the spreading triutnyhs of our prin- i
ciples, we have a right to bless God ; nay, '
it is our duty to do so, yet, we must be
careful that tor these things we are not
puffed up with a vain and fleshly mind. ■
God has greatly blessed us as a people.
Let us dwell for a moment on this topic.
We claim the Apostolic churches as our
denominational prototypes. Church his
tory has made a pretty lair showing that
in all ages, even the darkest, there has
been a people holding substantially the
faith and practice which we profess.—
The progress of our sentiments in these ,
latter days has been remarkable, espe
cially in these United States. In the
early settlement of the American colonies,
there were but a few scattering Baptists.
In 1611. two hundred and fifteen years
ago, there were but two Baptist churches
in America, viz: Providence and New
port. In 1750, more than a century la
ter, Benedict informs us that there were
some 58 churches. In 1761, there were
about 60 churches, and .VMM) members.
Thus, before our Revolutionary struggle,
when strong government patronage was
extended to popular sects, the Baptists
increased but slowly ; since that auspi
cious period, their progress has been rap
id. In 1796. the indefatigable John As
pland reports 872 churches, including I
in Nova Scotia; 1171 ordained and licen
tiate preachers, and about 65,000 mem
bers. In 1812. probable estimates run
up to 2133 churches. 1932 ministers, ami
about 160,000 members. In 1832. there
are reported 5:123 churches. ;W» 17 minis
ters and about 385,000 communicants.
The regular, orthodox Baptists m the
United States, now number about 12.000
churches, between MMM) and 9000 minis
ters, ami 1.000.000 o> communicants. —
During the last ten years. (from IMS to
1858,) the increase has been upwards ot
355,000. What may be called the Bap
tist population ot our country, may be
put down, bv a very moderate estimate,
at 5.000.000. In the Stale of Georgia,
the progress of Baptist principles has
been not a little remarkable. The tirst
Baptist church. (Kiskee) was constituted
in 1772. 87 years ago. In 1792. (twenty
years later,) there were in the State about
tit) churches, 78 ministers, and something
over 3000 members. In 1833, there were
not far from 509 churches, say 255 min
isters. and about 38J583 communicants.
\t the present time, the Baptists of Geor
gia have about 1300 churches. 900 in n
’stere* and 9.00 U communicants; about
as manv as the whole number of Baptists
.k- United States 60 tears ago. But,
in c.-mattn; the e’ '
strength, we must look beyond our mere
numerical increase. In promoting the,
cause of General education, the Baptists
are performing a noble work. They
have, on the whole, a pious, able, and
efficient ministry. They have a learned
and vigorous denominational literature.
They have reared up more than 30 col
leges, theological schools, and are pub
lishing about 50 periodicals. They are
taking a leading part in the benevolent
operations of the day. “Their missions
are planted in Canada, Oregon, Califor
nia, New Mexico;” the Indian territory,
; in France, Germany, Denmark,
; in Western and Cen-
w . e Assam,
tral Africa; ’ ’
Burmah, Siam and China.—
of conversions from their colportage G<nd
missions last year, exceeded 4<XM). 1
tai number in the mission churches, over
25,000.” Income to the leading benev- •
olent societies of the denomination re 18-
evidence of the jrjogress of our denomi
national influence in our country. There
is a strong Baptistic under-current which,
with a steady, progressive, resistless pow
er, is moving on through other denomi
nations, and sweeping away their pedo
baptist peculiarities. This they see, ac
knowledge, and bemoan. Large num
bers of their ministry andprivate members
are coming over to the Baptist standard.
In many of their churches, infantebaptism
is dying out. Some time since, a Boston
writer speaks as follows through the col
umns of the New York Journal of Com
merce: “In our (Mfcngregutional church-;
es we fear that there is considerable in
difference and neglect in reference to in- j
fant baptism. In one of out oldest
churches in this State there had not been,
a few years since, an instance of infant
baptism for the seven proceeding years. ’
Last year there were seventy congrega- ,
tional churches in New Hampshire that I
reported no infant baptism. This year
ninety-six churches, or about one-half in
the State, report none. If this indiffer
ence continues, the ordinance will become ’
extinct in the congregational churches.”
To such facts as these, let it be added ;
that the number who admit the correct- .
ness of our baptism as to the mode, or
action, as well as the subjects, is con
stantly increasing, and what a common
thing it is at the present day for persons
to demand immersion an essential con
dition of remaining quietly with their
pedo-baptist friends.
In many foreign lands the Baptist cause
is steadily progressing. In translating
the Scriptures into the languages of the j
East, the Baptists have accomplished
more than anv other denomination. Our
.American missionaries have given the
Scriptures to the Burmans, the Karens,
and the Siamese. In India, Carey, Marsh
man and Ward, and Yates, with their
coadjutors, performed a work in the
translation of the Scriptures, unequalled, ;
:>i the .whnb» ntisrhiris: ’
and where the translations of our foreign ;
missionaries go, the Bible speuks out, in ;
a clear voice, the true meaning of the
great baptismal word. In Europe, the
Baptist cause is prosperous. Wales is a
Baptist Beehive. Our brethren there are
industrious, firm, ■ fond of the honey of ;
primitive truth, and have sent out many
a precious swarm to other lands. In
England, the Baptist are a strong, intel
ligent, pious, progressive band, though
less strong than they might be, from the
intermixture of open communion clay
with the iron of New Testament truth. J
Upon the accession of William and Mary
to the British throne, there were about
1(M) Bapti st churches in Great Britain
and Ireland; now, after a lapse of some
thing more than a century and a half, in
spite of all the opposition with which
they have been compelled to struggle, the
' Baptists have reached the number of 2000
churches, and over lOO.(MM) communi-
I cants, and have accomplished a mighty
| work in the spread of the gospel amongst
; the heathen. It is said they are nowgrow
i ing faster than the other religious body
■in Englund. <>n the European continent.
Baptist truth is going forth in strength
| to overhaul and finish out the work which
1 Luther left so incomplete. Amongst the
I Protestants in France Anti-pedo-haptist
; sentiments are rapidly spreading. In
IM I. Ocnken, with six other pious Bap-
1 tists, commenced their apostolic work at
Hamburg, and in the short space of 25
! years, the fruits of this little beginning
have extended surprisingly through cen
; tral and northern Europe. In Germany.
the Baptists now have about SIM) mission
ary stations, some bl) churches, and about
8000 communicants. have
been aroused upon the principles of
church government and religious liberty,
which are shaking to their very founda
tions the structures of a carnal, secula
rized Christianity. And in Sweden, be
hold what the Lord is doing. In the face
of bigoted, fierce intolerance. Baptist col
i portcure are traversing the land, and in a
tew short years, great multitudes have
been converted by their instrumentality,
and some 3000 probably have openly em
braced the . sentiments that distinguish
1 us ns a people.
In these things- it is our privilege, our
duty, te rejoice. But beloved brethren,
let our rejoicing be in the Lord. \\ hen
we listen to the rehearsal of our denomi
national successes, our carnal pride is
perhaps sometimes awakened, and we
think to ourselves, what a great people
we Ba]rtists are getting to be! All this
is wrong; it is grieving to the Spirit of
God; it ia making an idol of our denom
inational prosperity.— And it may be that
God allows many humiliating things to
befall us as a people, that our pride may
be humbled, and we may learn more pro
foundly the great lessen of inspiration—
•• Not by might, nor bv power: but by
my Spirit, saith the Lord.” "Little chi'l
drtn. keep your,wires from idols."
“Au I not my own Master?” —When
we hear these words coming boastfully
from the lipa of a young man just enter
ing upon h.s majority, we cannot forbear
recalling the reply of a French prince to
a stranger whom he encountered in one
of the rooms of his palace. “I*ray sir.”
said the prince, ••to whom do vou belong!”
••Ta my sell," grutiiv replied the stran
ger. “Ah, my dear air,” was the ready
retort, "what a nitv it is von havo -och a
ROME, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 5, 1859.
Infant Baptism Older than Chris
o tianlty.
! ; The fact is well established, and pret
:ty generally known among intelligent !
Protestatns, that many of the peculiar in
j stitutions and ceremonies of Romanism
! are indentical with those of Paganism,
and were evidently borrowed or adopted
- from it. The monastic system, for ex
ample, was not invented by Rome, but
borrowed by Rome from Paganism. In
the partnership which was formed be
tween Christianity and Paganism when
the Roman Emperor was converted to
Christianity, old Paganism furnished a |
large share of the capital, though young
1 Christianity was allowed to give the ’
naiii-og, We are just coming to under- j
'
August No. of the American and For- j
eign Christian Union, aiming to show t
that the adoration of the Virgin Mary and <
the doctrine of Baptismal Regeration are <
also of Pagan origan. The article is t
made up mainly of extracts from a work ]
by Alexander Hislop of Edinburg, entit- t
led “The Two Babyions.” This author !
brings evidence to show that the “Queen
& (
of Heaven was worshiped in Babylon, £
being represented as a virgin with her
child, just as the Arirgin Mary is repre- i
| sented among the Catholics, and in proof 1
of the indentity of the Pagan and Catho- j
' lie “Queen of Heaven,” he cites the re- (
markable fact that while the complexion ’ ;
; and features of the earliest Roman A/«- i
donnas are neither Jewis nor Italian, they ; 1
! are the same as the pictures of the Baby- ;
; lonisli Queen of Heaven recently discov
; ered among the ruins of Babylon. 1 ]
It has been known to the Protestant } 1
: world for some time, that the pretended ; 1
; statue of the Saint Peter is the statue of I (
' the heathen Jupiter, which in the days of! t
- Catsar, adorned the temple of that god.' t
and that the pretended chair of St. Peter ; '
■ from which the Pope issues his infallible ‘
bulls, encased in brass, is, in fact, in- .
1 stead of the humble stool of the fishermen j
!of Galilee, the imperial oi the Ctesars. i
Add to this the facts brought forward by ; '
Mr. Hislop, respecting the worship ot' j
.Mary and Baptismal regeneration, and it J
becomes quite plain that Romanism is ]
> but old Paganism under Christian names, i
When the author already qfioted, comes 1
I to the doctrine of Baptismal Regenera
tion, he proves, as it seems to me, more
j than he intended. Baptistswill, at least,
’be apt ToTTlinTc tiini by /p i a ‘i-WK. 4
the Pagan origin of the dogma of Bap- !
j tismal Regeneration, but of the practice ; 1
■of Infant Baptism itself. Your readers '
: may judge from his words. He says. 1
In the Chaldean mysteries before any in- i
i struction could be received, it was requir- j 1
ed, first of all, that the person to be ini- ■ 1
tinted, submit baptism in token of j
blind and implicit obedience.” Again I
l ‘ Y
be says,—“Our own Pagan ancestors, 1
; the worshipers of Odin, are known to I
, have held the same doctrine of Baptism- |
al Regeneration, and to have washed ;
i away the natural guilt and corruption of I
j their new born children by sprinkling I
them with water. ..Yes, on the otherside !
of the Atlantic, in Mexico, the same doc- ■
trine of Baptismal Regeneration was i
found in full vigor among the natives, |
•when Cortez and his warriors landed on
their shores. In proof he quotes from ■
Prescott's “Conquest of Mexico,” a min
ute description of the method of admin- '
istering the rite, which bears sufficiently .
many and striking points of resemblance i
to the rite as now practised, to establish ,
the fact of their common parentage. Is ;
;it possible that our author overlooks the |
fact that in proving the Pagan origin of
the doctrine, lie. of course, proved the
Pagan origin of the practice?
If, as Protestants, in the absence of all \
scriptural precept or example, we regard
the monastic system, the worship of the
virgin, the doctrine of the Baptismal Re- ;
generation, and the unnecessary ceremo
nies nf the Romish worship, as borrowed ;
from Pagan systems, in which we know i
they existed; what shall hinder us. as
Baptists, in a like silence of Scripture
respecting the practice of Infant Baptism, j
from deriving this also from a Pagan
source?
We have been accustomed to charge
our Pedobaptist brethren with retaining
corruption of Popery in their faith and
, practice. Shall we not be compelled to
abandon this charge, and in its place
make the graver one of practicing in their
, churches, a ceremony of heathen origin ? \
• —Zion's ,’ldrocatc.
The Miser’s Death-Bed. —You see
him lying on that heap of straw, the gray
haired old man. whose life has long been j
• devoted to that one unhallowed object,
the gathering of gold. He is dying.
■ There is not one to stand beside his death-
■ bed. and watch as the spark of life flick-
' ers awav. There is not one to close his .
eyes, when his cold heart >haU have still
ed its beatings. Alas, there is not even
one to weep when he is gone! There
, are none to miss him by the tireside—
none to whom the world will seem less
beautiful when he is laid aside—none to
r whom his bent form is an object of love
, and reverence—none to whom he- has
, inspired other than one feeling, that of
• disgust ami fear!
< ♦ ♦ ■■
ft-WThere are few who know how to :
. be idle and innocent, and the very first
i step out of business is usually into vice
an ?
* ■ • •
“HIS BA-ITITEH UTS IS “LOVE.”
Progress of Principles.
“Pedo,” a con -uftlfnt of the Bun
ner of Peace, -Ad under the
j heading? 44 Willv3»A.dminister the Or
dinance of by Immersion? I
Will Not”—pres facts which show a
very gratifyings l ’|fc<n of our distinctive
views among (Jitrjstdand Presbyterians.
Hear him:
“It is urged ought to baptize the
candidate by for he does not
wish to live in - ‘church that holds to
close that he has con
scientious scrapes* about the mode, and
I ought to gragiyj' him. To all such I
say, I too have; scruples about it, and
therefore eating do it. You ought to
j have no conscie|'.« upon this subject, but
| baptize in any iaj you are requested.
; I wonder what of being some people
would have a to’be? I have a
■a" -isrienr--' glad, too, that it is
so as to suit itself to whims and pre- I
judices of every one seeking to become
a member of our chuich, and that my t
conscience keeps aliveupon the tablets 1
of my mind, the solemi vow that I took i
when I was licensed topreach, ‘to study 1
the peace, purity and uiity of the church.’ i
Now, I would ask what peace or unity <
there is in introducing nto the same bod
y, elements so contrary in affinities as <
an Immersionist and Pelo-baptist ? ‘How 1
can two walk together except they be 1
agreed?’ *
“I am told that I oufht . to immerse, <
and when they come to understand our t
views, they will renountp their former i
notions and make good Pedoes. Shal
low reasoning:— there ar five who quit 1
our church and join the Baptist, to one <
u'ho changes his notions n regard to bap- I
tism—while members remtin, live and die •
in the church, who never Jiange their opin- I
ions, and commit 'the greet sin, by refits- <
ing to have their childrenbaptised." 1
There; That will do for once! Our I
principles have permeatel the Cumber- 1
land Presbyterian chtircl so generally,
that, perhaps net one of their ministers ’
can baptize a child, or sar a word in de
fence of its baptism, witiout wounding
the feelings of his own inunbers!! And
this, too, in spite of the fjet, that, out oi ,
every six who enter the ihurch Immer- ;
sionists, five join the Bapists, thus leav
ing the ministers free to hantize infants, 1
and to vindicate their rhmtism, without
“let or hindrance!!” Strely “the news
is too good to be true.’’“-“Pedo” must
have over-colored the picture. But we
rejoice that there are a nass of facts suf
ficient to force this conviction upon his
mind. The truth is mating itself felt
beyond the limits of our own communion,
and who shall stay its progress? — Relig
ious Herald.
Discovery of an Angient Blblibal
ipt.
mi I'rom Te Lien. '"*'"
The theological Wuld in Germany is
now deeply interest 1 in the remarkable
discovery of Prof ssor Tischendorf,
well dnown by his critical works upon
the New Testament, and who recently
made a scientific journey in the East at
the expense of the Governments of Sax
ony and Russia. The discovery is noth
ing less than an elder brother of the fa
mous Yatican MS., found in a marvellous
state of preservatii n, in an Egyptian
convent. M. Tischendorf himself was
scarcely able to believe in the reality of
his discovery, and decided not to men
tion it until he had satisfied himself that
it combined all the marks laid down by
paleographers as determining the age of
an ancient MS. But now there is no
longer any doubt; the parchment, the
characters, the pun. tuation, the initals,
&c., all prove, in th<- clearest way, that
we possess an Alexandrine MS. of the
fourth century, of the age oi Constan
tine and Eusebius of C'esarea, containing
the New Testament entire, and which
will heneforth be th- first and most au
gust witness of the t xt of the New Tes
tament.
M. Tischendorf has communicated his
discovery to the Minister of the King of
the King of Saxony, in a letter dated
I Cairo, 15th of March, and which the
[ scientific supplement, of the Leipzig Gaz
ette republished on the 17th of April.
The Vatican MSS. has hitherto beeirre
: garded us containing the most ancient
1 copy of the Books of the New Testament.
Its existence has been known since the
! sixteenth century. Long concealed from
I the public by Papal jealousy, it was
brought to Paris under the First Empire,
where it was examined very cursorily
; by the theologian, Hug, and then return
’ed to its former place after the Restora
’ tion. It had acquired so great a notor
-1 iety. that it had become impossible to
withdraw Gjmrirehr^gm^wiblia-aariosF
! ty. ’Hie Papaßnithority, however, did
! not permit any examination but on condi
! tions that rendered it almost impossible.
The annals of biblical criticism are fill
ed with lamentations of unhappy critics, ;
who have wished in vain to copy at
length this precious MS. In 1828, the
Roman Government engaged to prepare
an edition, and the learned Cardinal Mai
was commissioned to undertake the pub
lication. It was proceeded with, howev
i er. with to much slowness, that it was
i only last year, thirty years after the pro
mise, when the Cardinal had been dead
; more than four years, that the expected
edition appeared; and it contained so
many faults and imperfections, that its
value was considereably diminished.
From the communications of M. Tis
> chendrof we learn that the MS. recently
discovered consists of three hundred and
forty-six pages of parchment of large
size. It must have required, he says a
whole gazelle skin to make two of these
pages. The writing is divided upon each
page into four columes. It is generally
verv well preserved. The learned pro
fessor believes that it lias received some
retouches of a later period, as is custom
ary with ancient MS. From the intern
al evidence he regards it as certain that
the MS. dates from the fourth century
and those whb are acquainted with the
works of this prince of biblical critics
kn w •.kat uwry aefifldi nfcjaa he rrpos
ed in his positive statements. Thiscdltr.
then, is contemporaneous with the A ati
can MS. and with a AIS. of the Old Tes
’ tament at Leipzig, ths two most ‘ ancient
specimens of copies of the Holy Scrip
tures which exist in Europe. The most
ancient MSS. of the New Testament, af
ter that at Rcme, are the MS. of the Brit
ish Museum, which dates from the mid
dle of the fifth century, and the Ephrem
MS. at the Imperial Library of Paris,
which goes back to the same date. The
most ancient after these are of- the sixth
century. \
But what- gives the newlj-discoverd
MS. a veritable primacy is, that it con
tains the Nexv Testament entire. That
at Paris contains only fragments of the
sacred volume. The London MS. is not
complete; almost all the First Gospel
and all the second Epistle to the Corin
thinans are wanting. The Vatican MS.
has lost the Apocalypse, four Epistles of
Paul, and the bird part of the Epistle to I
the Hebrews. The new codex on the con- I
trarv, which contains manv of the books of
Psalms, Job, the Book of Sirach, Wisdom (
&c.,) includes all the books of New Tes
tament, and it is this which renders the
work of inappreciable value. Stillmore, 1
it contains, joined to the Apocalypse, the 1
Epistle attributed to Barnabas, a very ;
important document of the end of the first t
century or the beginning of the second,
and, in fine, the first part of the Shepherd '
of Hennas, which dates from the first 4
half of the second century. This con- 1
firms what the history of the canon has ;
already induced us to believe, that in (
Christian antiquity, in many churches, (
these two works were regarded as form
ing part of the Sacred Scriptures. I
The celebrated critic concludes his 1
letter with these words; “The existence ]
of the Vatican MS. xvas known for three <
hundred years before it was finally deci- '
ded to comply with the general desire
for its publcation. I hope that, instead
of three centuries three years will be suffi- 1
cient to enable me to enrich Christain ]
literature with one of its most precious ;
monuments.”
The Temple of Diana of the Ep!:- 1
eslans. 1—
Tins temple was built, as Pliny says, ;
on a soft foundation, to guard against the
shocks of earthquakes. The foundation
therefore, was laid in a swamp; wool and
charcoal were interposed to absord the
wet, and the arches form a subterranean
labyrinth, in which water stagnates; all
which is so at the present day. The su
perstructure-bears all the evidence of a
edifice which was destroyed eight timesj
and took two hundred and eighty years
in building and rebuilding. It now con
sists of several walls of immense blocks
of marble, the fronts of which are per
forated with small cavities, into which
were sunk the shanks of the brass and
silver plates with which the walls were
faced. In several places where the walls
I I flu Ik 11 r 2 T" Co r t■ n
and mouldings of a former edifice against
which the newer walls had been built up.
Some of the vast prophyry pillars, which
formed the front portico still lie prostrate
before it; but others were brought by
Constantine to his new city of Constan- •
tinople. The heathen temple was dilap
idated, to build the Christian church of
Santa Sophia, in which these pillars are
again become the great support of an an
ti-Christian edifice. But the most inter
esting circumstance of this building to
me is the great illustration it gives to the
Acts of the Apostles. Here is the place
where St. Paul excited the commotion
among the silver and brass-smiths, who
worked for the temple; and over the way
was the theatre, into which the people
rushed, carrying with them Caius and
Aristarchus, Paul’s companions. Hence
they had a full view of the magnificent
front of the temple, which they pointed
out as that “which all Asia worshipeth,”
and in their enthusiasm they cried out,
“Great is Diana of the Ephesians!” to
whom such a temple belonged.— voter.
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Can a Church Member meet his
Responsibility Without a Relig
ious Newspaper.
This inquiry invites reflection. It in
volves an element of practical importance,
—one that is closely allied to the vital
energy of the Church.
The member of the Church who allows
himself to live without the intelligence
given in a good religious paper, must be
ignorant of the polity, doctrines, meas
ures and doings of the Church to such a
degree, as to have very little apprecia
tion of his responsibility to the Church,
or of the obligations and privileges of a
profession of religion.
It is unquestionably the duty of every
member of the Church, to make himself
acquainted with the progress and condi
tion of things in that branch of the house
. lluld of faith which he is, in fact, a com
ponent part. And can it be supposed
that any such Church member, male or
female, having the heart of a Christian,
will or can feel otherwise than profoundly
interested in all that pertains to the in
terests of the Church and the cause ot the
Redeemer? We think every one who
takes an intelligent or proper view of the
subject, will not only say, let there be a
religious newspaper in the hand of every
Church member, but place it tn the hannds
of the masses, In no way can the pastor
or missionary so much enlarge his useful
ness as by awakening an interest among
the people in the religious newspapers.
(St. Louis Observer.
Politeness at Home.
Always speak with the utmost polite
ness and deference to your parents and
friends. Some children are polite and
civil everywhere else but at home, but
■ there thex’ are coarse and rude enough.
1 Shameful! Nothing sits so gracefully
■ upon children, and nothing makes them
j so lovely, as habitual respect and dutiful
i deportment towards their parents and
I superiors. It makes the plainest face
j beautiful, and gives to every common ac
tion a nameless but most peculiar charm.
; “Aly son, hear the instruction of thy
( father"and forsake not the law of thy mo
, ! ther, for they shall be an ornament of grace
.. upon thy head, and chains about thy
~ neck.”
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CONTRIBUTIONS.
•‘Young Men’s Christian Associ
ation.”
This Association has been confined, un
til recently, to our larger cities, but with
in the last year or two, has found its way
into towns of less size and importance, and
has been engrossing much of the public
mind; and the highest commendations
have been lavished upon it, by both the
secular and religious press, and a very
wide sphere of usefulness has been as
signed it. It is necessary to watch as
■ well as pray; for it is by no means safe
to welcome everything which coircs in
the garb of benevolence and sanctity;
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doubtless often succeeds in destroying
good, by clothing himself in the habili
ments of apparent kindness, or what may
be primarily designed for religious pur
poses. Whenever some other organiza
tion, rather than the Church of Christ, is
sought, in which men are to display their
kindness and beneficence, we should “sus
pect some danger nigh,” for it does ap
pear that, these (churches) afford ample
opportunities, as well as every induce
ment, to good deeds, that a heart enlar
ged by the love of Christ, could desire;
for we are commanded to “do good as we
have opportunity.” lam aware that to
speak adversely of the Young Men’s
Christian Association, will be regarded as
heathenish, but this will not deter me
from saying in plain terms, what I be
lieve to be its foreshadowings. Let us
remember then, that much amongst us
which is now potent for evil, once had a
beginning for good, and have acquired
their giant proportions, because they have
fed upon tnc credulity of the unsuspect
ing, and were not strangled in their birth
dr infancy. We should regard every
thing which serves to detract from the in
terest and life of a church, with a jealous
eye, and should oppose it with that Chris
tian integrity and firmness, which the ex
igency of the case may require.
AVe say then, undisguisedly, that we
believe this Association to be Me germ of
another church, which germ seems to
have acquired huge proportions for a bant
ling. Its very existence and patronage,
is an acknowledgement of the insufficien
cy of the churches of Christ, to accom
plish the purposes for which they were
uioiiiuteil, uud ready 10 concede
that the wise Master Builder, failed in
His plan to meet the wants of exery age,
in the Gospel dispensation ?—in itself the
thought is absurd. In the anniversary
’of this Association which was held in Troy,
New York, in the early part of the sum
mer, and which is said to have been the
largest ever convened, there were two sets
of resolutions hinting at the objects and
character of the work of the Association.
The one which declared that the Associ
ation was in no sense designed to come
in conflict with, or supersede the Chris
tian churches, was voted down, almost
unanimously, while the one which declar
ed that the Association would not shrink
from undertaking whatever God in his
providence placed before them, was pass
ed almost unanimously, which so aggriev
ed a gentleman from Philadelphia, whom,
I supposed, from the account, to be an
Episcopal clergyman, that he arose and
said in substance: “1 love the‘Young
Men’s Christian Association,’ and the ob
jects for which it was organized, but I
love my church and my duty better,” and
withdrew, thus showing unequivocally
what he believed to be the tendency and
the nearly avowed object of the Associa
tion ! Having lost the resolutions men
tioned above, I write from memory, but
am not afraid to guaranty that I have giv
en the substance of their purport. To
my mind, this is a decided indication of
the complexion of this organization, and
should at once, have been a warning to
all who love the infallibility of the word
of God, and who feel the necessity laid
upon them, of maintaining its doctrines
and ordinances, incorruptible, to the end.
So far as I know, no notice has been
taken of this action, by either the secu
lar or religious press ; no note of alarm
has been sounded, and thus the first step
of invasion, and usurpation passed by un
-1 observed, and without an effort to repel.
In this organization we see the elements
of that “Christian Union” of which we
have heard so much, and which is to em
brace all the “dear ones” who belong to
the various sects of christendom, and “bu
ry* the hatchet” of“christian dissention”
and “sectarian bigotry,” so deep that, no
aspirant for clerical honors, no one “who
would be,” or would with ruthless
hand, divide the unity of the hrother-
I hood, shall ever be able to resurrect it, to
scalp the beautiful symmetrical “Christian
union,” which men are trying to build,
and is fit only to be burned. Ihe object
of this Association will be to leave be
' hind everything upon which professed
Christians have notagreed,and thus found
a church in which there will be no differ-
I ences, where peace and harmony will be
undisturbed. The failure of this chimera
is written upon its first “goings forth,
because it is an attempted union, by ig
noring—that is a popular xxord certain
objectionable things in the word of God,
' about which his people have not agreed,
and ac wc are wrier than God. we ■•. ill
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have “Christian union,” upon our plan. —
I love that union for which Jesus prayed
in the 17th of John, “that the world may
know that thou hast sent me-” But I
despise a union, based upon a compro
mise of the truths of the Gospel. Bible
truth forms the only basis of Christian
union, and every attempt at a union at d
the expense of the truth, must and ought
to perish. For Christians to unite, they
must cease to “teach for doctrines the
commandments of men, and make in very
deed the word of God, the rule of Faith
and Practice, then; and not untilthen,
shall we be able to say and realize: “Be
hold how good and how pleasant it is, for
■ brethren to dwell together in unity.”
To all “young men,” baptists, wo
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Men’s Christian Association,” and let the '
church of Christ be the field upon which
you shall display the deeds of the good
Samaritan. G. F. COOPER.
The Mission of Baptists.
That there is an important work com
mitted to Baptists, is evinced as well by
the past, as by what is now transpiring.
When we take a general survey of the
field, which is the world, and see how
“the little one has become a thousand,
and the small one a strong nation,” we
arc ready to exclaim, in the surprise and
joy of our hearts, “What hath God
wrought!” In Germany and Sweden
the peculiar views of Baptists are rapid
ly spreading, and God is greatly' honor
ing them by owning their efforts to the
conversion of thousands. But it is here,
in this happy country, where the “star
spangled banner waves, o’er the land of
the free, and the home of the brave,”
that Baptist principles have gained their
greatest triumphs, and made the most
rapid progress. Here the truth is un
shackled, and left free to combat error—
here no fines and pillories, no torches and
stakes, stare her votaries in the face, but
liberty of speech is guaranteed to the
humblest citizen, and the press, that
mighty engine of truth, is unmuzzled.
But the mission of Baptists is not yet
fulfilled. The. past furnishes encourage
ment, but it is to the present that we
should look, and that all our energies
should be directed. There is still much
land to be possessed, and we are well able
to overcome it, in the name and strength
of the King Immanuel. Mighty triumplu
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the truth, amTslioxv ourselves men in all
that is lovely and of good report.
Thousands of errorists fill the land,
strong and dogmatical hierarchies put
forth their claims to supremacy, and es
say by arts to take the Kingdom, while
thousands and thousands of souls in an
unconverted state, are rapidly approach
ing the Judgment seat of Christ. Here,
then, is our work: to overcome an erro
neous and unscriptural churchism, and
save sinners from death—from eternal
death, by preaching to them the gospel in
its purity, without any admixture of the
traditions of men.
But to be more particular upon this
point, how is our great work to be done ?
Shall we, by* suppressing some truths,
hope to gain admission forothers? Shall
we accomplish more by compromises,
than by taking for our motto, "the truth,
the whole truth andnothing but the truth?”
To this question, the intelligent and pi
ous Baptist can give but one answer, and
that is, let there be no compromises with
error, but let us dare to proclaim and en
tire and unrnutilated gospel, leaving con
sequences to the control of the King in
Zion. Evangellical alliances, so called,
and all things which tend to compromise
the truth—to blend it with error, howev
er specious, are to be avoided, remember
ing tllat itjs not by might nor by power,
. but by the Spirit of God that our success
is to be secured. The weapons of our war
fare are not carnal, but “mighty* through
God to the pulling down of strongholds;”
and if properly wielded, nothing will be
able to withstand them. If we will only
go forward in obedience to the com
’ inands of our blessed Lord, and preach
the gospel, the crooked will be made
( straight and the rough places made plain
—every* valley will be exalted, and ev
ery hill be brought down, to procure u
highway for the children of God.
Our work is before us, the weapons of
our warfare in our hands, and let ail come
up to the help of the Lord, to the help of
; the Lord against the mighty.” H.
- Associations yet to meet in 185»,
in €<<!.•
j OCTOBER.
j Georgia—Fri. before 2d. Sabbath, Go-
shen, Lincoln.
’ Middle —Sat. before ty. Sabbath, Litt-
■ le Horse Creek, Scriven.
> Bowen —Sat. before 2d. Sabbath, Mor-
t gan, Calhoun.
Piedmont —Sat. before 2d. Sabbath,
Union, Wayne.
Columbus —Sat. before 2d. Sabbath,
Harmony, Chattahoochee.
Coosa—Sat. before 2d. Sabbath, Pisgah,
Floyd.
Ebenezer —Sat. before 3d. Sabbath,
i Stone Creek, Twiggs.
' Oostenaula —before 3d. Sabbath,Kings-
( ton, Cass.
' Abacoochee—Sat. before 3d. Sabbath,
. Liberty, Calhoun, Ala.
NOVEMBER:
1 Bethel—Sat. before Ist Sabbath, Uot-
’ ton Hill, Clay.
» Suubui v Sut. before 3d. S iblcith.
1 vannah.
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