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I.nidiii.nji Banni't | tftetnfet Gaptist.
JESSE M. WOOD, I
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J.* J. IK°RIfiNFROE, Taiiadega, Ala. ( Corresponding kditors.
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JOHN 11. RU E.
Proprietors.
SHORT SERMON—No. 29.
Ho, every one that thirsteth, conic yc to
the waters, and he that hath no money ;
come ye, buy, ami eat; yea, come, buy
wine and milk without money and without
price. Wherefore do ye spend money for
that which satisfieth not! Hearken dili
gently unto me, and eat ye that which is
good, and let your soul delight itself in fat
ness. Incline your ear, and come unto me :
hear, and your soul
make an everlasting covenant with you,
even the sure mercies of David. Behold, I
have given hinrfor a witness to the people.
h leader and commander to the people,
.(’ehold, thou shaft call a natjoii that thou
kn >west not, and nations ti'at jyjguw .
thee shall run unto th<<-. ’ -• • •«* tii-. ;
Lord thy God, ami for the Holy One of
Israel; for bo hath glorified the". Seek ye [
the Lord while he may be found, call ye |
upon him while he is near: Let the wicked I
forsake his way, and the unrighteous mail
his thoughts: and let him return unto the
Lord, ami he will have mercy upi n him :
and to our God, for hy will abundantly
pardon.
For my thoughts are md your th \u jit«,
neither arc your ways my wavs, -aith the
Lord. For «.<the heavens are higher than
the earth, so are my wavs higher than your
ways, ami my thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the rain cometh down, ami the snow
from heaven, and retumeth not thither, but
watereth the earth, and inakcth it bring
forth ami bud, that it may give seed to the
sower, and bread to the eater : so shall my
word be that goeth forth or.t of my mouth:
it shall not return unto nw \ id, but it M dl
accomplish that which I pleas", and it shall
prosper (a the thing xx hereunto I sent it. -
For ye shall go out with joy. and be led
forth with peace : the mountains a,; 1 th
hills shall break forth before you into sing
ing. ami all th? trees of the fi Id shall clap
their hands. Instead of the tliorn shall
come up the fir tree, ami instead of the
brier shall cmno up the myrtle-tree: and
it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an
.everlasting sign that shall not be cat oil’.
ISAIAH.
fOOUII’ITKHS.
For the Banner A Bapti-t.
BOARD QUESTION.
No. I.
2. This w ant of interest is "c.d. I’l.
churches bx employing a foreign a id—-
not as a fmuneitil agent—to «■,/'<■/> ,rcr their
missionaries in every respect that the pres
cut sin’ >.f opinion will allow. Lot only
lose their identity of iulcrest with the Io;
rigu l.ilwircr, but these laborers thvmsch.es
Mi prop..rtion to the -»rnp.it hv. faithfulness
nnd cordial finding of the B.ird, lose ttieir
bold upon the churches, and recognise in
that Board not only all th ir obligations
«lue, Lut an organization, which, fix \i;t;
«'f Its peculiar relations'.ip i> t . them
faithful, if you please, and more en.le:t:x.!.
Thus by the eXi rvi-< ~f e. Gain .pt..| ■ . f
our nature, fidelity and confidence,
And diocese become diiwlly lorrelative.
The Mi'-sionary is soon inclined to look :
the B >ard and no one else, while, imper
ceptibly, without h\ knowledge, hi> vci'.
act and coinniuntialien go to prove the
latent <xunieu.>u in I.is own mind that he
is s .1, bound hand and ! a. " th se.'.n e
the invlniati 'n or t'.c •' wer t«> ix a.;- him-
Sk If.
If he o t .• s . l sc vV : , y.
tri''': by that - nie iumn.."h iux'.itutioa.
•Against kas G.. p cl ; ;v > .
must pl ad to set hl asdf right in the x. >
of its v*st constitue: cv, a I if’.u ’. ■.
«-■<> /. he has but a single c ~
than * eooseienco—!:;> g.d’... w < b e .
cunes Lke 11 xm xv'«. and his t.anio like that
of x*iß *r. s.’ 1 hear it x. •
cat:, t Ik* utberw .so; obligations ; . ~w
U-mtits conform'd, I atn *w*re of tt.e so.-t
fcOe t'w forxs- » principle—hax < 7 ..
and deplored the evil, affecting both church
es and missionaries in the independency 7 oi
; their characters—one to be removed only
: by a radical change in our operations.
j ' This evil affects even the free, indepen
r dent course of the foreign laborer. Under
t no obligations to his Church as such, his
. only fears are that he may do something
.' wounding to his supporters, the Board, and
r is therefore more straitened in his actions,
, : lest a collision be the result of a free, man
, lg bearing. I iider such circumstances, con
’ tinually watched and circumspected —a
~' proof itself of want of confidence— he must
: be rather more than ;:ji ordinary man. xvho.
' , putting the trammels under, his feet, nn<4
looking l>. ymd hi> s:.perx'.s. .C, dir-<-ls his
' attention,'’m Ins independent career, only
to the mandates of the one Lawgiver of
j the Church.
U “Like priest, like people;” the cast ot
> the Missionaiw will make its impress upon
) ; heathen generations yet unborn. Let him
’ imbibe that spirit of crouching servility, to
• ; ‘-venerate the venerable,’ and acknow ledge
more masters than one; it is a game pkiy-
■ ed most surely into the hands of Episcopal
government. Tell me such is not an evil in
1 the foreign field? Reduce your Mission-
1 aries, by virtue of their unavoidable com
. \ pact, to the subserviency of a chartered in-
\ stilulion here whose power is centralized—
’' during the davs of its torniditv—in the
I;O • • 1
I hands of a Board, supervisory, and the im-
■ press of that monopoly will be stampo I on
I every Church in Yoruba. Let the doctrine
< of Bishop and Diocese be riveted on the
I mind there, where Afonarchy sits a gneen,
■' and you will rue the day th ■ current wa<
over put in motion.
1 am perfectly aware, it may be answer
ed, the whole of my argument ('.ills to the
J ground, because, the Board cjrercises no
1 power. Good friend, are you in tarnest; or
I arc you blind to facts tor the sake of vic
tory ; or do you take the position of a host
; of authorized Baptists, that the exercise of
I a little wholesome restraint over the Mis
sionaries is necessary ! No— hold. I have
i pinneil you livre, and here you must abide
the settlement ot’ this point. In tin- first
: place you are al variance among yourselves.
One says the Board has no power, show
' ing how greatly his vision has been dimmed
;by smoke of some kind; another contends
ma:.fully such power is right and necessary,
I wh.Orf -O-.. ;,(••■>. v:.._o, O. heady .
; or sometliing else-—the last always after'
I they have been tried.
In answer, it. may be replied, the very
existence ofa Board i . yrinia fa< if c\ idence
of poxver. It was created to supply asnp
: posed desideratum— a superiutendciicy i<>r
evangelizing the world—which, we opine.
never will be supplied but by the agencies
directly appointed from hc'ren. But to
create or appoint superintendents xxithout
: power xv.,u! I an act of imli.x'.lity of
I which our dcnomimitiou, especially in its
assembled wisdom, is mA usually guilty.
But to the second objector I would say
I there is a difference of opinion between us
well worth considering. To admit the ne
cessity for a B >a’d. otL r than a mere
financial agency, is to give up, a- Baptists,
<>ne of ear most cherished principles, with
■out which we are sure sooner or later to
drift into the whirlpool of FpiscojKi.-x : for
it xvotild be to admit the inellieiencx of the
' Ministry vs ( In Ist for the propagation <i('
a pure Christianity. 1 ullirm it without the
(ear of sueecsstul contradiction that this ne-
1 ce sity, in the minds of its advocate-, is
based, in a great degree, on a want ofc 'n
fidetlie in our M;s-i.mary propagau-.’i-ts. —
‘ 11 .\v oft ndo xve h ar it sai 1, our wai.t
arii.< ar ■ m«<.f in.’ i ior talent, inexper
ience, ] artially educated —to say no mor.—
.>■ .1 on such statements li-.aT appeals t<.
vitx pastors and •■tlier-. to vacate their
ch.uges and g.> t • th. In .it’.i. 11. \Yhx wa
it, if this conjecture be 11 t true, that th ■
ret .; t came from Burin ih, during the re
cent struggle- in that. Mi—ion, lii ue were
r none as hoary, as c.\p. rieii ed and a- -kil
led in B.'.dical learning, even amid the
and in the jungles of tli.it heat!.en
land, a- ?!■> rtf*-•’•!*»...... _ 1
This wa it of <x>i:fi loiice gix .s r’ -r '
s siieh thought- follow-: It xvil! never d
to -end forth tlle-e •/ .1 ig . . k. . •
! rd . 'id idiierute, with no vicar noli. 3-
< d trine, to the heathen, on their own r. •
. -p..;:-T.i;.iy. k i- ti :,. Tri .rur. mi ler
tin- in-tru. t >1 < f-::ch a nun as l’ v:. wa
-■ ' . th .: an ear!;, ag >. 1 r tin I 1 i
p. e. < «(• i I.f Fir s', xiithout '•.</ ..<• fo’.:-
> ii.-e <-c." but Timothy was.m , x.traordi;iary
. x out'-, a. .1 Fail an uncommon teacher:
■ ■ c.iniwt w/'i pm sc.. t’;.i: <■•■::-• 1
. S..me of ..ur t lder b-etkren must cx.im’u:?
these -. . ■ . - |ft i ■ •
, die O-'.v ; ,■ , ■ .
- r
■ charge 'oefore leaving their oxv;: lu; ’. .ml
Th.-y imt-: be bouod up by ccr
' tain regmatior.s and rules; take every little
. advice givcu a- from xvi-e fathers, . r stait
with the mitiivorablo prestige of h a !;■.
f ! t: d ' ass-d. I- ■ goo.’, -will come ..f him. . r
■ be HgatJtai m mto. The lae: WKh pre
v- •••..• tends make a r p p_:>ct 1; .1
- : o> 1 xal’ aB. ari ex <r. in cy-’s.
>•»' E' . -t. . .. -
: ow n es'.i.s .1 ! d.r .
v in the me. i- 01 ;1.. s,' who < ..t:x»l al .1. —
~~ - ’ ' -
< r»N 1v s’ /*. - t? ’ -ir * ?* nre>*
*
ROME, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2(5, 18(50.
1- the feeling of his minority ; equally so for
>f the Board not to feel its superiority and
v controling power, hoxvever their .subjects
may be tantalized with the tame aeknowl
’- edgement, Mou are our peers, when the
r chains clankle in their ears.
s I take the other view of the high and
g noble calling of the Evangelist. If there be
cl those pre-eminently Christ’s freemen, they
h are the Missionary heralds of the Cross, to
- xvhom greater freedom and wider scope, be
-- cause of peculiar circumstances, are given
:l than to any others of this class. They are
t to impress nations and kingdoms, let them
>• do it with th" I'.ubb '.. ring jul’ the King’s
1 bgmJivj’t—of an auil-UAulor lixmi the cOtirt
8 *of Heaven—with the Spirit of the great
f ■ Apostle: know ing no master but Gon, and
i | owing allegiance to 110 King but Christ.—
1 Supply them xvith the necessaries of life,
f [ without subjecting them to you by so doing,
1 ! deal xvith them as men—not children—give
1 I them the fullest measure of your confidence,
> 1 as really your peers, and you may, with
? the blessing of Gon, expect results such as
- in the literary, scientific and political
1 spheres attract the admiration of the great
1 an<l good, and like those of Caret and Jud
. son, bless untold generations.
AV. Il CLARKE.
(to be continued.)
R. P. EV ATT.
Our dear brother, Evatt, died at 31 ur
) I freesboro, Tenn., on AVeduesday. the 21st
. <>f Marell. IL' had furnished several arti-
> cles for the. Banner, among which was the
series headed “Things Concerning Jesus of
Nazareth.’’ T hree of these ha 1 reached u
and have been published. They were xvell
written, and clearly indicate that he xvas
ripening for heaven. The last of his arti-
( cles sent us is upon the subject of death and •
the Christian's triumph over death; and xve, •
with most solemn feelings, give it a place;
! in our columns.
,• Brother E. went from AA’alker county to i
Murfreesboro, to prepare for future xvork ;
but the Lord has seen lit. to call him home.
It xvas never our plca-iirv t > see him, al
though we ’nave received many letters from
him.
The brethren at Cedar Town, and in oth
, er parts of Coosa, have done something to
xvards sustaining him at schooland, we:
believe, they, like himself, have felt amply
r -xuwmJkJ. lu ax.i.iuvaj.4.l ;_>£
trvTTi" to ’pjoou. r r
t;.J<en at an imexpcctcd hour; and so, many •
-snore, <>ve.n.tliis year, will be called away I
to the land of spirits. Let us all try tol>e !
prepared. Farcxvell, brother. Peace, to
thv memory! By the grace of God we
will try Io meet you in heaven. Ed.
For the Banner & Baptist.
. “HE WILL SAVALLOAV UP DEATH IN
VICTORY.”—Isaiah, xxv.: 8.
Precious promise! Death! How solemn!
I' Death! ma(fs great enemy ! the universal
; tvrant; the ftnivcr-.ilcuiiqm rer. th.' kin;; el
terrors. It will be swallowed uj.» in x; lory.
Xotxvith-tanding ho ha-reigne l wi>a imdis
; putedsway, his days are numbered. A\ ho
does not lox e to think that the monster w ill
. vet be conquered .’ It i-a glorious thought
to the chri-tian, to th: ik he will \ <■!. conquer
' the la-t e:i my. But, in order to g. : a more
,! correct view of thi - siil/eeg let us read a
r tew verses ia this connection.
Anil in th'- i.ioiii;' li'.i -I’.all tie- i. >rd ot'
1 I hosts make unto all people a fe.i-t of fat
things, a feast ot’ wine- on the 1 . -. <>t tat
, things full of marrow , of xxines on the lees
’ | well refine I. \:..l he will dc-tt >y in thi
s I mountain th • face ot’ the 1 -ox ering east over
• i all .p-. epic, and th- \ eil that is rad o»er
. I all nations. He will -w ailow up death in
victor; ; and the Lord Go.l will w ipeawav
’ ! tears from offull fai - ; and the rebuke of
’! his people -I:.. 1 ! !:.• take aw;>\ fr 111 all the
- earth: t r th? Lori hath -ho\ ti it."—
• 1..... h 25.
Thu’ t'a :e i- a tim •<o ..: : whe:i pea •
■" ami rigli’i-ou-ic—sb.ill reign, without op
position. i- a fact - > clearly taught it: (ion -
■ word, that none, it seem- t<> m•. eandonbt
f.rai . -: AVh.itc'.- can the proph- t
m-. an in the pa- ag - ju-t q iote-1? \\ hat
■■ el- - can lie mean by the fva-t of fat thine-.
1 full of marrow AA 1; it else can !:■■ me;: .
a’l people ! AA hat else lo ■- he incur
• l>v rvmox i. g the veil spread over <4.7 na
•- tious.’ AVI: it else ea:. lie mean by wiping
'f tears from ail face-, and taking tile ix 'o'.ike
of hi- people from off th-face of tin'earth?
r Ah! he to the tin h-ci a,d ; ra.x -
- ed for l.y th ». a . xxh: n t;-.,th -lull tri
-7 umph, when -in and xvicke.'i:e<s -hall l>e
■ ’.ik a fi-.:.: tii.? f'.i. ■ f whole eartii ;
v xx hen the heathen -hall be given to Christ
: f r his i;.h -ritar.ee. a:; i the uttermost parts
! of the t' r hb ; se "i x-.hen the
• glorv of the Lord .-hall cover the earth as
, the waters cover the deep. As God's word
I', i-tith - thing-a; ■ .« • •■r. ; i«l : ..-hvL
1 • \ •■ . . 1.- ’ ysf
.1- lith G-m.-thar th.- .tai:: t the L r !'s
e . house s'.iail be < stablislivd in the top of the
mount..’nt-, and shall be exalted shove the
e hill-; as; I al:, xag :t: -w rn.to it;
t ar.-.l rnaiiv p - .... _ in 1 -ix, • C ie
. xe. . ...;.l let go up t tn • m immin of the
r 1. -rd. t« the 1: ;>e of the God of Jacob ;
>- ;;;. I he xxf.i f his xv.ix s. and w <
a will walk in ).;s path-: forotitGf Zion shall
.. g • -orth the iaw.n-.J ti;j word ■ f the Lord
- <e'a <\rr-.c:ti ; a:. .i: ? ..dg .me-ng
“IIIH BAN NKR IS “LOVK
• neither shall they learn any more.’”
I Isaiah ii: 2—l. M
; This is spoken of all na)y»s. It contains
- promises precious to all truth and
■ righteousness. “Nation not lift up
' sword against nation, shall they
I learn war any more.” TX. -l yet to take
■ place. God will accompli- b these things
• at his appointed time ; buT «v will not be
> fulfilled till death is sxvallup in vieto-
- ry. They xvill all be fuliit pi i connection.
1 .So Isaiah and Hosea unc » God it, for iii
■ speaking of this time ofHS-'ersal peace,
1 they say death shall Legup in
; victonv -B I. i. Cf.g. „t “uT: • TiTljtr
: brought’ahbut Lv missionarx' i terations is
I . 0 , ', ‘ r
: simply absurd. Christ has nexpr promised
I that it should, lie has said tint the glory
-of the Lord should fill the while earth.—
. He has promised a time of uniicrsal peace.
. and happiness, when all should Itnoxv him,
■[from the least to the greatest. He has
promised that the rebuke of his people
'should be taken from the earth. He has
■ ; said they should beat their swords into
ploughshare-, and their -pears into pruning
hooks, and that the nations sho'Jd learn war
no more. IL- 7i«s- promise ! to make a feast
■ of fat tilings, full of marrow, in the top of
; his holy mountain. Ile7iak profnised to re
move the covering cast over all people, and
the veil spread overall nations.. All these
things lias he promised, and all of them
will he iuli’ill. But how will hedo it! Bx
organizing conventions and boat ds. and
-eiiiling out a lew missionaries ocdiisionallv?
He has no where said so; but he will ac
complish xvhat he ha- said. Ido nqt wish
to be understood' as opposing missions—
when (•■inducted according to the New Tes
tament —but I do xvi.-h to be undepsf /id as
opposing the arguments used bv mniix - to
get money.- Christ lias commanded i.s to
go. T Ins ought to be argument nougti for
: those xvho love him, w ithout having to be
[ told that Christ is going to convert the
world without delay through, their niotiov.
or labor, or sonic oljier human instrumen
tality. ( iihi-t s cainit' can he promoted
without money procured in this wav. A\ e
should labor, and labor earnestly, for the
promotion of his cause, but for his name
sake, let us not use deceptive arguments to
get the aid ol others. 11 the truth will ii.>f
gain their co-operation, let them alone; thev
are joined to their idols. Christ has never
: up. Neither has he authwizecFany one to
use arguments not sound in themselves.
I xvill now proceed to inquire when this
promise will be fulfilled. L t Pai l an
swer : “ For this corruptible ; ’mH put on
incorruption, and thi- mortal muitjput on
immortality. So when this corruptible
-hall have put on ineorruption, ml this
mortal shall have put on imm >rtality. then
shall be brought to pass the saving that is
written, .1 tenth is swallowed up in victory. ’’ ;
• (I ( >r. \v; 53.5!.) Her •. then, We liave 1
the answers. It will be when CniiLSTComos I
it.rsonally—fi>r he is here spiritually now i
—1 ■ raise his dead saints, and reign xvith
them a thousand years. Then, w hen death
is swallowed tq> in victory, will his knowl
edge cover the eartlias the xvaters e Wer the
deep; tin n will t hey nil kin >w him frflni the
lea-tto the g;eate-l ; then xvill he g‘|e th"
promised fast of fat things; it will then
. when righteousness an I peace shall f|'.v as (
a river; in that day, the rebuke of h» pco-;
pie -hall b taken away: then xvill 118 pe"- 1
pie r '/n w ith him in person upon thcfttrlh.
■ and all nations will Imw to his s. iq trt, and
-;u :.,[: hi- will. He will then belli in
1 all. i iii : e will be no tears then: xvjping
■ ■ id mourning w ill not b? xvith hi- pC'plc.
: for tears- hall be xviped from off al! b-.-s. '
l h ■ ransomed of the Lord will returand 1
ciiiiie t ■ Zein, xvith si.mgs i.f everla-tig >y
upon th-. ir hea Is, and sorrow and -iftmg
will i’i i away. Gl..rious tinn. that wl !> ■
to th • people of Gon! X'> death, thet for
it xvill tie sxvallowed up in victory. No
p. in nor -Trow, no s’u-knor alliicts is.
Many <>f us ar? c1 li. ;- • to endure i k
nes-..::d alii -tions. X- •- > then. 0 m>.
' no, 1: •! lee great physician will bt w>'fo
—— .
munv will reign. We will si ■ ('■ -Wfi'-he :
1 ' is. ni t as he was.
lev. ry < hristi.m should pray for h;s - in-!
: ing. Ex 11 > •. Lord Jesus,
Am n. C- me. O. Savior! come quikly.
d- ... an,l freedoin tothy j
“'■ vn 1 f ■:: ■! -ax not. hut hasten th'
' ing. OL-r.l! ’ ' t
‘ II . I. .rd. tliy prxmis. J hour;
Corue in gl >;-y and in power;
>-.■ll thy are unsub Lied,
" Ihas nearly reached it- sura;
All thing-, xvi’h thy bride, sqy ‘ Com? "
J- xvi.om all xvorlcls adore,
B: • AV. -D. ;•! p ;i :-. : ,. :it!l eTen2ti l ofo
' ' ' ' •!
R. P. EV ATI.
Mvrfrdks: r- (Tet.ii.), Feb. GO.
\ ■* H ■ xx.. ■ ; r- . ■ . ; ; • :
[ h? xv ti > catn-.t i- as. 1: he xvb , dares :. t
is a slave.
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• Christ crucified.’
'-rT'-H-n- V I A--. . 4 *
For the Banner & Baptist.
In looking over the Banner & Baptist, of
March 22,1860,1 see a communication from
the pen of Bro. P. 11. Mell, on Corrective
Church Discipline. 1 have ever read with
pleasure, articles signed P. 11. Mell. 1 am
personally acquainted with said brother;
and 1 believe him to be a gospel minister.
S >mc years ago 1 kept up a correspondence
with him, for some time, in reference to de
nominational differences, which letters I now
have on tile; but with all clirg‘'.an courtesy
to him. and all concerned, I am constrained
to say. that 1 differ xvith him in soiwe tliijjgs,.
| TfefieVing? as 1 do, that’Cnristiaffs onght to
do all the good they can. and as little harm.
1 have also read with the same degree of
pleasure, a review of Eld. P. 11. Mell’s
letters on Corrective Church Discipline, by
Eld. A. S. AVorrell, and I am constrained
to say, that Eld. AVorrell has trailed Eld.
P. 11. Mell with great Christian courtesy.
1 have ever denied myself the right of pre
judging my brethren; hence, I will not do
it. Aly motto has ever been, “to prove all
things, and hold fast that which is good.’’
I have but a few more days to spend on
earth,and I xvotild truly be glad, that I could
spend them in love to God and man; and
in the last of earth, for my poor, xvearied
spirit to find a home in heaven, with the
brethren that came through great tribula
tion, and washed their robes,and made them
xvhite in the blood of the Lamb.
1 noxx' turn to Bro. Mell’s communica
tion, as mentioned, in order to say a few
things for his consideration. Bro. Meli.
holds in .-aid communication, that the
church's decision is final, and from which
there is no appeal. It is true, that 1 believe
in church sovereignty, yet the church is
bound to be governed by the laxvs of her
King, and teach all things whatsoever he
has commanded her; nothing more nor less.
Eld. Mell holds, if I understand him, that
whatever a church does, must lie respected
by all Baptists, until the church becomes
Campbellite, Methodist or Universalist;
and that it matters not hoxx - much she may
have deviated from the laws of her King,
in her practice. In this 1 differ with Eld.
Mell. Suppose the Baird’s church, in Geor
gia— Bnpti-tie in its constitution and gox
ermnent —having solemnly agreed to be
governed by the laxvs of Christ,departs so
laid down by him in the government of its
members. Siqxpose that Eld. Me- l, in
Baird’s church, preaches the doctrine of ne
cessity, as taught by Eld. Dago, in his
Manual of Theology, which I believe with
all my heart, and which doctrine has ever
characterized the great Baptist family from
th- days of the Ajmstles to the present
time.
Now, if there is found in the church a
■ -mall majority, xvlii<-h secretly whisper.-; in
j each other's cars that Ehl. Mell is a pest
■ to the clmreh, for preaching -aid doctrine ;
; and that they believe thi' doctrine of neces
sity, but net a- Eld. Mell preached it. and
arraigned him before the church, for trial,
contrary to the l>th of Matthew, and in
the face ol' remonstrance, expel him from
the church, and a strong minority with him
for contending that the majority had not
I proceeded according to the laws of Zion.—
EM. M<ll .-ay-, in this ea-e, that he must
1 bi' content, an 1 so must sister churches, [
: from the fact that her decision from which !
■ there is no appeal; and that Eld. Mell and ;
th" intelligent -minority must be shut out
: from th? immunities of Christ's church for- !
I ev ■•!•, t’»r no other cause than for preaahing I
the gospel <>f Christ. Great God! what a
i dogma!! Eld. Mell also says that he who
1 is thus treated must l>c content, and wait :
!;T the provid "Hr ■ - ol' God overrules the '
action f>r good. Thi- is preaching with a
vengeance, t > do evil that good may come.—
(’ii.'iist ha- taught th" clmreh, through hi
apo-tl- -. "\\ hen they porseeiite you in
: one city, 11-" you into imothcr, and ten'-b all ;
things whatsoever 1 ha.-'' commanded. you.—
1 ho! 1 tint Baird -■ < hui*ch is a sovereign
<-!;urc?. and i -as independent as if no other
. . b.ureh cxi-ted. Act she is bound by the
z U) n o, teach all thuigs xvhafooevcr '
('ii.RirT ha- commanded ; and that a church
' i an ase i-il\' unchurch herself in a departure
. from gospel discipline, as in doctrine: and
j El-l. Mell admits that they can in doctrine. \
Tin Xew Testament -peaks oi churches
in :ii? :■ nai: al-• oi'in a unit. Ihence
I hold tliat Baptist churches, in localities,
are - i.ftiie w!i. or u.-;:t. Tin.- Xew
Testament speaks of then-ic birth— a fore
taste of heaven—as an earnest ot the Chris
tian'- inh riti-.n. e, 1 ing a part of the whole
legacy, or of that xvhich they xvill receive
in the end: and I am -are that Eid. Mell
bc'ii vis t:;', ft..< as strong as th? hum-
j Me xx ritcr.
There is ■ ■ "-■ more ea-e, xvhich I xvill nar- '
re■ xx a > ' . a:.4 xv ?. h wna h
lam x-.i 11 a- _ md, which I present in
point, viz.: A Baptist of ac -i tain church,
i■' a r.i' i- member, join d the 1 ree and
Accepted M.x-=:;s. Th-'- said Lr-th. r son >
tii it si-m-.- ‘>l tfee bn-thre-n to?k an--
. the same, and in conference the said
br-. ther be .aii.e his own accuser, and stated
t! .’ !.■ ■•" i'< t .he ...-fo,-. •> from the lodge,
and t! «- -o) ’-.a- tnat his conduct had
v. : f f-.vi. Ti.e clinr-.h
voted his i-.i'gix'G.---. xvith the exception of
iG-.r :. w.. . kept their -eats, but ac-
-■Kdgi-i their riilingness to go with the
wards, after electioneering and counting
■ noses, they brought up the same case, and
filed a charge against him for that which
they had acquitted him, and expelled him
: and a large minority, xvhich protested against
the premature actions of the church. The
minority (plead with the church in Christian
courtesy, for the help of sister churches;
but the minority’s request xvas rejected.—
Sister churches took the matter in hand,
but they were refused an investigation.—
The ease xveut up to the .Association, for an
investigation, from the fact that a sister
e!iui'ciniad.j.akcii under
unpreci'iiented expulsion or the minority
church. The Association was refused a
■ hearing by the church. The church xvas
dropped by the for standing in
open rebellion to the laxvs of Christ. Yet
Eld. Mell says, if I understand him, that
it xvas wrong for those brethren to have been
received as the true church by sister church
es, etc.
I have written the above in love, and do
not believe that any exceptions will be taken
by any person. Truth is my motto.
A’ours, in love,
EDMUND DI MAS.
Monroe Co.. Ga., March 30. 1860.
A PRAYER.
Give ear, 0 shepherd of Israel, help us,
0 God of our Salvation, for the glory of
thy name: and deliver us, and purge away
our sins, for thy name sake.. AA c thank
thee. O our Father, Lord ofheaven and
earth because thou hast given a banner to
them that fear thy name, that it may be
displayed because of the truth. O Lord,
how long xvill thou be angry against the
prayer of thy people ? Thou feedest them
with the bread of tears: and givest them
tears to drink in great measure. Thou
makest us a strife unto our neighbors; and
our enemies laugh among themselves. Turn
us again, 0 Lord, and cause thy face to
shine, and xve shall be saved. Purge us,
ami xve shall be clean ; wash us, ami xve
shall be whiter than snow. Create in us
clean hearts, O Lord ; and renew right spir
its within us. Cast us not away from thy
presence; ami take not thy Holy Spirit
from us. Restore unto us the joy of thy
Salvation, and uphold us xvith thy free spir
it ; Then xvill we (each transgressors thy
God, thou God of our Salvation ; jafflr''6ur
tongues shall sing aloud of thy righteous
ness. Open thou our lips; and we will
show forth thy praise . Do good in thy
good pleasure unto Zion. Hear us. O Lord,
ami answer us for thy Sons sake. Amen.
From the Chri-tian Index.
ORDINATION.
SOMETHING AFFECTING AND WORTHY OF
IMITATION.
Bro. Boykin:
?A meeting of much interest, unusually
so iii some respects, came off at the, Baptist
Clmreh in Thomasville, Ga., yesterday af
ternoon, (Sunday, March 18th, I 860,) some
items of which would interest all true South
ern readers, besides being calculated to cor
rect some false impressions.
The day had been fixed upon for the or
daining ot some members, in the usual way,
to the office of Deacon. The church previ
ously •had made choice of two white, mem
bers, and three colored, in addition to two
already in that office. The presbytery
euiixeiied for the pur]>ose of ordination,
was composed of the pastor, W. X . Chau
doin, Eld. J. M. Gray, and Eld. Janies
Page, a colored minister, in charge of a
, large congregation of blacks, at Tallahassee,
Fla. In the presence ofa large audience,
(densely packed house) composed of white
and colored, the services were conducted
in the following order.
1. Preaching by the Rev. James Page,
2. Scripture qualifications of Deacons
read by the Pastor, and upon inquiring of
the church if she had those considered by
her qualified, four candidates were pre
sented, (one being absent,) one xvhite,
three colored, namely : Judge S. Alexan-I
iler Smith, and Spencer, Jim and Georg".
They xvere examined by the pastor in be
half of the Presbytery, in their Christian
doctrines.
3. Ordination Prayer, by Rex. J. M.
by imprssliion or Bands”
id’ Presbytery.
4. Charge to the Deacons, by Rex-. J. 1
Page.
5. Hand of fellowship bx the Prcsbyte-'
rv, folloxved by the church, white and col- I
ored, to tl*c newly ordained officers.
1 have b en thus particular in things, be- ;
cause to the xvriter, there were some fea
tures, nexv, intcre-i ing. and truly impres
sive, and which, at the risk of being leugth
v. 1 will call spcci 4 attention to
1. It xvas new- and impressive to see mas
ter and slave, under the hands of the same
Presbytery, at the same time.
2. It was sublime, impressive, and sug. :
gestive too, to see that Master, that large \
s'nv‘holder, Bro. Smith, than whom, a gen- ;
th man more magnanimous or high-toned, I
live- not, rising simultaneously xvith his
black brethren at his -ide, though slaves,
lo receive xvith them xvords of advice.
3. Then it was impressive beyond the
power of those who saw it to express, or
fit’the riader to conceive, to see that ven
er.i'.J.e inmi, Pag", Lis head white with age,
and fore expressive of manly dignity, and \
••hristian humility, and in tears, giving ad-
x ;ee to his brethrt n. Y: s brethren, and that
nut in name, but in reality and feeling,
though one of them the oxvner, perhaps, of
a hundred slaves.
AA'. N. C.
xvill hazard the assertion that no
man ever did or ever will become truly el
c jur-nt without being a constant reader of
the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and
i TERMS 82.
j ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
(IIILDREN’S & S. S. LOHMA.
For the Banner & Baptist.
Tired of Going to Church.
—o—
“ How far this little candle throws his beams,
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.”
“Father, 1 am so tired of going to
Church ! Please let me stay at home to
day ; I will stay in the house and read my
Bible, and that will Jo me just as much
good.”
“Tired of going to Church, Jamfs? A r
do you not wish_to go?”
Oh; rather, 1 have been every Sunday
since I could remember, when it xvas pleas
ant enough to go out at all, and I thought
if I staid away one Sunday, it could not
hurt me, and nobody would miss me.”
“Suppose. I, and your mother, and sis
ters xvere to come to the same conclusion,
and all of us were to stay at home; and,
suppose every other person, who usually
attends our Church, xvere to stay at home
to-day, just because they don’t feel like
going to Church. AA'ho xvould the preacher
have to preach to ?”
“But, father, I am such a little boy; the
preacher don’t preach to me, and nobody
but you and mother cares w hether I go to
Church or not.”
“My son, do you remember seeing poor
AA’atkins lying in the street, cursing and
swearing, last Sabbath as xve passed along
to Church? He was not there as xve came
back; the xvatchmcn had taken him to the
guard-house. He remained locked up all
day Sunday, and Monday morning, when
they turned him out, instead of going home
to his family, he xvent straight to the gro
cery and got drunk again. One of his neigh
bors prevailed upon him to go home Mon
day night, but he xvas very ill and had a
high fever. Ho raved continually about
dying, and his family sent for me Tuesday,
as he expressed a wish to see mo. AA r hen
I went in lie said: ‘I am glad you have
conic, liObert. 1 want to talk to you about
Henry. You sec, 1 am dying, and I don’t
want my boy to feel as I do. I saxv you
la-t Sunday, as you passed along to Church
with yourxvife and children. I noticed your
little boy, and thought of the time xvhen
my poor moth.r took me by the hand
every Sabbath morning and led me to
Clmxuh,~l>ut- -*lwv died and. I got tired of
Jff'KMftiiifrT 1 -' ■< ■ >■ l
I'll srnv 1 At Homo and md my Bible or
some other good book-. I took nix scat
near, the window with my Bible in my
hand, but had not read far before Giles
Smith come along and asked me to take a
w alk xvith him. 1 could not refuse and from
that day 1 have xvalked'iu the broad road.
I xvant you to promise to get my boy- a
good j dace, where they will teach him to
go to Church and Sunday School. Oh!
what would I give to have my time over
again.’ I tried to tell him of a merciful
Savior, but he. kept saying, 1 learned it all
long ago, when we were Sunday Schoo!
scholars together, but it is too late now to
do me any good.
“1 promised to take Henry in my store,
and hope you will set him a good example.
Poor AA’atkins died Friday, and xvill lie
buried to-day ; and J have no doubt if he
had gone, regularly to Church when he was
a boy, he xvould now be a living, happy,
useful man.”
“Oh ! Father, I will never say I don’t
w ant to go to Church, again.”
“J hope not, my son. I have heard grown
people reason about it just as you did.
They say they have no influence and there
fore it can hurt no one for them to stay at
home, but God has commanded us all to
go to Church, and it is our Buty to gc,
whether we foel like it or not. He tells us
to let our light shine, and no matter if it is
nothing but a feeble taper, xve should do
all the good xve can with it. You know
Imw wc xvould prize even a small talloxv
candle on a dark, stormy night, if we had
no other light and though wc may not be
radiant suns, or brilliant lamps, we must
let our lights shine.
“When your .sister Al.xuv was u little
gMj'sfic'very often asked your mother to
read her a pretty lesson from the Bible.—
* *nc day she read her this passage about
: letting our lights shine. Little Mary sat
i awhile in silence and then asked Mother—
: ‘How can xve let our lights shine ? AA’here
must we get a light from?’ Mother told
j her this meant we must do all the good we
could, and let others see that we tried to
do i. ir duty. Then she wished to know
liow a little girl like her could do good ?
:-nd mother replied, by loving the kind
: Savior who died for us, and trying to get
' others to love him. Then she asked mother,
■ ’Must I try to get Sarah Jones to love
him ? She pushed me yesterday at School,
and called me ugly names, and said if I
told Miss AVilliams she would beat me.
Do you think I ought-to try to get her to
love him?’ ‘Yes, my dear! You must not
get angry xvith Sarah, but try to treat her
kindly just as you think the great Savior
would treat her.’—‘Mother, may I give her
my large red apple?’ ‘Yes, my dear, if you
wish.’ The next morning little ‘Mary went
to school with her sachet and lunch-basket,
xvhich contained a biscuit and a nice red
■ apple, xvhich uncle AVilliam had brought
her from his farm. She gave the apple to
. Sarah at recess and told her she brought
it to show her that she was not x-exed xvith
'■ her for treating her so badly the day be
fore. Ever after that Sarah "'as careful to
treat little Mary kindly, and from being a
rude, noisy, careless girl, she became
thoughtful and quiet. She is grown up now,
but says that Mary’s red apple made her
the industrious, sober, careful woman she
- weo fo-beinff. L. O. G,
( VOL. 1.
I NO. 29.