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SHORT SERMON—No. 30.
For ye are yet carnal : for whereas there
is among you envying, and strife, ami di
visions, are ye not carnal, ami walk as men?
For while one. sailh, I am of Paul, and an- j
other, 1 am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
W ho, then, is Paul, ami who is Apollos,
but ministers by whom ye believed, even
as the Lord gave to every man? I hate
planted, Apollos watered : but God gave the
increase. So then, neither is he that plimt
eth anything, neither he that wat.erc.th: but
God that giveththe increase. Now, he that
planted), and he that wntereth are one: ami
every man shall receive his own reward,
according to Ids own labor. For we are ,
laborers together with God: yc arc God’- ;
husbandry, yr are God’s building. Accor
ding to thi‘gl ace of God which is given un
to me, as a wise, master-builder,! have laid
the foundation, and another build th there
on. But let every man take heed how he
huildeth thereupon, foi other foundation <-:.n
no man lav than that which is laid, which is
Jesus Christ. Now, if ant man build up
on this foundation, gold, silver, precious
stones, worn). Lay, stubbie; every man’s
work shall be made manliest; for the day
shall declare it. because it shall be revealed |
l>y iiie; and the tire shall try every man’s,
work, of what sort it is. If any man's
work abide, which lie hath built thereupon,
lie shall receive a reward, if anv man’s
work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss;
but he himselfshall be saved; yet so i < by
lire. Know ye not that ye are the temple ,
of God, and that the Spirit of God dwclleth
in you ? Il' any man defile th.- temple of
God, him hali <*■ >d ilcstrot ; for the t m
ide of G<>d is holy, which t nplr ve ..
Let no man deceive himself. It any man
among youseemeth to Im m me in this - world,
let him become a fool, that he may Im wise.
For the wisdom of this world is t'mdi .lme -.
with God. For it is written. He taketh
the wise in their own craftiness.
PAI L.
IIIIIIIIA 11 ITIO \S.
For (tie Banner Bap': 4.
BOARD QUESTION.
No. 5.
I have already noticed some of tl. ■ evils
of vur system in its immediate !>•■ ur'mg on
the Missionary propagandists. \Ae have
seen in its natural working that iinpe reop- ■
tibly, without the knowledge of l> ar.m or
Missionaries, perhaps, the Epi'*.•>..' Ce
ment Imeomes the foreign plant, transplant
ed into oitr religious st -.-tern, sooner or hit r.
to affect the polity of nil ti-:-. • .iiCliu.ili
organization. Tho missionaries and the t >r
(,-ign field being :• .>.<.* dg involved in ,
it.:* practical vpem.iun are th.’ fi: t t >
/'eel the <v..i>e t-f je.: I-.: a. But we
Imagine, it requires r.o far-seeing saga. ;ty.
to sei. very readily that this >v stem -v rious
iy affects the well being of ear <'!. r, hes
home, and then u.n. m all those over
whom, in its combined povv er and i:.tl;;. :-.. e,
it may perchance exercise .retrel.
\ recent writer in the columns . f the
R.i-. -n r, well known for his able defence of
the sovereignty and independence of th.
t'hur.-hes, has v cry faithfully given us s> :s-.o
hi'! rie li.it.t of the early t'hurv'h. just her.
in point, and which I had f : > <| to intro
duce, in its appropriate pla. -n this
dmc'.i'sjen. It the historic , ■; ted
vv ;.b the ai.u pogress ot th. t niuv
f. : ;i,.e fit st three or f - nr centuries, at: 1 th.
sources of the evils at that carlv • 'riod
Mere full) known V. the n.as-.s ofou
v'hurvhes. we believe, .V- rA « .
n.-w/ Mould oceupv the prvrxr
pla.v in the affections of their h arts.
N\ hile Bro. C. h?.s —, R-.g j p
U u. wc would e urge the ~r
parhen of our ministry. ,< f h.inJs
jswat jfisf! tkis .. es FT-.r.A re
t>s£ortwu.ti|»—unjfi'A’jrfracc <:•,( s-.m -. ,: t
i'iww r- i-v a ■* t* '.4
! politan power and influence of the Scarlet
: Lady, to make purchase of the ccclesiastic
j al Historians: Eusebius, Gogomere, So-
I crates, Evagriub, and Theodoret, six vol
(| ume.s, 810 50, together with Arch-bishop
. I Vv aee’s ‘"Epistles of the Fathers", to be
had of John Wiley & Co., Walker-Street,
. New York: Agent of the well known house
of Bagster & Sons, London. With these
. works, the fountain source of our historic,
: ecclesiastical knowledge, may be understood
■ the true issue between us and the advo
i cates of the MAmmoth Institution; but
without them, and by a tame subservience
; to the lead of metropolitans, in lien of an
; independent, investigating spirit, they may
be found following the true ‘will-o-tke-unsp 1 ,
and, sooner or later, reach tae piagniires of
Rome. 1 can scarce resist the conviction
en'A-t/arc very poorl yN
: informed, with regard to early (.'hiirch
history, and the embryonic state of the
mystery of iniquity ; otherwise they would
be compelled to acknowledge the evils of
this system, which, for the sake of simplic
ity, 1 class under three heads:
J. It corrupts the ministry.
2. Destroys the independence and dis-,
tinctive, individual reality of the
churches.
3. Liberty of speech.
1. It corrupts the Ministry. That a
num so young as myself should presume
to make such a charge, as this will no doubt
excite the Hol>j horror of those who attach '
such great importance to the
:of religion. Can it be possible that our j
! tiin.--honored and revered fathers, never '
worn out in tho Master’s service, have be
1 come, polluted by noble efforts for advanc- ■
itig Hi* cause! 1 make, no spccijic charges.
■ all I have to do is to deal with principles in i
their legitimate, natural working. AU ■■
honor to those who have lived and labored
‘ tor the truth. Those now passing from the
stage of action are not the ones to be so j
| greatly affected by the specious and deeply :
hidden evils of this system, but the rising
generation v. ; o may have learned to re
ceive the s.-ntim uts of oth-;-.- without a 1
reason.
This corrupjion first manifests it.-eli’in
taste and sentiment. The situation and re- ;
lation of the Baptist Ministry to the world i
an 1 esnecially to the various religious so- <
< ieties, called (’hur.-hes, are vn rv trying, <
and oftentimes p.-ti-iful. They fim.l them- (
selves surrounded by eeelesiasitival power, t
ramifving through all the relations of life. ;
which is iitteriy at variance with and an- i i
to tin- prime and fundamental <
principles of Church governmi-nt to say <
nothing of doctrine. On this question, out- ' I
right, there can be no eomprogiise, 1 m ' '
what a silent plcasurt - is sonielimes fell .
when there appears to be a platform on j
which we 'can in some sense unite. How
readily the suggestion arises, perhaps tin
■ higher Church notions are too rigid, and
■ after all there ought to be such a ('hristian
fellowship, which, by the i:dcrch:ing>' <>i
religious civilities, will eventually remove. 1
in k'udling th- tlam? of charity, tliu great i
bariicis to Church communion. Now the -,
sentiments prevailing to such a great ex
tent in the world and among Pudo Baptists. |
what a tremendous current sets in against
th ■ pretending and presumptuous opinions
of ;m hiimi |> - Baptist. He stands alone,
ridiculed for his obstinate peculiarities, and
finds it much as he can do, with all that
iqerc nature affords, to withstand the oppo- t
sitiom a’.t'.out the c >unf:-r current, so difl'i
cult to them when pride panders to a uni- ,
ver..al worldly taste. long as vou keep
: the Baptist Ministry distinct, isolated, in
Aiv ideally. if you please, thus representing
the tm. ! ;m--nt.:! prim-i; h s of their Chen h ■
i ‘
goverm:: :-.t —vve remain fate; but if our
' tastes and .t'.oti mi le: - the influence
,:nd pressure of others, widely prevailing,
become tainted, we are the sooner prepare I
fir t t-> admire, then a '. pt their sugg. s
• ttonsr. No ;.,aa dare v. * ’ • .
Zy watchful of his own heart and min-I. Zr J
is not Si’bjeet to tho ii’tl'e nee of bis rivals,
especially when their antagonism, by vir
tue of its aggregate power, is almost irt '
sistiblc. Nay we are Imlifly n: d.u ,? .-.
Except by" sum-li: g ca the im-m. vah! ■
•■Landmark doctrine,'' worldly, and Chris
tian iiitereov.rse s i familiarit'e with the sen
tin. nts and tast. s of every branch of tlu
Romish hicran ay—-I c..’l ti.ings by their
right names—-that the adaption of some of
their plans b ■ ,:.:es the i.tteUnih' r
Union prayer meetings, tn i a revivals,
union eifirts tor every g -al. divided relig
ious sentiment in Lmnacs. and the
promising of truth, become the natural re
sults. The mind you perceive, by tlfs lati
tu .misai in taste ami s ; - mer.t. be
v- :m-s next the j i.lge of: _>g .'.r-.g/, rather
t!;a:: the djßerm'mcd, persistent, martyr
's \>' >wer of the ”tlm> s.u.th the Lord."
The aggrega';o ;l v s power, means and
effort, by virtue of th :)<!.: .: 1-
strength, the spec: .> t..liaev wh*..
there is ur.itv of faith, tlu-re must bev : -
sible, external or_ ..t. . ■ ' tl. ■
a> the result of Ped -Baptist wisdom, but
: - _ ~ .. m sta:.;i I on nature’s
works. Hemv ..rg.r.:.-.ii:‘ -.. m - tl.
" > A.v vv f
iiicx i.: - ,c v villi p > r.
ROME, GEORGIA, TIIUIfDAY, MAY 3, 1860.
Are these principles correct? Have not
■ the tastes and sentiments of thousands of
Baptists in our land been materially affect
ed by the tremendous counter Current of
the world and Pedo-Baptists? If not so,
vv h_v our divisions, our heart-burnings, our
differences of opinions? Vfhy a conformity
in an alarming extent to the views, and
forms ot others? Vv hy do we imitate in
many ways tne very practices which the
genius of our Church polity, and our fun
damental doctrines condemn? Why the
tendency towards that which a New A'ork
letter writer terms an evidence of good
taste—singing by proxy ? Why that ex
ceeding fondness lor titular distinctions?
hy the irrepressible desire of some nic
fropoiitan preachers fur the gown and sur
. plice ? 1 here are evils among us that filing
ci» iMi*
‘’'Apgil Forum" becomes a popular place ;
both from the contiguity to Rome, and that
three ways meet there. I have not yet learn
cl whether the-various religious societies
arc there represented i.q the nineteenth ecu-'
tury.
The corruption of Baptist taste and sen
timent gives us conformity in our opera
tions to Episcopal iiiul Bomish practical 1
wisdom, especially on the part of the minis- .
try ; the working itself of this system af
fects still more serioiidy this iattor class.
1) It gives us all results of Episcopacy
in the ministry by throwing us in the same
channel. I now leave every intelligent mind ■
to determine how our Convention origin-:
ated. One writer very modestly claims its ;
paternity and, therefore, infers it has no
presbyterian proclivities; but he, 1 know, i
has not yet to learn that the makers of.
laws arc not the best expounders of them.
It would be impossible for him to say to
what egtent the peculiar circumstances of
tho times had upon him. 1 speak of the
subject in a philosophic sense. An analogy
traced between the present modus operand!
ot the Baptists, and of the Presbyterians
and Methodists, forces us to the conclusion
that, by close scrutiny, there may be de
tected like results in the ministry. Like
e:mse-> produce like effects. Siiakesveaue,
1 believe, asks : ••What’s in a name.” The
M. thodists have their Quarterly, Annual
mid General Conferences; the Presbyter
ians their Presbyteries, Synods, and Gen
eral Assemblies; the Baptists, their Asso
ciations, State ('onventions, and Biennial
C'onveutioiis. That this system in the two |
former instances savors of Episcopacy, and' ;
gives too strong proof of corruption in the
ministry, in the Underrating of themselves
as Christ s preemea, by an undue subservi
ence to their spiritual lords, that would not
Im- a moment, under like circumstances, be
tolerated in State, 1 believe, is admitted by
all. Now wc are making use of the same I
plan, as we say, on a diff rent principle.
But what is the unavoidable tendenev ? As
in the one ease,-so in every other, the huge
organization, built on a model undoubtedly
of worldly wisdom, cannot have its offices
and ofli, .- holders, mid ail the atfendei;! cir
cumstances of power and honor without
exciting in the ministry those feelings of
j. I’.ousy, envy and pride, t<> prevent which
the Great Head of the Church g:ive us an
organization which, in its simplicity and
republican individuality, is far above our
pres.-nt religious and (’lmrch views. I'li .-t |
the most coiispieutuis for ability and ad
ministrative capacity, with the Metropoli
tans of our lilies, gradually mid n.’Jurallv
ns water liovvs down stream, become the '
lions of tl: ■ day, though oftentimes without ■
■L-.ire. while the l<s>< r lights, ambitious of j
similar honors in their turn, become, tor
the want of grace, enamoured of that vain
glory, the last thing to charm-tcrize the
meek followers of Jesus. Then in a p’’.ni
ne,it organiztllni. the few who have the
means, and wealthy churches to sustain
them, Iteeoirje th? administrators, and form \
the s.G :U t r !. in ti'-ry sense, of the deiiom
in iti Ev ■ ■ ■'■■2 minister, t
under sin h an institution, feels the infl.n m-e
’ withom t: c UAlxmeVc 1.1... ..if, IF
gri-at superiors are verily Bishops, in the'
statidarl of doctrine, ('hutch govermnent,
pulpit exercise, Ac., q exert v fluence
over/m th -pkt ti :.d aetiu i, of which hint- !
Ireds arc not aware. Scuvs and hundreds
doubtless !■ '< to these organizations as of
fering a ’a>q-ort t., clerical d:-:i ■ ti ■
mid in the eagerm to attain the end. are
['vrt’ee'iv Mind to um< s| . it ofconfo: :;
to the w- .< lan 1 vv. u l lly r. i'gi- n vvhi in
volves us as a ii‘?t’.i'tn’m.it'. ti in the great est
m i..-. Furnishing as tin y ■ the
finest fields fr tl: • exercise of jealousy and
,::,iLition, oa the occasions for pulpit and
p'.:.a .ii-t i.ty s. that mat; vv I. ■ :
Uther become th-ruiighly disgt. :• Iwith
the scene, < r cram ured’of th- >!. *.
rather r-eculiar in Lis tastes. Un. way is
paved for the adoption of distinctions in the :
. ministry, and the o.esu •.. ,;.g ti. ■i ■
barriers that s parate ;:s from Ped ’-Baptist
.. .. t'h. vv!.. cam: >t see vve are reap
’... ■, fruit ■. I our
• fruia th. dmue uourt -
Men in ti.c c.-.a:: pt in <••' khtir M
... d l:t ti.e partizan zeal ari- - tl. r- -
f. :n. Ix’come perfectly blind to c.is.
they l e j lain a- !
■ • . .'■.;••• i ! every periodical that
the v m-.g ministry fi-el they are destitute
s .eh. as A'. ■ ]>.!>. DIE'!
Wh. a other- >p ak f their great me:., mid
“Ills BANNEI? “LOVE”
t grand centralisations. A otwwbrethrcn le
f me entreat you beware. |j|®so aged fatii
- ers, to whom be all the jqhor due them
f will pass away unhurt, agld leave he hea
, of the battle on our liands.yWc have a wai
• to wage against the Roniisl Hierarchy am
its various branches ; to c® it successful! v
let us keep pure and intak cur sentiments
But for the proof of this lusitiun I appeal
to history, and will judgefthe present and
the future in the light of tSa past.
Vs. h\ CLARKE.
(to BE
For the Banner & Baptist.-
PROF. MELL’S .DESIGN.
It has occurred to correspon
dents, L*e.
jlen ly jgl. ] i;l j
| world his extraordinary views of “Correc
tive Church Discipline,”
What is the design ? It seems to be this,
in part: (on.e half of it need not be men
tioned.) To produce on the ijiinds ofS< uth
j era Baptists a profound conviction that Dr.
Howell and party did right in excluding
■ from the Nashville Church, J. R. Graves,
; mid Ills brethren. No one can read the ar
i iieles of tlie Professor without seeing that
I .
\ froniTirst to last he aims a covert attack up
jon Graves. Now, if he had come out and
said what was his aim, many of his readers
: would more have appreciated his opinions,
j His attack seems to have been made from
an ambush, and w ith design.
As to the fallacies of his doctrine, Prof.
Worrell is revealing them step by step.
But unfortunately the review by 'Worrell
j began rather too late. It is devoutly to be
wished that this had been otherwise. But
then bro. Mull forestalled him. 'How?
B'. requesting as a special favor that no one
; liould answer him till he was done! \\ hen
would he get done? .Just before the Geor
gia Baptist Convention should meet! and
consequently, when the whole force of his
views, without one pen-stroke of op[>osition,
must have decided all his readers in his be
half.
Well enough did the Professor know the
power of en parte testimony. If he could
only be heard, and no answer made, then
the Convention—•—.ill Georgia Baptists, ora
majority at least—would take refuge under
his colors: so that should anything averse,
in any way relating to the “Nashville dilli
culty” occur, Dr. Mell, at the head ufa vast
majority, could triumphantly sustain How
ell and his party.
It is not positively assorted that the above
view is correct, but to the writer it seems
so.
Prof. Mell is confessedly one of Geor
gia's greatest mi 11. He has written much
that will live long after he is in the house of
silence. His views on manv subjects would
be acceptable to.-ill his brethren. But when
he takes the wrong side, in a matter of such
grave importance, and attempts to ruin, or
rather, to seal the ruin of a man whom
Southern Baptists believe to be doing more
for the cause of truth than any oth r man
living, we can but tell our brother Mell
that his efforts are vain.
CORRESPONDENT.
I FOR TIIK BASNBB A BAPTIST.
BAPTIST DIFFICULTIES, &c.
Bno. Wood ;
'Hie spirit of imestiglitiftn that is now
manifest am-Uig Baptists, and the desire to
1 return to first priii< iples.ts<>minous otgoo l.
I or years we have been divided, and erim
iii.itkn and recrimination has be. u the or
der of the day ; and all parties, in a great
' or or less degree, have been laboring to
widen the hr ■ teh between tl’em. and blast
th" prospect of a union upon original prin
ciples. Instead of meeting tftid i.m ly in
vestigating principles in the spirit ot c:::ido;-
■m l of brotherly love, wchave indulged in
spirit of hirer:, ss often muAorthy tli* -
christian character. This has been a stumb
ling-block to the world an l has cans; i cold-
- ■ and declension in tk. pfmrehes. 1 ruly
' til's Stalo <>U "Things.7T’ . .--HHfflnii - trm-T
. .•'ugh; ..nd the interests of the Redeem
er’s King loin require of us that we should
eease from man, wh tso brea.i. is in h.s nos
trils, and return * > original pr.nciples. V/e
have i nidi-died to the Wurid th tt we take
th " ' :;•' s :->r our rule of tai. hat t prac-
tice. and that we are will;ng.tostand '■rfiil
■ t :i■-.• il.vii.o, perfect, at-1 in*':'” ■' ■ ru'.- .
We all agree that tho church is tt:e only
executive in Christ's Kingdom, ami 1 v.di
s. . I '.ißt: >'s M\si.c<ary hard. Win- will
. . Missit
arv 1’ •?.rd, and has pre- ri'.od rules to gov
fern it in sending out mtssmnat i s. an 1 m
raising lands Lr their snpp >rt, we have a
Bible plan, an l i .«:m -t adopt any other,
with >ut we repmli ;t-‘ tl.at article in oar faith
whi- h declar ■- the Sc. if.tires to be our in
fallibl- rule.
The divisi -n among ‘f. Baptists w„- .-t
ab ’Ut missions, but ai.jtit the n,.r iiiner
■• . ■ '
■i.- ites to be miss’. <f;-irie>. Ti. sever
est non fellow ■'hip res. dutkuis. passed by th-.
Primitive B:q ’i- I *'- Mrikt <at the
a.,d at it a. m . and ne’. er were itit- ;id:-d :■
•■ ■ ■<■’ Mi-sio;is up >n the Biblcplan. Th
' -ly of Mi-i B flirts, a* the;,
wore ealh 1. contended that the pre
i. -- ...;rv :: . 'd : ?re was S ■. : iral. wild.
. -1 - . ' Ba tists
ci.nt nJ. 1 ii. it it was unknown to th Bi
Lie. an -''"drew from it. In tins the;
« - r.-. r.n- ■an Ko T'.neict
?t ent and live in fellowship with what (they
i- consider unscriptural. As Land-markdiap
i, tists we cannot acknowledge a thing to be
it unscriptural, and say, “ That the sooner the
,r Church is rid of it the heller for the Church
d and the world," and still continue in fellow
ship with that thing.
t. We hold that whatever is unscriptural is
il forbidden by the laws of Christ, and that
d whenever we are building up those unscrip.-
tural interests, wc are acting in rebellion to
Christ. If Christ set up his churcli and
prescribed for it rules for sending out and
sustaining ministers, we cannot transfer that
power to some other body without nuillify
ing and setting at naught the laws of Christ.
Id the present convention system is ( ‘«n-
- scriptural" and "anti-republicans how can
is wmdwkl .on to it. and be guiltless befoiie the
-
1 U' l ■ ' ■ ■
- is a necessity, mid has never been proven
unscriptural.” Holding this view, bro. C.
, is consistent in holding onto the. system;
- but we. who hold a different view, ape in-
- consistent while we continue in fellovjsh'qt
. with what we consider and
; anti-republicau. If the system is necc.A. iry,
. it is because our.rules of faith (the Scrip
tures) are deficient, for the systein i> tm-
j known to the Bible. If bro. C. will give
. ' us one clear, scripture proof, f ,•• the modern
tern, 1 am ready to pRc/i o', mid help.
. ■ with ;d! th.- abilities God may give n.e, to
. : iit.il.l up the Convention mid Board svptem;
, but, until ijo.'.s that, he ought imt to
brand us with being anti-Missiomiries
li bro. Dt m.\s has sai 1 one wold in op
. position to missions it has escaped m r no
tice, mi l I am sure, was uiiintention d on
: his part. He opposes Ihe Machinery
it bro. C. will call us anti-Alachinery\ men,
' we will plead guilty ; but when he cajlls us
■ Anti-Ali •sionaries, we regard it a misnomer, j
an 1 jchim to put hi ■ fingt ;■ a; J
• page, in our true history, that will w;irrant
the charge.
1 endorse, in the main, bro. Hon: aoy’s
views, mi l can give him the hand off 'How
ship. His arguments are the same we made
use of in the division; but they are none
■ the worse for that, and have never ycjt been
successfully met by our machinery ibreth
;■ Bro. C. says, “Little or nothing was
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Mis-'ons. before the Convention plan was
Gi.ticeived by Lutiiiirßice,” This isstrangc
(hun
dred years the mission.irii s of the cross had
Is- n o: ’i’.e fii'h.l laboring, and lite gasp. 1
ha t spread out from Jerusalem t trough
Asia. Africa. Europe, ami N nth America.
. The history of the church will not uistain
tii" d -larat:<>n ; but to the reverse, or the
■ p 1 trav.h'd more rapidly I. 'li >rctl e pres
sent m ;i lo;:".was concocted than it has
’ si:..-. ; mid th<- cause will never pros. >cr un
til we return to th" Bible plan, wjiich is
God’ plan. 11 cat Mi J
and desire the cause to prosper, wc. ought
> plan; far i ti
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sitcces'ful. ami will be to the cud , f time,
! for Gon is in it. Bro. asks: “Whit have
th" ti-Mi"J '• e\ r <b.ne fol either
Foreign ■ Dome-tie Missum-k.’” If there
is s-h-h a p opl<v 1 would suppose tl ey had
du:: ’ nothrng t-'i* i :th r, l”r they could not
' consist al'v v. ith their n lions. But I thick
it v. ■' 1I ■ har ' tor onr ! .rot':> r’ • > ’uid tin■
people; but if they can be found, 1 will join
l;im in making war upon them.
F::: ■ tile division between the A achine
rv mid Anti-M.ie'iiiiery Baptists, tb( Antics
have <1 e ■ but very little for F<-reign Mis
si- ■ ■ it itr a.: I ‘I. ■ r«-as >:t is thvious
- ■ > nil ■ '. . m-q iamb I wit 1 . In
i th" ■ ; :t th'-y were largely in tlm minor-
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these few have been compelled to devote
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A :::"■■ indel':' :gab!" and l i’
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y plain requirement of the word of God b’
. the churches of Jesus Christ. I trust nr
e brethren will pardon me if I ask them ii
all seriousness to examine their reasons bj
e the light of God’s word, and with hones:
h hearts and humble prayer, and if they fine
- they are not good reasons, scriptural reas
ons, and all-sufficient reasons, that they will
s as members of the “body of Christ,” gp
back to first principles, and begin anew
upon,(lie foundation of Christ andthcapos
ties—as they find it laid down, in the
> Word.
j Brethren, you admit that the first dis
j piples were accustomed to meet for the
worship of God and the performance of the
b duties devolving upon them as churches of
- Jesus ( hrist weekly-—upon every Lord’s
_ day, 1 need not take time nor space to
_ prove this. Ido not know of any mission
ary Baptist Church in all the South that
I doubts it. Il there is any one I would like
' to beg;- Lxtfa it.
Tlio apos-
They met every seven days, not every thir
ty days. They held weekly meetings, not
monthly meetings. They were in this
sense seven-day Baptists, not thirtieth-day
Baptists. It was of these weekly meetings
the apostle spake, when ho bade them “not
to forsake the assembling of themselves to
gether as was the manner of some,” even
at that early age.
We as Baptists claim to be the apostolic
churches of the present age. That is, wc
claim to be those, and only those, who have
retained the ordinances, and ministry, and
govermnent, which the Lord commanded,
and the apostles instituted. Wc claim in
al! things pertaining to our work as church
es to go according to the Jerusalem pattern.
Wo wish to have it understood that wcare
in all things as much as the change oftimes
and places will permit, just like the first
churches. Not like tiiose of the second
century or the third century, etc. Much
less like the so-called churches of the fourth
to the sixteenth century, but like those of
the first century, whose history is recorded
in the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles,
and the Epistles.
Now, if it was the fixed and settled cus
tom of those churches to meet once in every
month on Saturday for the transaction of
business, and on the Locd’s day to hear a
sermon—if this was what they did, and all
they did, then you good reason, a
scriptural reason, and a sufficient reason,
for your custom. .For then it will be plain
that this was the. will of Christ who is the
|;eiid of the body which is the church. SLe
must obey her Head. li’ the J/eucZ sums
“monthly,” let it be monthly. We must
not rebel against the only Law Giver. If
it was of the monthly meetings, the thirty
day convocations, that it was said, “do not
forsake the assembling yourselves together
as the manner of some is,” then you are all
. right. But who has ever appealed to this
| as a reason for the praotiee.
There is a sect of the BaptWs at the
North who meet on every Saturday, that
is, on the seventh day of the week, instead
of the first. I have often seen these peo
ple, and can testily that they are
conscientious. They go to the word ofGod
for authority for their practice. They say
it was commanded to do as they do. But
who ot our thirty day Baptists has even
thought of appealing to God’s word for
authority for the once a month meetings—
who? Who will do it now? Will any
one ? Can any one find a command or an
example which requires or authorizes the
churches of Christ not only once in case of
supposed or real necessity, but month after
month, year after year, generation after
generation, century after century, to go on
meeting only once a month on Saturday
for business, and on some Lord’s day ; no
matter w hich, for the hearing of a sermon?
Is it so put down in the chart by which the
ship of Zion is to be steered? Is there any
thing of this in her sailing orders ? I have
never seen it. Have you? Has any
body ? Is there any more authority for it
than for baptizing a little infant mnewliug
and puking in its mother’s arms ?” Think
of this, brethren and sisters. Pray about
this in your next monthly meeting. Say,
Oh Lord, thou didst appoint the first day
of the week the day to be observed by thy
disciples in commemoration of thy resur
rection. This day was called thy own—
the Lord's day. On this day thy churches
were used to meet. On this day they as
sembled to observe thy ordinances and
worship before thee. We read more than
once or their meeting thus on the first day
of the week, and thou didst warn us by the
words of thv holy apostle that we should
never forsake this assembling of ourselves
together. We claim to be thy church.—
' We profess to be just like thy first church
j es. We know we ought to be. But, oh
- l.oi d, » e are not, lor instead «>f uw-nibling
’ ourselves together, we scatter ourselves a
. | bout atnon z other churches, qt other den- m
‘ i itntions, at least, three Sabbaths out ot
II four, and wc do this not because thou hast.
■ eomirutnded it. or permitted, it. M e have
i authority for it in thy word. We have
I done it. aiainst thy w rd. Have we not
sinn .-! in this ! Oil Lord, have nicjey on
! us. and give us r atai.- ?. M e have done
■ evil. We will do it no more. We have
wandered away. We will go back, and
look for the old landmarks, and walk in the
: old p iths. II -nedorth we will obey thee,
j We will assemble ourselves together, and
worship th ■-'•, not on r “- jn every month,
but on every Lord's day, as thou hast re
i quired in thy word.
Will you not do this, my brethren ? or
i. I required too much.
A. C. Dayton.
P. S. In rny next I will speak of the rea
son; commonly given for this strange and
• unscriptural J raclice.
SISTER’S LOVE.
Beautii'al is the love of a sister ; the kiss
~ that hath no guile, and no passion; the
t ' touch is put j>y. and Lringeth peace, satis
. fa ‘.'on to the h«-,:rt. and no fever to the
pulse. Beautiful is the love <>(' a sister:
it i- r::■ ••-:i.:_t.t ‘ n our path—it hath light
. but 1.-? heat; it is of heaven, and yc; sued;
’ its peace upon the earth.
Beware of Moth in secret duties
s and of pride in public duties: of envy ii
-> adversity, and of s If-consequence in pros
['•■r'ry : of-- it’-'-"ntiU"!. ■'■■ in laboring foi
I - God. and of S'-ifYomplacrte-,. when ■-■out
■ ■ l.ibore are er r *”n"i with a blessinsr.
j TERMS $2.
j ALWAA’S IN ADVANCE
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THE TEAZE.
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a- BY LAURA LINCOLN.
J Harry Hill was a great teaze. He never
v meant any harm by it, nor really intended
. to hurt anybody’s feelings; but it made
e him very unpopular, and often got him in
to disgrace at school and into fights with
. other boys. It led him to tell white lies,
e too, “just to plague a boy,” as he said, in
c tending, some time or other, to tell him
j- better, which he sometimes forgot to do,
, thereby giving himself the character of a
’ story teller,
His friend, and school-churn, Jimmie
(. Gates, used to remonstrate with Harry
about this bad practice, but Harry would
answer, “Oh! Jimmie, it is such fun 1 can’t
. help it.”
, •' " r mnxt, TTiii-i-y,” said Jimmie one
Givi A , Utl NN Oil L IhisUOti to iiak> now,
t time will come when you will fie sorry
that you did not; for just as certain as you
, keep on teazing the boys so, you will get
s yourself into some serious trouble.” And
t so it proved, as I am going to tell you.
There was a boy named Willie Brown,
i who went to the same school that Harry
did. His mother was a widow and very
poor, and it was to the charity of some
friends that Willie was indebted for his
schooling. Willie’s clothes were" often
I patched or threadbare, but always clean.
Harry was the son of a rich man, and he
’ foolishly thought it a disgrace to' wear
patched clothes. He had nicknamed Willie
“patched knees” to his intimate associates,
j but had never yet called him so to his face.
Oi;e day Willie came to school with both
elbows and knees patched. At recess Har
ry Hill whispered to Jimmie Gates ;
“1 am going to have some fun out ol
Willie Brown ; come along and see it.”
“lake care,” said Jimmie; “Willie
Brown is very spunky : he won’t stand it;
he’ll knock you down.”
“So much the better,” replied Harry;
“I like to see a boy when his spunk is up.”
Harry was a brave boy, and was afraid
• of nothing.
I must pause a monTent to say, that I
fear my young readers believe, from what
I have told them, that Harry was a very
bad boy. But he was not. This habit of
teazing people was his greatest fault. He
' was kind-hearted and generous, and always
• ready to beg any one’s pardon when he saw
i. he had done him any wrong.
t On the day in question, he went up tq
I- where Willie was standing, in the midst of
*a crowd of boys, and called out:
{ “1 say, patched knees, from what tailor
r does your mother buy your clothes?”
i Willie looked up, at first in surprise, and
then, when he understood the meaning ol
5 Hairy's rude speech, his face, and even
lips, grew ashy pule. It was the insult to
J' his hard-working, solf-dcny ing, lo\ ing moth
l er, more tlian to himself, that affected him.
But Willie bravely resisted the inclination
i to knock Harry down, for among the many
, oxci llent lessons taught him by his good
mother was this, which she got from the
Bible:
t “Do good to them that dc.qiitefully use you.”
As he turned away, Harry, in spite of
Jimmie’s nudge at his elbow, again cried
out:
“Patch knees I your clothes arc some-
■ thing like Joseph’s coat —not of many col
ors, but of many pieces.”
The spunky boy could stand ii no longer.
With one bound, he jumped upon Harry,
threw him to the ground, and then shower
ed down blows thick and fast upon his head,
- and face, and body, until Harry began to
think a few more such would finish him.—
As soon as 1 larry had somewhat recovered
from his surprise, he endeavored to throw
Willie oil of him, but the pale, slight lad,
under trie influence of his passion, was man
ifesting a strength that no one would have
believed he possessed. In his fury he knew
not that he was dealing blows that, if eou
tiuiu d much longer, would kill his tpiqpcii
tor. Harry writhed and twisted, but could
not free himself, and it Mas in vain that
some of the boys called to NVillie to get off
-of Harry. Willie did not hear them. Sud-
- denly Harry put his hand into his pocket,
( and drew out his knife, and opening the
- sharp, bright blade with his teeth, before
1 anv one could interfere, plunged it into
i W illie’s side. AV ith a gro;;n the bpy rolled
over like a log, and the warm life-blood
a spouted forth in jets. His horrified school
-1 mates gathered around him. and raised him
s U P* „
- Fake me home —oh! my poor mother,”
- he gasped, and then fainted.
> Who can describe Harry’s feelings when
; tic saw M ini* tie had done I As he slowly
- and painfully rose from the ground, assist
ed Jimmie, and looked upon Willie’s white
f face, and the ri d . 'ream dyeing the ground,
t he thought Willie was killed; and oh, how
Try and unhappy he was! Tears rushed
u to his eyes and poured down his cheeks. —
t Now, he bitterly felt how foolish and wrong
1 he had been, and though he only did it in
e self-defence, to keep Willicfromkilling him,
e he felt that this was but a poor excuse for
1 him. It brought no balm to his conscience,
for he felt, too, that it was his own silly
■ fondness for teazing that had caused all this
I As the boys slowly bore popr W HHe to
b his humble home, Harry followed them,
thinking of the poor mother bereft, as he
thought, of her only source of earthly hap
>' piness. They had not gone far when Wil
lie opened his eyes, and seeing Harry over
whelmed with grief, held out his hand to
1 him, and said, “Never mind, Harry, you
r ] ! did nut mean to do it; 1 was to blame for
being so angry, and for beating you so.”—
Harry clasped the extended hand, and while
tears of sincere repentance rolled dov, r, gis
cheeks, he cried : “Oh, forgive rnc, forgive
s me, and if you get well, I promise never to
e teaze anybody again I” And he kept his
’’ word.
AVillic was sick a long time, and Harry
i came to see him every day, and brought
" him fruit and flowers, and spent all his
' pocket mo. ' y in buying him nice things to
eat. But, after a while he got well, and h*
and Harrv became warm firm friends, and
s. from Willie, Harry learnt many a lessor
II of Christian forbearance, which l' ,ov “ '
- mfinitc -erviee to him. And whenever a
i i<-'< pxDuiisc arose to
t taunt or jest at anybody s e*p ?
his lips one glance from M dhe s niJJ W
i eve was enough to check him.
( VOL. 1.
I NO. 30.
