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Bawhrfi |»wncv Jwfot JESSE M. WOOD Editor. 11. C. HORN ADY, Americus, Ca. . L. T. DOYAL, Griffin, Ga. / r J. J. D. RENFROE, Talladega, Ala. f f -'arres2malir,g Editors. D. P. EVERETT, Florida. ) JOS. S. BAKER, Fla. Traveling Correspondent. BANNER & BAPTIST. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Weekly, (fifty Nos.,) per annum, invariably |n advance, ? £2.00 all communications pertaining to the Paper Office, should be directed to the “ Banner t’x. Baptist,” Rome, Geo.; all private correspon dence directed to JESSE M. WOOD. Those forwarding names of subscribers or re jniittanccs, should always write the name of Post Office, County, and State, in full. Money due the Office, may be sent by mail at nur risk—always mail it in presence of a friend, (other than the P. M.,) or procure a friend to mail it for you—never register. Contributors should write only on one side of each leaf, and number the pages, 1,2, 3. &c. ' The Editor will be responsible only for his own articles. ? DVFRT’SLNG St'JILI'ULE. l„urAj;i:.s 2 ,>qs ; UU< bUitilg WI&J4 00 I 7 OOi 10 00: 12 00! 16 00: 24 00- SO 00 4 SQ-its 9 001 12 00 15 00', 20 00 30 00 36 00 5 SQ’RS I 11 00 1+ 00 17 00' 21 00 34 00 42 00 6 so’rS ' 12 50 16 00 10 00 28 (XI 38 00 46 (HI 7 SO’RS | 14 00 17 50l 21 00 32 (XI 42 IX) 50 00 8 so’as ' 15 (X) 1!) 0<) 22 001 35 00 45 00 54 00 0 *u’n* 16 00 20 OO 23 <M>, 38 (X) 48 00 57 00 lOsQ’RS ' 17 00 21 60 21 00: 40 00 50 00 GO 00 A Square, is the space occupied by ten lines of Minion type. One Square, one insertion, $1.50; anti SI.OO for each Subsequent insertion. Professional and Business Cards, not ex ceeding five lines, $5 per annum; each addition al line sl. Special Notices, fifteen cents per line, for the lir.-l insertion ; ten cents per line for each subsequent insertion. School Advertisements.—-Ottr charges for School advertisements will be the same a- for others, when not paid in advance. When paid in advance we will deduct Twenty-five < i n i. in the Dollar from our regular cliarg' -. Cash for Advertisements considered due, and collectable, at one half the time contracted for insertion. Yearly advertisements, due and pay able quarterly. JESSE M. WOOD, JOUN 11. RICE. Proprietors. ■ 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 ■ 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 ■ 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- i ' I these few have been compelled to devote ;;••■: '■■ '■> ssppl) tl? if "t E -sf.i- A :::"■■ indel':' :gab!" and l i’ ' . ■' ’ ■ I- • i th m th ' ■ .'. - A .M ; 1 it:' :■■-' [.;■ : ■ . 1 Illi - ■ J: '■ 1, eith. . ] : - n d:; ■ r by . h.o .: " : vv'.- .. ' . C\ r;. I's 'lni: 1 '’ - r ■ r-r oo oa rtvnn in ts • t nits"t ftm■ ■. and I - ■ fl. i lit tl.ai I hazard nothin;; in say- l th th'-v s"; ■■'' twic ■ the at i mr.t ' : ■ d- -*'■■;• « rei'ery to an eii'i.d lumber of '.■ M tv ’ thr t. L i all the Ami-Machinery brethren L - - <•■>:::•• i.: ; ' ■■ ! ;:n 1 we would have strength : I an i up . th ■ o' 1 Bible plan we xrlould sc '• ;..- ■■ 1 i • :i • es o. 1 I i. ■' ■::.'. ■. Inr o uth day mid . !1 .. it Ia a ’■ 2:■ i J'. : !■ r - j i..di-v.-th.it id L:m'l-mm k Bap: i-ts have ' ;.n .ft. W.. .: i ink' • ■•'.- . . , G. ♦ . ■.?■; of ; Sii.y/.:. ■ . ' • . i .... i ..■.*•■. ' '■■ ■ ■■ r . I | I I ■ ■ 1 : ' i School: but even there it inustl be much i : ■ . ' : ' - -.1. ■ ■■'■ ■ t■ ■- :.< ■■■ : .:i !. ■': ci . . ... ; .. : ' . . . •■ .' •■ it .• ■ . .. . ■ ’ • ‘ ■ a ■ .-■ . - ■■■ ■: ■ ■, ’ - • i :. ■ . !• ;* .- ■ I■■ I'• ■ ■■ .: - ; •■ ■■ ‘•hr . ■•-■•..• I ■. -.-. r. : r ' .. . ' 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 ? ciiiLDiim & s. s.mm. in ■■ ——- ... y [From the A Fidd & Preside. THE TEAZE. d 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.