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iTdiincv (fliernlii'c ITapti 51.
JESSE M. WOOD, )
Editor. )
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• I'roprk tors. '
SHORT SERMON—No. 32.
Stay yo’ursel vi‘B, ami womjer; cry ye
<4ut and cry: they are drunken but not
with wine; they stagger, but not with
strong drink. Forth.' l.oial hulh poured
out upop you the Spirit of deep sleep, ami
hath dosed your eyes : the prophets ami
your riders, the seers hath he covered.—
And the vision of all is beeunie unto von
as the words of a b-sik th it is sealed, which
riien deliver over to one that is h-,-:r:u'd.
saying, Read this, I pray thee, ami Im
smith I cannot; for it is ■m.-iI.-L \nd th.-
hook is delivered to him that i not h arm- 1.
Bay iuL%R ad l.'m, I pray th -e ; and lie
’’sdnlTefini hot l -ai-iiv-d.
Wherefore the Lord s.airii. Forasmuch
:-is this people draw near -me with their ;
month, mid with their lips do honor mo, I
but have removed their heart from me,
mid their fevii toward mi: is taught i-.v
the piiEi-ki’t ol men : Therefore, behold
I pnieeed to do a marvi-lloiis work among
this people, even a marvellous work mid a
wonder: for the wisdom ol’ their wise men
shall perish, and the understanding of their
prudent men shall be hid. BIBLE.
I' I) II M I nil T I 0 I s.
For the Barnier A Baptist.
BOARD QUESTION.
Wr.
The success of the Gi.qii-l in the first
two centuries was according to a principle
wliicli has ever marked the characteristic
difference between the uncorruptcd Church
of Christ and the mystery ot iniquity.-
During that early peiiod. at a time w lieu
successive persecutions had the effect of
developing the individual power of each
< ’hureh and believer, th.- gospel was preach
ed throughout the whole civilized globe.
Not only church, s, but individual'them
selves were so possessed of the spiiit • f
entire consecration, that every power with
in them was given to the propagation ol
the truth, in Europv. \sia and \tii.a the
individual religion and devotedmthat
chaia. teriz.-d the Apostles, were p eminent
)u every ('hureh, mid produced the hap] -t
results in the rapid spread of the Gospel
over their respective bounds. \malganm
lion mid aggregation for this purpose w ere
unknown, nor is there a man living, that
vail point to the time or place in the his
torv of the early Churvh fivr the first two
centuries where such a plan was resorted
to, Et skiiii s, the best, ahm-st th. only au
thority, on this subject, is entirely silc> t.
No >au<h "as the ei
holy zeal of the age. there was no «<■-. "-’y
/.-i re.,;p t ..,<<;/<■ for the result of the trail <f
flirty by plans ng Aione-i drris .g. Ihe first
we hear of anything like amalgamation or
aggregation, is on the usurpation ot |xwer
on the pail of the numstiy in the Mibjug.i
lion of the churches to diocesan ride. So
imbued was the flatterer et ( ox'i vxri':
Euskbius. I mean w ith the spirit ot I t-o
vo] ivy . that nearly the whole ol his li 't- ry
is a pointed plea for that species "t < Imr. h
pov ernnient. lie shews most eoiichisively
that scarce were the Ap< >tles e. hl in their
graves, bes.-re their very example | .-: v.-rted
by a love of power wjs used to pander to
a worldly spirit. But even then, according
to the hist--iiau's own sb..wing, though
there mas the evident etiibrv o of a future
giant, m- step Mas tab, t w.-.rds ’he e\cr
eise <-f general jurisdiction or legi'L.*--
St
controversy, \ D ]so ].i ; ; V . :>
the inevitable concha on from these tacts .’
That any plan, contrary : that pn jeeted
a I ..d- _by Siv; .. : a. ted .
by th Ap--sties at. i thei: -..ce.ss -rs •_ ar. I
mi. .'i was s . efloete.al in ;l> n-stik'. is ar.
<v a I i- x : -fi tend' .■yt >dm ■ ■■’
th.- . -Hr.e--x es the . hiiroh.'c Th- very
1 centralization and aggregation of power in
small Episcopal diocese never ceased until,
l>v its w ithering influence, it culminated in
the reign of Anti-Christ. lienee these sys
tems tend in their very nature to destroy
the distinctive, individual vitality of the
churches. It is all just so much non-sensi
cal jargon to cry t ‘Aiili-Missioiiaryf l'hard
shellf when truth begins its search. There
are some who know it to be a great deal
easier to fall on the side of power and in
fluence, where the loaves and fishes are
served up, and sustain a great Convention
whose shadow blinds the eye of conscience, '
and make a great speech before a crowd ;
that, thinks all the same "aty, than to con- .
'irnnt. ti?r; o; m- Jtvrtt •»(’ e- vSt&usj..-w and :
worldl'y-nrindedness in a single Church.—
Ah! then's the rub; there s the great moun
tain—to make a practical test of individual
religion. Say you can't do it. Have tried ■
it so many years and come to the eotielu- i
sion you had rather have an aggregate in
a < mliventioll, freely given, than to attempt
a revolution that is a herculean task. Then, !
my brother, give up the point. If you can- j
not by |>ei-sonal appeal, and direct effort at j
home, restore the elmrehes to Gospel sim
plieity, pray tell me how you will do it,
by ail tin- organizations in the world, when j
al! ymtr little victories are now far away ;
from th.- field of battle. Let us learn how i
to do, and then like the mechanic, who has •
the whole building complete in his mind's ;
eve, proceed to ex.-ciite, Iflh.-re be a coun- .
trv in the world where this ellieiency may j
-be attained, certainly this is the land.—i
Engl.ind, because of intense opposition,
might not have easilv doueso; the faithful
little hand in the caverns of Switzerland,
or perched on the. spurs of the Alps, or
j feeding on some sequestered valley, w here
the popish bull never reaclied. might not j
have bi-eti able to propagate the Gospel, |
by .such cflicietic.y, to tin- remotest cor- ,
tiers of the earth, but what Linders us in
A mi-r’u a.
< >ur Com ent'ion reminds me of a coward
ly army, afraid to meet the foe in th. open
plain. Give us bulwarks, bn-a-tworks and
fortresses, and w«- will light the cm-my.—
Eiii.-iliy on this point, as an illustration of
what might be done by t he pra.-tieal recog
nition of o n- indiv idnai. Church duties, a i
brotjier rriiiarkc i <l tu me, a shwt tiim
sinci',- he might give, with his income.
*.‘>,ooo oo p<-i- annum Ibr the propagation ,
'of the £»n«p<-|. to turn end we would labor j
a thousand fold more—in the service ot'
our Lord, by |>uttiug to tin- pi-.u-tii-al test.
I am bought with a price. Then there
would be no eontiovi i-ii-s about Boards;
every man would have enough to do in
his own sphere. This is Apo.-.toJic—it is
t he record .>1 histi»;-y.
?}. Great centralizing, vcck-siastical in
stitutions tend to destroy liberty of speech.
LUitv of s<ntiineiit. unity of fiith, and uni
ty of practiee bv vi.-ibh organization be
come impatient of dill'ci-enee of opinion and
ojipositioii. It seem-, to proceed upon the
presumption that it has the light to think
and judge for others. In a tree country, |
where freedom of con.si ietu-e mi l liberty < 4'.
speech are held as among the most precious
boons ot God. no one exp.-i-ts Qiit-rigbt
legislation in Stat, or Church; but where
long usage, and respect for tradition, ami ‘
rev i retire lor tathi rly vv isdom, has given
permam-nev to opinion and dir. -lion Io
thought, the iadi-pemleiit thinker, and de
termined investigator lulls so'virtually un
der tin- I an ol‘|>ublii-opinion, the i xpr< s
sioii ot his sentiments r> quii- s a nerve and
will eqmil to the pa-sige ot'the S]>luge:i.
I'his is more pai tii-iilarl v true in religious
cases where niodestv ami humilitv should
eharaet ei >z.i- i v c-rv mt ol the beli ver.
l ib-safety of the Baptist < hut ch is to be
found in the exercise of a free and inde
pendent spirit in every believer, eoiisoi ant
with the fundamental principles he holds t
so dear. The I’opc thinks it aa outrage that
any man should vetiture to ( ,-.t itam or t ■
express an opinion at v.n .a,: . with that
of the \ ieegeren!. lie i.-.i.is < -</'/<’ mm n
of sentiment and ]>rai tiee t>> be the glory
ot’ the Church, and that <e< le'iastiea! and
civil power arc doing God's service, wh n
evi-r Used to Vilti-lee it. Lt this Way free
dom of const ieuve and liberty of>[>ev«-h in
! all l.'.s doinini ns hav< Le. n tat nought.
i This very priue ple, claimed by vvhomso
■ ever it may l-e. is in d.-n r ot’engender
ing tin same rv'siilts, es]>cciailv inrvimions
• ■ Tgaiii.-.;' b vv.< ■ .
• plit’X, an s- i-', <-.< ,'■> ~ ',■ tl.eia
- iict-< .<«>.■ ily thi j aye "ff''' md p, adice.
i • I’.v ils ot'this hi . I ar- m-t tin- growth of a
tlay ; thev flourish st in the subsoil of
- the Irnart. to 'tiik de< p into which, it re
quires time and t -vor.d <i ■. '.
i In all d< '!>■ t • and tv r.miea! g. .v i ;s,m,mts
when- the will ot a few : ,s the law tor the
- i»e>q-!e. everv thing like iuvi'stigatioii ami
i imli i-i-' 1 ut tlb-ught a">.l m ’ -a i> terrn-t -
> the So it i» in • rj il
I vvhvre there is a e..;,. , i a of power
1 and opinion; l:c’ ti:e eti-rt always :i
> the ['art • f ttie holders of p,.w er t--er :'l<
- out either by -n or •■rherwT.-th--
vvl-.o n ;|V viitture t- diFer. < >.:r g ver:;.
r incnt is maintained by the p;:r:t_v a <i iii
s tegritv of its i it:z. r.; :!:v:;:»]xa. is :
? then trvni them to the constituti I ni'
-? - ' ■ 1 ’ Baptist <
: The sp]<al .> ts' iuiivi.m.d v.mnh.then
i : • . '' ' ' ' ' '
i But he who must m.i'C that appeal in tne
M rg u ■'■”>. does ‘ 0 b
mg the vjrtmd staniard given them by-
ROME, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1860.
combined influence and w isdom. lie does
it at the risk of position, reputation and
influence—such a risk that, few men w ish
to make even for liberty of speech.
There are some now living who have
felt the very tendency of this state ot
things in the Baptist denomination. Ihink
as we do, go with us hand in hand, and all
is well; dare to differ and we will black
ball you, give you the s7iy eye and the loose
hand, to the-extent of our influence. Thus
so far as the laws of the country will al
low. a death blow is made at what, of all
things else, zKinericans hold dearest. Let
us resist that outside pressure of the pedo
! Baptist world. To say we are in no danger
',.! .7.:: ; ii up; t *'jn.a to Snut .ar
' eyes to the current facts of the last eighteen
months, and assert it was not a Baptist
' that burnt the “Iron AVheel" in the city of
■ Montgomery. AVith ten thousand Baptists
: 1 open my eyes at our present state, ami
- with a bewildered stare, ask, how did we
: ever get to 7/o.s point !
Answer: "Like begets like.''
' W. II CLARKE.
[concluded in the next.]
For the Banner A Baptist.
INFIDEL’S DAUGHTER.
Mr Dear Brother:
In answer to the inquiry whether the du- ■
'■ Jidel's Daughter, or any other of my works. |
j is suitable for Sabbath School libraries. 1
will simply say that all of them would, in
my opinion, be very ]>rop.-r reading for the
j larger scholars.
My object in writing the Daugh-
I ter was to meet a deeply felt want in our
denomination. There were many books,
I and some of them most exedlent ones, on
i the evidences of Christianity, but as they
[ were written and published bv others.thev
were little known to Baptists. But besides
1 this, most of them were written in a theo
logical or technical style. an<l were inure fit
for students than for the general read t. —
Those who were really desiring to study
the arguments on this subjeet vvoul I pro
cure and read thi-m, but to those who most
needed them they would never be known.
In my very extensive travels over the
whole cmnitry. I seldom met. in any liimi
i ly. with a work on this subject. The chil
dren of Baptist parents were growing up
! without instruction on these' points, and
, would be likely, when to bgttUWß:
j ihi easy prey lo some bold d<elaimer of tm
lidclity or Universalism. 1 labored, th -re ;
fore, to make a hook st> attractive in mat- '
ter and style, that till would real it with
delight, ,-m-l especially th- young. One
suited, not somnch to the studv of the men
of learning, as to the centre table of the
parlor, or the work-stand of the family roimi
—in vv hich a plain, common sense argument
might be found stripped of all technicali
ties, aind involving no necessity of learning
to comprehend it and feel its <■< nvincing
force.
A mongother reas-His for doing this work,’
I had this, that I owed it as n debt of grati
tude to Gon. I was reared in a Christian
family, and carefully taught the doctrne<
of the gospel. At the age of 12 vears I
ha 1 committed most of the New Testament
to memory, ,-m-l had been m.t'le familiar
w ith much ofthe old—but I nerer was taught
the reasons for believing the Bible to be
from <i;>!>. I believed it to b - so. because
my parents said it was so.
1 left home at atiearly ageand fell among
I niversalists and embraecd thi-ir faith. A
; little later. I met vv it’h the writings of I’vine,
. and though 1 could even then see the falla
cy ot most ol les arguments. I became at
first a doubter then an infidel. In the
cotii-'O of years. 1 v.a-, sad to t- ll! almost
an Atheist. I <■- / n->thing o‘‘ all this. I
ma-1-- no pr o', isi'iii of infidelity. 1 attend- :
< d ehiii-i-h a' others did. I seldom spoke
1 i-xeep’ in terms of rvq>. et of the Bible or
of religion. I I -v. dmy and could ,
-I speak li duly of what 'he had taught
me; how a-v er. I till lilt li-el that -le- ha-1 b'en 1
mistaken.
At length it please I Gon to v isit me in
my darloL'". I began to think. I v-.il 1
not p-ore tie re Was ic-(ion. Cot:l I I p> oe
that th.- Bib:.- v. ;i' n. t hi' book .’ If it '!;•»-. 1 I
turn out that my par. tits w.-:- rudit I
w .i' wrong, w hat wasmy . <-n lit'.- >:i .’ Dis
ease lai I h ! I upon me. D a’h 'fared me
in the ta< .■—eteriiitv s. . mv, ry near.—
A- a i-livs . iati. I '. v that there was little
prvl-al'ilitv that I e-'-ald survive a year. I
1 hi ! a!:-‘a i_\ >T-t : I tii examine am-vv
th.- argtrm t. A< I vvorkc lit - nt. litll ■
by little.. I wrote it 'L>wn f-r future ref.-r
--emr. I vas so situati*d that I cortld receive
but iittk-a:>l from b<> ik'. and my min.l was
. - • ! that'.ah aid w ihl probably
; have been littb- s svi.-e to me. TL-- n--
■ suit of my stu.lv . thr-.'agli tr.::n
I weary nb>nt’'.«. w > a fill and firm convic
tion that th Bible i- of G"<l. an-l Univer-
■ '.distil of th. Devil. ’
■ I':. <-. -:iv ict' •:> li.-i' nev -r o. -n w . aken.-d
i 'inee. iu the L.fb Di-f .'er. I tried to
... ss, t -
- gmaents ].y which I w.i' v-in n .-e.L w ith
. - A -'t- • v im-. !. \\ •' -. ~' awh■! -.
» it is any more oonclnsive as a sys
. ' ' ■ '-' . th rs.
-. I a: - • say ; ’ I think I c.t . v.’:;:..re t -
. assert that it will be found more r. adable
. ■ ■
- It was written f?r them, an 1 will. 1 trust.
i .-very -
“Ills BAISUNER OVEIT' US IS “EOVE”
bath School where there are pupils
1 of 12 years oW or upwards, but in every
family. For-ii-is a work not only to read
but to talk abof »t the family circle.
The first v.ofune of Theodosia was also
writt en for the j oung. Great pains was ta
ken to make it|l>nple and attractive. There |
are few wordsjmsentenees in it which any
well instructed child of 12 years old will
not readily uniigitand. It. is eminently fit- |
ted for a SabbO School library book. The ;
second volume^ not so simple; it was in
tended for adilts and thinkers—but still
! there is much it it to interest and instruct
the young, Jmi it is of vast importance
that.they shali w-rn the great lesson which
it „-.tv-d' syicfK vT7.: That the I
church Christjs.Oiic.vind where and how |
to find it.
The little work on Pedobaptist immer- i
sio'js, and Baptist facts against Methodist
fictions, arc not in the narrative style, and .
hence less attractive to the young, li’ the
Lord me long enough, ,1 inten-.l to
write a work fu be called “TLE CRAZY
PREACHFR,” which wascomnencctl four
years ago, but in which scarcely any prog- j
ress has yet been made, in whiel; the chief i
points in theSe -works with mai.v others, I
very important to our denomination, will I
be treated in narrative st v 1.-, and laade ev.en
I more attractive to the young, I trust, than
Theodos a, or the Inf del's Dayhter.—
"DEACON (’IiLSIA ” will Lein press
before long, a book of tl-- 1. nion
or otherwise. It wnl be designed .-speeial
ly i’or Sabbath School scholars oflroin.l2
years to old ago; [1 hold that none aretoo .
old to go to Sabbath Sqliool.]
Aly "BIBLE DICTIO.NA RY," now far
advanced, is written expressly for Sabbath
School classes. |lt will besmall and dieap,
but will conta’mijust- those things which the
children and teiichers will desire to know,
and in brief’ and- simple words. 1 cannot
help Loping that it will soon have a pl|‘ce
in ev ry school and every house, for it isto
be a family book.
Thus freely I have written to you in t’.ie
(• onfid,-nc<- of ii-iisndship: and to saye others
the trouble of qinking similar inquiries;, 1
have published u in the Banner & Baptist.
A’oiits i i Clirtsr,
A. C. DAYTON.
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(From tjie Christ inn Union.)
Address of'N. Crawford, D. D., before
' the Bible Rex'-101l A.:sosiatlc-Tut'l> i-'V- 1
ville, Kentucky, April 6th, 1860.
ill's: _vnv.vxT.VGES ix this age for the work
OF REVISION.
The opponents of 1 he |> resent r,-vision en
terprise may be divided into two classes :
The first class are opposed to revision
altogether, at any time, and under any cir
cumstances. 'l'hvse opposers may be rank
ed in two divisions. The first snppos ■ that
the preseiit English version w.i-; ma.l-e
dir. etly bv th- Almighty, tmd is ot course
the v.-rv \\ ord'ol <•«> !. 1 Ley piously op-
pose revision, because th y believe that it -
is an attempt to make a new Bible, diiier- j
ing from that which God has given us. Ihe
other division tire aware that our revision
is but the translation or revision of king
•lames' translators, but still they 1 mk itp hi
it with feelin.s of rev erence, approaching
to super-tition gain! regard as sacrilegious
till attempts to alter it. W ilh n -ither of
these elas: e< of opposers w ill we attempt
to reason now, leaving them in hope that
“the schoolmaster” iiT his wandciings
"abro.-i I” may some times meet them.
The other class ot' opposers know and
admit, that the version which lias been
handed down to us from King .James, is :
not fa iltless, that with all its readily ad- ;
mitte I excellencies, th-rcare mingled many j
defects, that there are many iuaceura<.-ies ■
which may he col rected. bk-mishes which ■
may L‘remove I. They t heietl >re are not '
oo]:osed to revision in the abstract, but to 1
the pr sent enterprise, because they think
■ that, although a version might be made
j better than th.- present, v .-t the tine- Li- '
i not come to engage in the work and tl: - 1
j <iremnstanecs arc n<»t sneh as t•> justil’v the
im b-rt iking, Tliey are looking to s.ae.e
p r'o 1 in th ■ distant future and t > a more
favorable conjim -tui-e of events as iiecos ■
j sarv t ‘ warrant an enterprise so great in
i its. It and so nmnu-ntoiis bi its eonse-
I qii'-tiec-s.
'l'., •' ■ ■. ■’ ! '■
to present s.-iuv < nsi L-r.i*- -is to -’.ow
that o':r country is the place, the present
is th- time, and circiimstane-s now exist
ing are the pniper --a ■ - w i ngaging i i
t' ? s work.
1. A work like this can be "fully
prosecuted only where liberty prevails.
There must b peril et freedom > t inquiry,
freed--a of t hougiit. t’rei 1-•:.: of expression.
Win-Il a:.cie:.t abuses arc to l>. attacked,
when iiistituti ms. hoa y with age and lad'-n '
w ith wrong, art' to be ov. rtlirown. thought ‘
m’.i.'t be tree as the air <>f h--.iven investi
gating principles, and speech as tree .is
•. eight in xpo'i ger; a.. 1 in.iii‘aini g
truth. In im <>th r country can we fin I the
; freedom n<-< <-"ary f-H- til’s wo. l, fully
as in <>:ir own. In this ,-i_ . ..nd eso.-ciallv
in this < ' ■. ' vis - -
ii'.- n .!> ussion. b well tint i‘ is <o.
(>p ■'-on should Ik- t“ .■’-I in t: nth. Now
lie a’tempted only in a !’r--e <■<.!;:.trv, it
j sb ..Id 1,.- aiD-mpt.-d ‘lily thi :as truth
which exposes eheri'!; .I e: r.-r e : m be pul.-
-■<!-,..| no where c’.'e. e--n.r which at-
■ t.-.-k' ’ruth can b • fairly un t no where els '.
-Th ptinciples Lav.- be n -pemlaiit I-. il
i I ; the vv art'. - -.f w:T h
~s attacked the m-.-t tirmlv fixed fu’Lu-ic*.
; g O ■ ; 3i.1l ii. -V , si-eeia’lv
• .‘’ t-’.i.a: ! to those errors which are ad-
-■ • • x'-' ' ■' E g • Is
. ' • '
, rrn- h it isjn-tlv L-Ll inq-ar-sa
species ot sanctity even to its inaccuracies
st f
• ei i: ev o--y pot' t ti,at isinvi-stigatr-l
J and her indoow t largest lib< rty is ■
' - x*e . r r.‘‘ P’l ■'V ■ot> hr whol - ■•.
A\ ho would be satisfied to Lave the enter
prise undertaken except in an age and
country where inquiry, and thought, and
truth, and speech are free? And when if
not now, and where if not here.; can these
conditions be met f ?
2. One circumstance most favorable to
i revision now, is the possession of a purer
i Greek text than was known in the times of
’ W iekliile, or Tindal, or Cranmer, or King
i James. This is a simple fact so well known
| that it is needless to speak with minute
j ness. As “ all things work together for
i good to those who love God,” s<|> all God’s
’ providences work together for [he accom
plishment of His purposes and the declara-1
i lion of His glory. How- busyihave been
the ingenuity and the research of scholars !
and antiquarians during the two and a
j half e. iituries s-nee our v cmioll was tlirm
.ed ! .Ages of laborious inquiry have pro
! dueed their result and that result is in our
hands. Shall we not use w hat] the provi
dence lit'God has comniitted to 'us ! Shall
' there be in fact two versions, one for the ’
< clergy and another for the people; one for
' I he learned and another for the unlearned :
one tin- the few, another fo.y the jiia’iy: one
for the critic who can read Greek and an
other for the common I'eople whose only
language is the noble .Anglo-Saxon ! '1 his
is now emphatically- true and jninst con
tinue to be true until the researches ofthe ,
last two hundred and fifty years are made
common property for the whole people,
which can be done only by giving in an
English version the result of all this toil.
An-. 1 , why should not this be done I Great
1.d.0r has been expended to ifestore the
very words of Shakespeare, tlulit we may
r -.i l his immortal po.-ms just-tils he'.vrote
them ; an 1 shall no effort be mjide to give
the people the very words which the Holy
Spirit has written ! Scholars have collated
every manuscript and version to furnish a
[Hire text of classic authors, that the school- |
boy mav read Homer and Horace in pure i
texts, ami shall im effort be m ade to give
to the disciple of Christ a pure text ofthe .
Great Teacher! If the researches ofthe
lii.-t two centuries are of any W'ji th. let the
people as well as the scholar e'njoy them;
if they are of no worth, let the scholar cast ;
them away.
3. While the antiquarian has been search-
ing among ancient versions and manuscripts,
the critic has been busily employed in in
vestigating the laws of language and ex
ploring the meaning of words. The < Jerman
mind especially, has been toiling in this
department of knowledge. Never has the
world wit s' at er labor] hh>ra ]>er-
‘ .i to its olijl-c!. Nev er
has the world seen a more abundant reward.
Philology lia>. b.-en reduced t'-i a science, i
We see its rich fruits in every 'classic fu l l.
The poetry, philosophy and history of the
classic. nat ions have beeu illu'stFatgd by its
light. Wliv iimv u«>t t-hiirlight be allowed
’ io 17; .v,7 ifp’-.t; tIL Av'iy *
should it be confined to the study of the '
minister, the lecture-room of tljie professor,
the lilii.-uy of the critic ! If there is light.
L-t ' pi-<»p]-- have it ; it' thei-i.'- is no light, -
let the pulpit and the commentary cease '
their revisions.
I. A-; a cous.-quenee of these researelu's ■
and this labor in the department, ot' philo- i
logical science, the pr’meiples of ihterpre i
tation are now well settled. Thev are in .
fact readily and eonstaptly applied by crit- ,
! ics am! scholars’ in all their investigations. '
Where, in King James' time, much was!
i chaos, all has been reduced to order, Let -
• these principles be applied for tile benefit i
<>f the people. The scholar enjoys them, i
why may not all enjoy them j What Tea- i
s >n c; n lie assigned why theJ should not ? ■
I histoid.. an I phi
■rpdeted by tl
pr:: ■’]>l. s. Il the \'\o;d oliGod can be I
ma le clearer is it not a duly to do it !
These considerations then press upon us I
the question: Is not this the time and place I
tin- revising our version of the Seri]‘tit: es >
as we may freely inquire f<>> truth, and i
fivelv publish the truth; as the labor ol i
gen ration-; has secured for us a purer and i
mor - perfect Greek text ; as the science ol I
pliilologv ami the laws of interpretation I
unite to lend us their aid ! I repeat, has j
! not the time come ! If not, when will it |
come ? Aon may admit that revision at ;
som ■ time is proper, nay desirable. \\ ill i
1 it. ever be more desirable than now ? li
(. .I has put us in possession of results.
; m->.'t fav Hable fin - revision now. may we i
not take it as an indication of His will.
1 that we should engage in the work now ! j
■ '. :: shall ihe v'. o| l; In- engaged
»dy| to take In
j
I
cimi't.-n ees in which the enterprise, is now
: c.irricd on. are the very circiinistiuiees in
vv hi -h it ought to In- mid' rtaken. It is ear
lie 1 on bv an organization, pledged to no j
-7. '■ .tli i-ili 'l by no hierarchy. dependent on
, \ I r I ■■ ’’ ,d, ,■ trbd,
o.il / to the enlightened. crit ri; >. oj the learn- 1
■7. ' . ! the Christian world. Th--s-..- are the 1
I : I i
r. - lit. ami lastlv ,-m impartial judgment.
If the enterprise were pledged to a sect, it
.-..Hihl In- pledged to the peculiarities of
that s< .t. If’ it were contrcfllcd by a bier-
ai. i: vve.-id sustain itsj an* h->i ity. If
t, j
suit its will. Th-- pri-nciplej of the present
- ’ 4
of t;.,d. Ip hi this principle our revision
stands, ami if condemned, bv this principle
let it L-,11.
Standing on this principle it is prepared i
fin- all fair criticism ; nay, it is itreparcd
■ . ■ .■ that wo
■ i T ' ■’ T . W ■ kn -
i
be attack I by prejudice |iud must Lave
’■ t .-o:. pier. And (t must i onqm-r
not b> the Wemtness of its dpposers but by
!
hiJ‘ ! -. on.-, y ( -t h'lmbly confiding in God’s
help, we take it uji.
Th r suits, so far. show that our plan is
a_iG I o.'i -. I - 1 " it has been successful, and
it' s’.has bee:: of the noblest kind.
I’ has won friends, in the midst of em-mi' s.
It m-v.-r could have commenced otherwise
than it did. It it Lad waited to be popular,
it would Lave waited forever. Honor, all
honor to the nob! .- men who commenced
this enterprise in the midst of opposition,
. ■ . ! Hot
those whose prejudices have given way to
the truth. Honor to all who, at any time,
may- be led by an honest heart to strive
for the AV ord of God, in its simplicity,
pureness, entireness.
A.s presented to us in the English version,
the AV ord of God came to us like its Au
thor. Its countenance is marred. It appears
to us by the providences of the past and
the circumstances of the present, to re
move every unseemingly blemish which
either detracts from its beauty or defiles
its purity. Let God be true, and every
man a liar. Let that which professes to be
the Word of God, be the Word of God.
Ami wherein lie has given us ability and
opportunity- to give His word in purity to
the people, may we be found faithful.
♦ ■»— ♦
(From the Home & Foreign Journal.)
LETTER FROM REV. ISAAC REED,
CHEROKEE NATION.
JT77Z received—Opposition—Four native
preachers redeed— VTord of God in
Cherokee language—Religious Books—
School teachers.
A Faysville, jC. N., )
Alareh 7th, 1860. f
Dear Brother—The people receive us
with all the kindness and friendship that
could be desired, and, wherever I have been,
invite me to more places than I eau possib
ly go. There is a vast, destitution here, and
tile Abolitionist's and Alethodists oppose us
very much, but we have the most influent
tial men of the Nation on our side, and
there is a great turning from the Northern
Baptists to us. 1 have received four of
their preachers, one of them, 1 think, will
we will ordain, and ask the Board to sus
tain him. A\ ill the Board do it ? There
are some pious young men here that might
be useful if tliey were- educated. By all
means send two good Teachers here to estab
lish schools. Much depends upon it—far
more titan 1 can speak of in a letter. But
if you can imagine a people who have anly
portions of God’s word in their own lang
'uitge, and who have to be taught the way
of life through an interpreter, who can’t,
find word.' to e.xpre.-s the idea that, should
]>C expressed. And then imagine them try
ing to make their way from heathenism,
through this dim light, to Heaven, and some,
ol’them trying to teach their own people
the way of life by this dim light they have;
arid then, imagine them listening with all
attention possible. If you can imagine these
things, yon can tell whether it is necessary'
to establish schools.
It melts my heart to think about these
tilings, and 1 must acknowledge that I can
not write this without shedding tears —call
it weakness, ii' you choose.—but pray for
th ‘tn.
Is it right for the Baptists to give, the
Überokce people the Word of God in their
own lanmingo ? 'They [iay,e.lhe. means, and
van ‘li. it if't.l!.-' will. ‘ arc a gn-nt
many Cherokees who can read English, but
as yet little has been done to give them the
I’ible. They call an me. for it, but 1 have
nil Bibles for them’. A) ho. will send ns
sonn- Bibles fir this people? Will not the
‘ East Alabama Convention send us some
Bibles, and other religions books?
The people here in this neighborhood
want to know if you will send them a soft, i
j i:itx baptist teacher, provided tliey will
I pay half his salary. They will build a
I house.
A <utr brother in Christ,
ISAAC HEED.
>
Discoveries in South Australia.
The important discoveries made, by Mr.
; Stuart, during a late journey of exploration
! in the sister Province of South Anstialia,
! are thus described by an Australian paper:
j “Alr. Stuart returned to Adelaide on the
: 17th of July, in the Alarion steamer, from
Port Augusta, after an absence of six months.
; His partv, consisted of two persons beside
! himself, and they had with them about four
i pack, and four or five saddle-horses. Mr.
[Stuiut's fir-t business was to survey and
la-.’ off the ruins disc<H-vcrcd and claimed by
him some time ago. After that work was
I liiiished, he started with Lis party on astir
-1 tu r exploratory expedition, and the result
! has been the discovery of an immense tract
! of country, exceeding in richness of pastur-
I age and abundance of water anything that
has vet been met with. Th" distance tra
versed was 300 miles beyond the furthest
point rc.-u-hed by Mr. Babbage and Major
! Warburton, and the country was found to
;be luxuriant beyond ih - -liption. Ah’.
, Stuart stai-scd from the Emerald Springs
' about tin- lieginning of April, and reached
latitude 26 deg. S. the northern bonndary
"f.his colony about the middle of May. and
during the entire |oi:rney there and back,
he states that he was never a single day
without water. The country traversed con
sists chiefly of immense plains, interspersed
with numerous hillocks from 100 to 159
feet high, from the summits of which gush
ed springs of pure fresh water, intersecting
plains ail discharging theniselvos into riu
-1 tncro’.ts creeks and rivers running in an eas,
ti-rly direction.
line ofthe rivers discovered is reported
bv Air. Stuart to be three miles broad in
' 'me p.-irt of its course. The range flanking
the plain is chiefly table-topped, and about
1000 fi-et high. Mr. Stuart madc'a detoiir
I'ccasinnall v of from 20 to 30 miles on each
-ide ot' his track, and found the country
everywhere of the same beautiful descrip
tion ; and it seemed to be of a similar char
acter as far as the eye could reach beyond
the furthest point attained by him. Indeed,
ho seems to have turned back through sur
; feirof good country. He thinks there would
not be any difficulty whatever in crossing
over tn the <»tdf of Carpentaria, or to any
other portion ofthe north coast. His im
pression is that an inland lake or sea exists
to the eastward, which probably dischar
ge' its waters into Stoke s A ictoria River
to the northwest. At any rate, the theory
that the centre of’ New Holland is nothing
but a desert may now be exploded. Air.
Stuart has brought back specimens ot the
grasses, seeds, and minerals of the Country,
the last of which are said to include some
specimens of stones. A considerable por
tion ofthe district traversed is represented
a.s auriferous.
morning, Patrick,” said a
gen.lernan to his Irish laborer. "Slippery,
this morning.” "Slippery! and bejabers,
tis nothing else, your honor. Upon my
word 1 slid down three times without get
ing up once.”
j TERMS S 2.
( ALWAYS IN ADVANCE
j VOL. 1.
( NO. 32.
tIIILDREN’S & S. S. COLIM.
A TOUCHING INCIDENT.
One of the most teaching incidents in the
efforts of the City- Tract Mission to bring
the neglected and destitute under the influ
ences of the Gospel, occurred a few weeks
since at one of their mission stations.
A very small boy- entered the room and
walked up to the desk of the missionary-,
holding up a soiled paper, says:
Air. , pa wants you to take this
hymn and get him a new one that is clean;
my little sister died last winter, and this was
found in the pocket of her dress after she
was dead, and now pa wants a new, clean
hymn to put in a frame to remember sis
ter.”
Unfolding the soiled paper he read:—
‘■Just as 1 am, witliout one plea,” etc.
The request of the father received atten
tion, and the “new, clean hymn” was sent
by the same hand that led the deceased
child a year since to the Sabbath School,
where, by the blessing of God, on the in
struction given, she understood and appre
ciated the hvmn; and in simple faith was
led to the Saviour.
The visitor had long known Alary, the
daughter of German parents, and thought
she gave evidence of being truly converted
before her sickness.
Alary's sickness was brief, so brief indeed
that the visitor had no opportunity to sec
her; but she learned from her mother, soon
after her decease, several things as to the
manifestation of her love in Christ, of her
desire to do good to those around her, and
her triumphant, joyful death, which are of
deep interest.
She had induced herfather to ask a bles
sing at meals, by inquiring if he did not
know that their heavenly Father gave them
all things.
To her mother, whom she one day ob
served to bemuch disturbed, and impatient
ly fretting under the burden of her cares
and perplexities, she said:
“0, mother, I wish you felt differently.
I wish you could feel what my hymn ex
presses; then you would be happy; you
would not be so troubled with worldly mat
ters.”
For some time previous to her sickness
she seemed obsorbed in the thoughts and
contemplation,of the joy ful truths contain
ed in the liynin. She had been observed
by her mother sometimes to retire into a
room by herself; there she could see her
sitting, and hear her repeating the hymn
th.it charmed her soul, first in an audible,
whisper, and then she would sing it, and
raise her eyes toward heaven as she ix>peat
ed:—
“0, Laiub of God, I come.”
as if her soul’s desire was to depart and bn
with Christ.
She se< m’vil to have a distinct impression
that her time on earffl would be snort. One ’
day when her mother declined giving her
permission to attend a religious meeting,
telling her the Sabbath would be time enough
for her, she replied :
“Ah, mother, I may not be able to go,
next Sabbath.” Iler forebodings were rc<-
alized; she never was able to go to church
again.
During her brief sickness her hymn was
still food for her soul. She would frequent
ly repeat portions of it, and often attempt
to sing it, when so weak that it was thought
prudent to restrain her.
This hymn she had committed to memo
ry, and neighboring families observed that
she sang it constantly. They knew not
, where site had learned it till after her death
when it was found in her pocket. It was
! sweet to her in life, and was her joy and
consoltrtion in death. The last whisperings
, of her ransomed spirit were:
“Just as I am, without one plea,
But that thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou4>idst me Come to thee,
O, Lamb of God, I come I”
' Then raising her almost lifeless arms, she
pointed her finger towards heaven and said,
“Mother meet me there,” tmd died.
When \V a celebrated jurist,
once the honorable Attorney General ofthe
I uited ‘States, died, thesimpje narrative his
affectionate daughter gave of what she had
found in her honored father’s pocket-liook,
thrilled a nation’s heart. “I found,” said
she, “no evidences of wealth, no bank notes,
no certificates ot stock, but many- precious
Scripture texts, which formed the basis of
his faith in Christ, and hope of heaven,
and guide through all the actions of his
life.”
If the savings and doings of great and
good men. their faith in Christ, and their
precepts of the gospel which have guided
them safely through life, have been publish
ed for the benefit of mankind, why shall
not the triumphant faith this Sabbath School
girl exhibited in death, and this beautiful
hymn be published in every language, that
children, and youth especially, may- there
by be led to the “Lamb of God, who taketh
away the sin of the world,” and be forever
blessed ? — Exchange.
TIME WASTED.
A dreadful account must be given of all
this lost and wasted time. When the Judge
shall ascend his throtte in the air, and all
the sons and daughters of Adam are brought
before him, the grand inquiry will be—
What have you done with all the time of
life in yonder world ? You spent thirty or
forty years there, or perhaps seventy or
eighty; and I gave you this time, with a
thousand opportunities and means of grace
and sal vatioir, and what have you done with
them all ’ How many sermons have you
hoard? How many seasons did I give you
for prayer and retirement, and converse
with God and your own souls ? Did you
improve them well? Did you pray? Did
von converse with your own souls and " ith
God? Or did you suffer them to slide
' au ay in a thousand impertineneies, and neg
lect the one thing necessary ? A fruitless
and bitter mourning for tne waste and abuse
’ of time will be another consequence of your
folly. AYhatsocver satisfaction you may
i take now in passing away time merrily,
' and without thinking, it must not pass away
forever. If the approaches of death do not
awaken you, judgment will do it. Your
1 consciences will worried with terrible re
’ flections on your foolish conduct. Dr.
Watts.
Never disobey your mother ’
