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TTAIXLN'; -nTni Goi>. Jjul Eiioca ira/iKi 6'oti,—ijtneil.^ 5; 24. Among Qia Rmirkable men who lived ia the pa-

trisiiial ige, no (n:e was more di^iinguishcd wr pietv f i " " Eno<i- He wa.s tLc serenth from Ailam, andpopbesicd ifcat Uie Loril would come with ten thonsaad of his saints to eieoute juilir-inent cn t i e imgodlr- He ••walked with G o d ^ f . r ECveral ccn-tnriai—lived to hii l lor r—ii rred him faithfully— promoted the cause of right:on^e.-,s—MIOTIC as a star of the first magnitndt in the patriarchal heav-ens—and mste.id of falling a vieiiia ta death as did his fellows. wa.-i translated that he shotiM not Fee death. Blessed exempiioa frtni the a.:;i':iics 1 if dis-silaticm: Blu.^sed arrc.=t cf the dccrte—--to du^t siult thou reten!" ' Iltul. Etiooh and Elijah! fa-Tored above all others of the .sons of men.

'•And Enoch walked with t^od an-i was T-nt. for God took bim."

1 . •WHAT IS TSRPLRE^ NI WALKINI; WVTH C o n .•

This first claims our consideration. In answer ta this question I remark,

L Tnat zealUng irith God. impiu-' rccmiciSiatwn vith. him. '-IIow can two walk together, ' paid one of the prophets, '^except they be asrced. " The question mtimates the impcL-sibility of the thing. Thera must be agreement. Jlon, hawevcr, in his tmregenerate state is unreconciled to God.iE J aliena-ted away from him. There id no spirituid congeni-ality. - T h e carnal mind is enmity against God."' The two parties, God and man. .ire at variance. Before there can be reconciliaticn. th-.'re raust be a change in one or both of the parties. Bc;t GLKI is immutable, and therefore the change, if it takes place at alL most occur in man. Btfore li;e ssnner can be reconciled to God- he must se-j that God is ia the tight, and he is in the wrtiug. He ought not to he reconciled to God unless the divine prtccedings ce tight. But among the things that the Lard docs is included the sinner"s condcDiniKon. The sinner must see the justice of this condcnination-orhe will murmur ind rebel. In the p)ccc.ss of repentance, thera is t cordial acquiescence in the iact that God is in the right. Hence the rrpentmg sinner justifies God. vindicate-S the divine gtjvem-ment and condenms himself. He sees thiit thi;

winch he has *ioIa.ted, is --holr, j'sst and good." And in onier to recondliaLioa with God. there must lie on the part of the repcntin:; saul. a hearty se-qmesttncs in the p k n of salvation through Christ. Bnspliiiwas faintly shadowed fVjrth ia patriarch-ilsimSiai thrcngb which Enoch, no doubt, had cheering ^tnpses of its glory. It is the essence of isamdEation to God. to accede to the proposal he naka to sinners through tlie death of his son. While this proposal is rejected, there is. there can benanamriliation. I t is at the cross alone that. Gfldiadinancan enter into a c t venant of sacred and perpetial ftiendahip. i l an . so far from -waiking with God" before he is .bicught near to him by the hlood of the cross, is an alien from him. l ie is es-tnngad iiiliia affections, but when reconciliation takes pbcB, he begins at ones to walk with Gc -d.

2. Jtiajlialske toGotl. Those who do not love Gcd^ instead of walking

T i t h h n n - ^ B t a moral dislanca from him. and even n j to ths Almighty, -depar t from us: fur we daire Bit the knowlelge of thy ways." They de-pirt fam God, wish, him to depart fi-om them. Those ^ lore God feel and act very dilfenntly. They desiie to enjoy spiritual nearness to him— stui nearness IS win enable them to walk with him. Kieir lore originates this d a i r c . and hence l ik ing with God implies low for him. Those who •»ilk togE^ier are not only agreed, but they onli ™3y lora one another. Thnse who, like Ennch. I l k with God love him.

3- It im'pbes intimacy and eannnuiiiun vriiii hun. Those who walk together aiu generally on terms

Bf intimacy. There is a d a i j ^ ^ u l spiritual intima-^ between God' and those ^rho walk witii him.

: "^Theaeoret of the Lord & witL t h e n that fear hhn." rrom the intimacy referrsil to rtsults the cmn-

nnnrion. There ia fellowship with God. ThtTc is Jnch a stata of Epirituality as keeps the soul in uuiiiiiiinion with him. How strong, and how ri>:ldy significant the language of the bdo ted discipk— "•"He that dweBctU in IOTC, dweUeth ia God. and God in him." "Wiat intimacy 1 VThat communion!

are taught that Jcsns manifests himself to ids fedples—not to the world. Theie is something ®95erimental piety of which the world knows ""Soiig. There is a joy in it wi'Ji which no stnm-

p f intemeddles. Thoic whu walk, with G.id, hfld intnreooise with him in meditation, in prayer, in the serricca of ^the sanctuary, t c .

4. It implies arrai^iiiiii,I af tkt f:-rt th.d f^vs ejt is upon us.

Those who walk with us can see us. Gud is ever looking on ns . Moses ""endured as seeing him who is inTisiMe." l i e acted just as he would have done if God had been visiWe. Whim we walk with God we consider him ••» .God a t h.nid: and not a God alar off."

We arc conscious of his prtsencc. David says: '-I have set the Lord always before ffle.'- A practical recognition of th-; fact that God"s eye is upon us. would conduce greatly to our i-pir.-iioal welfare. To set the U r d before oTir face *nnld preserve us fnmi pany an evil.

a. It imp/ies that ire walk if Ihc p/i/ZiT-cv of hntj. ntsi. I J J -

God a hriy, and thost^^-wbo walk with him mn.st *»I tn i the patlia rfj^tetaisni^. They must lie pracScal christ iai is3^nie line of duty leads u.-, b walk with God. He a e a r o that we.

in perform-ing the duties which lie prescribes, shall be brought "Ua pituimity wiih himself, so as tn walk with •"iffl- Xb" walk with God w;e. raust be holy: for

fellcwship has nghteonsness. with tmright-'"nsneSB? And what communion has light with' ^"fciess! He who requires us to walk with him. ®ys from the highest heavens, k-Bc ye hoh. Jot I

H. THH ADVANTAGES o r w.^uasr; wrra Gnu. •'Fiat are they? I. A grmring confamily. to the Dirint imuzc. "piose who -wanld -wt^k together, being on terms

of miimacy, become assimilated in views, feelings. habits. Their intimacy induces congeniality.

Jfo man can walk with God without becoming in "one degree conformed to his image. The divine •JianctEr ia the standardandtheperfectiOT of moral g l a n c e . How desiraMe to be daily approxima-™g that standardl-.;- I h i a is t rue of those who daily »ilk with God . ' 'They .become more and more "ka him. Thay are liTing fflnstrations of the sub-

objeeta diristianitj- proposes tiTaccomplish—to ®»ka man Eka God—to rencpress the divine image <®theaonl.

N A S H V I L L E , T E I S N E S S B ^ ^ ^ S A m j R B t Y , ^ C T O B E R 2 0 , 1 8 5 5

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things of the world assume an importance and a 1 ted a s converted in a few days, here and t h ^ . — magnitude to which they are not entided. Bu t ! If all those reported conversions had been gwinine, how httle do worldly things appear to those who ; the millennium would have been in upon u r i n full walk with God! They are crucified to the world. I blaza before tbi.s. But to tho.se who understand

; They Uve above it. They breathe a heavenly at- : what Methodist revivals usually are, these reports •mosphere. Their atfections are enshrined in things I convey'no deception; thougli they must be very celestial. demoralizing to those who pa.<;a them as c u m n t

"They tr,'ad the world beneath their frf. coin " And all the world calls (food or (jreat " | "The t i m c - s f ^ n ^ feature' of the Methodist BTS-

3. in life cm! d^ath. | 'em is next in.sisited on—the great latitude of d>x:-^'^M;n We walk with God he makes us the ob- i trine and practice which it allows. ••Where the

jectsof hLs special care. He sustains ns by his, popular currents rc-rnire a i-!ose proximity to the grace. a.q<l protects ns by bis power through our ! rniver^alists, the creed does not stand in the way

y?ar of my residence m,the garden of itsltttBitoct. s-'^Dijime «nd I feel bound to give to the*<aid inytes tw^mr ' as to its results. There is no bettef Methodism in I ^ t.hia iv , . . 1 erprTliiti

earthly pilgrimage. He checrs us in prosperity, and makes us joyful in adversity. He causes all things 10 work together for our good. In death his

When ft cKse imitation of ("alvini-nn is expedient, the c.-wd has nothing to say. F.ither Taylor, in Boston, has a warrant in hi.s creed fur all his acts

prestBce will be with us. and the light of his coun- i of comiiumion with the Cintariins, from whom he tenacce will dissipate the gloom of the grave. In ' gets his bread." (p. SuS ) This •time serving of that'solenin hour he will say, • Fearnot; I am with ' the system."' it is further urged, - knows no O.ris-yon: be not dismavcd; I ani vourGod " i tians cif the pale of Methodism, except when

4. Admittance into kcarcn. All who walk -with God on earth, shall surround

his throne in heaven. Enoch, who walked with him here, he took to walk with him.

••Hi;-!! in Falva:ioa and the climes of I'lisa." He will finally imparadise all his people in his immediate presence. They will enter into •Tul-n^^s I'f joy. " and dwell at his right hand evermore.

nsMAitss.

1. It i.s a great honor to walk with God. There s'noiild be a suitable appreciation of this honor. i

C- Aim, christians, at the elevated piety implied in ^vaJking with God.

3. Those who do nut walk with God here will not dwell with him in heaven.

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THE book whose title-page is given below, has been heralded by a portion of tlie press as no ordi-nary production. Lynn was cno of tlie towns in which Puritanism lirst established itself. Ur. t'ooke g i r t s te ra a local history of that form of religion, induiling i ts advances and its reverses, for a period of two hundred years. This is done by a narrative of the church over which he presides, through suc-ces.sive pastors down to the present. Such a sketch led almost necessarily to the •writing of the religious annals of Lynn, and of much incidental mat ter in ;ta local history. According to the general division or arrangement of the book, Puritanism is contem-plate'! as haring had a hundred years of reigning infiui ace. Following this came in the ••Oppositea," the rise and progress of which for another hundred years come under review. The sum of theso "Op-posites"' is, in the author's view, METHODtsM, to the consideration cf which, in its -Introduction,"' bis •Estimate • of it, and his -^Modes of Defence"' a-

garnst it, he devotes more than one hundred pa-ges.

I t appears that the rise of Methodism ia Lynn, was at a low «bb of piety, ansing, in no small de-gree, from the declme of original orthodox doctrine and practice on the part of the ministry, and, as

"a consequence, on that of the church. The new system of religion gained rapidly B strong hold, which it has maintained, ntimbering as it now docs half or more of all the evangelical chtircheain that city.

Dr. Cooke s estimate of Methodism • is by no means exalted. ' He represents it as a grand agency of proselytism. its first assumption being "that Christianity consists in making all men Methodists." .V!l Christians, but themselves, he says, are ignor-ed. The vaunted missionary energy residing in the system is, in his •view, exerted in other Chris-tian lienominations with the design of proselyting thera to Its feith,. far more than on the unrcgener-i te . These charges he essays to prove by facts irawpi from the history of the churches in Lynn, and also in Swampscot. -.Grosa caricatures and abuse of Calvinism," form another element in the author s '^estimate."' Ue cites particular attention to thepft-repeated representation that Calvinistic preachers "teach the damnation of infants,"' declar-i n g ' t h a t hell is. paved with infants 'skulls ," and though having no foundation in fact, '-a plentiful sprin^vling of Methodists are ready to testify that they have heard this, and that Calvinists preach it."' "But the scandal." he further says on this point, •is not only sustained in the gossip of the people,

but in the written and printed declarations of the •Methodist ministry, in standard works." Mr. Ste-ven.s. page 41. tells us that Methodism -had a mo-mentous niesKage to New England," to give its re-mon.strance against snch Puritan doctrines as that oi'-istfaid damnation, ct cetera." And he here says that iolant danmatian was considered a funda-mental truth a t the timeof Lee's viiat to New Eng-land. He promises in the sequel to prove this: but [ have not been so fortunate as t o find the proof.— Si, then, it is not the mere gossip of the idle ones among the Jlethodists^ that keeps this dander alive; it is •written aad preserved in the standard works of Methodism, and its ministry is responsible for tliegrissip. And what are the form and state of that gossip' "Wherever Methodism exists in any considsrable numbers, you are sure to &id individ-uals in abundance ready to testify on oath that wi th their own ears they heard this or that Calvinist minister declare in a sermon that hell i s paved with infmts ' skulls. Such •witnesses are always in suf-ficient number to command the general belief of Methodists. Yea, the notion that Calvinists beKere such a shocking absurdity is practically a part of 4 e Methodist creed. I l is what Methodism teach-es toi its c lildren. in the house and by the i r iy.A-. \s to the morality of such a use of sndi a labrica-tion I shall not speak. I t originates not in ignor-ant malice, and cannot plead ignorance , in excuse. For it i s put forth by standard writers, of whom it would be an offence to say tfcat they , did not know the truth in the case. -Such writers give the key-note to the scandalous ^ b b l e , and then theTnlun-teer witnesses chime in«nd declare on oath that they actually heard the Calvinist minister jHrach i t In this way the falsehood has been kept alive from the days of Jesse Lee till now."

Dr- Gooke ' s ' ^ t ima teo t Methodism" further re-presents --the tendency of the sys tan to promote insincerity and a habit of boUow pretenses."-- TTn-der thi« head are considered the experience-telling of its memb®s, its modes of revival operations, He says - the reception of members from JlethodisI revivals is like an attempt to fill a sieve with water. The amount that you put in does not tell what is in at any given time, because . the outgoes are a-great part of what you put in. Hence Methodists statistics^in the column of additions ef numbers, mustrshow a result far above the actual member-ship. And nothing can be more deeeptiye than ac-counts of revivals, wHoha re pnbU&ed-i^ Metho-dist papers, wherein htmdreds or- fifties are Irepor-

w ^ i s pecniiarin theirhistpiy;, W i i t o o f t h e K n t Ohiiichia L T B O . Boet(a:S. i n j i r p t o * ^ * .

• A CisTcaT of PuritanSj-ind A Centui}- of its Op-positea? •with reanlts contrasted to enforce Pimtai '• — • priircijdeaandto trace what^ia p e c o l m i n them^to^ S e n t i s to prevaa, .iJie tiine iwist «)in» its

some advantage is gaine<l by union or a special let-ting forth of charity,"' and also ' in Ihe use of fe-male prcaching."'

We have given the author's leadmg points in his bill of indictment against Methodism, with no de-sign' to vouch for the correctness of any one of them It will strike many as a very remarkable arranjjemcnt of a numerous body of Christians, and especially the unmitigated condemnation of them which follows. If Dr. Cooko were their final Judge,

I they would have the po<>rc.st p.3ssible hope of ac-ceptance, far less of approval.

Ia such a formal '"'estimate of -Methodism.'- it is certainly surprising that the author, who « an able defender of tho ('ongregntional polity. shouM have passed over a.s he lias, the i^dvemiental framework of the Metliodist church—its essential monarchy and consequent incongruity as flourishing in tho soil of democratic institutions. This argument which tlie' author nf the '-Great Iran ll'hetl" has nacd vith lie-diled cogency ami KTTyCT. is displaced in I>r. Cooke's book by points such a.s we have enumerated, but whidi as all put together have, as compared vrith this One, f<cr less metal and weight. We a little maryel that Congregatioo.al, as opposed to Meth-id-ist. principles of church government should have escaped so lynx-eyed a casuist.

The next chapter of the book ou Modes of Defense." recommends a practical disfeIlow.ship c.if Methodism in the pulpit and in all rchitti-us tkat In,,,' Covgre-gahoncj members or famntc^ m ci/ntacl wilk i', the more common crposurr of its prmajtUs and Imden-cies ly miuzsters. 5'c. "We have room but for one morecxtract in which the anthor"s general estimate of Methodism is very clearly set f.rth;

••"Whatever the system may be here, it is charita-bly supposed by many, that it is doing greater good at the West. But Methodism is not one thing at tho "West and another in the East. The same rules of action prevail, and the same mind direcu the action, both East and West. True disiance lends enchantment to the view." The thorn and tliistle arc not seen in the far off landscape. To a consid-erable extent, Methodism at the West, being a lighter troop, has preceded other dtncmination.s, and so, for better or worse, has gathered in many that had emigrated hither from other churches. But careful inspeclii'U I'f the Western field will beget serious doubts ef the general result. One of the greatest obstacles which our homo naissionaries find to the spread of the true rthgion there, comes liuni the thwartings and the corrupting influence of Methodist ministers. This is a fair inference from the many cautious statements in the pubU.')hed re-ports of the missionaries. If th« united conviction of tho whole body of them could have expression, it would doubtless be that it had been better for the "West if a Jletho<Ust minister had not set foot upon it. "We grant that i iunany instances, in the ab-sence of a purer gospel, it has done good—a thing whidi may even be granted of Romanism. Bui that its good overbalances its evils is not so clear.— "While in these instances it does comparative good, it does many evils by tho spread of errors, by cor-ruptirg the public views of religion, by dividing and crippling infant .societies, by bringing religion into contcmpt through the loose principles and scanda-lous practices there more than here allowed in many of its ministers, by burmng over the ground and preparing it for a growth of Universalism and inliciliiy. Yet it is customary to Io6k to the West as the field of its most kindly operations. And if there is not on that field a prepondcran'-e of good, where shall we find it?

"Tho question is not, let me say again, whether there are not good men and good results connected with the system, bu t whether on the whole, the sys-tem does more harm than good Tho fact that it has great success decides nothing. The question ij, whether the success enures to religion or irreligion. "Wbm in Lynn I count the multitudes which in Methodist revivals have been bom into Univcrsahsm and irreligion, probably cxcccding the present mem-bers of the Methodist churches, I cannot but feel that the preponderance is against the system. If the fruits be gathered, and the good bo thrown into one scale, and the bad into the opposite, I greatly fear that the bad will preponderate. The christian mind comes with rcluctancc to such a conclusion. That the largc.st religions denomination in the Uni-ted States is working more evil than good is a dis-couraging idea. Yet, if it be true, it may go far to acconnt for the fact, that the advance of pure reli-gion is so disproportionate to the agencies seemingly at work for it. If added to the native wickedness of man, and all the other causes impeding the pro-gress, we have the immense power of this organi-zation to thwart and corrupt, it is no wonder if our progress is so slow.

Tho common repuUtion which the Methodist sys-tem has for ha^ving done great things for religion is no bar to a scrutiny of its results. The.actual evils flowing &om it, of wjiidi we have Spoken, give at least prfma facie ground for ail inquest, -After al-lowing all the good wliich any discrinanatog ortho-dox mind ascribes to it, we are compelled to throw into the opposite scale a greater amount of CTII done by it. r..^-'

' Most of the forms of corrupted Christianity, with HomaniSiU in the vaa, a t some of their stagesstood before tho Christian world in the equivocal position which this now holds—many doubting of them, and most hoping faiorably, till finally an adverse judg-inent was passed upon their preponderant results. Now, the great question is forcing itself on the at-tention of the churches, whether this broad and effi-cient agency on the whole affects the interrets <rf Christianity favorably or unfaTO*»bly—whether i t produces a healthy or a morbid action^ If the con-cluaon to which I have coroe-be weU founded, the churclr will sooner or later awake to the etfflviction that i t is among the wholesale causes of c o u n t i n g the minds of men, and turning them away^from the faith in Christ. If the religion oC the New Testfi-

as to its results. There is no better Methodism in this country than in Lynn. Hither its best miiiBters are sent; and i t s choicest agenU ai;o employed. -Finding it wanting here, and you find it wanting everywhere. Haying summered and wintered it, I feel bound to give my mature judgment, tha t i thas done more harm than good. If its d o c t r i n ^ n d corrupting reviyal measures never had here, and the field had been U a open to action connected with scriptural doctrines, « c l i as m«i( then have come in, it is not crediWc tbAirre-ligion would have hero secured so broad a-field.

' But if this sad conclusion ia well grounded the first thing needful to stand firmly Bg«inst the rg-p-ession is, to know i t - t o know that the agifression IS one not of true religion, bnt of a fiilsc."

We have, perhaps, already given to the subject of this article undue space. But the subject itself is a rcmarkabU one. I t will strike a multitude as sur-p ^ i n g thai in this age of Evangelical Alliances and Chrisuan 1 nions, such a book, from such a quarter, should have made its appearance-especially so when the endorsements of the book in tliis, its lead-.ug feature, are con.sidered. We call to'mind at once the Traveler of this city, as having commended the drift and Rpirit of the discu.ssion to which we have referred. The y York Evangelist, a leading organ of New School Prcsbyterianisn., is in ecsta-cies over it, and wi.shes there were "a Parson Cooke in every town in the land." Even the Congrega-tionalists, a revival paper of the Puritan Recorder, (Dr. Cooke is the senior editor of the latter paper,) which is claimed to be of distinguished liberal spirit, so &r forgets for the time its antagonisms as to say, "the picture of Methodism and its fruits is done with a strong hand and with great plainness of Bpecrh. yet with a courteous and christian spirit. Wc were not prepared—we have not had much per-sonal experi-ence of Jlelhodism—for positions so strong (especial-ly in regani to the essehtial Christianity of Method-ism, and the practical question of miui..-terial and fraternal intercourse with its professors.) as those which Dr. Cooko has taken, and yet we cannot see that he has left them so far undefended that they do not compel conviction. "We incline to think that he IS right. And we feel like thanking him for good service done to the common cause, by his faithful and judicious remarks, and we hope that this vol-ume may be read extensively, and awaken thought and action in relation to a subject which has been too long neglected "

Farewell, then, a long farewell to Erangtlical Al-liances, and fraternal alEliatioos, including in the saina bond Congregationalists, Presbyter-ans and -Methodists. They can no longer join hands lovingly in Eible and Tract Societies, and Sunday School Unions. If they meet ever on the same platform, it must be understood •with what feeUngs, after such a condemnation of the most numerous of the three, countersigned by such leading authorities of the other two. After such efforts at fraternity as the last few years have witnessed—some having gone all the way to Europe to perfect the bond—we beg our ppen communion brethren, so called, nut to break tho peace, but to preserve at least a truce of fnendship. Most earnestly do we desire to see the professed followers of our Lord walking together. Hatch, ft Reflector.

Tbt LUlalence af God.

P ^ f our b«thr.o of that it is of '•no consequence at all"' whether — — i o o t y tUe commandment or not. j^ 'po^abn or tha work.- W_»-1iopa the prao will

I erisrvii iti~ oploioD tbe mBtUa.of tbr;ir9fci ao rXjD Bi BofBciaat af It baa a^ 'Pea red . ]—< «

. ,»,OJ^.TJlE HEROI.NK OF VAITH. [Fn^ijfTm^lUlisil work of trwt power an,] brllUincy—

bj a new'4ll£b(ir. It la commpodwl to tha attontion of tht ni'itlitfti iuKl «B2ht»r« of tha S(Suth ]

•.t J C H A P T B E V I I .

r tBST K t o n r s B T C D T O P BArrrs-M WELL Mr. Porcy, said Theodosia, wli&t do you make of this witne.ss? Do you wi.'A to cross

c.'kaniine him. or a.sk bim any further questions? Yes, I would like to ask tho Rev. Dr." MclCnight

it he practised sprinkling for baptism; and if he did. upon what grounds be could sustain a practice so different from his omtf exposition of the teachings of the scripture.

^- JDo tho other denominations opposed to the Bap-- ^ t , occupy the same position'?

I cannot answer for all, said Mr. Courtney; I can S u some. I hav« here a transcript of some of the '^iratings of Mr. John Wesley, w'ao •was the fonnd-W Of the Methodist.1, the most nnmerons of the Pedohaptist sects in this country. He says in his notes on Romans, 6 :4 . '-The a l l u ^ n is the ancient manner of .baptising, by immersion." And be re-lates in his journal, vol. 3, page 20, "that Mary Welch, a g ^ eleven days, was baptised according to the costom of the first church and the rule of the church.of England, b j immersion.

On page 24 of the same volume, he says, -1 was asked to baptise a child »f Mr. Parkers , second baihfi of Savannah; bnt°Mrs. Parker told me, neith-er Mr. P. nor I will consettt to its being dipped answered, if yon certif j ' l ^ t the .child is weakly it will suffice (ihe rubic says) to pour water on it. She replied nay, t ^ child is not weak, but I am

As Dr. McKnight has not answered m his writ- ' ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ „ . . . . uis Y»ri. ^ could not confute, 60 I went-home, and the child

and IS not present m-person. it may be sat..- ^^^ , ntised bv ^ ^ ' ings, factoiy, suggested Mr. Courtney, to enquire of .some other representative of the sama church establish-menti If you have Dr. Chalmers' Lectures on Ro-mans, you will find the question answered.

Yes, sister, don't you know mother bought Chal-mers' Lectures only the other day. I will go and get the booii, said Edwin.

Ah, here it is, page 152: Romans (>. 4-7, ' The original meaning of the trord baptism is immersion; and though we regard it as a point of indiflerency whether the ordinance so named be performed m this way or by sprinkling, yet we doubt not that the prevalent style of the administration in the apostle s days was by the actual submerging of the whole body under water. '

' "We advert to this for thu purpose of throwing light on tho analogy which is instituted in these verses. Jesus Christ, by death, underwent this .soit of baptism, even immersion under the surface of the ground, whence he soon emerged again by his resurrection. We, by being baptised into his death, arc conceived to have made a similar transla-tion. In tho act of descending tmder the water of baptism to have resigned an old life, and in tho act

was baptised by another. It would seem then, said Theodosia. that Mr.

"WeUey conformed his practice" to his Ithef. He believed that baptism was imtjersion and refused to baptise at all unless he could do it according to tiie word of God. I honor the man for his c o n ^ tenc^-.

Still, said Mr. Percy, It does not seem that he was irifiuenced by the word of God. but by the ' Rubric. ' The word of God ma'sea^o exceptions in favor cf those who may •be certifiedio "be weak" bat yet on the authority of '•tlie Rubric" or formu-la of the church of England, Sir. "WcRley •was i>er-fectly ready to dispense with the dipping and em-ploy pouring, if the parents rrcttld only crrtify.

.'•loreover. added Mr. Courtney, it seems from his eonduct afterwards, that ho felt as much at liberty himself to change the ordinance of Christ as the makers of the Rubric had done; for when he organized his Societies, and gave them 'The Disci-pline'" as their organic law, ha directed baptism to bo performed by sprin'iling or pouring if the par-ties preferred it-

j\nd though Mr. "Wesley once refused to baptise a person at all unless he could do it bv dipping "ac-

of ascending to emerge into a second or new life." ^^^ ing to the custom of the first church " or under Hero we have a distinct avowal of the well es-

M o u j s s ] ^ t ^ the attitnde-of drfensa a g u i ^ - tirondencelias cast my lot on the gKrand of its IiQUtad A A H I N A M M K I am D S W i a TIN t v e a t n t b

The construction of tho following argument, in my own mind, originated in the necessity of my nature. Some years ago, I had the misfortune to meet with the fallacies of Hume, on tlie subject of causation. His specioas sophistries shook the faith of my reason as to the being of a God, but could not overcome the fixed repugnance of my heart to negation so monstrous; and consequently I felt that infinite, restless craving for some point of fixed repose which atheism cannot p r e . but ab-solutely and madly disaflBnns.

One beautiful evening in May, I was reading by the light of tho setting sun in my favorite Plato. I was seated on the grass, interwoven with golden bloomn, immediately on the bank of the crystal Cokirado of Texas. Dim in the distant "West arose with smokyoutlines maaay and irregular, the blue cones of an off-sh(X)t of the Rocky mountains.

I was peru.5ing one of the Academician's most starrj ' dreams. It laid fast hold of my fancy without exciting my fkith. I wept to think that it could. At length I came to that startling .sentence, ' God geometrizes," "Vain revery," I e.vclaimed, as I cast the volume on tho ground at iny feet. It feel close by a beautiful little flower that looked fresh and bright, as if it had jus t fallen from the bosom of a rainbow. I broko it from its silvery stem, and began to C-xamine its structure. iLs sta-mens were five in number; its green calyx had five parts: its delicate coral was five; parted with rays, expanded like those of thoTexan star. Tl\is com-bination of five three times in the same blossom appeared to me very singular. I had never thought on this subject before. The last sentence I had just read in a j)ago of the pupil of Socrates was ringing in iliy cars—"God geometrizes."' There was the text written centuries ago, and here this littlo flower in the remote wilderness of the "West fumised the commentary. There fell suddenly, as it were, a faint flash of light. I felt my heartbeat in my bo.som. Tho enigma of the universe was open. Swift as thought I calculated ou the chances against the production of .those three fives in one fiower, and I found that there were one hundred and twenty chances against Boch a supposition. I extended the calculation to two flowers, by squar-ing the sum last mentioned. The chances amounted' to the large sum of fifteen thousand six htmdred and tsrenty-fivc. 1 My eyes around in the forest; the bid woods wOTTGterally alive with those ^ d e n "Upoms,, where' ionntless bees were humming and butterflies sipping honey dew. . I w l l not attempt to [describe my feelings. My soul became' a tumult cf rtidiani thoughts. I took up n ^ beloved Pliiio from ,the grass where I had tossed him HI a fit of despjar. Again and again I pressed him to my bosom, •with t l ^ chain of my mothers around" the neck of i e r child. I kissed Alternately the took and the rcBc, b r e w e d them both with tears of grateful joy. In my enthusiasm I called out to the birds that .•were ^ g i n g on tHe-boughs, t h r i f e g t h ^ c h m t s of praise for the de-parting day—""Sing on,, suany and ever-joyous min-strds: Lo! ye and I are'cMIdren of God."—Z>em. •Reiiew. • .vw .

{ " A I B O P THB AIIBBKALF^LNSNTT:TE,-^fte Mana-gers of thft Atnencan I n s t a t e have obtained ^the Crystal Palace for t h ^ exHbitioii t l ^ y e w , and are raakisg a display BiDre attractiye t ^ they have been aUe to make betete(breLin Uieir comparatheTy contracteS qua i ten . UliOM "who •visit the eihibi-bitio* abw o ^ a t ^ Palace, win be snre to ^ "th«; T f ^ '<rf th«ir mcmey—a sight of the bQi l£ i^ idone, being s M d j mn cqtoroleat for the p i M t r

tablifhed fact that the meaning of the word bap-tism is immersion. And that the practice of tlie Apostohc church was conformable to this truth. But in the very face of it we have the candid decin ration, • That we (Presbyterians^ regard it as a matter of • indifferency" whether the ordinance so named be performed in this way or by sprinkling.

But. Mr. Courtney, how can it be a matter of "indifferency'"? If the word means immersion, then immersion was what Christ commanded, then the -'ordinance so called"' is -'immersion. ' How can immersion be performed by sprinkling? Really these Theologians are a strange, mysterious people. I cannot comprehend them. Christ commands me to be baptised—baptism means immersion; then of course, if he meant any thing, he meant immer-sion. But these great and good men tell me it is a mattEr of ••indifl"erency " whether I do what he commanded or something el.se, altogether different from it.

Pardon me. Miss Theodosia, it is only when the theokigians are in error and blinded by their edu-cational prejudices or attachment to their church forms and dogmas, that they are BO unreasonable and so mysterious.

Yet, 1 have been accustomed to think they could hardly be m error at all. I have taken it for gran-ted, until yesterday, that what the ministers of our church said about the teachings of the word of God was all true, as a matter of course. I can hardly believe now that it is not so. I can't understand how those who are so wise, so learned, so pious, so anxious to know the truth, and who spend all their time in learning and teaching it can be wrong, or how a simple girl like me may differ fhim them-and yet ho right. I am afraid to take a single step in opposition to my paBtor"s teaching, though 1 see cleariy (as I think) that I shall step upon the rock of God"a unfailing truth! How can it be, that such good men talk one way and act another? How do they t r y to just ify their '•indifferency"" to the com-mands of Clirist. They give some reason, do they not?

I think most of them don't trouble themselves on the subject, they think little and care litUe about it—not deeming it essential to salvation. When they do think or read upon tlie subject, it is in or-der to quiet their minds or reply to an opponent. They have the practice of their church, received by tradition; they take it for granted it is right. They are where you were a day or two since, when you took it for granted-that the miD isters of your denomination could not be wrong. They don t think their church can be wronj;: and they t^wist, pervert and torture the scriptures, as you have seen Mr. Banies do, or openly set aside their teachings as a matter of ''indiffcrency, " as we have seen Dr. Chalmers do, in order to ce>ntin'ie tht u.^a^ nf the church.

Bat, asked Theodosia, does not Pr: Chalmers stand alone upon this jioint of • indifferency? " It surely is not common for the ministers of our church (who in learning and piety 1 have always thonght had no sujwriors iu tho world J to speak of literal obedience to Christ's commandment as a matter of no consequence. To me it seems to bor-der upon absolute impiety, almost upon sacrilege. I am in a maze of admonishment.

If you will continue your, investigations for a "lit-tle time, you will cease to be astonished at almost any sort of assertion'; made by the advocates of sprinkling, said Mr. Courtney. Yon will, for in-stance, find them admitting, in one sentence, that immersion was submitted to by Christ and practi-sed by the Apostles: and in anotherj holding it up to the reprobation and abhorence of every christian as an indecent and abominable rite. But in regard to. your question: Dr. Chalmers, so far from stand-ing alone, simply echoes the sentiments of Calrit , the founder"rfyoor church, and others of its most eminent sapjiorters. " I t is of no consequence at

j m „ (says Cal^rin, as quoted by Prof. Stuart) 'whether the baptised person is totally immersed or whether he is merely sprinkled by an afTosion of water. This should be a matter of choice to the churches in different regions, although the word baptise signifies to immerse, and the rite of iratBer-ston •was practised by the ancient church." ' '•To this opinion" says Professor StuM-t, "I do-most fully and heartily subscribe."'

W e i l l dedarei, these-'Presbyterian Doctors of Divinity are the most mysterious of people to me. They fireely admit that the laeaniog of the word is to immerse or to dip^and that immersion was prac-. dsed by the first chniriws, (and of oonrse if soclr

tilt meaning of tbe i r a d i t most bare heen^prcc-tised by the fii^ charcheS) as they coald not mis-Q r i e n t u i t h i ^ a B i w a d m a i t ) I « t t b > 7 t a D u

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a certificate of weakness, his followers by his direc-tion and by anthority of his discipline, employ sprinkling almo.st excltisively: and call immersion a vulj^ar and indecent practice; although they will sometimes perform it to satisfy a weak conscience rather than lose a member.*

Martin Luther, the great reformer and founder of the Lutheran chiirch evidently entertained the same opinion with the other noted Pedobaptists we have been speaking of. ,A.ftcr speaking of baptism as a s)-mboI of death and resurn?crion he says; -'on this account I could wish that such as are to be bapti-sed. should be completely immersed into the water according In ihc meaning of the word and" the sig-nification of the ordmance, a'i al.co without doubt it was instituted by Christ."' Yet Ltither is the Fa ther of a sprinkling church—the Lutheran, and whether he did so or not it is evident that his fol-lowers. hke Dr. Chalmers and Calvin, regard it as a ' point of indifferency.''

That IS sufficient. Jlr . Courtney, replied the yotmg lady, I merely wished to know if the other denomi-nations were guilty of the same inconsistency with our own.

After a little further conversation, Mr. Percy and Mr. Courtney took their leave.

Mrs. Earnest, the mother, had. during the time of this interview Iseen sitting quietly in a comer very busily engaged in bemming some ruffles. She took no part in the discussion, but as soon as the gentlemen were gone, she turned to Theodosia and said, my dear child. I am perfectly astonished at your behavior this evening.

"Why, Mother! said the young lady in amazement, what have I done' I am not conscious of any im-propriety.

Do you think then that it is perfectly proper and becoming in you to talk a.s you did this evening about the good and eminent clergymen of our church? I t made my flesh quake and my heart bum to hear that impertinent little -Baptist peda-gogue accuse snch a man as Dr. Albert Barnes of perverting the scriptures and mystifying the truth. I wonder if he thinks a learned and pious Presby-terian minister Uke Mr. Barnes is more likely to be ''blinded by prejudice and passion" than an igno-rant Baptist school master. You thought I was not listemng; but, though I did not take any part in your conversation, I assure you I heard every w;ord of it, and if it hail not have been for the presence of Mr. Percy, 1 do believe I would have been tempted to order the fellow out of my house. How could you be so destitute of every particle of self-re.spect and of all regard for your own church—the church of your mother and your grand parents, in which yon was bom and raised, as to permit a man to taR in that way in your presence? I declare I was perfectly ashamed of you! If that Mr. Court-ney ever shows his facc m my bouse again, I do think I shall in.sult him.

Mother, what was it that Mr. Courtney said that was so unbecoming and offensive? I am sure he seemed to tne only as one anxious to pet at the tnith.

Why! did ho not say that our preachers perverted the scripture' Did not he say Aat they set aside the commanilmeuis of Christ as matters, of ' indif-ferency"' I wonder if be thinks he knows more About the Scriptures than Dr, ChiJmers or Mr- Bar-nes, or eyen the weakest preacher in our church. 1 always heard that the Baptists were an ignorant, bigoted and mtolerant sect, and I believe it now

•more than ever. Just to think tliat—

But mother, please let me say one word. Mr. Courtney did, indeed, iatimate that Mr. Barnes had mystified and perverted the Scripture, bnt did be not prove it bofore be said it? I t was Ur . Percy who rcarl in Mr, Barnes" notes that we must look in the old Testament at those IS- placeSj -to learn ihe meaning of the word bapt"isc. We looked, and found that ia fourteen of the fifteen, the action was dipping, and in none of them spriakling or pouring. It was Mr. Percy who read that "the mcamng of the word is not to cprinkle or to immerse, bat it is to dip for the purpose of sprinkling or for some oth-erparpose."' It was Jlr . P=r:y ivho read in Dr. Chalmers that ' we (Presbyterians) consider it a point of indifferency"' whether the ordinance of Christ is performed as he commanded or in some other way. Now if Mr. Bames does pivve that the word means "to dip" "for the purpose of sprinkling or for some other p u r p l e " and yet tells that it can be done by pouring, does he not mystify the sub-ject by a strange medley of words? Was it so very -wrong in Mr. Courtney to point out these sdf-^ d e n t prevarications of Mr. Bunes or the openly avowed disregard to the 'commandment of Jesus-

> S M O t . 8 o a B « r t , O i i l M , a b i y B i B a B d cOm.

Christ and the practice of the Apostolic cLnrchea in Dr. Chalmers?

If Presbyterians are puilty of such inconsistency I am Sony for it. and ashamed of it, but I can't help seeing it when my attention is directed to it; and I really do not see how it could have I K C T be-coming in me to get angry with those who were so kind as to point il out to me. On this Eii"Dject I feel that I would be willing to learn thu truth even from an infidel or an idiot if they could aid ine.

I t is the part of a true friend, said the mo'her, to hide a friends infirmines, not to divulge and glory in them. And even if our mmisters have dtme and said some thoughtless and silly things it is not for a Presbyterian like yon, ta speak of ibpm o t permit others to speak of them so contemptuoudy in ytjor presence. If you have no spirit of resentnent I II let you know that I have, aad Mr. Courtney UKI, ii he comes here with any more of his Baptist almse of our pious and learned ministers.

But, mother, if our ministers are wrong (as being human they surely may be] how can it be wrong to point oat their errors, and guard inqnirers after truth from falling into them?

I dQn"t fay, rephed the mother, that it is wrong to point out any trifling errorsi, which they may have inadvertently taught: provided it were done in a mild, gentlemanly, courteona; and christian man-ner. But i s i t kind, is it courttous, is it christian-like, to accuse a great and good man like Sir. Bar-nes of torturing, perverting and mystifyirg the word of God to sustain somn cfiiirt:h doinna or church practice? Do you call that gcntlemaiilj''

My dear mother, please don't be angry with me; T really can't see why we should not call things by their real names. And I must confess that tn far as T can understand the meamng of the words, Mr. Bames does, on this subject, mystify and jicrvert the language of Scripture, and Dr. Chalmers does clearly intimate that it is no matter whether we do what Christ commanded in thi.s ordinance or Enmt-thing else—which he did not command. And 1 be-gin to fear tfiat otfjers on our side of this conrrover-sy are in the same predicamenL Whether those on the other side are not equally mconsisient. I have yet to leam.

Well, my child, I don't know what to do xcith you. You have no more respect for the opinions of the learned and excellent ministers of our church, than for those of the most icnarant people.

I am determined, mother that I shall never trust any more to the mere assertions of any man or set of men except those holy men who spake 3i they were moved by the Holy Ghost. Whatever I can find for myself clearly put down in The Book, that I will believe. Henceforth the Bible is my only guide, and I will myself, judge of its meamng for myself-

But. my child, do yon. can you think th.it yon are as competent to iudge of the trae interpreta-rioa cf the word, as the great and pnod men who have given all their lives to its stndy f

No, mother but how if these great and gnodinen disagree? Must I turn Catho! c aad so secure an ir.fallthlc PnenlJ If I don't do this 1 must mam-tain my right to my own private judgment. 1 am accountable only to God; i will be guided only by his word. I thought yon aad pastor JohtLsori wonid have encouraged and essBted me in the invesiiga-tion of this or any ot ter qtzsstian connecte-i with my religious faith and ris-Saaa. I know tiiat he has always told as to exac iae the scripttre for ourselves—and -'each to t e Slliy persuaded in his own miad."

Certainly, my child, bnt then -we thought that your investigations would tend to confirm rather than shake your faith in our doctrines: but yon seem to be loosing confidence rather than iac-easmg it. These studies seem only to disturb and nn.sct-tle your mind: and I fear if you continue theai they will end in your separation from ns all. How then can I help desiring that you should lea-vc of! these distressing investigations. Till you do so 1 can hardly feel that you are my own dear Tbe-idosia. Yon begin almo.st to feel l ire a sitranger to me now. I declare I believe yon w:Ii Drsct my heart And overcome by her materrsJ fe^ :Tigs, she bamt into a flood of tears, in which iLe (ii.aghter freely jomed.

VTe maat follatr Jraaa, aa ivdl aa romp to lUm la Order t i ' - .^-Tc(l.

There are some per^inns who fancy they have come to Jesus, and are chn.stians, who, nevertheless, plainly show that they do not follow him. They think they are converted because they remember a time when their religious feelings were much exci-ted. A .sermon, or Eicknes.s, or the deatii of a friend, aroused them to p r a j for mcrcy. Thiy soon felt comforted in the hope of pardon, made a public profession by coming to the sacrament of the lord ' s Sapper, and then gradually .settled down in their former state of indifference. They are now perhaps attentive to the outward duties of religion, but they have no mora real love to God, earnestness in prayer, striving against sin, or diligent endeavor to glorify Christ than before. Tbejr only cri.jtncc of bemg christians is an act of memory; not what they now are, but what they thinit they once t i p e n -enced.

A very common notion prerails that Falvation means nothing mere than obtaining pardon finding peace, and gettmg to heaven. I t is much more. I t is dehverance from sin itself, an increa.sing conform-ity to God, and habitual enjoyment of cummtmion with him. Salvation is' not secured once for all, after which nothing remains to be done, by under-going a certain process called conversian, any more than submitting to a certain ceremony called Imp-tism. We do not get to heaven as we travel by railway, having only to seat onrselves in the train which then whirls ns along withont any fnrt.her ef-fort cf our own. It is rather like a journey c i foot whidi requires continned extirtiun. AYho would dream tfixt he could walk trom London to Bding-burg if he stopped at the end of the first miln? Or that he had climbed a mountain by merely Htuiding at its base with one fool only on its craggy s:de?— pi icn Christ says: "Come unto me:" hs is not standing still, but leading sinners up to God. If, t ^ , we go to him. but refuse to go forward with him, we j r e left behind. True conversion is Uie lirst hnk, but not the chain; the title page, but not the book: without the sequel it is worthies^ ridic-nlous.

Salvation involves »'«B2fiCt rclitEce on (lirist , and a patient continneDcem well-doing. Wt must keep near him as he leads his people ou to purity and bUss. We must follow him, as well as come to him: and wc may be sure we have not tmly come to him railess we do tmly follow him. We come to him for salvation, but salvation is foUirring Jesos! There are two names for the same thms and they cannot be sepamed. If wedono t foUow Jesus we are not disdplea of Jesus, we are not saved. He said, "If any man serve me, h i him follow me." John xij. 26. "' If mny man -will come after ma, let him deny I b s s ^ - ^ talie np his CTon •nd, fallow^" Mat. jcrt,34. . "My^i teEheMmT TOiee,and I k n o w t h ^ ^ M ^ g m i T m e . ' ) John

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5 - A S H T I I . L E . T E S S . S A T F E D A T , 0 C T 0 3 E 3 . 2 0 , 1855 .

' ^BEGISTER rorm l e t t e r i f i t ^ , CO - V T - T N V S SIOXEY.

fiaendly relatkms with ns? What in the name of r a ^ have they ever done, or allow^ed to be done, JhatWire the Bemhlance of friendship for ns!

Fxrc 5th. In onr paper of Jane, p e r h a p s / v r e filmed it as 1 fact, that a schemc or. plan to unite E^ t i s t s and CampbelUtes was one- on foot among revisionists, if not now, and that we had been enn-ailt£d and our influence solicited to dn.-ct it. This we stated as a fict, not opinion. To ae.iy this was to (inestion oar veracity. Dr. Lynd-lakes it upon

you, on the records of the First Church, since I have been th« pastor.

With these categories answers, I remain your friend and trother, in the gospel of Christ.

W. N. BAVLISS. What must the Baptists of the Southwest think

of tliese thinpi. of this studied and far-reaching and unscrupulous attempt, on the part of somebody somewhere, to blight the Uttle influence we may have gained by long years of unremitting later

Uas 31r.--€araphell Chan^pd;

" W a SEVB3. FBEAOIEn- SOU TACGnT .V.STTinSd, A3 A poHncFir OF o c a FAnn, s i s c e TirB n- i r of TTTG FIB3T T o l t s e of Tiin Chius t ia : ; : B a p t i s t , t h a t ITS HATB EEIXlCTCn."—A. Com^hell.

c o r d e r o f June 27th, to declare: - I do not believe there is such » scheme. I do not believe that there lias been such a scheme. I do not believe that he I:,,, Ici-n caimdUit nr sdicilal c.t sudi i; .o/idiir. and many more are of the same opinion.'

Hero. Bro. Lynd pvcs ns the lie direct, in two ^ " • ! iastances.ar.d adds, to intensify its aggravation, that

- W n n m s p f P . G a h p e u . l ' s I v i tws a.s koiuik^- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

F o r i makes an in.snltin3 call for names FB^san. ^ - c ^ T tthct Aiir « \ f i several weeks, as though we had fabricated the

cni hx^itutti, Gtnr^^U 'xn, K,,. : ^^ ^ ^ ^^^^^^ Theological In-

! stitute. for there is r.n rcvoalci relit^ion ia -siirh an ! act. 1 Well for us. that Bro. Pendleton nolly came for-i wanl and aiSrmed that he bad been ct n.'-TiUid .ind 1 solicited with ragard to the same .sciienie. .\nd la-1 ter vrc have received a letter from a brotlic-rin Mis-

-omintnt of the Bilcrs liie same

Do WE HEiHEFEEiXOT PrjjF. LI^ n V. HF.N HE EXDOMES C-UtPBELUSJI ? .

The w a j tftf EecorJerstYks to ;:[.iint EfcuHciliiiticiii.

IQ llUtS tlUlA - - , V. ° , . Ininself. and this Committee allow him, m the Re- I and toil? But we will not complain here. t>oa

" ' is jiLSt. and if we are pure and upright, the Lord will arise for u.s, and yvt make the habitation of our rightousness prosperous.

We warn aU-men and ministers against reports to our injury, whether circulated by profes.sed Bap-tbts or - otherwise.''

But the malignity of our personal enemies, is no possible excuse for men of the high sense of honor accredited to Messrs. Caldwell, Taylor and Bran-nin. Why should they pubUsh such a report to the world, provided they knew positively that such a report had been preferred against us in our church. Are charges, any evidence of guilt? Christ was continually chargcd, and was condemned and cru-cified under the awful charge of blasphemy—but, like this, they were not provetl. The Apostles were chained, the eaily Christians were charged and martyred under false charges. Who ever lived right'ciiusly and e.scaped charges, from enemies, wi.-kcrt and malignant ! Even had chargcs been

m U E "ComnHttee'' that own or .•niperiitcnd the J . Western Recorder, have puha-h--d sn article of | assippi-onc of the most

peace aailhurmnny between the two paper;. E..it j f™™ J- » <.™.pbel.ite. m byiriist means! Do they employ kind and con- i ^^'ch he s.iT.-: dI«t0Tj-language? Do they evince a charitable f "I have been and dirifeliaii spirit? J)a they, as tliose would wllo sought peace, avoid wonls of rtpmach, or making c h a r j a o r intimations that mu.=t. if true, scrioxsly injure the christian charactcr ami pcrF-nnal inSu-

.rm-G of therr brethren-«f whom ihey complain (Graves and Pendletonj? Xot tl:e Icart cf this: but. on. the contrary, they select the most unkind and aggravatinglangiiags. and n.-e it in a spirit cvinc- j mg bittemtss. if not ta.ingnity- 'I'hey study, it i would seem, to inflict the deef tst reproach." and | scruple not tu maic or rrport. without (lualification i Drremmse, chargesnttarly false, and the mostprejndi. i

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•critiiisl-^ D.>n-dderiug »j»r pinpofi-('011 cn t-xio.v. It is a matter I hare m'lcA ut Inert and am a x x t o i a t o i t r k p ^ k k . I e.\pect to meet many of your brtlhren and miue at the great BiWe mee'ting :n M-.uipht.s. when I hope ti> have an i,pp<Ti"a-.< j '<!' cr.Nsn.TTX'. wijii nin-i on mis sriuriT." * • . " ' That .such an union will take place, I no mote doubt than that I am now writing. .\nd lo the sooner the better f j r t he great causiji')' religion.

Well mav Prof. Lynd and Ford be aba-shed and CDufoimdL-d at proof conclasive. and from Mirh a quarter. Had wc ji-i'due«l a private letter to prove that Bro. Waller c.in»uUeil with u.-, the cry nf «ic-rilcgc would douli'lcss have been raided—tliat wc ciaLifiHitnunot!i-asBn.stthesditarofthcTennes-| , , , .• , , , v . , .• i. m

„ . ,, . • - • . : aiiturlied the ri-rosc ol ihc dead—r>ut t. .ainpbell sea Baptistl i more mah=nant andcnjunous, person-! . >> - r , i i i • , - . • . ' has done It. and Prct- Lvr.d dare not rcbuKc' Will al article we have nevETsecn m any paper except the ' Eecarder, and a sheet that once hailed from Xew Orleans. We are bound to confess that a trio cf

i he now say, that he docs nut bchcvc that there cvtr ' was tuch a thing as a union of Baptists and Camp-

lishthe f a c t t o the world without e-xplanation? Why , when tliLT profess to seek to restore good feelings?

Bill they knew that our church relations were unbroken—charges or no charges'. Xo excuse or palliation can 1 le feund. for such a publication. The committee attempted to injure us personally by this. The fact stanils out lx>ld upon its very face. Thus do tiiey endeavor to restore frimlhi^ relation;

But this Committee denies that they are in with a disinfected brother or brethren in this lati tudc. through whom they gather incidents to pub-lish. We very re.spectfully and seriously ask them from whom they kamed that we were under char-ges in our church!'. Did the Committee visit the Southern Convention, or did they Icam it from some who did go' Will these gentlemen inform us!t We ill luimii the names. . Wr have a-right to Ihom. Can we get them'

• Nor do wc know, or liave wc inquired what be-r/^uoii^. ^ .U .. . ^ ^ ^ Jjj^ Icadersof the re- i came of the ,,rn,corlw,> against him the many editors of the Recorder (hears. Fori and; . . - ., , , J ' <r,<,r,T> 1,,.,-pnmiinr'' Will he now saj', that uc GOCS Lynd) have the htJior; fur snch emanations must he consideieil as honorable in their eyes and those of the cmnmittec. or they would not so frequently ! indulge in them, and seem to vie with cach other as for a palm in the execution of STicli articles—uf ex-ecuting a series of personal artii-lcs that would ihs-honor any slieet, and shadow any names, as they fiiive them.

Is the cranmittee sincerely seeking toiecjncik-the i conductara of the Tennessee Baptist, or to intii.-t the deepest and most irresponsible character of in-

viiion movemcn: sot believe that J . L. Waller did roasult wiih " them" (Baptists and Campbellitcs) at .Memphis — and guiug to, and returning fixjm 3Iemphis'

Bit). Pendleton rcpliel to this i-.iipcachiiicnt of our veracity by Prof. Lynd; but was u ever copied intotlie Eecordtr. or has editor Lynd ever retracted the falsehood charged? Xever; and tlii.sConimittto allow all thiS: and approbate it, and thus cmlravor to sTLstain friendly relation.s. " .'..c'

F.u:t 6iu. But this same kind and

^ Era- Pendleton m d on^elH -Ey their , ^^ ^ ncivsiapcr for an example to rc-

H " ^ "T ^ ^ ^ senemlly, try thcr hand occasionally. when f.'spcrmZ ttnUnntis are to be made to -suslain . friendly reUtiiins with the Ttiuiesse-e r.apli.st." j Here is one of tlicir fvicudly CU'U a\ci« ,

sa judge them. It bears this testimony upon its very face, and breatlies it in cTcry line: This '•KTmnmittee." alter giving Br.s. Sears. Lynd and Fnrd. and others, unlimited lictncc to indulge in the most ohjecliDuable form.s of ptrsm.al attack upon , : purchased and

„ , . . ' . , , , ' pnctCTof theKeposiajry, voluntaidv withiirew hLs lis and Bro. P., rrfusinzto pubhth rephes. hnd that j (he li.s t of editor^ to Ihc'Ki-cordcr. j. o they have signally failed to eifcct thcirobject. J ec- i did Bm. J . M- ISemiett withdraw his name, but bc-

allow him to ex-, or even reply

L p:0d Will on ed, undertake the assault thenLsdves,: Wan what i ^ f..,^,, ^^ •sncctsB. it wni rtquire but an ama:'.ii:g short time convnice his Bapti.st readers that hv is not -decapi-to .show, and thtrv will read their victory or defeat tated." and cannot be. even by the liiilc upon their Hul^oiption book. Tue Baptists ol the ' Nashville." IKecorder of September 20.) Southwest, ye:^ .u Kentucly too, have too i l- =-lawell, liiylnr Urannms s, sense of jm.tiVe to .Ttiile npnn ; o nr.cliristian a pn

J "a J — j ^j.......... ............. m ^ also, that should tliesc editors cuntinne their j cause this Committee would neit aI!oi cmir=e much lonier they will be irreirievahiy niin-! P'"'--^ " f ^ - Communion, < •; , , ,, „ , L to personal att-ack^.. with perie'-t j wl. iimlpTtakL'the aiisault thcm.sdvcs ; With what i , _ i - i , t - i '

cedure-- In noticing this ijixiadside frcm the Committee, wc cball lettve Era. Pendleton to defend himself, as he may conceive the attack merits—by the contempt

tlie aiministratots of the Ki.c<-.rder. and the gentle-men who deelare in the very fa-'e cf this slander, that thi;y -have, in all eases, endeavored to sustain friendly relations with the Tennessee Bap-tist." This is a r.uecimen of the way tlit y have

ofHaiencerif h t ^ S K . (consideringthat the cri- j "lane it from the be-K-nning'' It i j a new way. and dent malignity of the attempt defeats itself.V or , rfcnli«- to the i lc i ider Conmiittce. with the wi-Jicr of his ri'£ciUe. Wc reply to, Lc<>k the tiles uf thi.s paper tliruugu and thiough.

and wc defy the Ccrrimiitee (ortl,t lyii-T.cyededitor tome of those parts bearing upon cui.self. '-Wo have, in all raFes, endeavorc*! to sn.stain

frfeidly rdatious with the Tcnnc.=-':c Baptist- — rom.

We ' caimoL accept one word of tliis. Fiirts— ."tubhorn facts abundantly testify to the coatrary. | Wc have space for only a few:

Fac t Lst. D-.d they not admit to their colurons an article from thrafiictcd brethren in Tennesircc, in which we were made the butt of a violent assault, and in which onr ptrsmial character was impugned? Was thim kind or coarteons i Why did they not say, '•gentlemen, setile your misnndcrstandiTigs and rt--eonrile yonr 'prrrate l>n)ils at home among your-sclrts—they will not idify the readers cf the Rc-rarder.*' But iso: the article they knew was em;, nratly alcniitcd to icjnre the editnr cf the Tennes-see B^tiat, and they promptly sent it forth. Thus they -^OKfciTnrtd to sustain friendly reiations with the Tmnessce B«pti.st."

FifT 2ad. "Whrn the editor of t ie Tennessee Baptist sent a reply to their edlrc (cir iramc<liate ir.-rartion to rounti-ract the bjury. week after week eUp^es. and at last he rcccives a letter fiTrm thcr kxsU igent, informing ns that they dechned to admit our reply!* This is the -rclimned" way in which the cmnmittee has • en^Icavnred to su.stain friendly rtlatiaiw.'^ ic . ; :

We wrote an indignant and tlirtntniing letter to tlrin /rjCTii/j m l justice-li'Ving Committee, and a short thai* afUrwards our reply appeared.

F ac t Urd- The authors of tlic offentivc article were »llijwcj tu re-appear immediately, and to re-ply u they saw fit to reply, and to^involvc Brother PfmUetoain the matter, so that it became necessv r r iiir Bro. P. to reply, or sulHa- injury. lie did fo, m s eimctimii and cmtrteoos manner. Bat was his piece uimitted? By nameass. Hi!! testimany not only nl i imd his name, bnt vindicated the cilitcr of the Temiesscc Baptiiit: It copid not be admitted. Bat mnre—this C^immittee refused to rctorn the artida (although Bro. P. sent the po.stage) until he lhre«tened to expose them' Ihks, this immaculate CammittaB has swanled justice, and -mdeavorcd to anstaio fnuully relations,'' tcV.

F ac t In the Recorder 4f June 27tli, 3Ir. Ford is freely allowed, by this Cnx^ittce, the fd-fanrmg persunml charge ag*inst <mr rliaractcr or Dfsr

" I h . there ht rc been other schemes, also, aheut wUdi J . R. ( rrares has ban consulted, and in which not only the B«ptist>!. bat the SmUJi, arc interested. I t may anm be the time that this frrmon should be made known."

Wb oiled for the spimlications or the withdraw-al of Una foul nhel, hat received no satisfaction. The article contaming this is headed -D i tm Dosh. (a christian epithet sore) intended to be applied, wc •appose, to Bro. Pendleton and oarself, for refusing to teil Mr. Jo rd who ctrasulttd ms about a union with the Campbeffitcs.

I t cannot be cnnsidcnMi. strange that, imtil 3Ir. Ford retracts or prorea the above charge, all frioai-ly idations betwwn ns must cose . The spirit that conli without a prorocation to excnac it, indite B u i a d a r j a against a brother editor, augurs d t h s i3mt Om antecedents of. the author arc qnes-tionaWB, nr that Ma coaseqncnta must prove so.—

I way ihoold ita author nadve the countznancc he

l a i caafid men, nrach l ea of christians, until

iMavIa or prares. t k a ^ i j a , nBreatiaimd pablications of libels

^ A m ^ in the Heeorin agamst as, have

a w u UmtSfy nlattaia" with n^n Do O m thaEecofeUrl Hare t lx r

y * * * ? * ? ' " ^ ' I f « i , w h a t d o a i . y ^ mimcnnitocaatMa

who <liscovers rank Canipl^Ilism in Peter's expres-sion on the day of l entecost, when that phraseology is copied into L'rcliard. > to lind anything of the char-acter of Ford's charge—uf Lynd's impeachment— or where we ever used such contemptuous language in fpecking of the Pvc onler; When have we in-dulged in such gross and injurious pcrsonalitits when speaking of its editors or Committee? Let it lie re-productd. and we will hide our face in shame and repent ia sack-cloth and ashes. We have said- that some of its personal attacks were botii unchristian and ungcntlemanly; a,s wc kindly suggest that the aliov,- are; and we are surprised beyond mea.sore. that Jlcssrs. Caldwell. Taylor and Braaning would condescend .so low: l,ut their ex-treme anxiety to ."jstain friendly relations with us compelled them to lio so, of course!' !

Fact 7th. ThL'i Ciiiiraittcc, to prove the sincerity of their ••endeavors to bring about --friendly rela-tims" with tis, publish to the world reports and in-.sinuations that they well knew wouhl injure us most serioasly, and that too in a way tliat neither wc, nor they. cmiM iTi?r corrcct. Wc sulimit spec-imens;

As to Bro. (iraTKi and his church troubles, all wc know of than is the mere statement of others, that there were charges against him in his church at Nashville. Wc have never pubUshcd anything about him or thnsc chargts. nor have we ever in-quired whrt bccameof thepmsrrution n^ntiuf Aini."

Xet them words be forgotten and crect your mon-ument to the Wesitem Reserve for brcriliiip; mrk a mail a-« J . R. tiraves.' ] Italics arc oars. ]

yet th-» committee add a few more para-graphs after

• In fact, the idea that we have any wi Ji to injure Brother Graves or the Tennessee Baptist is wholly and entirely false and ridiculous!'"'

There is not a candid Baptist in t!ie Southwest who will, who can,iclicve this la.st declaration, in the facc of the above c.xtracts. AYhat about these charges contained in lhe.sc extracts? They are as false foul and iEah.~;ou3. There is a point be-yond which, if editors or committees go, they de-serve no mercy, and that point is, when they leave honorable discc-ssion, and honest statement of facts, and, like jackals^ scent for blocl. Whoever these •others'' were who mfide tlic .statement to the com-

mittee, that '-there were charges against him [us] in his [our] church in NashviHc,'' stated what was sadis false, and what they might know wis fal«;, if they cared tt) Imow. He or "they" who raised and circulated or carried this .-lander abroad, did .so with the malicious design, in our opinion, to inflict a deep and lasting injury npon us. Wc leave those who raised thi.s report in the hands of a righteous Judge. Lest Prof. Lynd should not believe our as-sertion, wp submit the following additional teatimo-ny.

TTptm reading the CoiSmittce's charge we addrc.<s-ed a letter of mqtniy to onr pastor, to leam-if any charge had been preferred against us in our absence. This is his answer.

N a s h t t l l e , Oct. 9, 1855. " .1. R. Gb-Ives—Dcor Bro: I have just received,

by the hand of Bfo- Rutland, your note of this morning, in which yen request me to answer the following questiors:

1. "Is there, or is there not, a charge upon the records of the First Chnrch against me?''

I answer to this, that there is not to my knowl-edge.

2. "Has a charge ever been prefenred against me sincc yoa hare bran tlie pajtorof the First Chnrch? li ao what is the charge (^ ' charges and speciilca-tioMT'

Vou ought to have enquired, Messrs, Caldwell. Taylor and Brannin. for yon publi.shed, or allowed to he published in your ]iaper. that wc had been prosccutcil for libel, and damages to the amount of 7.500 Imd Iicen obtained against us, thus leaving your readers to infer that it wa.s for something writ-ten by us. or at Ico.st published by our knowledge. .\nd, although the explanation ba.s been repeatedly given in this paper, and the conductors of the Re.

I corde-r rc<iuested to i-oi j or ocrrect their injurious inaliatory i njiort of it. and although even Bro. Buck e.spostu-

' became of -the prosecution against us." Had every paper traduced us like the Recorder and Campbell's Ilarlmiger, which in this, at least, it seems to imi late, we .-hould long .since Iiave.buen crushed under the weight of the falsehood. Thus the Committee lia-s endeavored, in nil cases, to sustain friendly re-htions. and thus do they seek to ri-store them

The Committee's allusion to the imputed land" of our birth, i-- decidedly lmr-JItf)i<^ inHnitely beneath the self- respect nf geTtlcmen. Such language belongs 1,1 the -stabl.j ' and the "pit. ' We have r.ot even the idea of gentlemen in our mind, when wc write of men who ' an conceive and ose .such language—nun who can employ the ^ ..rnis nppHed to the pvTicration and raising of cattle bno- '•••asts. when alUidirg to the birth and raising ot chris-tian hrothei-. or religious Editor, with whom they nre professing a desire to sustain friendly relations. We are constrained lo Iklieve that Mr. Caldwell, (for we know him from character.) never indited such language—and perhaps, never saw it. !f he did Ixjth or either, we have no cxcusefor him, but to m-.oitc upon him the severest censure of all Bapti.sts and gjntlcmi-n. becau-se ho sins against his educa-tion and .-Lssociations. But what obloquy or reproach or what real honor or dishonor, does land attach to a man, in the estimation of all good men' From what chapter in God's Bible does a christian learn to reproach and prejudice wicked men against a •man for the country of his birlh ' I i lay not a man be as honest and as pious bom in New fj ig. laud as in (.ilil England, on the Ohio Purchase as the Kentucky Purcha.sc, m New York, as in Louis-ville. How infinitely contemptible the spirit that could stoop to use such weapons! There is a mean-ness. .says Gilfiilan, that gives us the only true idea of the mfmHe". It concerns us not where we were bom. Wc were not consulted about it. It was a matter purely of God's disposing. .\nd thanks to him, not birth nor blood, but

.•'Vtorlh riinkcs the man ibf want pf it the f^llf,ir." And

"The Saui'x the nica-^ure of the man The ••Western Reserve has not the honor or dis

honor, (however it may be considered.) of our birth. Our infant feet trod the soil consecrated by (he first and best bir.'od of the Revolution, and our an-cestors fought on the heights of Bunker Bill, and the battle fields of New England. And while wc thank God that our ancestors were firm patriots, who shed their blood and periled their lives for their country, no stain attaches to the c.scutch(»n of any cnc related to us, by -blood or marriage, Yet we ronccivc ourselves only, deserving of honor for own dcscrt.s. The Louisville acistocracy are sadly mistaken if they think they can shame us of our parentage or native land, by their contempt-ible sneer. He is not deserving of birth at all, much less a birth-spot, shaded by the wing of the American Eagle, who can be made ashamed of any State of this glorious empire of nations—he is an an .\raerican—and those bom in Virginia or Ken. tucky, arc nothing more. Many a man bom even in Louisville, has been hung, and more deserved to be.

But in thus si-cking to reproach the Editor of the Tennessee Baptist, are they not aware tliat they sneer at the men they assay to defend ? ? 'Where was Elder Everts bom, where Prof. Lynd, and President Campbell, and Famara, and Fldcr Fletch-er, and even Elder Ford, and other honorable adopt-ed Kcntuckians, not a few !! !

Wc dismiss the Committee men at tlus point. We have not the stomach to endure a farther expo-sure of their dissimulation. Their intent has been made sutBcicntly manifest. The injury sought to be inffictcd is palpably manifest. Xo cloak can hide and no excuse palliate it. This task is anythmg but pleasant. Wc have no ta,stB for it. We arc mnocent of its provocation. The Committee have forcai it upon ns. They have voltmtarily placed themselves beyond the circumference of onr mercy or sympathy, "i'et we hate ixjt, but pray for them.

We can answer the question propounded by the Committee: '-'Why does not the Tennessee Baptist and Western Recorder harmonize?"

Because they are not the exponents of the same doctrines or practiccs. They are radically and nat-urally antagonistic, sinco opposites must necessari-ly utagonizc.

1. The Recorder is understood to advocate the recognition of Campbdlitcs and Pedo Baptist soci-eties as Gospel or scriptural chnrches of Christ. The Tennessee Baptist denies this.

2. The Recorder advocates the reception of^ all Pedo Baptists and Campbellites, npon the immer-sions received in those homan soci^ies—wUdi the Tennessee Baptist considers as a ji;»des of open cummuuion—and to aU intents and purposes so far

Baptists conceives as fraugl^ with confusion, evil, Slid ultimate ruin to our churches. *

3. The Recorder advocates the i ^gn i t i on of Pedo Baptist and Campbellite prei^era w legiti-mate gospel and offlcial ministers of Christian churches, by inviting them into our pulpits and asso. ciating with them as Gaspd ministers. This prac-fice the Baptist considers nnscriptural, and highly inconsistent.

4. The Recorder, by ono of its leading Editors at least, openly endorses Campbellism, in all its teachings since 1M5. And the Editors of the Bap-tist as openly repudiate both A. Campbell,and any endorsement of Campbellism, coming from whom t may. It is no respector of persons or high posi-tions. or factious, honors, or unscriptural appenda-ges with which the simple are awed.

5. Its Editors and conductors are seeking, and have long sought to paralize the influence of the seinor Editor of the ^p t i s t , and in every presnma ble way, scrupling not to attack his character in the most violent maimer, and to publish to the world the most mjurious character of articles and false reports, and refuse any con-ection or retraction when the evidence is submitted. If this can he said of the Baptist, let it be sub.stantiated with at least seven facts.. Let one instance be shown where wc have attacked the jiersonal or christian charac-ter of one of its editors or committees, or desi-end-ed to personalities, unless as now, to repel personal attacks. We challenge an examination. If we havuused offensive and injurious personalities, ox cept in cxse.s, as now, where we would suffer unless we did so, then we repent in shame and sorrow and sincerely implore forgivencs.s.

We do not propose to /m tc the Recorder to ad vocate this or that—as a condition of -friendly re-lations with us. but. wo do demand of it. to allow an open, fair and full discussion of those issues be tween us, and that it refrain from this continu.d im peachmcnt, cllected contempt of ourself or our con tribators -from injurious personalities of every char-ai:tcr, and the Recorder will have no just car.sc to complain of us.

If this Committee smccrely desires pean'c, let them first retract and atone for their arts and lan:;iia of which we justly complain. And then let Messrs Ford and Lyud retract their charges of falsehood and treason. ' and we shall Iw sati,sfied. But they will not. if the past course is to be madly per-sisted in. then we understand that the Committee design their article for a declaration of war to the knife, or until they and their Recorder becomcs iv capable of inflicting an injury. They have uraiie war, aud now let them take the sword from our tliroat, and tomaliawk from our head, before th. y insist upon passive non resistencc on our part, \Vi-olI'tT ea.sy tciins of peace, and pi-omise hard tcniis of war.

We close this notice here. We have not present, ed half the gievances of whu h we have reason to complain.

We may never, unless this state of things con-tinues, and all redress is denied us. We love peace, save with error- -and above all peace with our breth-ren. Tliat wc are warring upon the Recorder bc-cau.sc we fear its rivalry and encroachments upon our tc-iTitory, is simply ridiculous. It is the weak fearing the strong.

The Tenne.ssec Baptist, rewarded for its unojuiv-ocal aud dauntless advocacy of the truth of true and consistent Baptist doctrines and practiccs, has been made strong. The list of the Recorder could be taken two or three times out of the Baptist, and yet the Baptis-t would have the largest list in the •Siuthwest. The Baptist envy the Recorder ! ! ! We only regret its ill-stared conduct, and unsound and unsafe teachings.

Wc shall ever consider, as now, that the articles cminating from its FJitors, are public property and open to criticism, ailoption or rejection, nor shall wc deem our disapproval of the practiccs ad\-ised, a just caufc for personal attack from the Kditors or their Committee

017' If the Recorder will publi.sh this article, we will publish theirs.

S.Oh Advoctto. A u j a x t , G a . , Sep. 12 , 1855,

EIUTOR ' OF THB CnR^nAN- AOTOC-ITF..: Dear Sir .-^Presuming tluit yon will extend to a

BaptiEt the piivilegc which Baptist editors are ac-customed to extend to Jlethodists, and other Pedo Baptist Sects, the privilege of replying to an attack made through your columns—I send you herewith a reply i o the letter of Rev. J . W. Mills, addressed •to me through the Advocate of the 23rd ult.

Should you be unwilling to admit my reply to your columns, please return it, with as little delay as possible, to tlie editor of the Tennessee Baptist, through whose agency it has been conveycd lo you, and thus oblige,

Yours, respectfully, Jo,sEPii S. Baiter.

|Mr. McFerrin refused this act of justice.

Tu Rc;. Jotan W. .tlilli.

•Klder Scars professes lo be filled with horrors at finding a few iiwlanccs of s,rri(imre praseology 'n Orchards Hi^t'iry of the Baptist, and jet Mill receive Campbellites into his church upon their IniicPrsions, and inivti- C.ia.pbilUte ii-.-ach>-rs to proclaim Camp-l<>lli,.ni in his polpit ou Uie Salibalh 'I It is tli.nipht he ill r, cover

IS 1 , \F . \ . \T B. \ 1TISM A DUTY '

OVER Iliis caption the Presbyterian Herald of Oct, 11th, contains an article which is a part

of a tract written by Rev. J, A. Uood, of intt.sfield, N. H.

The author, in referring to infant Baptism, men-tions what he calls "mstances in the Scriptures. " Lydia and her household are named, and the au-thor of the tract says, ' It will be noticed in this instance, that Lydia's household was baptised, not bccausc they beheved, but because she believed."

Where did the writer learn this? Not from the narration as recorded in the XA'I of Acts. I pos-itively deny the trath of his statement. It is not said Lyiha s household was baptized because she believed. The members of her household were doubtless baptised because of their personal faith. Will It be said by the author of tlie tract, it is not aflirmed that they believed? True, but neitli-er is it affirmed that Lydia believed. She certainly did believe, as the Tract states, but it is not said so, in so many words. If, therefore, the author in-fers that Lydia believed, why does he not infer that her household believed? Alas for the causc of in-fant baptism, when the baptism of Lydia and her household is appealed to m its support.

The baptism of Stephen and his household is re-ferred to, I Cor. I. 16. The author says, 'Hhe probabilities are, that young children composed the household in part; for 'otiiai,' the original word translated homehohl, when referred to persons, al-most universally signifies a family of children of different ages." I submit that children might b« of different ages and not be infants. Every Pres byterian scholar knows that the household of a Greek, whose youngest child was twenty years old might with propriety have been termed his oi'ite. But it is said, 1 Cor. XVI, 15, that this same house of Stephana.s had "addicted themselves to the min-istry of the Saints." Did infants do this? Alas for infant baptism, that the house of Stephanas is appealed to. "But," says the author of the Tracti "suppose that the household were composed exclu-sively of those old enough to exercise an intelli-gent belief in Christ—even then th; presumption is that they aU did not beUcve."

It is vastly strange for a Congregationalist to use such language as this, and for a Presbyterian to en-dorse it. Why, it is argued that the household of Stephanas was baptised, aaA here it is suppwed that it contained children npahle of exercising' faith, who did not believe! Wer* they baptised in personal unbelief on the faith of the FatherT This is strange. Presbyterians sarcly do not lielieve this.

The author of the tract makes no reference to the h o ^ of the Jailor, (Acts, rvi,) and the house of Crispos, (Act^ xxiii.) of each of whom it is said, he believed with all his house—yes, and the term otiosisnsed. Why were these cases omitted? Ah, ^ e y are too plainly against infant baptism. And if there was some obsaiiity in the instances he re-fers to (whiiA I deny) he ought then to interpret them cmformably wMth those instances which are as clear as the son in heaven.

Mr. Hood refers to what he calls "Historic Evi-dence.'' He says m the S y ^ version oikos is translated children. WeD, sappose it is. What does it avail mfant baptism, rafless it can be shown

No d M i e o t cbus^Iutve Um p re femdiguns t l ta Cunpbdfitcs m oanceraed, u d tUa policy t])e

that the children baptised were speechless infants, and not accountable agents—a thing that can never be done. The Sjiiac version onr author refers to the first century. Be it so. 'What does this profit mfant baptism, in view of the fact that Dr. -WalL ite champjon, admits there i» no express mention of 4 e baptism of any infant l y the Apostles, and dora not pretend to find any nmnspred historical evidence of its administiatioa in the fiist centniyi ? to some other things m to Tr«et,aiidshowth«tin&Bt htpt ismisnot

I.W.T,

Why do you speak to n:e 7 I never hurt you: you drew your sword upon me Tiiihout cau.se; hut 1 b<-sp«ak you lair, and hurt you not.

Mala in S/uik'pcare Dkar Sui —Lest my silence should be miscon-

strued, I deem it necessary to say a few things m reply to your letter addressed to ii.e through the Christian .\dvocatc. (of Na.'hville) of the 2.'!d ult,. for which I acknowledge my indebtedness to you.

In the lirst placc, allow me to express my sincere regret at the manifestation attorded, in your letter, of your want of either ability or will to distinguish between persons and t h i n g s — a n d Melk-odism. Are you ignorant of the fact, that many things may be truly affiniicd of the one, tliat ean-not be so aflirmed of the other ! Would you not consider it a violation of the rules of common hon-esty—a breach of truth—were 1 to publish to the world, that J. W. Jlills had declaimed against, and evinced a spirit of hostility to the siinurs of Alba-ny, bccause he had declaimed against, and was hos-tile to their ans'. Would you not! Or what views would you entertain of my veracity, were I to affirm that you loved sm. because yc.u prol"e .sed love for sinners' Now arc not JIetho<li.-m and Methodists as distinct from each other as are sirmers and sin' ,\re thev not' Please note and answer the qnes-tion—are they not! They certainly arc--and yet you represent me as aflinning of Mcthcdisls what you well knew I hud only aflii-med of melhndnvi! If your 1-on.sciencc will allow yon to make such representations without ce mpuuctioii, I would much prefer, I assure youj my dear sir, to be one cf whom such false representaiions are made, than the one to make them, in manifest violation of the ninth com-mandment. N ote this as error, No, 1.

But, sir. your applying lo Methodists per.-onally, what 1 had aCDrmcd of mei/Kv/j.'iin, is rendered more we.ciiisiiLlc. fioni the fact, tliat I had, at various times, ailhil i/oi/r i tUntion lo the di<hrci.ic. and disou-iied any hard feelings f w a r d you or Metho-dists in general.

After my article lo which jou refer had appear-ed in the Tennessee Baptist and before your letter was written—or at least before it was sent off—I stated to you in substance, in the presence of a member of your own denomination, that while 1 had no confidence in, or liking for Methodism, I had great confidence in many Methodists—that I had more christian fellowship fiT some Metho<lists, than I had for some Baptists, In my reply to the first letter ycu wrote mc. I wrote, (Mar. 2^.) - there arc many members in Methodist and other Pedo Baptist churches, whom 1 esteem and love aschri,st-ians—some whom I esteem more highly than lax professors in Bapli.»t Churches, " In my reply to your third letter, 1 stated, (April 12.) that I re-cognize as chrislicns. Welhcdists and others who evinced the spirit of Christ, but I cannot recognize christian churches, churches that mIriUioiially ad-mil vucannrlfd prrsoi's In vHvibrrfhip, ami are built up and governed by o'/icrlaws than those giv-en by the great law giver of Israel..' I added ' We must make a dilference between men and their er-rors—love the one: hate and avoid the other.

Your persisting in representing that I had affirm-ed of Methodists what I had only affirmcJ cf mttk-odum, after your attention had been repeatedly called to the difference between the two, is to me most unaccountable. It looks very much like a wilful effort to excite your brethren and the com-munity aga]n.st me. by a mis-statement of facts, but I freely forgive you, in con.sideration of the ev-idence you thereby afford, that ycu despaired of effecting your end by a plain unvarnished exhibition of Ike truth. Men do not usually resort to misrep-resentation. rave when facts correctly stated, would militate against them,

Y'our letter affords evidence that you are ccpid le of making a distinction between a person and his creed or practice, when you have the will to do so: for while you condemn what you are pleased to term my ' exclusivenc.ss,'" you profess personal respect for me ' as a worthy chnstian gentleman —why not, then, my dear sir, allow that I may entertain personal esteem for you and others, as vcrthy ckris tian gentlemen, at the same time that I condenm your Methodistic errors' ^Vhy not' -Thou that tcachest another, teachcst thou not thyself ?'' Do you claim peculiar privileges for Methodists' T'pon what do you found your claim?

"By what rxrmption, Ir your mofrt sacred carcass freed from htripf-R And p i t D P made tothem? Am not I Fre«- born as you'"

Do the Scripturcs teach that Methodists may oflirm all manner of evil of Baptists, but that Bap-tists mn.st not presume to say aught against Meth-odist or Methodism, If they do, please enlighten my ignorance, by referring me to book, chapter and verse, which secures to you, and your denomination any peculiar prerogatives: or which will justify you in bearing false witness against your neighbor, by representing him as afBrming of Mclho<hsts what positively he had not affirmed.

Another evidence of the recklessness with which you make the most positive assertions, is found in the following sentiment You say, "The quotations you make from Hume .md others upon the subject of episcopacy, are all irreverent, bccause they have reference to High Church Episcopacy." In that short sentence there arc three most palpable errors. 1. I did not quote fhim Humo and others upon the subject of Episcopacy: but merely from Hume and another, viz: Taeitns. 2. H u m e ' s assertions, in the extra.-ts cited, were mado of episcopacy in the gen-eral, ,ind not, as you represent, of "High Church Episcopacy" in partimlar. o. Tadtns, the other author to whom I referred, lived and wrote at an age when what you call "High Church Episcopacy" had no existence, if we may credit reliable Episco-pal and Methodist authors: and, therefore, he could not have bad reference to it, as is affirmed by you! Yoor assertion, therefore, is as far from the truth as are the days of Nero, (in whose reign Tacitus was bom,) from the present day. Note these errors, Nos. 2, 3 and 4.

You err m yoor pretended quotations of what I had written—through mere carelessness I hope, and not with a deliberate intention to pervert my words. When an individual professes to quote another, he is morally bound to quote correctly, or give inti-mation that he does not profess to give the exact words used on the occasion. You, sir," have done neither, and are therefore justly chargeable with having made a fcdse report of my words. Note this aserrorNo. 5.

A ^ i n you err in representing that I seek to pre-sent yoor Methodist Episcopacy in "a false light,' in "a false position," and wishing to "blend the Bishops of the Methodist chnich with the Bishops of other pretensions and higher claims." No ar , I could not i ^n lge such a widi, for I know of no other Bishops who asBert " i i g i t r daims" than do your (Methodist) Kshops. Tbey daim the highest poBBiMe eodeoastical power. Your "Quarteriy Ee-

thority. It is published by the authority of your General Coiiference, as an expoandor and defender of the doctrines of the M. E Church, and is edited by one appointed to his office by said Conference. Now, in vol, 4, No. G, of the Review, it is strenu-ou.sly contended, that the ends of justice can be •more safely and certainly reached by placing thf

execution of the law in on"e max, or at most, two or tliree," lic.—tliat -the controlling: principles of ecclesiatical lav, are monarthial in the'ir nature "— that the church is designated as ' the kingdom of heaven"'—'-i/i contradistinction jiimi a rcp"hb(. and especially from a democracy.'" I t i.s ailded; ••This last, as the ideal of a pure moral government, is A pe.stii.p:nce. " The italics and cavilals in the above are my o-wn. Note them.

What church has (or can) E.ssert - higher claims"? Not the Protestant Ei-iscopal church. She allows lay members a share in the government of her churchis. They arc allowed a representation in her State and National t'ouncils: and, in .some in-stances. arc allowed to veto the acts cf her clergy. They are allowed a voice in the i hoics c f pastors, and laymen regulate, to a great extent, the slfairs of her locul churches. None cf thi.sc things dees Metliouist Kpi.scopacy condt.scend even to t(:lerale-much K',SS lo .sanctii n, \ rhy. sir k i t bi.-hoi'S as-sert a Mii lu:• ibitii " ihan i\cii ti.e liis'uops of the Ronii.,1 Cii'iy.l.' Vours n'knowWyc i.u superior, the R,jman r.:.'hui,s .-,cl,nowl.-dEC the Pope, and the Caidiiia! • as their .'npcricrs. Mark this a.= error No. 1.-

The chMoB that I have ' flooded the country with your (my) charges against Methodism. " I deny, and note as error No. 7, and call for the proof.

1 he representation.that the controversy between us lirigicated with me, is an egregious—error, (No. S.) as I am prepared to prove. But why need I pro.-ec<i. Y our whole letter is a tis-sue of misrep-resentations, I fasyouaf l i rm in your i.ubli.-licd 'cttcr you have taken some pains lo keep iny ix-ili'sirinrss luforc the pMic. then you jiositivjly de-nied'At in your pj-icn/r correspondeiice with me, :ls your original letters, ivhich I hare caiefully preserved, will .show '

It is not true that the authoi of the Iron Wl.etl ' has evinced a worse spirit than oim editors and authors, or than ever you yonrself have done. Lveu your .si>iiitual father, John We.slcy, denounc-ed, in harsher terms than any Bro. (jraves lias used in his book, doctrines held in common by Presbyte-rians and Baptists, (and very many of other per-suasions.) as Bible doctrinc,s. But it isti-ue that l5ro Graves has offered lo .submit any statements made by him. that may be denied, with the evulcncc to sustain them, to a competent jury, and to publish their decision, both in his paper and in future edit-ions of his book. Will any of your authcirs who have written against Bapti,sts. dare to make such an offer? If your champion. Dr. Summers, will make such an offer. 1 pledge my honor it shall be accepted, and testimony shall be produced to prove some of his bold assertions crroneou.s. It is also true, that, while you and your brethren neglect to accede to the proposition of Mr. Graves, you and thi-y, instead of -'quietly waiting the judgement (as JOU pretend! "when all shall be put right be-tween man and man,'' (error No. 'J.) arc iiices.sant ly declaiming against both the author and his hooW. Pronouncing the latter false and slanderous, and yet refusing to .specify wherein it is fal.sc or slander-ous ! Stronger evidence of a "bad .spirit. " it would be difficult for any one to aflorrt! The worst of it is, that some of your brethren have pronounced it false and slanderous without (according to their o-wii confession) having cvct read it ! ! '"

S word about our " c.\clu.civcness"—1. If ire evince an unlovely "spirit of exclusiveness.'" in re-fusing to recognise your church as go.spel churches, so did your boasted founder, John Jl'c^l/y. Vou well know that he only recognised your churches as rclipions sonelics, and protested again.^t your claim to be con,sidercd independent churches of Christ •Why do you not declaim against Mr. Wesley's ex clusiveness, brother Mills.' But.

2, If Methodists do not rccognise Dr. Pierce as their - mouth-piece, " they do so recognise the "Quarterly Review." In that the most reliabl organ of your denomination, it is contended, that no church is entitled to be considered a church Christ, unless It is organised with an epismpnl form of government "Members and ministers.'' it i said, -'professing the religion of Christ, may con gregate together for the purpose of worship, and may organize, ye t they vill not he a church of Christ unless they organize vpm the apostolic mo^hl.' (So say wc,) "The church of Christ is a congregaticn or a coUection of professed christians, " (yon admit those who do not profess to be christians!) organiz ed npon the Apostolic mode of EPisrnpAt s i te rv i lox," There ! Presbyterians, Congrcgationalists Independents. Dutch Reformed, German Lutherans, and a large majority of the prevailing denomina tions of the present day. not allowing of episcopal supervision, are not cktirchcs nf Christ. .So dc^Hdcs the organ of the M. E. Church. South! Nor arc their mimstcrs to be recognized: for "None are ministers of the new covenant who are not called of Christ, and ordained by the church after the apos-tolic model,'' So certifies your organ.

We arc kindly told how we poor, deluded Bap tists may be admitted into the pale of the church ' We think that to-morrow," continues the Organ the entire Baptist church has the right to adopt the Episcopal form, b y lay ordination. Precedent, however, to ordination would be the organization They could organize by electing bishops and other ofBcers, and those bishops and other ofiicers would be the ministry of the church, and to that ministry Chri.st would call, and the ministry would ordain, as is now done in the Methodist chnrch. THEN it would be a church."' How very kind and compla-cent the writer. But what wotdd wc gain by the proposed change into a baptised Methodist church? Let the organ answer, "When a body of men, as the Baptist churches now, organize upon the apos-tolic model, they have no further right: for the mo-ment they organize they become a church, and sub-misssaii lo the chirrth, or submission to the o rn t ess OF TiTa cnuRcn in their vocation, and in conformity to the laws of the church, the word of God, is the binding law of their action.' —'-They reverence and obey the i u s i s t b t , for such is the law of the con-stitution of the church, ' ic-. Such is Methodi.st exclusivcness, and such is Methodist republicanism From sndi, we most devoutly pray, "Good l>ord. deliver ns.'"

3. I t remains now to show that your excln.sivc-ness is fully as great as mine: that you are ready to wage war against all who refuse to sanction your Methodistic errors, that you act out the principles of the ' bloody statute" of Henry VHI, in which it was enacted, that "no person shall sing or rhyme contrary to the said doctrine," &c. In your first letter to me, you ^ v e me to understand, very clear-ly, that if I would only except Methodists, in what I had afBnned of Pedobaptists generally, you would concur in my condemnation of the errors of others: and that, too, at the very time that you were en. dcavoring to instigate others against me!

In order to refresh your memory, I will make an extract or two from your letter. Y'ou say: "Now, that you may find in the history of the past, and even the present, some sects, who are Pedobaptists, guilty of the absurdities you allege, is admitted.— We fed that your fault is the using general terms i (the itaUcs are ours) in a controversy where there j are so " " " sects involved."

Again, you ask: "'May not Methodists practice b^ t i sm by affusion, and the baptism of infants, without running into the absurditiesof others, who practice the same in these respects?"

Here, sir, yoa would have roe to understand, that you had no sympathy for other Pcdohaptist sects. Yoa applied a harsher term to their errors, *b«T, i

remember to have used. Vou speak of their '-ah. surdities." .ind in your published letter, you spenk of tliein not as ckiirckcs. but ••atlu.r prelen-sims'—merely pretended cburchcs!—and of their doctrines, as corrrpt diifnws' " O, fit! brother Mills! 'What speak thtis of your allies, whom yon sought to enlist in your cm.sade against me?

You further, sir, proscribe a'd who presume t« conti >t dogmas of your church, and exert yotir in-tlui n ie :o prcrtnt Mihrdi.'ts. and others, ircm il-ten lire on the imri.stry of such. We Baptists are mo'-c tolerant. We attend on the ministry of those wh,5 dinounce us; gather up the few grains of good wh,;at, that may be thrown out from their wind-mills, and allow the win-Is of heaven to waft away the chaff.

Do you demand proof of the allegation resjjecting yourself Vou shall have it. In your first letter, you interrogate whether I include Methodists and Presbyterians in my '-.L-cneral term Pcdohaptist'"' What" a query! I would not have expected such a simple one from a ten year old child! But you add. • If .so, wc (Methodists and Presbyterians I pledge ourselves not to intrude ujicn you in your Kan:',uin sanctorum" meaning, thereby. I suppose, imr ho-,ase of worship- Thus you approach me with <i douceur in one band and a rod in the other. Ex-cept us in your a-ssertion, and we will stand by you; refuse to do so, and we will make you me it—if we can. Such characters existed in the days of Aris-tophancK, I presume: for he puts ihe following specch'into the mouth of those who personated •The Clouds.' It would have been very apropos in your case:

"Sow to cur candid judges ne thall tell What ricompi-ncc they n,:iy exi>cct from u.«, If they indeed are snidious to deserve it: First, on your new soivn grounds in kindly shoTers, Postponing other calls, ise will descend. The Uaring brarchf- of yo'ir vines shall sprout Nci -C'.ichi-d-o-uli „u:tnn r hi-a',- i.,..r chiU d-Bilh rain. 7'/ is !u Liir Irirndi vU ei-rn us, l.ul lo hiiii W.,0 i/jr's 10 sl'ukt us, k i th.nt iiu.nal hear, Ai,il n.,ini 01 lhi, vt-iigtaECe lhal i.Ti-aits Lmj.

I pesaiiM, Hill be admitted to be 9 » d » a -

,r :r.|, I'l.r oil ih'"' msn'' form produce; Fir ji' ii hi- oim- ;ui - Loulil yield their fiuit, Ai-,'l I villi j-:.-,! I'll I'ts the galheri-is hard. We'll l a::' r him lo niM,, l;:y 1 im biire; Am! if in catch him.with hi- roof i.ntird, Hi-av i-.s: hoT,'-n-' '!! drench l.ltii "ith a piltirg storm (,M li;«ll mwi rain iiir<'N,nr,.."

Vonr astonishing recklcssne.-s in makmg asser-tions as proved above, will justify me before an en-liffhtcned public, in requiring you to be endorsed befoic I recfgnizc you as a competent exponent of Mtthodi^m. Moreover, were 1 to engage in a dis-ission with you on our dnicviinahonrJ differences,

your brethren might say of ycu. as you have said of y&ur superior, Uic venerable Lovick Pierce, D, D.;

Dr, Piercc is r.ot our mouth-piece. He has said many tilings within the la^t ten years we di,=ap-P"0ve as a body, " What assurance could I have tliat your brethrenwould not afiii m the same of you? Allow me, however, to assure you. that I intend no

srcspccl to you, in riquiring of you an endorser, nor do 1 rcijuire any better endorsement on your part, than 1 have already received from the denom-ination with which I stand crnnecud. When you aTord evidence that, for six years, you were em-ployed by your State Conference as editor of one of your drncmir.ational papers: or that you have been engaged, for a valuable csnsideration. as a stated contributor for three of your denominational orpams, ill as many different States, 1 shall consider your endorsement as amply .sufficient

But. mv dear sir. 'please renumber, that I re-(jUirid nn n.dorscmLnl cf yini. when I invited yon, in my rcpiv to ycur first letter, lo meet me in a private interview with your charges, and promised to endeavor to relieve ycur mind fnim any misap-j'.rclicnsions under which you might labor. In my reply to yeur third letter, also. 1 stated, "that I was ready to fin-ni^h evidcr.te lo sustuin any statement I had made." (The words in italics were underscored in the original.) \Vhy you did not think proper to iicce-pt of the invitation, courteou.- ly extended, and i:all for the c ulcnre 1 off^Tcd lo give, is best known to yourse^lf. It looi.s very much like you preferrrf darkness to light- Some men hate the light, for a leascn a.ssrpicd in scriptare. They deem it far more safe, doubtless, to crecp up stealthily behind an opponent and fire npcn him in the rear, than to meet him in the open field, facc to face, Consdooi •ivcakncisi. and not valor, leads men to resort to am-buscadc and sccrct .strategy. It is a bad cause that requires such means of defence.

I hereby notify you for the third and last time, .hat 1 am ready to meet you. and sustain every .-.tatcment I havcrnadr h,rforc a competent tribunal. I propose.—

1, That we submit all i.ssnti, Ktween us individ-•isjly. to three or more lii.simercsied gentlemen of l ie bar. (as the most ccmpetrnt persons to judge of ••vidcncc.) with pnvJ to su.stain our several po-..Stions,

2. That their dcci.si(,n be published in fuE. in i.n •qrinl r^rmhcr rf hirpUsl m,d Methndist papers.

If you dcclinc to accept of thi.s jtropostioB, I shall consider it unnecessary to notjc- sny further any thing that you may say or write of mc.

I exceedingly re-grct tlie spirit yon have manifcst-..-d towards myself and Baptists grneraUy. It is an unlovely spirit. It neither comports with the .spirit •if the gospel, nor with the native benignity of your o-wn heart. As a man. ycu are kind-hearted, wurtcous. obliging: a.s a mmistcr. you are exces-sively helligerant. and act more like the savage warrior, who .shoots Ids poisoned arrow from be-hind a log, tree or bush, than like a herald of him M whom it has been saiil

"To parilon sin ia his . To bless ihf *.n,i:er u>o.

1 o shed iijto the bosom light. Ami nuiuld the hean anew."

When I have rcmon.strated with you, as -with a christian brother, on the impropriety of your course, you have turned upon me with an exulting air, and represented me, (see your published letter,) as '•bcspn^ty" dc-prccating your '•little missile hits!"

Well, sir, I have made you my last overture. If you rejcct it, I shall refer the matter to that right-eous tribunal before which both of us mu-St soon appear in judgment. '

Vours, respectfully, Jos , S. Baeee-

P. S . — i n e r f juvenile, circuit preacher" was a misprint for ' a roorf juvenile.'" Ac, Your agcought to have led you to stLspect a typographic^ error. The avidity with which yon seized npon it, to rep-resent me as treating you oontfsnptuously, showa that you were hard run to find l a t h i n g in my ar-ticle to be used as capital against me. Your printer committed a greater blunder in substituting "swear" for "sneer,"'

'Vou say; "Select the man you consider 'worthy' and 'competent,' and we will meet yon in defence of our usages at any given time and place." i a you do not limit me in my selection of person, tin', or place, and as your brother McFerrm, in the paper containing your letter, has insinvalcd what he dareJ not openly afjirm, 1 take the liberty to sdect him-As your promise is uneonditional, I shall expect yoo to have him forth-comii^ on the 23d proximo, in the town of Albany, and State oC Georgia, and will commence the services by singing:

"'Let thoee who hear the chrLstian name. Their iolg eaai fulfil;

The saintB, the followers of the Lamb, Are men of bLnar ttilL

True to the tolimn oathi Ihrg tah. The' to their hart tl,ry mrear, 4-e.

1.

V O L . X

• Thiahonor (f).beloiigs to Ur.McFterin aecoidhg tolihevncoQfeetionilt—EB.Stf.

S. B.

CT' Two white deers, caught in the have arrived at Cincinnati, where they have beffl sold for SiOOO, and are to be exhibited. One is a buck, with » fine pair of antlas, coyered wiA • snoof t vhiUTehetcoatiiie.

V e n u e s

N A ; = n v i L L

S A T T J S D A T . O C T

Eider .1 M Pendl-i Dr .T H.Tli,-. -V.i J M. .4'.!" Xl'rL'-U] Elder D. SliBvi r. V ElJ.'r T W T,...-. , IcevF. Tlnmp >1,, Ehh^r D. K 11-. ^ ,r

E;,l.-r S. .iJl '"" Pr. pinnsl ll."

John Cia' t . ar.l It.. El i-r P S ' ; V, a -Pr,-pir,n; H: ' "V •

L CO

rn. ^^

-.-Vil ir/iui y.Hri

port .-V n

Wc fX| I'-t t'. in ruthl.tr: 1 Ja and ^ at Bm-na \ i->:i • n •• - "f prt-suiui tion u fj ' ' ' st .mnself a.ivl onr |.>]l.iM-,ntin -cntly hold near thai |,iac ed tliat wc siia!l be 011 tha hath m Deceii.h.r .md he

r.P.O. B - V M . l . r - . - , - • ; ( :

Mr. Mills a M-tliodri ;.ri h:m in the M. ihoa;-,: A.;v< not adiiiit .1 corrc-;i..o. Mark the admi^;on~ ..f i ,,rp=":7.a!ii n can i 1 :i 1 hur its rnvcmnicn: -nd n 'lie ( tural cburchcs i;itl, s l'|,i cnurteous iil»T:.' I , hn;

B-I'IK--. — iiai - jii-t ii; < f the "VVhe-.-l l-.Ti'l 111--. : r yrninpllti. if .-'!,' u.tluu I'hose who i, '-rd, vrill picas--' ii'J a f , ' t n j

S'.-nd mail n yo own ri-adii;_. lii ,=c| post-jiaifl r till- Ta'-,!.-1] 'Vrticfl • -Many ;i.iiik t'lcM Baptist. I'lit il.i ly iind iirrer ajipi-an 1 .:i ihi. liapti

I'U hear- r ah'i- d l,,r tli( '•et It aii'l read it for \inir,H ym v,-ii] belli-.e the "n-.-eij t ' l-nnw uluii 1- u

Srvrpi- Tiirii.t al llir < a: • tu i , .

Eldi r .s . ill till : U. ,-01 of such viuijieration a:i«I s' thit iiuhlinhfd by till i.'i.uii ]ily lllis week. 11- di« - not reply lo the Coiunuiire but hcd tlicir artn le 1., I.iri him difined as ri liii'.d .-.nd vi wickiil.

Assiveml of tla reaiief .sie tliis ar-Licle irhi, di.l not l.'.th. we givt it here

• Titk Wiis-i-n-, r.i;'-n!ii): charge of th'.s pap, r have, i inst. juiblistied a sinrnlar i cidi n-f'-Tcnce to th-- F.ditor t: ;t and niy-si'lf and alfiuni of us. The ar:i<-lr- is a n sweet and I? lii r. s ,.' and Ii kind and rru. 1, fKthic and r firotherly. n-liTu-d an,l viilg rint. ri-hpmi,. and wicked more than a da/.e-i !,i!,in |. c^ n-idoubtl I Wiiii'd t-.i ;;lad -Recordor.' but I have no id n'-conledio mc. rvsjion-would be seen Iiy (-.iiuiianil 0-' the -Ili..f-ordcr aii-l I tla' jiidpucnl of those wh" rea n i deft^nse. 1 m;ir. howi inare important to do I'l-t-a cie and pay iny ri-sji-H-'.s tt

We copy the -r ,ii. mc- |n; tide

But a tuw-pari. i ,! Uc t be reliinoii,; jm.] • f ' « vhi and containiiiir ih- vitiipir: n ost spiti ful and coiintrr is a i-iir.,-r I,, a re-

• ."-uch a' lea.st i!io.,c v, U" -i:;»port cliange in tiie inr.-i;".i :-i ii'

Now li-t lii, ];a;iii::- nf i abusive and slaii.h n.u> aui tlic .'Ird in.si.. and dc' ide ij" tir de-crii-.iHi br Elder •lannc fai'hl'i.in'-•, of K.Jui

Miall I

fpuE T<Tmes,M>e Da|.t:s; had i ly infonm-d. a ;.!il~:-iiplj fiw hnndre,! a.- ai y ti. 'iS the opinion i-f ir.ai'T mch! lo have ihe InrL-. -i. art d-jtcrmined ihai •! tl:e present suf--^! , r-and tcnii^orarv it-r .-n ai,-i new subsi-nber. thi- lesul.J than accumph.shtd. ^i'iUl wntcr of this La- n" oti than whit he fe-.l- for t!i= our denomination. He lov| bi-ves they tea. h the trut di«;:rine» sjjread oieT the- • Weekly new.'T ,,ip.T i 1 no tality for the t=;tmsi,;n nn(j trines, ' Ih- knows of no ] b , so faiihfully. Ml i-orjitai; ly set forth liic-se doctii ogain.st all opposer.s. lie that it (thouph not a// Uut j is yet more near! v what a 1 than any other paper of wll eilge—better fitted lo cxcilJ all controling mliuence. an Serving of the largest circnlj

Brethrcn tr.d Eistcrs, of 1 shall it not srxin have it? 11 g it—you who have le cnusE it advocates, what sa one subscriber. Cannot .sc not many of you get four i one copy free. This wou to yourselves and to the p a | i tbe done af nmr. Try Week, and advise who sul conimcncemcnt of thej , all the numbers of Them publisher.^ liave the back : oot informed whttlua- thcyl ra.te send in enough to fill n ake their list the larg 'hat Baptists are able and ' paper that never falters 1 IE all their diBtmctiiesK. our denomination,

^ e do not deny that drops a carelcsB cxpret Buys hard thing.s, and ns them. It is the natural ou and impulsive mind—thefl qualities >rhich have mnd tractive writers and inllc «ent age. Then we mD proverb. '-ITAo.^ hfe hg "^'r." Bnt notwit Berves, and -will Eoon recciJ

Baptirt paper in the »lly a little too far before 1 blows alone and i less fault in a leader of _

skanmig bdiind ths n o k i

h

N O. 7 piprtL Tun. sprak of th t i r '-ah-

jwi r puWisliiil letter, JDU t IS (kiiTiJus. Lei '-vtht, preten-eniltil chnrchrs!—and of their _ : dngmm'P 0 , fie! Urother ' L thna of Tonr alUta, whom you

r cTDSaile against mcl |rrn.»rribe ail vho prrsnme tii tnuroi iurdi . anii csert your in-

3Uhm!if t.t. aiid;i)/A«j--i, from »t-atTT ciT such. '-Ve Baptists are r a t teni OTI tlie ministry of those alBix rip the fino irniinh of good be dui.wn nut torn th:ir wind-L wini t uf hcartn to waf t away

[ of thii alli'galion ri specting Lhare it^ In your first letter,

llrethET t inclnde Jletht.dists and, •-znieial t m a Pcdcbaptistr '

I woulil nothaiTe trpect^d sncha . t m Tcir old child! Bat you (Mcth<«Ii5t3 and Tres'iyterians)

I net to intmilu iipcn you in yonr c" meaning, tfierebj-. [ suppose,

Kli, TKusyoa appraac"! me with ml and a rod in the other. E r -

. and we BTD s t a t d by you; I wc win make / o n ni t it—if we iers e^ised m t i c day-f of A r i ^ nc: ftrr he puts the follownig

fmonth cf those who piiscnatcd t wrmld ha-ro been veiy Epnipoa in

L'd iudgf? shall tcE I ihtv EuaT t-spect :~ram us. Lstndiaus to dfstrre it: "-•KiTTTi.':rTanndii in fcindly showem,

, we will desctnd. Ichesof jBiir Tinef i-hall fproot Lsmnicer cut cliill'd with rain. 1 icio stm at, ba: to hiiu

IS, Ifcl '.liat murtd hear, t Uinl -.waitH liimi taH-tliiit inin'+ l3nn pri dnce; ! i ir t- -IiiinTd j i i ld Lheir. finic,

I g e n ! in rp ' s l i e raiherer s hand, 1 rain, Icy him bfirr;

t with hi' ^ rt.af iiatird^ i'lldrpnchliim with a ptrltsEgstnrm linccsfusTt." Eiirf recklerEitcis in. malims asHcr-

,SoTC. wiil juatify me hefarc an en-, in rtipnrini TPU to bi; cndoTsed Lynn as a ctinrptvtent eiponent of eiivtx. wire I t tmncac t i i n -ad i^

[ on Gur dniuiminfitiijiuiL cifierences, neht of TOU, as yen hare s u d . tlitTOTEiableXo'.-ick r i t rcc . D. D.:

: rnir mtrath-pitce. l i s has said m the last ten years we disap-' _ What aSinrincB conld I have

nldnot affinti t hea rne of youT lercr^ to a s u r e y m . t h a t ' intend no

j in rtiitririnc o j you. an endoTSer; T any bcttrr tmlhrsemciLt, on your I airuuly rcccivcil irom the denom-

lichlsiandctnni.r.Ld. tVheii you. t that, frr s is years, yun were em-r State Ccnftrtnct as editor of one of

Itionai papers: or 'that you have been i yaluaUe considfraticn, i s a stated

s of jmif ilenuminatiDnal organs, States. I than a m a d e r your

np l r .sufficient - sir. "plcaiic rcn unher. ihat I re-

\scmud of mi, when I invited you, ' ycur lirst letter, to meet me in a

r with your chargts. ami prmnised. ! ycur minii. from any nrisap-

: which you nr i iht l a t e r - Tn m y t U'tter- I stated, ^ that I was -

...Bnihnt^tij snstaiii any S'ataiwnt I fiewn^s in italics were :i ideTstarai

TVhyyou did mit t i n n t prtiper to tioTi. courtemii'ly extended, and

: I pfilrtd to gire. is host known ulrTiTY much like you preferred

&(mu men hcta the light, for % ii scripture. They de im it far

iTess- to creep up stealthily behind t fixe upcn him in the rear, than, to

! open iieliL facc to face. Conscioui t Talt'r. !ead.T men to rc£3rt to am-

•et .=tmt r-g-i I t is a had cause that neans of deftnce. Sfy-ynu fiT the, third and last time,

"tom.cEt yon; nnd snstinn every : nmir. brfrrn a competent trihunaL

nhmit all issues between its rndt-rid-1 or mnre cUsintercEted gentlemen of 5 most competent persons to judge of . prorf la ^s ta ih our sereral po-

• decisitin be published in Toll, in an pj5' Hirpliii end Jfrfftmjfjf ji-jptrs. Gne to act:ept of this pr-.iposition, I

f i t tnraecesarry to nntirr •my further t you may say or write of me. tTyrezret tlie spirit ynuhare minifest-

tyself and Baptists grnerally. I t is an Ft neither cmiipufta wi:h the spirit

nor with the natrve benignity of As a man. ycu kind-hearted,

Ugmi:;: as a minister, you are eices-. and act mure like tEie savaga

f shoots his poisoned arrow fram.he-! o r bush, than li ie a hemld of him t been said:

rdati Hta is his deliphi, Ihless the hunter tiKi; led into the hosom Ught,

Idmrnild the heart anew." rcmmiFaated with you, as with a

hen cm the impmprietyof your course, tupon me with m dulting- air, and

(see your published letter,) as ecatmg your '•little, nrissile hits!"

! made yon m y last o r o t a r e . If Ishall refer the matter to that right-

[BefonL which both of us must soon nent- f

Ttjuni. rc-opectfiilly, J o s . SI BAEEK-

rc juvenile, dicnit preacher ' was a tmorrjuvenilej^ic: . Tour age ought

Itt ta s t r e e t a typocraphicaL eiiur. I winch you aa ied upcni to rep-ating; yon coii^iptno>isly, shows

I hard run to find'in m y ar-i a s capital agiinst'me. Tour printer

Iter blimderinsobstitntmc ' -swear '

• ths mux you consitfer 'worthy' and we will meet ytra in defcica

t a n y pvcn tiine and glace." As ItZ main my selection of person, ttm,

r brotherHcFerrin, in the paper Eletter, has insinuated w t j t he dares

r I take the liberty tn select him. l i s laictmdUional. I shall espect joa

5 on the 23d prtmmo, in . and SatB of Genrgia, «nd we

I the senieea h y sinpng: I who bear tha chrintisn nsme.

Iblg ancM f i d f l : |j-t£e fidlDwers of the Lamb,

r af hamrr stilL "

• taltma oulit lirj lakr, ' tidr hurt thr^ mtoTf^-r.

J. a. B.

T H E T E N N E S S E E B A P T 1 S T .

s desra, caught in the Monntsius, ^Gmrrnnitit where they hare been l^iad ore to be exhibited. One is A

s p n r o f Botleia, rartiTsd wil i l ft t co i tu ig .

• N A S H V I L L E . T E N N .

* S A T T I 3 D A T , O C T O B S E 20 , 18 -55 .

SFECTJL COSTEincTCES. Elder J . II. Peadloton, BiiwUai;n;tn, Kv. Dr. J . 3. B.iier. Albany, (ieorgia. J. M. Hurt. McLeru ircsviUtf, Tcaiies.-.cc-. Hder D. Shawc, Vir^nnii. Elder T. W. Tobv, Tancyville, I ' n n h Carolina Ivor F. Thoaip.~aa, E..<j., Grpen.sbur;r, L i . EldiirD. King-, Sacra-neirto, Califimuj.

inhTOSii:.!!. Bder S. Adlam, Newport. Rhi,df Tsl.iid. (Prepirinir the Hist.iry af lu-e Mtl Times uf Dr John Clark, and R<.ier Wilti.-ims.) Eld-rP-S R Vv"ai-oa.L:i:rTS!irp, Arirar.si^. [Preparing-Hi^tury of t!i- I!.:p::-i< of Arkaii-as ;

[C?"Bro. White, who has requested me to attend the Association to which he belongs, is informed that it win be out of my power to comply with his request. I have not wr i tSa him a private letter be-cause I cannot a.scertain from his letter whether hig Post Office is in Tennessee or Kentucky. J. P.

Ecdoriement of the Prvintsps the Grpat Iran Wheel In High Qaar t r r i .

r c r V e exT'CCt to attenil the Bethel Aiiociation. in Cuthbcrt. Ga , and win meet Dr. I.ovick Pierce itBuena Viita m :hf i i d Sabbath, if he has the presuoiption to face ihe statements he made apaiuat gjuself and our publieatior.. at a oainp-meetinp re-cently held near that pUcc. l i e is hcix-by inform-edtliatwe aiiall he on th«i.t ^>ur.d on the 2nd Salj-bath in DECcmber. and he L-; 'nvit-il tn 1-; pre.-ci.t.

rT-TiM. B-UKSS article thi.s TM-.k i.- a leply t.. i l l r . iiais. alItthodit:t pr..achi r. whu rui.sre; rtiti-.t;^ himintheMflhodi.se Atlvrcaie. JTHI Mr. will nijtndaut a correction, ' the anir ie i.s valuable. J l i j t the admisscns of '-Iir." L. I 'itrce. That no onrmizition can be a churdi. t inlos iiinnareiiia! in its government, and none cf u!l t'le .sects arc ^rr';..-tnral chnrchcs. nnk.-s Eniscnpd. V.'hcre a:-? •-•ir onrteons, liberal, h t - chnrch Kap^i.si^ now'

BOOKS.—We have ju.-trjcei-.-c-l -evci al tlit i;.-ai;.i; of the "Wheel .".nd Ilistoi-y. a.nil will fill all orders prompf/u, if sent with;;: cnc inunLh from 'laic. Those who long .'^nco ordered; nnc rtcriviil-cme. win please send a Crssh or ler .

i^T* Stnd by mail if y iH tvaa: njpies f. r vour own reading. "We wiH send them to your doors post.paid. See ibe Tabic of Cofitfnts of tho • Iruu "Wheel."' Many think they saw it in the Teniic<.';ec Baptist, hut the bcJy and best f a r t of the woik never appeared in the Baptist.

Ton hear it abused for the vilc.st book of the day. Get it and read it for yourself—and perhaps then you win believe the converse of tiiis. " 'on (night to know what is in it.

A Severe TSrnsl at the CommUl-e ot l!i> nr, or-der by Elder .Srar».

Elder S.. in the loat Reu-order. gives his ladnion of such vituperation and slanderous articles like that published by the Ccramittee, to which we re ply tins week. He docs cot say that he wn to it in reply to the Gpmmitice. but he certainly must have had their article before him, which C.-.i. PeiuUeton defined as - refined and t uigar, -• rcliglo-as and •sicked."'

As several of the reailers of the. Rororler wi'U see tiiis article who did net see Elder P.'.s of the IStii, we give it here:

- T H E "WESTER-V P^COHDN:.—The Ccmir.ittee in charge of this paper have, in their issue uf i!ie Srd insi. publ'tshed a .singular document. It h-n s-pe-da l rrference to ihe Editor of the Tennessee Bap-tist and myseli^ and aboun.Ls in complaints of each of US. The article is a ri-markable comp'-imd of sweet and bitter, s^jft and hard, smooth and i-oujh. Idndand cruel, polite and rude, fraternal and un-btotherly, reiined and v u l ^ r . pacific and tellige-rent, reh^ous and wicked." Having obscn-e-l m it morethan a dozen misrcpre-icntations (unintentional no toibt] I would be glad to reply throc^h the 'Semrder,' but I have no idea thi.-i pnvilegt uill be •cctndedto me. A rs?pon~e through the -i^iptist' wtraldbe seen by comparatively few of the readers of the -Seorder." and ' l tia'ter"myself that, in the judgment ot &oso who rea 1 the -B.iptist." I need no defense. I may, however, if I li.ave nothing mare important to do, occa.sionaIlT notice the arti-cle and pay my respects to Uie C.jmmiitee." -

J. iu !••

"•Ve copy the fjilowing pcri'.<ds frem Elder :i."s ar-ticle:

'•"Bat a newspaper [like tiie Reconlerj clauiUnz to be religions, and yet esliibiting tiie hitter )--pirit. and containing the vituperation and sland-.-r of the most spiteful and reckles.s political paper i-i the coimtry, is a curse to a rebgious family."

I '-Such newspapers ought not to be encouraged, or at least those who support them should denund a change in the manner in wliich tliey are cnndvricd."

Sow let the patrons of the Eei:order re-rciid tiie aimsive and slanderons arucie of the Commit a-e of the 3rd mst , and decide if i t is not of the charac-ter described by Elder S. VTe atlmirc the bo!'', and ilaring faithfulness of Elder S.

We bring to the notice of our readers, the most prominent endorsements of this book, for two reasons:

1. t iur character and that of our friends, who have endorsed it, has been most malignantly a.s-sailed by the Methodist press and Methodist mini.s-trj-, for its publication and circulation. Every en-dorsement from the leaders of other denominations repels with stunning force these as.saults.

2. The great issues between Baptists and Meth-odists are .set forth in this work, and the unscriptn-ral and anti-repuhlican features of Methodism bold-ly exposed. If the Great Iron Wheel is sustained by the .American public, for it is now agitating the North as well as the South—then the Methodist hierarchy must fall, and give place to a scriptm-al and republican ccclesiasticism. The laity will wrest the seeptre from the hands of Bishops and their clcrical masters, and assume the c.vercise of tho.^e religious rights that Jesus Christ commanded them to e.xerei.se—and which they cannot concede to their preachers without sin.

The t.rcat Iron Wheel discusses great and mo-mentoa.s (paestions—the mighty issues that are des-tnicd to shake not only Methodism, but Protestant sects, to their centre—andwiU haibingef their fall. The only obstacle hitherto in the way of Baptists niakirg their principles felt, was to aw.aken atten-tion to them—get the public to read. The Iron Wheel is doing this. The demand for it North, East, West and South 'is greater than the press has yet been able to meet.

Upon the outside of this paper the reader will tind a review of a new book, which has j-ast ap-peared in Boston, from the pen of an eminent Con-grcgationaiist minister. Ue fully sustains the pre-miscs taken in the Iron Wheel, except those that; infringe upcin Pedobaptists.

The Review is from the editor of the Watchman and Kctlcctor, Boston. His comparative estimate of the two books, is in favor of the Wheel, as the most cogent and forcible argument against Jleth. odi.sm.

The author of the •Centuries."" it will be seen, recommends a practical ehsfellowship of Method-ism in the pulpit, and all relations that bring Con-gregational members and families in contact with It, and the more common e.TpoEureof the principles and tendencies of the system, (which we. also, re-couimend to Baptist ministers.) We call upon lev church men to notice the fact, that Mr. Cooke takes !t l"or granted, an asiom—a proposition that needs no proof—that to mvite Methodist preachers into Presbyterian or Congregational pulpits is a practi-cal feliowship for them as orthodox and scriptural miiiistersl This is an tmquestionable fact. AVhen Baptists invite Campbellite or Pedobaptist preach-ers into their pulpits to preach. 4:c.; they do thereby endorse the organizations with which they are con-nected, as orthodox and scriptural churchcs, and such preachers as baptized and ordained.

.A.C jther fact striking and ominous—the Presby. teri-an and Congregational papers in the East boldly sustaitk Mr. Cooke!

We rejoice greatly in armouncing these facts. They herald the drying up of open communion dis-cussions between Pedobaptists and Baptists, and the openingof hostilities between Pedobaptist sects—not churhes—the common and implacable enemies of Bapti-sts. Then will the Baptists have rest, and will doubtless be greatly multiplied.

We herald the day with gladness and rejoicing of heart when the claims of all existing dcnomin.v tions, to be considered churches of Christ, or recog. nized as such, shall be submitted to a scriptural ex-amination—the test of scripture and history. Then will Baptists stand forth from the wilderness, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners—the miquestioned bride of Christ.

We exhort every Baptist to allow this dLscussion to go on—encourage it by all proper means. Cir-culate the documents—agitate the question—com-pel tlie people about you to read and examine the Bible and the history of the true witne.sses of .Jesus.

IHE lEECllEDER lOMillTTEE.

For tha T'^nnf'^'^' D.17.!; Siiall they Uave It :

fTHE Tennessee Baptist has now. a.s we were re. ent-. -L lyinformed, a sub.OTiption list as large WIT !iin a

few htmdred as any Baptist paper in the worl-J. It IS the opinion cf many Southern Bapti.sts that it ought to have the largest, ar.d there are seme who are determined that it s.hal' have the largest. !f all theproent subscribers w-juld make but a .slight and temporary cfibrt. and each one send h u t . one new snhscriher, this resul; v.-ould bo much raore tian iccomplished.. Will -they i;ot do it? The • ^ t e r of this has no other interest in the mati.cr thin what he feels for the welfare of the cauio of ipr denomination. He loves the Baptists. H>- he-lievea they teach the t ra th . He dcsi res to see their ^octrmes spread over the wcruL lie knows th.it a •*ttkly newspaper is cue most esicient instruincn-•>%• for the extension and defence of these doc-frines. He knows of no paper t'aat htis so fearlc.ss= ly, so taithfuPy, so constantly. 10 ably and so clear-ly set forth these doctrines, and de:'tndcd them against aUoppoEers. Ue therefore verily believes that i t (though not all that he would have- it to be.) IS yet more nearly what a Baptist paper should be., than any other paper of which he has any b a w l -edge—better fitted to excite a tn'ife aprcadii,^, »nd »!1 contioling influence, and consequently more de-serring of the hrgest drcalation.

Brethren and sisters, cf all the Southern States, shall it not soon have it? You who have been rtftd-ingit—you who have leanied to love it. and th« onseitadvocatei:, w h a t s a j y c u ? "Willyounotget onesnhscriber. Cannot some of you get ten? Can not many of you get four or five, enough to get j ou ®e copy free. This would be a mutual advantage to youiselves and to the paper and the cause. Let ithe donE at once. Try if it cannot be done next Week, and advise who subscribe to begin with the ranmiEncement of the present volume, so as to get «I1 the numbers of Theodosia Ernest, provided the publishers have the back numbers on hand. I am aot faifonned whether they have or not. At any lite send in enough to fill up what is wanting to

their list the largest m the world. Show that Baptists are able and willing to sustain that paper that never falters and never fails to advocate a all their distinctness, the peculiar doctrines of

denomination-^ e do not • deny that Bro. Graves sometimes

tops a careless expression, that he occasionally a y a h i r d things, and uses strong wonJs to tay tiian. I t is the natural outspeaking of a bold heart. •ndnnpnlsiTe mind—the very excess of those very Tahties which have made him one of the most at-t™:tivB writers and influential Editors of the pre-ssit age. Then we mast remember the t rae Prarerb . "Whose life / igAfcni , his trorJs tkta^-ierj^ But notwithstanding this, the paper de-serves, and will soon receive the largest support of «ny Baptiat p«per in the land. He gets occasion. »Uy k little too far hefore the ranks, and strikes his hlowa akme and unsupported, hu t this is vastly a ^ iault in « teadej of the foicea tb"" to he always i k a l k i g g b d u i i d t l M r ^ i n d m e . .

iL lXXSBSIEBus iEr .

PROMINENT among the charges of the Commit, tee against me is the complaint that I replied

io a letter written to me from "Virginia, in which re-ply the course of the Recorder was implicated. What are the facts in the case? In December last. Mr. Cimpbell published that Bro. "Waller had agreed with him. from the Rice debate, in all im-portant points except one. Campbellites_in Virgi-nia claimed that Bro. W. died sympathizing in sen-timent with Reformers. Elder A. E. Dickerson of Charloitsville, wrote to me. inquiring as to the truth of this. 1 rephed to him and referred to the fact tl-at 1 had calicd Bro. Ford's attention to Jlr . C ' s statement, but that the Recorder had been silent and by its silence had injured Bro. W. ' s reputation. This was my opinion then, and is my opinion now. I learned afterwards that Bro. Ford did not see the call 1 made on him through the Tennessee Baptist. I, of course, tlien excused him for not noticing it. In the letter I wrote to Virginia. I defended Bro. W. against Mr. C."3 charge. I t was necessary for me to do so on accoimt of the silence of the Recor-der. The Committee blame me; but a j"udicious Lrothcr, as sinccrc a friend of Bro. W. as any mem-ber of the Committee, has said it was one of the best acts of my life. Thus men differ. The Com-mittee say, "Who so rash (except Bro. P.) as to rai.sc his puny arm to shield the powerful battle-axe of J . L. WaUer. i c . "

I submit that it was not kind in the Committee to refer to my ^puny arm." I defended Bro. Wal-ler as well as I could. I do not say I did it as ably as the Committee couldhave done; for 1 presume they do not consider themselves men of '-puny arm.•" But the Committee think the defense was uimccessary. I suppose it was so far as they were concerned; but Bro. Dickerson, and others in Wir-ginia, thought it necessary. Hence the letter to which mine was a reply. There is one thing the Committee seem to have overlooked. I did not call on them, but on Bro. Ford to defend Bro. WaUer. However, let this go. If I fell into a grievous er-ror in replying to the "Virginia letter, it was because I did not know that the Committee, in taking charge of the Recorder, took charge likewise of the corres-pondence of the country. If I had thought it was my duty to ask the Committee's permission to an-swer the letter, I would have done so; for "rash" as I am considered, I honestly try to do my duty.,

J. jt. P.

P . S.—The Committee speak of me as runn'ng every cause I espouse "into its most ultra betir-inss." The word "iJrro," to say the least, conveys -as strong an idea as the superlative degree. "Most vltra" is therefore a double superlative, if no more. Now I defy the Committee to name one act of my life in which I took "most ultrd' ground. Speak out brethren. You say you "love" me. Show your love by doing ma justice. . P .

r7=The Bishop of London has interdicted the pcrfonnance of concerts of sacred music in church, on the ground of the indecency of making any charge for admission to an edifice devoted to divine wor-ship.

Tbci.—"What's w h i s k y bringingV inquired a dealer in the article. "Bringing men to thepoor-bonse,- the peoitentiiijr, and the pikiws," T U the np ly .

N O . 7 "BEHOLP I BRL\G YOD THIS DAY GLADTIDINGS.'

WE are enabled from our extensive correspon-dence to inform oiir readers of the great in-

terest that is being manifested in various portions of the country, on the momentous subject of the christian religion, and the daily accessions to the church.

In this speculative age of ours, when the accu-mulation of wealth, and tha things of this world, are engrossing the minds of tlie people : when man, being deluded by the chimerical hope that the world engenders, it is, to the christian philosopher, no small degree of pleasure to learn that the Divine light is culminating the moral heavens, and that sinnei-s are submitting to the reign of Christ.

No subject, since the beginning of time, has high-er claims upon our serious consideration, than that of the chri.stian religion. The subject of man"s eternal salvation, shouhi be to man a matter of greater moment, than every other consideration. •For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the

world and lose his own soul?"' This 1.1 a grave question—nay, it is pregnant with the deepest in-terest. The idea of a ni.".n accumulating great wealth so as to wed his soul to it, so as to be lock-ed up in it, then to be torn away from his riches, and hke the '-rich man"' lift r p hi< eyes in hell, is a thought incst horilic.

By no prwcss of human computation, can the value of the soul be es'amate.l. The son of Cod only, realized when he thus spake, the true value of the soul: and hp, only, is wise who will give a listening ear to the solemn" admonition.

We rejoice to be able to chronicle from time to time, and we believe every lover of the cause of Christ will rejoice with us, to learn that the cause of religion is awakening so deep an interest in the various sections of the country. We will take plea-sure in giving each week a summary of all commu-nication.i touchmg this subject: and hope our breth-ren abroad will continue their favors, where revival intclli grnce shall arise in the country. Our prayers m the meantime, shall arise to the Father of all mercies, tliat the glorious work sliall continue imtil the kingdoms of this world shall be given iin'o our God and Ilis Christ. R.

Tor the Tecneasae Cipliit IjllLiiSorHY (IF liKLiGlii.N. '

BRO . PEXDLETOS —Ilavirg better acquaintance with you than with Bro. Graves and Bro. Buck, al-low me to suggest a dilliculty which has presented Itself to ray mind, in reading the article on the '• Philosophy of Religion" m the last number of the Southern Baptist Review. Bro. B. exprc.sses the opinion that a murderer would not, according to law, lie punished for his crime, provide the mur-dered person, miraculotlsly rc.stored to life, should be presented in court on the trial. T cannot see how the law would hold such a man guiltless, while malice prepense is proved, and the murdered person IS restored without the agency or desire of the murderer.

My respcct for Bro. B. would deter me from ask-ing from you a critici.sm on liis article, if I had not been a Baptist long enough to feel that independ-ent habit of thinking which our form of govern-ment eminently fosters. Will you Ic kind enough to explain the difficulty.

I.SUL LEER.

REMARKS. ' Inqui rer ' will please excuse me. Bro. Buck is

one of the corresponding Editors of the Baptist, and will. I doubt not take pleasurs in elucidating stiU farther the point, which •Inqiiirer " thinks involved in difliculty. The article on the -Philosophy of Religion," is unquestionably the profoundest and ablest I have ever seen from Bro. Buck"s pen. It contains a vast amount of thought. There will be some diflierence of opinion on some matters he re-fers to: but if our young ministers will carry into their various ramifications to topics suggested, they will not only learn to l/iini, but they will find that the article is worth much more than the subscrip-tion pricc of the Review.

The difliculiy which troublfs • Inquirer ' is some-what perplexing to me. This thought suggests it-self to my mind: Suppose Dr. Parkman, six months after his murder bj- Professor Webster, had been miraculously restored to life, and had made his ap-pearance in the court in Boston, would his miracu-lous restoration and appearance before the Judge and Jury have rendered the term murderer inap-plicable to Prof. Webster ? Evidently not. Why was he a murderer! Because he killed Dr. Park-man with malice prepense. Very well. The killing took place, and the malice with which it was done, could not have been changed by Dr. Parkman's restoration to life. Now if Webster would have been a murderer, notwithstanding Dr. I'"s. return to life, would he have deserved deatli? Would not Dr. P s. restoi-ation to life have been a matter in which Prof. Webster would have liad no agency? If so. the question of his gtiilt would not, it seems me. have been affected at all. Dr- P"s., appearance in court would not have made the epithet '-guilty" inapplicable, nor the plira.se -'not guilty"' applica-ble to Prof. W. Will Bro. Buck be able to show that Dr. P s. miraculous recovery from the stroke of death, would have exempted Prof W., from the liability <0 suffer the murderer"s punishment! If he says the recovery would have repaired the inju-ry done by the murderer, so far as the interests of the Oommonwealth of Massachusetts were concern-ed, the question arises, would it have divested Webstcr s character of the guilt of munler in the sight of God! If not, why! The idea seems to be that the injury sustained by human law, in its infraction by murder, is neutralized by tlie mur-dered nian"s return to life. Why would not the injury sustained by the divine law be repaired in the same way! It evidently would not: for he that halelk his brother, is a murderrr" in the judge-ment of God, whose judgement is according to truth. The reason is obvious ; Murder proceeds from hatred, and the Omni.scient eye sees murder, in embryo, in the heart which indulges hatred.

I beg pardon for writing so much. I shall await Bro. Buck's rcplv to ' Inquirer.'" with much inter-est. '

For the Tennessee Bnptigt. B i n i j ; ROOMS, O c t 10, 1855.

The Bible Board, at its last regular meeting, ap-pointed our well beloved brother, W. N. Chaudoin, as the regular agent to collect the funds, organize Bible Societies, and advance the interests of the cause, in whatever way Providence may place it in his power to do so.

He will enter upon his duties at an early day; and we take this occasion to commend both him and the cause to the attention and liberality of all our breth-ren to whom he may come.

Brother Chaudoin is well known in Nashville and the surrounding country, as a pious and laborious minister of Jesus, of great earnestness of purpose, and more than ordinary capacity. The son and the grandson of Baptist ministers, he is a thorough and complete Baptist, and will not fail to render him-self acceptable to any congregation where he may have an opportunity to exercise his gifts.

A C . DAYTON,

B. B. of S. B. Convention.

The condition of the stomach is of vital impor-tance. No man, woman, or chUd can be healthy unless the work of digestion is regularly, thorough-ly, and vigorously performed. With three-fourths of civilized society, this is not the c ^ the remedy is within the reach of aU. H ^ w d ' s ^ ^ H t t e r s , prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson Philadelphia, will as surdy create a replar Md healthy i c t i m of the stomach as oU will lessen t te fnctioi of machinery. Let the victim of dyspepsia or indigestion in any of its f o r ^ try «t? J ^ ^ guarantee a good appetite, p h ^ c a l vigor, to nerrea, sound a l - ^ ^ mi»e»sed cheer-N a n s b / d a j .

THOUGHTS ON CHttlSTfAN DfTY—So. 18.

THE PROPER USB OF .«0. \EV.

THERK are many pTOfessors of religinri who rend-ily admit that they are the Lord's—that they

liave been bought with a price—but that their property belongs to God, and ought to be consecra-ted to his glory, they concede very reluctantly, even if the concession is made at all.

I t is pertinent, therefore, in a series of articles on Christian Duty; to call attention to the proper use of money. I employ the temi, money, as represen-tative of property, worldly possessions, &-c.

The first proposition I lay down is, that the money, the property of God's people, belongs to hi,n. To estabUsh this proposition, it is only necessary to show t i a t christians, in soul and body, belong to the Lord. The language of inspiration is, "Ye are not your own; for ye are bought with a price- there fore glorify God in your body, and m your spirit which are God's." Here the fact is clearly stated! that christians do not belong to themselves. The reason of this fact is, that they are bought with a pnce. The price paid for them did not efi".-ct a par-tial, but an entire purchase. It bought them in their compound nature as possessed of body and spirit. They, in their complete persons, belong to the Lord. If, therefore, they acquire property by tlie exercise of Uieir bodily or mental powers, that property is the Lord's; for the body and mmd are both his, and he is entitled to the products of the labor of both. The proper question, then, is, not how much they should give to the Lord's cause,' but how much they are at liberty to appixjpriate to their own .support. God sustains his serv.ints while tboy serve him.

A second propo.sition I lay down is, that the proper use of money ,s its employment in advancing the causc of God m the world. And here i t m a y be said, that an expenditure of money or its equiva-lent has always been necessary in maintaining the interests of religion in the world. It was so in patriarchal times. The sacrifices offered in that period of the world's history cost something. They were not supplied by miracle. The expenditure of money or its equivalent, under the Jewish economv. was greater than in the days of the patriarchs. It was, in some respects. r,n extensive economy, though it had reference to only one ration.

The interests of religion, under the gospel dis-pensation, are sustained by pecuniary benefactions. This dispensation is comprehensive" as the world, and will continue until Christ's second advent. It contemplates the salvation of our lost race, and the world-wide extension of the kingdom of Christ. And how are these important objects to be accom-plished! The gospel must be preached to all na-tions; and must be preached by men, not by angels. Preachers are not miraculously fed and clothcd. Their wants must be supplied. This cannot be done without money. Whose physical necessities can be met without money, or that which it repre-sents?.

The Bible, translated into the various languages spoken by men, and circulated among the nations of the world, must be the prominent instrument of advancing the causc of truth and righteousness.— And how is the Bible to be translated and circula-ted? There must be pecuniarj-expenditures. .The Bible never was translated, printed and circulated without expense, and it never will be.

The prosperity and tiiumph of the cause of God in the world involves the accomplishments of what-ever objects are go6d and greaU To effect these objects there must be the use of money; and the proper use of money is its employment to accom-plish the most important purposes. Such purposes are inseparable from the promotion cf the causc of God. llow, then, can money be so appropriately used as in advancing this cause? If the word of the Lord is "more to be desired than gold, yea than much fine gold," how can gold be so advantageous-ly employed as in sending this word to the nations of the earth? In this way gold is made the means of conveying a treasure more valuable than gold.

Money is not worthily employed in securing worldly objects. And why? Because they are in-significant and unimportant. What objects per-taining merely to this world are to be named in comparison with those objects whose accomplish-ment while it affecU the best interests of time, has its chief bearing on the concerns of eternity? The Savior certainly teaches us that we may so use the "mammon of unrighteousness"' as to promote our future welfare. We may so make our pecuni-ary contributions, that every one of them will be •laying up m store a good foundation against the

time to come, that we may lay hold on eternal life.'" Money is always unworthily used, when made the means of gratifying "the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of hfe." Alas! how many use money for no other purpose 1

No man uses money aright who does not make it the instrument of doing good in the world. To use it for p u r ^ s e s purely selfish is criminal; for no one IS at liberty to make self the centrc and circumfer-ence of the circle in which he moves. Such a man is hke the desert sands, that receive and absorb the showers of heaven, but give back no fiuits, no flowers, not a solitary shrub, in recognition of those showers.

"That man may Ust, but never lives, Who mucli rece.i^es, but noUiin^givt.'^. "WTiom none can love, wliotn none can thnrik. (.'rc.ition's blut, creation's blank."

A third proposition connected with this subjcct is, t h a t christinns should give to the cause of God, as he prospers them. The apostoUc nde is as follows: • Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God has prospered him. ' This is the only equitable rule that could be estab-lished. We can only give as the Lord prospers us, and we ought to p v c to this extent. Then a small degree of prosperity will require a small contribu-tion to the cause of God, while great prosperity will require a large contribution. The equity of this arrangement commcnds itself to every man's conscience.

The rule laid down by the apostle embraces every church member—"ic( every one of you,'' iS'c.

I t is greatly to be deplored that a few compara-tively of our church members bear ail pecuniary responsibilities. They are expected to give all that is given, while the greiit body of their brethnra do nothing. Every one is to give—eveiy brother, every sister—whether rich or poor, A chnrch of poor members, by acting on this principle, will, in the course of a few years, give a large amount.

Finally, the apostle's rule requires a frequent re-cognition of the hand of God in our prosperity. "Upon the first day of the week," i c . A weekly acknowledgement of otir dependence on God and our indebtedness to him would ba most salutary in its influence. •'• M. r.

roT lh« TennewM B»ptijit. Bcthol AiMciatios.

G E N E R A L N E W S :

YICLLOW FEVBE I X MOXGOICKKT.—The Board re-port two cas|? of yellow ferer and one death, for the last 48 hours, making 44 cases and 15 deaths, from the first report on the 25th u l t to date.

As LS-CO.\-CEIVABLE W E I A N R . — A n English ma-thematician, who has for some Ume been cal-culating the weight of the earth, gives as the re-sult,

1,2.'')6,195.675 ttOO.OOO,000.000.1)00 tons.

SETTI-ED.—Intelligence by the last steamer has been received to the effect that the difhcuKy be-tween the United States and Spain, in regard to the Black Warrior, ha s ' been settled by the payment of a million reals by the latter Govern ment.

[C?" I t has been estimated that the war between Turkey and Russia has aheady cost half a mil-lion of hves. or over a thousand a day, and no deci-sive battles have yet been fought

S y The Emperor Alexander has issued an order of the day to the army, communicating the fall of Sebastopol. His Majesty thanks the garrison of Sebastopol for the bravery they have displayed in defending that strong hold to the very last, and declares that he is convinced all the troops of the empire will follow this example in sacrificing hfe. all, everything, for the sake of proteclirg the reli-gion, honor, and independence of Russia. The Emperor adds, that he still relies with confidence upon the firmness and courage of his faithful and attached soldiers, to repel every future hostile at-tempt to violate the sanctity of the Russian terri-tory, while he excuses the recent failure at Seba.s-topol by saying, ' There is a line which is impassa-ble even to heroes. '

ID" The Learned Blacksmith, now in Europe, is about to return to America to deliver a series of lec-tures.

IE?" Queen Victoria gave the bearer of the first news of the fall of Sebastopol a present of fifty poimds.

The London News has a genealogical sketch, proving that Louis Napoleon is a cousin of Queen Victoria.

•Z/ ' Arrangements have been made in Canada to raise immediately a force of 2.800 recruit.s for the British army.

Ev'President Pierce was at Uamsburg, Pa., on the 20th ult., in attendance upon the State Agricul-tural Fair. He was welcomed in a brief address by the President of the Society. James Ckiwne, Esq., and made a reply,

CIT" The monthly record of the Baptist Memorial for August, reports nine hundred and sixty-seven baptisms, sixteen churches constituted, eleven new church edifices, and the death of five Baptist minis-ters.

The comer stone of Wayland University has been laid at Beaver Dam. Wisconsin. The in-stitution is named in honor of Rev. Francis Wayland. late President of Brown University.

C!7" A new car, made entirely of iron, has been placed on the Third-avenue Railroad,— It weighs 1 . oo pounds less, and will bold ten per-sons more than any of the other cars on the road.

tZ/^ Tbe present number of students m the Col-legiate Department of Yale College is as follo^i Seniors, 92: Juniors. 109; Sophomoras. 109; Krcs:. men. I jS; Total, 403.

' y y Tho aggregate amount of .subscription in money already sent forwanl for the rehef of the Norfolk sufferers, is nearly iluu.oi.iu.

[ y Nearly eleven thousand persons visited the Patent Office and (Jallery at Washington during the last month.

r ? " The Freshman class in Yale this year is by far the largest ever received at any .American col-lege.

RI:MEDT FOR ForxDEE IN I IGRSES .—I send you a recipe for founder in horses, wliich I have never seen in print. I have used and recommended it for fifteen years, and as far as my experience goes, it is a sure and speedj- remedy;—T.ike a table-spoon-ful of pulverized alum, pull the horses tongue out of his mouth as far as possible, and tlmsw the al-um down his tliroat; let go of his tongue and hold up his head until he swallows. In six hours time, [no matter how bad the founder.] he will be fit for moderate service. I have seen this remedy tested so often, with perfect success, that I would not make five dollars difference in a horse foundered (if done recently) and one that was not .—E. L. Pcr-haiUj Albami. Oregon Territorv.

GKE.iI BATTI.E EETSrEEX THE UNITED St.tTES T R O O P S IXDI.\XS.—St Louis, September 24 —A great battle took place on the 3d ins t , at Sand Hills, near the North fork of the Platte river, be-tween the Sioux Indians, and the entire force of U S. troops under Gen. Haniey, numbering about 450 men. Major Cady, cciumanded the infantry, and Col. Cook, the dragoons, the mounted infantry and artillery. The battle commenced early m the morning, and lasted several hours. The Indians fought desperately but were routed. A running fight for some ten miles followed, after which the Indians made a stand and fought with much gal-lantry. They were, however, defeated with the loss of SO men killed, and 50 women and children taken prisoners. The Indian women fought furi-ou.sly. Gen. Harney lost 6 k i led and many woun-ded. No officers were kilji^. Tho Indians en gaged in this battle were the Brule and Sioux— the same that massacred Lieut. General"s command and murdered a mail party—the way bill of the mail having been found with them.—Bil'licnl lienrr-der.

The next session of this body will be held with the Baptist Church at Cuthbert: including first Sabbath in November.

Delegates, messengers and others coming ip on Friday evening, will please present themselves at the Baptist meeting house, where a committee will be in waiting to assign them homes.

We desire the attendance of as many of our brethren as can come; and shall extend a most cor-dial Kelcome to as many of our brethren, from sister Associations, as can favor us with their presence. Ample arrrangements will be made to accomodate sU who come. Come then, brethren, from far and near, we want to see you at Cuthber t

We confidently expect Bro. Graves of the Ten-nessee Baptist to be with us.

May the Lord come up with his people. a W . WAKBKf, Pastor.

[ W o IB««ad t o ta p t e K s t . — E D . ]

Delegates and visitors to the next session of the General Association of Middle Tennessee and North Alabama, to be held at this place, on Saturday be-fore the fourth Sabbath (27th) of October, are re-quested, on arriving at Shelbyville, to repair to Evans' Hotel on the North side of the public square, where they will be received by the oommittee, and assigned to their respective places of abode among our citizens, during the sitting of the .Association.

Sl t .AS W . C L I T , J . W . BARKSD.U£ . AV. ILIGG.IR, J . Goi. . \-RUAX. ( " D. S. EvA.fs' I B . M . TILLWAX. J

Shclbyvilte, Tenn., Sept. 25, 1855.

Committee.

M A E E I A G E S.

MAKEIKD—On th« 2Tth ot Octilwr. by Elder Robert J A1 corn, Mr. tieorgfl W. Anniitead. of PanoU coantjr, tn Mro. E K Bobo, of Co&bonu Ooontj, Mi^ssippi.

CD- C.Btmti • t thf SriBt I n n W h e n . ^

Introductory Letter. L r r r i E I I . — M e t h o d i s m c a n n o t j n g t J y b e c a l l e d a

C h u r c h of C h r i s t , t i e c a u s e t o o y o u n g b y 1747 y e a r s -it beiD£T only years old.

liETTtJi III —The syjitem of Methodism cannot justly flajiu to l>e n Church of Christ "i jcauhc t'f hu-man origin—an invention of nien. '

L n r u i IV.—An important piinciple—the Church of Christ is of Divine origin—founded by Christ in the day^ of tlie Cffisars—lletbodism, t.y John Wes-ley, in the days of George EI.

LtTTrE V.—Christ forbade his disciples to t c a c h the observance of any thipc he had not tangit them —Admission of Dr. Bangs—Methodism a hnman in-vention ^ proveU l.y Bishop Sc iile's ou n Wi,rds, by Wesley and Methodist -RTiters generally—is the granddaughU-r of Rome—the grandchild of the "Man of Sin." and Son of perdition: tb? Chnrcte* of Christ can tK ' t ftl!,.xr!.hip it, cr receive any of its act-.

LirrEa VI —Methodism an accident—The first chaiHi-r of Discipline n vised—Its statements at Tr.riarce ui;h fwct.s—Methodi^;5 who trust to it are (ItTe vfl—Mr. Wp U-v ^ns opimsed to Episcopacy— Did no l):ii(.Tr in three Orders.

LtTTUi Vll.—The tin-t chaptfr of the Ditcipline ^lioily unlni—Mithcdi.-ts a-i deceived who believe it—MethoJij.t Ki.stnry and" John "We-ley ogainst it— John 'Wesley did rot believe an Episcopal Bishop a Scriptural Or.Vr the Minis'rj—He himself would prefer to ho a knave, rascal, or scoundrel, than Ei-hoo—The d.r c. Testitcorv of Bishop Bascom, D. D.

Ltr ru: VII.—Methodism as it —Its origin and desii,-n tn slatiy tue Classics—Methodism without fi t lur Altar OT- Divii:ity—U..* njenibf-rs and preacher* •ill Utconyerled—Wesley's Ccnviction and Conver-sion—Kis Experience—A serious qnestion: Who may he sojd iu be the originator ar d instigator of the work- and devices cf wick'^d roen?

Lr.TTEE IX —Methodism in <?eorgia in -732—John and Cha-lps W esley sail for Georgia to convert the Indians.ardtoplant Methodism in -itnerica—Trouble on shiphuard—InitLcrgion cf Mary 'VTelcb—Mr. 'W.'B admission—Diihculty on Land—Mrs. Parker's ch i ld -Mr. 'Wfsley charg-d by his brother of being quarrel some—Trouble with a lady—Mr. 'Wesley & rtjecled loT r—Fns revenge—Is apprehended, tried and con-

inned—Flees from justice, and leaves Savannah by ni;:!.-.—St ( ks tho sea-coast, and sails for England.

LFTTTKE X.—Methodism not necessarily a chnslian Sm i. ly—May be compo.s.ed of sinners alone, preachers and inembers, as at first—CapL Foy the inventor of C:a&--ineet;ngs, Clai.s-leadcrs,and Stewards—Cat«-che-Lical Review uf the facts of this letter.

LKITEE XI —"Methodism as it is"—Introduction. Li.rrnE XII.—M>-thndisra began in America by a

—Mr. Wesley falsely charged with forming an Episcopal church, and ordaining Coke a Bishop— Melhod'st Episcopacy originat.id by traud and forge-ry—Me-Jiodist know not whether Bishops arc Bishops or F-Mcrs—Divided among themselves.

LITTLE XIII.—Methodism claims for Mr. 'We-ley, nd fi.r its Bishops, the "diwne right of kings"—That

Mr Wr-ley foi.i:d'd the Methodist church in America and the llisLojis rule it, by the "spccial grace of God" —Mfthcdi-m still holds and teaches the Topish doc-trine of Order and 'Succession.

LtTTEE XIV.—The politics o f Methodism. LTTTEE XV.—Me-Lhodisni a Great Iron Wheel—a

Clerical Despotism—anil yet Americsn christims tol-erate and support It.

LLTIEE XVI.—Methodism the ro |viy of ri-ote»tanl-isin—as aVjsolule and all-controling as Ji-suitisai— Paiial Bi-hops.

I.ETTr-E X^"ll —Me-Lhodist r:-esiding Elders—Sub-Bishop.-—'Iht irresponsible and opprossi^e Powers.

Lt-rr .E .XIX.—The travelling rreach.T—ihe alle-:-iance rt'q'.;irt-d—The duties imposed—The sen-ants of serv.mts—Vf' in their turns allowed to exercise great auth'.rity over the rights of their laity—The class-leaders and 4-.h wheel. or stirrers—Stewards— An impon u.t question, "Do not the clergy, the rulers of Methnd'sin, h?;ong to the church by themselves, the Aiiiiu.u Conferences, or Preacher's church, into which CO layrau can enter—a c"aurch within achurch^;

L.TTts. XX—L..eal Preachers: What they forfeit in lucatin:,-; SlroDg cjnsiderations to ke(-p them in sad d' ; They are degraded ; The petty oppression to which they pubjpc' tlienjselves; Loss of influence.

LETTIAI XXI.—Tbe Roman Catholic featurr-s; The doctriiH' of the Pov.-er of the "Keys" held by the M; thodist clerry in common vith the Pope, The Di-vine right to g-i'veni held by the Methodists in com inon wiih the Tojie and Priests of Rome; Methodist miiii^tr'-- claim ihe power to admit into, and exclude t'-oni their . oci' ties. whoni.snever they please, and the Discipline irmuls thetn the power.

J.trrri.K X.\! I—I he principle of the "Key Poirer" still (unh»-r examined; It involves the Romish do^ma of Aposl-iiic Succession and infallibiUty; All Pro-testant church politics are administered in accor dance with thin Doctrine; Protestants c.annot success-fallv comh-'t the Papacy.

LETTKB XX111.—The influe:;r.e of povrer and rank upon Ministers of the Gospel ii pernicious; Promotes ambition, <tc.

LETTZE XXIV.-The Episcopacy and the People Dedicated to American Methodists; ""he principles

,ts; Man's inaliensVile Rights; of legitimate Government , The cannot be conceded or Blienat*fd without Sin

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Thev cannot be usurped tritbout Impiety; What is a Tvraany and a De-polism, according lo Hishop Bas-co'ml Methodism proven tt» bt- a Tyranny, a clerical Despotism, Ami-American in its Genius and Tenden. cy; Republicanism b;u:];wards; A Ne^v dtfinitinn of Metlioaism. and an iliusTratioa.

LKTTEa XXrV —Is Methodism Rfpublican?

P.\KT-]I. LtrrTEE XXVI.—The peculiar doctrinc^aud n!=.i es

of Mechodi-m—"A Calrinistii;_ Creed, a Popii,h Lit-urgv. .ind r.n .\rmiaian Clert^y " ' L'D7TVEXX\"iI—The Disrip ine—its Tocish Litur-gv—lis Marri.i:r" Sun ice bi.rrcw. d from Ihe Romish Church-Tbe llummerie.s of F..<ime rroteitanliied.

LICTTEE XXVIII —The Popi-h features of the_ Dis-cipliut*; Unseriptural terms of admission; The Socie-ties i:sed as dra^-net.^ lo s^'eep the "world into the ilelhodist Church.

L x m s IvXlX—Seeke-ship. Its unscripturalness: I u pernicious tendeDcy: The ti-slimouy of a Pros bvlerian. 'Li-TTiia XXX —Incorfcistencie! ; Admitting ac-

kno-wledjed sinners into the church, and debarring lor six months an ackuowledj^ed chri.s*rfan from en-terip.ir; l iving bsplism by inrce In non-believing children and unconscious infants, ajid refusing bap tism to the professed christian for six month*'.

ItTTEii XX-XI—The Cla-ss-nieclinglaTT; An essen-tial feature uf Meihodismi-Jiiclnsion the pinalty for its violaiieu; Is confessedly a .:ominandiccnl of men. To submit to it is to ol»ey and serve inen.

Lt-rriP- XXKII.—B-ir.'! 'leetinffs—^Virtrually cfn-fessi,dials—Sinful tliOU'_-ii.~ ni 1st be confessed to Uie preacher—Their tendency—the opinions of Presby-terians.

L;;TTr-E XXXIII — The Pioselytin^' features of Methodism—The Influence of the Class-leader—Aid, palronae^-, and sulTrage ofiFefeo lo all who xi-ill either join or ' j;roan "—A popish feat,are,4c.—How Prtsby-teriatis reca'd it.

LOTEK XXX1\ ' .—Bapt i sm—Jle thod i s t s have t i ro distinct "baptisms,"' one for infants andone for adults

A distinct and different offi(» for each—A distinct and altoeether different design for each—The r e ^ -eration olE infanLS in Baptism in all ca-ses, plainly taught in the Discipline and standard icorks of the Boii Concern.

LrrTEE XXXT,—Adult Bapusa disUnct {from in-fant—Its design,-R-ith the eireptioE—Xo faith re-quired of the Aduit, save thai required by the Ro-mish Church—And no profession of regeneralion as a condition of bspiism—Regeneration ordinarily the saroewith h^r-tism.

l iTrra XXX\T —Infant baptism in a ^e•w Light; Tried by the Creed, the Chatechism, and the Ritual, and condemned by the "word of God; Thirty untniths tanpht iu the baptism of one infant.

LKITCS .KXXVll.—The' anion of baptism ; The Di:.cipUne actnowledges, imniersion as a scriptural art of haptism; It i^ so admitted in the older stand-ard •n-orks cub! ished by the Methodist '-Book Con cem; ' Mr. Weslrv admits irnniersion to have lieeji the primitive action in his JoumHi, in hisroles on S . T.; AdainClarh; Benson; and yel it is pronounced sn unscriplural and indecent act.on in otner •works pub-li-hed tiy the Book Omcem, and by the whole Sieth-odist press in theS.iuth; Admission of two Presbyte-rians, t*o Catholics, and two Episcopalians.

LiTiLaXXXVllI.—The Methodist t-ims of com munidn; None so ciosc, or a.) unscrictnrally close; Thev invert the ordinance and violate the divine order; Tbe'Discipline forbids Methodist preachers to invite members ot other deEominations; All -who commune with Methodists must not on l j beUeve, but dress like them; Close conimunion in mirrying, In t i»iing. in Sabbath-scho-jls. in Singing-scho<.ls, «nd " lune Books" Baptist romniunion Lot close; The tes.timony of Mr.'Hibbsrd Mr. Griffin.

I.tTTcE XXXIX.—The "CiaTinism"' cf the Creed and the Arminianism of the Clergy; The "Articles of Religion" Calvinistic; They preclude the idea of the ultimate apostasy .of the be'UtTer; the gronnd of jus-tification examined; The Sciiptoral argument; f h e Methodist Clej-gy preach against their own creed, as well as teachings of the Ho. j SeriptnrE; Eeri .al and Camp-meetingeiciteaienU; 'Ihe doclrineof Apostacy made necessary; The t e n d w y of soeh teachuig and doctriQe is v> make infidels - L i r m XL>-PrimitiTe ObBRh CoiutitutioBi £ • -

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well cooked piece of meat should be full of i t s ovra jaicB c r n a m r i l graTj". I n roasting, thert.'^jre, it shmilii be e iposcd to a quick fire, tha t the e i t c i m ! Burface m a j be made to ccn t ra r t i t cnce. and the i l bumcn to coagnhUe. before the juice has bad time to escape f rom within. And so in boiliiis. ''Vhen a piece of beef or m a t t o n in plungtt l into boilirg wa ter, the outer par t contract?, the albnmen which is near the surface coagulatc.'', and the iateroal juicc is p re rn i t ed ei ther f rom cscapinginto the water by which i t ia snmranded , c r f rcm bting diluted or weakened b y the adnrnaion of i raier among it . W h e n cu t up, therelbrB, the meat j icWs m u c h gravy, and ia rich in flavor. Hencu a beefeteak or • mu i toa chop is done qtiickly, and over a na ick fire; that the natural juices may be r t la ined . On t h e other hand, if the meat be espcsed to a slow fire i ts pares remain open, the ju ice continues to flow within, as i t has dried from Jie surf ice , and tfie flesh pines, and becomes d ry , hinT. and nnsa-vcTT. O r if i t be pu t into cold or tepid water , which ia gradually brought to a br.il. much of the albumen is e i t i ac t cd before i t ccaculstes, the natu-ral jnices for tho most par t flow out, nnd the meat ia served in nearly a tasteless statt;. Hence to p r e -pare guod boiled mea t it should put at once into w i t e r already brought to r. boil. Lut tu maks beef tea, mut ton broth, and other meat Eoupj. the tiesh should be pu t into cold water, and this arietwards v t r y slowly warmed, and finally L-'dled. The ad-v a n u g a derived from simmering, n term not nnfre-qncnt in cookcry books, depcntls very m ich upon the uiTccts of slow boiling as abovo e^vpIaiTied.— Clumiilry of Common Lift.

Bhows Bhead .—Take Indian meal sifted, and flour, equal parts , a cup of yeast, two spoonsful of molanses: scald the meal or wet it with warm milk or w a t o ^ s d d a l i t t le ealt. and place it in pans to rise.

Tea B i s m r . — T a k e two cups of cream, one of a our milk, a teaspoonful of salt a r d onu of salera-ras diaBoIved. and s f f i r e i in: mix as soft as possi ' Je to roll; cut with a tumbler , and bake in a qnick oven half an hour.

T o B a n . I w a a Fota ichs .—Wu Rr.metime'i hear complaints ab<Hit watery potatoes. P u t into the pot a piece of Umc as large as a hen ' s egg; and how-wate ry soever tha potatces m a y liavo been, when the wa te r is poured off, the potaW will be perfectly d r y and mealy , borne persons use salt, whicli in ly hardens potatoes.

T o 3 I a k i : as E i c e l i e x t S w e e t - A r r L S P t d l ' I . s - i j .

—^Taka ono pint of scalded milk, half o p in! of Indian meal, a teaspoonlul of salt, and s ix bwcct apples cut into small piecei , and bake not less than three hours.—The apple will atfuFl an fxrcllent . rich jef ly .

Pota to PrrDisi;.—C»no pint and a half of boded mashed potatije.« a tea cup of supar, half a tea cup of bu t t e r or sweet cream, one cup of flour, cne quar t

• of milk and fonr eggs. Flavor with nutmeg, s lit-Ce salt; and bake one hour or more.

A f ew weeks since, in Pra i r ie county, on a pro-, t r ap t td ineeting occa5i<m, among the number joined, were n ine to be immersed; t h r e e o f . that n u m b e r had been baptized, according to their own words:

T E E SCHOOL ROOil , i t often said tha t the Baptist church was a branch ; of the church. I mus t confess iny want o f Imder-

two ^ r i n k l e d in infancy; ' ' ' " ' J f J l ^ Z i of money inve-sted be . criterion c l rdigion some yea r , \ P a y i n g money and securing competent i n r t r u c poured on her for bapUsm, must ^ ^ ^ ^ J , ^ ^ ^ „ . good beginning; of

Th e importance of cttacation, h a s taken flast hold , s t o a ^ n i in th is msttf i r . J have ,e»»nun84. it, care-upon the affections of the Baptiirt donoroination j fyHy.^ in hope tha t I should fiud grounds teoad

at least, if the n u m b e r of schools,, and tho amount enough to harmonize all the discrepcnciea between ' BaptisU and Pedo Baptists, bu t my hopes have been

disappointed. Notwiths tanding my disappointment

llatly contradict the former act of hie brethren? or was he not guHtyof re-baptizing? Others who had joined and were to bo immersed on the minister 's next visit, have heard us, in a lecture on Pedo in-con;istcni-ies, and have declined receiving an onli-nau i s nt the hroids of one who has not riccivcd it him.i l f , and arc espected to join tlie chu.-ch of Christ a t our next meeting.

Tliere arc many appliances which should be brought to bear upon this subject to ensure ul t imate success. \ few of these are here submit ted to the kind atten-tion of all persons interested in this great and praise-worthy cause. Pa ren t s and guardians if uneduca-ted themselves, can aid the teacher by visiting the school-room, and in at tending all exominatiouB and exhibitions. Pupils will be st imulated by their

Elder John CarrclT. Missionary of the first Mis- I e n c o ^ g c d ; those who see • and feel the necessity of good schools, b y evincing

their interest, will st imulate others. Ko disrespect-ful remark concerning teachers, should ever be

sion in the Carolina A.s.cociation. is doir.^ a gc<>d work. Through his labors, three churches have been constituted on his mission this year, and many addeil to t h e church. It.'VV. Lea.

Pzne B'.'if: ^'-k., Sept. 25,

I fcel assured t h a t others think they find such gronnda: hence they urge bapt ism to fraternise w i th all other denominations of christians. Th i s might be done if Christ had left no laws to be obeyed. If Baptists are ono branch of the church, so are other denominations branches. I aslc, where is the body of which all these sects are branches.

This I have been unable to find, unless i t be In tha idea t l iat denominational rules are mere mat te r s

j of convenience, rabordinate to some higher laws tha t may dissolve a t pleasure all local laws of or-ganization, and consolidate the whole christian world

I into one grand mass. I propose to dissect th is po

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sition- and sec wha t will be the result, . i s the made, in tho presence of pupUs a t least—nor any | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ now stand, there remark as to want of abiUty; for, it destroys the ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ .branch, the Methodist, I^ iscopal ,

Protes tant , a n d Congregational branches, besides inliiience a teacher should have. The teacher pos-sessing, tay 0 of ability, who has tho entire confi- the various orders of Presbyter ian branches, in

HtST3.—Tf your fiat irons are rough and smoky, lay a littlu fine salt on a flat surfsce. and m b them well; it will prevent them from slicking to anTt!i!rig starchad and make theiu Fmn'jth.

Hub your gridle with ime salt before you grease-it. and ymir cakes trill not stick. W h e n walnnti . have b t t n k q i t until the meat i? tno much drieil to be gooil, le t them .stind in miili a n d - w a t e r eight hours, snd dry thi in. and tli>-y wiil be a.i frt"=h aa when new.

I t is a good plan t a keep your diifennit kinds of piects, tape. thrOTl, etc., in separaie bags, and there wiH be do t i n t : i s s t in lookinK for th^m.

Oat s t raw is fc^Et f->r e i l ing of fced.s. and it is well to changa it as tsfrrT- a year.

dence of the pupils, can i m p ^ t more knowledge , ^^^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^ even, as some than one possessing 8, who has it not I n d e ^ , ! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^ assuu^e 10, as perfection, and l e n t be p o s s e s . ^ by , ^ ^^^^ r epud i aud by another, h e c a i r d o b u t U t t l e f o r t h o ^ c W d r e ^ w t o ^ | ^^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ j j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ prc.senting this rhn rch

° ° ^ ' i I branch, or branch church idi-a ful ly to tho Associa-Better not send l l v n

j tion, I will suppose these branches all meet in mass for the celebration of any religious ordinance, Furh as bapt ism. Wha t a congregation of incongruities. In this assembly would be found all the peculiar doctrines and practice.^; of all the branches of the church, including the Greek branch. In the ordi-

e a u c a . ™ ^ pr.ju.n..-. . , , ^^^ ^^ ^ nancc "f baptism how many ^vill a g r ^ fully, tho favor of the d.x-tri.e, ; ^^ in proportion to the In t . l l i -

but they had ju s t f^en appomted by a Pe.iobapC.t , ^^^^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^^^ ' . . . . . . r . , , . Society. m i ^ o n a r . e s to a fon.i.qn land. I hey bad j ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^ „

Few if any events have exertetl a more powerful influence in tho Bapti.stdenonnn'.tion i;i the T r i t ed States, or have srivcn stronger dfmr.r,stration .>f the _ force and tn i ih of their p r tc ip l t - s thnn the ft-I.^p- j presence " f ^ s children, tion of those principles by .Vdunirani Jud.^on nr.d Luther Rice. AVhat ovorwheltr.nirg motives had | ^ for schoofand for teacher those yoimg m m to silcnoe the ccnvi<-tions of r c a - j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ » son and conadcnc- and to c t e e l l i ' - ' " - | . ^ j t e m of ridicule before the pupil, light. Xot only like many others wbn liavi- become ^ - ^ ^ ^ dress, and the gew gaws Baptists, b a d they ten brought up in tbv firm , permitt ing dieir children to at-lief Of ti:e pn-pne ty of infant bapt i -^m-not on.y } ^^ ^^^^^^^ ^ werii all their hert i l i tary a r d educational pr. ju.i icfS • and all their ass-ioiatioiis in

tists wan t s clean water . This small difference can mi-'ht de- ' overcome, the Priest r«n soon cons.-crate

left heme, friends, and aU the refinements of civU- j will cause « ^ t e r to answer all tho purposes of tlie oc-Izcd life to enter oil the dark, uncertain, unexplored | ^^ ^ ^^ inconvenience for . These two parties agree in mo.lo8 and Eub-path of missionary labor among the h ta thcn . They ' ^ ^ car.-e perhaps a differeuce of this sort. Some were dependent for tbr i r riailv bread, upon those i „ , "" ' . , , , . . 4. i Baptise unbelievers while others may not, I mean

, , , , , 1,.- There are parents, who regard It as infamous, to J. , , . t^ , , , . who had sent them cut , and were under obliga- , , , . . „ „ . _ . , _ _ j unbclievuig adults . Tho various Pedo Fapti^t

• . . . . , , , , . nave their child corrected, even ever so neces-sary. 1 . . , . „ tionF, w uch m t n of siich n-lmed an 1 sen;snive ; ,, , , , . . . , , tv , , , „ „ j , 1 branches might raise the question with the F pe n , T h c v t a l k o f it before the child. This ever tend n I . u f j j •_ u • .. . natun-s could pnt bu t deeply uc l . not to ihsap- _ _ to who should admimster tho ordinance. I h w is point the hope? of those who had thus hid them Go<l speed cu their mission. Anil yet , l t , l by the

WuiaiEAS, I t has p l ^ c d Almighty God to t6-nidvei f rom this world, our beloved brother, Asa Ni«, who died in Oxford, Sliss., on the 20lh of Au-gust , A. U., 1855.

liesohed, T h a t in the death of Brother Nix, we have lost a consistent, l i te ra l and wor thy member of our church; an honest , 'caqdid, wor thy and use-ful citizen of our community; and his family a de-voted husband, an aflbctionate and kind father , and his relations an esteemed kinsman and friend.

Resolved, T h a t whilst we would humbly bow and resignedly submit to th is afflictive dispensation of Divine Providence; yet we feel deeply afflicted in the loss of our esteemed brother a n d fellow-laborer in the Kingdom of our Lord J e s u s Christ , bu t are much comforted in the firm belief tha t our depart-ed brother now rests f rom his labors, and is blessed in Christ .

Resolved, Tha t we deeply sympath i re with his bereaved widow and afllictcd friends, and tender to them our sincere condolence; aad commend them to our God, who is tho source of all t rue comfort.

Resolved. Tha t a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions be furnished .Mrs. Ni.\-, and sent to the Tennes.see Baptist for publication, and the .same be recorded in our church bo-->k.

By order of Oxford Baptist i-hnrrh. in onfc rcnce September l . i lh , If-M.

J a m e s J . ? i e d u k . M o < J e r a t n r . Ri rn utD S t i t i ie.ns , Cleik.

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T O O N , I V E L S O N & C O . , B O O K S E T J . F m ,

N®. 44, CnUB St ree t , Na ih r t l l e , Tenn . A l l who fMl th« JfMt inotloed to m»ke xHitioln to Iholr

14brar),*a, of either, the most popular BeptiBt worki. or S t a n d i MiHceUaneon» Literature, can soar *la eo on finch term* aa hare not been herutofore uffere-l.

We wish to rednee oar Block, In ordu to the »lnter trade, and will make, aa ao indncement, a dliicoant of 25 per epct fiom regular prlcen, on the reoeiptof as orttr for tiflj doUara worth, accompanied with the cath; anil 20 per cent on smaller orderfl.

Onr Stock eonaleU of a great variety of Talnabis Denomlca-tional and general literature. Jnljin.

Hardware, Cutlery and Tool Store,

3 I A C E Y & H . V M I L T O N ,

AT THE OLD STA\D O.V FALL f CCXyfyGHA.V, W O U L D rwp-rtfallj Inrite th« pcWIe lo -rainlDe th^fr epw

aad c*«-fuUT a^lected itoek of a-tidM m their lie© of boAioe a T.'iej offer for the appfo^.i! builtlirp • most cum-pk-te a^AbrLmtnt of ItucLi, Iliz^jes luul all o t i T artt-cJen ia th«< btiiMiu^ aii«.

Tliey wnald r^ l the fcttention of H- use K^'fp^r" to tl'-rr frT*ttl Ttxj -iy of llou»6 Uarilwire, which, to^^ther with ft Urf" ««!*»rlm«Di ot TaMe au'l ot>.«»r Cotiery. wili coic-pa.-f wiUi lh*l of »nj otter e<-tmbiij»braeat iu tb-* citr. Aa jU

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•fact tliat be w a s alwnt t'> tca.:h -he chriitiaii re-ligicu to the h»at!ien carefully to re-cxaniine i t in all i ts poinU. alone on tlie bruad occan. without consuitalion wii.h a n y human mind. Judsoa was forced b y the ward of God alone to the ixnclusion that infant sprinkling is an invention uf man. and not nn ordinan-o of Je-Jris Christ. Bro. Kice wa.^ also le<l by his pcruliar rimimstani-e<; to the pmyer-ful e l imina t ion of the siibjecr. afti-r hi^i arrival on mis^ionsrr ground, and was si»in ^iitii-li'-d that he had never been baptized, ajcordiiig. to ibe si-rip-tnn-s. Notwii;!>tanding the iippsbng nl-sta-les in the way of obc li tnce t " ihe i rnew roiivictions—not-withstanding t i iedanger i.f ali-^natir.!; t lu i r friends, cutt ing off the Pire means of .siipf-ort, and pr rhaps forfii t ing the love of those whom tliey e^tecuied .is • fatiiers in l.-rael. th ry determined to - obey Ocd rather than man."" and were accordingly "bur ied with Christ in baptism; " Jud^nn at (."alcutta, en the Urst Sabbath in .••ep;.''nri>'-r 1 - 1 n n d Rice on November 1st. l ^ l i .

Never was there a more striking ins tsnre nf the t r iumph ef t ru th . They were men of strong minds, and h a J received the bcr.t intelle>-tual train-ing of the day—they were tii-n •-I iinixmnion piety, prayetfulness and divotion to God. They bad every earthly ccnsid-jration arrayed against the change, and ye t were compelle-i by their fa-.lemu convictions of duty , tij Ufi'.-t iz'l f i r Christ.

Li_t)k now at the rcs'.iils cf t'ceir S'lherence to t ru th and dut}'. No tmths t and ing ili.-! reproaches heaped up,jn them by their former fr iends—and the c h a j ^ deliberately and most un jus t ly recorded against them b y the Aineiican BoarJ of Commis-sioners; who had sent them out. cf having --mis-taken impulses for arguments , and an act in which there would l-e a show of wi=dom and will, worship and humi ' i ty . for an indispensable clTjrt of chris-t ian, self-denial,"" Judson was enabled to write; - l e t consequenccs be as they may. T hope nothing shall

Cedar chests t - - ; ' - '"?^'•3'iisp flannels iiifc for cToth . moths are never ir-. - J t cm—Eed cedar chips consolation reMilting-fiym a con-

, i n r W t i ^ scicnce vm,Uf o^^cc; and Rice had the unspeak-able satisfaction of knowing tha t he had -endeav

a r e e o o d t o ke«J 'V-T? t s , warilrohcs, closetj;, i trunks, etc., to keep ca^ tnol'is.

"When, d o t h s have sctjuircd an unpleasant odor, b y beinf from the air, charr^al. laid in the folds, will soon remove-it.

I f black dresses have been stained. K-il a haml-fu l of fig leaves in a iioart of water , and reduce it tn a pint. A sponge dipped in this h"quid and m V beil upon them, will entirely runovo atain-s from crapes, bombazines, etc.

I n laying u p f u r s for summer, lay a tallow candle in or near t h n n , and danger from worms will 'r>e obviated.

T o C l b a x WiZZ — T a k e about two qua r t s of wheat bran, t f - " 'nmdic of coarse flamlcl and rub i t over I t will cleanse the whole paper of all d t s r ^ of d i r t and spots bet ter t h in a n y other mBT" i i i s i can he used.—Some use bread, b a t d i y fcaa is het tcr .

Fob the Teeth.—Dissolve two ounces of b c m i in threej r in ts of boiling water, aiid before i t is cold add ana teaBpcwnful of spirits of camphor and bot -t le for use. A table spoonful of this mix tu re m i i e d wi th an equai ipiantity of tepid water , and applied ilaily wi th a soft b rush , preserves and beautifies the teeth, i t extripatoa all tar tarons adhesion, ar-rests decay, induces a heal thy action of the gums, and makes them look peariy white.

ored to as-certain and practice si-nply, tvhiit the Sii-vior ret^iireii." The smile of Jesus was worth more to them than the approval cf a thousand worlds. But not only so. Had they vacillated, had they compromised with conscience, had they said, '-it is a trifle, a non-essential, a mere mat te r of form." Uie history of chri.-,lian missions and of the world would have been chanced. I t is fearful to contemplate the sad consef|nences which might have resulted f rom a failure on the par t of those two young men to take tha t first step. They were t h e pioneers of a grand and glorious missioniiy enterprise, which has already numbered i ts con-verts b y tens of thotisands, aiid which will doubtless continue to augment the company of the redeemed, unti l " t ime shall be no more."

The Providence of God had so plainly thrown these m i s ^ n a r y brethren upon the Baptists of the United States tha t they could not disobey the call. Mr . Rice rot t imcd to America, traveled over the conntiT like, a flame cf fire, kindling a holy enthu-

TDT th» Tennew^ Baptist.

Bbo . G i l i t e s , I have enjoyed some precious re-vivals of religion of t i t e , witnessed the ccnveision of many, ami i t has been'Tnir privilego to go. wi th not a few down into the vrater.

T h a Iron "Wheel pressed the toes of some ra t l i t r nnpleasintIy,-Tmt3 the pivolnion of i ts evolution w a s made. l e t i t c m n e , l e t i t come.

I t was our privilese, fcr the first time, to visit the * S d i n e AsEooatiDn, which'Convened on laist Sa tu rd iT

w i t h the Bhiladelphia Cfcirch, Saline co. The I n t rodnctory sermon by U r t c r J . J . Cobb, " W Y. L n sey, M q d m t o r , and Elder S. "V7; Nawlm, Clerk. Eight new churches joined the Assodaaon, making an increase of about 135 members. Bro. H . ^ Coleman, who was appointed to prcach tholEsaion a r y sennon 'being absent, the du ty was laid on as, and imnBdiately a f t e r the sermon, two collections were t i k m up, one in the name 9f the Baptist State Conventitm, the other fg r tho benefit of visiting ministera present. T h i i i s a Missionary body. The AffiodatioiiadDpted-onr pbin of Mwsifm^. and kJso b e a u M BiLxiliiiT' to the Baptist State Convention. T h e A s o a a t i o n got t h r o n g her business on Mon-d a y . - I t w a s t m l y a harmoaious sessioii. On T q a A j - w e baptised »n aged Fa ther in Israel, who had ten a n u m b e r of t ho Methodist society more tfaxn twenty ycaiH- Hta foundation was removed b y the t rgnmen t s m d scriptures in the Miasibmiy •emum on positivs l aws aod'obedience.

On our r e t m n to P i n e B l u ^ in tha place of find-ing a«ei&ia.e&ircb .building r e i d ^ . for w * expected, w b m he re last, fotmd i t only i n ashes. T h e B t p p o s t d - i n c e n d i a r y i s t m d e r b a i t Ooi loeBis heavy, indoppr r tBt r i « i o n j , bu t t ru th id bonnil to •ncerad. W . M - L ,

to sr .boflination. The .'ichool-rtjom should ever, as the a rmy, hold

j to absMime obedience. Be it grating tn priJe, it Ls a needful restraint . Proper tc»'-hers should be se-lei-led. and then t rus t in them. No good man, will tyranizo over .t child; one taught insubordination at homo, or grows up without any tuition, when re-strained at cchool. feels the burden, and wdl com-plain iiiu'-h i=: ruined

Under, c!<-;in!iufS"i and neatnp!« ought to be rar-di.Til viriUPS in the scho"l.rt>oin Tesi-bers sbnuld be nrnt in prr-ion, smipii lonsly dean . Tho so-hpol room ••'iiially and no pupil be aliowrd aduiis.'iiim without a strict adherence. Adopt » neat, plain,

I clicap uniformity of d n in all educational cstab-lishtni nt'i, exc'iudinp e v u y anic le iif dress and of jewelry —sye in Collegia-! as wi ll as in Inst i tutes, AcadeinicS or i,ch<iol.3. \Vh\ require jorls to do thi?. aud not boys ' "VTI.y _ oung laHies, and not young gentlemen'

It is ennugh to mske oiie'3 blood niu rx>ld," to see a writing in an uT'"Mtb position, and a.-i much .so to .see. if the opjiosile are instance.

A te .nher certainly CRnii"t Ci:imj)lain of a pupil, if lie or --he will appe.\r in tlic school-room in a garb not fitted to appear among tbeir patrons. No advocate for rich clothing, no Iricnd to demagogism, yet a dccide^ one for nestness anil cleanhness. It has been remarked thkt h-'" personal appcarancc of an ind'viduil i'; nn indrv to the mind, this may or m.-.y r " t K*. but cert.-iin!y he who i.s ever cleanly, and nvnt ia less prone lo do a mean at L. Some how thi- mind, will partnke more or le^-- • f the habit-i of the bo<ly as la dress and cleanii As well can it bo seen ia the prompt and c h c .. j1 obe-dience uf the pupil, the fu ture fitnes.s for useful-ness. How can oae unlearnt in obedience, teach anotlier t \ a t virtue? Bear in mind, obedience is one of the virtues in christian life; and it may be, that , the bet ter christian is formed when youth is taught to obey. Parents think of these things, and improve t h e n in. This is written by one who is a friend to educntioa for the cau.se sake, having no other interest. A Frib-vd to "Vcrrn.

not likely since by some Pedo Baptist the Pope 's baptism is consi.lercd good, while others, though they do not reccive, ye t t h ry do not repudiate it. The Greek branch of the cbun 'h has to be answcr-

I ed or compromised on the subject of the mat te r of baptism. They say you are wrong: immersitir • the only moile; but say they on this account tbcrw

Notice tbos^c^ninlaints, «nd the child ^hall no s p U t SVe practice immersion w;,<-n K ! 19 requirpl , therefore we will comply w i t h y m i r

ciiliar views, .•'ceing th«t all ihew different scrt-s hold ^ 'nio-

thing in rnininon in this ordinance and in govern-iiicnt, there is but little tn compromise. The views of the Baptist branch is next to bo met. Thoy re-ject the whole compromise upon tho ground that tlicy do not find these views in the testament, and they will not take tradition instead of God's word, as the nile of faith »nd practice. The Baptists say Pc^n liaptists baptise unbolii ving adults aud unoon-

j 8i-iouschildr»'n. contrary to scripture. They prac-' tire three modes of baptism, whereas the scripturcs • teach but one. They exercise government unknown

to the New Testament. Therefore Baptists cannot become parties tn these irregularities, by receiving imniendon at the hands of Pcdn Baptists find C'amp-V,el]itcs as valid Bapt ism.

Viiurs in * 'hri.stian love. Tuns. 11. .^Irmrar.

CiABPE.NTERS .V.>D OTIIKR .Mtl l l u > AKK ' aa-urM of ri-ocunng at our hon«« Toolp of supenjr tjiiai

ity; ^muavM irlii'jh arc Spi^r it Jicltunn'B Mill X Cut acJ Pane lrava , B u t c h e r ^ f i l e a a n d Edge Tools. U)gether with an extens ive collection of other makea.

Aug n SUCJST ft HAMrLTO.V. 4 7 Oollf!:* St .

r f lU .MILLERS >1A(:UI.>'ISTS. Dl:FOLR-S X lIOLTliiG CLOTnd We have joMt recetre'l a I s r ^ I't.Krk

of t>ufonr s Anchor Brand Bolnng Cloths and Wove W ire, for rtrolTiag iwrecns and whi-at fans, which will l,e »(,ld at the Inwr-v market price.

Aug 11 MACEY 4 HAMILTO.S. <7 Street.

MAI III.NE b e l t i n g , STE-t..")! PACKISOt HOSE-W'e are the Bole Ac^ntj for the Bile of Ui" celebrated Vnl-

Rabl«r Machine Bel t ing , a enpcrior arUcle to leather; ; is not Bll,,cte<l bj tne dampnesn of the w,,%tlier. and is much

M.oi:.[.T and less e ipen. iTe. They ean f o m i - h Belte of a n j ' IfOKln. ot from 2 to iO inches in width.—The Steam Gmn i I'scltin^ is the most valuable Iroproreinent e r e r iB*,fnted fi>T j mak.Oit ju io t e in Builers. Steam Jingioesand Lncnmotiven. We

ha te a Urge ats .rtiiipnt of Hose of all Pile,, on hand. I Aug 11 MACgT * HAMILTO.N. 4 7 College Street.

PA G E S i : C H I L D - S P A T E . V T P O R T A B L E < I R -

CL'LAR^.\W Mil.i.S.—W,, ar- IA7 . -n t s f-.r tl - ot t'le ab-iTe v.\lnat'ie improTeracnt—caa be ru.iii-h-'l lor b',i>e or wal'-r power An. 11 MACKVi HAMILTON. 47 CcilegoStreet.

t' l R f l L A R S A W S We ke«p on han,I a Urge s-Fcr

meu: of C'rc--ila.- "aws irom I'J to inrh . - . 5IACET.I Hi.MILTO.N

A n ; l l - S r , 4 7 C .d le i e SI . N«..hTule,

Our Colporteur i. ofTcring to a mother the I'Tiild- : ren 's Book for October. No parents who !o\c '

T H E V O V A f . E t»F LIKE. K'., K.<M7-.T BF."-!-" Fr Wt-n^rTT THfi ft - «'

TOON, N F i ^ ^ N A. CO., 44 Coinn t^tr—t. invite t ee -rten-their children and know the worth of this UtUe work : • wdl refu.se lo give ? l for it twelve months. Thou- . voya-e «f i.ife-M.nhood, n- Kn-u-s an,j nevp<,r5i<.a sands of the little folks m the South are now reading I b . w. w. Ei-mrs, D D. r.,arth th,..,.,n.! this mffnf/tiy. Price only ?1 CK) per annum. , i CHu-ra - i ,—/n i ' r rm.ir . r

P a r t I — I n i u t . L i r i .

( i n i t u a r i e s .

siasm for the heathen wherever he went, and at length ' - the General Convention of the Baptis t de

•, _Tn^t lmI«imMm«B^tk t . ^ 6 « a t m : — I propoaa a few i tems &om E i s t -

5«4>ea,5a t h e a p u t s , W » P I oppoaed .tii'iiiigioua de-

b e t i m , w i B B O i ^ ' a i ^ - i a L

nomination in the United States for Foreign Jlis-s ions" w a s formed in Philadelphia in May, 1814. For more than th i r ty years has tha t convention dif-fused the blessings of the gospel through Burmah. China, Africa, Germany, Greece, France and the Aborigines of our own connt iy , and now, though Northern Baptists as '-the Jl issionary Union," and the Southern as --the Southern Baptist Convention,-' work in separate organizations, ye t their aim is one, and^the fire tha t was then kindled b u m s bright ly on bo th their a l tars . "What has been done in the pas t—the whole Bible was translated by Judson into Burmese, tha numerous part ial translations, the hundreds of churches planted in the midst of dark nei3 and idolatry, the tens of thousands of believ-ers saved f rom heathenism, vice and superstition, the mul t i tudes of children t aught the w a y of life, the.millions of pages of tracts, bibles and rehgious publications printed—all these are bu t the sowing of the seed—the glorious harvust is ye t to come. And d o u b t I e » throughont eternity, all those innu-merable mult i tudes who shall be saved through the instrumeataUty of these organizations, will bless God for tha t s t em adherence to principle, that chnstian manliness, that fearless love ef t ru th and obedience to dnty, which made Judson and Rice Baptis ts . Mr. Rice also m a y be regarded as the founder of the Columbian College^and all the good which tha t msti tut ion has ahready done, and will y e t do in the fu ture , m a y be considered a s follow-i n g f rom his arduous a n d self-denying labors- >'or w a s the less useful as the fervent and sncccssful ad-vocate of ministerial education among the Baptists. Hia biographer says tha t '-to him mora^than to any other man . m a y bef l t t r ihntcd the change which h i been effected in oa r denomination' ' in this respect-

i v e wonld d immend the i r noble example and ita consequences to all who are in doubt on the snbject of Baptism, ^ d Eice, " T r u t h can be no loser b y tha most rig^sas examination, provided tha t exam i ^ c n be cottducted in the fear of God, wi th a sincere desire t o know the t ro th , and a disposition to d» his wilL'^ I f the Bible, and the Bible only, s tudied ca re fupy , p rayer fo l l r j a n d wi thout pre jn-dicBr will no t make m m Baptists , we .wish them to r s n a m as theytare . B a t where a m a n is convinced tha t the scr ip tares teach tlie i m m e r ^ of believers a s h ^ t o n i , le t h im beware of e z c o ^ g himself finm exp l id t ohedia ice . I t i s an act of treason

te t o ^ a o d to Chris t , a n d evil e o n e ^ o e i H ^ t a V a a n f i ^ j r i ^ o w a ' s o o l j i a n d t o - t h e i r a M , w "

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AN E S S A T

Martha A. Vele tn .

Continued fre:u l iat ntlmber

I now oSer some reasons why immer."<ion a t tho hands of Pedo Baptists should not bo received by Bapds t churches. Their fai th vitiates tho fai th of the gospel, their baptism vitiates gospel baptism: their government ritiates the government of Christ

These positions I will t ry to establish. I do not intend to say tha t our Pedo Baptist brethren have not saving faith as christians, for I am thankful tha t there are such nombers of them in our happy country, and tha t such a good influence goes for th from their pioiis examples as christians, bu t not aa church members. I intend to say tha t they vitiate gospel fa i th b y an admixture of i t wi th Baptism, fiir this ordinance would not be administered to un-conscious babes and unbelieving adnlta without fai th in i t s efficiency to save to some extent . So far as they have fai th in the saving efficacy of bap-tism, j u s t that f a r they lack faith in the efScacy of ChrEt ' s atonement. I n like manner they vitiate baptism, they practice so many modes tha t no one seems to be prominent only when apphed to infants, adults, select the mode for themselves. They fur-ther vitiate baptism in their subjects, for unbcliev-mg adults and unconscious babes, are not equal to behevers. Immersion is vitiated b y oar Pedo Bap-tist brethren, in the practice of so m a n y modes for sprinkling or pouring is equal to i m m e ^ o n in mode nor sgnif icauce.

They vitiate church government instead of the power being in the charohes, according to the demo-cratic element in the church laws, the sovereignty is in the rulers, according to an antagonistic element I t is bu t j u s t to say the form of government of onr Pedo Baptist B r e t o n , cannot be otherwise until they change their policy in their membership. An unconverted ntunber, of which they have many, could not well decide the meri ts of a case in which spiritual delinquency was involved. Neither could small children. 3'ho safety of Pedo Baptis t inter-ests requires their govenunent to remain as it is, les t af ter some great st ir , when tho unbelieving members are more than t h e believing, they should rise np and expel from the churrh all the christians of the church, and lay violent hands on the prop-er ty which they coald have the right to do, if their government was republican. I a m opposed to re-ceixing immersion a t the hands of Pedo Baptists, because they do not a m f o r m to the New Testament laws of church organization, in iiulh, baptism nor government I will i l lustrate b y the foUowing in-stances. A church of our order receives a member from a Fedo Bapt is t society on a certificate of good standing, b y this act all the principles of the sod-t y cert ifying are endorsed, because the whole force of wha t they believe and practice is empl i^ed to sustain the certificate. Suppose a certificate of a Bank deposite is presented and received, i s i t not on araoant of the deposite whjch the certificate represents. Certainly. But the difficulty d o ^ not stop here since Pfcdo Bapt is ts sometimes immersa nnbeliCTTer^ there i s danger of r ecdv ing one of tha t class, and if one snch m a y be r e c a v t d , » m a y any number , and in th is way m i ^ t any ehuicli loose her ident i ty a s a goepel d n n c h : yes , even her exis-tence. I t would certainly h e improper f;)r a Bap-t is t church to reoEive an immetaed individual b y t

pions man-in no Q u i s t i a o organizatinn. I f forth* want of church a a t b o r i ^ , is soff ident reason to tfie rejection of a n y ^ i p h c a n t o n ' t t e one hand, im- . pecfiect church a n t h o t i ^ sboold be on t b e o t h e r

JatKbttiibi

Died, at the residence of her father, in Athens, Ala., on the 27th of August . Sirs. Martha A. Nel-son, wife of O. Nel.'Km, of New Orleans, and sec-ond daughter of Samuel and Margaret Tanner , of Athens, Ala., aged 30 years 1 month and 21 days.

The deceased was b o m in North Carolina, J u l y 6 th 1816; emigrated from thence to . \ thens wi th her parents, where she was married on the 12th of Ju ly , 18S6. In the la t ter par t of 1839, she em-braced religion, in Decatur, Ala., and was baptized by n d e r Leigh. In the spring of 1842, having re-moved to -Vthens, she at tached herself to the church here; and in tho fall of the same year moved to New Oricans, and joined the '-Coliseum Place"' Baptist chuich of tha t city, of which she rem.iincd a consistent member until her death.

Sister Nelson for m a n y years was a ' child of affliction.' and oftentimes seemed near the gates of death . In the early par t of the present year , she arrived at this place, pale and emaciated from the fiitigue of a long journey, and the cffects of a linger-ing disease which was p ray ing upon her system.-;^ In vain did the skill of physicians and the kindne.ss and attention of fr iends endeavor to arrest the pro-greKS of the disease—their eSorts all proved abor-tive. The disease continued to assume a more ma-lignant form until the m o m m g of the 27th of August , a t 25 minutes past 6 o'clock, the captiva-ted soul wa.s freed from the fet ters of mortal i ty, and took i ts everlasting flight to a land of perennial bliss.

The character of S s t e r Nelson was a highly fin-ished s tmc tu re of female worth and loveliness. She was amiable, affectionate, and kind^ and was uni-versally beloved b y those who knew her, and those who knew her best loved her most. She was t m l y '•one of the excellent women of earth. As such, her death has left a vacuum in the family circle, in the church of the living God, and in the community in whiehahe lived.

Although she was subject to those doubts and fears which are incidental to christians in this life, ye t she seems never to have entertained a doubt in reference to her acceptance with Gtsd. She was ever ready during her ilhiess when her s t rength would admit, to converse wi th her friends upon the subject of religion, and always expressed herself as being desirous " to depar t and bo with Chr i s t . "

Two of her children preceded her to the glory-land; and two days a f te r her death, her infant daughter , aged 10 months, followed her. Doubtless the mother and her three.children have re-united in that blissful land where part ing is known no more.

She has left a bereaved companion, two children and many relatives and fr iends who deeply m o u m her loss; bu t they should wsep not for her as for

those who have no hope. ' ' Their loss has been her eternal gain, for t m l y - ' the j ighteous ha th hope in his dea th . " J . Q. SrxLBBS.

TO j n N i S T E n s A V p T F . t c m a s . , 4_

We bavocinnmenred ihe publioaiion of tht..? little I Liie its Alms work in tho &)Ulh t*|ire,s.<Uy for the Children and l , i t t le Folks a t Home. It is designed for t heu im-provement. moiital, moral and religious, and thus to ussbit both fmrents and tc.ocliers in goveniing and in.stTOCting. It is de,signcd. and will cultivate in the children of our laud, » taste and love for reading and s tudy; and the influence of its sweet songs, and I the sentiments they instill, will be invaluable.

. M l n i . s t e i i s o r t u b ( J o s r F . i . : W i l l j - o u n o t a i d i n introducing this Monthly Book in every family of vour churches and congregations! Would you not DO doing a great gixvl' Who cares for the children' Wha t is being done fur the little folks to instill into their young minds a love for their books, for the Bible, for s tudy! ^\"hat papers are published in the South for them? WiU you not help us, and secure for your own children one of tho beautiful libraries we offer for premiums?

T c . i n t E R S OF S a b b a t h S r n o < i L 3 . — M a y w e n o t look with contidenre to you to sccimj a reader of the Childrens' Book in each member of your cla-sses? Could you do anything tha t would benefit them more? Vi.sit their parents and solicit them to give you their names. \Vhat a bcautifid present you could procure in ono uf tlie Ubranes, lo present to vour class on Christmas or New Years, And then you would have a Rwt-et. new Sabbath-school song each month.

All Teachers who have our children under their in-structioii a re sohcited to aid us. and .securc the premiums. Tho Childrens" Book will make an e i -cellent reading hook to vary the monotony of the class book. I t will lie a most interesting S-bool Rca-ler. f.^r Dav Schools.

^.JCrB—Triai! and Tttifr,,pA ^lA^"IioOIl—/IJ i>>ri#3 iLnd O l d A g e — / i s .- .-rcji- 'y sn-i

P i S T 11—ACTCaL 1-1

M A B - T . S H A R P C O L L E G E . i r i n c h p s t r r , T r n n .

f p n S Ninth of thit Erbool rloM><l Jow 22od, v{th ita 1 tmt cl«« of Gr»duAtet. Tbe tTpr«-* uumbmT of pupils

ift att«D-sDC« since itB eoiciZ!<>iR-ec:etit Itcb oct huulxsd Uiir t j .

No Corner cummeDt U needed to u n r e iU patroBi of l u a ichool of * e r j hijjh or&«r.

Very little deere&»e i a ih* onxntwr of popiU haf reroJted from the fthort crop* and bard t lmei nf th« prwrioiu je&r, aad ita fri«nJ« conQdeoUj exx>*ct k t « t j decided iccreaM lur the uoiaicg eension

Tbe Etiglinh, M«theinat:cal and C l u t i e a l conrve of c t s d j , If • e miKt&Ke not. a* thccnn^h and extecfUTe ia the Mat j ShaTj an in a n j otbi.r CxUefe for r c n s x la£ie« lo the Cnit.-d 6 tales.

Tb« Scboul rear {§ dlridM into a loxtir asJ a short aeaDon; the ehart om-, of foar mo&thl. cummeuciiis the l^t of Septcm-t)*rr and endinc the week belore Chrinttuan; tbe long one, o f i i x monthfc. pctufneiicinst the l"t of Jacaary a cd ending June 2S,

FACULTY. Z.O GIUVEh, PaKSTDK5T.

Ct V. Rpenceb. Prof. ..f M«thcm»tica, A C. G k a v i * . prof , of La:.a Laoi^i*?*-

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T H E BAPTIST tOMFAJ^IO."*, I t e T 1bj>C±:D, and now r ^ T for Rale, A COMPILA.

J TION OF HYMNS, for tbe of Baptist Churchfa. lorop. ply tbe de i id^ratua occajnv.ord br the exhac^tioa of the iaA ^litionof Tfte CompanicH. The work n» connJer»b>y enlarj-e j and nth-rwi-e iniprcTt-d ui in. ' f l tbe want* ot o n ^ r e t h i r n .

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C X I F F t R i : E K A C A D C M V .

A Classical echc»ol under tbe direct»OB oi" Xii- naderrt^foed, wi l l opened on Mondav tbe l:<'tb ic«l . at Clsff Creek,

near Brownsvi l le . Haywood Coonty . Twan Tb» ra iw of Tai-t o n r a r T i c ? accurd.a,- U> th.- h ta l i e i puroo'^. will b«- $10, J l i and $20.' p*-r session of bv* raoDtbu. Ji«>ard can h»» pmcared at $7 per inuoUi, ali expeniieg inc^nded, in respectable familifri ia t'}«tcin)Adiat« v ie ini ty of th* school ,

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BAPTI^T PLBLI^ATIO^ SOCIETY A £ i r JidOKS.

a r t i c r . l Di^coll^^»••« o u f t e ^ r B ^ r n t i o n - B y PhiUa ::tb a of the auttior Jfenio. SiT rp r«L'dcrt.!i.'»'. D I>.

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« F a - • a n d cr f G-Ttftf^i Prait—By Mary A C'-liflr ISino. 171 pp. P n - - 30

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Tha ^ t t l t y of aay Medical College, or aay yaspoamhl^ PhTi id&n, may aMid me tea caxas of coa5e§»nd Cancer, and I ^ promiae to cure nine out of t«n—qmte as large » prc-<irt3on a» p l ^ c l a n a cur* of the simplest formx oi dif>«a»9

I call upon the MedlcAl 8cbool of KanhTine, eKpec:ji5!y, to ru" my e l i l l i a the trMtmeat o i tbe Caacer to tha m c f t ri'rld Wt fair trial.

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eompUcation of diaeaa^, 1 hare had paSenta anal a . in thr l a i t a t ^ of coiMumptioB. The Cancer wm nnjcM, bat the Con lumptioa killed.

4. Tbe patient ihAU Dot b ao old and we*yy, that th#-re isnoi f u^ i ea t TitaUty lelt to prodmie gTMulaUon, after the cancer h taken out.

6. The Cancer shaU not hare been of so loar rtaadioff aa ti ^ T e t o T o i r e d w r n ^ T i t a l p y t . aa ia .-.me t w ^ o r t h r j " . ^ brought here. I do not profehi to rcjuveaateold a^* or tn the deM, bat to C u r , C ^ r s ordtuury c t ^ ^ Z f ^ ^

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CAi 'CER CURED—A'o. 73. This II to c e r t i f j that a eaoceroa, dueaaa maaa i t ,

ancB on the le f t cheek of my wife, near the ear acme I f j e a r e ago. The dlaoaiie f o r tha laat f e » montha c m m e n c e d inn-ea-sinj Terj f«,t- I waa IndBced bj W. B. Smith, »hu5e wile h«d been cn-ed b j Dr. K W Jaimarr. of Cancer, P i l e , and D i f -Mpela, to put my Wife ondor hii, treatmeot. F i r e w e e k . art. Dr. J. commenced the treatment of the ca»e; he haa t.%ken cnt tbe Cancer, and the wound is healed up; and I h o p e a cnr,. i the result of the t re i tmeut . Jlj- realdence ia PuU,sU county Kentncky .M T . C C . V D I F r

Murfreeahoro, Ten* . , April 27. 1865.

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pearance o n tbe l e f t t emple , w h l r t continued to enlarge r r U aloaly until wi th in the Ltat 10 yea ia , when the diaeaae cotn. meocM e n l a r ^ g more rapidly—apreadin^ oTer the nide of the head and c h e e k , I n r o l r i n g the ear. I n thia condition I pla-ced myeelf ttod.r tho treatment uf Dr. R. W January o£Mur-freeeljofo, Tenn . , on the 17th day of Starch In a rery ahort time Dr. Jannary remoTeti the ent ire diaeaaa, takinr the eai out , without the leant pain. The carltr o n t o f which the can-cer w«» taken waa at leart 7 inchea acroaa. Atthonch the bone waa l e f t e ipoaed, ye t new granulation haa nearly m e < t un the oaTity, and 1 bel lere a cure i i affected. I leaya " " for my home tn Knox Monty , Kantneky.

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Died a t her readeoce in Choctaw County, SEss., on tte morning of the 23rd of August , in the 18th yeaff of her age, Sister Caroline F. Eoggtns, consort of E . E . loggins , and daiighter of A- and Amanda Pe«Wes.

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I t i i ao new aad ontried art ic le , but one that haa atood the t ^ »I a ten year"' before the American people, and Its repnt.-Uon and anle la nnriralled by any aimilar praparalions extant The leatimi^ay in ita JaTor p r e n hT the B.ost prominent and wel l knawn Phyaioians and indWidnal.s, fn all parte nf the ooantry Is immenaa. I h e foUowins from y o u r own B u t e « re»p«ctinlly anbinitted. reforring a n y who m a r atill doubt, to my •'Mem ,>rabilia' or Practical Keciept Book, for F a n n e r a and Families, to be ha.! gratia of ali the A n n t a of the Gennan lUttera.

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Da K. i t . &TnoffKcua,Maeoa. Geo.. Jan 1, IS&L,. and. am happy tq ear that your German Bitters are gainltte a praat reputattM. 1 think It wi l l , i s fnture, aeU i » r y ranij[> n

W. MallT A 0»., Mon.tieello, Geo , Oct B, 18-4, aaii'i'Voar BIttara, thoogh aatirely unknown before in this conctrr ha»« aoM rapidly, and giren aatiafacUon .

Diciao* t Gaari, Aleiaudria, Ala . Pept 30, aaii-ta^nee j o n r C e n n a n B l t t e r t . and

and It to be a rery raluahle medic ine ." ilxSKT P. Laovaan, Fayette O. H. Ata t r -lea*.

•aid: "Tour B I t U r . bare' d . S woi^ij^' ^ i ' ^ ' i n ^ y«rth,a eon of a It . HmbWrt, oP t lS

O n r . b S T p J i c S S o ^ w i J ^ f f . r ^ ' reported d o u M f n l , and t h e ynuag ^ a l t t g ^ j j ^ , « t ahoati c i n « « « d w i S t h a r S J ™ , ^ . " f " " " the nrat bottle that he OBWjarfectly wel l and Btrut.''

I T O J ^ n r a a L T n e a i a i t a , IMa E m a a l l IfljarUma i a g r ^ and amr proatratinj

^-'•lU ia BiaknUa W B I U T

T h i s M l i a n t work apilcr,,. r a r l y i e , f n , m the pen of a lellow MUntrjTIiM and an aruen- admirer of his genius, baa called TorJi the highest encouin^is from the prcsa, and diatimmisbed indinduala in church and --jite Bead the follnwim:

(From Hon Eofmrt C Winthrop, LL D f I t i - fu , l of noj lr Ujoucht and brilliant iKustraliona Tha

s k e t c h . , of Howard an.l WilS-rforce and Samuel Budi,Titt a.-» amoaj; tha moat cl.armici; specimens of condensed bjocranhT I h a i o j T , . r n i e i w-tn, Mr l l . r i , e h a . rereread the amoSation 01 hla name, a n i furnished an antidote to moch of the f a l « philowphT of our t i m e . 1 heartilv hone that this book may have a Wide circulalirn in the e i i -e lUnt edition which yon haee eo prc-mptly pubiifched. [From Hon Benj F Thomaa, LL D one of the JujHcea of the

-r,. V.-.W ®<'l>r"°<^ Court n( MaasachuBetH] " vr r "" ' sdic irabte , the bwgra^hicaj ftetthes

w.jrtliy of a place W i d e those ol Carlrle . Haeautar, Madl lmi i ^ Jan»« Stephen I do not know of a work recently pnUiah-ed that I wonl l i«.<,ner put into the hands of a eeung man with t-^e hope of aldiiii; him in the formation, the buMing np of a cUnrtian cbaiarter and l i > . l a m confiirnt that it ia audi a work a i t u o t i n . . , n-e,! I t haa tho spirit of tha age, that of reform luid prugre?^

[From Andrew P PeahMy. D D. Id i tnr of the TSorth A m e n - u a BcTiewj

I kDow-of un w-irk- ot l u - .<.,» better, and of almoat none f well adapted u , o h r i a t e t l je icUnences. now n f e in aooety aad literatur,,. i hr.t t , i ,d t . virtmii inlidelity. The b->ok ia a raed-men of Krong r e i f n n i n ? w i t h o u t much ahow of armunantTaad of e f f j c t i t e a p j - a l Witu.,nt t h e f.,rmality of exhortation or re-buke— in fie, an -xhtliitiDu of t i i - truth and 'power of ChziaS-anity. in furm ai«l manner, o ote ly anaiamna to the wmi la whir t w r u - r . ..I the PanUie i« .c school, without direcUy U- " tacking, b a r . i,tlpi- pt».1 u. dRp..!! and undermine CtHatianity.

V- .„ ... ^OCLD i LISCOLK, Taali ington street , Bostoa.

KEW ASD IMrnoVED E D m o S - T l l I S DAT PCBLUHB.

T f l E S A U R U s OF ENCLl.SH ORDS .IKD r i lRASES.

S ' J d t i r ' i r l r«ilttat. the eipresitoarf ~ R^Jar^ r. s " """••""^ eompoaition. b. P r o a MM . , S ^ i i i t ™ the gocttty. London, Ac.

l - j B a m M Sears. D D ^ e w A m e r i i ^

"" London edition, w h i A b " The t re t American n a t i o n h a T i l « » »

E f ^ i ^ f i ^ ^ ? " ® " ^ ' ' " " edu'^tional purpoaeTtlw" w o r * M d phraaea properly termed 'Tulrar i n u r p o ^ la Om ^ ori^nal work, were o m i t e d . Th-se e i i n r r a t o d iortiol» In the preaent wlition, been reatored. tebT a n f f m arnnT" ment of the na t ter as not to interfere with tha edneaSiabl puTMses of the American editor. Beside, thia it coktaiaals" "_ p o r t i n t addil ioa. of words and phraara in,t U tha I n i i i s h . t w n n ^ i n s It in lUl m.ire full and perfect than «1» -anther s edit ion. The w„rl. h a . already bec'.me of ataBtO* ' author i ty , ly^h in tb , . c.rantry and in (J.-eat Britain.

_ . , , GOULD 4 U S C O L X , t 9 Washington atreet, Boaloa.

T H E A I.M W E L L S T O K I E S . ' A -NEW TOLtTO; JCST PrBLIEIIED.

E L L A , Walter Ahnwall, a a l l B ef

• •I '" ' ak lpom'"^ : portion of this i n l n n a . I f put into the handa of a hoyora p d w h ^ M t h . allghtert taate f^r reKiing. e ^ H n e of It wiD

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pjrpel that it delu.si-el^"uIly a? if >1 "''"'TP rfi di.<ripi?>- • If TC love it.' mrn iiut hr-.^' the wcirlJ liicrvr T. the lanjuasre cI; J f iy i:id:ca spirit of chrisiiani 'J n apostle .Taiiii',; iiif.,nii,s U; world cTiniiiy tt uii G K-orld is iiniluiiiii-i—IOTI

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1. I'.l:,s vinr'til I'fiitr

Tiie ma:j wii • Invi- tiii li'inors. iL- iilL-a..,un.T,. cr ij there 111 thiaL ihmg.i tr.irl which Ihi' t r n r l j lit-stow: ward of tncnt . 7"iicy ol dental anJ rapririotis di; inent takc.H N"!iiin;r is sentiment—nntliinir tiiorcl liC sentinient nnre >aid. f id "" and not I n n j af ier c| f r luni. crucify him deemed trortliy i.f li'isanii rmss . 1 r thi.^ wa.-i tiie wi on which wurluly li'iiiors these honor.-;.

Th;.' pU'a_-,un - of tiie rational natur.-. Tiicy hi~ itiimorta.! .-oiil. T their li iiriit when ap]iri inei:t and t l t n i i l y j plea-stire? worth that art' tion of the .stem rralit ir; am must cncoiinter ' The] fore of no ra lue . The which are but f u r a .seai

"Wealth is unwor tLy o| ing. I t cnaiilL-s [m the flesh, the lust of tlie bu t it is dcp-aJi i i ; ui livi fication. (iod iii ult'iii jil t tmate he jilaci-s on richi the most stupifu-d tif been made liappy 1 y wi' aire du^layed a pniftium turc. who. when a.tUcd hi take to satisfy a man. a: Paul applies one epitl: tliem to be romparal i re l is. •micrrtain"—-iinn the heart cannot lr_- riti ' .so uncertain as n . h i i .

2. II , ir,,.,.t „nj.'T, i llic\ dcSiVLS.

"S on will admit tlie U! animatts; every bo.sora. it m a y lie gratified God. is found. It has things of the world have re fe r r fd ever inadi Never. Solomon made he informs u.'- in the foU| me great works; I buildi vineyards. I mtixle me planted trees in them of me pools of water , tn tral bringeth forth treei;. I ctLS. and servants l«im great pos-sessioiis of gre all that were in .lerusal me also silver and p i l J . kings, and of tlie pri'vin] and women-singer.s. and men. a s musical ins tnr •So ] was great , and im were before nie in Jc mained with me. And 1 k q i t not from ilicni; 1 every joy . fur my heart and this was my juirti.ji looked on all Uie work.s l! and on the labor tliat I hold, all was r an i tv there was no jirotit uni

It i.s n?edl(RP ti. sa; tliAt this world c a n m t i;

The ri ample nf ('n, 5on Jrhy trc rkn^dil /i

The whole tenor of 1; antagonized with the sjjji Bes.scd must of his bean le.>sicss nf worldly ho; the honor tlia*. ciraes fro; sinfulness of worldly ji l^j yna tha t lan^Ti now, weep ." He taught tho sing the nuestion, •• shall gain tht w h i l e Uis example g a t e irre; ings. Contemplate i t . tb t world! I t s brightcsi h im. He pra'.nicaily ors, pleasures, and rid: said tha t those an who: most infiacntial, think coosidEr themselves pi lg They c loiy in the crass cruinlied to them, and

4. Tkc lore of the irori from the heart

" I f a n y m a n I d t c t h e '

love of the Father is oplKJSed tn God. I t has htm. The devil ts the tions serve him. Siieh cnt wi th love to the Gi is the d o t y of every i l l holy bemga pta-n The affections are nevi t h e y a r e fixed sapnanc l to love the world; for the love of God an im] sive language of the gardfid in Tiirw of the is mcompatihle w i ^ the not haTi the lore of t h t b e i i ^ w h e n j h e e t n n c e of the lOTe of t b s t v t a b o s U not I o n