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A FAJHII NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO RELIGION, SCIENCE, LITERATURE, COMMERCIAL AND GENERAL INTli LLIGENCE.

J . B . QMAYEB, Bdt tor . "ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTiaM."

YOL Y. NASHYILLE, THUBSDAY, JULY 26, 1849. TBftliaOF THB

TENNESSEE BAPTIST. Tit TtmmtMut pAHM tmrf wtekm

m Lmnt* DvmbU Mtdimm Bketl. . TUMS—49 rf, orfi 50

U iha eai Am 9*mr. Ha siAMvptiaiui wUI be takanrorleudvaduBiDMjWaaa aop«parau-cflBtmoadtHI aS anr««r «> ar* •xeaptu iIm aUemiaa rf ltapi6HABi».

j AdTBrtuemanU Uiocted mt Uie eastaiav caxos.

I7AU Imten aa biuiaea or intendaa for p»hBc» on, •faould ba ^ • T-t-T' "Bditor* itftbe Teniiauee Baptist."

Funoai u liM tatucriprtan poM of fi^o BBw nibicnbea, ifaaU cecawtJie nxlheopy pmti«.

OFFIC of the T«iuimm» B«ptlrt « iho Bufti^ Book Stan ud Depanta , oa Cuoa (iraet, tvo doors fram iIm Bank >if Tomessaa.

1. SoiucriiMn who io notgire expws boMb to faa eantnuy, ara coandeied as wuhiaf to ewiiuie

2. IfSoluciftesafdsrlliedUcaatinaaiicafrf'their peruabeil*, the puhBsher nay «jiidthem taiall ar-reanps an {nid,aiid iidMOciben are roponsiUa for aaiha anadiBra sent.

3. If Hohscrihers oeglcct or tefiisa to take their periodicals from ihe office to which they are direet-ed. they an held lespoosible tiU they hare settled (h^ bUU, aid ordered tlieir periodicab diseoodn-nad.—Seodiiig munhers oack, or learinff them ia the office, U not such ootica of diKandanauee aa the law cs]iiiies>

4. If gntmriher* remanlo odnrplaces withoot infonninc tba pofalidiers, and their pwiodkal U seat

' to the fanner ditoetioa they ate held resoonsiUe. 5. The coura baTe decided that tefosin; to take a

•awspaper or periodical Com the oOce. or remoriog •idteniif i( oncaDed ior, wUil aB arrtarages art fmid,itpnmajaeUKwidameUialBsaiiMml fiaad.

T i e P i l p i t .

Pnm ^ Ckridim Caairibuior. T H E CHRISTIAN INHERI-

TANCE. 1. Ib GesMAL PBomsKs. Joafa.

13:14.33; Jer, 33: 8; Heb. 6: 12; 9: 16; 1 Pet. 3: 9; Rev. 21:7.

IL SpKctFic. 1. Tketarlh j^vnfied ha fin—traced fiom ibe promise to Abralmm; Gen. IS: 8, 7; 13: U - 1 7 ; 13:7; 17:4r-8: 2&i 4; down tbroagb Ps. 8: S; 37 :7 .10 .11; Is. 60: SL; Exek. 47: 14; MoU. 6: 6i 19: 29; AcU 7: 6; Bom. 4:10-18; GaL 3: 16-19; Pet. 3: 6-13; Rcy. 81,92.

2. Bodiareuwed, immorud and u -carrwptable. Is. Sfc 19; John 6: 40; Bom. 8:11; i Cor. 15:12-67; 2 Tbesi. 4 :14-18; Phfl- 3: 21; 1 Pet. 1:4; Rev. 20.

AKsMgdamiadlhmnion. Dan. 7: 26; Malt- 19: 9: 26: 34; Rev. 11:2 16.

4. Eternal Life. Indodii^ bappt-n e u with duration as diMiogoisbra frum coatiooed bang ia condemnatioo gaUt and cooseqneal uobappiness.— llat t . 26:34; BCark 10: 17-30; Lake 10: 26; 18:18.

n i Not T n Euorxs—L e. in tbe definite sense. Ps. 39: 12; Heb. 4: 1 - 6 ; 11:9-16; 1 Pet. 2:11.

iV. Tbb WicxxD hot to n a x a i T THX Tsiasa eBSBAUiT OB SPMOAtr M.T FBOHiaKD. 1 Cor. 6: 9,10; GaL 6: 21; Epb. 6:6; Rev. 21: 27.

Let tbe Cbriitian be comforted and tbe iinner warned. Let not tbe inheri-tance be lost fbra mess of e a r t h l y ^ tage. A. L. P.

SPEECH OF REV. MR. BOAZ. At tlie Kcoot I.rfuidoo annivessartes.

Rev. Mr. Boax, a Coogregalioaai mis-siooai; io Calcotta, was in greater de-mand Cir speeches tban any <^er in-dividnal, clerical or laical. loexbaus-libleTacts wereatbiscommand« wbicb be graceTully wove together and pre-sentented in a narrative form, or else imrodoced theis nngly life, il-luatratioo, and enfoicement U) bis ap-peals. He never entered upon the plalfbrm without a hearty welcome, he never led without outbursts of ap-plause. Witty, sarcastic, ever ready, ever kind natured, and at the same time arsumentive and deeply pious, he

in himself the Just idea of an eStttive ptalfbrm s

Lbe jusi penker style of

T H E SIN OF DOING NOTHING Io an old religkws magBzine there

are tbe folbwing qaeationi on tbe words, " C u r « y « Menw." Tbe wri-lar iays:

**By wboae aotboriiy? Tbe aiigelof i b e L ^ d .

"What baf Hefoa done. Notbio^ MWby, tbea, is Neioz to Im enrikdl

Beimse bedid nntbiog. »Wbat Mcfos to bava dooe?

Come io tbe Eelp of the Lard. ••CobU ooi tba Lord do without

Meroif Tba L<ml did do witboot Mewz.

**Did tbe Lord sttsiaio, tbeo, any lossf No; bat Mens did.

**iallevaK,tfaeD.tobecarwd? Tea, and that bkteriy.

" l a i t t ^ t f l M t a o a n sboutd be enr-aed fiir dmng a m b i ^ Tea, when be ought to do snmrfbing.'

•>Who aaya so? The anoel of tbe Lont—*Th>t aenratt who knew bis Lard's will, and did m* aeeardtof Io hia will, shaU be beaten with many atripea-^^-Lulw xu. «7.*»

sorrow.

eloquence created by the anniversaries of the religious and benevolent organ-izations of the age. From the address delivered by Mr. Boaz before the Bap-tist Foietgn Missiooary Society we make the following eztratts, giving each subject a headingof ourown mak' ing.—Cong. Jour.

THE QvAKsa and xns CLOTOS. In coming to the Baptist Missionary

S o c ^ y in counectiun with India, it is like a traveler tracing tbe stream toils spring. One comes to see tbe place where the bubbles first sprung up, where the stream first shed itself to the east, and to the west, and to the north, and to tlic south. I feel particular tleasuie in coming here this morning,

Dse the note has been a note of Let as cheer it. We have

been according to various speakers, in the clouds; at any rate, we have heard a great deal about small clouds and large ck>uds. Now, 1 do not believe in cloads, in reference to Missions. I believe, not in clouds, but in promises; and I am quite certain, if we rest in tbe promises, we shall soon live be-yond tbe clouds. (Applause.) I am quite leased that yoa feelyoarselves aa Baptisu and a ^ i e t y in gieat diffi-culties—(a laugh)—because men al-ways act like men when they have dif-ficalties to meet. I remember^wben a boy, a member of the Society of Friends once standing by my side, in my native town, upon a dark and stor-my shore, and saving, whilst I looked upon tbe dense cloud that seemed to encircle us, "My boy, do you think that those doods are as dark as tbey appear to be?" " I am not sore," was my re-ply. " I tell you," said be, *nhat, if you bad a telescope long enough to penetrate r i ^ ibroagh tlie cloud, you would see that it is as bright beyond, and br i^ter tban it is below.** Now I think. Sir, that you want tbe telescope of &itb to look right through those clouds, and to see far b^ond them in-to the br^bt and gjorious future. (Ap-plause.) We never feel so much as we ought to feel, as Christians, as wbrn we bm into the bright clear, lucid bealuiy atmosphere of faith. Let us scatter our doubts to the winds, rest upon promises, and do our work like Christiana and like men. (Apfdauseg) Tb8 FiBST MissioviiaiEs—A Co:f-

VSBT. When the beloved Care;

soctaiea first arrived io t what was tbe kind of receptioo tbat tbey met with from tbe Government of Ibe day? One would have sap-posed tbat men, coming upra sucb a generoas and g^ratuitous mission as did, Tour bretbreo ia tbe East,—one would ^ v e BoppptcJ, that the members of Cofjiidl would have bailed them with plMsure, and tbat tbe door* of tbe Ooverometit House would bave been ibfDWo wide open for tbeir reception tbey flaet with. Tbey were, io fub-stance told, •^Tbe vessel tbat bore yoa from E u r m must bear you t w k again.** Tbeo came tbat stnfciM and aragular interpos&ioa of tbe Divioe Providence io reference to Serainpoor. God turned the beart of tbe Goremor of Serampp^, as tbe streams oT water in tbe abotb; and tbat Governor said, in aabaianoe to you bretbren,~tboagb I be-lieve be waa a man not pnaaeaaed of a qtaikof religioo«yel. from tbe gener-oas tmpalsea of bis nature, and resi«-inf the imMreasion eserdsed towards

bcHbren by tbe British aatbori-

breibren reached India,you will have perceived from tlipse remarks, that the mind of the Government, composed of Christian men, was directly opposed to tbeir landing and laboring in India. So strikingly was that the cnse, that it batbcen stated tbat one of the mem-beis of Council said concerning them, "If these men had belonged to the Englisb Church and had been mission-aries, one might have liorne wilh them. If tliey had belonged to any of the more respectable sects of Dissenters, they might have lieen tolerated; but to think of tolerating Baptists, ihe small-est of the sects, and the straightest, that is not tn l)e bourne." (Laughter) I believe. Sir, that you have been en-larged within yourself since that time —(applause)—and that you would like to hold communion with the whole human family. (Applause.) It is a remarkable thing that the son of that very member of Council was, I be-lieve brought to the knowledge of the truth, in one ot the hill stations in In-dia, by having a newspaper edited by a Dissenter, and printed at your press, containins an extract from the writings

and bis as-t country

your bcHbren bv ties, be sud . ••If you wiQcometo 8e-

A bin BngNi F P " "•T*«»«»« wmpoor. I ^ give y w a place to live i s y i a i n i s ^ m m amaag the Wes-f n p b c e ra which to worahip liyan U e ^ ^ west oT E a r l ^ ^ . Tbqr ,wei^ gir. and I ^ u l u d ! MiMtUmwaur .meac^t taW' l «*wv4ar«nd slnkit^ thing t h a t i ^ ani bos bHidHMMsd fioa this eon. ^ in which those bnthfenab-

>br t t i»amm» h 'memmaly i ^ f i n g - p ^ * wa, the

^wAtwIe l le reonar iH

l in t r i a j r l b f ' ' Tb l i

eithei of Baxter or of Doddridge, and that, descending from his solitary hill station to the plains, to seek godly and ministerial advice, the first station he camc to was a station of the Baptist mission. I need not tell you, Sir, nor this Christian Assembly, tbat the Bap-tist minister who was at that station, soon convinced the neophyte that it was his special duty to follow the Lord through the water; and the conse-quence is this. Sir, that the civilian, that gentleman, is a Baptist. (Ap-plause.) He is a Christian. (A voice "That IS better still.") Yes, it is bet-ter still. (Loud applause.) He is now on his way to this countiy, and you will have fellowship with him. 1 had hoped that he would have been here to-day, so that in his own person he might have borne testimony to this in-teresting subject. CHinu;H CoNNSCTioN WITH A TOOTB!

Nr. Boaz related the following most ludicrous f ^ t : a great change has since come over the masses of the priest-hood, and the intelligent gentry of In-dia, on tbe kubjcct of Christianity.— A singular illustration of tbis occurred in tbe course of my journey from In-dia to this country. Passing tbe isbnd of Ceylon—and who can speak of Ceylon without thinking of your faith-ful and devoted Daniel.^—a man whose memoty has not yet been justified in your churches—(bear,) a man worthy of all praise, and more praise than be will perhaps obtain, for be was indeed a -faithful man, and worthy of the en-tirest confidence of all the Churches of Jesus;—passing that island, a gen-tleman traveling on board the steam-boat told me a smgular history. Cey-lon, you will observe, is tbe Oxford of the Buddhists, and high seat of ortho-doxy; now my companion stated that, in the city of Kandy, the central city of Ceylon, there was a very sacied relic, and tliat tbis relic was just a tooth of tbe celebrated Buddb.—(A laa^h.) Tbe British Government (to tlieir shasne lie it spc^n) for many years patronized that tootb—(loud laughlcr)—and lest some crafty dentist from Europe sliobld come and take it away, tbey appointed soldiers as sen-tries to gusrd it. Tbey collected tbe revenues of the temple Tbey paid tbeMiests. But owing to tbe **presfure witbout**—that was, from India and from Britain—that Chorcb and State cnanexitnif between tbe tootb and tbe Government was obliged to be dissolv-ed. (Roars of hioghter, and applause.) At last the Government convened an asMmbly, or synod, of tbe priests, and said to them, *H3entlea9eo, our omi-nection with this tomb is about to be dissolved, and we wish jou to take care of tbb precious relic yourselves.'* Now, tbe pnesu of the East are very ingenious, and like most pri(»ts, very clever when tbeir craft is in danmr; and tbey said, "No, we would raUier not take it. It is a very oppressive thing. When our Government pos-aesim the isbnd, tbey bad tbis tooth, and il ruined ibem. Tbe Dutch next tqiik possession of it, and it crushed them; and now jou English people

compMy of •l iJ sibiiers. (Ap^use . )

tbey, we wtmld -raiher that you should pay quf sahifiea as ustinl, and^ake care i t e temple^** (Lon^Wughter.) Now, it strikes me f b t d % , that that is the k m ^ ^ n g t h a t b i f i M i n qmi^ ai^reouotrw)»,iimkr mmmr arenm-•mncee,- if snefa a pnpoial were to be WMfetothe pr ie f i . fc IS an aiu| tmion, in sofoe dfgrte, of tha

state of things in reference to priest- infatuation! His partner wants to sell hood of tbe East. Tb<ry feel, and whisky, and he cant help it! The man

" ' ' ' ' " ' hired him to sell whisky and he was ' " ' moreover, he

must feel, that their system is tottering to iu base. When your brethren first arrived in the East, there was scarce-ly a page of the Inspired Volume translated for the millions of India. Now, for a l a r ^ section of the Indian family, either in whole lir iu part, the Sacred Scriptures having been trans-lated; so that I anticipate that, for 90 out of the 160 millions, there are the means to "Allare to brighter worlds and lead the*way."

Ma. Shobb and thb Bishop op Ex-BTBB.

When your brethren first arrived in India, there had been no preaching ol the Gospel among the |)eople. Now, it is everywhere common. And, in reference to the preaching of that Gos-pel, 1 can state, and my brother Sut-ton is here to corroborate what I say, if it be true, or,~to deny it if il be false, that, through her length and breadth, India is perfectly open to the preach-ing of Christ's Gospel. (Loud ap-iluuse.) More free than Britain?— Continued plaudits ) I had to come

to England to witness that marveloui anomaly of one professing Christian priest shutting up another m his pris-on house fur preaching the gospel.— (Loud cheers.) Now, that, I think, could not happen in India. Tbe Gov-ernment of India, in India, do for all missionaries that which every Govern mrnt should do fur the ministers of re-ligion—no more or less; they give the amplest civil protection, without the lightest religious inteiference.

fVom tie NiukviUe Christian Advocate. TRAFFIC IN ARDEiNT S P I T I T ^

—J. W. N. Messrs Editors: The sentiments put

forth in your last week's paper, by " J . ' 7 . N.," ou the subject of "Traffic in

rdent Spirits," are quite out of the latitude, out uf the age, out of the na tion io which they Mlong. Notwith-standing tbe infamy, the wrong, the sufiering, the desobtion and ruin that in years past have tlapped tbeir dark raven wing over the only free Chris-tian bnd the sun ever shone upon; and notwithstanding tbe streams of ligbt that gleam in ufioo the prospect thro' the poitals of Reform; and the great National and social good we have in promise when thut leformation shall tie complete; notwithstanding tbe great victories the church has won through the conquests of the greatest moral army t lm ever faced an enemy—tbe Sons of Temperance; notwithstanding tbe purification tbe church bus already received through the mighty influence of "neither make, buy, sell or use as a beverage; notwithstanding all these things, 1 say, we have stillmen in the church—yes, and iu the Methodist Church—who sell whisky! I am hardly to be trusted to write on this s u b ^ t . If I were to give way io my feelings, or even my judgment, in view of real moral justice, f should make Dr. Latta's remarks, which "J . W. N." seems to compbin of, kx>k very tame and'pacific indeed. I am veiy glad indeed to see tbe manly and in-dependant "ExjMsitor** raise tlie "tiue issue" on tbic'important subject, and exhibit it to tlie world. Away down in days gone men might talk about being "compelled" to sell whisky or loose "custom,** but tbe s u o l i ^ of truth is tiw efiulg^t upon tbe earth now for sucb croaking. I remember when every merchant was 'cmnpellrd* to keep the deennters, and on tlie counter all tbe time, or give offew^ to bis customers. And I know that even then there were men who did a

general mercaiitite business,** and

obliged to do it! And,' did not say it was "beverage" when he sold it, and the purchaser might, there-fore, use it as medicino. What flimsy subterfuges men will sometimes at-tempt to rely upon

fanner along-no harm until it is drank. Yes it does.

And still ianher along—whisky does

I appeal to the most pious whisky sel-ler in the land, if it does not lascerate his conscience and cause his prayers to reel and faulier most awfu It causes him to dream of strife, and wretchedness and ruin and death caus-ed by the last barrel he sent to the country. But whisky is not generally "drank" until after it is sold.

You dont sell it "to make money?]' Then you do so for the bare naked evil of the thing. I can see but two horns to the dilemma.

A METHODIST.

From the New York Evangelist. "I HAVE BEEN SLANDERED."

But il will do you no good to worry yourself about it. You can, if you like, chafe yourself into as miserable being as there is living. You can thus com-fort your reviler, by carrying out his

f ilan, which was to make you unhappy. I is a pity, when bitten by such a ser-

pent too, and bite yourself, as many do, by fuming and raging about the ill-usage they have received.

Suppose you give chase to a slander, and seek to find the father of it. Who is likely to admit that relation? If you start out on this enterprise, you will find that "Gashma said it;" but no-body knows who he is. Yuu could as soon catch your own shadow, as catch him. Likely the sbnder is the work of a tlozen bands, and each did su little about it, that you can fasten no defin-ite charge. If you could catch the very Gasbmu by the beard, yoa mighi have occasion to regret that you had befouled your bands by bying them on sucb a scape-grace. But in most c:i-ses, one talebearer finds the wool, an-other weaves it, another sends the ar-ticle to market, but eucb has dune so little about il, that all slips through your fingers like a parcel of eels, anti you catmot bag your game by your utmost endeavor.

Perhaps you can get a crumb of comfort from tbis suggestion. As slan-derers cannot well bespattei each other, being respectively so well off* in this way alretMy, their all.-ick on yuu show you do nut lielong to their company.— Tbey could do nothing iu tlieir line wtib cbaractcrs as black as their own. Tbey woi^l not have assailed yuu, had not tbey regarded you as living iu a very diOerent atmosphere from their owu.

Anotlier crumb. Tbe being shn-dered briagsyon into very good socie-ty. The most eminent fur moral worth on earth* have been abused in this way. Look at Paul, fur example.— Hissing hot, and frum a thousand tongues leaped forth the revilings of wicked men. Then- was nothing tun bad tor them to say of him. Guns of eveiy caliber were fired at him. Every Jewish and Pagan d ^ barked at him; but tlx? fiercest and iusukin^ of them could not bark bim out uf bis proprie-ty. He let them lulbw tbeir trade, while be came not down from his own sloriuus office, to return evil for evil.— It is not so bad an affair to get into so good coopaaT as tbat of PauL

Ponder, too, tbe bnguage of an old Eoglisli writer. "If we be dashed and bespattered with reproaches abroad we most study to be cleaner at home." If false accusations do but set us, in all earnestntss to correct what we du

vrauld not have a drop abour'tbe es- ^oow to he actually wrong within u^, • • succee«led a s ^ e

^ ^t^xnf^A tMt ftlwMflfl ltOVtf% ^AflisnM Kilt imentative^ counted we should hi|vc nothing but lablisbment; and tbey well as others. My ar^ propensities will hardly albw me to' tares- Any serious inqnuer can find a make a "regular** auack upoo tbe hat-! p*e«y u» bmaelf to c o o d e ^ , tbougb teries of " J . W. N.** I have not a pop ne is cgsscknis tbe th tn^ charged up-gun just at hand. are untrue; and if he is

It IS to be confessed that there a r e / w '""Iw. many men who profess religion, and

bote jRiod are U|ii>ii the whole good men, or srcin to be s(>. aiitl for ou^bt 1 know they uiay have some leligioos enj>iyment and hope to get to brayeu, aiM yet tbey participate in this great work of death. They are most wofuUy taisi* taken in rebtioa to morat duty. No wan has a n ^ t la sby h b nei^ihara or assist ptlierf in doii^ it, either di-rectly or indirfMb, Mtlier |ruh a Iniife or a boitie. Ooabes-appointed eveiy man on a comniiiee to ffuard the peace and help his h i ^ . W t h e l i ^ dist n a n haa-nvoni itpoo imkaces.

o ^ l & R p ^ i

CZ purpose ^ Bumbling himself in view uf tMm and emptying tbe beart of ibetn, his accnsers will have tlooe him a good, t h o u ^ an nnintentinual ser-vice, by aenffing him hi that directioa.

S c l e r a do us service in another way» attd the good old Archbishop teigUkmH bdgoagecannot be iai]Mov-ed,.wb3itlnu«riies: **The aharp cen> auieor e«it«peakings that a Christba b encoropiaifil w t h iu Ute worM, b no other thin an h e « ^ of thimis set on eveiY aide, that b e | ^ tM ont nC lib way, b& kaep stnut on it hetwiit them, •oc d e ^ t ^ la ^ hand lior tn i k e M i M l m ^ i h i f b m d ^ i bat the fctrar lml food ojMDiacr * '

a way un-expatiate and

woild, tbey might, as in hedged, lie subject to wander out into'the meadows of car-nal pbasures that are about them, that would call and allure them, and often amuse them from their journey."

PASCAL.

A FREE GOSPEL. We see upon the continent a melan-

choly sum of disaster—Paris, Viennn, Rome, the inteilectual,ihe political,and the traditional centres of the papacy, all held in a perpetual spasm. We see trade stagnant, hanks stopjied, families ruined, populations starving, nnd men's hearts failing them^for fear. But above the thick and stormy clouds, we see, rising io hope, the Bible free! At morn-ing tide a hurricane may sweep the earth—may sweep till it levels the oak and strips the willow, till it demolish-es the col and shake ihe palace, covers the city with ruins and the seashore with death. Bui, if just then the light of day is sent from heaven, it will pierce athwart the tempest and illumin-ate the earth. And though that storm may bear away many a ponderous thing, not one light sunbeam will turn from its course. Then, let that hurri-cane sweep over the nations of Eu-rope. We grieve to see these perturb-ed cities, those aching hearts, those shallerpti fortunes, those multitudes left ilesolate. Bui there is nothing eternal in all that. On ihe other hand, the light of a free gospel is dawning on those lands amid the stoims, and in that there is eternal hoiie and promise. —IV. Arthur.

PortraU Gallcrj'.

KVMBEa 12.

From, the Bi^alo Courier. T H E R E V . D R . B A R N E S .

This gentleman, though one of thr new school of Presbyterians, appears to tebng rather to the old school ul diviaes, as regards his intellectual con-stitution, habits of study, See. He is certainly a very able tl^ibgian, and one of the most powerful sermonizers ill the country. We notice that, at lbe b te "anniversaries" in Philadelphia, b"* prt>acl.ed a long and ebboraie dis-course of two aiKl a half liours, in re-ply to one delivered a li-w years agu, at tbe same pbce, by llev. Dr. Busb-nell. It is said to have been evidently the result of jirofiiund study, ami ii> have been as able as it was Iimi«. Di . B:irnesii.is been for years at the bea»l «>l his sect—^yet he still comiaues om of the closest students in the ci>uiilrv-A correspondent of tbe Mrrcamile Journal, thus writi» from Pbibdelphiu aliout his literary habits:

"He rises at four o'cbck, and keeps at his books till two. He has a study in his church. Tlie building is sur-rounded wilh a high irou fence—the gate is I'icked when he enters upon the toils of lbe day. He locks his church door also, and then across a wide vestibule lie enters bis room ol toiL He is beyoiul annoyance. And those who wish to see bim ma^t call on him at particular liours. When bt first scUled in rhil:ulel|ifab tbe watch-men threatened lu arrest him. T b y did not brlii-vc Im: was aixiut tlic church at i iur o'clock io a winter's morning for unv ;;o(hl; ibe cbrgymen of Phibdclphia, tb 'y said, we/e toeo that keM b^ter biurs.

He does not bok like a stndent; be U Ull, brge framed, and full and fair in tbe face^ likea man who says to bb soul "lake tbiiie ease, eat, drink and be merry.'* He bos no gestures in tbe pulpit unbss the occasional raising of one finger io a measured manner can be so calleiL He is stationary io tbe pulpit, almost motionless, with his bead sligbtly inclined towanl tbe right sboubier. Yet no man tbat 1 ever Ueard has the power to rocbain an au-dience fiir so long a limr. On Sabbath night he kept a bige audbnct: in ani-inateil attention to the cbse of the ser-vice."

Na 47. FuaBs: Adviser.

To precent Botta * Hones.—Elasp fine one or two butlqwouxvomica, and mix it with not bss than two quarts of mead, oats or bran,or anytbingtbs^ will induce tbe horse to eat it. Repeat tbb every ten or fifteen days through tbe spring months, and about once ik month tbe balance of tbe year. Tbe button is of an iatense bitter,, and if mixed with a less quanity of feed b eaten with reluctance, unless very hungry. I have tried it so bng, and in so many cases where horses had been subject to frequent and severe attacks of what seemed to be bolts, that I have the ful-lest confidence iu its efficacy, as a pre-ventive.

Chmrdta im Z<ont.—TVie are tea Presbyterian, seven Meibodist, two Baptist, line Unitarbn. five K|>tsci^-l ia^ seven Roman Catholic, one Swe-denUiipaovand seveu GeraMo ihutes-1 untCbiiicheaiu Su Uiuis, Misaouri — m a l ^ i n a U &r^ . The popubtion U said to he pore tban sixty tbooaanil It teisgmwo veiy lapiii^. near-ly dunbled its popnbtion in c^ht years.

2'o Cure 3oUs in Horses.—One pint of molasses, and I pint of new milk mixed and given by drench, warm to blood heat, and if it be a case of Botts, this will induce them at once Io b t ^ their hold on the stomach, and the horse soon show signs of relief In 30 or 40 minutes, drench with a pbce of alum the size of a hickory nut, dissol-ved in a quart of lukerwarm water, to which add 1 ounce budaijum, and in alxiut one hour drench, wilh one quart of oil of any kind, or melted lard, and let his drink be mixed with sails until the stomach and liowels are thorough-ly evacuated. Tbe cure is the citm-plete. Shoultl it Ite a aise of chu|ic» or belly-ache, stiilthe remedy b npi out of place, but ralher appropriuie.

Swinney.—Cut thruugh the skin an incision two or three inches king, and with a bunt dull knifi:, raise tbe skin from two to three incliei^ insert a thin |ii» cc of poke-root of the size of a fitiy cent picce, arul about as thick; sew up with three or four stitches, kwp clean and turn to pasture.

OUE B U T O .

The Mormo* Mmi/tsto.—Tiib slngu-l:ir sect, who moved tn lbe g i e a i Salt Lake vallt-y after expnbbn fjom Iowa, and Missouri, and Illinois, have pub-I shed their first manifesto to all tbeir breihrra tbiuugbnut the world. It is a curious ducuiueut cuntaiuing a srange atbnixture of setise. c-ni. shrewdness and i a ^ i e i y . t f ^ b e r w u b niauy quite inteiestii^ detaib rcffrct-iiig the n-gion in which iliry bave ta-Li-u up tlieir abude. Tbry bare com-mence lbe erection of a ciiy un a grand sc-ale, which is diri.led iq nioc-tpco wards, consisting rach €»f nine tilocks, each ihree square. Tbey are to bave a council bouse, bf k l ; ^ , Imh bibses, schools, college's, aud all the institutions uf dvilizatiun. A g..ld mine was discuveieii, it is saiti, by a |i;irty of them who bud giiiie oo ao ex-ploring lour through ibe iMirtbern iian ol Wesiem CaliHimb, John Smith, the uncb tif Joseph, has liecn orcbm-c d "Paiiiarcb of ibe Cburvh-'" TUe ciiliivaiion of brge tracts of bod haJ In-en commenced. No duubt a pius-|»rrous settlement will grow up in ibia ilisiant regiuii, o{M>ning up a fruiifsl sul.ject fiir tlic spwubiioos ttf il«3e wb> are interested in sucb itif|airies.

The Pastor NegUctcd—^The Pastor IS seldom pauf as pmfui«>d." This cliargc has repraleilly been maxle a-gaiust churches. Tbe qiiesibai arisen,, cau it be subsiambied/ We sbouLl flim hope it couU not—and yet we bave beard it repealed so often, tbat we are satisfied it cannot be eatire!y groundless. It certawly kioks very Ind where there b any grave fimnda-tiun ffir il. No cbur<A regaidiaig Jos-lice in any proper degiw. or havme any respect for tbeir character, w tba cause, could rest eaiy under an impu-tatiun sucb as tbau ]f any prrsm in tlie cramunity b worthy of his hire, the faithful minister of ibc Gcapd is pre-eminently ao. k b the t ^ w o f bis family hardly e a r ^ a a ^ t h e iburch can pmnit such aa «ae to go unpaid, of any part of such anppon |o wbirb he b eptitkd. gives oixa. sioo tbrikeeoeo^ to ^Kak e e « o * * . fuUy. If any man ha» a c U a Oaiva every other, « b the winlMfi «r the G o s ^ a n d l o p a j i i w mrn hini nr mri haait '

if tba Lo tdAxtao i of greatly

The Chrbtian Minbiar shonldjen-^ v o r to torn the eyes of Mesy

^ ^ ^ ^ U ^ ^ hearers «^ion ihenne lves^

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Ar— -. "Tjrr Kmai>oar cove."

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M R . P O L K ' S B A P T I S M A G A L \ . W e have twice commer.led upotj es -

Iracla of a I ^ t e r purport ing to be wrtt-icn by a citizen of Nashville, and lo give a correct accboot of i b e religious experience and bapt i smof the lamented ex-Pre^rJent. W e based our remarks upon ihe alatemeats of that writer , having lio personal knowledge of the facta in the premises. T h e wri ter dis-covered 00 '^sinister design, and his whole pablicaliun carried ^ with it an a i r of extreme plauaibil i i j . Hia statc-menlB are t f m vne^mocalhj Jeoied by •Messrs McFerrin and Edgar , the offi-cFating Clergymen. W e rf j f j ice, as every Cbrlatian must, to learn that Mr. Pnik professed lo have realized pardon for sin in the peace speaking blood of

' Clirrsf, and was enabled lo rejoicc in iLc hope of a glorious immortality, and we hasten to corrcct the misimprcssion of this writer, which wc have made public. W e enn do no mnrc tli.m ciiiinlrract so f.tr :i3 we liave aitied w giving them a publicity. Fo r the char-acter of Mr. Polk, as a man wi! enicr-lain as high a rcspcct as his merits de-serve. With his political charucu-r w e have had nothing to do. Siill we lesiru that our enemies in cer-tain ipa r te r s are makuig cflbrts to give a polliical turn to our commctiTs, nml tlius iiijiire the iiiflucncc of the Biiptist. W e liavc long known, what we kncw when wc penned iliose comments , tlj.it we iiail enemirs watching with lynx-eyrrl intensity, to srize hold of any- * tiling, if nothing more than a s t raw, tlu-y can shape, into a weapon for our haroi. W c are neither lrrrifie<l nor iri-

• tiiiiMlntrd by anything such can do or say . With a prnuti consciousnrss of recti tude, we shall fearlessly advocate the truth and expose error, and even dare to lift the veil that hides "spiri tu-al wickedness in high places" if the very gules o f hell a r ray thcmsclvrs t against us. W e shall ilo ii to, nnt in reference lo the yenlict of man, but of the final judgment.

W e cast , as every honest man will admit , no reflection upon the political character of Jklr. Polk,—none upon his family,but we did repudiate the religi-ous larce of which be was ni:ide a sub-jec t by Mr. McFerrin, acrording to tlie statement of thai writer . "Noe l" tlic writer, represents Mr. Polk as exprrs -sing himself as Is l , unpreijnred to die. 2d, TheorcUc^ilIy a christian, and cnnjcq^ucnUy {irufessing no regeneni-tltjii of heart or saving faitli in Chr is t— and 3d. as baptized and received into the comraumon of the Methodist Soci-ety by Mr. M. on this profession. W e unhesitatingly pronounccil it so far as it wenr,all stufi^ as downright and abso-lute CatlioL'cism, unworthy of llic dis-UnguFsbcd subject.

Mr. McF., condemns the s latemcnts * of lhe w i ^ r a n d carry the religiousprt/i-ci]}la involved, up with far greater se-

^ ^ e w l m w a s anxiotis to c m r o l ihe re-ngwus f i l i n g s and action of h ^ son^:

a s ihough h e l f a d noi discrlffiina" lioti and decision sufficient lo to j udge

act lor himself. It d..cs the at^i-ablp and worthy Mr . Mack, her pastor, fn jus i i t^ inasmuch as h presewis him iiutac light of fine so envious of dis-tmcuon, that be would travel 40 miles lo discharge the functions of his min-istry, by baptizing the "distinguished son ot the "wise and pious mother;" and moruBcation that he w a s thwarted in the end. Mr. Mack only caine as the fnend of Mrs. Polk, and without ihe slightest expectation of ofBciating HVany of the ordinances of the gospel. I t does injustice to Dr . Edgar , inas-rauch as it represents him as lieing loiced to yield a point in the discharge of his solemn duties as a minister of Christ, merely to have redeemed a vain and idle pledge, made without the solemnity becoming a matter of so much importance, and quietly sitting by witnessing ihe solemn ordinance of God admiafetered by aubther, s imply because he was the jtersoiial and po» JLIXICAL FKTEND of Mr. Polk, and " h a d often argued with the ex-Pres ident . " It does the officiating minister gross injustice, in that his political sentiments are unneMssarily brought into the (nat-ter, and inasmuch as it represents him as one whoVouId strive to make capi-lol out of his political sentiments so as to advance the interests of his own d e

fef^ot ntfmes ihcy are all one in CJhrist Jesus,,, 5 ' ' C i V l i w frac ihat lije under l fgncd ' did baptize Mr. Polk in the presetice of ibe Rev. D r . Edga r and the Rev. Mr. Mack, whcj were both present by the request o f Mr. Polk a n d the fami-I j i a n d I bat he did likewise administpr to him the Lord ' s Supper , D r . E d g a r and Mr. Mack both partaking of the emblems, with several other pious m e n d s ; and I take pleasure in saying, b<.th of the Rev. gentlemen displayed on the occasion a truly genuine chris-tian spirit, and rejoiced that iheir friend bad been made partaker by faith of the benefits of the great a tonement of our Lord J e sus Christ . T h e scene was solemn and deeply interesting.

I will conclude these remarks by ) staling, that in everything the utmost harmony and gc ' " ' without, so far as or d iscordant

T 1 M l i ^ HE fc m .1 1 tipnal p re fc rcncc . land not of any po-liticnl syinpatl i i rs . ' . . - S ^ 1

P . S — M y altention has been called to H paragraph in the Tennessee Bap-tist, published in this cily, in which n j y name. is mentioned in reference to Uie baptism of ihe late ex-President Polk. All I ha+e to remark abot.t saic paragraph is, that no such remark as thatat tf i l iuted to me in il, was ever, to my best recollection, uttered ine.

I may have said to some minister, that the rule of ihePresbyter ian church as it is in all evangelical churches, is to baptize no-adult but on the profes sion ot his faith in Christ, and promise

1 of obedience to him. The allusion lo infants is not only

pre ta l io i r^ f l l . npossnge^ i t strikes u< a s cotjimon genM-ai l ^ t , ^

everything the utmost untrue, as applied to myself , but the good feehng prevailed, manner of ita iolroduclion is both im-a s l know, a single j a r pertinent, and" highly indecorous, as

r W';- Polk .made concerning what a large maiori-

LTdoi f o ^ T l f h — ^ y t h world. L s i d i r a I on of hZ h ? T ® ' u ® ' o r d i n a n c e - i n f a n t baptism, lion of his heart through the blood of i J T F our Lord J e sus Christ, and^fi-om the j R E M A R K S O N T H E A B O V E P . ' s

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rioininHiion—an insincere sycophant who would flatter and fawn to gain fa v(jr lor himself or his church, even at the expense of the dignity of his of-fice, and due self-respect. I i does the cause of Christianity injustice, as il wouhl exhibit the ministers of the gos-pel as ambitious of gaining disting-uished .-uiherents lo their part icular srcts , and as competitors for ihe honor of bringing into their own churche; men of distinction, without due regar< lo ihe feelings or wishes of those con ceri imed. L a s i o f all, ii is affliclinj 10 the Icelings of the family and friend, of Mr.-I ' t i lk.who, in the hour of cicep heart-fell sorrow, knew no differences, hut had the sympathies of ail classes ol their fellow-citizens, without res pcct to political parlies or denomina tional distinctions.

Now we do not prr tend lo shy, that tlie author of the Id l e r intended to give these colorings lo the picture so ingeniously painted, yet nevertheless these :irc the iightsend shades in which 11 will be viewed. Having said thus much, I will procced lo state a few facts as briefly as practicable.

First , then, Mr. Polk diiscnd for Dr . E d g a r days before his death; at the same time he sent for the under -signed and the Rev. Dr . Green, of the iMeihodist Church. Dr . G. was absent from the cFly and did nol receive the mpssnge. D r . EdgJir and "Mr . Mc-Foj-rii," met in the parlor at Mr. Polk 's , and in company visited the sick room of ihe iVesideiit, (being the first inter-v i e w f i i h e r o f them had with him du-l ing his illness) when they had a full, free and very interesting conversation with Mr. Polk.

2d. Il is not corrcct, that Mr. Polk de-sired Dr . Edga r lo baptize him, nor did he make any suggestion of the kind to to the Doctor—nor is it correct that his baptism postponed "till the next even-ing because of his fatigue."

3d. It islrus that when "^ I r . McFer-rii)" took leave of Mr. Polk, that he w;i.s n-iiuested by Mr. PolU to " re tu rn in the course of an hour or two." H e did return that afternoon, when Mr. Polk, in the presence of his excellent and pious wife, staled to him, that he had fully m a d e up his mind years since as lo what church he prefer red— ih:il though he did not regard il essen-tial to what branch of the chrislian cliurch a man should at tach himself .

t ime that he had realized this great bkss ing and at tached himself to the church and received the sacraments , he never expressed the slightest doubt,

meekness and humility prais-ed the Lord for his abundant mercy, and with unwaver ing confidence re-posed upon ihe Saviour, and died in full assurance of a glorious immortali-ty.

W e did not design to be understood as giving the literal expression of Dr . E d g a r , but the gist of his remark and the impression made upon his bearer . W e used no cornment. Th is admission that he did say that the Presbyter ian

xhurch would baptize no adult but on profession of faith in Christ and prom-

'n 'erest ing j^seof obedience, in connection with the I '" ' , i ! recilal of Mr. Polk's experience and

baptism by Mr. McFerrin, was abun-dantly calculated lo make an impres-sion. Mr E . did make the impression

have a l ready extended theso remarks to a considerable length, and trust that ihis, a ^ o m p a n i e d with the s ta tement of Dr . Edga r , will put this mat ter to rest, and be satisfactory to the numer-ous afflicted fr iends of our late distin-guished and highly esteemed country-man and fellow-citizen.

J. B. M c F E R R I N .

impres we s ta ted—whether inlenlional or not, we do not decide .

T h e Dr . is very sensitive oa the sub-jec t of infant baptism, very, its intro-

S . — T h e Weekly Herald a n d Auction is both impertinent, and highly other papers which have co|iied the j indecorous! Yes, the mention of in-extiact above given, will do the par- " -ties just ice by inserting in their col-umns the above correction.

J . B. M.

D R . E D G A R ' S S T A T E M E N T . The Reverend author of the above

statements, has courteously submitted them lo my perusal, before submitting hem to the press. I have consequent-y examined ihem carefully, and am

therefore pre jared to say, so far as my own knowledge of the facts which ho details IS permitted to extend, that I consider them faithfully and accurale-y set forth.

The Publication in the Herald con-

• fanl baptism is a lways indecorous, and ; imperlinenl. ' T i s the sore spot of Pe-doism, a corn upon the toe of the Great

I Image. It must not be touchcd—even with gloves on, and produces the most unpleasant feelings tohave it looked at!

I ' l i s so inflamed! T h e stone of the mountain is already chafing i t—and will soon roll over it and grind it to powder .

One statement in the above P . S. we will notice next week; meanwhile, we assure the Dr . that we sincerely sympathize wiih him in l^is t endeqpo-

lained a number of inaccurate slate- not with his tenet, though " ' held, by the Pope and the mil

the Catholics—infant bapt ism.

A D D R E S S T O T H E B A P T I S T S O F T E N N E S S E E .

NO. 4.

ments, Mr. McFerr in has corrected, '^eld, by the Pope and the millions of both in reference to his conduct as well - •

verity than we presumed lo do. With Lv^'t he had deliberately and from solemn these remarks, in j u s t i c e . t o irutlri ind the parties implicated, wc publish the slatements of Mr. McFerr in and E d g a r , entire.

T h e letter al luded to is tlie one wc published last we rk :—

T h e above we copy from the " N e w , York Weekly Hera ld . " of J u n e th.j 30tb. It is an extract of a letter writ-ten from Nashville, J u n e ihe 16th, sign-ed "Noe l " and has been copied into s e v f ^ l eastern papers. Who the wri-t e r is w e know not—nor do we now notice Uie details liere'harrated for the purpose of cnntrovertJng. either with the editor of ihe Hera ld , his corrrs-poodeot or copyists, bu t oa r objeci is aunply to correct several glar ing ern>r« g ianng to those familiar with i h e facts Iwre i ^ m p t e d 10 be g i r en . And wc do thia because lite narration as he-re giTen does the parties very great iii-juat ice. T h e rcpuiation of Mr . Polfc is injured. T h e facts as a re here repre-sented would indicatehis want of firm-nesa and j iocer i ty in his religious seu-UaiBi r t f—»lacnace of fats honest con-vicuons a c d better feelings to graiilV S ® a o d pot ruwi f n e n d " a tfie folfifnjenLbf a ^ m t s c , , •a t he aoleain hoar of deaiii, ihat he is represented a s baviog^made a t a r ime a ^ w o d e r droaixwtancfrs tha t would

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conviction determined lo unite wiih the .vfi tlmdist Church, and desirpd lo re-ceive ihe sacraments of baptism and tiie Lord ' s Supper , and wished the un-dersigned to admiiiisler these ordinan-ces: and in this he said, " there was per-fect harmony between himself and his pious wife, {hougli she belonged lo an-other church ." ,

4th. I l is vicofrectly slaled, that Mr. P d k promised "his friend years ago, when he was covernor, ihat when he

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did embracc Christianity ihat he [M McFerr in] should baptize h im." No such cimversatiiin ever occurred be-tween Mr. Polk and "his fr iend;" nor did "I lis f r iend" know till the interview on his first visit dur ing his last sickness that Mr. Polk had not been baptized; on the contrary, knowing "his wiscand pious mother'? to be a Presbyter ian , he supposed he had been baptized in infancy. - T h i s he, however^ learned Ihat jlay for the first t ime, had failed of accoinplishment, by some accidental c i rcumstance. U .

5 th . f t bWcoTTccf that he asked his mothet^s consent to be bapt ized by Mr. McFerrinr- ba t his mother knowing bis preferences fiir the Methodists, and upon h e r arrival l e a m m g t h a i ' h e had • t r eady spoken to^ the Methodist minis-t e r o o ^ s o I ^ U ' a h d tfaat h e w n s lo w w v e ^ n r d l d a i ^ a l b i s ^ a n d s , she

ihis subject h e r j g a v e he r b r a r t y a p p r o v a l , - a o d j

uke a tnriT catholic cfaristiap, rcioii * i ^ o Ibe pf e h

as mine, touching the last days of ex-President Polk. I have no idea, how-ever, that the wri ter of said publica-l on, had any sister design in pennin<r

le mistakes which abound in his pu l ° icaiion. T h e y must have been the

result of hasle, or forgetfulnesson the lart of himself, or of the individual, to whom he was indebted for his his-tory of the last days of Mr. Polk.

I t la. true, as slated in the Hera ld , I hat I visited him a t his own request; )ut I did so in company with Mr. Mc-Ferrin, who has happily remarke<l,

1 lal, dur ing that visit, we both "had a lull, free, and very interesting conver-sation with h im." Our interview wit h him, however , resulted in no expres-sion, either on his part or our own, as to his preparedness , at that time, to rc-ceivfj.ihe ordinance of baptism, or lo become an enrolled member of any sepani tc chrislian communion. H e neilher ask.-d me lo baptize him, nor d i d l intiiijaic to liim at that lime or subsequently, ilmi I would be ready to baptize lum iln n, ..r m any fijlure perioti. No allusi.,11 wus made to any future period. NoHllusion was m a d e to any wish on his p.irt, that I should baptize htm, eiiliri liifn or a f te rwards . Our conversation was almost exclu-s i \^ ly confined lo liic subject of his afiecling expressions, in relation to his sense of unworihiness before God, to-gether M'ith his painful apprehension, that be had too long delayed to seek the divine favor Jind to devote himself to the service of Christ, to expect his pardoning mercy on a death-bed.

Pa r t of one of the s ta tements found

m MMIM T h e object of this communication is

lo request your views upon the 3Glh verse of the 7th Chapter of 1st Corin-thians. It is appealed to by a mem-ber of our church, to war ran t the crime of fornication. I cannot so interpret it.

Yours, C. Q . S A N D S .

T h e Bible encourage licentiousness and fornication! ' T i s the charge of in-fidels of the basest sort! Can a chris-lian assert such a monstrous charge, a charge which if sustained, would not only forever paralyze the whole influ-ence of religion, but open wide the very flood gales of licentiousness, disolation and death eternal upon the world.

A liltle acquaintance with oriental customs will throw light upon this, by some oft referred to passage. It was , and still is customary in the Eas t for parents or relativeslo betroth, or give their childrenin marr iage , as christian parents now sprinkle them in their infancy, without their baying 11 word lo say about it. T h e y a re taught in af ter years to regard these vowes as solemn, and at such a t ime as the {>ar-t i es wished the tF 'VolveFwere ratified by marriage.

W e see tliat Paul neither encoura-ges licentioiisuess nor does he d i spar -age or dissuade from marriage, where in the He ra ld , respectipg one of my

replies to Mr. Pplk , is substanlially I ' t ' s not venal—entered i n lo /o r the sake true. 1 did assure him that the mercv 1 of the things of this world. m S w ' ? i 'To the parties so afl ianced, we un-

S S ^ ^ i i r ^ V l o » Paul to s ^ , if their incl ina. e i ther the mercy of God, or ihe promi- 'e^d them to mar ry , it se sof the gospel run mercifully paral- i be t t e r to renaain as they were .— lel ivith njiin's life—that is, with every j He speaks plainly, verse 27 . ^Ncver-i S ' . sentitucnt w a s j theless he that s tandeth steadfast in his

riciy with many ^affecfing passages ! over hts pwn will, and hath so divine t ru th , ' In tendins in a few da va d e c r ^ m his heart iha t he will keep

his vtrgin, [ o r the one to whom he is he-t ro ihed j doeth well, yerse 36^" But i f

ui- . ' . « f®^ fo pubbsh^ |u IhePresbyte r ian Record, f^PF'f'^ metnoir of piir high sense of t ^ characier o fex rPree jden t Polk, wc. - ^ shal l forbeac to g ive our

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. . ^ f f M'ere'ore,- we pow fur-Hicr remark, in couclusido^ ps, tbat no

'pflucnce wiui b r o u ^ t to boar ^ ^ r e f w e Q p e t p l U s b w o p i i i g

any man think ihsu. he bcjiaveth Wm-iselfuncoowly . toward bis virgin, &c.; let then marrtf; not tbat they arsgaili-

if they live i n Uc^Ubusi iess , but if Ihfey n j s i f ^ , they i t y ^ i l i ^ i , d o what t b ^ w i ^ L ; . • ' ' '

a member of a n * ciTur.!'^^^^^^ ; , Bawl is not pa« i« l to sucb aff iances;

, ? « » « f ^ i i h j t f lii« OTli S j i C K f e f "

H O M E W O R K . T h e great field that now most im-

peril ively demands our atllcntion, is our homc^eld, and the great v,'ork that is suflfering to l)e ilone is home work.— W e do not say this to disparage mis-sions abroad—far from il, but to en-courage ihem. Eve ry eflTort should be made to sow ihe good seed of eternal life in every pagan land ,—we regard our land as a great teed field from which every other land is to be sup-plied. Now would it not be a matter of the first importance that this field be enlarged year ly , and cultivated better and le t t e r , ihat i t ,may supply more seed, to meet ihe ever enlarging wants of the world.'' Suppose for illustration, that a seven years famine had smit ten every other Slate, and Tennessee should be looked to as the E g y p t of the Union, to supply the slaflFof life, woula it not become the bounden duty of eve-ry citizen in this Sla te lo do every thing in his power to supply the want , and of every planter to raise as much corn and grain as he has ground and hands to cultivate. Would it not become our duly to put every acre of arable and under cultivation to s tay the de-

struction of human life that otherwise would follow.' Now the question is, jursuing, what course would we, in the

space ofseven years , save the greatest number of lives.' By spending our whole force, in overworking ihe compar -atively few acres now devoted to corn and grain, which but a Utile more than supply our own market , or by labor-ing 6 months of the year in opening up, and converting the tens of thousands of waste and torest lands into cultivated fields, and . by so doing, for eve-ry five barrels we can now spare , , be able to send out a thousand. Th i s course certainly appeals to our com-mon sense, and common foresight. Ap-

ly it. Instead of devoting that t ime, abor find money to home, work, in

cuhivaling and fertilizing our churches and opening new fields, by missionary labor, and bringing the numerous wastes of our own Sta te under cultiva-tion to roll in their superabundant har-vests 10 supply ihe wants of a famish-ing world, we are overworking a few good fields, from which we get fine crops, and leaving all the rest of the lanil waste , because it will cost some-thing to cultivate. Leav ing metaphors we do not say that our churches are doing too much in foreign fields—but we do say that they are doing loo lit-t le—most surely negleciing,home work. And we do say that all that is now be-ing done, is accomplished by compar-atively few benevolent miss ionary brethren, while the great mass of our membersh ipand the overwhelming ma-

jority of ur churches are missionary in profession, but O missionary, in prac-tice. Can a church of 150 o r200 mem-bers contributing only some S5 or $10 annually for missions, be considered* an effort or a missionary church. ' And ye t not one third of our churches do Ihis. Th i s must satisfy us that we have home work that deserves our at-tention—our churches are to be fertil-ized and made fruitful in missionary efTorl, while the most delightful and promising portions of our Slate are now waste, ahd unoccupied by o u r dennm-ination. T h e most vigorous eflbrta should he put forth now, and for yea r s 10 come wifAttt o«r own State. At no former period were our prospects so flattering. Almost every considerable town in the Sta le and North Ala. is open, or soliciting a minister or mis-sionary. In every one we have occu-pied dur ing this year for any time, the labors of your missionaries have been blessed with precious revivals—and 01 her country stations have also been blessed. Yoi^ will see this week re-ports from Arnold Miller and Bundy, while all rejoice in ilic large and flour-ishingchurch raised by the blessing of Goil in Frankl in , dur ing the associa-. tional year . T l ^ e facts ought 10 fill our hearts with jncreased grat i tude, and increas&i iaterolaice.

Now if yoii wish this home work lo go lin^ with ten'' fold ehe i^y and suc-i^aa , you b a v e / ^ m e t h i n g to ^

test of tru^ r ^ i g i i ^ ; : T h e cburr^ d i e s must b u a e s s r ^ ^ f o s t d v c i i t o i l ie wprk <»r

ha ive given us nnhlc^exat^ljBsS T h e

Siogltf associations'^^

Big Hatchic has airqiuiy Iw^nd"Wse l f to support a missionary in China 10 y e a n s at SSOO per annum! besides do-ing ns inucii i fnol more than any other association f,ir home missions./ Brrf. Gayle calls upon each association in West Tennessee to sustain one Mis-sionary either in China , or Africa, or Europe , or the Inxlian Terr i tory , and we will at home. Look to it that your home field is not neglected. W e know how

"Distance lends enchantnaent to th« Tie*." How many fiouridbing Uiwns and

beautiful villages ir» W e s t Tennessee, in which, at litlle expense to the con-vention, with liltle p r o p e r c h u r c h -es might l)e built op. And how long have these points been negferted.''— H o w long shall they continue to be overlooked.' W e would not atlvise our brethren there loserKianother mis-sionary lo the heathen, until they can eave at least $2000 in the bands of

the Execut ive Board of the Conven-tion, to be expended in missionary la-bor wuhin the bounds of the Conven-tion. This sum will support eight mis-sionaries at $250, a number far too small to supply the pressing demanc T h e Execut ive Board of the G e n e r a Association will need at least $1200 to meet its engagements for the current

ear. Not more than one half this sum is yet pledged? But a little more than two months of this yea r remain! W h a t is to be done.' Shall your Execut ive Board say to their missionaries, when the yea r expires, w h o have labored ailhfully, " w e have n o money, w e

promised, believing that the churches would enable us to pay, but w e are disappointed," and then be com>pellec to recall them from the churches they have built up, and which now look to the Board for assistance! Are the churches o f M i d d l e Tennessee willing to give up the important points no w occupied by the Board.' I f not, you must act immediately. Will the chur -ches but adopt one plan, the Board will be enabled to meet all its irapor-lant engagements , antl even occupy other points. T h a t plan is the Penny plan. Le t every member of e a c b church pay one cent, weekly , or 50 cents annually to the Board , for home missions, and all the Board has un-dertaken can be accomplished and five limes as much more. T h e r e a re 14,-610 members represented in the Gen-eral Association, each paying one cent weekly, or 60 cents annnal ly would raise a sum of $7,300 for home mis-sions! Th is would be a sum worthy of the General Association. Wi th this, it could do. something in the greal work of missions. I t could appropri-ate $1300 to the Southern Board of Domestic Missions, and sustain. 16 missionaries in Middle Tennessee and Alabama, at $300 per annum, and furnish each wiih $75 worth of cheap books and tracts for gratuitous distr i-bution!

Now brethren, do not say that this will do to talk about—it reads well, but il is impracticable, or Utopian. It can be done, and several churches in our immediate vicinity have alread^r adopted the plan, and others will .— W h y not every one.' I f eve iy mem-ber cannot, or rather will not unite, let as many as will adopt it, and if we cannot support 16, we can a g rea te r number , ^than by any other plan w e have hitherto pursued. You have "heard these things, happy are ye i y e do them." D o n ' t ' l a y this paper down and do nothing. H o w can you say you love the cause of Chris t ; how can you pray for it and be unwilling to give one cent each week to extend it? Go speak to some brother, or read to him this address , and d r a w up the fol-lowing pledge and sign it, and go to every brother and sister in your church and ask them lo sign it with yoa .

P e n n y P l a n P l k d g e . We the undersigned pledge ourselves to

pay (on or before the meavng of the Gen-ernl Association,) one ceM weekly, or five cents monthly, for a term <f fixe years, to the treasurer of the General Asso^lion for Home Mission purposes! Now appoint some one a T rea su re r ond "^(^llector, and the plan will be cooiplele.. T h e amount can b e sent up annual ly by the delegates, to the Association. - >

W e j e a v e tbe plan wi th the church-es in each d w s i o o of t f e S ta te , for w r can pnly rqcqmmend. _ A ^ V , w c ? s k will ttot ihe ch ' ircbes, a d o p t it? ^ . ^tWilj-not o u r ^ u r c h e s ^ ' w a k e to the.

im|mrtance of Aosie . tniittonary labor; at i^ m^tcad o f ^ paMent»«

become doing, in ,h< m-'U «bj,n:t of benevolcuce. a . d smul,ancov.ly and systematically.

Shoidd the churches of Big I laichiel ndpiH Ihe Penny Plan, instead of rais-f ing JSOO, they could n.isc •^l.oidd Ihe churches of fV^oes- i ^•ebut adopt it, they wouU place ir»-: Treasury o f the Convention anniiBlIyJ

the sum of $3954, which would sup . i port one missionary for each Associa- j lion m a foreiggn^field at an average of I S400 perannum and sustain eight mis-s ionyies at ^3G0 per annum, in ihV field!

Mississippi coald raise the sum of $10,342!!

T h e churches coukl be brought mio this plan without the expense of an agent. Le t pastors pledge ihemselves' 10 b n n g it before their churches, or let each minister pledge himself lo fwe-sent the plan lo four churches, and it is done. If it is thought to be a good plan, let it be carr ied into im nediate ojwration.

Read a tale of Horror , h \a no fai>. cy sketch, but was a real occurrence, that happened in Mu Hope, Alabama.

T h e name of the murdered man is McMurry, Martin that of the other par-ty . W e hope that baptist whiskey seller will now, at least, yield to the en-treaties of his pastor and breihren— pour the remainder of his poison into the street, and quit the business forev-er , if he would have the least hope of heaven. H e has been at work peopling hell—preparing subjects for -eternal burnings—kindling within their soab the unquenchable fire.

In the name of reason,common sense, and Ihe light of God 's word, how cana man with that word ra his hand, and the fove of Christ in his heart, sweetea the poison of the Fit for his fellow man—put the bottle to his neighbor's mouth until he consumes the bread of; and robs the ktst d ime from his wife, a n d worse than orphaned children, and finally plunges the drunkards soul imp hell. Can such a man, be a fol-lower of H i m who went about doing good.' H o w can he appear at the ba r of God with the price of his murdered victims, the coin of tears and groans and misery of widows and orphans in ^is hand, and hope to hear his Saviour say, "wel l done good and faithful ser-vant . "

T h e r e is about a s much hope for the itnpenitent soul of the Pi ra te upon the high seas, as for the impenitent soul of a Baptist whiskey seller.

Knowing the terrors of the Lord, we persuade men, &c "

G O O D N E W S ' From Itx>ck Spring—Revival—Brother

Miller. Bro. J . V. Vandever writes as that

le labors of bro. Miller, our Mission-ary in Giles county, have been blessed.

nine days meeting, was beld a t Rock Spring, Giles county, which re-sulted in seven professions, and nine additions. H e met with no little op-aosition from the Campbelli tes. Bro. V. says that be is equal to the work of defending our doctrines. H e is well received in tbe county.

Bro. Richardson and Sparkman ren-dered efficient aid in the meeting.

T h e cause seems everywhere to bs gaining ground. Le t it run and be glorified.

McMINNVILLE BOARDING S C H O O L .

From our knowledge of Mr. Jewet t , we take pleasure in calling attention to Mr. J ewe t t ' s School at McMinnville.— W e can judge pretty correctly of the talents and capacit ies of a teacher when we learn the School Books he uses. These w e can a lways learn, as he supplies his school frotn the Depos-itory, where all of the most approved j School bcwks can a lways be found oa the most reasonable terms. We clip the . I follow^ing from the Presbyter ian Re-cord of ihis cily:

Boardimg will remind parents and. ^ a r d i a n s , that Mr. J e w -ell 's boarding school for boys, is situa-; led near McMinnville, Teqnessees. < I t is admirably itdnpied for a summer residence, located as it is on a point of < ^^umb^land Mounta.in, surrDupded by a lofiy forest on three sides, and bas a fountain of the p u r u t m t e f , a bi ih ropoif ^&c., && „This i o ^ s ipr tba s tud^nts are lafg^ e ^ a n | . EveiT thing in Uie M w a p r i h e P r i o c i ^ , w i l l ^ i k i o e , for beabb apd im-pr^yemcot qf -scholar*. ^.Tbe tenia are i M t O p e r f e a ^ i t o f i

fiedfortE i o d r u ^ u a l :

abject o. benevolence, and act a n d s y a t e m a u c a l l v

Mbe Penny Plan. ma they coBld niiM « a i 0 2 . _

p the churches of West Tennes-•a t adopt u, they wauU pkce in w r y of the CanvenUon annaafly ^ af 53954. which would ,up bne miaaionary far each Aasocia- j

I a furerggn field at an average of 1 J per annum and anatain eight mia-| n e s at 8300 per annum in the

nsjippi could raise tlie ^gm of

s churchea couUl be brought into plan widiout ibe e:ipeiMe of an

Let pastors pledge themaelves ngit.befbre their churches, or let miniaier pledge himself to pre-

plan to (bur churches, andi i is I f i t is thought to be a good

I let it be canied into- immediate tlon.

l a tale of Honor . I t r a n o f k o -itch, hut was a real occurrence, •ppened io MI. Hope, Alabama. I name of the murdered man is

larry, Martin tbatof the other par-TWe hope that bapUat whiskey

will now, at least, yield to-theea-je« of hia pastor and brethxea-— I the remainder of hia poison into

Bt, and quit the bosioeaa fotey-[• he would hane the least hope of

He has be«a at work peopling preparing subjects for eternal

ngs—kindling within iheTr sools Inquenchable Ere. i I l i e nameofreaaonicommon sense, Ibe light of God'^ word, how can a I wiUi that word in his band, and

»e ofCbristin hia heart, sweeten ison of t&e Plie fb* his fellow jiut the battle ta bia tieighbor's

i until he canauraes the bread of, abi the laal dime fron> bis wife, worse tfami orphaned children,

SnalLy ptunges the- diookards loul pelL Can such a man, be a fol-r of Him who went about doing

How c a a h e appear at the bar t with the price of his murdered' a, the coin of tears and groans

I miseiy of widows and orphans ta andr and hope to bear his Sayfonr "well done good and Giithful ser-

here is about as oaochkoge Ex t&e [liteot soul of tiie Pirate upon Acs,

I aeas, as for the impenitent soul of list whiskey seller.

tnowTng the terrora of the Lord, aade men, &c."

G O O D N E W S Rod Spring—Revival—Brother

I k r . . J . V. Vandever writes ua that

rs of brob Miller, our Misabrif-|in Gilea county, have been blessed. [Tne days meeting, was held at

"Spring, Giles county, which re-r m seven prafessiona, and nine

Itibna. H e met with no little op-tion from the Campbellitea. Bro.

f s that he ia equal to the work of Ing our doctrines. H e ia weH

6»ed in the county. | r a . Richardson and Sparkman ren-

L effident aid in the meeting. > cause seems eyeiywhere to be

Knggioun]. Let it run and be ISed.

M N S L M L L E B O A R D I N G SCHOOL,

am our knowledge of Mr. Jewett, ake pleasure in calling attention to r ^ e t t ' a School at McMinnville.—

•can judge pretty correctly of ihe DU and capacities of a teacher

L we learn the School- Books he These we can always learn, as

apprieahia school from the Depos-whcre all of the most approved

al books can always be found on t rauanabU lams. W e clip ihe

Iwing from the Presbyterian Kc-1 of ihiff city:

ibi^ ScAaal.—Vfe will remind Ints nnd guanlians, that Mr. Jew-1 boarrling school fiir boya, is s'W^'a-pcnrMcMinnville, Tennessee. " [ ilmlrahly adapted fiir a ijuinnier

lieuce, Incnted oa it is on a point of pBerland Mountain, surrounded by |

Jty fkireat on three aides, and has » ! Itain i>f the purest water, a bath •

&«., &c. The rooma lac tne ula dre large and elegant. E f t t f ^

ilie power of the PrinnjW'r' dntie, for the health and nn- 'j •ml of scholars. The tertni | -pHr s e s s i o n o f S m o n l h a , - « n BO" r

.4pply to S. Jewett , McMlnn- ' l , g|iiilemnn we think well qaaU' S

iiiatruction ofyouih.

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT.

" C a i o m it Strength."

ENCODliAGING. We find many things—almost every

thing encoaraging. The subscription of the Tennessee Baptist is swelling, most rapidly. We order on additidoal quires weekly, and still oar papers al-most every week fal 1 short! Over a 100 new names either good, or cath up subscribers have been entered within the last three weeks, they are coming in by churches—a3 for instance, this we have just received, seven names from Hopewell church in the Bethel Association. Bro. Balder is the pas-tor—we put his mane upon our gratis list, as we will the name of the pastor or member of any church that will send us five new subscribers, accom-panied with the money, in advance.

But belter still. Old Hopewell, bro. Perry, who sends these subscri-bers, informs us, will represent herself in the next General Association, and from some bints in the letter, she has, we strongly suspect been doing some-thing for otir Domestic Mission—good all good—success to bro. Perry. We hope bro. Baldry, Williams, Nixon,

and others from Bethel will not fail to meet their brethren in Middle Tennessee and North Ala., in the As-sociation.

W H O C A N B E A T I T ? BBO. GBAVES:

Owing to the interest you take in the Temperance cause, and the valuable aid you lend thereto, I hare, with little eSbrt made up a litde list of new subscribers. We have great need of your paper in this vicinity, as the cause is opposed by many in the church and in the world. Here is a lisit of ten new subacribers fromMeadonrille Ten. I am not a professor, but you may ask any of your brethren to beat this.

R , B A R R O W , P . M .

That was well done, friend B. W e thank you. T ry again, we won't for-get the cause of Temperance.— What brother, or Post Master will try and send us a longer list.— W e have several thousand pages of Temperance Tracu on hand, to give away for new subscribers on the fol-lowing terms. For $10, five copies of the Baptist and 2400 pages of TracU For $20, ten copies of the Baptist and four thousand eighthnndred pages. W e shall commence the publication of The History of the Bottle, |with the first No. of our new Vol. with the per mission of the publishers, Oliver & Brother, New York-

Will the Sons remember this?— Short Terms, 5 copies 6 months for S d , 0 0 .

Rev. Edward Haynes desires bis correspondents to address him atGod-bold's post-office, Washita co., Ark. He requesu the Baptist Banner, South Western Baptist Chronicle, and Ala-bama Baptist, to copy this notice.

INFORMATION WANTED. Will some one who knows, inform

US of the Post Office address of Pleas-ant Marshall His paper has been go-ing to Jasper Tenn. The post-master at that office informs us that no such person is known in the neighborhood.

We also wish to learn the Post Of-fice address of C. P . Vinton, whose name is entered on our list of subscri bers. His paper has been directed, "Charlottsville, Miss." We under-stand there is no post-office of thai name in MississippL

PUBLISHERS.

PROTRACTED MEETING. The little Cedar Lick Bapust church

Wilson county, Tenn., has appointed a Protracted Meeting to commence on Saturday, Sept. 15.

Brethien in the ministry, who can make it convenient to do so, are affec-tionately invited to be with the church on the occasion.

P R O T R A C T E D MEETING. At pleasant Grove Baptist Churcli,

five miles south of Gallatin, to com-mence on Friday, August lOth.

Brethren in the Ministry are eampst-ly requested to attend and aid in the Work.

R. R. BARTON.

c y The dejitli of ibe 8«a off Caiw H u i m u , at aanrtaiiiMl b; it • sSfsrs eogxgral in the Qout Sur-Tuj, is ninetrcn thoojand eight buatlred CMC.

GEN.. TAILOR'S GOLD MBDAI The jnl.! mcilal ordcml b ; Cosf tcu U 6n i . Taylor {pr liit miliiarj acfaimnants at Bum* TnU. was Molon In Wa^hingtoa on Friday marnIo|r. i" a r e of AiUnu ( t Cit's n p m s . Thn cost ia 13000. It «r« pre-pvrd at tlie mint in PhilaJalphia.

T H E T E N N E S S E E B A P T I S T . ComfflimieatuDS.

For the Taaasee BaplitL MDSCLE SHOAI.S, J u n e 19th 1849.

A T A L E OF HORROR! Brethren and friends who read this

paper. Iiear with me awhile and per-mit me to relate a lamentable event; which took place in a little village in our county a lew days ago; do I say lamentable, yes, for it is much to be lamented, that humanity should be so far lost sight of. Let me give you the circumstances; and then a short de-tail of the same. A couple of men get-ting into an affray, one of them Cain like, gathered a chair, and dealt a blow at his antagonist which broke his skull; and killed him dead on the spot. O shocking. Reader this is horrible; but let me tell you something that makes the matter worse, if possible; in this village, there is a professed Bap-tist, and sorrowful to tell, he owns and keeps the grocery, in which this bloody and sinful deed was committed. So reader, you will see that whiskey, was the cause of this great crime; and it sold by a baptist. Yes, one who ac-cording to bis profession, ought always to be doing good, has sold, and is yet selling the seeds of strife and death to his fellow creature. O brethren, how long shall we as a church, tolerate drunkenness and thereby the crime it generated. What are we saying for our christian character, are we chris-tians? if so, ought we to be the light of the world, are we letttng our light shine. Brethren go with us to the grave and see this man buried, now behold bim while the lid of the coffin is off; O how frightful, be looks as if be was yet mad, although he is dead.— Look at the little children, there are fourof them; and their little faces seem to portray their helpless situation; just see that little boy how he caresses his father. Stay with us, we don't want you to go down in that grave, we want you to stay and furnish us with some-thing to subsist upon. Once more brethren and sisters, let me ask you all to listen at that aSectionate mother, the companion ot" the ill-fated man, her soul ia overcome with sorrow, she sees her husband laid cold in death, she sees her little ones still crying around the lifeless frame of their father, and the grave open to receive him; she re-members a burning hell, and the awful situation of the finally impenitent; she viewed closely his countenance, which still a]3pear3 to be enraged, and she bursU into a flood of tears. She calls on his brethren in most feeling tones; O, says she, look al my husband, look at your brotherand see the fruits of in-r temperance; O look al him, and take warning and drink no more. Broth-ers, can we not join with this heart-stricken woman, in imploring God to be her protector, to keep her and his little orphans from want and vice, and to send home the advice to the hearts of her relatives. Is not the instruction applicable to ourselves, ask and an-swer wiih all the firmness of your souls if there is not a reformation needed.— Shall we ever be slothful to do good, shall we refuse to refrain from this great evil, is there not an evil in intem-peiance, does it not stare ns in the face; if so let us say and reduce it to prac-tice; that as BaptisU we will refrain from buying, selling, using or causing to be used as a beverage, intoxicating li-quors. Brethren, do you not suppose there was a great ado among the de-mons of the Pit over this signal victo-ry of the Prince. Let us trim our light anew, and be what we profess to be, the light of the world. 'Think and act seriously, for be assured we will re-ceive a just recompense for all our deeds here below.

I would be glad to see some of your notions concerning a temperance re-form in the church.

P H I L A D E L P H I A .

For the Tennestee Baptist.

CAMDEN, July 6 , 1 8 4 9 . B a o . GHAVES:

It is frequently the case that we hear ihe pedo's charging the Baptist as be-ing the a^ressois in religious contro-versies; in fact, if one of our preach-ers delivers a discourse on baptism or communion, he is held up to public derision, by all the public prinU con-nected with their interest; and not un-fret^uently the case that anathemas similar to Popish bulls, or Edicts of Councils is issued against them, such. ^ the Trenton Edict of late against yourself. But take courage and bold-ly defend ancient practices and usages. But if they controvert anything that is. embraced by Baptists, they think it all right, how far-so-ever they depart from accuracy and truth; they seem be Like the Catholic clergy were in the crusatks against the Waldenses,that eveiything is fair and right in the holy warfare. . Sometime since, a Methodist cucuit rider took occasion to preach a sermon, on Christian baptism, near Beech. Grove, on White Oak, one of my sta-tions for preaching. In Uial discourse, l a m credibly informed", he accused the Baptists as beingdissatisfied with King< James' translation of the Bible, and therefore adopteil John Calvin's-— Wonderfully bettered would we not be indeed, to give a Pedobaptist transla-tion for one of the same stripe; al-

. though King Jymes'"lranslalion is not

a correct one; yet. Baptists are perfect-ly willing lo Slick to it, the opinion ol the Rev. gentleman lo the contrary.

The pedo's have never been able lo deduce sprinkling or pouring, nor in-fant baptism, from our present version of ihe Bible, but in giving the word ol' Gixi lo the Indians, did translate the word baptism to mean sprinkling.— (Surely ihey that live in glass houses should be careful how ihey throw stones.) But who was John Calvin, but the Fatherof the old Calvinislic Presby-terians, and of course a pedobaptist of the right stripe.

Again, the Rev. gentleman staled that the Baptists had been done away long since until quite recently they were revived again. I think that he ought to take a journey somewheie fur the improvement of his knowledge— he must have considered the small cir-cuit that he has in charge lo be all the world,—ihere being but few Baptists there, and they principally of the Cal-vinislic Baptists, look for granted that there was none no where else. And in connexion with this, that I was the first Missionary Baptist that ever preached in the vicinity of Beech Grove; and having baptized some four members of his church, he has taken offence.

One of iheir local preachers has in the same neighborho^ fired another one of those alarm guns, for they are in truth, alarm guns, discharged to alarm their members of the dangerous tendency of Baptist principles. Bui all their efibrts lo keep their members from coming to hear us has proved abortive.

I have concluded to preach a ser-mon on the mode and subject of chris-tian baptism, I si Sabbath in Septem-ber, which may finally result in a dis-cussion, andj^in truth, I am not very anxious to avoid one.

Permit me lo say lhal ihe Baptists in these ends of the earth, fully ap-prove of the straight-forward and manly course that you pursue iu de-fence of our principles. May God prolecl and preserve you, and shield you from all harm.

Yours in Gospel bonds, J . P . ARNOLD.

P. S. I baptized one last Sabbath, which makes three that I have bap-tized al Beech Grove and Hurricane, since my last appointment. I have on baptism, Dr. Carson's works, Hinlon's, Jewett and Pengilly. If you think that 1 will need other works lhal could be understood by an English scholar, you can send them by the first oppor-tunity. J . P . A.

For the "Rnnessee Baptist. PLEASANT RETKEAT, J u l y 19, '49.

B a o . G SAVES: By the goodness of our Heavenly

Father, I have in a great measure re-covered my health again, and have le-sumed the labors of my agency. I made a visit last week to Hopewell Church, some seven or eight miles north of Springfield. This church en-joys the Pastoral labois of bro. W. S. Baldry, who kindly went around with me to see a goodly number of his mem-bers, we saw but few who did not cheerfully go into the Penny Plan at least.

The following was the result of my efforts there, which I hope you will publish iu your excellent paper, viz: Rev. W. S. Baldry paid S 50 Mrs Jane Baldry do 50 Rev. E. W . Benson 50 Mrs G. S. A. Benson 60 Samuel Fuqua 50 Mrs Eliza Fuqua 50 F. J . Beasley J . H. Beasley Wm. Fuqua Mrs Mary Fuqua C. Holland Mrs Mary Holland Wilson Willis Mrs Elizabeth Willis Laskin W. Willis Mrs M. A. R. Willis Jas. A. Barbee Mrs Permelia Barbee Mrs Jane Benson Wm. Sayle Mrs Hannah Sayle J . W.Davis Mrs.Mary Randolph Mrs Mary Benson Mrs Hariet Randolph Miss E. L. P. Baldry Mrs D. Shelion MIS Nacny Willis Miss Nancy Cuts Mrs E. Gordon Mrs M. Hampton Milton Green W. D. Scoggin R. J . Williams W.F.Guldridge W. B. Tatum J . Chandler Elija Willis J . Chapman T . J . Willis J . Samuel Thomas Jones J . J . Davis B. B. Stark

50 50 50

I 00 50 50 50 50 50 50

paid 50 do 50

6 0 6 0 50 50 50 6 0 6 0 50 50 50 50 50 6 0

paid 2 00 50 60 50 60 60 50 50 6 0 60 60 60 60

\ y . S . P E R R Y , Agent General Association.

The futluwInfill laitl to he a correct eMimata of the number of slaves in the fotlowiiMC counuics:— UniiKi Stales. 3.095.000; Braiil. 3,330,000: Spanish Colonics, 900,000; Dalch CiJonies, 86,000: South Anuricon ({epublics, 140,000; African Seitlementi, 30,000. Total, 7,300,000.

For the Tennessee BaptisL HARRISON, Hamilton co.. Ten.

BRO. GBAVES: Please announce in the Tennessee

Baptist the following appointments: A Union meeting to commence on

Friday, August 10th, to be held with the Poplar Spring Church,Murray co., Georgia.

A meeting of the ministers and dea-cons of the newly constituted Slate Line Baptist Association, to be held wiih the Red Hill Church, Murray co., Georgia, commencing on Friday, Aug. 17ih.

The object of the ministers and dea-cons meeting, is to consult and counsel with each other on various topics, con-nected with the official duties of Mis-sionary Baptist ministers and deacons. Ministers and deacons from a distance are affoctionalely invited lo be present and aid in our deliberations.

CHARLES B. MARTIN.

For the Tennessee Baptist. MINISTERS RETERAT, J u l y 9, '49.

T O T H E B A P T I S T C H U R C H E S O F W E S T T E N N E S S E E .

D E A R BRETHREN: The time of the annual meeting of

the West Tennessee Baptist Conven-tion is approaching, and there is one or two thoughts which 1 wish lo suggest to you, viz: 1st. It is very important that we send up liberal contributions, (as you all know) for the work in which we are engaged cannot be accomplish-ed without means. It requires funds (o sustain our Missionaries, while tbey preach the Gospel in desiituie regions of country, for they can no more live upon the wind, than a heathen can be convened to the Christian faith with-out the Gospel, or our appetites be satisfied without fix>d.

Another thought: When you ap point delegates to ifip convention, it is important lhal you appoint such as will attend lo the duties assigned ihem, and those too, who will stay till the con-vention has dune her business, and ad-journed. It is important from several considerations, that members should not leave (as many did last year) until Ihe meeting closes. One reason why they should remain, is, that they may f)e more perfectly acquainted with the business of ihe convention, and thereby be more efficient members, both of the convention, and their respective l^burches, for the more intelligent they are, the more efficient will members be. And it is certain that much may be learned, in as intelligent a body as the West Tcanessee Baptist Conven-tion.

Brethren, 'you have these sugges-tions, be enirealed to attend to them, and when we meet in convention again, let us all remain until the meet-ing closes, unless Providence prevents.

GRIFFIN WRIGHT.

enough, to hold our congregations): likewise, for tlieir faospiialiiy, in enter-taining persons from a distance.

About twenty disconsolate mourn-ers, are left without a hope of pardon-ed sin. May the Lord bless them, and lead them to "the Lamb of Go«l, thai laketh away the sin of the world."— Brethren iu the ministry, see whal a field is here ripe for the harvest. Will you come and help us! Now that bro. Sumner is gone, we stand alone upon the mountain, for several coaniies around. In order lo meet our ap-pointments, we are compelled to leave this large number of anxious mourn-ers, perhaps, to grow careless, and l>e lost forever. Brethren, if you cam come and labor with them, will you pray ihe Lord to bless them?

Bro. Graves, permit me again to so-licit you to come up and help us; and come quickly. More anon.

Affectionately your brother in Christ-S. H. BUNDY.

For the Tennessee Baptist F E M A L E I N S T I T U T E .

BRO. GRAVES: I wish to remind your readers thai

the next session of the Nashville Fe-male Institute will commence on Mon-day, prox. the 30th of* July, in the Vestry of Dr. Howell's Church. Rev. Mr. Ripley, and the Misses Louisa and Clara Moulton, are the teachers. I am fully convinced from personal and par-ticular observation, that they have in their departments few if any superiors any where. They have already ac-quired in this city an enviable reputa-tion. They gain al once the warm af-fections of their pupils, and make study to them rather an amusement than a labor. The young ladies under their charge made during the last session, surprising advancement. Your city readers who have become acquainted with this school will not soon relinquish it for any other, and as the cholera has now entirely lefi us, it is hoped that your country patrons will send their daughters without further delay. 1 know they will all be highly plcasetl— they are obliged to be highly pleased with the Nashville Female IiisUtule.

Yiiurs &c., S E N E X .

For the Thmessee Baptist MCMINNVII.I.E, June 15,1849.

BRO. GRAVES:

1 again lake up my pen to drop you aline, relative lo our meeting. "The Lord halh done 'great things lor us, whereof we are glad." It has been three weeks now, since our meeting commenced. Notwithstanding the coldness of the church and people, (ihere having been no revival of re-ligion here for some years,) considera-ble inieresl was manifested, at the com-mencement, which has gradually in-creased up to the present lime.

We had no great excilemenl, t i s true, but the large and serious congre-gations, which have been conslatuly in attendance, evince a stale of deep and general feeling, but little less de-sirable; and perhaps more encouraging lo the faithful minister. Though the weather has been quite inclement, mos» pf the lime, yet the people have steadi-ly repaired to the church, (disregard-ing raio and loss of sleep,) night after night, forthree weeks: manifesting ail the time, an increasing interest, and ihe most profound solemnity.

During the meeting, seventeen have professed to find the Saviour precious, in the pardon of their sins. Seven have attached themselves to the uhurch—four of whom have been bur-ied wiih Christ in baptism, and several stand ready to join, and be baptized, til our nest regulaw meeting. (4th Sab-liath). For their attendance, and faith-ful labors, (as messengers of Christ,) iluring the first week of our meeting, we lender our warmest thanks, (and we migluadd those of the church and ommuaity,) to our much beloved treiliren Caies and Summar.and more buiidanlly, if possible, to bro. P. T.

lienderson, who left bis home in Ala-ama, some 75 miles, and came and ibored for us, during the whole of oox leeting. This precious bnrther, lougii blind, physically, has truly a •("ar tnorai and intellfictual vision.— lay the blessed Lord direct him, and till bless him in doing good! Brelhr en, the Lord has abundantly blessed . our labors, and given souls for your ire: your effijrts h^re have n it been in ain; but, attended by the Spirit of ibe .ord, ihey are already visible; and will, e, as "bread cast upon the waters."—

•Ve would also tender our sincere hanks to our Cumberland Brethren, )r disappointing their own meeting, nd kindly inviting us to their Church,

..vo Sabbaths, (our's nut becing large

N o l e n s v i l l e F e m a l e A c a d e m y

Th e n e x t sess ion wil l commctDce on M O N D A Y , J u l y 2 3 d . A r r a n f e m e n u a r c m a d e so t h a t a

fu l l cours"? of ins t ruct ion c a n be - i v e n ia all b n n c h i * . t a u g h t in s i m i l a r In s t i t u t ions . B o a r d c a n b e ob-ta ined in p r i v a t e f ami l i e s , for f r o m $ 2 0 0 0 to $ 3 0 0 0 p e r Sess ion .

Teacherf.—Ma. W. BIIL. MM. W. BILL.. Miss CHirx&N.

TERMS. F o r c h i l d r e n in t h e A l p h a b e t , 0 0 P r i m a r y E n g l i s h B r a n c h e s , $ 3 0 0 G r a m m a r nnd H i s i o r r . $ 1 0 0 0 B r a n c h e s no t e n u m e r a t e d , $ 1 4 0 0 M u s i c on t h e P i a n o , $ 2 0 0 0

B. T. KING, -> J H.CABMICHAEL, H. M. CLUBE, \Com'r,. w . J . HUI;HES. I JA.MES SHEGOG, J

July 20, 1849.

I I V S X B C V T I O N I N F R E N C H .

MI S S O L A R A M O U L T O N proposes to i n s t r u c t a c lass of Y o u n g L a d i e s in t h e F r e n c h L u r -

g u a - e . P a r t i c u l a r a t ten t ion wi l l be g iven to t h e p ronunc ia t ion .

T l R i H . $ 2 0 , 0 0 per sess ion of 2 2 >veeks. A p p l i c a t i o n m a y be m a d e to Mi>, Moul ton at the

r e s idence ol A a r o n W r i g h t , or t o M e s s r s G r a v e , i c S h a n k l a n d ' s , B o o k S t o n ' , Union S t r e e t .

T h o s e w h o w i s h t o f o r m a c lass a r e requester! ti» m a k e an e a r l y a p p l i c a t i o n , so t l ia t ins t ruc i iun m a y c n m i s e n e e a t t h e o p e n i n g of t h e noxt session of tlio Nashv i l l e F e m a l e In s t i t u t e , M o n d a y J u l y 30.

J u l y 19, 1 8 4 9 .

N a s b v i l l c F e m a l e I n s t l t o t e .

THK next Session will commence on Mon-day, July 30.

Arrangements are made to give instrncliun io the orilinary branches of Knglish Stuily, a a i in the Freni:h, Latin and Greek Lan-gmoges

Instruction will be m plain and omameutal Needle work, without

Instruction will be given in Drawing, and in ain and oi

extra charge, Arrangements will be made to give instruc-

tion in Music. Teachers:—REV. T . B. RIPLET,

MISS LOUISA IMOULTOX, MISS CLARA MODLTO.V.

Other Teachers will be added as the wants of the SemnM>7 may re<|aire.

The Schoot Rooim are the Vestry and ad-

paiposes tion. The location is central, and easy of ac-cess from all parts of the City, yet sufficient-ly retixeii, aaJ happily secluded from noise.

YooBg Ladies, who may wish to review some branch of study whicb they have gone ovar, or to pursue some study to which they hava not heretofore attended, can be accommo-dated. It is proposed to form a class, for the study of Grammar and the practice of Com-position; a class for the studv of the French Language; and anothei, for the study of th" Latin. Language.

A Circular, to be pnbfislied shortly, will ex-hibit in detail the various studies intended to be pursued, and the te ims of tuition, with other matters interestiiig to those who may pturpose to send their dvigbters to this Semin-a r y . T - B. R I P L E Y .

Washville, June 21, 1849. H e n r y O o c s e t t ' s S d i o o l

T T I T I L L be re-opened, Monday, 9th Ju ly . V * H e takes this occasion to present his

grateful acknowledgements t » his ^ n d s , and the comnuuiity generally, fi>r the Bberal pat ronage they have kindly bestowed a|mn him Should they coonoue to favor hlra with their support, be hopes, after the experience of one session, to merit more fully their encoarage-ment. Latin and Greek with Eiislish branch-es, $25. Latin and English,. 320. English, $rS, persessioD of five months, foU-

June 21,1849—T-w n H . G .

OR A T O R S O P T H E A M E R I C A N R E V O L U T I O N , bv R e « . E . h . Ma-

roon, (second edition.) i"or sale b y G R A V E S & S f t A f i K L A N D .

June 7 error* of

What TH E Kingdom of Chiist and- the ei Rnman'um. B v the R e r . RSchvd

ley, D . Di For salb at G R A V E S 6c S H A N . K L A N D .

May 3i 1849,

H A T I V E ' S B A S T I S T C Y C L O P A E -D I A .

IN a n a e u n r i n g U a y n e ' s B a p t i s t C y c l o p j r d i a , tlie

P u b l i s h e r b e g s leave tu s t a l e concisc ly i u cha ,^ ac te r , ia par t Duly.

1. T h e first v o l u m e srill c o m p r i s e u n d e r one a l -p l iabe t ica l a r r a n g e n i e o l , a cumpl tne universal UictioB-ary of B a p t i s t W o r t h i e s a n d B a p t i s t A u t h o r s , a n d P ^ u b a p t i s t CtMicessioiiS. of w h i c h p a n 1 is an im-p e r t e c t s p e c i m e n , on- accoun t of t h e a r b i t r a r y ar -n t n g e m e n t of t h e a r t i c l e s in t h e a lphabe t i ca l o r d e r of n d i c l i o n a r v .

2 T h e i r o i k will e m b r a c e a C o r o p e n d i o n s His to -ly of B a p t i s t s ; beg inn ing a t J e r u s a l e m o r Pe j i t i co s t , K. D . 33 . a n d continui-d in t h e o r d e r of t i m ' , Ci i ro-B o l o s i c a l l y . d o w n t o A . D . IKiO. F r o m t h e E l e v e n t h C e n t u r y t h e ex i s t ence ol Bupt iaU will be i Jen t iSed u n d e r the re ign of e a c h siivi-rfign of E n g l a n d f rom W i l l i a m tlie C u o q n e r o r lo Q<ii.,>u Vic tor ia , a n d du-r i n g t h e C o m m o n w e a l t h a n d Kevulut iun, T h e f ac t s a r e a n t h e n t i c a t e d ind i spu tab ly .

3 . T h e Gaxi«tteer is suff i r ient ly J . . s r r i b e d on i b e T i t l e p a g e . T h e a t las of c l i . r l s , t ab les and indices , a r e a lune w o r t h t h e o w t of the wluile w o r k .

Style a n d P r i c e . — I t may lie pi . -per to s t a t e , t l ia t t h e c h a r a c t e r of t h e w o r k h«s i odnc -d t h e p u b l i s h e r t o s t e r eo type t h e first ed i t ion at once , in l a rge p ica ty | i e , 8vo . p a g e s .

T h o work will w h e n coraplet inl . r i n t a i n 1200 pa-ges .

I t will be i s sued in 2 4 moa th ly p a r t s beg inn ing wi th P a r t 1; p u b l i s h e d .MJV IS19. a. id pub l i sh ing regu la r ly , one p a r t of t h e ser ies on t h e first of e a c h m o n t h unt i l t h e w h o l e sha l l be c o m p l e t e d . E a c h p a r t wi l l be nea t ly c o v e r e d w i th co lo red p a p e r c o v -e r s .

T h e whole work c i implc te in tweu ty - foo r month ly p a r u , e a c h p a r t con ta in ing not less ;l)an fu r ty . e igb t p a g e s wil l b e s e n t by moil to subsc r ibe r s for $ a , O a

T h e first t w e l v e p a r t s wil l be sen t t o subsc r ibe r s by m a i l , makin^ a v o l u m e of s ix hun(ired p a g a s Ibr $ 3 , 0 0 in a d v a n c e . A n y s ingle lusrl c a n he b a d for 2 5 c e n u .

P a t r o n s w h o h a v e snbscr ibed for ll»o w h o l e w o r k , in a d v a n c e of i u pub l i ca t ion , a r e e a p e c s e d t o pay $ 5 o a t h e rece ip t of p a i t l , o o w pub l i shed a n d sent to t h e i r a d d r e s s by ma i l .

N e w subsc r ibe r s c a n cboiyiu w h e t h e r t o pay $ j fo r t h e w h o l e w o r k , o r t 3 for a ycBsly s u b s c r i p t i o n .

N o subsc r ip t ion 'Aken fur less t h a n t h e first twe lve p a r t s , t h a t is, f o r a y e a r , ut llie r a t e of $ 3 p e r a n n u m in- a d v a n c e . P a y t n e n t s mo» be t a a d e o r r e m i t t e d , f r e e of p o s t a g e , l o SA.M. H A R T , S e n .

3 0 0 King-s t r ee t , ChEkrlertos, S . C .

N e w VuBK, ; t h M u y , 13I<>.

F r a m t h e first n u m b e r of t h e B a p t ist Cyc lopa - l i a by R e v . T h o m a s Wi l son l l a y n e a . we should j u d g e ii gave p r o m i s e of a w o r k con ta in ing m u c h l i t e r a r j a n d a n t i q u a r i a n in te l l igence h<-retolot» widely s c a t t e r ed a n d access ib le only t o one ^ t but pecu l i a r fiind-nes s for such r e sea r ch as t l i e a u t l w s evidonl ly has long c h e r i s h e d . F r o m v a r i o u s ca»»es sBoh in t e l l i gence mus t o f t e n b e f r a g m e n t a r y in i ts c h a r a c t e r . F r o m t h e j u s t a r r a n g e m e n t of i na l t e i iboa mi sce l l a r eon" and f r a g m e n t a r y , t h e a lphabe t i ca l o r d e r of a C y c l o p » d i a s e e m s bes t adap t e t i . T h a i favoun-d by d iv ine provi-d e n c e w i th con t inued bea l lh , sea l , a n d success, an.l a d e q u a t e l y sus t a ined by t h e p a t r o n a g e of ou r C h u r c h -es , M r . H a y n e s may g o fo rward disinterviBg a n d | re-se rv ing t h e m e m o r i a l s of ou r f a t h e r s w h o i a d a r k e r d a y . d id wor th i ly and suffer.-.! nobly for tho t r c t h . is t h e e a r n e s t b o n e of t h e subscriIwrs .

W I L L I A M Ii W l L L l . ^ . V I S , D . Di Pastor cf Amity-ttTecl Uaptist Vkiirck. AVir BOT*.

WILLIAM M. WYCKOFK, A. ML Corresponding Stcrfiary American FoTcigT^ Bi-

ble Socicty, New rori. I R A K. S T i r t V A l i a

Pastor Marinrrs Baptist Ck/rrak. Netc York. W e c o n c u r in t h e abeve .

B K N J A M I ! * M . H I L L . Cnrrrsponiing Seeretarj American Baptist Htmc

Missionary Srcietf, Sric Yori. E D W A E D L . % T H n O P .

Pastor Tabernacle BapHsl Ckvrv*. Meio fort. S P E N C E B H . C O N E , D C .

Pastor First Baptist Ckurek, Metn Yori.

A good c h a n c e for A g e n t s . — W a n t e d — A j e n u fiu H a y n e ' s B a p t i s t Cycl .«la-dia . in ever} S l a t e , C o u n t y . D i s t r i c t a n d T e r r i t o r y of lli® United S t a t e s , Cannda and En t f l a t ' d . A p n l i c a n t s mus t b e wri l rec i imnien-d e d . T h o s e a b l e to a d v a n c e $25, $JO, e r $ 1 0 0 , o r more , p r e f e r r e d : A d d r e s s , f r e e of |).»slaee.

S A M L ' B L l l A B T . S e n . , 3 0 0 King-s t iee t , C h a r l e s t o n , 8 . C .

S u b s c r i b a r s wlio have not r ece ived t b e r n u m b e r will p l ease cal l fo r i t .

July 19. 1S49.

H e n g s t e n b e r g ' s C h r i s t o l o g y O F T H E O L D T E S T A M E N T

AnJ a CommenUiry on the preilietioTis of'the Messiah by the Prophets.

BT E. W. HE>GSTKI»«yl».

DOCTOR of Philosnphy and Thenlogy, nnd Pnifesscir of the latter in the Univer-

sity of Berlin, translated fmiis the German, by Reuel Keith, D. D. 3 vols., price S7,50.

J U3t received and for sale, bv G R A V E S & S H ' A N K L A K D .

May 3, Arcaile Buililii>g«, Uninn St.

F i v e m o r e S o p e r i i N r P i n u o F o r t e s W . G R K E N - F l E L D lias jusi

received per sleanwr Hsirry llill, ' f ive more tine Pianos, tine with

the Dulce Campana Attacb-ment, so hi^'hly e|M)ken of in the Eastern tTities, wliich 'added lo his previous stock makes it one of the best ever ofTered in this State, and as his sttick is large and more cumiiig, grhid' bargains can be had.

A L S O , a good stock nf Giiitors, Accordi-ons, Violins, Flutes, Clarionets, ios. &c., and a good stock of Brass InsttunwoU for Bands, &c., low for cash.

May 24, 1849. W . G R E E N F I E L D .

T h e C r v s t n l F s . u u t . '

A C H O I C E collection o f T E M P E R -A N C E M U S I C , chiefly new. arningetl

in score for the use of Ch»we,--T4itvperance Meetings, and Private cirtlfes. Oshipiled and composed by Thomas Hastings, atuhor of various musical and miscenaneimy productions. Price S3 per iloz. F o r s a l e b y

G R A V E S & S H A N K L A N D : June 21. Arcade buildings. Union St

O D E R N Krenirb Literature. By- L Raym'iiid De Vericnur, formerly Lectu-

rer in the R j y a l Atheneomi Par is ; aothor of •'Milton e t l a Poesie Etiriiie;" member of the Archeological Society, ROHM; the Historical Insdtnte of France, etc.. etc.. Rftvised with notes alluding particularly to writers promi-nent in the late political events io P iHs i By William Stoughton Chase. A.

Jus t r e c e i v ^ and for sale, by G R A V E S ac S H A N K L A N D .

May 3, Arcade Bbildings. Union St . F e m a l e S d u c a U o a .

TH E undersigned res|>ectfnlly announces to those who are seeking their-tJanghteri

an education, solid and thorough as well as uraamestal, and who wish i h e s f t o -pQrsne their studies, where they can have the bene-fits of christian family influence, -asd ef b re-fining socialintercourue; that he hasestablish-ed, in the city of Washington, ;n<the retired, healthy, and beaudful locality uf.:Iodiana A-venue, a

F A M I L Y B O A R D I N G S C H O O L , with the aim of meeting their wants. His thirteen years 'experience in Philadei^dh; and his success with the large estaMiiinaeBt lhen known as the "Collegiate I n s m t e fur -Ybung Ladies," may perhaps claim from thyyublic a confidence in bis success with a £»uuSy' board-ing School, whose number is bof la limited asu r secure the twofold advantage t>f family government and of his personrf instruction of every pnpil. He will, however, tak^thd lib-erty of referring. in the W e s t and South, to Rev . Drfc Howell,in Tenn. , Malcom, in Ky. , Gen. Honstoo, in Texas , Major -Borland, io Arkansas, and Ccd. R . M. Jobn«ca,«f K y .

Circulars oontaining particnlaTS'are in the hanila of Dr . Howell, of whom ihey may be had by those wishing further information.

R . W . CUSHMAN;> A^ M.> April 19,1849.—Cm.

I l f E D I C A I s W O B K S . Eberle ' i Practice, 2 »oU; Dunglison's M e d i ^ Dictionary; Homer 's Anatismy and Histologv, 2 vols; Bell & Stoke's Practicc, 2 vols;' Meodenhall's Mcdical Students Vade Mo-

cnra; P a n n n s t ' s Wistar, 2 vols; Dnnglison on New Remedies; Gunn's Domestic Medicine — R a j m o n d s

lall on Diseases uf the Throat and Lnnirs. For sale low, by

G R A V E S i S H A N K L A N D . Ju ly 4. Arcade Buildings, Union Street. Madison Pajiera, 3 vi,l»; Hannah Mntrnj-a Com[Jete W.irks, 2 vols; Marsballs Washington, 2 vat,; Sparks do; Robertson's Charles V; Kullins Ancient History; The Spectator with sketches of the Livesof

the authors, an Index, and Explanatory Notes, in twelve volnniea;

The critical and Miscellaneons writings tif Henry Lord Brougham, to which is prefixed a sketch of his character.

The Highlands uf Ethiopia, by Majai W . C.imwallis H a r m , of the Hon. East India Company's Engineers; from the lastLandon Edition. For sale, by

July 4. G R A V E S & S H A N K L A N D . r I F E and Voyages of Ameriens Vespn-

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Poetry .

ca£ i s ITIIAN S j . . .M

SOftGS A N D R E V I V A L flOXODtES.

aHMBER 11.

I W^OIILD N O T L I V E A L W A Y S .

I woulif not Uy« j w a j : I not W m y W l e r c storm ifter aturm ris€» d . r k o e r t l i e ^

nyz The feirlariJ morainga that dawn on nshere Are enoash fqr fife's woes, full enough for i u

cheer.

I woolii not H»e d w a y thua fettered by rin— TemptktiDn withont, andcormption witlrin; E'en ihe raplurs of pardon is mingled with

fears. And the ,cap • f thankagirin- with penitent

tciirs. T would notUtb alway: no—welcome the tomb: Since Jesus lialh lain there. I dread not its

: gloom. Tberei iiweet be my rest Ull he hid me arise To hail him in trioraph descending the skies.

Wlxa, who -would Utc alway away from his ' God,

Awaji from yon heaven, that blissful abode. Where tlie rivers of pleasure Oow bright u'er

the plains. And the no-mtidtt of glory eternally reignsi

D i s c u s s i o n .

From the Rdigioas Ark. A R E P L Y T O R E V . J A S . M.

H U R T . Minister of iht Baptist Church in West

Tmnessce.

NDMBER 3 .

Wbeie the saints.of ages in harmony meet. Their Sovlour and brethren transported to

While the aniheras of rapture unceasinely roll. And ihe smile of the Lord is the feast of the

soul?

O T O R N Y E !

.4IK—"I would not Uix dicays."

O m m ye. O turn ye, fur why will ye die? When iJod in great mercy is coming so mgb; Since iesusinvites you. the Spirit says come. And angels are wailing to welcome you home.

How vain the delusion, that while you delay, Yomheansmay grow better by staying away; Come ; wretched, c m e starving, come just as

; Kou be, Whilt4»lreams of salvation are flowins so free.

Anii row Chri,l is ready your souls to re-ceive,

O how can you ijuestion, if ynu wiU beUeve! If siu is yuur bnrden, why will you not come? 'Tts vou he bids welcumc; he bids you cume

jhome.

Why will ynu be stariiiig and feeding on air? Thertl's mercy in Josu.". croiugh and to spare; If still'you are dnubting, make trial and see. And prove that his merry U lujundless aud

free.

T r i E O E A T U E N C R V I N G F O R H E l . P Hurk! what mean lbnf§c lamentations,

; Rolling pmlly through the sky? • 'Tis the cry of heathen nations—

••Come and help us, or we die!"

H ' {Tear the Ueathen's sad cimiplaining;

7 Christians! hear their dying crj'; 1 And the luveiif Chiist constraining,

Haite tu hirlp them, ere they die.

Wie are indebted for the following beautilul uui ^ini-hing lines to a gentleman of fine taste in Winshington.— iVitshinglan Union.

T H E C A L L I N G OF P H I L I P . oJside the sea of Galilee I sat. Beneath the shail.iw of a grove of Palm", Sickihearted, weary. In the Western skies The inn had sunk, yet half the lirmamcnt Sh.ine bright in drapery of bnrniahed gold, Andliiiuid crim-Hju softer than ihu flowers. That in their beauty dock the water brink. Seeming tu utter their Creators praise In silence, crt they pillowed to re|)080 Their beaateom heads upon their downy

stems. The air was calm and tranijuil on the lake. Never a ripple stirred with the breeze, Nur moved a Uiiwer upon its dnwping stem. AI! nature seemed at rest; and all the world In peace rcp.)seJ, save one. My weary mind Ached, and my bosom beat with all the world At variance. None was tliero to sympathize With my afflictian.^nor in all the world A heart that heat responsive to my own. O! there he few can tell the! depth of woe Tha^ lies in a young heart that longs to Bud Another bosom that can share its griefs, And'though in secret communion with itself. Yet looketh on the world and findeth none. Each seeks his own, nor feels his brother's -.- . cares.

Bat With bis worldly ends unhallows love; Miking it prove the mask of interest. Till the young blighted heart, its kindly

I I warmth. F'tr^er chilled, fiills back into itself— l a k e the Eolian harp, that {bndly woes The'gentle galea with music sweet as love, Bac mceta the blast that chills and nips its

i chorda.

• moaned my wounded heart in solitude, M^^ont a. friend to share and soothe its grief, Ionian tlie ground in loneliness I sank. Aji^ prayed to die.

L ! Bat then a gentle breeze F k j e d o'er my burning temples, andrefreshed My^evercd brav; and to my spirit came Ai Whisper, aafcer thou the southerd gale, l ^ W i t h strongs power to- charm u d win the PoZino uJu me. The sound was strangely

I 1- sweet . " ' " • A n i tn my heart sent hewing oa ita wings. I^T^tmi/JbUaeed JKSOS.

T o u iHBSi rather l e a v e the a r t to shake aa it sfaidl please G o d , than put unworthy hand to hold i t u p . — I ^ d JJaeon. .

arthage w a a S S utiles rouud.

Bro. Hurt says: "Under this caption I wil l itilroduce

bro. Burrow, wiili one of his iriutn-pbaals against immersion." On page 4 9 lie says : " J e s u s Christ w a s never buried, that he w a s just laid in a l i l l le house or tomb eni irely above the ground. Murk the adverb again, he is not satisf ied wi ih say ing i h a t . h e w a s not buried but takes the adverb entire-ly , and prizes up his l i l l le house and puts b locks under it, so ihat when good old P e i e r ran and looked in he hatl to tiptoe, instead of stooping down; he does not make ihis staicinent upon in-Ibrmalion derived from others, but he makes it upon his ow^n responsibility, a s if he had been eye -wi tness o f the liict. W h a t a fearful recklessness is here beirayeil ."'—Theu he says , "bro. Burrow a s s u m e s the fearful responsi-bility, to publish in a book to the world, upoti mature deliberation, that the pre-diction of J e s u s Christ w a s never ful-filed, and to stale lhal Paul 's record of ihe fulfilment of these facts is false." &c. &-C.

I have giveti a lengihy es trac i , that the readtr may see how one man will ii> some cases misreprepresent another, and then parade over a tnan of straw of his o w n making. Bro. Hurl has said the hardest things he well couM; lhat I tienied ilie burial of Christ, and accused Paul ol falsehood, and that I am reckless, &c. And he quotes page 49 of my book as he would have it as pre»of. S e e p. 55 , 50 , second e d . —

But ailmill ing for the sake o f argu-ment, lhat hyiMJihesis, of immersion-sis , suppose lhal Christ w a s buried in-

to ihe waler, and then raised up out of it, would ii tiily represent ihe f a d s as recorded in the Bible! which says , lhal lie w a s first raised upon the cross, w i i c r c h e suffered and died, and from wliicli he was l i ikeu and laid in Josepli 's I'lmb uot buried as is the custom with us in a grave or vault, covering the body with earth, but laid in a tomb hewn (lui of rock, eniirely above ihe i-iitiii. N o w wlicre is the analogy in laying a body in a little house or tomb, and in imtncr;iiig one inio and raising i toui of ilie wale i? there cannot be the least, and all tiiusl s ee the weakness of a cause resting upon such hypothesis , carrying ils o w n ipfulaiioti in iis very chamciur." 1 have given in the above iiuoiaiioii what 1 have said iu my book vcrbaliii). Atid lhal ihe reader may fully coinprchftul lhat this is ihe iden-tical p a n o f the book which bro. Hurl has pretended to give to the public as teaching my opinions; y e s he quotes from my bofik, and g ives the page and then what 1 have said, and ihcn (juotes scriplurc to di>jiiovc what I have said, (or properly what he has said for me.) T h e n he cal ls ilie atteniion of readers lo behold lhat rcckk-ss man who would kill the Bapiis is , makes statements up-on his own responsibility, hesitates not to contradict God, lo oppose the Bible and who woulil ove.'lurn the whole sys-tem of Salvaiiiin, &c. H e r e is a tri-"uinph fur y»u, leader, worthy of the champion w h o made the man s iraw, and s lew him and then sounded his own trumpet. N o w sober,candid rea-der, oil reading my book or the extract which I have g iven, and comparing it with what bro. Hut t has said for me or my book. And you wil l se« at once, that his course is strange; that ihe ex-tract is garbled, and lhal he has with my hook bclore him, misrepresented me lo all intents and purposes, and lhat there is not the first shadow of triith in what he says about my denial of ihe burial of Christ, and making s la lemet i tsof that transaction upon my own responsibility. For I have given brieHy the facUot what w a s done with ihe b<jdy of our Lord; and, this is what I have said about burial. F r o m which (cross) he w a s taken and laid in Jo -seph's tomb, not buried as in the cus-loin with usi in a grave or vault, cover-ing the body with earth, but laid in a tomb hewn out of rock, eniirely above the earth.

T h r n 1 proceci' lo draw the contrast. S e e the extract again. N o w for proof o f what I have said of Christ and the tomb, &c. 1 most devout ly appeal lo tlie H o l y Evangel i s ts ; and as to the word eniirely above; about which the critic makes such a play. No sober bandid Bible reader can suppose from what is said of Joseph's T o m and Pe-ter and others going to if, stooping d o w n to look in at the low door, liiat it w a s a grave dug in the earth or lhat it w a s all under ihe earth. And surely i t ^ o u l d noi be supposed that our Lord's body w a s c o v e r t with earth in a vault un-der the earth. And ihe substance of what I have said is not . ihai Christ w a s not buried, but lhat he w a s nrji buried in a grave and his body covered over with earth after our castora. I t may wel l be imagined lhal I w a s not a lillle surprised when I s a w bro. Hur l ' s pro-duction, and w h a t strange liberties he bad taken. But i h e o n l y w a y in which I could account for bis misrepresenta-tions was; lhal w h e n he found himsell

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unable to meet a n y question fai i ly , he rambled off", d r e w whatever picture might best suit his purpose and level his miss i le at it, as this would draw the attention o f his readers of f from the point a l i ssue and fill their e y e s with dust. T h e point at issue is this. T h e Baptists say that waler papt ism w a s des igned to represent a burial in the grave and resurrection from it, and that Christ w a s immersed to represent this, and as an e x a m p l e for us lo fo l low.— My argument is, lhat if he w a s im-mersed in water there is ev ident ly no analogy, be tween his supposed immer-sion aud the facts of the case , for «s much as he w a s not buried in a grave and covered with earth, but b i d in a tomb above the earth, with no cover-ing about his body but his winding sheet , so lo cal l it. T h e thing there-fore at which bro. H^irt s cared , is plain-ly , lhat there is no l ikeness be tween the laying o f the Saviour's body in the lotnb, not covered all over in earth, (but above it,) and that o f dipping the body into and under the water and rais-ing it out. And this he k n e w when he evaded the point, [and placed his little man oistraw upon blocks, and had P e -ter tiptoe. and quoted from the Bible , to prove lhal Christ w a s dead and un-der the power of dealh , as though I had denied his dea lh and burial in the tomb, as the word of God proves. But more of this defender of the faith.

"Bro. Burrow's strong position lo disprove immersion is, lhal the bap-tism of the H o l y Ghost l eaches the mode of water baptism; and he intro-d u c e s the 6th chapter o f R o m a n s , a s a description of the baptism o f H o l y Ghost; this is something new under the sun; to take the very thing that Christ taught N icodemas w a s incomprehen-sivc, and use l h a t a s a figure,to instruct men about a literal thine, is jus t any thing e lse than reasonable. I would like for brother Burrow to s h o w one case in the sacred writings where a spiritual thing is used as a figure of a literal thing."

Bro. Hur l has not quoted from ray book, in giving the above, nor does he g ive the page where it may be found, that I have used spiritual baptism, in m y argument to represent literal, bui he s a y s thai I have done so, and cal ls upon me with as much apparent confi-deuce as if it w a s so, lo g ive one case in the Bible where a Spiritual thing is used as a figure of a literal thing. If he had shown that I had said so or pro-ven it by any other lhan his bare asser-tion, he might wi lh becoming modesty call for the case; but this he has not done. T r u e , 1 have said that the H o -ly Ghost teaches , and teaches all things, and w e know about the mode baptism, or of the baptism of the Holy Ghost is by this teaching, whether it be by impression, action or otherwise; but ihis is w i d e l y difTerent from the case which bro. Hurl has made ou t .— It s e e m s w h e n ne meets wi lh a difficult case , he prefers one of his own ma-king, that ho may break it like a pot-ters vessel. It s eems lo be an easy mat-ter for him, either to misrepresent, dis-tort, or press my opinions out of place, present for me such as best suit his purposes.

But hi? finally lakes hold of the question on the supposition lhat wate i baptism is to represent the baptism o f the H o l y Ghost , (jiause reader, this is some ev idence from himsel f lhat he understood lhat lo be in part, at least m y opinion, that water baptism is the sign) and very soon he makes a case of it. H o w do you suppose he does it reader.' l l w a s by begging the predi-cate , the main feature in the argument. H e sa3's—"Waicr Impiism is intended lo represent ihe bripiism of the H o l y Ghost, and as ihc l>;i|i!ijm ol the Holy Ghost is the ovi-rw In lining of ihe soul in the love of God," &c.

T h e ihing which he b gs and which he made no attempt ir> p n v c knowing that he never could, is the overwhel-ming of the soul ill the Iluly Ghost; or in plain language the soul immersed or dipped into the Holy Ghost. T h i s is truly a baptist sentiment, lhal the baptism of the Holy Ghost when g iven, w a s an immersion tnto the H o l y Gbost; and although ii w a s g iven by pouring, shedding and w a s an action upon as the Bible says , itnmersionisls will have it to be an immersion, or it is no baptism for as much as the word bap-tize must mean to immerse and noth-ing e lse . T h i s dear reader is hard begging to beg for immersion, in case of the baptism of the H o l y Ghost, when God's Bible s a y s the action w a s by pou ring or shedding forth, whether it be

there would be an analogy b e t w e e n dipping in waler , and the action in spirituaf baptism. T h i s is the stone at which he s tumbled, w h e n he threw up the dust to hide m y true position from his readers, and sard I had said lhat spiritual baptism w a s des igned to represent water baptism, and m a d e his loud call for proof. A s to bro. Hurt s team Dr. case , and lhat of brother Bigham not sprinkling and bro. Bur-row not immersing, &c. 1 shall let that all remain 'among the rubbish o f lhat T e m p l e which he built. And when he gets out of materials again and wishes lo build s o m e little thing, he may perhaps be able to use them. A few remarks on the a s s u m e d posi-tion, lhat water baptism is des igned lo repiesent a burial and resurrection; be-fore c los ing this number. T h a t the zeal of immersionists have introduced this representation, is more l ikely, than lhat the H e a d of the church so inten-ded it. For John w h e n he baptized with water, immediate ly referred to i h e b a p t i s m o f the H o l y Ghost . I bap-tize with waler , but he, (Christ) shall baptize you wi lh t h e H o l y Ghost and fire. But when the Saviour instituted the Sacrament of the Supper, he said this is my body, and ihis m y blood, and this Sacrament w a s to remind ihem of his death &c.; and it w a s to re-

m i n d them of this w h e n e v e r they done it. But nothing of the kind is said of water baptism, but as has been said John referred in connection with waler baptism lo the baptism of the Spirit; anfl until immersionists can s h o w a shadow of proof for their supposed re-presentation, they can have it for their o w n use. Bro. Hurl ye t insists that I am a violent e n e m y to not only im-mersion, but to the Baptist church .— H e m a y possibly think so, but if he does , 1 am very certain he has no oth-er reason for it, lhan lhat I have lec-tured on the mode and subject of bap-tism fairly, candidly and honest ly; yet feariessly. But in all this 1 have care-fully and religiously avoided giving garbled extracts from Baptist authors conceal ing from the wor d their real opinions, or unchrislianizing those w h o might happen to difTer wi lh me in bare modes and forms, and haying at no t ime unkindly and uncharitably said lhat they k n e w their duty but w o u l d not do it—tlial they practised contrary to their faith. But if a pedo-baptist dares to defentl his failh and practice: this is crimc enough to subject him to the charge o f enemy; reckless man; de-stroyer; murderer; contractor of Christ, and in a wojd , lhat he is engaged in a crusade against Iteaven and earth, and would, if he could, overthrow the whole plan of salvation. N o w m y great crime w a s that 1 spoke out, and defended what I thought to be truth, and in doing this I made s o m e allusions to such as would translate the Bible for the pur-pose of sustaining a mode, and lo such as would deny the baptism of the H o l y Ghost in the same struggle, whether they might be communi t i e s or individ-uals. But w h o are the people that have talked ihe longest and loudest and brought in more or less about waler baptism in almost every discourse and w h o ate ready when a pedo-baptist speaks out in a newspaper , pamphlet or book, on the mode or subject of bap-tism, to c o m m e n c e a war.' R e a d e r I leave you 10 judge .

the H o l y Ghost , and the fatal result to T h e n c o m e s 5ih v e i s e pedo-baptist principles is, lhat this be- \ the A|)OStle'8 meaning, ing the c a s e , if wa ler baptism is de- ' -

lo cxpls

into, or upon men. With the Bible beli>re me for my

directory I a m compel led lo bel ieve.

For the Tennessee Baptist. S E L F D E F E N C E ,

NUMBEB 3 .

NEW SERIES. R E P L Y T O R E V . R. B U R R O W ' S

N U M B E R ' S , 171 justification of his Charges against the Missionary Bap tist Church, as stated in his Book and Articles. In relation to the burial of Christ,

he says , lhat I misrepresented him dreadful ly , Oh! I a m a guilty wretch in this afiair, lo be sure.

Wel l what is the mischief? W h y he never did say lhat Christ w a s not buried, he just said that Christ w a s j laced in a little house ,or tomb entire-y above the ground!!! T h i s is too ri-

diculous to talk about. Mind the Sa-viour said as Jonas laid in the wha le s belly three d a y s and nights, jo—so should the son of man lie three d a y s and nights in the heart of the ear th .— N o w if Christ w a s eni irely above the earth, J o n a s w a s entirely ab-jve the whale .

T h e parson insists, lhat the baptism o f the H o l y Ghost teaches with infalli-ble certainly the act to be performed in water baptism. T h i s is a total mis-take; the Saviour does most posit ively leacli in his conversation wi thNichode-

ihat when Christ baptized with the mus, that that very thing is incompre-H o l y Ghost, a s w a s loretold, lhal the hensible, ^nd would be taken for an in-action in lhat baptism w a s pouring.— comprehensibie thing to teach what And therefore I .have said in m y book, water baptism is. lhat as the master administered the T i e H o l y Ghost is the omnipresent true; the great essential baptism by God. N o locomotion here no change pouring, w e ought to administer the of place. W e f tequenl ly read of God outward sign o f it, water baptism in the s a m e mode . A n d I have moreo-ver said that his do ings together wi lh the H o l y Ghost are in the point, and to be our b e s t gu ide as in the proper mode; and I have bel ieved lhat if Bro. Hurt could prove that the baptism o f the H o l y Ghost w a s by immersion, he would be ready enough to admit the water bapt ism w a s iutended lo repre-sent ii; but as ha cannol d o ibis he s ee s

coming and going, and as many per-sons bel ieve there is an universal up and d o w n ; however , presented as the abode o f the D i v i n e being, and con-sequent ly spiritual blessings are repre-sented as coming d o w n . T h i s is the character of the represenlation about ihe operation o f the H o l y Ghost on the D a y o f PentecDSl; but w e know, and Parson B. is bound to admit , that there is tio change of p laces on the part of

s igned to represent ihe pouring out of the H o l y Ghost . H e r e is a type with-oiit an anti- type. S o a w a y goes the foundation of sprinkling or pouring for baptism.

I a m amused at the grave and pro-found criticism of pedo-baptists . T h e y s e e m to think lhal it is dangerous the-ology to leach that the comforter filled the room on the D a y of Pentecos t , it w a s the round, tlve sound lhat filled the room; did not the comforter fill the room, the world and the universe?

T h « parson complains indirectly, lhat I a m thus the aggressor in ihis controversy. I join issue w i l h him on this subject, and w e wi l l submit this matter lo ihe reader.

H e r e I will insert his l a n g u a g e . — H i s book, preface, page lOih Old Edi -tion.

" B u t v i e w i n g as w e did, that not only waler; but a certain mode of ap-plication w a s being proclaimed throughout the region ol Jordan, and along the banks of a thousand streams as essential to salvation, and wilh as much Enthus iasm as ever old Jno. T e l -zel talked of the virtue of Roman in-dulgences; w e thought that s i lence could no longer be a virtue with the ministers of J e s u s Christ, &cf."

N o w reader, here are the charges, and Parson B. c a m e out in the debate al McLemoresv i l l e , and said that he in-tended this charge for the Missionary Baptist Church. Mark the language; the thing lhal m a d e him write his book w a s " a certain mode of application of waler , w a s being P R O C L A I M E D " by the Missionary Baptist Church, as essential lo salvation. Mind he does not charge us with holding C a m p -belli ie doctrines in d isguise , but he charges us as a denomio^tion with preaching and proclaiming this doc-trine. N o w parson B. , you know lhal this charge is false, and I n o w de-mand of you lo produce the standard works of the Missionary Baptist church to substantiate this charge, or sink un-deri ls weight .

N o w unfortunately for you sir, the multitude know what w e preach, and they do know that this charge is gross-ly untrue.

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clopaediaof Rel. K n o w l e d g e . S e e our Standard Writers . H e a r our Ministry. S e e our manner of receiving m e m -

bers. Parson B. in hia attempt to prove

lhat his charge against the Baptist Church, is true during our d e b a t e . — Read what he said w a s some extracts from the writ ings of Jones of Eng-land (Baptist Historian,) in approba-tion of s o m e of the numbers of the Harbinger, and made a tremendous ado about it. Jones ; he said, w a s a C a m p -bellite, and a certain brilliant writir since that s lated, that lhat case w a s establ ished by irrejragibleproof. W e l l let us see how this matter s tands .— Look ailihe Millennial Harbinger, n e w series. No; XI . Vol. 1st., Bethany Va. , Nov. 1S37, page 494 . Letters to E n g -lanil No. V .

Mr. Campbel l complains of J o n e s for having published him to the people of England , as having def.arted from the failh; and Campbel l quotes from J o n e s as fol lows:

"Mr. Campbe l l has departed from the form of sound words , the failh once del ivered lo the saints; these are first, "ihe corruption of human nature, or lhe innate natural depravity of mankind. 2d . T h e necessity of divine inQuencc

'lo g ive the Gospe l ils saving effect in regeneration and sanciification. 3d. H i s maintaining the doctrine of baptis-mal regeneiation and the actual wash-ing a w a y of sins by immersion," S o much for the brag cause .

A s the parson has charged me with overlooking some of the facts in Ro. G, I wil l notice it critically.

H e is dreadful ly perplexed with the Apost l e s Doctrine, and starts out by saying , that it is not certain lhat this connect ion refers to water baptism, and directly he is very certain that it does not; and w h a t has convinced him that it does not? W h y the stubborn fact, that if it does refer lo water baptism, he has not a particle of ground on which lo stand in the argument. And Twil l show that the Apost le ' s language did refer to nothing e lse but water bap-tism.

" K n o w y e not lhat so many of us as w e r e baptized into J e s u s Christ , were baptized into his d e a l h . " — R o m . 6: 3 ."

4ih. "Therefore , w e are buried with him by baptism into death, that like as Christ w a s raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father , even so w e alsojshould walk in n e w n e s s of l ife."

5 ih . "For if w e have been planted together in the l ikeness of his dealh w e shall be also iu the l ikeness of his res-urrection."

6th. " K n o w i n g this, t h a t o u r o l d man is crucif ied with him that ihe body of sin might be destroj'ed, that henceforth w e shouldnot serve sin.''

I s i . Bapt ized into J e s u s Christ and his dealh .

2d . Bur ied with Christ by baptism into death.

3d . T h e reason ass igned th it w e should walk in n e w e s s o f litb.

I That the disc iples were buried or I [ilantcd together with Christ . There • can be no mistake about this. T h e y I couid not be buried wi th Christ wi ih-

buried. T h e n make

and promised conformity lo its laws." I.et m e call the readers special at-

tention to the language of anoihct Pres-bijtirinn.

Thns . Chalmers, a learned Dr. of

Divinity , prof, of Theology in Ihe Uni-out Christ w a s buried. 1 hen make versiiy of Edinburg, and Correspon-this burial what y o u m a y , Chri.ct had ding membor of the Roya l Institute of

I been the subject of it. and look wel l lo France, Lecturer un Rom. 6 : 3 , to 7 . — this fact, that be ihis thing what it m a y , " TAc mginal meaning of the word bap-

I it is a figure. tism is Immersion, and though we ' 6 V. For if w e have been planted to- regard it as a point of indifferency I geiher in the liieness of his dealh, &c. whether the ordinance be performed in i H e r e is the figure, the similar. ibis w a y or by sprinkling, yet w e

T h e crucifixion is then presented doubt not, that the prevalent style of most beautiful ly , making the perfect administration in the Apost les days , finish of the figure, showing that it w a s w a s by an actual submergeing of the necessary that the man should d ie be- whole body under water." " W e ad-fore he w a s buried. N o w if you make vert to this for the purpose of throwing this burial regeneration, you must of light on the analogy that is instituted necess i ty have Christ regenerated, for in these verses, J e s u s Christ by death as stated above Christ w a s buried in underwentthis sort o f baptism even im-the transaction, so you see the case is mersion under ihe surface of the ground clearly against you parson, for it can whence he soon emerged again by his refer to nothing but water bapt i sm.— resurrection. T h e language wil l not bare your con- j W h y Parson B. , this is strange talk struction. T h e scripture should read i for a Presbyterian D . D . thus, to suit the Pedo-baptists . W e | N o w let us hear John Calvin, the are buried noi w i l h him; but into him Father of Presbyie i ianism; see E n c y c . by baptism; and again, if w e have been Religious K n o w l e d g e , art. Des ign of planted not in the hkeness of his death; Baptism. " T h e very word baptize but into his dea lh supposed this con- signifies to immerse, mul it is certain, that neciion refers lo what parson B . cal ls immersion w a s the practice of the an-spiritual baptism. T h e n spiritual bap- c ient church." l ism is a burial, and as he s a y s water But this is no admission i n favor of baptism is des igned to represent this immersion. Parson!!! spiritual baptism. I ask you reader, I Next , let us hear Martin, s e e E n c y c . which more filly represents a burial, o f Rehgious K n o w l e d g e , subject, mode sprinkling a f e w drops of Water on the q/" 6nj)ttjjn: "On this account I could face, or covering the subject in the i wish , that such as are to be baptized, water. W h y verily, there is not e v e n should be complete ly immersed into the show of an argument on the P e d o - ^ water, according to the meaning of the baptist s ide of this-question; for accor- word, the signification of the ordinance; ding to parson B's theory, water bap- not because I think it necessary, but tism and spiritual baptism should because it would be beautiful to have agree. T h e n let this connection refer a full sign, as also without dovht, il w a s cither to spiritual or water baptism instituted by Christ." H i s works, vol. and w e are equal ly bound lo bury 2d, page 76. those w h o m w e baptize. | Now let us hear the Father of Meth-

But the parson thinks Pau l ' s case odism, Mr. John W e s l e y , on 6ih Ro-conclus ive . H e says lhat he w a s bap- mans- "Buried with him, alluding to tized in a house standing on his feel , the ancient manner of baptizing by im-because it is said he arose and w a s mersion." baptized. Paul in his letter to the Ro- | A n d I could go on lo add scores of mans inc ludes himself , and tells us that names , the most illuslriotrs in the pedo-he w a s buried. N o w suppose w e baptist rants , with similar admissions; adopt the parsons mode of interpreta- , but I conc lude , that if this is not en-lion, what wil l be the result. jough, neither would the reader be per-

T h e prophet remarks, in relation to suaded though w e rose from the dead the destruction o f Jerusa lem by the to testify. Chaldeans , J e r e m i a h 37 , 10 v. For T h e n I ask you reader, what be-though y e had smitten the whole army ' c o m e s o f Parson Burrow's statement of the Chaldeans , that fight against ; about Pedobaptist admissions, you , and there remained but wounded { I could quote Mosheim and oihers,io m e n among them; ye t should they rise show the practice of the church. But up every man in his tent and burn this enough, enough, city w i l h fire." j Close o f mode .

N o w adopt the parsons mode o f con- . e struction, and every man burns the city in his o w n lent. W h a t is such an argument as the when it leads to such elusions as this?

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N o w reader, let me say lo you in f fhot th#» rrnnslnlinn whirh " ai^ne me jige-conclusion, that the translation which . „ , . . ^ .

'. J u .• . I r . ' T ^ H E b e s t method for the prevention and w e h a v e is a p e d o - b a p t i s t w o r k o f | 1 cure of disease, is to c l e a n s the body and s o m e 4 5 or 7 — o f the most learned , purify the blood, men that the world ever had. I Wri

T h i s translation informs us that John w a s baptizing in Jordan—lhat our S a -

plized in J o n l a n — t h a t Eunuch both went d o w n

into "the water, and, that Phi l ip bap-tized the Eunuch in the water.

It is entirely loo late for pedo-bap-tists to begin to cavi l about the trans-lation espec ia l ly such men as parson B. w h o knows nothing about the origi-nal language, and now c o m e s the trou-ble, parson, the substance of your re-marks is, lhat pedo-baptists have ad-mitted nothing in favour of immer-sion; let them here speak for them-selves . A s parson B. accuses me of misrepresenting the living, and slan-dering ihe il lusiious d e a d , and has much to say about A d a m Clarke .— Let us c o m m e n c e with him, (Clarke.)

S e e his comment on 1st Cor. 15 -29 he refers to the 6lh Ch. of Rom.

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culiar cases. I observe them to operate in the doctrine St . Paul pointedly pteaches ." " R o m . 6-3 . K n o w y e not lhal so many of us as were baptized into J e s u s Christ w e r e baptized into his death; therefore w e are buried wi lh him by baptism into death, lhat like as Christ w a s raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, e v e n so w e shall walk in n e w n e s s of life; for if w e l i a v e been planted together in the l ikeness of his death" w e shall be in the l ikeness of his resurrection again. "But as they received baptism an e m b l e m of death in voluntarily going under the wa-ter, so they received it as an e m b l e m o f the resurrection unto eternal life in coming up out of the water. T h u s they are baptized for the dead in per feci failh of the resurrection.

Hear this s a m e A d a m Clarke, w h o never said anything in favor of immer-sion, as the parson would have us think.

Col. 2 -12 . "Buried wilh him in ba|)-l i sm " '.'Alluding to the immets ion practiced in the c a s e of aduh.=; where-in the parson appeared lo be buried under the water, as Christ w a s burit-d in the heart of the earth"—look al it par-son, in the iuuirt of the earth!!

H e a r Dr . Gregr)ry's (PnsbyUrian.) Church His tory , page 34. " T h e ini-tiatory o f baptism w a s usually by im-mersing the whole boily in the ba uis-mal font, and in the i-:irher periods ol Christ ianity w a s pcri i i i t ic i l Iu al l w lu i a c k n o w l e d g e d the truth of the Gospe l ,

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T h e P u l p i t .

O N L Y O N E R E F D ( There is only one refuge i

terrors o f judgmeni—Chris t , ! ihe last resource under the f inward distress, and found to as the only lenable point, w h o presents us lo the J udge o f our sins, w e ntily bear ib genl le music of peace. T t are azure over us; light an«] iar w e breathe. T h e ihun tnrrify us no longer; nor does cease lo flow in our veins passing funeral reminds us o l ness of" our own r-xit from ll T h a t which so often lay, likl and oppressive incubus, o n j e r e n in our happiest hourfl OS, for it was nothing else bul iral consciousness of our I standing with Gotl, and tb | dangers to which it exposedT

Whoever , tharefore, wish! his soul, let him flee to Chi Zoar, our Pel la , lies w h c r c [ is exhibited. Embrace tl the aliai on Calvary, and yd Around this ci iy of refuge « command, "Hitherto Bhalt llf but no further," set bountis hostile power. "One thing i i L o n g for, and entreat till \ it; and what is that? " H e j earth, let hini hear;" il souj following line:—

Sprinkle the threshold of my Thou Prince of Pcai:e,wiUi th|

And bid each Etain of sin dep Wash'd out by tiial all-clea

Whatever else may dark rema Let me thy cross in glory se

And teach me what those woril •Tis finished, Cnrist hath died 1

Then boldly I pnrsue my way; My soul the curse no longer I

I seek no other guiding ray, Than that which flom thy

'Tis Uiere lhal wrath was luni | There mercy gained the Til

Redemption for our fallen race I Was purchased^on Mount'

[En

T H O U G H T S ON BAI "Our Bapiist brethren

insist upon the necessity oil ried with t hrisi in Bajjtisin. to all persons who have bei by sprinkling, "you have nn ried wilh Chiist in baptistr whol ly immersed in w:iter, I v in f ly appointed ordinat icy

Now, if w e would liternHj thing, w e must make som^ ihe earth, put the thing lo into thai cavity , and coveri do a dead body in the corpse dropped into the cicl main there, and not lo again, is said lo be iji but if you plunge a body dead , into a pool or runninJ waler , atid take il immej again, it is not buried.

A washrr-woman imtncj in a mil of water; but shs the appare lo f the family—' 6!iy she had done, providi