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"ONE THING IS NEEDFUL:" "ONE THING HAVE 'I DESIRED OP THE LORD:" "THIS ONE THINE VI DO. " `. 'WHOLVN
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t. • ~ e care is unknown and angut,
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're tokens of endless, boundless 1,
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rots our Heavenly Parent true;
btastes of the joys which in heaven.',e.
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WV writers :;persist in._ denyi.
,eth tlenses r' of . -Piedinont Me
c: ,t, ...., ly And - what excuse do theYs.,
en 'diatins' the solemn "professions
C 'practice, so often uttered- by.
•,.. itel :witnesses of Abe, truth ? . ;Simply,
p rar during the twelfth century there , b,
s ei in ; the Southof Trance:talsmall-Siee
nu, :Petr'obrussians, who refusedjharitism
t lents , on the , ground that sthey - were int
oil bits. of:: salvation:: ,-,These ' , people .were, ts
in great extent, confoundedswiththe Vaud°.
-or Waldenses, :because they .-had frequent
1, •• intercourse, and ::made dooms:ton - pause ,with-,.
them against , , the ? Papists,. s - Soons after the t
• death, of their; founder, s Peter de -Bruis, 1.,
they „dwindled , away • and,risecame extinct.
And:here let it ..be, .noted. that this,.is the
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epistle.”. Again, I in;.
: thirds•oliapter ir•-•4‘; Now
a _ r brethren; iri ! the - ,name:
. i 1 I - , :Christ; i that , ye • withdraw
et 1 -:- every ibrother othatiwalkath.
.mot infter the, Itadition mhic.
t• ):tof uselss-4.slis:,;-_: .. - .a Qili:.:-.*„...1.1i:
If, therefore, the 'primitive Ch.
ceived - a tradition :or order -• fitm
6 ... .F. .4, , 0. Apostles to' baptize infants s theywei
M. I ',er to hold , it ~fist and: obey it E .Orige
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' • . every- opportunity to_ know..whether- sue
Pc - order had been received from the Apost.
e ,-He was decended 'frame .Christian anoesti,
;- ~d reaching'back to the Apostolic age. - His
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I 3 : . • , pedigree has been . transmittedsto uns , by n ,
, Is, - singular :providence. ',Porphyry, .a , bitter,. ,1,.
.z.--,i. - enemy . to:„. OhristianitY,. , represented;: 'the' the
. .., - -Christians as a 'degraded people.; destitute* tures,
' .. C . salt science;::' But not being able to. , conceal -nature.
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. ~ oh . '-the splendid hteraryattaitimenta -of sOrigen, mature,,-
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a, at he pretended that he was firsts -heathen„ ;
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order -to cenfute -this. falsehood, Ensebius, slfsany.,man ;
. . the historien, - Setsforthide Christian descent._
to. him—he ~ L.
It seems that hie father suffered martyrkom s . againsend,borns
• and that `has 'grandfather' and 'great-grand John iii :. 14-41.
lather'
. were 'bra' •Chibitiens. - The latter 1.. s Foui.th', t,Herfis
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mils Chive livid in the- timeia .r of the Apos- work—begat linstis r , ,
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ties,"and might~ 'have' heard them- preach. again; he,-the -Agent,
'Stich is the man who= testifies , •• that' the Ghost is the ,Agent: .
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10 'Church; "the •Churob; , gave baptism to ,renewing., of the_ : t HOY: -A.
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1 p ' infants, and- had'lreceived'an order from : the Agent. Tit iii : 4_7,
. Y Apostles tothat effect - , What now beConies - Fifth And 'here, ten, ifs
at
of the assertion '',"; that infantripeptismis one 'the;Word'•of truth`; the - Gospe,
sk- , t 'of -the abominations Hof , Popery,4which was , , -viill.• begat ite; me/dais , the 'swo.
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0• , ' stivesages ?". i -Thettestimony-of,Origerneonts but of incorruptible,,,,lythe Wordy
pletely settles the , historicalsquestion, and ,which livethiind
.alsideth ,forever,- .
leaves noreasonable doubt , but that.infant 18 ', I'. pet. t :'o; 3.' , • ' ,
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oat', - baptism 'prevailed - =ins the. ;Apostolic, times: ' '-iSith."`Alid there is else , the end=
1 - •' - . . - • I•s•,N - . D. -,:‘ object,or desigtH-that God..Maybeglorih,
1, , • - s.sss.- - • '. . . . - that:we *mid be askind,pf ftrit,frnits of h
Pconsecrated=
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creatures, ;that .we might . be eonseerged to
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is his service, .airk live to .his glory;as the first
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'sm. . ' finlike of thelier - yesf 'among-the 'ffetiif were, s •
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THE VAUDOIS Oh WALDENSES. - , .. - ' 'deleted telltini.' l Of , ins redeemed, be; says, .- 1
, .; . This people. ave , I formed, for -myself , ; „they .
l. The WALDENSES,. ;OT :Vaudois, of • ' '
' dmont, are famed as - witnesses for, the . shall ssliew. forth .rny,, misc.-t r ip.. xliii : 2r.'; 'fig?
h in those ages of darkness, when true . This is the chief . .end of -man, .kii,nglor a ify;
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ion seemed • almost extinct. Secluded Odd; and enjii - hirti•for'ever."Shnit. - 0 t .
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.en lonely valleys from the rest of the , DIY DEAR FRIEND t--There„ is: no book Ques. 1. Let this be the end'of your
d, they seemed to, have preserved the _ln, !asp.
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's licity and purity of the Apostolic times; .We cshouldt: study, t- witliseare,,, and, give xi:, - and: : . Hyrun -
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. ' n all elsewhere were , inundated; with ~ gookheed to its leaehings„ „Some ,very iii- .''
. . . ' - Y. dredstinsustilids.
„ . That they refusini to- yields obe- , teresting, and. important, .lessons are taught' ~ tions:ivilthelinci
. cc to Rome, and were on this- account; us in,the. vemes; cenpectekwith,thepassige ' `, state. a labor] eits
cruelly and , brutally ' persecuted, is • quotekaboves and. among,,thern are ,thesie: ,ri V Times hass been!iiirs,
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sto all the world. It is equally notorious . First. God is not the author of sin Let - -finteferotiee to our C
al • 7 hey maintained infant baptism; Sir no man ; say , when ..he., is _tempted, I am : i detinintitin thelNerthei
k ft , , ,, : ,,! U Morland, who visited them in 1657,, tempted of GO ;, for God cannot be tempted - f.),'Theilforegeling',-Staltint,
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,: , puistment of the; ritish. Government,. with .evil neither, tempteth he any man • and suggestiVe.Gs'Oneithii.
. piled then history from books and but every mania tempted, when he is drawnlnnt, namelYitlintlifotWithsti,
.t,. : . ors pts which had. escaped the flames away of his own lust, and enticed—James'•of war land *Migration; theme,
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- ,t , e imiuisition. From one .of their most --- i : 13-18. The Wording; "means a vehe
„:s,,s, , . ~. creases in this country. Thisr,
• s ,, slept Uonletsiuns, furnished by this an- merit, inclination;” and there le in men.
. --leentriattivithitFiaifice': - 1, I“believt.
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. we take the fellowin , extrag : ' a natural inclination, or proclivity to 'sin, a bariseefrens the%l-SUperior , ptieritkSt.
I 1" We have but two sacramental; signs left, heart that ii'WiCked; and thiS heartS Or ; , andlfroni the mare thormighlietrole.
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by Jesus Christ: the one is' Baptism ; lust, istheir'own God 'is not responsible
s - :stthelfairtily , institutien) , • , •,, .',*!!"'
e other is the Eucharist, whiCh we're- for it, every man `is ''drawn aWay-Of -his.
~.-'• -A foreigns-&istreititinVwhetknoWel.
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ire to show that our perseverance in theown lust-'-his own. depraved heart. ' -„", ; . - , ; •weirstoldsinsti, l 4l feW ditya! - SgoS - - , that. 'i aIL
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ith is such as we promised when we :were , ... - . . • 'Second. Hence, we are here taught, that, . The,,EnussiA:N•DIPEICULTY WITH ISWIT- riedT , Freitelinittif ednaideisl;tlidt-two'ilhildr,
a plized, being little children; and more About one hundred .and ' fifty years after we have natures 'that are ;depraved,"•`and that ziniitinhai not yet, been arranged. ' The- s•rire‘inifficientVii - ' third/a eidaniity,.:ittid that,!
; vex, in remembrance of that great benefit the-Apostles, there assembled.at --Carthage a actual transgressionis but the acting out of King= has' poliitifely•lefneed'te'retieuffee tie • froniithe , leaf lof-r# 440 qiiiiily; therets
iven to us by Jesus 'Christ, when he died Council of sixty: six bishops,- or pastors, over the depravity of our natures, everyman is claim to thelitlreTtipee of Neufchatels sjeften -11 ,, Virtitat teparation ,, ofeliiiiibend and''.
or our redemption, and washed- us with his which-. resided the martyr Cypriam , Fidus, tempted when he is .drawn away of•lis own and iiic:thiiittieuilni''UnlYebacked by his • wife,` which leads torthetinosti , denieralizing: -. t .
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.rc eious blood."—Page 39. • a country:. pastor, proposed 'ld it a..query r -lust his - own evil hearttand wicked inelinii-•- litsithers - itheisPritideWr"Pruasiss , and . the •enifiSequebeeti..:lf`Besides, ll:PParts!ztliere =are ; ,
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. John Paul Perrin, a descendant of these namely i . Whether an, infant might be bap- tion—and enticed, or :led astray" -,.' Then, ,Court-partyssbutsbYsAnstria add Russia. ili, , lmiltiiu - do nfsblielielord,i Wheofiniain so, oral..
. euple, wrote a very full account of their tired, before it.. was eight : days. old ?, The -whew lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth He also demands a round sum—two millions , frequenting cafes, ,tatuviplaces•Het i 0 worse m g,
ectiine and Order. - It seems that their question,Jet it. e noticed, was not,,whether sin,actual transgression ;, and.sin., , ,when, it trance—it is said, AS alliudemeity i tor less‘.9f . cheingeri: ,, lt in to "tbit'fdated, , indeed;
'''''`' .. with' denying j infants ought to be baptized; for that was •is finished, bringeth forth , .death.—Jae 'i ' •partof therevettue'ef lila domains ;England ' home life friltvitivifeeoitifOrtd but its ; a wimi
ttit , , forgive
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he ----, . Lut. whether it was neees-1 14, 15. .So he, the writer, , James, adds, and . France are on the of Switzerland: , --lialleWitiginfitienties , and , liveet eliantles;sis
0 ' - -*I- 0, the 16th verse • Do, not : err, ,my beloved, The latter is-,-indisposed, to recognize 'the lsutj.feebly deseeleped inFranoe.''l Doubtless no w ; /11144 "' .-
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. - .1,-. ssnth : .do not err; '" alleged." . rights Of ....Pruesia—she- will ...there i are tikiiy... , hapiii'ekeeptionti; 'het, -'RiOnolit of `A,
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- ..., , ,orni atones y o insurgent. sw a , with .. popery so preves , , , .. ,
. • ... .4 despotism , [v.
, - - ...situ- lent, society, in many placesOislalniost in - a - : ~,, - . . 1
- - yonstitutional fsnst
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VID MCKINNEY, Editor and Proprietor.
-IN ADVANCE.
Original `tarp .
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The Flowers.
DY J. Q. A. SULLIVAN,
come the flowers ? What are the flowers ?
at is their mission here?
,ome from the bright, gay Eden above,'
re they ever, ever bloom;
care is unknown nod anguish unfelt,
earl of time, death and the tomb.
,m tokens of endless, boundless love,
im our heavenly Parent true ;
,astes of the joys which in heaven :erist,
d charms for the hopeless, too.
cheer the heart, and they lift the soul
nobler birth on high,
God in his glory loth live and reign,
lug of the upper sky.
attune the voice to sing his praise,
the blessings he hath given,
turnbly ask his pardoning grace,
a blissful home in heaven.
rt, Pa., 1857.
r tho Ptoobyterlan panner and Advocate.
Infant Baptism.•—No.l.
now invite the attention of the
to a point of
. difference, by fax tha
iortant of any, between the Bap-,
reu and ourselves. We insist that,
adult believers, but their infant
also, have a right to baptism.
,n the contrary, contend that, none
ieving adults are entitled to 'that,
ice. >
ze brethren display, on "all' occasions,
st bitter hostility to What they call
sprinkling, and assail.it with an oh
which we may as well consider at
6set. They cry out that infant bap
s one of the abominations of Popery,
was unknown in the Church during;
-Unitive ages. '
HISTORY OF INFANT BAPTISM. y
t if indeed it owes its origin to Popery,
we may expect' to find 'Same, at least,
e early Christian. seets:wbo escaped
uthority and influence, of .Rome, quite
from so serious an: innovation. taut
unfortunately for the Baptist% the
are all against them. 'Of all lose
ian communities which were' never
the influence of Rome, bit always
led against her, ther.O is not; one
does not maintain the baptism of in-
There is, for, example; ,
The GREEK CITURCHti which , nearly
sin numbers that of . Rome. it never
)41 in the least to the Papal , power, but
ed it from the beginning. They area
authority with the Baptistd,, because,
practice inn:herein. Bat it is noto-,
that they also practice infant haptiim.
The ARMENIAN CIIIIRCU is another
ie ancient sects which never had any.
:ion with Rome. They separated
he Greek Church at an early period,
, em to have remained faithful to their
ligion and worship. They are at' this
stinguished among the Oriental Chris
"or superior intelligence and purity of
They practice the baptism of in
lipping thrice and,sprinkling thrice.
The NESTORIANS, or more properly
HALDEANS, of Persia,:are another
of the Greek Church, detached from
ent stock at an early period. They
the use of pictures and images in
;hurches, and in some other reapects
conformed to the simplicity of .t4e
toile age, They baptize children.
The SYRIAN CHRISTIANS, Or, as they
themselves, the Christians of St.
as, reside on the coast of Malabar,
the Southern extremity of India.
sprang from the Gentile Ghuich of
ch, in Syria, and take their name fiVIII
ostle Thomas. They are named in
as far back as A. D. 356; and were,
time, of considerable standing.
heir isolated situation, they retain
rougly the features of their descent
he eqtrlitst Christian communities
aptize their children, and, by affusion.
The ABYSSINIAN CIIIIRCH is a branch
• Egyptian, or Coptic, with which it
etains some communication. In the
entury, powerful efforts were made by
opo to subject them to his authority,
itbout success. They practice infant
THE VAUDOIS OR WALDENSES.
The WALDENsES, ; or Vaudois, al
nont, are famed as witnesses for, the
in those ages of darkness, when true
on seemed almost extinct. Secluded
air lonely valleys from the rest of the
I, they seemed to. have preserved the'
licity utd purity of the Apostolic times;
i all elsewhere were inundated] with
That they refused to yield -, °ba
c() to B.ome, and were on this account,
t cruelly and brutally persecuted, is
'u to all the world. It is equally notorious
hey maintained infant baptism; Sir
el Morland, who visited them in 1657,,
, p , dutment of the . ritish Government,
Riled their history from books and
cripis which had escaped the flames
t e inquisition. From one of their most
'lent Uonfetsions, furnished by this nu
m, we take the following , extract :
46 We have but two sacramental signs left
by Jesus Christ : the one iii Baptism;
a other is the Eucharist, which we re
ive to show that our perseverance in the
ith is such as we promised whew, we were
pared, being little children; and more
r er, in remembrance of that great benefit
ven to us by Jesus 'Christ, when he died
, r our redemption, and Stashed us with his
't cious blood."—Page 39.
John Paul Perrin, a descendant of these
role, wrote a very full account of their
ctrine and Order: It seems that their
Ithics had cbarged them with.. denying
baptism of infants, to which their his-
Irian thus replies:
" The fourth calumnie was 'touching bap
tame; which it is said, they [the Wei
deuses,] denied to little infants; '.but from
this imputation they quit themselves as fol
ioweth :—The time and place of those that
are to be baptized is not ordained • buftbe'
eharitie and edification of the church "and`
congregation Must serve for a rule theiein,
&c. ; and,: therefore, they to ihoja2 the
children were nearest allied, brought flair
infants to be ;baptized, as .their parents; -or .
any other whom God had made charitable
in that kind."—Book 1., eh. IV. p. 15.
Again
"King'Lewis XTI., having been in
formed by the enemies of the Waldenses,
dwelling in Provence, of many grievous
crimes which were imposed upon them, sent
to make inquisition in those places, the
Lord Adaue Fumee, Meister of Requests,
and a• doctor of Sorban; called' Payne, who
was his confessor. They visited all ;par
ishes and • temples, 'and found neither,
'images, nor so much as the least •thow of
any
ceremonies
'belonging to masses
and ceremonies of the Church of Rome
much lose any such crimes air '-were imposed:,
'upon them; but rather that they:kept their
Sabbathei•duely, causing their childreu to
I lie bapiipici according - to the- order of the
primitive dhurch,.teaehing them the. arti
cles of the Christian faith,. and the com
mandments of--'-God."—Perrin; Book L,
ch. VI., pp: 30, 31.. •
I am sorry to retiniik that'Mr.
,"ones,' a •Baptist,' in' his " History #of the
Waldenpes," quoting avowedlytfrom•Terrin
and Other authorities( cardfully siwpressei
every. sentence which would .J.show those
people to ,, havwbeen LPedobeptists.: , A.more
glaring; falsification of historp has hardly
ever been committed outside of •the , "Papal
Church !
THE 'PETROBAUSSTANS.
In spite of the abundant testimonies ad
duced by Perrin and. others, some Baptist'
writers persist- in denying that the, Wal--
demos r of Piedmont were ,- Pedobaptists. ,
And - wltat excuse do theYcller -for Contra
dicting the solemn professions;of 'belief, and
practice, so often uttered by tbesc pions
,witnesses of , theo truth? 'Simply this,: that'
during the twelfth century there sprung up,
in the Soutlrof France' , al small =seet - jcall'ed ,
Petrobrussians, who tefuseda:baptism lb in
on' the - ground - that ithey were incapa
ble of: salvation, !These , people 2 werei to' a
great extent, confounded with-the VandoiS
or Waldenses, ,hecanse .they' had frequent
intercourse, and. made dcommon cause r with
them against the >Papists. S e oon., after the
death, of their: founder, ,Peter de Bruis,
they dwindled - away andabecame extinct.
And here let ; it be. poled, that this is the
.
first Christian society recorded in history
who rejected . the ; baptism of, infants,,' and
that=they did so expres,aly on t ! he assumption'
that, infants were ,not,capable of salvation.
And what now becomes of the assertion,
that infant - baptism is an innovation 'of'
Popery ; ? We,have seen that the principle„
'has been ;maintained by all the - ancient
sects, iiithOtit , exception, who `separated
from the great' bedy of the Church before
Popery existed—by communities . • whiCh
never hid any connexion with Rome—,
which,' were scattered .far _apart, in 'the in=
terior, of Persia, in, a t ,reniote ‘-corner'of In=
dia, in the, , farioff regions `of Ethiopia,; and'
in the. seal/de& valleys •of , Piedniont.
`With equal tenacity Bare infreferlii the
practice of infant, baptism.,
THE - PELAGIAN CONTROVERSY. ,
If now we gO back to a period within
three hundred years of •the Apostolic age,
we shall.find ample evidence that no Chris
tian society that.refused:baptism to infants,
had then existed. About that time, Pe-
lagius *Balla- the doatrine that -infanta
are born-free from moral •defilement. He
was opposed with great vehemence by An,
gustin, who pressed him witly,this tpowerful
argument: t t" Why arainfants >baptized fcir
thetremission of; sins, if they have.no sing"t
"Why arathey washed in the , laver .of re
generation, if they have, not pollution•?"
Pelagins, and teelestins, his principal abet
tor, were greatly puzzled and embarrassed
with this argument, and knew, not how to
evade or resist. its force, • without plunging
still deeper in difficulty. , At last seine one
charged upon them a denial ef, infant bails - ,
tism, as, a necesssary inference from, their
doctrine. Pelagius became indignant
"Baptism," says he, 4t ought to be admin
tered to infants with the same sacramental
words'which are used in the case of adult
persons."—" Men slander me as if I denied
the sacrament of baptism to infants"
"`I never heard of any, not even the most
impious 'heretic `who denied - baptism to in
, fants; for who can be so impious its to hin
der-infants from being baptized, and born
again in Christ, and so make -them - miss 'of
the kingdom of God." Celestine also con
fessed " that infants were to'be baptized ac
cording to the rule of the universal Church."
Augustin, - in the course of the controversy,
makes the sweeping declaration, ".that! he
had never heard of any.Ohristian, whether
Catholic or sectary, who taught any other
doctrine than that r infants were to be bap
tized."
Augustin lived in Africa. Pelagius was
a native of Britain, but resided a long time,
at Borne, then the centre of the civilized
world. He also visited, the principal
churches of Europe, Asia and „Africa.
Celestias was born in Ireland, but settled
permanently at Jerusalem. All . three were
learned men, and must have been familiar
with the early Christian Writers. If in any
part of the worlddthere bad been a church
or society, which denied baptism to infants,
they must have read, or heard of it. It ap
pears" from their testimony, that no such so
ciety had existed' within the memory o
Passing by, the ample testimonies of
Olnyostom, Ambrose. Wand °triers, and as
cending to a still earlier period, we , meet in
creasing , evidencetthat ;infant baptism was
an - established usage of the , primitive
Church.
THE COUNCIL OR CARTHAGE
About one hundred and fifty years after
the Apostles, there assembled'at Carthage a
Council of sixty: six bishops, or• pastors, over
which presided the martyr Cyprian: , Fidus,
a country pastor, proposed 'ld it a :query;
namelyi Whether an, infant might be bap-
tined before it was eight days old ?, The
!location, let it be noticed, was not.lvbether
infants ought to be baptized; for that was
a settled point:; but whether it was neces.
sary to wait till the eighth day after the
birth ? The following is the unanimous
•
decision of the Council:
" Whereas you judge that they must not,
be baptized within two or three days acter;,
tkv . are born, and that the rule o,f, eircum-,
Omuta is to be observed, that no one should
be 'baptized and sanctified before theeiglith
dilY lifter he is horn; we were 41f in - the
Caiihin of a very differOntopiniort:"'As for
'What- On thought proper` to be dene, / no one
was of your mind; but' iii'alliathilludgid
,•; i?'r
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FOR' THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1851.
that the mercy and grace of God is to be
oeniea t) no human being' that ile,'born."
" And this rule, as it holds for all, we think
more especially to be 'observed in. reference
to infants, even to those newly born,"----
Cap. E:pist. 66. ,
TESTI:6'IONY OF ORIGEN.
This celebrated writer was bora at Alex
andiia,‘„eight3i-five years after the
. death of
the-last Apostle. ' was certainly the most
learned man of the.age.". lie *id iedueated
''at Alexandria; and; to-acquire knowledie, he
traveled in,Cappadoeia and ; Arabia r , inTJtaly
and Greece, ,and,spent the greater part of
his life in 'SYrie and Palestine, the Seat sift ,
the first' Ch riatien *Chnichis,'ltere . ' he amid
not fail to Weenie intimately .sacquaintedl
with their .prindiples , indt usages: -Jt is'itruc( '
thaty like most of
,the ,Christipulathers,
was, betrayed into "some, Berens errors in ;
doctrine., But with his opinions. we are not
at present - concerned: We 'bring 'him' for=
Ward': as a witness} to''altimple =Mgr of fact. •
Helebuld , ,not be :rdistakert.att.to whatiWits
daily occurring ,before:,his ppnbeyes,„and-,
there was, no possihle motive to insiuce huh
to'deviate from the trah. 1 16 his - Homily
on Levitions„hesays i : •
" Whereas;tifehapiiial'Oethe Church ist
.given .fore ihe4orgiveneds-fof sins; infanta
also: areeby the usage of, Church,baptited.;
when if there, were i nothing c infants that
Wanted forgiveness and merey,,,the grace of
baptism would` be eierildes them."
Again n `his
imlnfants are baptized thefergiveness
; ;sins. Of .what sinS ?,vor ( when -lave :they
sinned ? or how can any reason, of. thelaver„
,in , their case . ,-hold ; good, but,accerding to
'that mentioned we entiened even now r none is;
sfreefrom`pollutien, thenglf.' Mal l& be'r but
of the: length Of one .day - upon the , parti,2, 7 !.
Again; iti,his Cominentary , on ; Bomans :
For • this , also, it, was, that 4he Church,
had from the = Apostles a tradition [in Ordal
ft
to give baptism even to infant? 1, " For, tney
to`whonl niyaferies were .eom
mitted,, knew'hatitherels fin alt.petions the
natural pollution, of f niini, which must:be done
away by water and the Spirit."—Rag ; VOL
I pp. 104-106.
INSPIRED TRAMTIONS.
Baptist ;writers 4press /great--contempt
for whit Origen istyles, Smut
the Apostles.'; /They forgetthat :traditions
received. , from— inspired: meii,s :are Jwidelp,
different: from those fablesi land , corrupt
glossed by, which the. Jews .madethe = Word.
- of: God- of none effect. r St! -Paul,;: in r 2
-115;545,:,-Therefcirerbrethren;c
Stand fast,randthold the traditidna.whieh ye
,hive'been=tanght,')whether hywcirdi.or 'our
epistle'? in, the 6th,veri3e oaf, the
thirdr chapter, IC No,w • Nve4.cominand -yen, t
F brethren, the -,name of '-our.lierd Jesus
Ohristi;, that -ye: withdraw nyofirselvesifrOM ,
every ibrother ,thatiwalketh.).diserderly; add'
mot: after the tradition ',which he received
i‘ , „
If, therefore, the primitive Christians re
ceived - a tradition or order:from inspired
Apostles to baptize infants ; :they -were bound
to hold it -fast and .bbey iL Origen had
everropportunity to know whether such an.
order had been received from the Apostles.
He was decended from aChristian., ancestry
reaching back to the epistolic age. His
• pedigree has been transmitted. to us -by ,a
singular providence. Porphyry, . a bitter
- enemy to 'Christianity, ;represented. the
- Christians as a 'degraded people.; destitute,of
ell:science ,= But not being: able tO , conceal
the' splendid literarynttainments of POrigen,
he pretended that he was first heathen! ;
and had learned. their philosophy. In
order -to . confute -this falsehood, Ensebius,
the historian, sets forthhis Christian descent._
It seems that his father suffered martyrdom,
and 'that his grandfather and'great-grand
'father were 'both` Chriatians. The 'latter
must hive livid in 'the .timesof the Apos
tles, and might ~'have' heard them preach.
=Such is the -marl who = testifies that .the
Church; the =whole Church; .gave baptism to
infants, and had receivedan order from the
Apostles 'tothat effeeL. -What now beeomee
of the assertion ':".that infant Isaptismis one
of the abominations. of Popery,' which was ,
unknown in the'.Church-iduringAthes
..tine nges Thetestimony-of,Origerneom
-pletely settlee the • historical question, and
leaves no reasonable doubt but that infant
-,:baptism .prevailed dm- the Apostolic- times.
Lt. N. D.-
Forthe Preebyterian z ßannea: and Advocate
-Religion:
OR, LETTERS ATO A FRIEND ON TUE ;DOCTRINES AND
DUTIES OP TRIO BIBLE.
Letter XVIIL--Regeneration.
Of hie ail will begat he us kith "
the word'of
tilith, that we should' be a kind of first fruits'
of his creatures.--/Amrs-r :
MY DEAR FRIEND :—Therc is, no book
like the-Bible. It is theffountain-of , truth.
,We ,should. study it with- care,, and, give,
good to ; its teachings, , Some ,very 'ln
teresting and important )essons aretanght
us, in. the : verses z cennected.with,the.passtige
quoted, abovei and among, them are these : -
First. God is n ot the author of sin. Let
no man say when he. is ,tempted,
;; I am,
tempted of God,;, for God cannot be tempted
with .evil, neither tempteth he any Juan ;
but every man is tempted, when he is drawn
away of his own lust, and enticed —Jetties
i : 13-18. The Word inst, means a vehe
ment inclination;" and there is in men
a natural inclination or proclivity to'sin, a
heart that 'winked ; and this heart, - or
hist, is their own; God 'is not responsible
for it; every man is drawn away Of -his•
own lust—his own depraved heart.
Second. Hence, we are here taught, that,
we have natures'that are depraved, 'and that
actual transgression is but the acting out of
the depravity of our natures; , everytioan is
tempted when he is drawn away of. his own
lust—his-own evil heart And wicked inclinetion—and enticed, °vied astray' Then,
when lust 'Lath conceived, it bringeth forth
sin—actual transgression ;, and sin, , ,when it
is finished, bringeth forth death.—Jas.l
14, 15. So he, the writer, , James, adds, in .
the 16th verge r Do not err, my beloved ;
brethren.;, adhere to the truth ; do not err,
either by charging God with being the
author of sip, or by adopting the notion,
out all sin consists in voluntary, actsoi that
there is no sin but in the voluntary trans
greagiOn ot,known law, for that it3-a virtual
denial of .thedtiatrine,of, original sin..Therb'
is lust or depraYity,batik of,, ankbefere acts
of sin • and, hence, there is original
nate is well as actual sin ' - kind "din is any
swan 0 con °run y unto, or ,transgression ,
• -
MEIN
oil?. 0 1 / 1 1 - ! tr , :",itfiry) t'at 1
4 . -L7
of, the law ,of !Gad."—Short. Cat., 4 - 4nes.'
11., ,17.1 p net eri,,titen, my belovedbrethren,'
'says James, iri , regard lo the •natnre , of sin.
—Jas. 4: 14-10,1 , aemember I that, as
where light is not, there is .darkness, so
where holiness is pot,' , there-is :kn.' Our
natures ere ° depmed ; , ; ,, cur mind ft,nd 'con
seiepee delledi r lopin l iatot a mere neg,a
tive, it is a pOsitrye ,evil.; and in it we are
born.—Tit. t:' 15 - ! 1 ' ' - • ' , , - ,
Ai-M. ttincitherliresaroit , tis titifghtliin this
connnion hr Asfifraitinaa*turitlly ,depraved,
there is no goodm!Lin ; •pa „ucktil,ore,nowed
t a
by the grilse_ ofS ln this respect, also,-
Ilinte gg.44 9 440 OtoAt
not , IT VI Be ' l
ware Jr errot . ,9o 1 4.10 not err by supPos n
jp g .,, : 0,,er, 9 ,43,aiy
~, ag h t i f i lipg.. t ip,„ye i n 'ile ?!
.pendinily, of Gls grace; _ for every,gerld v
gift== -so Tar is Gro both being the anther of
'gin ithift lire la tfit pfdithor 'oT all-Abodnets .-:
fon atter - rico& giflOvand every.perfeckgift isi
ftent..abdye, call* 1 ! tb , krAwatki,
PaAller.9f lightl6,, , ':rAhbßiole' a ltl an ! / 1/1
fleas _ ;the r„sh , ,-ot i tu'rptng. if, i to. ,
is ? anY g s RI. driiTi's 'dot natiiiir a'-'
ir cisatict43
Hess;' bit - 4 e gift of , Ocill land he
fruitbofi his;: race lience,fit'is added, ;Of,
his c wilotrAVill thfiiiiitlho3 ll s tYgil , k the word of;
truth at Jae ,a kind of first frdits
of. hls,, i
b,reatures — 7 . , ' ,' s,e r e l foret do i W et pretend,
''to We' Wser'thitif ; r t r etiChers' ikii to`
bon Icifow' more= o , he , BibreAllaikthey; piltrr
e humble and' , aehable ;. - --.7iffiterefore; my
4 4
belated Wethrs t evary,manibe(awift to
bear I slow to speatislow :to : wrath( don?t; be I
offended at the, tfith, for the'wza4h of rein
worhith not ih4,,,trighteinae'sa l of Gr'sd: -
Wherefore lay UprerVall , filthirfel'A,lttndsitper ,, '
fluity.; of r. nal:lg' esi, ) and `ireceive ~with
oneetragg3the sng
~lpd Word, whiciis able [
11
to save your souls Jas. i: 13- 7 4:1... , 1• .,
,So much for general soliktnenterYlon
this Chapter: - sB + lbokinerti riartibfilarly air
the 18th
us t with ,th
be aO l
~4
There g,l
e
I,yorciq,:
He
God
must be a
Second . .
ot God in
does it, ni
it but bee
not of )oblig
OWLII
,oanse of an
goods peas.
have‘rh
and I will I
have comp:
that willet
of Gre4
'his own
,given us
began; 95
11601,1iigIr
it listeth, and so adv the , Spiritrworks_where
he pleases, and when ,he pleasee,,and how
he pleases. Of his 'own will.—John `iii: 8.
Third. We here 'see; also,' the-nature of
regeneration : -have) . spoken ofe its , neces
sity; •we here see its nature : begatle us—
of, his own will begat-he us is being be
gotten again, in other places being, • born
sgain,. and ! inlotheis, still, ,a new creation.
This ,gives.; us, Nome , idea ,of the nature of
the change:. It r is the renovation.of our na- ,
tures, a radical i and, entire . change in our
natures—the giving , or , implauting of a new
nature,• and lencel-.cOled the- new: man;
which,. after Gok is created..,in, righteous
ness .and true holinesf3. = -Eph. iv :
If, any man be, in ; Christ--- r samingly ,united,
to him—he , is a new creature, ~begotten'
'againi!andbornfrom-above.---4;-.oor. 17;
John iii
Fourth.,,Here also the, Agent in this
work—begat be, , ,us.; he !lath -begotten ue,
again; he,-the -Agent,-is Divine` The Holy
Ghost is the Agent..s Regeneration is the
renewing., of the, Ghost.,. He is the'
Agent. Tit. ,
Fifth: And 'here, the mental, the
•the 'Word ''.of truth; 'the Gospel s lust own
begat qui . tus.Pwith. the word .,. of truth; ,
beingtborn -,agairiolot • of .corruptible k seed,
but of incorruptible by , the Word ,of God
.which and abideth ,forever.—Jas. :
1.8 • 1.. Pei. i :
'Sixth."Atid %ere is also the end - -;—the
objector desige, ,2 -that God Maybe. glorified;
that.we should be a•kind,of first fruits of his;
creatures; ,that we might be consecrated to
his'service, and live to. his glory,, as the first
fruits' of 'the 'battled 'among "the
'devoted tOldni:§ Of-lhis redeemed, be . says,
Thii peoplelav&l formed , for myself , ; they
shall shew- forth.my xliii : 21.
'
This is the chief, end of man, i 4 Tn:glorify
God, and enjoy
Ques. 1. Let this be the chief' end'or your
being, and`Giir*Trbleiii.yuu., Read Rom..
xii
Frotinsi
Front our London co rr es pon de n t
:The Prussian Difficulty ?Nth Switierland--Qtleen
Victoria:=-The t a l rinzes"' on '4. BMW" 'Preaching
L. —Flesh. Whitfielcli and:Woileys ;Wanted French
Aliletary,..bfedal and British Soldiers—lnstances
- Rare Vaor—` , Statistirei as to lievenie; Public
'Debt; •Imports and Exports, Shipping, Saving?
Banks, Population, Pauperism, and
,E;migration
—State of Sociity in 'Francs-- CdUse of Decline
of Pdpulationi :theri-L 2 -The, Priesthood) ilated:—
poperin P,arfs---Senstious Baler Spectacles—
Passion Week in".l;pidon—.The Gay IVokd and
BO& Penitince l2 -tHolgdtiys versus the Sabbath—A
Scotch , Lady ; Accused of Murder - 7 , The King' of
Sardinia and the Pop!-- 7 Scene at Knightsbridge.
• othogVaz ~-V aiion, '
of 'Ehe' i bispute--Dr; •
N' Crie• and Lord ,Shaftsbury. , ,
, L9NPIDN, APril.l72-187
. .
Thiii:Pntwater4P7g,rol3l.nyr,TirTn Swrr
has not yet been arranged. The
Kiiig =taw poditifely•tefuied`thliendiriice his
claim to tliblitlelif — Ptinee of Neufchatel,
and fiCibligisuligirbilirl t backed by his
•brOtheri . Lthiioriiiiifel4fitPrussia,' and the
Court .partyrbutnbjr.Austria and Russia.
He also demands a round sum—two millions
tranos—it is said, ,as, an iudemnity,for loss of
part of the revenue of. ris doinains. •England
and France are on the side 'cif SwitZerland.
The latter is • indispo,scd to recognize the.
"alleged." right, of. :Prussia—she : wiD
grant a goniirat amuse y to the insurgents of
September, maintain: the charitable institu-
trona of the Canton, ; '-and defray the !PIT •
epelpies arisTgArorti.rtdoootipafion by ..tbe
federal
i army - .Th'e atiebhiteX refuses
giJ
rn"! ennindlemn111011110n ; to„ e 41,0 of
tea f ; , ; 11
,F,1"00 l ore of,
op' • ' t dthiinitt Oiitht Who given::
1 , ..„
i t n Y Ptiw/OralerifY Pi POi Pawl
. -qs
r seas in Neufchatel. If Prussia continues
• obstinate; they will lirobahly *Oars that
the Oonfeienee is dissolved; and thew take
such ineasures as quay appear to them ad- -
, yl,s* able.
QUEEN VICTORIA , iclnow: , ,,the mother of
nine • children, a, daughter, baying s been
hdded to her family r duripe the preient
iveek. All - her children are ' healthy and
vigorous;kand-She'-luis 'never' known- , the'
iagony.: of fie bereavea , is now,
!! thirty•eight ;years of age. , l-/AO7lll. Wife and,
mothar, t Aht is a !Rolle!, woman,, has a. ( warm.
,and great conamp* suite.
liake"di de ! piiiiosii'itayaq T riiiilhiig':ltielig-•
Priiii`eliaf Prussia; i''s ~po"stponed } Ftill~the; be-;
yearn. ,, ::, , ;
The' °E.t;EaI"roNSP i.re , now 'catepletedi ,
wulaige `.imijoritY;rand la,
j4l4fgftiinfustglifillf ruse Vnt451 111 4441 )1 a%
Altaatbdiftelf-lesc4hiNith Ciiiiegvilt.
31's artilile'eticithesiubject:
„of,PREACHING; 4nuconneition!especiallyWit , h
the complhintshas .to: the ,Cll,u,rch .of t Eng,
find clergy. Referring tofthe demand? for
'lf loud" fritiohttig, like that of Mr. Spur
-geni, the " iiieirster" , prehehitrit-SaYtt thit ,
.themriery'.:cotilPronit.se , l 'character ipf! = the:
t ! ,Qhhroh,..rieitherifißome ',nor Genevan; will
well.permit l this • that ,quietness is, preferred . '
and is natural, but that without ircipfoprie
t E'vangeli'cals,_whoses are near
akin44o ,Ataii iie inight :put
forthAlieiratrength iicEthis Away v.TheMonc,,i
a rditneni, Atimughaminientioptly, is,uot, I the,
the,„9/4,,dopt4ne . s,
euthusiairn; as iirlinimoityih
;. 1,) P , 1 1 ?“1 .
earnestness -Dan tne preacner 'eau
wris'Oblergymatipliind If
living nowywouldlscariely.begikrest.olit of
44e..Cherc11 , 10ibTeitheir would
:though' not if loud "! yet
~) was, so Might:*
- ..•
„ 1 „. Ile ?cant many such, m en,
,en t hoth sides of
the ' 144: -
'itrieti'er "to praYer f Aleidi themvfortiiicitiiii that.
.7z Speedily !)-: r,;s >i .1 h . : , t (
) tha iwp, giihrz4id
f his I crea t tlues;
interest in thpse,
, it : '•ft
."‘The" -!Fri#Scisti aWitilriat I I BrEDArdt has
nbeeiolargely llidtribnted tot mincer° thissioned.
:1 M 9ersiaM4 so l .4ieTs Of, ;he { Briti sh , army ; ,
Al
c i kur„littndred of , these were ' distributed in
„ the diimea, and one hundred since to those
'wife , had"retfirnid' home: ' ' 'These, 'like lire !the
.
') 'Vittoria. Creis',)4re=reivar_detfot distingirkihed
,-., seat ,andr bravery': during.l the ;war,- in the,
t i trenches- or o n l the , batt1e...044., glint; of
extraordinary. v alor,„ ' by Ir 3 ish, ' Ocot ' ch and
Englishsoidiers,are e t a ii e a . The field of
Ilkeiliatn , 4,eiallivdiiili : 4,lo
, 6 111'6 sot
-i &eels hattla,f!'briggs 'out th6filtriitcin.lWoh
11+ ( ,
pbrsdin ilityl
irlil r hence-,
ip ) it.tpy , tte`x,t.
.9to l ,49'Zt ere ., l s 6t Y)
gf , lt4rtietp:fi. H'o
,
I 18 Ulna. tO Ido
eased 7 t6 46(it4
:iplessuregief thifi
fi_hilkOWPAghint
pl i rposß o ;Ael
34, b,nt
,nf own:
' sgtb."
I will lito7eim*SY;
on.litrwhomd
en, it is not of !Lipa,
rtliat runueth,
frirolltOrind stri king colors. One r at sergeant,
I ,far l in fdvance•wit,h number of , men; wire.,
lakes the' coininand,,and,:though attacked
nuMfAircitillintains his' i posE:
'Ano l ilidr-Atlkrtion'of regidinnaie their
.bardar having:gime beyonsitheir position, and.
a on: their Iretnrn itheingi known tkat a ) young.
eußigti ih: 1 4 11( 4 - 7.$17z.i91,112 1 .3 3 413-4434 A ttiV,
body froinnn exposed spot; while, on! the'
same day, the only o ffi cer of his' company
being WiDuiide'o',Veliiiii - the company and
ifetTitlidiirinerttie"-ishirigeld Ylather, (an
Irishman,)- private D. Sullivan, one of his
, comrades being•made prisoner by five of
the enemy, rushed at them, killed three,
- and' rescded hie doiniade: 'And whether in
L'the ;brittle:field the- treziches i luilivan dis
iatinguished for valorem& spirit.
Thelig - to '
H* las ST TISTIm s ay be
J , lntiniestingtokriany-of tini-reriders : •
! IThe net •Irevenud tilaktesyear was - , t,t72,-'
. 21.8,988, the• blame tax, elono,producing
„noarbr,gdzteen The:,grand
toistof ibb bliil debt at thielosi of: the
year; *al ( :001;?8)488.."' iinporbk
iiftton'iWerit4io2%BBo2B 'founds;
;. and , - ofc• woo1416i211;892 Tonnds. r - ; The
4calne of.-homaprodnao' exported, - /was ;4114,- *,
890A57. jots& tonnage of vessels en
tered "and, eleared, was 12,945,771:. "British;
: 1148 1 60 $ 218"fareign: 18;419 'sailing yes
851:18teimere; ' dere employed in
-theillimime • 4ndm foreign . ' , trade; • e mployin g
• , /.75,9,10 men— , X 16,476,000 i was, coined at
1 ;.the..,,,y,e1 Mint. The capital of •Savingo' ,
Biiiki::liuounts to upward of thirtYlfoiti
sterling. • • •
• a The-estimated population rtifj Englifill and
(Wales was-19,044;000; the:births, 657;74;
denth5,'391,869.; the:rnarriagea r ls9,ooo.
The population of. Scotland 'was 8 088 177
• ' -
(London will equal this in :ten s reas,)• the
thirthe' • • • Lthb deaths,' t8,452i - end the
riespon;als; 20;494. 4 ' • • .1
(The poptlation istatislioa rani 110
; evert. Marriages are decreasing.tllygo.
Art to.penperiern, on the lat i of c laimayy,'
'1857; there were 843,806
tliVic'England init'Vales inf 79;-
1 973 ;. anditilirehibdi L sB;o94.'
;As to emigrationlithettotali number• from.
_the United Kingdom to,i,verions destinations
'amounted to 176,554, a decrease, compared
with each of the six years previoiii;" these -
Showing' 'return s;.> for reitinfpfiS, ain 'each iof
four` yearx,cofihntnieenithikretrind4our
inn
:: dredlthousand::. It iis:priihable that ernigra T ,
*on , ivilthclinef‘ssed this 'year - I .from tie
' , state of Jailer) eipeoirillyl•inf'l;or:dori.. The
Tinterifhas been-'urging -hap then rdtillern elite
• inlreference to:etir is the
derhindtin thorNorthetniStitealotl.A.lneriea.
' Thai :foregoing. etitiaticirrsibiatefirialmbie
and suggestive. ,,, 'Orreithinglinaybeliointed,
out, namely,- thatiffottitithstandiiik the waste
of war land *Migration; the- - population
creases in this country. thict.is:a• 'striking
itiontrast*wittyfirtiinn.' , l , I thelieve' it largely.
rarises from ' then superior ioftiOciety,.;
-.midi froth the:more:tliorongh-devolcipinent of
institution. •• • • • • ' '
A foreign gtentleirian; wholknons France.
• hwellVtOldl'albe, fay/ - drt.ys 'a ko, that. -a mar
; vriatirtsliellnatin onnsideirandt-two•iihildien
wrira'anifieie c olV thirdla calamity,-.knd
ilioni! the:fear lot's; ilargeofriinily,'.there is
ir-virtbaleatiiitinition:efthusitrand and'
•liriff, , whirl lift& deMoralizing:
Pctitisequences::,' 4 Besiiies, ; are,
kagmidatude whit so, ,
frequetting °idea, 4fullilitnes• of s worse
$ character: 'biadaterl,.indeed, ttit
" honteltife"-ixit'frilysititb:l6l'6o*fOrt, i but-Sts
iohallnwink•inflikinoirliand , "iiireet charities Pis
:but-'feebly d'evelop'ed in'Franoe.- 1 Donbtlapa
'there°i are many happy eienptioo; ut
'What"' frith' infidelity'' and popery si3'prifi,-
lent, society, in many places, ia , almost in 'te
1. state. of,-ditisolntion: •
.3Vlichelet's.“..Priests„ Wernenr•and',
Fami-
It}es,", , a pamPhlet pro duced a great settler
tam a few yeais ago ;:.;but its telli ' ug stale
-41
merits as to priestlresPiOnage ,
i4airie-the .“AireOtorm - who ein
.tnides himself•as then:der eff•thelbusehold; , :
*
tb •finr atitiiii
hithrethaeNtife7Otifd , letifir
1, ' 41' 10 /qv
11111411 . 111 ICJ, - 48111 ,1 Mir '
PTSY:7:74.9m. is
ril-r-a - Co - o . "t7YJ
t ;:
;ace, c
which r w,ete
Miefor'thetiriold
zr
pewer i u'ilavifillly, are still,l fear, applies
bleu :Vergeri proposed to 'make revelations
as to: the priests,- but his secrets ars , bhried
in ,php grave., ; the'Parisian : people—
rather the men--.-hate,and abhor the; priest- 1 ,
hoof]. It was only, last week that 1 ,, a ,
`man iniriltedi bind - of Eedbiiss-
.Rio's intht 'steilifts,' , • , g • out -cc Thet•Ver
, ..
gars, the Yergeii 1" ;:i He was - arrested, aila,
sentenced lo: re,term rof„iroprisonment; the
Abbe who, acculed,-him„,stating -that ,therer
' had Ve4ii:filitierit ilistanneti,. of late; when
tliiiirielitlinodliadjbeiiii P ins - lilted.'
fl'illtillyrPoperrienPariff is iitrong,;•-t There;
ieriereigrel.tl efewdrusiii the. churches during
Veterlteek,.,,oedeptiopaterr,anda,iittmateff
liy!the„spset,Ouler 'die' plesiiiiitiatibillY!ni
hibitid,'oettie scenes 'Of the Citicifixion and',
the "Burial `of k3htist. ' 11tOine"sliiiiairl aki,,
',thusiappealecii-toithi , serianbus Eimiman; the,
1 t tl ll If fßObliCiaillj°44l4l4lgtaift l i t 41,
riff eafottllikw,Agilel.Rns:99l7,u,Pticin lies be='
heath the surface or tioinety,,, ' ' '
- . ,..t „eil r f.:•:;../_,- •
• In Passgotr a ilK.Aggß i mlee,,, as. _last week,
witiUalle,d,:the, Emanate and "tritetarians
ofliindbniAtelii7 iiiigy”. ' Tifs'retaining
of holyileysirariliCiat Mistake iin•the part
obthei Eriglialq•Swies ind iGerman Risformed
: iGhnielies.-::.,Theralwa.ys interfere yith :the.
Inpeal por f er fof . the en/y.bolyclay which', as
a th't Lo r d ' s - Dai,'" - bearti with it its own
Vi 6igaabildk r illia' iiiiillYijil li to iiiilliial inlb•
"litlety c l iiimple;' t ifflipferne, o slid' alona:' ' ~In
4 Germany; ainoq the:Protestants, the Elistiiii
40yd:1.s, especially of • Good Friday and
. Easter Sunday, are better ; „kept than ! the' ''Slihbath. Nay, there "ari" many4iiii mi ll, .
'tate - the Sa6rainerd iliiiti, G islio litiikiii Itii= l
ibproieh the' table 'ofietiriat :itt)tOthEirvilizigi,
*isava, 'perhaps,- on; Christmidi - day.- , 4! Nig'
IPPFPi -1!le . .111::!X° ainPlgilldlfillfhole, . - j •
,ceurch on these days , but are absent eery:
"Ilatilifitli''aitihl - yealt "' t '' "'
' ' • - ' ' ' '
1 -'v'Ainiiiiflifkii s `Cliiifahiiiliti and' Tiactirisine
wheis•ptirtrerhdaY:seirice`is•piettywely main-- ,
~•.-V0,0115 Elstitillaimilatauperstitious reverence;
for, holydaysi with!, more or, less intensity
prevaile., No dealt devotional feelings, real
ityl iiich Ito' sriteeri;)are' isivikenedim the
limititiof 'true diseipled ainehilitlEiefigelicar
;Mh'areihuien 'hei r s! or' abroad': i :•• ißutif 1 ieriest,.
iitheh t helydays dor always lowee4,he- standard
r . ,..0t r4Ohtth-,,otservaece..,,Puritienirm , sir*
OA arn. arty in 'Righted ; , :tlin the `Sabbath
'• ariltie'iiiiii Villijestio,Ower; to train ajieople
( fol 7 00iL li • iiiiiiii'Wliiirel-ntettilipaak of • the ,
afiliihdtFatlielsvati'dNeivrEndlan'd,sfid the
•Rietted, Eitates-,-where,..iit,a , rtypeuntry is the
;,8,>11,1,4 )Sep, . 0 F r f(!llßlred. l?Y• -*O, 0
natilifiaLintigetioe - loi'ill that is giibd and
'ti r e; iti r ig n igahtliddi n iilieitt L' th6 ' ''g ' irtibath
Vaitadditeutillu'atiiiiuslithittilanin t amildi? f , " ) =
if.:"DracitigilPaseinnt , Week .int Landon) !tam
P:resbYt9r.law.•eyerthere •le' l3 4 l Ktli.3 o ..qttikei
#IA El!wkli;' ,, 1 1 11 4 ( en ,Silti . B , l t n Ke-s-tYPPg ht • s •
A. secret iiipeistitien, as to its peculiar
liftWkiiiiii4pr:Strailiiin'the kiYcilld; "arid El 6
.r•i r iSe' that °Week; fel'' , d ilie'n intilitl I pert, I the'
' , .Wlieatriii . ,rs'ire , iislolidd4in'in area will , Efciii
.• Concerts. •At the Opera; ouse in the, Hay ,
market, Mr. , Adam,. with his celebrated
Orrery, figures on'this *O4 - where the great
'singers' had' been Singing, and acting the
'' week before, aridriiii , theterflioahlitftelden
lie-recently by the dancers of , the Wallet.
Then, at Exeter Hall, for- tlie-,eq,uvocal
. Iteligionists who like Oratoriea,:aiii a re van: i
'wit to be - stirred and etit'ertainadid h. re'citcs
`4oolt-Of the sufferiiige•ef Christ, %M.: the 'lips,
jletii of noted; and often notorious actors and
'.-for;---for these,- the 4 , 4 Messiah ",.is ,
pro
:, vided,
g 5 together with Isisel t in - Egypt,"
, and Elijah." But " Easter Sunday "' '
• ; oVer; • arid '''PassiiinVeek'" past; tliegreae !
wititiliktif-liiehiiiii`xiittithetd iWgayetie'll with
D wester' zest i t.thaart heforit; :An ,enforced
i ,I,l,oetem;pegasee f as, opposed' to t thei genuine ,
Pe'4 i .r ee k 0, 1 . IP- Ffit'Pkilf,l , i1t11 1 ,107 ., ft# l , awed !
.7.1 kr, TeaOlun- • Tlia brat 4 1 lirsrAile t ei the
•'''ifecOnd is isaitti. '-' ' • • - • : -3. .:•.i. ••.; -.
' '''WheriWill the , tifneltiorrie; when , all•Chiii. •
:: 'Arms; with' the New •:Tentanient.,:iif their
r hands, shall learn, that the truarminemora
,:tion of the death ef Christ i iii not the Fistl •
'itif Good Friday, but the Feestief the Lord's.
'' Siipper f - arid the' - true eoriiiiiienotetion of a
'..,
Saviour's resurrection' •it ,not Lilco'. Annual
?iand;inin.disvised• Festival•oflNaster Sunday;
hut:oe, 74 eddy Festival of ,the LorCe day,
or,,aajteitin Martyr calls it, e' iii Queen
'of Days r .. ~•
, A g reat Beniation , : has hcerkprodtieiel'
among ;the (inlet people ' of alktigoititrY the
,
' Anitaiii off - illrouridlaiiir; of 'lvlfe ketable.
family :1 lite; hechatged with' poisOiniLg her ,
loSerptycratig:Frenchiteacher of languageh
wh944d=s44l hie ; addr esses to le?'•fP,T BOUM
time. , Ha was seized `with illness ;.
,a_physi;"
-• Oran attended him ; and -after 'painful suf
lqeiingie, he expired. On elaininatiOic-Lsus.
• pinion having been , excited/v.6e faet, that
-•thelladyi had disciazded her admirer, and had,
accepted, an,,nifel. of marriagel froin, a more,
, wealthy suitor,
g as, well as from•thiiplikohase
'by her; oneediiroceaSions, of iiiveritlie
l'h i idyWas'exiiiiiandliindlfioiaoliToffiiftlkartim
•Attempti f haiaibein Made' to showuthat 'the
ii,young lady bought the, arsenic for cosmetic
, : .purposes,;, but, .. the case; as it stands at
'present, 'goes right against the accused, and
' bail'is• - refused.
• ' '-`'The Mirror :inspired-by , thia eviiiitirt great.
,Among' - the 'tipper - cliiiises P of-•sochity, and
!, especially, among females, murder is a crime
never heard So,f ~i these days. : Jf,,(whieh
God reibfao. gagi . .Bally i exists, and should
, God
home, capital Ptiniehment, .
1 t folloiri4what EVlatirfilfteault !• I T-1 e lady was
•v irsergayi . and fond' of fruihionablci•pleasura •
„ andsociety. What ..need, have ,;we all of
Divine keeping, and to cry eao4,contionallyi:
'fi Add Thou 'Me up,'andi shall h e safe !" i
...IL:, - • .. . , - -6. ~..) ,:,..:•• : ' •
, .
The Sing „ of flauunt4 is , said to bade..., .
`''ulipiiif tira 4 COnisordit, of "alliodified °beryl- .
' ter,- WittillerTispe: Tliiiilii inarely a piece'
i of Stutef-iiiilicy;lind tan attempt to'coneiliate
that priests,' ,hia irreconcilable -foes. - •liieL l
„lie,v,e4it will be , fruitless. The -, King, wants
his grand e nemy, an Archbishop, , to be hen,t 7
' liiably '4;6 iitit'of his' dorniniari, by ireceivr:
ing a Cardinal's Hat. 'But - can 'the' .Pepe,
• forgive) his confiscation of Chureli)property,
• of which ? (eonnierated the.. otheridaytin,the,
Times,) „the, i limenet is • very, large ? ' ..Or,
nOw;that "'his most dear 80 1 0 p ram *.
4cieePit 'of Austria, is angry with Sa r dini a,
• iii it to' he istipliosed that 'the Potieftlie lover
of , despotism, will make any advances-to a
„constitutional; Kieg,? A free- 'press, and
free speech, and free Parliament,_he_caneot
~texpip,with. •-- . . 1 •
..,...1,,,,D.1 . 0 -•••
_11, , ,,,;,,....ti k.:4 '''”` ;I
i,1,7:Y"1:4-•A■lg'tm°Fm344l 4-..sYs,•.i.„l4oTti,nriass,itre,
: a* reista7eitikeiyaione cross; from
allarpteatfoordiag to that decision; of le`
if pit nomiin-cipt.
tl9lci. I g M'athits;. 'they have
'. • • sese, ii,r4ll
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Philadelphia, 111 South Tenth Street, below' hestnut
By Mail, or at the 011169, 151.50 Yo , F) SEE PROSPECTUS.
Delivered in the City, 1.75
obnOziono-churelottarden,' who has been
their' persevering prosecutor in the 'ecelesias
treo'itrtietkl 'afresh to hiaoffice.
This last waii - itetiomplikhed,;es is isnot, on
.3.needay last, st4be • Easton; vestry. The
notorious 'Mr...biddel, the succes6 of Mr.
l'illettfet, 'and' ithititor in 41111113i6iitinge,
bolyings, and. heresies, ,was, 'Annielle i d, on
~4iiii ; t 9 coasion,• to listen to r very-,plain ,speak
ing, and to know, practically, that ,he was
minptmlizeoand,,Brotestant , *ecuutte was
in the .and counseled peace and har-
IngiVl evig , p e are d for "liberty of
! ,i_ s tegultetir for every one," (that is, for Mr.
?Abiddelipstbie case,) 'to , judge , for -hitnself
air hp rote the. }tont: 'Midi Baring,
foiikOpiiSe the ie:4rifOritineiipir- Mi. Wester
' nedess4y,tff otiplyfike l "!,lk,e, machi
„iltios,of Jesaits.! ) , -.7l.oAeolap;d that
~, R thet Brotkaisatta 114 geinedievszy thing of
ofirtiritiantAr by agitibridariirow, Via that
totgOniiidif who was 'Ceti& Pietestant,
"would never 11115 i Poptili . ,iiyilees to be
introduood , iptu a - Frotesunt Ohnich." Mr
:Granville 'Berkeley's. speech , ran 'thus :
' a Mi - .. Giaavi2le Bi elev - :d thr
g erlceley, remarket,t,, mat at le
s4fOriiiitioia; a wide margin. was left to enable
Rotiti:oPa s thulics to enter our Church, which, but
. foir'etirttdnleims apd:,sereinquies, they could not
have done:, 'When,, however, the Chfirch of Eng
bails, those forms and cere
monies were done away, with . ; and they had only
Arat43 o said to be
:long to the•Churelinf t Pao - gland; bit, in reality, to
the .Church 4014,- ears And these
forma which, ip s ilm,Romisp Qharohorerst proper
. s.
fOr - diiiotiobissalite;lki the .Clietrish ofEngland,
'tniimmarY. I [Afitilatcas.] It made
his • blood toil to go into tit. Pint* and Witness
ask itnitation ofthe ceremonies: of the CimiOh from
; which. .tlie minister . , saidlie dissented.
If rtiterynseyites weie Itoracm Crholics,.iet them
Ito: ; itv*.o 04meiblintleti; If they dissented
fro& . tli4 id one objected to
their tearing' *and , ciiiiiiingliPiii4iyitelpliiees 'of dis -
;!ienting rtiorshiti ; but Whatle - dittobject - to was,
, iths.t Are rnseyites tdekllossession of the Church
; Of - England, and introduced mummeries and cere
monies
the Church "
resUgnaut to o f cig d. and
tihlilifeelitiedi-the'lieople of 'England: Allear,
li:hear.] •• • ;
said that
ricitd 'from the Archbishop of
to . the effeet; that`he i considered
7:the=reeent 7-judgment a:grest-victory for
the Protestants and: ; that the sacramental
pertyl .., inust holt leave (he Church of Eng
, 101 l isioriimental'pirty"
leavi , the 'Church of ; , Englind;;ll4o not
r believe:, •
c , .has an „amusing ipiece of(satire,
called "The Battle of the Chiiitian Tem
ples, translated from a' Latin MS. ,recently
discovered in the Vatican."-' read
ers of . the — Ban - ! z,` arid - Advocate will relish,
P think, tiebimen rlegiVes, snb
rstantially,Ttheqlistory. of • the' wholeiaffair.
.I.k4PP.r.CaPik# l lco. ITV 'Aoraltur.iii*Y7. style)
how " furnis,.Arca
„being Consul,” (that
l is-heing,interpreted.dnring the Mayeralty of
Aldernian Finnee,) «the pea& of the state
'iraVaikond - deal' diafirhea : hy iliepeople
4411tfillih*tianstrkliberecmfe•Cf•theiii- " de
l!'sdred, to. adorn: their- temple's , afteir this man
ner of the temples of the gods, -with altars,
carved lmages,!c&c.; -and how crowds of
wophippers came, " the priests singing and
offering incense, and the minstrels playing."
these tenaplei was if, Pens .Ednitis,"
' Oinigltelkidge;y the 'Othinole ", Via Pim
v(iStrAPitnlici:ol,mßraWlii 'having
arisen, they went to a " profane , tribunal,"
as all admitted•it-waswrong to do, and not
"to their-own,teachers.
Th 9 Praetor Pembertonius •Leitts; (Mr.
;Pemberton Leigh,) associating "three skill
ful namea - Parltins, Pattisonius,
Barons Park, Pattison, and
Maul,)' "10 - 10711finilt — Vras agreed to add a
'thwOhrintiattlamens as elbiessors,"
:'(two of the lisiliopit asnisessors.) Now for
, the finding-very accurate account of it—
under 1116 veil of Classical and. heathen
45hinutiology :
• The cause of the Christians being heard at very
)ntolerable length, the Printer said Mail:on liquet.
and tooktheeVedoiliberation and on the day of
- mat r god Satiirretiow'lair liatit,ipronounced
,Pidgmettt. ile,chided both parties for their ran
cor' and'lcillY," the former being apposed to the
•-lawi of tlie.religion by which they pretended to
bonnd,, and the latter being shownby their
Making so - vest a /natter of the absence or
presence df alewTpicies , wccd„ - lowii; and Bilk.
The Prtetor then decided, that having examined
their traditions and ,their laws, he saw no reason
why &wooden cross whereof complaint was made
1 sliontd - not - retrain; the' Stunelteing regarded as
an architect'wdevice. - diciest • one part of the
Christians broke, out into a fierce shout of tri
iiraliti;brit4eredonlielied ta silence by the lictors.
The Printer neit said that a marble altar, erected
tholwo temples in imitation of the alters of the
"go`dS, ninethe Ulan airay,vrith 'a* cross thereupon,
gird . erwo'odoitlable trubstituted. • Threat another
part of tbe Christians broke out into a fierce
shout of triumpil„hut were compelled to silence
by the' liiiiirs. — Next it was held that certain
tableVrealled , (lredenbes, 'Which had
,rgivon great offence to the iconoclastic party,
'be as Might' the 'embroidered
eloth'W•tire*lth%therriiiiistit had beenewont to
- ,,SoYer .the i , said ,ahar when not offering sacrifice,
and 'ithereiriththe.+ - might now cover the table,
-teoCtfist l uh'msa fi vo til a '7 ll3:l4* Whether ft were an
altar- ore nor, rßitt the embroidered linen and lace
which ,had been i placed upon the said altar were
not fib ` btfuitedagain.' Finally; the - Traitor con
demned each party to pay his own-costs, and
dismissed,-the.-Christians with counsel to live
together is atnity,-,and to,Temember what one of
ourseldes heel' See how these
.!christians love - ani iutother."' The sentence
striking ,both ways, neither putty fixed the gar-
Green Patin at_his advocate'Saca4 which,
sfeve r ithiileie; 'either • Might: wilirlarril &Me, both
•
having enongh and to spare Of greenness.
WOMB - hatkeliyered;-thimweek, the
last of his foui, admirable lectureson the
:English - Reformation. It was of the same
high character, is to 'admire* mind - breadth
' of*kw; iii'ivell'ailktthoi"-and ) 'pictorial
(power; -141 )- wefts prev tiding 'lectures.
.-Lor&Shaftsburrpresided, land Was received
with greatenthusiesm. He 'expressed the
deep obligations of Evangelical Churchmen
16` - and maintained, that the
lafeti ‘Of'bileown Churchclinsi always
to revert -to-the- era and principles of the
Martyrs of the ,Sixteenth Century. He
hoind.that •Dr.lkr!Crie would give ere long,
3 4a course of lectures on' the Scottish Refer
,Mationt he thougbt, surpassed in
•
deeds ,of t.moral :heroism, faith, and - martyr
'Suffering, those to be -found in the history of
any ciVilized nation. J. W.
P..S essure on the money mar
' t • -
ketr.cmitinuee . 1 Part of the Chinn' expedi
tion*haS.isittiled:. An aimisthie, by last ac
counts, was justformed bettreen
troops; improsintei of peace,
.now : probably ratified.
THOVG,# Oyility,teaehepps tct epill others
highest - trittek " yet Viiifility and
tnitefrini toegal Ive by the
Idkrarest.
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A th