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ToI.
Christian Messenger.
No. 13.
THE MESSENGER TIicNcw Tostameut. period by Him was that, “Theking-! JTi*oiiii Burleson County.
€has, Carlton k Toil R. Barnett
Eilitoi'H.
We often, perhaps, uac this term,! d°“ ^ '
“New Testament,” without any avell Vj°* * “,lvl 4“° "v““‘ f)nc , On the first day of this week n | members baptized “in any mode”— brethren will take place at Melvin-
,t “The New Tcs- *"»«‘Tsfd10P^.mKm.auoi. I ^ mlmbcr of disoiplc8 of Christ all who “ believe in the Uni Jesus
Op Dina 111 hll2 tttmtft until tll£» Will A >1 r/'M. ...'..iG.. ».
The Temple church (Baptist)s in ' State Meeting'.
Chicago has taken a new departure, j .
j and comes out in favor of receiving This meeting of the C hristian
ASSOCIATE editors:
C. Kendrick, J. M. Biard, j humble wa
E. Eloan,
II. B. SlMONDS.
defined idea of wlmt
tarnent” really is. If we can in our
ncy, Collin county, on Friday before
; the 2nd Lord’s day in July, 1875, at
. _ ................................. , . — _ _, __________________r_________________ _ a departure the half past 7 o’clock P. M. Brethren
*c; ^ i |^ | SSf | ^ cSr
and “New Testament,” then ‘ ® ' of the ancieiCt brethren. We have! done, and shdhld like them drop the speak on the subject ot Sunday
..... „..............„,„of ,ei"9 I", nt11116 mi t i It he will '«assemb|ed themselves together’’ at I C'h.ist”-[Christian Messenger.
y assist any one to under- ®eaM " lt 1 IIls °" " ’ hai s°"° j the house of a Baptist friend, Mr. C. L 1,1 taking such a departure
ment
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14,
1875,1 this will not have been written in bad caiP°"'aed tbc exciutois to no prCacher in this vicinity, nor in name. Moreover it has
vain. A testament is simply a will.
open the will and proclaim the eon-
Tho Baptists arc erecting a $50,000 Now, that we may the more readily dd’ons' ^ 01 / d-i} i his death,: «sra^er(| abroad” have concluded to
r ° * - Jesus tells Ins executors to wait m'
no more Schools.
the county, hut a few of us who are j i to call itself a Baptist church i AV*ill not flic churches of Christ
•college at Dallas.
Wc this week close the Sweeny-
Drtzler debate.
Jerusalem until the power comes.
i meet together anyhow. Bro. A. W.
the'C^riatiarf(hurvh'as^if al l^othe” mcct PBnctuall>' at thc al,ovc linl0
were hypocrites or infidels.—[Reiig- aad place bv their messengers, that
ious Messenger. good may be done in thc name of
Dr. Jacob Ditzler will commence
operations in Bonham on Friday! on certain specified conditions.
night next.
understand thc subject before us, wc
will use a simple illustration : Sup- ’^1 11,11,1 • Hunkle, a very intelligent and well
pose that A., having property to be 011 no t c i t enter o£t. j11-|'orme<j brother, recently fromMis-
disposed of at his death, should make j a 01 * e 1 eat 1 ° *° °sta 01 ’ souri, meets with us, and is indeed
a will, leaving his estate to tAvoboys, r™ Pow^ tjmc>1 *e a\as open j tjie moVci. jn this matter. Bro. C. j our Castor. If thc church is thc
on certain specified conditions, lie1 * ’ * onus nnu - p am \ '"own, Kendrick has visited this communi- of Christ, she should wear thc
appoints his executors bcfoi*e his j * 1 ee * oomp ice, an< enjoy j ty^and promises to come again when | name 0f her husband. The Baptist
We call ourselves Christians bc-
j cause wc wish to wear thc name of
Jesus Christ? There is a great work
for the Lord’s people to do. Will
they come up to the help of thc Lord
against the mighty ?
death to carry out the provisions
It is not the cholera it is not the j ^H^ined in the will. Notwith
ed the first legacy—remission of
,_________- ___ __________ i sins. This is ourmusum to the (ionc muc!l g0<)d in the way of cor- j the genint, instead of that of her j is stated that
smallpox that is raging a ovd t ic landing the will is made, thc exec- ■ T10*1 lon* 10 011 ct0^ 01 reefing error and silencing those jj0n] thc bi-idegroom. We leave it! ddth enough to
nation. It is the spelling fc\ er. I utors appointed, yet before his death j oai j01 sciuci xioti, A\as t it time wjJO misrepresented us, and if 1 to Bro. Buckner to say how pretty'^nn,b^ °11C* ' J,
....... ........,^l«-uUgcthim here for ten dap, or! an(1 „ppropriatc that fook. If yonV ^“ned^o KK
Bismark and Romanism become takes place these two boys can not
when. In our next we
. ° , , i uv>i ”i * : Bro. ('. & B.—In one of your
he can. His preaching has already j church prefers to wear thc name of j “Letters to a Methodist Friend” it
many sinners have
save them, if the}’
I who misrepresented us, and if -1 to Bro. Buckner to »ay tew pretty | "*
-^ --. : the executors must be empowered Para l!^ 0 0 K., preached twice for us, a week
The Quarteih Reviecc, publis ec Qr authorized by the court to open ’latcina }, ago, and although the sects by acei-
b} Bro. Mooie, of Cincinnati, is on wjjproclaim to the heirs the * LF*1 ’ 0UGLA8S‘ I dent had “singing meetings” and
hand in due time and filled an ith comijtjona on -\VJiich its legacies may j pn^Bu,^ <o. i other exercises conflicting with his
^ood reading matter.^ bc^ enjoyed. The two boys must, prom various parts of the state appointments, he had good audienc-
urtiiisiu uuuuu, --------- —^ '..... i showino1 what the conditions are by1 t ouu uj»j«up a wno continued to
jjerated, and, it use "one dollar of the property ; for ‘ ® . , , , . J_ two weeks avo could doubtless or- J position place* you amefng the hyp-! enc-e. How is it?
J. M. AV.
Hammond, the revivalist, converted first comply with the terms'-be they wc learn that the Methodists arc e-s» especially young people, and left jjogiance and come over under our act upon their convictions, and were
a capitalist of Ban Francisco, who;two or more—before they may law- aiscussing among,themselves the ne-! Sood impressions, which it will puz- **
showed his change of heart by hand-1 elaIm thc inheritance. With cessitv of abolishing thc office of zlc; somebody to eradicate soon. Wc
ing over to the preacher a check for!,hoso P-^^ofy remarks wc will p^ding Elder. Wc hope «I>«T;
*1,000. proceed at once to the investigation win oome t0 thc detcrininntion so to : (1d| ou mc in Caldwell, or on
in in sii nAcf \n nrn in !,n 1,1 do, and then go on au.l abolish the Bros. Runkle and Bowles, six miles
j of the subject before us. Paulin
The Messenger, at the suggestion J Hcb. \ III: 6, says it is a better tcs- present high office of Bishop, as not! cast of town. I hear occasionally of
of thc daily Statesman, will cheer- tament founded upon better pro mi- warranted by thc New Testament ^ro* Bennington passing through
fully correct statistics and anything than the one whose promises j imd the offlto of Cinnit Rider, and JuiT'him’^ AVe‘all"1!!^ Z
or legacies vvero not so good, all othhr things not taught by Christ | MEuaraomt, and'^heartily second Bro!
as those of the new arc better.1 and Ins aVpostles. Such a course Kendrick’s motion for a good paper.
else that will be just and right.
In a little town in New York there
is one Baptist church that contains
__ . _.... _...................... Now, if avc can ascertain wnat the would do away with the mourner’s
fifty-eight households—entire fami-: le»raci®s wcjrc ^hc ^ und uthc | bench and all that •belongs toits
lies—that have been baptized, and seoond> ai»d who the 'vcre> ther| office, which would, indeed, bring
not a single infant. W° ma' 11C morc vcadily unuerstand 8inncre t0 st?e that to enjoy thc bless-
1 why Paul should say the new was jng Gf pardon they must hear, and
better. By reference to Lpv. XX\ I: |Hdicve and obey the gospel of the 1
W. K. Homan.
Caldwell, Tex., Apr. 6.
does
oerites and infidels, avc can’t help it. Lancsville, Tex.
Wc are sorn* for you. AVe ask you Man is tree. Faith
to lay down your unseripturnl name
and come out from among them. We
have no desire to monopolize thc
name Christian, hut Avottld have all j no* confess him.” They had iaith
the sects to throw off their party al-: enough to save them, but refused to
not al-
Avays produce obedience. In the
time of onr Savior, “ many believed
on him, yet for the multitude would
broad banner and share this -name no* saved.
with us—this large familv name that ~ * * ] 7T~a
m * c , i Sherman, Tex., April 6,18<5.
is sufficient for all Christ s people. = Dear Brethren
As an item of news from this place
I Avish to state that, on thc night of
your the 29th of March Bro. Gano, nssist-
The Moody and Sankey assault on
the city of London began at thc ap- 3 :4, and Deut. XX\ III : 5, avc find
pointed time, and they are conduct- n°t only the legacies but thc condi-
ing meetings in which from 15,000 tions pretty plainly stated. “If ye
to 20,000 persons compose the audi- walk in my statutes and keep my
Lancaster, April 3, 1875.
Eds. Christian Messenger :
Dear Brethren :—It maybe worth
, ~ — - - y ■' n 1 ’ j your attention, as an item of news,
Lord Jesus Christ. As the Bishops,^ j am in ri.ei t of the likoncs.’
and Presiding Eiders and Local ^ several of my preaching breth-
Prcachers and Circuit Riders uoav • ren, Avhom I have lent ned to esteem Red Oak, Tex
■ence.
commandments, I will give you rain
Eds. Messenger :
I am a constant reader of
valuable paper, and I thought 1 ed by Bro. Caskey, commenced a
would take the liberty of asking meeting here and continued (hiring
your opinion on a subject about , the week, including Lord’s day j ami
which I am not a Httle confused. I although there were several hindran-
have had an argument with an aged ecs the audiences avc re good and the
brother of our church, Avho asserts attention unexcelled. The immedi-
that Adam was not the first man. ate result wa» two added to the
lie has got me so completely upset | church, one by confession Und bap-
about it that I resolved to Avnte to j tisrn and one by letter. Bro. Cano
you for a solution. Our brother. is an able prociaimer of the gospel,
says if there A\’ere no people before atid made a fine impression upon the
Adam, it Avas impossible lor <'ain to mind* of the brethren and sisters
get a Avifc, while I say that lie mar- here, and Avhen he Ici't for his homo
ried bis sister. What say you upon , at Dallas he promised to visit us
the subject? J. L. P. i again this summer, and then avc will
hope for less hindrances and better
It is Best not to attempt to be wise j Iw"i.^ Tbe vliun-h here la In ro.mI
1__ _____ condition. ll:mng the services ot
teach and practice, he waits and 1 highly for their work's sake. Near
persiata in nicknaming the Christ- ea Bnt0 £voic' „f“.Lorf U,V1'‘° "TrT I" u""’l 7?”"","n < TT' T'f ^HI"* of ",v 0,l,*r l>C°',lc bcforc Alla'"> ,,or doCT ""1 Cl^ “ *bul“
an^ cans u.» j j ^ :^k„0rhXi; ^ ‘ ^...............
Bro. A. Clark, in which he speaks of * . . „ , .
•• — -- - 1 ns t]ie were thc progenitors of the human
race—-thc entire race. If there Avcre
---- ----1 -------/----------I uuu IU uu nit nir* tuiiiiiuiiiuiut'iii^
a Campbellitc paper. One would j blessed shaft thou be in basket and (an not be found in all the history *>* »• ,,e spe
suppose thata man of Bro. Buck- in 8torcy The JeAvish nation alone! ofthc Acts of AnostIcS. The \,,oV ! f
neris refinement and education and 1.1.—.....— . . ‘ ^ ' 1 Lev*. M. AV. 3LithcA\s, and
noris refinement and education and
Christian manners Avould not
Your brother in Christ,
G. W. Gearhart.
.11; rp 1 ii'-.' 1 * m v. -m. 11. .uittiu n^, uiiu miiiic {—— -----------—--- —--------- --- fil.ENlAAAN, IiU-SK C.O., PeXAS, 1
1^ j. , ^ 1 C,l,l"S"i 10 piom^ and Evangelists ♦preached the other brother as another “reverend.” j other races, and Cain took a wife of j April 8th, 1875. |
ns inn manners ""oa h ised were all temporal nothing of ,r0S|)Ci 0f Christ; they heard and Thinking this was surely a “mistake them, theA*
guilty of such mis behavior. L nee- immortality, and the curses l'™- believed with the heart the good i^fic printer,” I have waited for' thc floo<,/
ucated and ignoraift people are Avont
to bo thus disrespectful towards a
respectable people, but it is not often
met with among well-informed, well-
bred people of the nineteenth cen-
Avcrc all destroyed by Eds. Christian Messenger :
thc flood. Noah and his family came I will give yonaiew things said
'1T;rCd..foLd,S?n,;Cdun:!C WCriCUl!,0f i MCW;S an<1 rcfcnted of theirsi:,s and a r cwocftons. ‘U If ' Brm Clark of thc 1IliC of Sctlu lf‘ You ^c,icvc b*v .Eldcr T* Ef?tirnian in a di^',n»
confessed Christ, that he is the no^ use ^j,e language that appeal's in the Bible, you need not bo perplex- delivered at this place last Monday
a like nature. The heirs under the
ucav testament are both Jew and
Gentile—all nations, and its legacies
are all of a spiritual character. The
Son of God, and were buried with the printed copy of his letter, it is ed over such questions. Take the
tnry. Simple politeness, it not i„t j8 remission of sins, and the 2nd
scriptural propriety, should induce i* immortality or eternal life. These
our cotemporary to call us by the like those under the first wi 11 arc
name we call ourselves. | granted on conditions, Avith which
due to him and to the cause of Christ
that it ho corrected. Let us not
him in baptism, and Avcre then do
dared saved. When our Methodist
book by what it says.
night.
Subject, “What shall I do to
be saved?” He said this question
had been asked three times nud an-
Kextuckytown, Tex., April 8, ’75. Jawered every time, but not answer-
they Avill remodel the organization us where some inspired man gave or j Messrs. Carlton & Burnett : j ed alike. Thc people at Pentecost
of their Avhole church. May that received, or authorized the giving or j Enclosed find tA\o dollars, for ask, men and brethren what shall
_^ ^_ j day come soon, so that thc people of j receiving, a title like this? The | which send me the Christian Mes- wc do ? Tcter said, repent and be
The Methodist presiding elder of wo must comply to obtain thc inheri-1 God niay bo one, as the Father and *,f the Messenger that senger. Mr. Sweeny, while affirm- baptized. What for ? For remission
... A... .. . ... tance. These conditions must be ^ „» ftn„ tl.-o tm. „.n,.i,i 1... contains tiro, (dark s letter tells us ing baptism for remission of sins,] .. .
this district, Mr. hills, it is said, .» n . 0XDre^e(,_110n„ thom 7 " ’J ! • bc', that the term “reverend” oeenrs hut savs ,l!al under cxtraonlinarr eir i,,f , Thr
verj- much opposed to Dr. Ditzlcris j | n |n - (J T1 . ___, ,lovc ln ,I|C 5Icss,al'. once in the Bible, and by rcin-enre | cnnwtsiicm God used oxtraonlinan-,1 'I0 tobewm
position that baptism did not come ° is ie jus ice uni k ; “ * 1 ^ to the 111th Psalm wc find it is ap- means of salvation. I presume that on the Lord Jesus Christ. Paulsaid,
ncAolenocot the Lord necessitates. The daily Statesman, that comes. plied to Israel’s God. May I not i you understand what Mr. Sweeny \ Loixl what wilt thou have mo to do?
For avc cannot conceive how He can as an exchange regularly to thc wlmt an angel (too modest to intended should be understood by Thc Lord said go to Damascus and
receive the homage of man) once-extraordinary means, 'there are , ^ , ,T
: said?—“ See thou do it not.” ! several in this vicinity that would lie : ,l,crc " 8h”" ,IC *“l,‘ J 00- Ho 'vcnt-
J. M. Rawlins, gratified to receive an explanation jand Ananias told him to ariwand bo
We have received a communion- i thro‘^r,‘ tho Messenger. _ ! baptized and wash away his sins,
lWfailer said, what shall
tv(w? Paul said, believo
in place of circumcision. Wm. Price
is also A’ery much chagrined at Dr.... . . -
Jacob's course in admitting that thc * >mt a'"' " ■thhold thc legacies i Messenoeb, utters thc following t
\4-------- i*-:i-— comply1
or ignorance. But avc belieA'c the 'in his Holy Word, that to bow bc
Christians do not believe in water as on oui failure to tumpi} , “What men need is the knowledge
regeneration. The Doctor has had Wlth thc terras ^tbcr fro,u inabilit-v !and !)ub°/ ,that. the Lord is present
morc discussions than the preachers
of tho west, and has been driven
from nearly all the positions that
they think impregnable. If he re-
mains in Texas long, it is feared he
will not leave the little preachers
terms are all expressed, and that so foro 1Iim is to »«bmit their lives to tion from Bro. Clark in regard to
plainly, “that a way-faring man II,s.r,,i<,a,.K‘e’ to..'™r*hiP Him is t» the manner in which he
though a simpleton need not err
therein.
Hattie Paxton, j calling on thc name of thc Lord,
“handled” Bro. Sweeny was referring to thc |Noav, if there is only one condition
the daily uses of j Rro. Mathews, or rather the manner tbief on tbe tn,ss> and J<aul that was to salvation or remission of sins, as
, life, to elevate Him before the peo- jn which (he savs) our printer han- an vxtraordinnry case, and that God some say, thc same answer woiild
pic is to ele\ate His truth in our al- ,, . , . ; “ . . » ^ A •. might save people under such cir-Shave been given every time. But
do His Aviil in all
j pie is to eievaie ins irutli in our ai- „ „ *, mi-dit
The first letraev nromised in tho I Actions, and let it shine forth in our d,ed 1,18 manU8criPt, for he says it - . . .. , .. . #
he first legac} promised m the s<> filr as any form of wor-' was “brother” he wrote, and not cunurtnnccH outside ot the ordinary , these persons were all in different
much to debate about. It is still a ! neA\ aviH A\as rejnission ot sms, (sec ^hip or any doctrine of truth helps 1 “reverend.” It is not Bro. Clark’s ,uea:is—that is, by faith, repentance conditions. Those at Pentecost
question of discussion among thcjEld<e^^^ : ^~>) " hich was to be ns to live a heavenly life, it is useful, theohxre that is at fault but his pen- and baptism. were believers when they ask-
Christians Avhether they had not bet- Preached to al1 nations—both Jew j So far as it tends to conceal the cs- n , 7; n„r smiUn* IkahI.I
ter act upon Bro. Caakey’a auggea-[a"<l «»"'«*• -W. two queutiona I j" '7a a(r.'p’i *°, .Tl^Tl0 'Y'
tion and give tho .‘Doctor a largo j nafantty arise right here, ami as a ! f thc n
salary to
preach.
stay in our state and majority of tho religious Avorld differ dranee. So far as tho formalilies of
j with us in the answers to both, avc worship conceal its true object, and
must be careful in our reply
1st. When Avas the first legacy—
remission of sin—proclaimed under
this New Testament ?
2nd. What avc re the conditions
never
Avritc in an “unknoAvn tongue” or
permanent, it is a bin- j with hieroglyphic characters, hut in
plain letters, if they wish the prin-
ter to make no mistakes.
I lead thc mind to rest in the form,
and to think that true and accepta-
Palestine, Tex., April 5, 1875.
Eds. Messenger:
I send 84. Please send paper to
Eld. Wm. Pickle, Brushy Creek, Ail-
ed thc question. The Jailer aatis not;
never having heard the Avon! of tho
Lord. Paul had believed and re-
pented, and he only lacked one
thing. Can any man living account
for these different answers in any
hlo worship has been ft.llv complied I.. Tex.
with, it must be harmful'to the last;Ens* ClIR,8TIA* Messenger:
degree.”
The
derson county, Tex., and to Dr. J.j other wav? The Apostles’preach-
R. Palmer, Palestine, Tex. I am in mg can fie reconciled in this way,
hopes your efforts will be croAvnod and in no otber* How easy to preach
About tbe first of .March Bro. with great success. On yesterday I ; *be
irilian lirenehed n rligftrinrKo nt >i l.«.l II___i <......I. ____1 I • H.—1 OU
somiments set forth above ! 0!^"'*," Pr?”c.,;<!4 a at a, had meeting on Brushy Creek, and ....f .j.?. ,, ‘ Xl.T.o I Bro
...tlf |daee lit tlilacoimtv, where the baptixod a young Udy on a confca-
are a little strange,
such
nine sirangc. Strange, that Methodists have regular monthly ! “ w,,,ws' Kendrick Hsks avIio Anil second hia
scriptural thoughts should be , meeting. In a 1‘cav davs after, the s*°n of her faith. The congregation ; motion in reference to the Mehsen-
in a political paper. Strange, preacher came round, and in the on Brushy is getting along in peace OBl' 1 '\ill. J. M. IV.
ask me if yon shall
yes. J~
Kendrick asks Avko will second his
There are a few questions that are
stirring np thc pure minds of the
Baptists in different parts of the
country. One of these is the follow-
ing: “Is immersion the door into enjoined in it ?
the church ?M One other question is The will itself must determine
becoming quite prominont: “OpeV both. Now, to the law and testing- fonnd in
or close communion, which? , ny, as to the time when. The that anv religious thoughts of an\- course of hi* remarks he spoke of a and harmony. This week I deliver -——-—-
Tho New Testament can settle these death of the testator must first take | kind should be found in a paper n<»t I10"?1? ^1,M,n becalled “theological a scries of sermons in this place. We j Tlie GaiiiesAilleitoshavc also been
questions, it its ^uthorit^ should bc place. No testament is of force while religions Sti-irom if nowmi omdels, and said that they denied are slowly gaining ground. Pray lastoshished at some Dr. Jacob's won-
;trl„ur 'i"artvr l r t,w -vct";s" — ^^ z i,i teai & & %% :^:rmvb ovc- nl a r*
times than the «ord of the Master. Apostle, in the 9th chapter of Ho- far keep his Hager out of that mah ! tarther said that „iiietoen-twentieths | 1^ 1 wr,tcs from thal P1"™ «•
\V at is usage but tradition ? Tra-1 brews, and the testa(pr, Jesus biin- ter—avc preachers Avill supervise the ot tbcdr I,»*enchcrs were men who j T M Swr.Niri' i^obow s:
Uition on some subjects is spurned self, said to his executors alter his 'religious nuestionsof the <|.,v lvi«.ih.! bad botMl tur,ud out ot‘ orthodox j _ ' ' *j We hare had uome strange revo-
by tho Baptists, and why not on all death Luke XXIV • 46-47- Thus "re * <• *' . churches for niisdenieaiiors, and had lations lately in our town from Dr.
mat,era on which Chrii and the i, “sW, iften thim !, ^ ^ Z*" ' ' "j i"'U ^ »f ''-'h- A.,y <'hr,stian brother who has a Ditaler, of which the fol. owing will
ot u poiitKcil paper should nut ion* J speak ot this that you few hundred dollars and the reijiti- do us i\ frpeeiineu :
and skill to take change I K The church is universal in iis
it is written thus it behoved Christ editor
Apostles have spoken ? Did Christ to suffer and rise the third day; worship God* by doing" His will/ ™.'' know what kind of material
or the Apostles preach or teach that ami that repentance and remission ! when many try to worship God by ^ Ul\™ to (ll'(l Ayith in tl.iscpuntn . | f H(.hoo, ju a sin'ill railroad towii f ebarar/tlor' _ -
baptism is thc door into the church? of sins should he preached in his doing their own will It will be th* 'V°,-st ‘I1 ,l ,s’ !b(‘ l>eWP,e ,, ’ 2- The primary meaning of bap-
No. Then who, that respocts their name to all nutions, beginning at .♦■ ... .......(^tuc ot them) 1,,vg to hear these and build iq tlu same ixTinancntl}, (|R<, „ sprinkle and isiur, and all
authority, will teach thus? In ihc Jerusalem. Noav #t his doath was
New Testament, Christians, disci- first necessary, we conclude the re-
plea, saint*, and the brethren ate thc minsion of sins was not preached in through thc gates'into' th<T citv of ,r3 whcr<' ,1|U,'C almmlant
anppor. Should not tb.aamo.cba* hi* name bcforc that even,. AM,he,the .\cw Jcnmalcm. May wc 1 ^^7 ^ l""n"8 th* ^
cat the .upper now t iprcaching authorized before that them in that glorious man h. I 1 .' w. M. J.
doing their own will. It will be
strange, if, at last, some of the edit- things, afthougli knowing at flic
ors of political pajiers, as well as same time that they are false. Isn’t
some other people, should enter this a had state ot things in a eoun-
and give his influence wholly in fa- Greek scholars agree to this,
vor of the Christian church at thc 3. Infant membership is proven by
said place, can be put in correspond- Jlu| *at’^ the A\ord does not fbr-
..... . . bid their reception,
with the jtrojior brethren by , ()l|r ....... ‘ . ,
ence
. n , , ; Our Pedob^ptist friends swallowed
I writing to Charles Carlton, Bonham,! the dose as young birds would graas-
Texas. 1 hopjuTs.
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Burnett, Thomas R. & Carlton, Charles. The Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 14, 1875, newspaper, April 14, 1875; Bonham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth974148/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bonham Public Library.