Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-12-21

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and manifest the wickedness ui your
hcart---ana that you are under the inilu-
ence of a spirit that would dethrone God;
sap the foundation of the christian reli-
eion; raise anti-Christ to his tull power;
exall those Popes that are training up
men to preach; establish priestcrail; ana
lead the public 10 believe that no man IS
qualified 10 pieach bull classical men;
and thereby make them believe that
those men whom God has called are
fools or impostors; aud By these means
bring on an awful persecution as soon
as the beast has power against the true
Church OF Christ. Although, sir, you
are ready 10 bUasi of your wisdom, and
the ability of those men, / feel like cry
ing out, 40 Lord forgive them, they
know not what they do" Again, sir, |
have to say you missionaries have a very
improper knowledge Of what the word
missionary means, or you have very
weak or contemplate idea of the pro-
mulgators of religion. You talk about
the schools among heIndians under that
appellalion--why SO +? are school teach
ers, and children when learning their A
Is {, or On To the extent Of tuition, exat-
ed 10 the eyteni d: religious terms? Or
IS j the case that the ministry is SO
| duced, that a isss;, must be appointed 10
the care of schooling children, to give
him the title OF Missionary, or a promul-
gator of religion II pei,her Of these,
| IL, Ind
out preachers Girls, never blended
his religion with The world this way; and
the good Did bible knows nothing of all
schools, sc. to rain
| preachers, or connect them with his re
lieion. And if you speak no, according
to this, il is because there is no light IN
you. All these errors you would im-
pose on my family, and number more,
one or two oil which will mention, and
stop for the present. You would teach
US, contrary TO the teaching which Christ
taught, To sound trumpet when We give
aims. II we had trunpoters we might
have great noise too---but not in cllu-
eating our preachers, or sending out
those sell-0aitcrers ; because CHRIST has
given us no such authority, by precept
or example--ii he has. show ne the spot,
and l will unite with you. nqw ask
you, sir, by what Authority you do these
things? or at least vindi, ate Ibis course !?
If you cannon find " thus sai,h the word
Of the Lord" for II, charge you before
God and the hoiy angels, stop. | wish
to rectiiy one more sad, though perhaps
innocen', mis,akc--ihat is, you tell Us the
Bap,ists, as well as others, are success
fuI in their semluarics, ADD sending on,
well ,augh preachers; and about Staueh-
toms young men he is training up to the
ministry | have no doubt, sir, b,d YOU
have an allusion to the seminaries ana
theological establishments Sc, UP b,
wha, is called the Baptis, Board of To-
reign Missions but here YOU ave wrong
the Board, with its plans, was set up
for the Baptists (but not by them y and
they will not have it; for il was not Sc.
Up by the Baptist ADMINISTRATIVE it is
improper 10 call j, the Baptist Board;
and the title Of that boar,I Is a fa!sehood,
and an imposition on the BaDlisis, as
well as the public at large. These men
have devia,ed from the Baptis, faith, and
gone out from US; and it ought to be
manifest that they are moi of us--tor the
Bap,is, faith, or religion, looks to the
King and prophe, Of Israel 10 quality
preachers for them. and ae.ieye j, a sne-
cial call and pif, of Divine Grace. AL
though the board would faln make the
,nblic believe they have the anthortv.
and almost the united strength of he
Bap,ists, by publishing in their annua,
reports, the long list of associations whom
they rapresept as corresponding with