Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-10-28
~ - Nagzea K es 1896. NO IS

!, | can 6nd no such objects. it will be i'm
0 e|ehough to send away our money, aat
: lie we.live to bee that Jisy, uses Eoreis'
5 Missionary Society shall not want al
Jlesrs. Fouisv 3 Randall, 4
Ii you will have the goodness 10 re-
publish in your paper, u piece from The
Philadelphia Ileformer, under the head
r |of" Reformed Baptis. Churches - you
will much oblige at least enes - 2
BAPTIST SUBSCRIBER.
4 From the Philadelphia Reformer.
! .tREFO RyNED BAPTIST CHURCHES.
! JFrem correspondsns az the south. !
| Mr.. Editor-I have before me a let
ter received from a Baptist prrach in
Wake County, N. e. stating that nine
churches of the Raleigh Baptist Asso-
ciation, have rent themselves from that
Association, in consequence Of thes an
noyance they have met with from mis-
sionaty beggars. They call themselves
Me g Reformcd" Baptist Churches. !. 1.
also saw a few days since rcspecta-
Jle Baptist preacher from the Nense
Baptist Association. who stated that he
Thought there was as many as fifteen
churches in that Association ready to
separate from the same. for a like rea-.
son. He also stated. that oae church.
intbe Kchuke Association had point.
| edly declared against he missionary aud
money Begging system. Many Of the
churches have long been grieved and
troubled BY the vile arts and schemes
which have been rcsorted to for OBJ.
tlining money, under pretence of sprea- I
ing the gospel, and they are now fully ,
determined 10 rid themselves Of the a.
bominaiion by denying their. pulpit 10
all missionary b+ggars, and removing
from among them such members a. con-
tinue their adherence TO any ofthe pop.
u!ar or anti-christian projects Of the
day. This is indeed making. bold
stand, and presents an. ominous aspect
to the great missionary works and do
inss among the Baptists throughout
the Untted otates.
Whoever has had an opportunity to
observe the pernicious effects of the
missionary and money begging proceeds
ings in this country, will want no 9th.
eI evidence to convince him thar thew
are not of God. But the common peo.
pie, all along have been kept in a great
measure from an open expression Of
their sentiments on this subject. in con-
sequence Of hearing it asserted by their
head teachers and great men, and none
but the more ignorant and uniformed
part of society would be found the op-
poscrs Of Missions, &c. 1t is time for
these bighminded and ambitious lead.
ers and professors in the church, to
know that this assertion is not founded
in truth, and also 10 know that the
strength and success of a cause in IA
community, as in country, does not lie
in aiew would-be great men, who are
seekin5 their own in crest and renown,
but in The great body Of the common
people, who are too honest to patrons
re wickedness. and sufficiently inform-
ed to know when they are imposed
upon, astwell as independent enough
not long willingly 10 submit to such inn
position. When this class Or people,
either in a religious community OF. a
country, by repeated grievances and
imlositIons, once firmly and uni iiedly
resolve to reform abuses and too extri-
cate themselves from the evils and suf-
ferinss under which they labour, all the
arts and sophistry of designing and in
teres;ed men will not be able TO shake
their purpose, or prevent the accom-
plishment Of their object From what
| know, have no hesitaAcy-in. saying
there has always been majority in he
Associations already mentioned, that
were opposed TO the missionary pro-
ceedings and specuia,ions which have
been introduced among them but this
majority have been reproached and
st'gnatized as ignorant and uninformed,a
and they have borne and ioVborne until
at length their aggrieved feelings will
no longer be restraiped, and they will
seek that redress which they have il
in their power 10 obtain. And so far
as ! a,n prophet, venture to pre-
dict that the Baptist denomination will
be divided on The ground Of these mis-
siopary aud other schemes throughout
the Union. 1t becomes the leading
characters among the Baptsts, there's.
fore, to take candid view of their
proceedings, and return TO the plain
and scripiural way Of promoting the
cause OF religion and righteousness
which they were in when the Lord
them, and pot adopt the