The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-07-18

nuniiy, that be extended his fruitless efforts a.
gainst them 10 the utmost extremity, yea, that he.
was willing " violate the established rules OF the
church which he hau solemnly engaged TO Oh
serve, in discharging the functions of bis high
Office. But what are the facts in the case Our
father, lfter lS0G. had the pastoral charge of but
one church, and no member of that church ever
communed with the Rev. W G. Davis The
persons to whom the Doctor refers were mem.
bers of Hopewell. Our father had no more &c.
clesastical right To exercise discipline over them
than Mr.. Jenkins nov has 10 extend his author.
iiy over the Mctbodsts Of Charlotte. This right
he did no, assume Ii is true that lie aud The
Ruling Elders Of Sugar Creek refused them the
privileges Of their church, until they sIould be
consthuitonally restored. This was their right
and their dlty. MIR. Davis because OF his doc.
trinal errors and contumacy, had been deposod
from Tie Gospel Ministry lie had established
an Independent Church. As lie had been con.
stitutlcnally Invested Of his authority to minister
IN holy things, il was schisnatcal 10. members
OF the Presbyterian church TO unite with him in
/ observing the ordinances Of religion. Those
who were guilty Of this irregulariiy were rcquir
ed to profess willingness to submit for the !u
ture, 10 the order and discipline of the church,
before they could enjoy their forfeited privileges
But That our father @ent officially to them and
= SN''iaiE tsElL uNtR .itJ the ITeSOEtg.
ran church, without their complying with the
only regular condition Of restoration is an as.
sertion, both false and graiuitous Read the fol.
I loving certificates
I Juiy g. 1873 do hereby certify, that do
not recollect that the Rev. ). c. Caldwell ever
! proposed receiving back into the Presbyterian
church, those persons who had been suspended
i from its privileges, for communng with tile Rev.
/ w e.. DAVIS vtii hIuf t1cir
! ness 10 conform 10 Tie rules Of the church.
AND. MOORE.
Jaiy 2, 1913. do hereby certify, that | dc
not believe the Rev. 5 6. Caldwell ever propos.
| ed receiving back into the presLylerian church
I without Acknowledgements, those persons who
! had been suspended from its privileges, for com.
muning with Tie Rev. " c. DAVIS.
MARGARET CANNON.
Mr.. Moore was one Of the persons TO whom
the Doctor refers and he has long been known
as speaker and steward in the Methodist church.
4 The husband and several daugh te.5 Of Mrs Can
non were also Of the number and she is one Of
the oldest and most worthy members Of the old
Buck Hill Society. Their certificates, therefore.
must be considered as decisive.
On p. 22i, the Doctor says, that regular cir.
cut preaching had continued in Charlotte hut q
short time, by Mr.. Barnet, when "Mr. 5. c. c.
made an appointment to preach on the same day
! and invited his congregation from the country to
attend )" that he made some remarks at the close
OF his sermon in reference 10 the Methodists, ca .
culated to prejudice the minds OF the Presby,e.
rams against them, "hoping the congregation
would follow his example" and return TO their
homes without hearing Mr.. Barnet in the after.
noon. But what are the facts Al that time,
4 l'Inrnftp ra in ha dp rcG ~
I gregation. Its inhabitants were under our faith.
ers pastoral care. lie preached to them regular.
! ly every third or fourth Sabbath. Mr.. Barnet,
| probably, - with the advice aud consent" of the
Doctor, made an appointment. 10 clash with his
regular appointment. Under such circumstan
ces II is nc, 70 be expected, that man of his
high sense Of honor, decision Of character, afioc.
| ton and fidelity pastor would be devoid of
feeling or refrain from ex pressing his sentiments
! lie preached doctrinul sermon, worthy his mind
and his heart aad closed with remarks, to which
the Doctor and MIR. Barnet could take no JUS,
exception. When Mr.. Jenkins was elected Pre-
siding Elder, he understood q Mr.. Staunton,
Baptist preacher, had made appointments at seY
eral of his churches in Bladen circuit. What die
he do On p. SO he says, &" fastened 10 the spot
] took the circuit where he did | followed on
after this distubef of Israel trying to counteract
what he mad DONE Then may not Prosbyte.
ran pastor guard and defend his flock, against a
Methodist intruder II our father had truckled
to such man us Mr.. Barnet even when sustain
ed by tue imaginative head OF the medical facul
ty, be would have forfeited the confidence of his
alectionate people. But his whole conduct on
that occasion was such as became him. both as a
Pastor and a gentleman, Read tho following
certificate, TO which might be added, one from
citizens of the country
cd, certify, that we believe that the Sabbath on
which the Rev. Samuel c. Caldwell met the Rev.
William B. Barnet the first Methodist preacher
who travelled on tho Sugar Crock circuit was
his regular day Of preaching in the town of Char
lotte. And that the impression made upon our
minds by the remarks OF the Rev. Saml c. Cald
well on that occasion, in reference TO the Meth
odists was, that he did not desire 10 come in col.
iision with them, or have any controversy with
them. MARY SMITH.
WM DAVIDSON.
After stating that Mr.. Barnet preached an ex
cellent gospel sermon. he remarks, The differ
ence in the spirit of the two preachers were so
manifest, as TO elicit many observations favorable
TO Methodsm :" and again, "all this served but
TO enrage the parson the more and thicker and
heavier blows were aimed by him at tho head of
the poor Doctor, until his own people condemned
HIM for his improper and uncharitable temper, so
much so, that had it not been for the extra exer
tons of few of his particular friends, he would
have been dismissed from his congregations -
On p. 22l the Doctor says, "he went through
his congregations, from house TO house, warning
them to have nothing to do with DIR. D., saving !
he was dangerous man." &c. That our father F.,
was opposed TO tho doctrines and policy of the (
Methodists of his day, in North Carolina, there :
can be no doubt. The fact is too notorious to be ,
and il is such a communication of .
his love of Gospel truth and order, that we would /
'egret any diminution in the force of its evil
lence. lie did not cherish and manifest a spirit
IT luminosity towards those whose religious senti
nentS differed from his own; and il is abundant.
Y manifest, not only from certificates in our pos
ossion, but from the Doctors own acknowlodg.
nents in the presence of witness, that he did
lot occupy an attitude Of personal hostility TO
lin, notwithstanding his adoption of Methodist
doctrines and policy. If ho had been opposed to
he Doctor as a physician, because Of his Meth ,
dism and eXerted such an influence against
i'm as "entirely to shut him out from practice in
he bounds of his congregations" IF" his own
eopie condemned him for his improper and un. |
haritable temper" toward the Doctor and the [