Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-12-18
FOR TII9 ADvERTIs2R.

Mn. EDITOR I'm your paper of the 18th inst,
over the signature Of a Voice from Gllgal, Is
= communication, intended, no doubt, to do JUS
ticc to that able Divine, Rev. G. II. RAYMOND
The intention, however laudable, stops short OF
oIl the facts in regard to Mr.. RAYuoSD's connex-
ion with the Gilgal Church. In the first sen
tencc Of the article above referred to- the writer
saws "t is already known by some that his con-
ncxjon with the Church will not exist longer
than the term for which he was first called"
Docs not the writer know, that his term of ser
vice has expired, and that his successor for
another year, now has the pastoral care Of the
Church. II may be, that the writer did not
know at the time he penncd his article, that his
conncxion with the Church was at an end at that
time: but if he were present on the first Sab
bath in this month, when the Church made her
call for minister for the ensuing year, cannot
sec how he could have come to any other conclu-
SION than that the conne1ion was severed on that
day: for after the election Of a minister: it was
asked by leading member, whether or not the
incumbent's term of service should not conf
mencr then, or should it commence at the first
of the year It was rather casually settled that
it should commence with the first of the year.
The connexion between Mr.. f. and the Church
would seem from, this inquiry, was at an end in
the mind of the one above referred to, and such
have no doubt, was the impression produced
upon the minds Of great many others.
In confirmation of this supposition. it becomes
necessary to give a short history Of the Churcl
discipline. Upon former occasion the Churcf
expressed her willingness that two others Of tht
clerical profession, should meet Mr.. +. on spe
cited day. One Of them had responded t" th'
call with this proposed alteration, that th'
meeting should take place either before or afte
the tine specified The other has not, nor wa
il supposci that he would either respond to tn
call or be present at the meeting. One however
I suppose. was sufficient for all practical purpo
scs. In view then, of this prior engagement q
the Church, which should have been carried ou
in good faith to all Of the parties, submit it t
the candid reader, if in rcroking this decision
it acted in good faith to one of the parties, who's
very destiny at that time seemed to hang upo
the issue Of that meeting. Such, however, VIZ
the decision of the Church on the day aboy
referred ohat they would have have GlG nghng moor moor
to do with the party implicated Hence the i'm
preston that the conncxion was on that da,
severed. It is but justice to remark that tn,
mover of this course, it is confidently believed
was actuatcd by good motives that he did no
think of the effects that would necessarily result
from such course
In regard to the request Of Mr.. R. that his
name should not be proposed for reelection, and
that his request was granted, it would have been
but courtesy TO him that such request should
have been publicly announced; in order that no
impression should have gone abroad, either that
the Church had lost confidence in him, or that
the mind of the Church and congregation had
been forcstallcd by the suppression of this fact.
1t is pleasing thing to know that " some who
have been most strenuous in their opposition be-
gin to have doubts Of the propricty of that oppo-
sition :" and heartily concur in the whole of
the concluding sentence Of "a Voice from Gil
gal." ANOTHER VOICE.