Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-06-21
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE ~, 1853

r, r,r 'lhi his first wife the bad woman ami elm
~ t'e pad man "i The controversy. The were
''''n mat the child thus nrepus"d between him aud
n was hinrl> own however vehement Tie offender
S.. F''w hlmslf in his dcnlas. Though HE arguments
80 1--we Daniels innocence not as locibr Lcica
~ .ncy might have BEEN the suspended for num,
~ ue nope ot better things. "Buiher H." however, who
u'r authority o the Church Ia separate from unhny
u"cR was summuriy and soemnly elected from the
cnu and nothing could be impressive than this final
"e OF separation from The church. There had been the
,s!a'oh OF The Offending brother and again. There
na oeeh kindly aimnnnns aGd s,mpalhics There had
"'" warnings and rntrcaiiea ana lnlly came the pon;
o'yond which there could suraucr lorprat
anc move" said one, "ha brother t. be ilsrom;nnn
Gated d from is Church, Moderator, VERY soeInniy
IN nose IN favor Of communicating The offending brother
w,m tand mrn and women rose unanimously Ih"s'
opposed will say nay and the Moderator commenting sol
e'nh'y upon the awful crime which had been con-
i''eh by brother B,-separard him forever from tht
Chi'ch, and PRAYED that "GOd would have mercy
on his soul" Two women, guilty Of like crimes
were also summary suspended from The Church. each time
e members rising unanimously and of them eroan-
ing aadby al the necessity OF this act of Church separation
sh severity. Are the white churches always in
men discipline for layiiy of conduct
nave thus spoken of a single in single church
me fcsbylcans hleh0dsts and Epscupaans have their
hack churches also aud such assemblies in the cities
used Exclusively by The Blacks Church government is in
Fchdcni, and church admissions precise and solemn in
a 'hcr formulas "hy brother my G.rr baptsc thee in
HE Of the Father aud o tho SON. and the Holy
Ghost " il the form admission The Creed is tuod
ana pucscd rs III tie white churches Church deacons
blaeS church committees black and all these generally
control among themselves and from all Interference
all matters relating God and conscience. The brent
"i l- marriage vow is the great offence, but the
have cited. condemnation and cxcommunicalion follow
that offence.
Master and slave are often members OF the church
they aow Al Tie same altar, pray 10 the Father in
Heaven commune at the table and find mutual bene-
hts in the relations which exist between each other. From
he simple picture of this Church Augusta Georgia.
behold what is common all over The Southern States.
E.B
The Church at Augusta is peculiar in the privileges
!! ailIrds The colorcd The Laws of the STATE ch
~ all. 3 sect 4 declare among other things that
"I any person ehal on the Lords day. commonly called
Sunday employ slave any work labor work ol ab-
soute necessity and the necessary occasions 0 The family
only cyceptcdj every person offending shall forfeit and
pay HE oi len shngs Tor slave he they shall
cause work or labor"
n Savannah in the three Baptist Churches and Me
lhots there 2090 coored persons half OF whom
aaves The Pastor of OF the BAPTIST Churches is
slave The other free coOrrd persons These
Churches contribute literally for oren and domestic mis-
the home poor SC Al The Georgia BAPTIST Ass0ca
held Warren county, last September five slave preach
present aud voted upon all questions presented for
In South Carolina there Than forty
thousand slaves who church mcIbers aud in The entire
South The Baptist and Methodist Churches already have
20 600 slave membCr9