Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-22

that gold should be used a. a ci,cr,,.;
dunn IN the transaction of busina.. ~
Mr.. President, | wish it djstirc,Ia 6si
stood, here and elsewhere, tina, .9a''
reach those sisters in the Church VII, .'aa:i
olatine our rules by wearing ieselry ' -, v
some Of our distinguished minister. 49,, :, Na..'
ing about with foe goid-hsad.d c,ns. NA''
ing gold spectacles. and With e.g,,, ' ''''
watch-chalns swinging from their x., 40. q. %;
| hope we shall come directly to a 80, ,'''
the question, and am 10 favor Of i, I've 2;
postponement.
Rev. David 5. D)sgett. D. D ed,, =
Quarterly Review, was q wiling than. " = ~
speech should 90 forth as an eIoonao, -, ~ <
sentiments of Virginia on thi. .ubisc, " y. %i
Lee--l only Intended to give nv own w..
Doggett resumed--l know they ara r.. ~
| cannot agree with him. hone tss 49,,
will ever be retained. at least .uh.t,n,.'..'
Ii is the standing voice Of III. Church 49,.
excess in that direction. IL il no '1'
to suppress that voice. II ever Their. -
period when the testimony was nsAdss
now. l AN an advocate for good ~.
but the foolish and expensive a.bi'
which the world is driving with locom,s'
velocity, ought to be arrested. Bro,bs,
spoke Of the discrepancy between the ~"
tlce and the rule, and would have The.
suppressed because 1t is not observed. R.,
because We are wrong does il follow thai.
rule is wrong! | believe the testlm,pv 40.
Church on this subject is right, becau.e !,
founded on the Scriptures the deem a..
unalterable principles invOlssd in the ,.r
genius Of Christianity. hope the Cha.
will maintain her ground Iii, rainlu
me that, at this particular period, there /
tendency to set at defiance all our f,r,
standards.
The Rev. Dr.. Charles T. Deems. Of V
miugton, n. c., was 10 favor Of e1pup,.
but could not adopt the logic or staten.
IF the mover We should not have i, in =.
book Of Discipline, because We were Chu,~
lie concuried 10 depsecatIng the tenieu,r
supertility, but did not think tbi, .ssi
would check it. ItTas lifting a strawtn.|
whirlwind. The rule might DO frslms /,
tie band, the parasite of a. es,at....
church, that dared not call itself cAu,.
but tor US it was contemplate. Ii gOut
for the regulation of society, Lu, for d
church to assume to be the mantua.ms,.
millioer, and tailor of her members. w..
contemplate Dissertation OF her sacred fl
The motion to strike out the section cgc,
from Mississippi, a reforming c)tierenls
The great, the good, whom we 10 lorgr =
among us-Dr. WInans-struck b,oE
the enormous bonuets." The spel,
would remove this as equally useless.
us try, said be to get the true sap Of "a
circulating through the tree, and II viii
forth such leaves as shall be the besuN
Zion; but il is useless 10 90 about ruIiu.
this leaf and that, etc. | hope the cta"
will no longer give "a form OF fashion to
members.
Under the force Of the prevou: quest
moved by Res. +. WadswOrth, tue SUI eci q
indefinitely postponed.
Bishop Soule, ~ it'll reference 10 the 'or.
ing, said: Ii is made the duty Of The prris]
ers to read the General Relies with relefst
to superfuous ornaments) once a qa,rs
every congregation. Has this been dJot !:
may it not be that the neglect on toe P.H
the preachers on this important poiUt 10
instruction may have contributed 10 'ous
gree TO the increase of superhuiy o. 2
ment in the Church? II this had been
ried oot faithfully by the preachers, | e
there would have been an improved co.
of things 10 respect to this matter
brother said this section had done 20 :
| think very differently. At least, sIr,
years ago 1t did good. The Method"
that day were simple people under 'a'
servsncs of their rules. they kOeE
other everywhere they met. They cam
from the world; sir--they were 'ePaH
from the world.