Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-08-02
The Tennessee Baptist and Lebanon
Demo rat.

The Tennessee Baptist and e Damon
Demo rat.
| To the Editors Of The Daily Patriot:
La your issue of yesterday, you trans
| ftrred an article from the Lebanon Dan
oerat, accompanied by few remarks of
your own. in which you say "yOu have
known Mr.. Griffin for years, and think with
the Democrat. that the editor of the Baptit
is not likely to make much by attacking
him.
OF course you inferred from what the Dem
ocrot said, that the editor of the Tennessee Bdp
Ast had made an attack on Elder Griffin,
pastor of the Baptist church at Lebanon.
This every one who reads the article in your
paper will infer, and will not entertain a
doubt but that the attack was really made,
until they shall read this article. The truth
is, the editor of the Baptist has made no at
tack upon the pastor of the Baptist church
al Lebanon. The only thing the Democrat re-
fers to as an attack, as 1 suppose, is the fol!
lowing short editorial in the Baptist OF July
21st, prefixed to a letter by "A Member of
Knoxville Baptist Church, which is also
here copied:
"The following is in answer to call made
in this paper OF the 18th of June. l. there
not still "a mistake about Mr. earn, COM
muniug with the chuich? Was he invit. d?
Ii not who handed The elements to him? il
any one did? He may have been pas. d,
he may have declined to take them ho
kuows7 viii Mr. Carues himself infoI n IL
'A>sOciatlng with Campbetlite i'll tn,
pulpit an evangelical minis err il, in all
conscience, bad enough, but for a Baptist
minister or church 10 allow him 10 Com
name with them, rs inexcusabir aud ind fen
IDLE. The Association of which The K.ox-
vile church is member, should ii.q..ire INT"
It's order.
How is it that We hear almost every week
OF P,dOpaptists cOmmuning with inns Bar-
tist Church, and Camhp iliies with auU,het,
and prominent Baptist ministers with Spu
grOu? Il IL not u TACT III It these loose prac-
Iices are conhned 10 huti-Laud mark chuI cHes
aud ministers. Is there sUt'enin. dow IL Uii
the part OF that class of Baptist as Pedo-
baptlst ministers publicly ella m there il? :
"KNoxvILLE, July 4tn, 1860.
4 hope the above will suffice in regard to
Ed Howell, aud his seat in the AssUcia-
ton.
Now comes fact that will pain the heart
of ali true Baptists that love Bible principle
better than popularity; but, 10 them that
love 10 be aprlaudeG by men, may think t
Wa> Il charitable act, even ii il WAS aL the
expense of what Christ has commanded. that
l., the cOmmunIHg with Campb lite
After Bro. Ga fiji Was called 10 the pilstuI al
Gle oi tue knoxville B-pIiSI Church, The
Rev. Mr.. Cdraes. u Can. beIlte minister,
wa- vrIy often in Tie pulpit with Bro. G.,
aiding nlm III bis pulpit services, t. the NOR
tincatiun Ut tue feelings of sumo of the broth
rem aud sisters, though they through humidity,
or rome other cause, bore with il; 70 ii went
on from Sabbath ~ Sabbath, until our Sacra-
mcnt m ctug Came on. the same Two min-
listers were III Tue sLand--the b past aud the
Campbellite-as USUAL. Alter the sermon,
the c.mmunicantS were iu.itcd 10 SEATS in
front the Iabir; The BaptisIs, as usual.
made ii general move unul ali we,e seated.
DehUid, when rh,y began TO look around.
there Eat the CampbelIite minister on the
front seati The bread and wine were passed
from one To another, the CampballiLe was
about The second or tnlrd that il was handed
10. So assert that The said Campbetlite did
take the elements q won't say commuue)
with the said church at Knoxville.
.sBro. Graves, when } on receive this do as
Won think b'st with At; if you think ii will
Satisfy The East Tenuessee BapIis III regard
to he query thai was made. publish il; il not,
buru it, anu Say nothing about il; ior wish
moi TO do anyi hing that would wound he
feelings of my brethren, or bring reproach
upon the CAUSE OF Chri {. j lhlnA L eau sub
stanliate all alat L have said and If my name
should be called for, IL can be had. il am
living; if not living, think | have some
brethren here that will endorse it.
Yours in love,
"A MEMBER OF KNOXVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH"
1t will be seen by the foregoing that it an
attack has been made at all, it was by "A
Member oil Knoxville Baptist Church, and
not bv the editor of the Tennessee Baptist.-
And as your motto has always been, Fiat
.jastitia, ra'at csllm," respectfully ask that
you give this explanation N your paper.
J.
NorE.-Our Religious Editor is absent
We presume, however. that he will return in
ti1e to say one word touching the above
communication in our next issue Locul Ed