Smyrna times., 1860-05-24
CoRREsPo PoNDENCE.

pablished at Middletown, Orange County, N.
Y; edited by son of "Volumnus' spoken of,
which for some cause he did not publish, and,
by request, is published in our columns. We
have seen Elder Cephas'" appeal to the Old
School Baptist Association of Delaware, as
we'll as Elder Volomnus' structures thereon,
and we are unhesitatingly of the opinion that
Elder C. has pursued conscientious course in
relation to the difficulty, and honestly warred
against what be conceived wrong and unscrip-
tural. He should have been treated with the
courtesy, at least, Of hearing in his own
Church paper.
For the g Banner of Liberty"
MR EDIToR Having learned that your pa
per was established for the laudable purpose of
opposing and exposing priest-craft, and looking
up the sins of preachers and deaeons for ungod-
y sinners to feast on, permit me TO give you
some account of the progress of priest-craft in
our vicinity. very popular preacher from
Middletown, Orange County, New York, who
we shall call Rotumnus, sometimes visits our
locality be is also tbs ostensible editor of
paper entitled Signs Of the Times" devoted
to the interests of the Old School Bsptists, and
for many years was hailed with acclamations
ofjoy by its patrons.
But in process of time it began to advocate
spurious doctrines, such as, Jesus Christ was
the first production of Divine power, the first
thing God made; and in creating Jesus, he
created all the elect of God in his creation, and
never hath elected or chosen any of the Adam.
ic family whatever; also the fundamental doc
trine of regeneration or birth of the spirit, was
confined alone to those new men created jn
Christ Jesus before the world was; and none
of the Adamic family, either soul, body or spir-
IL, were ever born over again; that soul and
body both remain the same after the new birth
as before. j. e., earthly. sensual and devilish.-
| Near our vicinity resides an old shoestr ng sort
Of preacher. we shall call Cephas, who took
considerable exceptions to the doctrine pub
lished by Volumnus, and he, as some say, wick.
edIy and foolishly wrote and published an ,ap-
peal to the Old School Baptist Association Of
Delaware. But the most wicked act of c.. was
in giving it publicity in political pa per in lieu
of your consecrated Bonner. C. added post.
script 10 the appeal, in which he spoke evil of
digniiaries which was very wicked, as the fol-
lowing will show. AT the Salisbury Associa-
tion, near Laurel, Del, in October, 1858, he,
among other things, said that v. and his work.
men represented their Christ to us as distinct
pired on Calvary, as the hog is from the stye
in which it is fed. Now, C. thought, they
preached the same Christ that the extracts in
bis appeal set forth, that they say is an eternal
creature, and they told us the man who died or
! Calvary needed salvation as much as his peo
! pie, is admitted by Elder ". Hence old C.
| felt Justified In saying they represented thei
Christ distinct, &c. But Elder V. took III
Elder C's p. ). and wrote structures on il, anC
. charged Elder G. with departing from th,
truth, and called on the church Of which Eide
Q. was q member to attend to his falsehood
which order was as readily attended to as eve
Boil was from bis holiness at Rome.
After Elder G. was thus dealt with, h,
!, wickedly retaliated, and wrote to the deacon
o of the church at New Vernon, Orange county
a N. Y, sent them his appeafto Old School Bap
: lists, and pointed oss four absolute falsehood
: written snd.published by Elder ", on the re
1 ception Of the appeal and charges. The
!, called Elder ". TO an account, but his homo
got hs church to refer all their business to tn
! church of which Elder C. was q member, an
= to the Delaware association at the time of il
% last session. But as neither the associatio
10 nor church would take cognizance of the affa
D. Elder v. easily got his neck out of the halter
But poor old C. got into desperate fix
:, Among other charges he had brought againl
% VoIumnus was that be had charged Elder {
with searching the files OF the Signs Of III
To- Times" for rs years to find garbled exprei
10 sions dislointed sentences, aud parts Of sentel
ces, TO make The public believe he held docirir
that he despised. But we wonder why he pu
u- lished il if he despised it, and yet continues
- publish the same. Another falsebood
: charged him with was his saying be had borr
y the same kind oftreatment from the same Br
10 for years; as q general thing he had confesss
o his fault about once year, and we had buri,
D. the haschet. Nov, Mr.. Editor, you will put,
ael patience while we relate scene, not altoget
er priest-crafts but what priest-cra led 10
y, When the Delaware association came on la
OF May, Elder v. came on with MS COMMITTEES
by give Elder G. q fair trial. as was said. but to-
nv care not TO let Elder c. know any of their pr
:, ceedings. When the association met, after 1
~ introductory sermon they had an in,ermissi
'er and took dinner. Whilst the brethren we
thus engaged, Elder ". approached Elder
- 10 give him cordial shake hands, as Elder
imagined, with view of making the brethr
o' and congregation believe that he had nothi
at all sgainst his brother c., although hs h
|y published him liar from Maine to Caiforn
and called on lhe church of which G. wal
member TO attend to it. Then, Mr.. Editor
scene followed that would have degraded
m rum-shop, for on VI offering his hand. G. ash
nto him for his bill Of fees. Elder " said. . hi
no bill of fees against ysu for my coniessi'
mado to you, sir, for 26 years past!'' Ell
G. also told him that no man ever uttere'
the more palpabls falsehood than he dd,in writ
, OF and publishing that assertion. Now we hl
ho known Elder q. almost 80 year. and have
to see another man beside Elder ". that 0
ne called in question his seracity In word,
but hath been. and is considered rs belonging
that family Of children that will not Wilt
,eed lie. But we now come TO the very essence
ipriest~crzft; Elder G. tells as be hath leArr
- hs presDmes, from painful, heartfelt OK
lghs risncs, shat lhose whc were formerly his l,rs
vild rem have becouls 10 completely bewitehsd
Elder ", thai they take everything he a
for truGh; or, in other words. hin holIues
s'"" Middletown can cons8crate truth into Il
old hood, and Ill bis falsehoods into truths.
You. Mr. Editor, may think consscration