The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-20
Ricllmonn pispatch.
WEDNESDAY MoRN'os. MARCH 20. 1851
Reported for the Richmond Daily Dispatch
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BALTIMORE
ANIMAL CONFERENCES.
F ] + T IL ID AY


and approved.
paper concerning Dickinson College was
read and referred. President Johnson al.
dr,Ns sed the Con ference briefly
The report al Bernard Houeh. Tract Aren,
read and referred 10 the proper commits
r H w Monroe made som. ,,o,,rso. :.
the benefit OF the Board Of Conference Sfax..
ards. The board was directed to use ,bo;r
discretion in the matters referred 10 '0''
Moses May and G. q. Calvert we~a aXe,o
ined by the Bishop. The committee on ,Sai
examination reported favorahIv. ana fba,.
were admitted I" fun Connection and elected
10 Deacon 8 orders.
A committee OF three vyera a,ro,c.o, - -, -
Metropolitan Church, OF Was shin yton civ
viz :. \ RoSz@l, Il. +. Brooke. Nm Has,
ilton.
GA motion, the order OF III. a,x w.. ,.,,.
'ieorge W. Israel obtained the floor ana
said that he spoke only from 4 sense Of duty
The unity Of the Conferanc, shn.ta ~ ~
concern q; us all. To attain This y.o No., -
back 20 iundalnen tails. Some propaae IN srr,ta
ont eNeTyih!ng on the subject. That is reyo.
latcnsTy me most you can do is to protest,
aud SEEK reareks under tho Constitution II
the action Of the General Conference he CON
sliiu'ohai. III oncons titutionai, however
that makes = difference. There | taxa nv
stand The Geaeral Conference is restricted
nv SIX rules. The first is this 1ha GnnaraI
Conference shall not revoke alter, or change
uBy Articles OF Religion, nor estahlish ANY
new standards or rules of doctrine contrary IN
our present existing and established standards
Of doctrine, Is the New Chapter then a ruIa
OF doctrine, and II SO, is it con trary 4, orr ga
tsbtlshed siadards OF doctrine 4 doctrine ia
8 declaration Of belief touching tho donlaro
tons of Scripture. IL Thu. tioiipition no cor, -
rect TN, Is u ooct rine. l. is declaratiye II
Is q doc trine OF faith. You can't got ~oupd
that Geciarai ton of faith predicafed on the
word ct God Itself. / said, The other night
that ! could not say that the Baltimore Ion
ference was tite ,lcthGdist EpiscopqI IhyfrSh -
no" say 'he contrary. The Chapter, ] think,
is not law. | grant this. But this rui, of doc
time IS iaT worse. Bro. Heterick has said,
tals morning, 10 you, " cant take Oh III vself
ine oTalnatIon vows" He said right THIS
- doctrine Bishop Scott we'll gave this as
as drciSion. lie said, tina, lit ciaifned to be
tue ccctrine OF the Church" The General
conference makes this claim. Now, let us
inquire, IS II = trHe doctrine, or false doc
Tiu"! II 1t bc trur. Won must carry IL out
is III" holding oi human beings 10 be used as
slit!s contrary to the law OF God ?" etc
y. lhoEliS asked whether ;hn first restric-
tive rue rat1 tJd merely 20 articles of religion
or 10 I00rais n general?
hos. Sewali said Admit that the General
'on'e'Fi'e mas nohe TINS thing IS ii merely
unconstitutional, and null and vcid or does
il diSpossess the General Conference and pos
seSs us-th1t is make the IL E Church ,
Mr. Israel said The General Conference
has violated the Constitution of the Church
and are the olutionists Their, IL III. rnclt
on which stand. | hold human beinrs tn he
used rs 'chattelS;' rs chattels personal be
contrary TO the word OF God ! would fight
Tor IT. 5ut beleyei il false. The simple re-
lAtion OF master and slave il not sinful per Sc
Such Is the recognition OF the Old ann New
Testament. We are not called upOn to say
whether any particular form Of slavery is
ri2ht or wrong, bat to say whether PER Sc the
relation OF master and slave is according TO
tho Bible. There is the qUesti The Gene
nj Conference has laid every STAKEHOLDER in
the church under this threeio!d censure The
men OF the General Conference We're not chill
dren: they were great men Hero is their
censu re, east upon us. have never believed
mat the General Conference instituted a new
test OF membership. But suppose the class
leader OF a probatiOneT believes the doctrine OF
the New Cnhpter, and the probationeT does
not, eau tia leader recommend him No
Hence he can It get in. The General Confer
ence has made Church abolition in doctrine.
and siayeholding in practice. They have
even opened the doors to slavelolding preach
erS But this Is not our fault We cftn [ re-
c"INe the offensive doc trine Have we not n
br TO the admission into the Church OF any
lUau, STAKEHOLDER or non STAKEHOLDER. who
G.s5'lIeyes the doctrine The net OF the Gen
eral Conference is. then, unconstitutional and
probationary. The Baltimore Conference IS
tn VI. /. Church. The General Conference
has destroyed The unity OF tn" Church and l
am glad HAT Father Griffith can stand on the
Constitution, aad IN tho baltimore Confer
euCe, and "! be in the III l.. Church. We
must stand on the Coustitu ton and throw of
IIelF authority. We must go into the Su-
l1eme Court OF til" United states. # necessa-
~, Tor our property. The Laymen's Con-
vention has given you sheet anchor. 1t will
AOIu III the mast OF The tempest.
cod moves in L IGy sterious way,
HIS wonders 20 perform;
ii. plants rs Zoo, stops in the sea-
Anu rldea upon the storm.
G IeGriHI haiuts, iresh courage take;
ne clouhs ye 10 much dread,
Are 4Ig witn mercy, and sIail break
IN blessings v1 your head
brethren, / have been placed in mysterious |
clFcums tdnces-you know them. More than
i2uT years ago l fell asleep in that sleep | |
dFeaI.4ed stood with my face 10 the West. |
aft
Nasd int two parts. All was strife All Was |
'oiusioh- lhey sought TO form swarm |
At length l saw ii little bee come, as from the |
heavens, descending from the East. | alight- |
I'd, they ceased their strite-aItracted they |
ie!i and gathered thick around, :; beau iiful |
swarm awoke, very solemn. In regard TO |
'nlS circumstance Il seal has been placed on
lay hps. Not even to the companion of my |
BOSOM have 1 related IL; but God has removed |
me s'a!. l have looked on my Church and |
my country. L won't say There is any appn-
Cabllty, but would to God the little bee
Would come Would 10 God we could be
united Emotion III the audience.
" HI. Hlrst rose 10 personal explanation.
Isaac Gibson said-I am ready 10 yield the
AooT 10 any one on the other side OF the cues
lion, who Will answer Brother israel's ;irgu-
iHfht. no one responding, he proceeded -
IN All countries the principles entering into a
compact, are recognized "a The life OF tEe COM
pact IL l. ruling IN the courts of ciYilIZt-
H'- mat Violation of Il compact by Il ma
JufitY leaves tbs minority i'll possession OF the
principles, and the real organic body. II this
ba not True, constitutions are pa;er and nausht |
else Docs the New Chapter bring in a new
oottIlhe' Let go to history. In the
cary Methodist Church they tried TO bring in
Emancipation. bishop Asbury says that the
CAurcIl3 not ready, and the Church threw il
out as rninous. IN 1886, Orange Scott 4 Co
aoi our Bishop; daughter tried it again
4hey failed In 1856 1t was tried again ac-
G.Iuing 10 the Constitution, and failed
IA 1909, ia another way, they brought INTO the
discipline Il doctrine repddidted until then.
us was never in the ola compact, yoa See.
hence the compact is violated hence the act
IS ynlutlonary; hence the minority is left
IN possession OF the principles OF the COM
pact, and is left AS The Church. l wish TO |
lHustTtts little. On what right do We, as
claim to be the Church of God |
in the sixteenth century, was III
Tie majority. II, then, the revolutionary Gen !
trE. Conference be the Church, then / say let !
us Acknowledge Rome as the Church OF God |
We're 'he Church. The Council was TT |
! frnt. There II was decided by the majority |
lH"l the minority, the protesting part, was
" foh-, and was 20 be damned. Rome had
OecCIn" CoTIupt-had violated the old doe
tfines aud broaght in new ones Was Rome
the Cnnrchf Yet there is where the |
seq tloh that violations OF 4 compact do not
ci7Poss"ss mdloities viii lead you. Go
20 ne Arlan controversy. Arius contend .
"a ma Christ was not God. Then came
NE thenasian war, and Arianism triumphed: !.
ana Athenasius went TO wander in the will :
SSfThtss and in caves. Where was the Church )
= oH s'ow, and cry, The Church OF GOD in :
'Ho WILDERNESS. But the assertion that ,
sorfupt majority il the Church, makes Arian- :
l'hl the Church Of God. But Athcnasips
.siH We are the Church stand, though
snS oeStrt be watercd with our blood" And | ,
~ ~, i4st he tIIumphed. Now, l want to know II
!" hetuer the majority of AIins or the minority c
% Alhehasius was the Church What is now |
J@t itidllOu this new harpsyf After MANY q