The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-22
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-. 90. uuPStt0H, nh'EFu~~ |
CLOWN Die kson -" DO you understand |
Ey ,a,,di.late for Elders orders. in re-
hsi ,o 90 the disciplinary questions, as the
,0'Ha'i,;hr, requires pledges himself 10 believe
V>' ~ 4e.triurS OF the VI. l.. thn9Vh
81 ~, NJ answered as follows
u .,.nl that the candidate acknowledge
- ah"r,.{on that the holy Scriptures contain
p. TF''", IN fhp doctrines required a. necessary |
.shHlla,' ,slvAtiAn, aud pledges himself to teach
.-r ft', nrce,,HTy - eternal salvation has that !
,a.aE \. a..ntstoed In the Scriptures, and hat AS
psth - he Is 81 teach nothing beyond these |
tf'e.''r.a( doctrines O! tne word of God Sc
sa+s'a ..,..s .s L. scorr.
.R,acp read the following s,atemen and
.,,Tsc-N'Z-
7'.rlsr>i, ne9, n easing N himself the or
!!ssa w t. cynio,m - the Discipline, eregts
a'ig -N> ~" l. F HrrsRIcx."
response
- lard The ordiua,jon vows a. having aGy
t,,,fn 3ne New Chapter ga slavery. feel |
i.5.rgr A., views may be ou the New Chapter
o.fboa, 'ry XIX, = nap, yins, any question |
r,rer. Dsos}G say one protesting against any |
~. rhr Discipline regard myself re |
t.ed J..l1 ordsiaiHs any ere - IA" declines |
"a, ga himself Tue "Ts.tuaton vows, or who |
"A..'t ,Tl wlth expressed exception any purt |
~. p..epHaa Bro. HetercH excepted posi- |
3d.. g. fhs~ part. an! could not ord ain him. |
fiji, J., uoi because - has exception to this |
--''''. tgei L. scorr."
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the Roanoke District was passed through. |
ST ". Canter was located. 1T hs own re-
-T1a order Of She day was taken mp.
r.t. " Start obtained The floor, and said
Tor uG,au my task "a an honest man. l
~ -5aa,ci.d with no clique. i have rolled
lines I stand An iudepcni eut organiZt-
m the Baltimore Conference. laugh
r. some have said mat on this question |
80. B.. H>hy.' | repel il with contempt. l
I'D Where have stood Tor fourteen years.
have believed, since The passage of this
SONS Chapter, that We must separate from
TO Il J. Church. l have, confess varied
.~.rNHIavrS a. to the eXpedieLcy of separa-
Tan a. has same. The fluctuations OF nation
81 affairs have caused this. The man who has
,rr yarInd OR the QueStiO OF -XupdiPncY has
liner lac wisdom Of solomon. or the iInpene-
--atlItv OF . stole. ! have neither. Some are
v.t4lE 10 wait 2 litue, hrcause OF the influ-
esq ot this question on State Separa ton
r-iN remove Tia At 1lprpS>Ion-that there Is q
INJECTION between this Church question and
.+- question OF state seccSsion-and where
taChurch in Virginia leads. Maryland viii
ig1R. 1t has been removed from nay mind.
rau,or has been going round that there is a
,,D on foot 10 carry this Conference into the
-lotisi Church, South. This rnmnr is
55.ar : work. II any man knows of such
-f.as ~ ought 10 speak ont,
lonn Lan1han.-I know that n correspon-
d,ac- has been carried on 10 carry us into
.asChurCh, South
Isaac Gibson.--l cell for proof. 1t is SLAM
Nj! I.anahan.-Ny character for twenty five
wears has been known TO this Conference.
shaii make no further answer to Brother Glib
eul- remark.
T. + Phelps said / am sorry that there
hse been any feeling. Brother Ianahan sim
Y.r aid that "a correspondence had been cur
ned on for this end"
" 7. ID. GLENN said Wemust have this
matter settled. Is that correspondence from 4
member OF this Conference?
Nr. Lanahan remarked ii proceeded from
member of this Conference, and from one
ultimately connected with this Conference.
J ". STARTS il sufficiently important 10
ttIl II plan?
jonn i.auahan-They are respectable. In
regard to Mr.. GLENN ; remark have only 10
-. that ii despotism Is to be inuagnrated,
am ready to bear the brunt OF il,
Mr.. start said l object 10 any plan like
that referred 10, because IL would be :, cheat
10 which cannot consent. l bring no charge,
However, against the Church, South. ! have
no 4aar9eI with il. Some say that
tle New Chapter is unconstitutional, and
Gsnpe that no harm can come from It,
Murder is unconstitutional,t therefore, harms
nobody He that swallows one, must
,.r tt,sssffdtem swallow the second. II it be
Unconstitutional. you put the Bishop ia Il bad
tx He refused 10 oTdaEn o8c protesting
Asatast ~. Unconstitutional act. / ht ether
ride have mais new isSaes-ss to Wha-
taer W. are the Charoh. and whether we
can MAINTAIN our property. Ihey say there
!: an s analogy setwen C 10 en- c ama
eFal Conference does an unconstitutional
thing, where can you appeal? Ii Con-
grfss performs an unconstitutional act,
YOU can appeal 10 the supreme Court. Here
is great difference. ] wish to pay my re-
s,.rcts to Brother Davis. My old friend missed
'ge Vcint, notwithstanding his logical re
-earch. He put the old Baltimore Conference
ttl"re his community on the passage OF her
character here, in the midst OF her friends
The question Is not one OF character, but OF
duty Brother ID. went back, say, 81 years, Il
show that the Baltimore Conference up &c
4t was antl~slaVery.
Nj DuNis-She was anti-slayery, but has
changed, and j. not so now. / brought III
other Churches To show that we are not the
only Church that had legisiIted on this sub
l~ct THAT at that time public sentiment de
Iuluded it--that we have reputiIted our ante
Ccdenis.
Mr Start-The question is not what We
We're. bat " hat We are. The Laymen propose
10 20 out now from the jurisdiction OF 1h'
General Conference. Some ask you to defer
the matter, and l think the Convention pro
POSE 4 lust, right, and reasonable thing. Ob
lectOuF ara raised against action al TINS time
They appeal TO our sympathies. They say ]
VIII 1r ruin TO Baltimore. But they are ms
taken, think. But If not mis- taken, VIVA
Then Sir, have nIalh"d The bravery OF th'
Nlrginians Ia standing by tne Baltimore Con
ference. A few brave hearts they stood. toi
rIyt-"n years they have endured an unceasint
fire As their ranks have been dacimated
they have been fitted by noble men. They
drlptiou dviWtth near" You are bound t
Teir,n Your pledges. Did you never hear o
The cglEel and the last feather Poor hets
he was erc1nng already when they put Oh
taat last feather. Ills back was broken
Virginia has been carrying the bprthen 10
sixteen wears A last the evils eliminate
Petitions pour in. We said we'd stand by he
people and defend them. They call on us
= GcL say, " wait Il little l have never ~
tellrd vet but Bishop, in your mercy, dom
Ind me 10 Virginia unless reure IS be granted
We must pass this, or sacrifice Virginia. fir
erla IL able To take care of herself, however
When thai fanatic, j ohm iSro wn, lnN aded IN
giu!a South Carolina and other states ten
CcTrd their services in aid OF this State. VIZ
gIAI;. told them she was abundantiy able
lake caro- OF herself, and she did so. Keineil
hcr that. ! don't want ycu TO misunderstan
lie, MARYLAND Will help take care OF ia
'hurch III Virginia. Maryland mas not per
property represented. / believe this act Wi
give unit and rosperity. In A. our falhei
brought home a new hridc-a step-mothtr -
She has proved a shrew--she has ruled u
with a rod OF iron. orr 81" mother IS dedG
boat all it, Then. separation FROM our ol
mother Our quarrel is not with the old IA
th-rs either, bat with their iucorrgbte son'
Hear Paul in Romans xvi, II NOW, M
seCh wa, brethren, mark them which cans
divisions and offences contrary 10 the doetrin
which W. have learned and avoid them"
PrJctica this and we cannot be wrong. "
have a. used these striies Our hearts nav
b'rn sud, az We have wept between III" pore
and the altar, because OF orr departed Sio''
Who dii itf The Baltimore CONFERENCE ma
face The woI III and say, Thou c'tnst not say
Gid it
lear the following extract:
e am nearly done. YOu Will see my lace n
more. have toiied Tor the Church. have NJ
been place seeker In the Church never dare
a. 80. ( believed that the unfon OF Church an
stale interests was ademon in the ChaIch. llea
,aere i. political parry iee!ing here Il We sae