The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1864-08-24

ministrations may not be useful and pro-
ductive of much good, though rendered by
unpaid ministers Ia the ecclesiastical
polity Of the NJ. E. Church, South, the To-
cal preachers form. as learn. the most nu-
merous class Of their ministers. They oc-
cupy an important. though it may be an
humble field Of labor, and are deemed es
sential in the scheme Of that church, as
furnishing the means whereby the poor
have the gospel preached to them" The
fact that they take nothing from the Golfers
af their church for their support. renders
that body much more able to sustain those
who are laboring in the higher grounds OF
the ministry. These unpaid ministers are
thus enabled to effect much good both by
what thev do and by what they abstain
from dsing. In working for nothing of an
earthly nature and supporting themselves,
Their give Gas we'll said BY Messrs. Winston
and Lewis the counsel for the petitioner,)
an .iliustrious example in ST. Paul. the
greatest preacher whom the world has ey-
er known. who worked with his own hands
at his occupation Of tent-maker. that his
support might, not be burden to the
churches at Corinth and Ephesus. See
Paley's Hora Paulins, Oh. 8. No. 6. Has
this great apostle ever been considered
as having forfeited any of the rights as
preacher BY reason Of such forbearance
and self-denial? On ths contrary, has he
net furnished to all succeedingnges an adj
ditional proof Of the divinity 81 his mission
and of The sincerity Of his devotion TO IL.
by showing that amidst the seyerest Of tri-
ais, prosecutions and Affections, he labored
net for the riches and honors Of this world
but for the temporal aud eternal good OF
his fellow men, and for that crown OF glory
which his faith assured him was laid up
for him in heavens
From these considerations am led ia
believe the ground upon which the Bureau
of CONSUMPTION would exclude from the
exemption contained in the act Of the 18th
February, 1864. that class OF preachers TO
which the petitioner belongs, was not with
in the contemplation OF Congress. and oughl
not. therefore, to control the decision o.
the question now before me.
But there is. no doubt, another class O
ministers Of religion, having authority from
their respective seets to preach, to whom
II might. perhaps, be properly applied.
allude to those ministers Of different de
nominations who. being in afflueht circum.
stances, preach occasionally and from
time to time as their ministerial service.
may be required, without receiving AM
compensation; therefore, in analogy 10 III,
case of Grantham. 9 jones' IS, in which i
was denied that under the act Of the ! III
October 1862, mechanic was not entitler
to exemption from military services unles
he followed trade a. his regular occupa
tion and employment, and not when h
worked at it only occasionally aud at nd
times, il may be that such ministers Of re
ligion should not be. exempted under Iii
act of February 1864. Cases Of this latte
kind were probably in the minds. Of III
Bureau Of Consumption, when they adop,
ed the regulation to which have referees
But il is manifest that this class of csse
differs essentially from that in which Oh
petitioner is embraced.
We have in this State an act which re
quires that the rites Of uatrimeny sha
be performed by Justices Of the Pescc. 3
by " ordained ministers of the gospel ,
every denoinina tion." See Rev. Guide
1856. cil. 68. l-2. Heel quite sure thi
there il not Judge in tie land who wvul
for moment himself feel at liberty TO d,
eide that marriage was wild, because III
ceremony had been celebrated by az D
dained minister who depended upon sou
other business than that nf his MINISTRY
The conclusion 10 which have come
favor Of the petitioner. derives addition
support from the TACT that under the act
Oct. 1862, which is almost in tie preci,
terms Of the last act, no person holdir
The same pasitisn in his church a. that .,
cvpied by the petitioner, has, 20 far q,
have heard, ever been enrolled anil Gale