Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-02-16
of it's prcop,riety.. And now we come to- you

or Its prOprleGy. -AIG uoha Heoohi0"0o
Will you receive us as before IN your connoGnce
and love? We are all coming, ocarce1y d
man has withdrawn to secular employment;
fact as surprising to us as to you. We are
coming ITO take our wonted places as your
preachers and pastors. Perhaps when you
receive us, you must 90 away from the houses
of God you have built, from tie grave
Yards YOU have enclosed around your fond
! remembered deau, You -" So
us as you can Of the little oil al: i" cakes
that YOU have. Temporarily you Will be pee
err for vo,,r ; of us. Ia all worldly respe,ts
YOU will f.. .uything but profitable. But
we know ! God knows both you and us.
We solem@ly and t~earlessly appeal our cause T.
Him. With regard tc temporal things. lie
shall think for us. We by his Eelp will think
only of things that minister to salVatlon:
"We trust not" brethren, in ourselves but
in God which raiseth the dead, III whom we
trust that He will yet deliver US, ye also help
ing together by prayer for US. For our reJolc-
inc is this, the testimony of ourconsclence, that
in simplicity and Cody sincereity, not with
heshly wisdom but by the grace OF God, we
have had our conversation IN the world and
more abundantly to you-Ward. For we Wrlte
you none other things than what ye read or
acknowledge and we trust you shall acknoWl-
edge even unto the end. AS also ye nave
acknowledged us that we are your reJolclng
even as ye also are ours in the day OF the Lord
Jesus, and in this confidence we are minded to
come to you" That you will receive US we
know. That God will blessu us, we believe. That
we shall be instruments in his hands to spread
scriptural holiness over these lands IS our
only desire and our cheering anticipation.
"And having this confidence" bretheren,
I'VE know that We shall abide and continue
with you all for your furtherance and JOY
of faith, that your rejoicing may be more
abundant in Jesus Christ for us by Our coming
TO you again. Only let your. conyersatlon De
as it becometh the Gospel Of Christ, that
whether we come and eeyou. OF else be absent,
we may hear Of your affairs that We stand fast
in one spirit, with one mind, striving together
for the faith Of the Gospel, and IN nothing ter
rifed by your adversarles, which Is to them an
evident token Of perdition, but 10 you Of Sal
Walton and that Of God. For unto you it is
given in the behalf Of Christ, not only to be-
Iievc in Him, but also to suffer for his sake,
having the same conflict which ye saw in Us
and now hear to be in us.
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the
mighty hand Of God, that He may exalt you IN
due time, casting all your care upon him tor
He careth for YOU. But the God Of all grace
who hath called us unto his Eternal glory by
Christ Jesus after thatye have suffered awhile,
make you pecfect, stablish, strengthen, settle
YOU. TO Him be Glory and Dominion forever
and ever. Amen.
Finally, brethren, we exhort you to study to
be quiet, and to do your own business; abstain
ing from all controversy and STRIFE, believing
that in ouietness and confidence shall be your
STRENGTH" Maintain a. steadfast adherence to
the economy and usages Of the church, as trans
mitted to US by our Fathers, and embodied III
cur Book Of Discipline.
Procure good and useful books iOr the III
s%truction Of yourselves and your families
Train your children carefully, by means OF Sab
bath Schools and otherwise, that in due time they
may become pillars in the temple Of our GOD.
Praverfully study the Holy Scriptures, aod de-
voutly attend upon the Ministry OF the Word.
Withal make it a matter Of conscience to suppEy
the wants of those preachers who are appoint
ed to labor in your midst. We be brethren.
Let the correctional principle be maintained.
Thereby shall we mutually aid one another,
and promote the interests OF our common
christianity.
Now the God Of Peace, that brought again
from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great
Shepherd of the Sheep, through the blood OF
the Everlasting Covenant make you perfect IN
every good work to Go this will, working IN you
that which is we'll pleasing in his sight through
Jesus Christ. To him be glory forever and
ever. Amen.
Alexandria, Feb. Is, 1866.
Signed, by order of, and in behalf Of the Baltl-
more Conference. J. S. MARTIN Secretary.
APPOINTMENTS.