The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-08-03

ton as fundamental in all efforts tc
keep the unity Of the spirit in the bonds
OF peace, viz:
"Nothing ought to be received into
the faith or worship OF the church, OF
be made term of Communion among
Christians, that is not as old as the
New Testament. Nor ought anything
to be admitted as of Divine obligation
in the church constitution or manage
ment, save what is enjoined by the
authority of our Lord Jesus Christ and
his Apostles upon the New Testament
approved precedent"
The subjoined extract followed as a
legitimate corollary from the foregoing
Christian union can result from
nothing short of the destruction of cTeeds
and CONFESSIONS of faith, iMd.smuch as
human creeds and confessions hare de-
! StToyed Christian Union" That "lChcn-
erer the setting aside Of creedS and con-
LESSONS shall be attempted, Christians
lriI gre 10 the IcorEd and to the angels,
and to themselves, proof that they do be.
tieUe the iCord Of God"
! The establishment of the popular
Buffalo Academy in 1919; the debate
with Mr.. Walker in IS2O and the one
( with Mr.. McCalla in lS23-both Presby-
terrain ministers-on the subject of bap-
tism, served to intensity his studies
and enlarge the area of his reputation.
| The work was accumulating on his
hands, and in personal presence he
was unable to perform il. The EMPLOY
ment of the press became a necessity.
The Baptists, generally, were favorably,
and the Pedobaptists unfavorably
aroused, and all over the West inquiry
was being excited. August Sd, ls23, he
issued Vol. l No. l of the Christian
BAPTIST The name was intended to
intimate that Christianity prOfessed
and obeyed in immersion, was TO be
the burden of its pages. The ground
plan and elevation and most of the
specifications of his life work, were
found in the seven annual volumes
tnow published in one super royal oc-
tavo) of this monthly. For clearness
many faults, and was the most con-
trOversial, this was the best of Mr..
Campbells publications. He felt
his power, and the impenetrabilitv
of his Scripture armor. All men COM
petent to poise a lance, were freely in
yited into its arena, and they came
from every quarter, BaptiStS and Pedo-
baptists, Congregntionals and Episco-
pals, Calvinists and Arminians, Skep-
tics and Intidels. How they fell around
him, the readers of that work know full
we'll. No periodical has created so pro-
found sensation in modern times. At
the expiration of seven years, it was
merged in the new, more ornate, more
ditfuse. and larger AhLtennidt HarbiH-
ger. Mr.. campbell issued forty annu-
al volumes of these two works, and
while our attention is directed to his
publications, l may add, he issued
more than Il dozen other volumes:
The Christian Hymn Book in seve-
raj editions with engagements; the
New translation of the New Testa-
ment, first reprint of Geo. Campbell,
Doddridge and Mcknight, but after
wards upon the basis of the emended
Text. thoroughly revised with critical
notes-so that it became eminently his
own-and one of the best translationS
issued from the American press; his
translation of Acts of Apostles for the
Bible Union: Infidelity confuted by In
tidelS; The Christian System. which
passed through cancellations and sever
al editions; Baptism-its antecedents
and consequents; n large volume of
Literary Addresses; his five great De-
bates, including the two already named,
and those severaIly on InhdeIity, Ro-
manlSm, and the most common errors
of Professionalism with DR.. Rice. Two,
II not three of the last named debates
have become text books. There was
something sublime in Mr.. Campbell's
acceptance of Robert Owens challenge
addressed to the clergy of the world and
posted on the walls of all our cities for
weeks. He seemed like David trusting
in the Living God while arranging to
meet Goliath. "I have felt indignant"
said he, Eat the aspect of things in ref
erence to this libertine and lawless
scheme, and relying on the Author, the
reasonableneSS and the eXcellency of
the Christian religion, will meet him
IN debate Mr.. Owen expected that
debate to give great notorietv to com
thousands to his common stock Para
disc. But the whole enterprise found
low water mark almost as suddenly as
the waters of the Wabash. I was
amused by a talented lawyer, one of
Mr.. Ovens very particular friends,
who had few days before predicted to
me the speedy overthrow of the Bible.
We sat together two days within the
altar of the old Methodist church where
the debate was held. On the third day
l noticed his standing among the graves
outside, and listening at the back win
dow; and then he disappeared. In re-
ply TO my inquiry as to the cause OF the
retreat, he said, $50, Owen is simple
ton!' The President of Moderators
of this debate was my relative, Jacob
Burnet- Judge of the Supreme Court of
Ohio, who, though his sympathies di-
vorced him from Mr.. Campbell relig-
iously, made this emphatic remark: II
have been listening to a man who
seems as one who had lived in all ages"
Let the other debates speak for them
selves.
l will mention here an incident to
illustrate the workings of Providence
in human affairs. Our departed broth
err, as lately as 1886, urged me to advise
him as to the suspension OF the lGlleH-
mai Hdr6lngeT, that he might devote
his attention to the preparation of per-
manent volumes on important TOPICS
so little did he know, at that time,
when we had but one or two other
papers, of the growing demand for pc
riodical literature, and the necessity of
a central organ.
Now, Mr.. Canpbell's tours through
the country. and his visit to England
in 1S47, assumed the proportions of a
royal progress. Men and women of all
creeds and no creed, pressed from all
quarters to the route of his travel. to
see and hear him. As had for many
years ample opportunity of knowing
the house where he domiciled, became,
tor the time, an improvised Normal
School for religious teachers, literary
gentlTmeu, and active Christians,
Proth .r c. being the parlor lecturer and
public preacher.
Early in 1890, our departed friend,
without seeking the position, was in
the Virginia Convention for amending
the State Constitution. Though not a
politician, his known liberal and we'll
digeSteu sentiments, commended him
to the sufrages of the western citizens
ofthat great State, at the moment when
they demanded liberation from the
burdens not shared by the tide water
districts. Though he did not shine as
leader in this most august Virginia
assembly of this century, he was inti-
mate with the venerable and celebrated
EX-President Madison and Chief Jus
tlce Marshall, and a co-member of the
Judiciary committee with the latter.
VNNrFH H.,