, 1874-08-04
RELIGIOUS NEWS.
The Baptist Association h{cditatcs on
flCCart1y's Reinstatement.
The Members Of tho Firat SCOTCH
Church Meet Once More.
The Methodist ministers.


~iAtC"ko MAS Aotu JoethIuAJ IuolHHlH i'll tuc
rooms Of tho Baptist Publication Society, tho
noy. T. ". 0ooaspood in tho chair.
Tho 10y. Dr.. Morgan, recently elcctad profos.
sor OF 11omlletlcs In tho Theological Seminary,
was introduced to tho body.
The tsov. II. DoDnpsisto, pastor Of tho olyot
Church. reported tint arrangements had boon
beGstn for tho rebuilding Of their church. rccont-
1y destroyed by fro,
Tho report Of accosslons 10 tho churches OF
Chicago and tta suburbs showed that t1,irteou
Aaa boon soeeived by baptism, thirty-ylx ~ lot
ter, and five by experience.
Tho Rev. T. II. Smith, OF Wheaton, developed
sfelofon sermon, which was' somewhat do
structivcly criticised.
OPEN COMMUNION.
Tho Rev. Dir. Cbnpoll, Of Evanston, ao)iYoroa d
short caaay on "1YIlat We Ovo to Our Pro-
fossIon.' 1Io thought tho most important qucs-
toa rotating to this aabloct Was, "1low shall wo
guard our ranks against tho opon communion-
lats2" Ho argued that pclobAptism necessarily
sod to impure nnboraiip-part'y converted mud
partly ynos!"convorted. sotno pedohaptiat Churchoa
woro totorlouBly corrupt, such as Roman Gath
Ole, Lutheran, and EpiscopaliAu, whie oshoss,
liko Mothodsts. grcgatloua1lsts, mud Trcsbytc-
rlnng, ,woro comparatively pure; but tnoy were puro
In spite Of pcdobaptiem, What attitude should
Baptiats hold towards theao comparatively pure
petlobanlss Churches? Threo general positlonB
had been assumed: l. Tho Daptlsts In tho
Southern States rofuso to rocognixo them %
chdrehcs at alf; they hold TINT Daptists arc tao
only proporly-conBtltutcd churches, aud ,lo
others woro worthy Of recognition as ontrchoe;
they do iios reoogniza ttsoir miuistry, and Will
not exchange puptB 2. Tllore ia tic npEi0n
of Tao majority OF tho Daptiats iu sllo Northern
sshtos, which IL to recognize tho bodies rs
Fellowship tI,ona III many ,ysys, by exchanging
pulpsts, mud joining IN eyangolica! cntorprisc9,
but decline to tuyito t1etn to tho Lords
aupper. g.. Tho position ot tho Bap-
tsts of Englnna,. under tho loud OF
Hall and spuTgoon which ia to invita tho nea,-
Ecfs Of othor .cl,archoa to tho Supper, but to
decline to rcceivo thom to membership until thoy
haso boon immersed, aud have subscribed to
Daptsss doctrines,
tho npoaler admitted that alt theeo conditions
general toufcncy in ait the Churches raa to-
wards opou communion, Which doctr1uo, ii once
it should prevail, would extinguish aud destroy
all Daptlst churclcs Tho question, thon, was,
" Gs sssRsa sSs1 III t1 ] ]tspasnsy n ssn p3 IN soss
1aptsts was tho tr',s medium, md
and By clear, kind, aod earnest statomouts Of
tho truth. Tho tcnloncy to open communion
HAa 1OutHl AiH0Ht1 HHtulQGHlCn 1u4 uuTG-
3lecttng Baptiats; alraoat every u,ainformca Dap-
tist wns al orcn-conau,unionist. Ho was ona
once 1imsoI; but = convoraatjQ1 NTH sound
Baptist minister cured Him. Ho thought thco-
logical seminarios should turn more attention to
this n1atter; they should teach tho warnings Of
ecclesiastical History upon thls poiut, and tic
evidence Of prophecy should be aaduced. Let it
bo cloarly seen that tho DaptiBts mere the only
people who n1ado ami kept m cecicsia, or body
kept separate from the world.
THE rev. Dn. CHENEY,
who Ind, by Il foto OF a preceding meeting, pre-
parod q statement III regard to preserving tho
purity Of tho Baptist n,iNistry, submitted t!se
following, which vas, utter \ considerable do
bato, adopted:
Tha following minute IS adopted ~ worthy tho
oruion Of tla Ministerial Conference:
I: As Enfhsatera nc owo It to profession to gusrd
eash othes'4 reputattan, aud help 10 extend each
nthera tnfelCe and III EaAorol to aid zach ott!ts N
our work to e1tcna 0lr poMcr.
=. AZ ministers, owa 1t to our profession 10 bo
careful not to Introduce. unworthy Or incompetent
mon itto H. A. our profession y to great oste1t In
viii dylloaot aid desrado Il. -'N'''' 'A's' "A''
to 81 qa to ILL.,
who have bton pronounced unworthy n),ou trial by
peera, aud 10 longer rccoGatzs thsu ,nlulators.
Tho resolutions arc undorntood as having been
Introduced Oh account Of tue rocont restoration
Of tho 1;eY. mr. MCCARTHY to tue Baptist minis
torial rAuliH.
The I.eY. 3lr. Goodspsed inquired what DR..
Cheney a,oant BY owing It to each otlor to de-
Tend each others roputations' Nla. would he |
10 when ministers Tcrc Eutlty2
Dr.. Cheney explained tint, until ministers !
Fcro properly tiiod ard convicted by the tribu- |
lals Of tue Church. he would haYa tlloir charac-
;ors MhinIaiuod.
THE REV. pH. EYEnT5 |
admitted that the poor control OF bad ministers
Yae tho wsak point in tho denomination. Ench |
could 10 turned out, but woull got !
sgain. Id thought the thing could bo controlled
" indirection. Let each MinstoEinl Association |
tsop oute euch mon back-ball them III Tho AInsons !
10; Dr.. Evorta did not aymyatlizo withtho RHO |
believed GaptiRts wore tha only trlo Church. |
.!oBe communion was not part Of the esaelco
II tho Church; 1t waa part Of ito orecr; and M
2r.larly Baptist church could DO no other than q
:loso communion church. 10 abanIlou cloHo
was to abandon the doctrine that /
VAS tho only In aptism.
Tie Row. 4. G. TAoarlo roforrol to noyoral |
ases whero unworthy Hapttat ministers, turnod !
ut OF ono church, had gono to remote parts OF
he country, aud become ministers lii good |
errod to A1r. ParsIla|I. OF California and 10
'ocout caao Of Michigan BaptiBt minister.
The Roy, Dir. Thosuo, OF Missouri, Congre.
'aioilas minister, said his church mot with sltal-
M diilicultlos. Alen with lansa mad eyaneollats
,oro tho hardest to rot along with. Ho did not
lko Tho itloa Of bong eloyated out Of biz own
lurcll by some rorlpatotic evangelist WHO dis
rKanlzod thugs generally.
hlr, K1ino thought If I'LL tho UNCONVENTIONAL !
apera would publish tito ,la1ucs Of all unworthy
'aptIHt minister's they would keep thom out Of
}aptlst pulplta.
MH, doopspEEo
It'd no Minlaor who was an OWL man could be
iscipllaed successfully. AZ aoosl aB ho should
% 0xclnlol ho would go to another church; 1t
lado ITO dhcronco Whit he Ind done l,a might
Q a murderer or have lived in adultary. Tiloro
'as that elensut Of mercy Or obstinate i,,lo-
ondonco among Anerirau Christians whici,
'oud enable such 4 1uinistor to find church
lnt would taho him back again. 10 remedy
ss. Aa would make 1t necessary that churches
lat rcooiyotl back such men should bo nludo tu
xplaln tl3oir action. as condition Of ulerubor-
hip IN tho annual associations.
dir. Kline mentioned tue evidence that rer.
btont aud goneral publication Of bad men in
10 denom'national papers, had kopt them out
tho ohurot. Ito instancod the Roy. J. u.
gtull. formerly Of DaraIoo, NiH.
Alr Go0dBpecQ thought Wo had oytl0pce in
~ own notghboslool that bad man could be
'ntorot to his denomination by the Aooiaon Of
ox-parto cout1ciI, constituted for tho purpose
accomplishing utlch roHtoration. TLoro was
man III tue country 30 bud but, il he Ind d
Ito talont aud brill!anoY. ho could remain i'll
10 ministry In spite of oyorything and eyory-
NY. llo predicted tLat II 1tr. Dooclcr Hiluull
found guilty Of everything charged agalnBt
IN, Ao could organize church and draw largo
iaioneoB, an 10 aI!oal and proacA to tho end of
II filYA, Thu t1jt1iru1tv rit1, t1,a t1nor,1a