, 1874-09-07

too s,,,t,ovr 1,,ttor ovn no tho whole truth.
Wo @ "ij'm vii not % imnueu yonr motivo, however
but b VII Win ~ foryet,t % charity will bray tl,as
Snf ,av aSn eyes xomr mry wav 10 tn % tlIo Lors sbo
wit asc ;'n Sv" oa IF Hall gm,rrcons ponteconts
Mniaorn 1e ri,iI1 Sawtrio' fiyntt Smith. Jal,os
Durns. ind othn,s w]'oso WORTH Of fulth aud loyo
no ono doubts. Wa vii not donrocato tile To-
own oty wi,o' o' noIw;tIHtan.ijun INV tlo horcry Of
close coinmuulon. are t,oinr fa|thfti seryloc for
tia Mautor' Imt " cont,nf ,,cin mo,,ruinr oyer
tLo ions they srgtain md tl,o tiotrlmcnt tlcy
bring to tho cause thoy 10 much 1oyo by thje ono
faij,tre. '0S ''' ~ -A'''A '0'o -
know Indy who ce,nc to this city so,ne time
aro from New Ynr,, a,,,i nrosnnt,rl j,n,. ehnrcl,
lctlor to 1oaling Daptist mInigter. at ths sDnne
timo Btntiny her oiion communion anntimonta. her
letter bcIng from IN opon co,n,n.,,,ion Haptist
church mcotinn came. two Of l,fy members Iof
course thew were tho Instructed onosl roao 10 d.
toct. not bocause Tho sister WIN not 4 Ohrletian,
Or Tint 'l,o had not besn !mmcreed. but because
itnnoractl, and 10 did not unite tho pastor TO-
ing norrlusaed by Ills t]cacony, or courHo ho
submitted, III oycfy good pagtor should Tint
siatcr il now n 1no1,bor Of our church, 4 gen
tloman Of apparent ability camo to mo so,no
to taBh for comulning with prosbytorinna. OF
eos,rye Ac was "unletterod ard uui,,for,netl,"
and Lila paHtor ought to instruct him, La
did, by stating tfat ho Ind committed n
disciplinary oi1ense, but 1t Io would
promise ,over to do it asatn, he would lot It
)asy This ho said llo could not do, py iIo lnay
nrain bo placed whore tho Lord'B Tabp WAS
FREQ, aud could not flnd ono Tint WAS exclusive
Wher would TINT pastor do with lB moro
liberal brothor2 Why. lie would walk right up
to him, and domund hlm to deBlst, ntd then 70
and tell lis Lord, tsWo saw otlo CASTING out
demons IN Thy mime, mud wo forbade him, be-
ca,,Bo hc followed not liz, to receive tue frown Of
jesus. Forbid him not"
But perhaps jealousy for Perish rito may
not always DO iAo secret motive prompting cur
baptist brethren to rofuBo q Welcome to the
Ioltla Table to polubaptistB and Frco-Will
Dnptists. / would not Judge my brethren
sttlply OH tho apparent spirit OF John in tho
text. Many Of them think 4 reasonable sn1
Suriptural To be exclusive; but this brings mo
to noiico:
IHtyd-1lo unrcnsonahloncBs and unsorip-
turaueBH Of their practice. The early dAsi-
pies nn rartook. We haye nd record OF tito
brother, "becat,ao thoy lad oil boon baptzctI,
md baptism bong tho door INTO the Church
they wora ali cl,nrcl-mclnbess." But il baptluln
the door into tho Church? Christ Bail, q 1 au.
tho door," Then, at that tinlo thcro was no diH-
pnto on tho mode Of baptism. Now sllorc il.
to bo uHcd, and tho manner Of uBit1g 1t. Do
our cleHe-con,nlntion baptist brotlircu aa-
Humo that there nre no unbaptized Chris
tiauA now 2 What will they do with ttIose
OF like iaith mud works with Uoddridgo, Brain
ertl, Whltcfield, Wesley, aud q whUlo army now
living Of successful ministers Of tho Lord Jcsus7
lEuw about tho 7. NJ. @. a. workers.. who ato
AlethodiHlB, CongrogationaliAts, PreAbyto.iana.
md other unbaptized Christians? We cannot
DO consistent aud rof,sse welcome TO such to
tho Lords supper, It, Indeed, NO admit that they
arc Christmas Ut all.
Christ mid at tllo establishment of thia ortli-
na!lce. "Dsink 20 oil Of It," Shall wo suy less ?
It would DO unHcriptural. Robert Hall said,
"1f n man is good enough for tho Lord. lo is
g0od enough for me-" SEQ llnw consistent it ap-
pears to Welcome Pctlobaptist minister Into a
close Baptist pulpit, and ts&cn rofuHo him place
at the communion. Tho very fuct OF exchanging
pulpitB is admission Of liB Christian character,
anu upon tint alono ho III qualified tor coM-
nitniou. Aro al cloao-communion Daptint
church-lnembern free from error? So much
above their follows III tho piety OF their lives
that they fear contamination with such men
whose names I lave nlehtioned2 Peter conl-
muned At the irst Supper. u Judas did not.
And what DID Potter do7 Why, ho domied 1lia
worldly-uindod Demns & COMMUNICATE? Ho
became dcaerler. No, my brothren. we arc
mono Of us FREQ from olr.r; :.:d mons Of ua have
any right to manifest tho spirit or John in tla
toxt. "Lat him that thinkoth ho st2ndcth take
heed 1oHt ho full.
All Ch.ssiaps hayo common interest in tho
Atonemont Of Calvary, and arc alike accepted OF
Christ, united to Him H,ad to each olhor in that
spiritual relation beautifully tyliiod in tho vne
md lis branches. aud aro hoirs to the Same
heavenly inheritance.
0, how unreasonable for any Of thoir number
to seyer tlat union When s, iho Lords Tanle Is
spread before thom! They ought unlsedly to
commemorate tho sarior's suffering mud dsatl.
Tint influence Which refuHes t1s IL bad. All
who ln Christian calnestneea eri!ieavor To per.
s1ado oilr close,conl1nnnion b'otiircn to aIan.
don her acclusIvo practice ana estan1Iah ifee
The will Of our common Father and onn uni9or-
~! Is savior. .,,,. l.. x...u,,. c,.,
and tl'e Apostles in tic ordinances of tho Church
have not restricted: But II our closo-com'
mullion baptist brethren claim that the conf
tuuniun-table is theirs, aud not tho Lords, then
wo will mot object; But II i il the Lords tabo,
surely oil tho Lordu people haye right to par.
take. He who know all hearts permitted Potter
to participate, mud II, ~ some say Potor WAS not
converted previous to l,ig denial Of jesus, then
our errng brethren arc driven to tho conclusion
that Christ admitted merely profeAaed disciple
to tho supper, mud TINT they were not al true
Christians. viii cir close-comMlniuH breth-