, 1875-07-05
THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
aEnlfdN LIZ rItK 1Ey. z. u. ELLIS.

Ions Itbesay as related to tho civil persy Of tno
American Republic. Tho organ postnti the pu'-
pit aid tho rai!tng around tho tlof were grace
fuiy decorated with titoo largo flags loorcd up
md reatoouot1 v,tl, flowers. A beautiful golden
crown, also Lecosntol with flowofs, lung dlroct-
~ oyor tho PASTORS head, with tito motto
"Jcasm" " hanging below IT,
". nll ,lr4o having obtained good report.-u<-
e1rtrd a., ~. .- --..
Tho grand event uf modaru his,ory was tho
Reformation Of tho sixteBlItll ccnIuty- It waH
tho emitting Of tho rock Of Intolerance which set
al liberty puro current Of thought "hicli Ind
1ileaacd ti1o world aud gtadleuc Heaven. I. wa'
tho birtl,-l,our VI protostautiam, aud ronsod tho
heart n1.d mind of Europe to beter fattEt nnd
1,lcAonoil broader deeper si,lit Of houoat i'll
siuiry. .-..
But beyond that Ernst landmark. tho history Of
Daptists strotcicd fur ceu}urias,-n history tlq1
waa Hublinsesy heroic. becauee .utoAsely anti
papa. a'ld Ninspsy sost9tS; a H.; ~ ap.n NV. eva
ton. s.axo Tia only body nt Ehrtstsab*
t!.at las not Hymboli2o,l with tho Church qi
l,o,ue." before that tIlne Ro'ne "as drln,. il,.
wilh tho blood Of MARTYRS iaying the same tas.f
~ lsapsists, ara wllen lutl.or4 bonaros OF Papa.
iuIls wero kinaled they summoned thousands Of
l;aptists from tlIor hiding places to wllluia prs
eecutlnn hafl driven them. AND thoy $1,000
Hl,oul1er to shoulder witt. him, at1d with noiole
coueuge tltat immortalizsd them IN sutlotings
npd l1atA they peatod for puro Cl''lreL sau
free conscience. Scarcely atIy fact ol 11lst2fy
Ind bcsn moro shamefulfy dHtotted tnal, Inc Itp
part tho DaptstH Gore in tho pcaesnt a. "nr ot tne
tiermals u,lslor tho iqa4lash!Ip u Thomas 2lpn'
zor lIal he succeeded, 1llA manifesto fof for
tresB from cruel wrongs would have beoh
nurnod to-t!ay with tlo Declaration Of Indo-
nondepee, apd tlle na1 o. Ma,'xee ~''''0" man
In tho ehtty part pf t}is twelfth contnsg Hap-
tiats Ind oynngeliRts in Frante ID romarknnle ~
Moody or Baukey, ~ was shown by tho ed'ote o.
4a copnas nt taat ecntqrS y & Wcn .apg ygr;n mns1
Iantiste abo,lnded. and in tho ubscnro perio9 bo-
tee,, tho seventh and tWolfth ceHtArts tue dark-
negg WIS i,,nto iutid with tho 1nnlea Of peFaecr"
Sa isDk IL ss y las hoss lit y elssr sp
ttrnnr, and tho MoSatsnns and tho Don3tiste.
companions intho faith, aontentfel tor the Liberty
Of tho Eospe aAd av0n down u ths utladle oi
tic third century history Hlaowed D. record OF
those wo lluhl l}apl lht teHgtn Boyonf nut time
Tho historical akcscli WIS not to SHOW tho In.
taIlliity Of Baptist tFineiplss, but IaaFeiy HAT
religious liberty. DYmn through tie long vista
Of thp ages baptist history whs to he traced In
tl.e blood pf persecution, lilo tue footatops Of
Waahiugtons soltl!os at fnlley IoFke: WMat l.a
equally tr,lo of tAcm evorywl.oro: 'on them
Tho hwB OF the eatt.esY might takn thctr uasnrat
course, and no voice Wan ralncd to hpsaR 1"r
tI,cm. FoF them no Europe TaH ng1ta1oAi ,o
..a tsav,,1o,i vii, ,nl;~natinH-.nt that
att. ..,a tst,r I',Ln, n, cnmnInrsntlr. indif-
terout'y or asn'tinngi5. For them history hsa
no word OF pTafao.
r.osI,,os n.i 3"aro .ha rn rbcy funrht for tic
~ H'I!u' s. ,n,'mti,n. fns ths sstaEI,-
mont Of tho Reformation. Tiay protestotl
against tle union q Church a,;a s:nse. ltasy
~ sroa ss co"er;cuno and Tia ucoplo WHO securc
ti,a 1,o't'io .,,a tho .sor,I tho hnou NJ ro-
'a'sa " Ansas ,;,sastw domnm;nat;on ind snv rain,
Go'M %,iipcs n,,taucn ti.at iii mi laid na it,
~ s.t,n..,,n ,.Gnntnrn, ,r,,ortant rrfnc,nicn n,
atsna us.cssn t,, ,.s no ntIar T. WA .bat wbtc
p!aettIa .'t .it 1;wo r.t,arxI.a h waa T"lininu,
"qE%s'4ltieott 9ss =, th rro.o,t atanor,ao ,r,a te
I'M pptes W t.a .uo TX. t,n,,un"1 t;,o hnnns
n,o" s; I'M; ~ " my sn,nntv 'ho ,,o%n ~ so1on.
eocus " s"at ~. il., th,a n'u noopod %Ia,".
m"nnh'n v n ,Iancroit s'E Ind KaII III TINT freedom q
Aopuolic nanc5o,s i.. eu1a ~. na,;t.ut. .ct
, H., IT,. W., naxa,, ~ o,nrat;nn nrns .ihs
nsu, a n1s sanus ,s Tr,t n"S anis rrannrndora y
absolute o.y 3ast a' true % nooY sua' ma n,1,
,nipata nf ,,ont ns Gsna',r,ca "e, s'
.tx,ppn'a% .ne po' M, ~ M%n, T., nxnry saa hu
Mas hcotrm ' '" .]"Mu :" bv t),o s stor,n
ot rss & tss ~sra 4, bo..sn St s1'
ntfdon uny 'a ns Ky h 'e TS
t I'D 1s s 1.ss.s r'esa "!.it nssr H.s ~ %s Id i
n9nSs no w. ~. LILY Ea.aessa man ,,n,.
s ~" 1 NJ r.sSn Sn
~" ana ,a ,,ns -.
lo S ,o,r @ rna;soI ,smn mu. m
;. a; s % set tni, ..nat.
VIII snp'a naa!nfGu !n1 tnIousn st".H, -,
Willy -; s totts ~ W. ts, asSn ~, n.a.a ~ -
.naast =. Iiadns ahss tto'. @ sno ., sn,0tn .o Z
tngso WY aau n aus i1asnn. ~ Ss ssn. sun
1GheTs foaa H.. y uoos o.azlaB qaato1s toeon"nu
WIN ino srif'h q ]aa1 men fnatla net!toct. au'
s,e .s nes na n1 "sSn ." 80 s aao u s
tory tllat Aatt'ata had ever turned petsoeutoF.
though taoy warp, g. arsoapt wllior haa sal a.
common game for every other dcuofnlnatlof
Nht ths ehsno VA. t'ot tIl.o 81 tho Epibeoralinn
Tlton tbey ktha!od TUG emthtleld tlfes; of =.
l1asbytery q acotland when tleY throttio.l ~
ptose ~ 1Gas, Or Of THO EdinlueR conycntio
which ifamod the articles and formn!atetl th
faith of the Scotch Church. It was the intolel
ant oontact aud 1losnish sptrle Of tI,at convot
tion which htl.rca tha hoart Of john Milton. an
Mplo him write hts kcathIng epIgsunl: "No
pfeabyter Ia only old priest writ largo"
Ihn first f!ea for religious liberty was wrIttA