The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-01-19
For The Cecil Wing.
LETTER FROM FOURTH DISTRICT.

NEAR JACKSON HALL, Jan. -, 1878.
Mr.. EDIToR:-I have been waiting this
long time for some regular correspondent
of the county press to notice some of the
current events of interest transporting in and
about this we'll known place; but as no one
has appeared, and fearing that history
might suffer loss, | take up my pen to
chronicle some of the doings hereabout,
hoping they may prove interesting to the
readers of The Wing.
1t is not without good degree of trepi
daton and miSgivings for the result that |
offer my humble contributions to the well
filled columns of The Wing, sparkling, as
they do, with gems from cousin Sue -
aud John A. Calhoun; but, as make no
pretension to figure in the same depaItn
with the above named distinguished char
acters, | hope to escape injurious compari-
sons with their brilliant contributions while
pursuing the humber walks of simple mar
rative. While the bellgerents-" Cousin
Sue" and John-are so near, | would like
to be instrumental in effecting reconcilia-
ton, or truce, or a suspension of hostih
ties. Their better Judgments must con
denim the use they are making of their
superior talents; SO come now. children,
make up your little differences and pro
claim general amnesty, and meet over an
oyster stew or a dish of soup and bury the
Ratchet, kiss, and be friends, you know
"your little hands were never made to tear
each others eyes,
But to my narrative: For quite long
while there has been but little stir at Jack
son Hall; all was dull till in November
when literary and debating association
was organized, meeting on every Monday
night. On Wednesday night of every week
there is a prayer meeting, sort of union
affair, with the blue largely preponderat-
ing. On every Friday night a singing
class, under the leadership of William Hen
derson. occupy the Hall; while on Sunday
the Household of Faith hold forth morn
inss, afternoons, and nights.
On next Sunday another kind of faith
but whether household, kitchen, Or planta-
ton faith-will be proclaimed. The cham
pion was on hand, on Sunday last, taking
notes; so you see that things are lively here
and likely will be more so. The other faith
above named will be taught in the Hall on
Sunday evening next.
Brother Wilfong held the first meetings
of this Sect on Sunday, the 9Th instant,
morning and night. He made quite a fav-
orable impression. On the next Sunday,
the 18th, he preached at ten in the morn
ing, at two in the afternoon, and again at
seven in the evening. baptiZing in the in
terval a number of persons in the head
race at Howard SCOTS mill. The sermon,
on Sunday, was on the subject of baptism
-itss Importance, its object, and the only
Scriptural mode, for we read there is one
baptism. His text was the 18th and 10Th
verses of the 10th chapter of Mark.
Mr.. Wilfong is an uneducated man, hav-
ing been blacksmith by trade. He is an
earnest, serious speaker, and evidently be-
-lieves what he says. He never struck iron
or steel heavier blows than he dealt on in
FAINT baptism and other "traditions of mem
which have been interpolated into he chris
tian churches instead of the command
ments of God. Mr.. Wifong proved from
the practice of the fathers, as recorded in
the history of the primitive church, that
immersion was the mode then in use as it
was clearly in the days of Christ aud his
apostles. He also proved from the descrip-
ton of ancient church buildings that the
Catholic fathers baptized by immersion,
and that this innovation is comparatively
a recent invention, and of course one of
the traditions of men now taught instead
of the commands of God.
The subject matter of the sermon was
unexceptionable to an unbiased nearer: its
delivery had it not been the effort of an
iliterate person, is liable to criticism: but
this, added to his earnest manner, covers
all it's defects in style and makes an agree
able contrast to the pomp and parade of
many who preach the wisdom of men and
the dogmas of the schools.
The audience was small, but orderly and
attentive; its smallness is accounted for by
the meeting being at the same hour when
the popular churches were in session. Had