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OF 1'IlE S.llLE.M. JlSSOCl.;lTION OF B.!lPTIST,

fieu~rsint;.?son's

'

^'Creek: .Meeting-House in Nelson County, ~n

the J;'imrth 1!rida! and Saturday in SeJJlember !818

1

beins tlte 't5th f

~(Jth ~f'

said .MontlL.

E NT "'VY Bt,p i:":T HISTOR:c,o.L soc,zry

--'iiiiP'iiiiP:§.a;.' Q.

ISVILL£, KENTUCKY

iRt.-•riH~ Introductory Sermon wa~ preacbeli by

brother

iosbna Mori'ilili

from p~u·l. ol' the 2<1, ver~:!

ot' the 10th Chapter of the

Go<ipel according to

St.

Luke '· 1111~

hat'Vt>st

tl'uly

is great but the

Lahuur·rrs are

few,

pray ye therefore

the

J.,u·t!

of the hal'Vest

that he

woultl

send

forth

l~thonrers

into

his

Harvest."

~d.-Ut'cei\·ed letters

and .\lesseno-l'rs

fl'om the followin

0

Churches,

to-Wit:

(Those

iu ltalicks u.:·c onlaiueu miui~t(!rs.)

-~b:~.~~:D~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.;.~

.

^'I

^~ I

^...

^~ .:-

^'-

^:g

^:::!

^.§ ~

cmJRcl!Es.ll\;fESSR

_~

JGERS. ~ !· ^{~ ti .i- _.}

tt • . •

e ..

~.~

" ·.::: ~ ::= 8~~== ~

\ §-~~!-S~~"'Q

" ~ ~ ~ ~~~~ ^E-1

' '

^{. .}

- - - - '~--....,._.__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - ~ -~-· ^I cf't'dnr creek, ( .Tr.slma ~tlorri~, \Ym. Ahl('~ James Roger·s, 7 1 S 1 2 8-t

·ro:l.:c~·

^{C1'f:tk, j,} .H P<erson, J. 1'nylor, A. King, G. Burkhart, 2 ll 3 1 1 190 -&im;•soli·~ creek,~ If: 8lalla1·d, \Y . .bavis, A. Guthrie, D. Lewis, 9 ll 5 3 5 :i!?'S

·~1litll cr~ck, .~

{ Wrn.

Ke_udr·i~k, ~en.

Edwards, T. Hub-} .

5 1 1 122

'I b:ml,

r.

Ltntlucum,

• .• 'dl)1tlll

"~fJriah, ~

Isaac lr·win, James Bamilr.on, John Dr·own, 2

i i

2 1 1 Hl

J11/su1t'.> creek, ' Dan!. Tf/alkcr, Ben. Irwin. \Vm, Chenowith, 4

'+'

]lock ^C?W!:.

~

.:+Jar tin Utterback, Charles Stute-ville, 4 3 ! 47

Rollin~· Fodc, 'I bioses Thumas. Samuel Miller, 5 1 S3

'· . "A 1 6 1

~:n

•'>eucnt'S Valley,' ^ntli0l'ly Ver·uon, Samuel Able, . . 1 uw

~r

'u1, .

~ ·;: ~·~'JJngal, n.

'1'/turmau, C.

Lucas, H.

CoutR 65 4 5 1

i

144:

/J!~ILI.'Cr-dam cr!.' I lldtp

nale, s

1 27

Rtt<:tln nak, ~ Grot·.~c Com·od. 14 1 1 :Jg

'Bt_'lr~'l,

^{H U:}

~

^W.

Ca~h;

^IL

Tahb~

^Z·

Bu~ch, ^{J. lJ.}

King, 28 2 7 2 1 6T

• ·n:.'. ci'tek, J.I.C <, Bl•all Dot·sy, Ezcktd Jenktns,

JamesNaU,

13 2 5 6S

l'uinn.

~

Tl,omas llu\'al, Jn·<·miah Cash, 7 5 4 t 5t

J.ittfc Fninn,

~

^Jo/m Llnyd, john llellnct; Gt·eenberJy Qriffin, «i 4

12~

r

iir.r crcd;, ., 8/wdn:ch Brvwn; Samuel Holmes, 1 4 7 68

Fu./;:1!1, ~ Jos('pft l~C\\is, 1

1

1 24

llulnrli Gi'Ot.•t; ~ Jt•s:;e \t-hitukct·• 1 3 2T

.iltwni-Zfon.

s ^Jan1es llOt:'craft,

John C, HicksJ 24

, 4$

---.

157107 54

i:a s

14 1

l<iH

f .• !

!.

'Erother 'Walter ttJtallsrd ttp}\ointrd

Mollrr~trr

and Joseph Lewis-

Cl~>J·'.<.

4. Received ktltWll aml

tu"~srnget-s

^{ft•um the}

(ollnwm~; con·e~pot~din~'assnri:\1io!!l1.

^tn-witG

ft·om Elkhorn, Reuhm

Lr,n~

^{; frnm}

Lon.~

^{H.un, .1 .,\in Hu!!and}

G\~Ol'!-!;'~ ^W :.~lle!'

.\1o5<"'1 Srol f anti Allo>n M'Ruil·t>.;. .

..;<tll'~l

^{!h'lt ... i!'t l} ;tnir18wl!all,Y; Green Ri\·cr, nulettet· nor messenget·;

Russel':; Creek no let.t~'r not· messenger.

5. A pctitipn fl'ym rhe. GllSIWII aHsociation 1lesil·ing a correspondance agreed&: lll'otht>.r Isaac _{6• A} Grreo _Rrquest theil· _fi'Om

messtn~er

_the

:k:~

^{vel' 10ol:; llaptist his seat.} association to cor:·csponu by lett.er ^· '1Tit5 them, re- t'el-red to the committee of anangcmPHI! hercaftel' appointed. · •

1. 'fhe Circulat• lettet• calied for

t·r~d

and appt·o\'"d·

~

8.

Bre~ h-

^en 'V»Iter Stallard,

'l'h•}·n~ts H;~hhan!,

^{Jo. Lewis,}

Mo~rs

l'icrsot·. & Vtrar- '· ren Cash. llPI•ointell _9. Bretheren appuimell to al'i'ange to \\ rire !et;ei'S of the busiuess llf the ;.ssociation.

eone~pomlenre;

^Bt·otlwr

Al~1wn~rr

. ^M'Dugal

·~

to Elkhorn association, Bt·othcr Isaac Taylor, to l .. ong Run; Bt·r,tlwr

Jos!tn~\

^{i\1np·is, i•• 1}

South Distl'ict; Bt·othct• Ahner King to Russel's Ct·cek; UrQthct· Samuelllnlmes to Green River, and Br<>thtw Martin

Utter~ack

h

Go~hen.

10. Bt·llfhet• Jo, Lewis out·

con·r~};onding

^Secrrlary

Jli'CAC'nt~.l

an;l rcRtl t'\·n kttf't'S from Dl,lctOt' )Villiapl St"ughton COI'rl'Sponding Sefl'etar·y uf t.he

)~llj'list

^{bnanl d' Fot-rit;n mil!.-}

a.ions and l'efet·red to the committe(' or Ul'l'l'ilgements (wilh tile 4thl<\ni1Ull1 R•'l)'ll'"·

· 11. A Circular letter from S. Trott cqiTe":INI!ding

~~·ct•[)\at'Y

^{of the Kl'HllKky llap:ist}

mi!sion Society received I'C:\d and ref•wr!'ll to the Committee of arrallgd1lrnt. · f2 . .(\djourued till tn-mnL't'O<V ~ o'clock hy Prayer.

13.

Satm:d~y

^September

2~th

HI 18. 'l'uc:

~:>sodation

^met antl after 1ll'ayer 1woreJccl

to

_{14. T}^business. _he

Brethe~·cn ap11ointed

to arrange the businc::;s of the a$sadation m:t1le thch· rc-

'ort, , . . . ·

15. fn an;;wer to the rrqnrsf

r,·om

the Beaver Baptist associatinu. \Y (\ have hn1l the

s:-~m•

11n1kl' Cuusil\f'l'l\tiou anll <U'C of ulii.uion that ihe di::ltancc rcnllcrs a cut'l't.:Spontbnce imtn•ac- - - -ticahle ul

~~ ~

^{'I 111'} tht& 11\'Xt Assuci,.tiot :i111e,

~eld

^at

Nn~i

¹ Meetin!; House in Uar.lin Conaty on

the,fourth I[ritlay iu Sepkml>cr nf'xt. =- _ · ·

.---· ·

. 17. A le\ter ft•t-tm the .. Corresponding Sen·ehwy of the B<q>tist board nf

Fo;•f·i~n

^Mi;;-

nwns, read und

~tte.nded

^{to. In answet• to which we}

~ay

that this a«..;nrif!tln h:ts 111.•

funds under tts Cont t·nlc, N evertheies:>, we

h • 1p~

^{we :we} on thn Lnrtls sidt". 'Ve d11 earnestly reCOI.IIlllCU to the Churches of out· .o\);sociatiun t11 Contribute tu missional'i put'·

l'OIICS. 18. Second letter from the same on the subject of Ellucation

Sw·ietie~

ta\t"n up antl Read, in'answe1· to which we state that we did not rccci\'e it 'till at'\_('1' rlter lh\lt' of the

me~'·

ting at New-Y01·k had ex,pil·cd. We are of o;.U> :un that Education snrietirs will lle ol' grt;at advantage to

llu~

prom.,ti'ln nf the Kingdom of Jes!ls Ch•·ist in the wol'\11 aml Wit

:shnu\1.\ he happy that it was in om· vower to aid in !IO hmlahle an nu•lei'1l\kiug •

_, '·

' i t'

'.

• 19. In

anR~

^to

Broth~t·

S. Tt·otts lettet· on the subject of indian rrll\1'11!• ·We at'"· not willing to

a~tl th~m.,

^{as we}

wi~h

^{tn assist the}

B~lplist

board of I•'oreign

mi-;,;ion>~

^{hd'l llt}

'Philadelphia witlt all the means in om· powe1• as tht'Y have tht··

s~llllC

!l;l'eat ohjcet in YH:W.

~o.

^Rock

lit•eek~

^walnut

grove~

Beaver dam Churthes

dismi~sed

^{iu join tba}

Go~hc\\

_.as~ociation. _~

_21.

Corn!rp~dg

^{fr•tfrt·R rallrd} fot·, rrad (!i' Rret hcrn appointrd to hrar tlwm. 'fn ^{. . .}

I·~

^{\k hn.nt·11 ' '}

Daniel Walkn, & .Jamt•s Nall,; Lon!; Run Isaac 'i'a) l•lt'.

'l~l'all

.D.ot'SP)' ; To Sti\l.lh D•"-, • 1rtct David Tlull'man. and Jo

Lewi~>

^; To Gt·een [tinr W':wren, ^Cl1sil At•·'i.·r-, M.

P~?"'•

Jeremiah Cash. & Zad1eriah Bunch,; 'l'o H.ussels Cr:·ck l.)a'

io

Tlnu·m:w," <liT 1

'·ll C;.tsh, ·

&

.2~.

Cornelius Lucas. Bt·otlii::r Jo;aac 'l'a) lur appointed to pt·each the next

W

to Go!!hen Wat't'ell Cash. and Daniel iutrodt;ctory Wi\lkt"r. Sermon, in cn,!>C ^{)f ..

failure, .nrothcr Moses Pim·son. '

' 2S. Bt'other D:i.-vid Thut·man tn write the nrxt Ci!'Cil1at· V:tt:-r.

24.

Th~

^{Clerk to} SUlliWintelid the 11rintin.!!: "' of the :Mi;mtrs

WAI~TEll

awl Cir(·nlar 1r!tr:-. STA.LL;\R!J,

:Jall·t• ''

.J.

~II: \Y H:l, €~.

i.Af.

.\filE CIRCULAR LETTER FOR -1~15.

!1ELOJ7:;D BRE'l'RREN,- ^A~

^{you.r ad,·isary} council, we wisb to

adtlre~

yon n'> nsud by letter in order to put yon in Rememberance oC a few things which, ne douht _{- An(\} wilt he approvell by ) on as

\Jill'i~tia.n Pm!ft·~~~·~.

(m· that

{Hii'pn~r,

^{we btl!; leave to h\y}

bd'<~!'C

^{you fot' your} serious reflection the A1ros1lc's

~xnrt<Ltiou

to hi!'! Coiosian

n ..

eth1·eu. stl Chapt. 5th y,et·se. Mortify therefot•e ,-ntH' members which at·e upo:l the ea:-th: fnrnication uncleanness, inot·dinate a!fection,

~:oncupisrkncr,

^and cevetnt!t;llt'tlS, whirh 1s idolmary. · 1. _We

r.r~.

^{here to obf•r·vr. l}

hr~t

a\dJoa!ljh

th~

a\Jostlc l.at\ toll\ this churcb in the 34

''CI'IiC thnt they were dr:.d

~o

^{!llll nnll tlw:r}

hf~riet

^{iu God;} yet in this vers•

!'le cxnrls them to mnrtify thei\"lu'l'f.tl m..:miwrs upoa the earth ; inti•natin; thereby that

t~te

worl• of mort:ficutinn at il(·::t,

i~

hut partial and

imperf~ct,

^{and must} be carried on dai- ly' and pt·ogrr:;,EiYely: tb otd man has 2 !'.trong hmu·t ant\ is a long time a dying, after it has rece.i•;eti its lica<ily woun:l : Sin, ia a

Cht'tt~tian

^{lives a dying} life, and dies a s\o\1' :ti.ntlliuge•·ing tlc.-.lh.-;!d 'l'h.::

at~nstle

^{eal"- these sins members U\lon} earth, (for w

ca11not t11ke thrm t\t h('aven) in aUueion to whllt he ca\lcd sin befot·e in Chap. S?. 1l uamel) a body of Mtll. e<r here he Clil\fl llHJt& mem!.Hn'!! of tllat hm\y , and

~\so

^because they are instt·u- ments to t:rinr.; dn intn action ;

t~m\

^{like" be uecause} lusts are naturally as dear to meu..

ftS thcil· nmiil'y

mPmhc~·s

^{; e<en}

a~

dght ham\s am\ right eyes. Oul' Lot:d tells us ulso

~""

^•• ""' uf "" "'"'''

~''"""' ^o<ii th•••"''

in u.-dO<a adultl•i"

r., ...

(catlou, th,[to, 1•1"' '¥:itncr.s, 'l'ht>sC b\u<!plwmc~.'· are t!1ey which tieiUe ^· the

man.--~tl

^{observs, that tl1e heart} or corrupt na•

ture lR the f1lthy fountain ft•um wheriCC p:-ott.cl\S a\\ sill ol' C\'CI'Y k\w\ ; f;H'¹ c: when lust i conceived it lll'illgcth tt)u;-th sin, nnd when

~;in

is tinishell if bringeth flUrth tleath'"-henc8 thrn the duty ami llt'Cess\ty of watching the fit·st risinp, mutin-1 to sin, mul b) no mrr,ns t"

ltnld any

~·u·ly

^{w:th it ; [ut·} this woultl be, iut\eed. feeding ^Qtll' lusts am\ :;.tltlin$ rud ^t) he fit·e.-Hcmemn<w uear Bt·t"threu, your

~l'11her

^{Eve: She} Pu·\ied with the enem:, til\

her sou\ \'1':\8 ftl'Ci\ wilh ·tust fGI' the ftwb\duen fl•ttit, alll\ SO was tJ,tkCU capti\·e hy the devil l\t

hi"~

^{will, RO it is}

:-:~th

^{ali her pool' i'altea}

o!fspr·in~;,

^{when they begin to Iliw\ey with a}

t<•tr ptetion, for ali I he tim" you

vn~Y

^htst c;ro\'!S sn·onget· all(\ gt·ow weaket•, & so all such cases ym! will likely shal'e the same fa.,e ul' yous·

IWit~l' E,'e'T-w~T<l:~l.IL.p.iicl'l

widt hi!'! milltt·csR, Pott>lrhet·s wife, he would, no doubt have been taken in ; fihnuhl tlo ill similar· ca'!es) he cxclaimctl i•1 the integrity o£ his sou\, God llhoald do this gt'eRt evil arHl sin against my God.

4,h. The A{!•1!4.:e c:Jadudcs the ex.lwl'talion wilh the sin

of

covetousness wllic\l is h·y-r.;:d in order to

impt·e~s

a !a11ting sense of this sinuiJOil our mimi, the apostle it idnlats·y. which ;u·ises fr'tlnl the proneness of setting om• affections on H.iches and

thiu~s

^nt this world to the Ht•glect uf the bettl'r llat·t; " for the love o£ money ia the all el'il,'' Cnvetonsness har·dens the heat·t, shuts up the atfectiotlS -to any

~ct·ation

^{or pity to the jl061'} or tli11tresscd : it shuts the eyes from to;eeing and the from hdievin?: the wants of othcrR· Covetousness make men, in common, think more tiH\

w~al•h

an•\ honor of theit• chihh·en. than of the sa\vatinn of theis· souls; and, nt·llrt• to pt·omote

Covetousites~

t•nus Go!\: "

thi~.

heavy lrnrdeus at·e \ail\ upon mens shouhlet·s, & )'C have t•oubed me, saith the Lord, in tithes aml gt•evious to be

fiR·~"''"""'

being yo all the Hth"" into tit< ato.e-h""''' ami

p•·•'•

^oo<' h.,-.wltlt .alth tho L••·d of it l will not o11en you the win;lows of lleave.n, and potu· yon out a ulcssing, that there nnt he room

e11oa~h

to receive it." J\Ialach, 3d.-I<'ot' an explanation of this sct'l\Jture, rfft'l' YO !I to the 9th Chapter

or

^{the fti'St} cpislle to the Corio's. whei'C Paul \ll\S taken th1·

p~~saget·

of the law of Moses tn pt·ove antl supvort, by Divine authol'ity, the h\•· r::.;ut of the supprwt of the gospel mi11iqtcrs by the \lcgplc whct·c they lab<JIIr as

~

cl:·bt

:ln~\

^{to them; f,Jr}

,~·hirh

^{take the} aposties own words;' Who ;nelh awarfare anyttme hi·.; n·.1 n

txpen~:es

: who ph\ntr\h a \'iucyal'tl. am\ cateth nnt of the fl'uit _t!Wl'eof, or

~

f.·c1!eth a iiock. antl'ratcth not of thC\ milk nf the tbck ? S<\Y l these thmgs as a m11

<l t' ,u;th uo'i tit< Ia w tho '""" al" l F o•· ^{it is}

"•·It!••

\o t\"' 14 w of

!ti•'"'

^U.o• 'ball

wiun;le flle mouth or the

"i(

^that

^trendeth

^{eut lTH·} f)nrn. i)oth GI)U take rat-e or oxen

1

or Maitb he it altngethet• for our sake ? for om· s«kel! no d•tubt this is written ; tiH~t Itt· t!tat }llowcth should plow in hope; and that he the threshcth in hope should br.. l'!irtaki>r of hi1

hop~. if we have sower! unto you spiritual thiHgR, 1fl it a ;;t·rat thing if ,-,e shall r-eap your cat•nal thin~s let him that is taught in. the wonl commuuicatc to l1im that teadwth itt all good things-eveu so hath the Lcll'd nt·Jained, thnt they wl1ich p1·cnch the Go~prl shot.lcl Jive of t!Je Gospel. 1 CoJ', 9 7 to 14 Ycrsc. These wot·ds with llliiHY othrt·s to the p>lt'}lO~f·­

at'<l: so. explicit and foi·ciuly that to attempt lu expbin them wuuhl he oiferinglan iusu:c to pour underscamling,. ''"e shall only rt•mind Jou, tlwt Gotl's will is the same mul~t·1he new as umlct• the old dispcmmtiuu, anti God will not be mocked ; whatSOI'Vt:r Wt Row that shall we rrap: ~nd he that soweth bountifully sha~lrcap t.ouutifully. -.Ptit 011 tlterfo.-r, '(as the. elect of God holy and bcluYcd) bowel~ of mc;·cics. kirulncsPI, J,umbt:luc,.s ,.f miutl.-

Jneekness long suff'CJ·ing fm·beadug on~anotltet·, anti forgive in,; oue an othe~·, if any matt have a quarl't~l against any even as Christ fni-gal"e you, so alsu cln ye, ami aho'i'c all tlit'St) things pnton chat•iety. which is the bond of pct'fectness colls 3."-12. 13. !4.

Here we are to obset·ve, the apostle comflait·s ther;tJ J;eaccs oi t.ht~ spit·it to gat·m~llts, ami exorts us to put them on ; ami next he eJt<H'lS us tn put nn Cku·ity as the Ui•iH.H' garmt'nt,

.J!\'er and above all the rest : because the up[Jer ga1·mcnt is (argei' and ht•oatlN· am\ covcrs

·~,1 the t•est; ancl because withou't this gal'mcut we shall be fountl naked as it is the motlt-

er

and t•oot of all tbe rest ; and it is said to be the llllud of pe1-f~ctness, which IJimh and 1111ites together all the children of God, in a uond uf nP,v~:r f<tiling love;_ llut thi3 d.al'ity, -eJ' love, which unites the children of God to Christ theit· head, & to one anothc-1·, does uut t~onsist in be \Tal'tnetl and be clothed; But in a gt•acious JWOpcncity of hr~1·t to lihct·al aetions of benHicence ; whieh is not to be fuurHl in a co,·cteou41 h~:at·t.-lf ~-~~

k!H~r these things ha{IJIY at•c ye if do them ; fot· if th~se thing; be in you and al>ot~Hd.

tliey tnake you that ye shall neither be ban·c~n nor nnft•uitful iu the knnwled~6 of clut· L')r·J

!118118 Clll'ist; for Sl> au entrance shall ue miuistercl unto you abundantly intu the cnwlas!- ing I(ingdom ofmu· Lord and saviour iesus Christ. N1•w the God of pcact". ti~at brottf;bt

~~ain ft·om tht" dead out• Lot•d Jesus, that gt·eat Shephe1·cl nfthe Sheep tht·ou~h tl;~: l:ioucl ef the everlasting covenant, make you pet·fect in e.~·ct·y ~'lod wor!t to jlo kis willt Wol'k iu;.- in you that which is well pteasin; in his ltigl.u, .tb'i" gh Jesus Christ ; to whom be Glur1

revel' 81UU •, ''el'f'A.~~ Ut.- ..

..

WALTER S'I'AI.T.ARD, .,llodr;

J'.OS~Pll LE \VIS," Ctk..

•