OF THE
Ell·lto'rn .llsNociation,
EGUN AND HELD AT PARIS, BOURBON COUNTY,
KT.
ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1826.Er.n~:a JAMES SUGGETT preached the Jn:aoli'IICTOBT Su•o• from 1st.
lfllftl~tDlan,s, CH4P I. 'VBB 23, 24
..eceived and read, and the Messengers' Names enrolled from Churches, composing this Allociation, u follows, to wit :
MESSENGERS.
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Pre~cbérs' NameS 1Il S'ULL CA PlTAL~.
Brother Thomas B'lllnck ....as appointed Moderator
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and Broth‑er D.尽 Chamhers
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Drethl't'n, Bllford Twymaη, Lewis Sullil'an, George Bl月cldlurn' 1¥t l)u"311
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anrl九1.沿inぼleton,
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allotfo pr!'3ch the next lntroduclory Sermon,
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Eldcr Edmund Wa!' ler.Business adjourned to Monday mornIflg
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Jb. 'the distinct understanding that Each Association will protEStj‑gainst any and every departure therefrom.After some discussIon
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l!reed to ad iourn till to・morrow/9o・
clock.FddqmJmtng
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Metpursuant 10 adjournment and a(‑ ter pray釘 proceeded:18r.rhe Committee from Elkhorn submitted t13邑 follwingres. bon‑e tothe propmItionsfror?the Committeeof Licklnめ VIZ:‑
En relation to the ht propos川00made by the Comm'ittce fl'om tb'e' Licking Association
,
the CommJttee, frOM tbe Elkhorn Asso‑ ciatioo Itate,
that we regret that the state of叩cietyand the cir‑cumstances out of which the split in the church at Bryan's
,
as wel 1
抑 o
f .
the ch~rches at somt! other places originated,
ever existed,
that we believc that the causes of those divisions originated in errot',:
and that it i. a bad p,recedent for any Assoclation to receive mi.
t10rities of churches a8 the churches themselves; but in reviewing .11 tha circumst車町esin relation to this subject
,
we cannot agree,
because we do I:lot feel t
h .
at the Elkhorn Association were in error,
ln receivillg,事ndcontinuing to receive letters and rnessengers frem
量hechurcb at Bryan
、
(calledthe minority,
) and we hope as our Licking Brethren believe ¥Ve were io error. and we ask it of them as Christians to forgIve the error. W c. cannot saCI泊cethe churcb at Bryan's by rejectin胃her letters and messengers: wc think比
Qught not to be requir..d of us ~y Ql,lr Brethren; but if we are wrong in this determinatiol'l, in thc opimon of our ~icki口実 ßretb.ren
,
we hope for the究oodof sOcIf.ty,
in charity and brotherly Jove,
they will bear with I,Ls in th申wron
尺 ・
And i.n ~obtion to the 2nd proposition we state,
tbat thll Elkborn Association hωever mait;J‑ tained the doctrines of grace as reveal,ed in the sible. and set forth in her c・
nstitlltion,
and we I'~fer our Li
cking srethren tQthc minutes oftbe Elkhor
r : '
l\ sso~iation for 1821 and 1825,
for re‑ cent ~xpressio,!s upon this subject,
and we hope ourL i
cking Brelhren will unite with us io maintaining the doctrines of grace as revea led in the Bible,
and 5et forth inロurr<<!sp巴ctive constitu‑!ion~ and confession of faith
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nd ~hat, e
ach, i ¥
ssochition will promp‑Iy clIrrect every departure thllrefrom. And with this view we a.
gre~ to meet the Licking brethren u,pon their 2nd proposition. Aod tbc Committee from
L i
cking ma正
ethe followin~ ameDdmell.l to thcir 日 r~t.propo. s
ition,
viz :‑:‑̲‑For as t; I 1
uch as it now appears that our requisition at the hanrls of Qur Brethren of the Elkh'orD Asso‑ ciati~n in our fir邑tI;lropos~li~~ is ~~fused, notwithstanding we are undeviatí!l~ in ~ur views on this subject,
yet as they ask fo'Tg ‑
iveness we are willing for the れ~e_of u,nion and correspsndence to submit that case ta the hand of Div.in'e ProvidfDce. l)
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evin写tbat al.l things work together for good to them that Jove God. to them wbo are th申calledaccording tO bis purpose, "
and th:¥t God will avtng ‑
e4
t
is own ~Iect , wbo cry day and Dight unto him,
and as to for宮iveDess we would gJaèl~y_g_rant j~ in the spirit of tbe gosp, l : c
but must await the opening ~f DivIne Providence,
that we' m'ay d8 it conscIeo'tiously And the ('ommIttee from Elkhorn
,
acceded to the first J!r~po~ition 明 amende~1 and th~ Co~~itt吋号 f~om Licking and. . . .
8
Elkhorn mutua
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y agree to recommend to their res , p
ective Associ. ations a correspondence pursuant to the terms agre',
d upon,
and to¥lse their best endeavors to dfect that desirable obje<t.
Signed GEORGE. WALLER
,
Moderator."BENJ
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TA YLOll,
Clerk."THO BULLOCK
,
B S. CHA~HIE 氏当,
PE rER HIGBl: E
,
J. T. JOBNわON.
An占aftersome di scussion and explanation
,
the repoH was unan.imously approved and adopted by tlle Association
,
and a Letter prepared and :¥1ess engers appointed to open a l'Otr<.spon<Il!IICe with the I.icking Association,
pursuant to the terms agt(:)ed on by the respective Commi ttees.2. The Committee appointed to甲isitthe Churc h at Beth
J e 七 ( , l D ,
aII he.lps
,
to aid them to settle their di侃cultiι5,
were,
00 motion,
diicharged from further proceedings.
3. At the request of the Churches at HiI1sborough
,
Clover Bot.tom
,
and Glenn's Creek,
they have lcave to b(:) dismissed f10m this,
for the purpose of unIting wIth iome other C hurches m forminぉa Dew AssoelalIon.
4
The Committee appointed for that purpose,
reportecl a Cir.c
:
ular Le~tcr , which was read and adopted,
as follows:CIRCULAR LETTER.
'l'he Me88fngersザ the Elkho1η .I1ssociation 10 the Churchesザ Cllri8t
,
0/ which lhey are lHembcrs.BELOVED B 昆 ETHRE~ ,
It has ueen the established and uniform custom of this As.
Gociation from its orgauization to the preser,t IImetn addJess the chut'che唖annually
,
by a Cirιular annexttl to tne minut~s , fol' tl, t I
r encouragemcnt,
edification,
and perlecti口n in the kn口wkd. r
eof God our SaviOLlr. It has moreover been customary to cali tbt: at. tentioo of the ιhurch臼 tosome imptlrtant anci ddìl~jH' Slll'jυt. ¥¥ e alla, J l
therefore,
offer some desultory remarks upon I1、<apl、art.p, ・
lamelltable 8nd censurable confol'mlty 0¥ Cl‑.ri&ti己r,sto tl寸肺c.rld. It must be manifest to all c10se obsιJv;:rsofm印 刷dcf tlリOfS・th昌t maoy profcssors have ollly a name to live時bilt::th(y ar{ dt3" ‑ they profess Ihey ko心w'God
,
but in works cleny bin : Tl' ;111.1; fl'f‑sons and churches
,
God says, I '
rmember fr()nJ w hfr. C仁[~,G lI UIi f ll‑ en,
and repent and do tlly 6rst WOI ' 1 ‑
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er.01' f.J&f I \~ illιυI向 untctl ee qUlckly and 6ght a邑ainstthem with the sword of n~y n,()ulh." '1 he Lord commeoded the EpTesian church bCC3USC th<y couJrl not Lrar them that were evil,
and he frequeutly declares in the first and se. cond chapters of Revelation,
that he knew the ¥vorks (1f the se刊 n churches,
such as lab白ur,
patience,
tribulation and charity,
ns帯ell as their doctri口e. 1・heApostl日 whower instrumental in theもbtablishment of numerous and flourishing churches
,
and w ho felt t ';e eame solicitude for them that affectionste parcnts feel fol' their (ff. epl'Ing,
and wbo were dιeply in】press"dwIth the imperfeclio目11of<<:hl'i>>tiaIl5
,
ani !
of the .indispen画ab!enece;;Slty 0 '1çÌIcun,~'p ection BJ;d6
Vl'3yer
,
besought the churches by tho mercies of God. llO~ to ~ conformcc.i to tl:is world but to be transformed by the renewing o(their mll1d. Ih川 theyprove whal is that go?d. and ~c.ceptable 81l.d perltct肺ill of God: . N ot bt'ing ignorant of the subtlety and rìllll~
lce of Satan. thev wcre faithful in warnin宮theinnofent冒heepand un~uspιc tÎn l{ lan;bs of Christ. of the s<ductions a吋 川lesof tht: ado vcrsary. E~cIY pt,rSoD who reads and und引s!undsthe oraclt:s of God must perteive that there is a,、vldedisparity belween the fa1th
,
the love
,
uie simplkity of mannt.rs ancl wurShip,
the pu ity and in・ telli!rence of the ancient and modem rhristians Hellce many pro‑feれursmect with rehuk叶 目01u;uch more acceptahlr
,
nor mucb )CSS Ciisloonorable Ihan }hlaam'~ , wbcn thev <lre tolled by Ihe wicked,
thal t!ばy3I'e as ‑ain
,
as stnsual,
as cllVetOus,
and as neglectful ofpractical and relali¥'c uuties as t!wmsl')veq. They often and pain. fullV lxperien仁cthc tl'uth of the deιI:.uatioll that 5i11t w hen】tloost!i ilS savour is ilもipid ancl ¥H
,
rtlllcss.1'h" s~r\'ant古川 r sishops .0 1"the churchf's have sadly rlegeno el'ated 11'001 the simplicity
,
the zeal,
the faIthfulne8s and indtル
tiga. bh: and unwt!al'ied l X: r(wns 01 th~ ancitllt overseers. 市Veare in‑ forllled Ihat the preacht:rs in the first and second alld 8UfC<ιdiug c:enlul its
,
were Illore cOllsf, I I "
UOU3 10γth宮S号cardinalj!;lacι8 than for thcir in~cll \l ity , eloqueuce,
eruditiull. polemical dispulalIonsils
,
.lllphysIIμ1 d問qU'UIO!lS.or eVtn ('uctrinal kno柄ledge. 、1'heir propositiolls or 8nicles of faith werc f~w , simple,
anrl easily .com.pleh叩 dl'd
,
and scattercd ill lhc samt: Plo:'lsion in thcil acdl旬 、
as Ihe nJOst u5eflll vcgel<ihlι5 and herus are Ihrむul!;hthe fidds and gard叩s. They cOVHtd no honorary tilh:s nor sought for literary oislinctions. Thf'y visited fl'om house to IIc>use IHld prayピdin tve‑ ry fan:ily ; r.ommencl副Jth~msに Ivestu evcl')' ITI211S cODsci<:llce
,
tt.sti‑ fi,td rt!p.nta,rCf" to¥¥ards Goe and failh in our LOld Jesus CllIist; behavl'd tl" mselVt's alllOI1符Iheil'people as祖 伝urstanllJng h"r chil. drcn,
eatinL; thei.' mea! in rlauncss and singlclt:ss of beart,
and baving‑favnur Wilh God and all the people. They were hO l1 e~l ,¥lpright. plain
,
industrious and econo!1'lc:.i nlen in ¥heir expendi‑tuれs l¥1odel'll chrislians have given ~reat ocraSion to tll巳enemies 0 1"christi.onity to blaspheme
,
by thtil' depal'¥ure from thcse pnmj‑tivt and chl'istian ¥'irlues. There is m 引Ji fe~tly a Rrent f"llin~ off among the chulcltt~ in thcil' disr:ipHl1e 2nd ordtr. ・herea1' r c:100 many Inose ancl (li~hûn!) l'al le
,
and utlworthy members retaimd in the churcbes,
to their dt trime'll. ar>d 10哨 egre&t injury ot Ihe cause. There 151amcntabl" dlgem'racy among the ulsfIples,
in the ITIanagesnent,
education司nd COllnerl ions 0 '1their f幻lIIli四 ・ ‑'fhey have alO1ost rrvc.:rsed l' e Apos.It:s jdmonltJon. and ar<:! bring‑ in\~ them up in a WJy vel'y diffじrentfrom the l111rture and admoni.
tion of the Lord
,
hy permiltIng,
airlil'~ and sendirtg thtm into aJl thc ~'1 y , bshionablc山doft叩 札 口InllSsrt.nes 0 '1amust'm叩tand uis‑ :..ipation. Bre¥hern,
theso th1n~s must n臼tbe 50 lJ avt: )'OU f or‑~;Iten th.e lnd of Eli and his sonG
,
Hoph!,i and Phinehas,
who did前ickeJlyand he heal'd ot it
,
and arlmonished the刊'.but it is said e reslntI(l<.d thenl not; llH'rk the担xpnssion. He did 001 】nlt:lpose bb p,
nental authority. See 1 Samuu! 2 chapt,
'r TIH; ¥Vorld is:
ω
包l!lgto your famiilesωmouel。 由
fevery thinf >
that is IO'lely anii7
也raiseworthy. Let them not be disappointed. Th四ethings cail ioudly and distinctly for redress.
Tbe disciplcs often form such conne'::lions
,
alliances,
and even marriag~s with the un~odly as malte the~ expcl'ience that evil c:ommunicatiolls corrupt宮oodmanners. The帳orclof God is 100 much neglected in the ecluLation of the youth of the present d3Y. 1t is no longer a recommf ndation to their characlers
,
that thtyhav.CI known th申hc
勾
scripturesfrom their ~hildhotld. Tbere川 百nwarrantableand eriminal means re80rted to by cbristi~ns, 10 a‑ mas!I wealth. They seem to have fo同otteothat a man's life con・.isted not in the abundl1nre of the things which he pa~冒 c5seth
that gorlliness with contentment is great gain‑that richcs chol;;o th司word‑thatthey that will be I'Jch at all risk
,
fall into tempta‑tion ancl a snare. In自nethere is too obious 1 c1 ooformity to tho
1Vorld. io the cooversalJoo. thc dress. the pursuits
,
fa~lllo円. n'alln~r。
fliving. anrl io the 51yle of acco8tín~ c3ch other. by ~hc appdla‑ Jt i ・
nof Mr. and :¥1rs instead of the scriptul'ul 51ylとofbrothel anct 、・
iater. For the correclion of th('se errQrli Wt; exhort you to read •and compare your pnclIees
,
your tCOlpel'S. your dcvotion and f~íth."jth every chapter and pa~e. ol'ld if there be any consolation in Cnrisl. if allv cOOlforl nf love
,
if any fcllowship of the哩pirit,
if arヴbowels 8111l mercies
,
lulfil yc刊 rjQy,
in correctin~ tt'csc dl partures,And besitles all th町 a付 to)'01)1' !aith virtue
,
nnd t(1 virtuc kro \V~事dre. ao'l 10 knolVlcdge tcmperance. brotherly恥;m
, r !
css,
an el18l'ity; if th!'se rhi l1 ~s bc io you aod abound ye晶hallnot be bar. ren nor unlruitlul‑i ¥
men ..
5 The n
: r
xt J¥!'sociation. appoio!rd 1刊 hehcl(1 at Davis's Fork.Fayette County
,
5生cOlHlSaturd,:y inr ¥
ugust. 1327.6 The Commi!tee appr.inted Iのrthar purposc, rep0rted lcttcrs
! o ̲
Correspondmg AssociatJoos,
whi c .
h w..re rfad and adopted,
antlM回sen~ers appointerl to hesr them as follows:
To Braclun‑At srackt'n Meetiog‑House. Mason Counry̲",fint Saturd~~ IQ S'"Pteln~er. 1826‑Jas. 0 81ark anrl W m. S
8 '
ryan.To Narth Brnd‑James乃ugW'ttand hmes Marrs 抗 74切t山 Cr附eUl:
一
屯,M州 弘U川tいthe邑Crab () 陀川h川1a11',F山I U
削芭叫t.182宮6一
1刈吋cω0油be '
Jiat川h川'川,Sen. .1 ¥ 1
:l90n Si吋Itton,To Nort!
,
Di8trict~A , Cane Sprlll~. Madison' Cnunty"ぬu
rth Satu . r
day in A叫 U叫 1826‑Edmund Wallcr. 'Jacob Cre'aiii, ~un •. i D
d Goodloe Carter..Td Frankliπ-neor宮~ BJ9ckburn~ ‑!:1S M:QuRrly. R. D Shipp
,
Burord T怜ylllall.Jus 0, BI孔 k.and
r : :
has. L 13UI ns・
To Salt'm ‑,¥t Cedar Crfek Meetirlg.Hollse. ~、・ .150n County
,
!"st Friday 111 Or.tober
,
1826ートr.ohCreath,
Sen. Jacob Creath.' lun. Jeremiah VerrJelnan, 九nrl包dmund ¥Valrer. ‑‑‑‑‑.‑‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ . . . ,
8tl1tll
,
Dist"ict‑At Salt River Meetio官 ._~ous,:. Mer. a 体 c
円unty,
伽d~~turday
in August.1 山一Ga l>~iel
~Mi~t;~. 'M;;~~~í~~~~:・
ndE"mund'Waller~ .‑ ‑ ‑ ,
~:-~...ゐTれ'0
仇
U:ni伽占旬n一
A削t刈.叶唱明州B凶問凶s託ωcl怜e Sho山 M陥e削 H噌宮臼o飢叩us必常哲 ?
:wEnfh川川oun削n制川fげy,
u
町tt山hSat凶uげ叶 .r Ezeki拘喧1Shirley.
7"0 Concord‑A't DreDnon'o Ridso
Motti噌・ ltò~e....Ji
enry8
County
,
rourth Friday in August,
1826‑Ja9. M'Quady andR .
tJ. Shipp.i ' d
LOl1g Run‑Elk Lick Meetiog‑Hotlsc,
Spen~e,r COU̲ n
lY,
first :f'rioay in‑Sept( mbtr. 1826‑Edwund "!IJer and J白hnGraves.To Lic止in
r
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‑At Town Fork, Fayette _C~unty ,. stcon~ Saturday in Septtmber,
1826.ー
Ja8.Suggett,
B. S:̲ Chambers三J.T. John. 100. Chas. L. 'Barns. ll. A.I i
ick8,
Geo・BJackburo.Joho Laoca冒‑ter; Buford Twyma~ , G. F. H. ~rockett~_~nd !ohn Edwards.
'
I
A Querv irorn the Sorth EJkhorh Church waS laken up aud the following' answer adopted :
In answer to the Query from the Cburch at North ~Ikhorn.
,
.
iz: shall or ahall not this AS8ociation receive a Jetter from any c.hurch
,
88 a proper church lett.er that i8 not headed the Baptist Church of Christ l" W e state' that it is not the province of this Association to prescribe to the churches composing her body the rnanner or form of heading or commencing ber letters. The prac‑ tice of the churches has been varIent upon this subjecI,冒omehave jn their letters 5t)' led them.elves,
The Church ofChrist, "
others臥fheBaplist Church of Christ " and other.叫TheCburch at 6uch a p1ace
, "
&c. Indeed the Apostle of the Gcntiles in his EpistJes to the varIolIS churches 10 whom ho wrole,
giv同 them different ap. ellations. viz: as to the Church of God at Corinth." 10 the IIrch閃 ofG司l'ltia, ". ,
to the.saints WhlCh are at Ephesus, "
to e saints in CIJr1st J CSI1S,
which are at Phillippi, " . .
10 the saints and faithful Brethren in Christ,
which are at Collosse, "
10 the Church oftne rhessalonians, "
&c. &c. and in the Acts ofthe Apos. tles where it was the pJeasure of the whole church to send chosen men 01 their own body to Anlioch wIlh Paul 80d Barnabas,
they wrote letl.ers,
(叩eare tOld, )
alter this manner,
The A postJes and Elders and Brethren,
send greeting,
u日tothe Brethren which aro of tbe Gentiles in Anlioch,
and Syria,
and SiJicia;" Chapler 15,
'Ierses 22
,
23. Hence from the practIce of the AposlJes,
it ap・ pears that a letter .may b~ received by the. Associatlon as a prop‑ er church letter,
tithcr with or wit】:loutbeing headed '1 he Bapω tIst Church of Chnst,"8 Tlro ~!erk app9inted to 8uperintend the printin.: and distrib. uting tbe Minutes
Adjourned lilI meeting in course.
TH: BULLOCK
,
Moderotor・
Attest
,
B. S. CHAMlI&RS,
C/erk.