Minutes, Salem Association of Baptists, Ky.

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HELD ./17' WLSON''lJ CREEIC.li.IRETING-HOt,·sR IN NELSONCcl:~'7T. O.V ,•{.ECOl•i'IJ FlllDJll .riND S.llTC:PflJJ.r l"v't OCTOJ~PR l ~<I::, BJ.L\ G 'l'HE ^t1,

Tlflll1.'Ei: . .:,7'H JlNTJ FOUll'TEENTfl UF THE fM.llJ .JIO~""v'TIT.

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lsf--Tlw mtrndurtOi'J s, .. l" 'H wa~ pri: chrd l:y hiltlH•l• 'riliT('li C:Slt, from Paul's I•:!Ji,,Gr: ;r, Timotl!;, :,n,t f'L·pic-.· 1111<1 150J '"'"'· "blHly to ~hew tlJj-sdf ~nn·fne:tl {{n(l, a wotkman that r•rn¹nll_!.d lo tr a ~h:n:al, ' d·th uxYitHrg 1he WCird of lrtle' "

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Cox's Creel:, I ~losEs l'IERsoN, ls.ur 'Ln·LoR, Jcs. I.cwis, 23 1 ₁ l6~-

Jiar(ltn's c1o'k. 1 Benjamin l'lhilips, J olm Pl,ilips, . 7 £ l." I}

Simpson'sc1·l•., W. STALJ~ARD, A. Hawley. w. n:wis, N. Comnlts, 10 £ 1

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^~ 8 .J'lill Cruk, T. HuLbard, Tlw. Untl.irmn. ,V. Kelt(hokk, sr. 4

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Bca1·er D. C. J'onatltan Rogers, Philip Dale, s 1 2 s::- Bacon Creek. 1 John Smoot, Jumes Tt:~:y],.r, 1 · 2 14

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Bethel, 11. C. 1 '\Y. CASH, M. UTTERBAt:1i:,J.Cash, R. Tomkins 10 2 ~ . 1 5£

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Isaac Green, Grant Owen, 5 1 45

Liti!t• Union, Elijah Wcggington, A. )3Joit~grs, A. M'Dom:all, 2 lS 6o "'!l(

f'amt crl>. G.C No Messrngers. 27

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"3r;'lthcr Jam<>s H. L. ::\1oorm~'1~ r-~·"g"!l Mofle:-:t:nr, !!.nil Brother .To!!. J .. nwi~. rlerk.

-Receive1l Ltters an<t Messe~1gers from the following corrrsjlonJing A;;;s'lci?.tion~. t,.

~l!U10rn, a lettm·, but no ~hss~n.;f'r. L)ng Run, by Be,thr<m Gr~w.;;, Wall\'t". 'ViH- cit,•r, Zach~us C:trp.•nter. S•luth District, Jeremiah Bris~<>r. Rus<;-.~l's ~r·.!ek, lli'O- .i:~c H"):\~0~,;' Gt•eeh t•ivee, a let~e1·, hut n l ]\I(ls'nn;;m·. Silvt>r ct·~k, Dt•dhrml Isaac , aml. J<tlllGS Cas:. W .thas:1, 1n l0tt0e or iiDS!Dn_;x·. J a..'ll> Jt'l'i nr, n,) letter. Messcn-

.,, tG Ch,•1owhh.

-Mount Pleasan!:. Ohill county, p~tithn fw adm:sshn into t:1is Association, gt•anted.

W~'t'S; David IJ;tl!, and .Josiah lfayn"s, took their Sf'a.ts.

-S~lem

Cl111r.ch, 11ardstown, petitiun fm· :.dmi'lsinn into this AssociatiGn, granted, Mes-

·s. llooja,· i\J,':.uwn, anrl Wi.Hiam K~'11'bll. to\Jk their RJ:tts.

-R~r~h;c,l a Cir::uhlr Lett; r f:·:>m ll1''Jtlwr L,,thrr Rice, agent of the Baptist Doard of i;J ~flf'sion~, :•.n:i B1\1ther Riee was invite'} to a s -,at with us.

-The Gircubr V·tter, callecl f.·w, 1·eall, anJ r0fcrretl to the Bt·~tlu•en nppainted to ar. ~ . tl1c·business 'If tiw Ai>sodation. ·

-1L·ce~vd a RPsolution ft':Jm Bt·othet· T:wmas Hubbard, which was reJerred to the Dre-

·n:Jp'1in{·et1 b at'l"<Hl:;'" the ou~ill'-'H~ of the Aso;nciation.

et;1rcn J. U. L. ~i:nrman, Walter Stallard, Martin Utterback, Thomas Hubbard, ~Io­

'ierson, and J·•s. II·\Vt9, ttrn ap!1nintr~d to arr<tnge the business fot• to-morrow.

t/<-Adiottl'l\Nl by Prayer till 9 o'chck t<)motTow.

th-Saturc.ay the. Hth Odot)cr 1815. The association met according to adjournment, and

P"ayer '{ll'o<'et>:ku to 1J.•lsiness. • . • •

h -·''he Brethr-en <:pjwmtcd to arrange the busmess of the Assocw.hon made tlte1r report

w~fl disrlt:U'j-;''''l. · ·

,lh-\gg·1·i~v·'<ll1Ce hr.tween llethe1 Church, Hardin County and Baron Creek, the Assf)cia- tltint-;, that 'Ba.con ~~·eQI~ Church ha!'! made full acknowled!;·mcnt to the Bethel Church.

,t,'I,-Q<~ert·y Ji·om 'PlBasimt :&.w\' Chhrch, and when a p<~l'Son gives in an expel'ienrc, and the rch recei-rr•3 thri'r experience-, ·is sach Jirwson then under the Care of that ChQrch and

!Pd ~o the prtw·ilcgl.'s of the Church, before being Bapti:T.ed .,2nswer No.

h1.-The~.CitHreh at llardin•s creek r~"qnest the advice o1'tne Association 1~pecting a dis- ion, we t"Ldvis'l the Church not to dissolve. ·

~rh..-The As~ooria.tioq think that a division at this time not advisalJJe.

HrothN' Thomas lll!~hat•d's rf'solution deferred to the fll'lXt Association, and i~ in tlt•

.winJi wortla "-whereas-we·.uelieve it !n be our duty t.o do all that is. in our power to pro- e thr prraching of the Gaspd 'of C1ll'lst, and altho' we know that human Education i!i not f'Se<>ntial quallification necessru·y f.Jt·-one who preaches the GnspclofChrist,yet we know

• ft,is neces3ary ~or'those that·pt•ertch the Gosp.::-1 to have an Education, at least as much nunqe1·stand theianguage ofthoAe tn whom they preach, and--in order to raise an Ed- tion funrl, tq he unuer'the· care a.n:l management of the Ass:Jriatiou and to be appli&l to

E l{1cathn of young J\finisters of out· society who lack learning, and the means to obtain, th(.\ qhj'ct of the follo\\ring resolution. ' Resoh'ed by the assl)riation that we advise and uest thQ ch~rc?cs who com Jl.ose .the ~an~r. to s~\ll[l a chaeitabl? t_nite by their mes~engers to

·next 1\.SSI)CJ.atiOlr to be apphed m the E·l acatton of young :'lltlltsters of our soc1ety _when .\SS'>ciatiot1 or theil· 'Cmn!llittee shall tlJi,tk _:.tr·nper. ·

9tht-Brother Josrph Lewis,· is appointed a standing Secretary of the Association, for tl ..

r·p •s~ of cor-r,Jspowting with the Baptist Board of f'ort•Jgn l\1issions.

20th-The Cil!Cula.r letter read and .approvc1L • ' - ·:

'21 st~Thc n•1xt As~ociation to be held ilt Ottfr creek Mooting-House in IIat·rlin county 0"

~ 2·~ l•'riday in October next. Brother Stallarrl tG ,Pl~eacldh~ Intr-~"Qctory Sct·mJd in

seoffaibreBrother\Valker. .. , ,·,. . : ,,· '

:'J'Z Z-flrothcr"J\Jartin Utterback appointe1l to write the Circular Letter, f{)r the aext vear.

~3d-Tile wrrespon,rling ~etters to the rlilt:•.r,•nt Assoc~ations we.re read and .Messcngc;:s ap- ant"d to bJa.r tl~:m

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wtt: To Lnng-Rtpl Ut·etht•cn. AhsotlCir, ·Hawley, Jos. Lewis, Wal- -. St.lilad, ls:tac Taylor; Samuel4nd.er·s:m~ lhniel 'Yalkct·;<f' :Jo2hua ;\-lorris. To Elkhnru

•t'Jt~u·:-n ,,~illiam Da.vifl & J?aniel Walkel'. Tr1 Sr~uth ])istl'ict,·Bt·Qther Duff Green, Josepl;

.i'wn and Walt;~r Stallard. fo Russell's creek. :Rrethren ~D\tlf·Greell a,nd Geo. Hrltn. 'I'll dver Cr~ek. 3mther Isaac Irwin, Samnt'lAmleJ'Son and Sharlracb Bro-\vrt, To Jasper Riv-

Drnthet• Alexander :ii.I'Dngal. To .Gt·e.<;>.n River, Bretlll'en James· H. L. Moorman, .l'DtlgaJ, ~lartin Utt::rback, Jo~ephllrashc;l.l' and Jeremiah Casbu • ·

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· · ~4th-llrothCl" Benjamin )!c:tson, t\ppointed b supzl·intcnd the prlntin1; the ).fumt~s, and

Circular Letter. ' · ·

- 25th-A a-rced that all monie9 which mav be intended (or the US!'> of Foreign Missions if forwat"tlelto ·Br<lther

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Se'c1~tary,

shall he f.orwardtd by him to the Curreiipnnding Secretary of tli~ Bapti8t ]lhard 'o(F&rcig~ ~p~sioils; ad if 1tny Church shall (orwa!'d a con~

trihution tO our neJ~:t k~sociatioll it !!hall be <fl1propi·iated in like manner.

26th-The next Elkho!"n As~ocl.ation 'L~ to be· held

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the Great Crossings. Scott county on the 2d. Satur.tlay in .~u~~t nex:t.!<• ~outll Distrk.t 'on.t'l\e S,d, Satt.ll"day in. A:•gnst next. at

.J.ower Hangmg Fork, Lincoln county. Long Run. on the 1st. Satur,lay m S(-'ptemher next.

at Buck creek, Shelby £ulplty Q; ' Green river, on the 4th, Saturday in July next, at l\Io;mt

L Pleasant, Bal't"en county."; Russell's creek, at Sion Meetin~-hou~w. A< lair conntr, on the Sd.

ol@atut·day in Srptemher nexto Silve~ ClWk, at the upper Church, on Blue river, the 4th, Saturday in August next~ 't

J. J .. EWIS, Clerk"

J.UIES II. L. 1\!00U:M:\X, Noderator.

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" Through the guardian care of:the great bend of the C~mrch, we ha ''e met our brethre~ i!!)lJI

~ssociatrd capacity, andirave had a plcasin;; lnterVievr, on the one hand~' but on -the other

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'l1av6 .to mourn the small ingatherings sinre our last association ; but the sct>iptui'~ inform . us that in the last days perilous times shall come ; (we c~ndudc sifting time<>) therei'OI'e as a manifl>station of our love aml care toward you, we add res.• .vou on the important and interes.

ting sul~ect of discipline. We wish to enfurce the iJwstimabb all viers of 6ur·gr·rat' rc~emer~

.. where he says, "watch and 1m1y l\'st yc enter into tem[ltation." ¹We'may Ju$tly'infer' from'·

1this iruportant injunction of om· dear Redeemer, that it is our duty to watch agains.t the· e\'il!l· of 9m-own hearts. words and actions ; watch ~trir.~y theit• ot·igin and· term~atirm ; 'vatch

· '- -a~a.inst errors prevalent in tlw present times. Brethren we admonish yon tn snpport a stdrt · discipline between Gr)d and your own R'luls. Re~embt·ing that. that God ·who hath ca1lrd

· you to glory, h~tth also call~ll you to \'irtur, we most seriously wish You to ahound in every . . good wo1•d and work, that all who see you may take cognizance that you hav<.J' bqm with . Jesus and are taught of God. Weals<) wis:1 to enforce the ohligation~.we are under t() watch

· over one another ; not f,w evil but for good-exhorting and admonishing one another,·& so

~ mnch the more ~s we see the day approaching, the blessed Redeemer has cminen;:Iy anJ p~- thetically exhibited our duty, one to an~tther in the 18th of M<~tlte\}'", which will. justly apply to \ private tr~~r~pass;

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the word says " if thy brother tres1~ass against the_e, /<jO t~·ll,hiP1lJ}l

·fault between thee and lnm alone." Here bretlwen we admomsh yotl to act Immcdmtely:tni- rler the influence of the divine mandate-not communicate thy bmthcrs'. trcssp:tsii' to otllers, . but to him alone, if he hears thee thou hast ~aiu;~d thy brother-this is a decisive duty-no!W . ·.others hurt--the brother gainr.d-no prr;judirc rivitctl in the minds of others-and amity and ' . Jltlace exists, but if thy brother will not twai' thee, parsne the clue

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duty ; take with thee I one or two more, not tell the trespass t1l any others, nor even to. the one qt•, two brethren till

! · you have them in the Jn'escnce of the charged. BI'r.thl'cn, !ter:J we th.i.nk it advisable to take 'tfl Ikethren of discernment iu such cases to examine the basis on whirh the charge stands-see

! ... if the charge is justly gr·ountled, if you find thet·e is a t!'espass existing, then we think it duty 'to fai.tltfully and tentlerly to lahnur with the trt·sspasscr to con~nce him of hi(! errors, if the . , ( ,brother is gaint'ld here, we think S•Tiptural req:~isition is to b1 the matter subsid~ not giv0

JiUblicity to the thing'S, ift!Jl' tresp:,.,c;or is not gainNi, tdl it unto the Chm·ch, that the Chureh, n1ay labor with hhu. Here we witl:, aar .Brethrw to t,LJ...-.~

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the third and lrutt !!tep of dealing with the brother • it is not obligatory on the to know the charge ; for iu the origin of the charh"t'• you must tell thy brother between him and thee alone-so likewise when you took one or two more. Now

see if the same connexion does not extend to the Church in like manner. Now if the bl4<11aril- gained by the church, where the tres~ass is uuly within the knowledg"" of the ~burch,

is not such a general cause of stumbliug, if J 1.(• brotl•ct· w·glects 'to hear the Churcl1 it m course terminate in his ".xcluR.ion, and then tlu~ mattf1r becomes public.

In .case of public transgressions, we do unt conceive Wl.l are under obligations to . the recited method of dealing, because it is of a public nature-all are equ8lly hurt, and .ron twquently it becomes the businf'ssoftbe whole Church at once. the Apostle Paul has delim~ate~

the method for the aafety of the Church in dealing with an heretic-Paul to titus 3 & 1()..,...,.

man that is an lteretic after the first and second admonition toeject, we never should be prompt ed by our untempered zeal to qeglect the ~quisitions of the sct·ipture. Not ~ject after :tlH~

first admonition nor let our tenderness after the second admonition influence us to furthef . inddlgences for the word saith, aftet• the first & second admonition reject. If any are ~t a.

loss to know who an heretic is or what heresy is-2d Epistle to Peter 2d chapter 1st to 5th • be speaks of some who privily shaU bring in damnable heresies, even denying the l.ord tlm . taught thrm, surely thr. denying the Divinity or God-head of CJ1rist or in any case tfl ma~e

him 1< ss than Isaiah saith, he is the mighty God the ewrlasting F'atl1er." In John itis saiu~

"all things were made by hilp, and without l•im was nothing_ made

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wee-made.'' H.- himself saith in speaking of h"is divinity.

I and my Fath•:r are tme, it is also said, in ltim dwells all the fullnt>ss of tl1e God-l1ea(l be dily. The denying his humanity, will also be denying of him ; for it is said the word bc- ,·ame tl• sh and dwelt among us, further. it is said, he took not on him the nature of angr.ls, but.the seed of Abraham, thus we areauthoriRed to view him very God & J>erfect man-he i." . proprrly Emmanuel, that is God with us, now for any to deny eitlwr hfs Divinity or human- ity •. it'at once diRquaJifiu him from being a suitable saviour for il1e sons of Adam, this is a

pirtu~ of the high{·st drgree of ht>rtsy, we consider any fundamental rrror in matters our sal 'ation .depends on~ is a gradr of llf'rcsy, the Lord in his unbounded mercy and goodnrss

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ti'Sl~ givt'·n his rhun·ll these rules ofprQCcduli'. ruUet'ti'"rly, not to bishops and deacoJtS only, but to tht· Church to exercise ovrr all 'the mt·mbers of hrr body.

llrdhrcn, p1•ay for & w:.tch over your dear Miutstf'rs, f~r it is through them error is frr- qut'ntl.r braught into the Church of Christ. Beware and foJiow not an Apostle further than he follows ChriMt. Brethren if any of your members w ha arc of cquaul utiJJity to you, alt your right hand orJourrightcyctoyour natural body, offend and cannot be gained, cut them olf or pluck them out & east th('m fr·om you, thus by a strict discipline agreeable to the Wt~r4 of God, ~he f.:eblc willl:le made strong, and the cllUrch will apprar tt.Trihlc as an army witl1

banners. ·

:l\f;ay Gml by his spit·it and grace direct and bless the Churches we represent is our prayer

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Clui,.t"s sake Al\1EN.

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JOSEPH WILSON Senr. Compmtr.

JAS. H. L. MOOR~lAN, ~foduu.lo.r.

J. I.EW IS, Cletk.

BARDSTOWN:

PRioo~VTED BY B.IJRD

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