Minutes, Salem Association of Baptists, Ky.

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OF TT-fE SJJLE.M .rJ.o;;'UJCf.ilTJO.V' OF B/lPTlSTS, IIE-Ln .~2T -.fiLL

_ CJJl ~ EK ,Ml£E'l'LV•IJ_fl{)USE, .N!!lson county, on the 4th, Ji't·iti.i!J and:,. S.:s.t:

u1•day in Septeotber'i817, being the

2{lth,

and 27th, of suitl month.

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{st.

THE

Intro!luctory SPrmon was

preacht>:l

hy broLIHt'

.James H. L .•

'J'l.fJ'W11la'tl,

from tlu~ 3<1. Chapter of

the

Epistle of Paul

the

Ap«istle to the

Oollo·;;sian,.,

ist.·2J.

3d. and 4th,

verses

"If ye then be

risen

with

Cid'>t, seek tho1;e things

which an

nbov~, where Christ sitleth o•1 the ri~ht haM~ of God; set your affecrions on tlung9:

n.b~wc, not

^on

thing'~ on

^the

Eat"th. Foe ye

are

deal1,

& your life is hid with

Christ iu

Gotl. 'Vhen

Chi'rst

who

is

our life shall

appe<H, theti sh,tll ye

also appel}r with

him in Glory.' 211. ,Receh·ed h•tter,;

& .\tessengt.'rs

f~m

the following

Cbtn~ches,

^{to wit:-}

(Those

111

ltalicks are Ordained

.Ministers.)

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G;;;~ek, ---;-~J,,hua .Mom,,W.". Ahcli, J-;;;;;;:, ;;;;:;:-I-;, -;;-~~-;---~--;

Co.x's CrcPk, ''oscs Picrsun, J. Ta?flor, Wm K.iug, A.

Kin~,

11 11 2 3 1: 199 Simpson's Creek,

T.Y: t.

Slal!twl, W. U.tds, S. :Vl'Kay, D. Lewis, '57 5 · 2 1 1 £7'

Lku.i.

EJ,,· :~!'ds, T. I:I.ull!.Jal'll, 'Ym. K.cudl'ick,}

₁₀

1

5 "'' I

Jlill Creel•, :.1 1 1291

John lhtsd, ¹

~ I 1

!rionnt o1'.Joriah, J,seph B1 qwn, Thomas 'Veils, 9 4 1 · 2 110

TVtl'!on'.~

^Creek,

JTJani~

TVoll>er, Briq. lt•win, 2 8 1' 1

2

¹

Bethel, B. C. James II. L •• Moerman, \ 7 1! 2. ¹

Rock Creel<, Chal'kfl Stute\'ili<J, 1 •

l

41

1

!, 1 1

R 1lling (i'ork, '\lof!PS l'bomas, S amu£'11\liller, 1 1 l Se·ccrn's Valley, Samnet JJrulerso•I, Samuel Ab£'1, 2 8 6 .JV'o!in, .1le.xr.

, : u•

Dugal.

G.

Helm,

Caleb Carman,

1

1

1

6

1

1

BetL"OCI'-dam Creek, Phili[l Dalr, 1

1

I 11

²

Bal'on Creek, .Tolin SmoJot, Senr.

I

^{1 2 2}

Bethel. H. C. Warren Cnsh, •

~lartin

Utter'llack, 1: 2 3 1 \

I

Jlli.ll Creek, II. C.

J. J.

Shelton, T. R. Vanmewt·, Jas. Nall, 8'

s

6 1' 1 Union,

~:neas

Hat·Hed, J<'t•cmiah l,;a;;h, 14' 1, 2'

I

^1'

Goshr.n, .lsar.c Gt•een. Gr·aut Owen,

I

^{Q 1j}

Little Union, \1 ·x. M• i)anald, G•·o. Wells, E.

Wigg~ngton,

18 7

1

' 3 1

Caney Creek. G. C., Letter, no

~·1esscnget·,

¹

I

Pleasant llun, G. C.' Gahl'irl Smith, 1

~ ~

Gilead, I. State, IC!tarlt:s Polke, Thomas Polke,

I

⁶

Otter Creek, If. C.

1

sha,!ruch Brown,

T. Rohins~m.

^Asa

Chambers,

4 5

6

1

Rough

Creel~.

^{0. C. Samuel}

L£'\\dlin~, I 7' l

Conrord, G. C. William Walke!',

l

Fi.~gafl, B. C. Elrnt•y Rushet·, ClHlrlcR

Clarkson,

8 15 7, 2 .JV'e<v-Hope,

Benj.

^'Vaus, \Yai'Ht'l' Collh, I' 1 I

~IountPleusant,O.c.JNo lrttrl' or ;\lessen~;•

r·,

811/em, William Kt•ndall, J<~Rl'ph Lewis, ⁵ 2

1

1

1 2 1 1

•

Uj

321

45 3~1 491

sc sol

' 481

!~I

lH!

10 27

691

26

s s t sol

14 25 Panther Crrek ~~o lcttet• nt· Mcssen!?;C•'•

Wa!n,tt G~·o·ce, B, C.

lsaac

'Vhir~ket·,

J

¹¹¹¹¹

P3;wlry,

.M.ount Zw11,

J ax.ncs

Ho.~·cL\\ft,

J ohu W

^L}SQII;;

2 £9j

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9

- 1

l:.~ll.I6R

^Qf>l 616 .'l 18'

il. .Brother \V nltPr ~b. l~n. d, cho~cn '\fopERATOR

₁

and JosPlJh

I.ewis,

{!.LER'JI:.

4th. ;Ut>ccived

Lctte-t·s

and .Mes~en;,?;rrs ft·ott~

the

fo\lm,_in~ Conespnntli~g Associ-

a.tilms, to wit:

from Elkhorn,

hy hi'Other Jcr·einiah

Y:n·diman;

fwm Long Hun,

hy Bt't'tltreo, Geor~(' '\Taller,\\'. Stnnt, Joshua ~rooks; ·fi'Om Rnss('l's

Creek,

by .~I brethren,

DaYid

Elkin, Jacob Miller, Ramurl Orv·e'l~;

fr·om

Green River, hy ht·o- ther

Ralph Petty, from C:taspf't' rl

Yel' no !ettet·

ot•

l\1

e"f>t' ug;r'r, a nrl front S.outh • Dis- tt·ict, J)y brethr·en

\\'illiam

Stit·man, Richard

Etliott, Jeremia.h il1iscoe, Thoma~

Hutclrins

nn~

Jq::eph

Whitehead.

5th.

Mount Zion

Church,

H•-ndin

county, petitinne1l for ndmiss1on into

t!1is

Asso- ciation, received and

~essen~Pl'S J<tmes. u~ycraft

and .John '\Vilson

took

their SPlits.

· 6th. Brethren, Walter

Stallal'd,

Jo.,rph LPwi~,

J.

H. L.

Moorman, Alcxarrt!et

M·Dugal and Mose.s PiH!Wn, appointe.! to arrange

the

husiness of the

A~'>odati<•n. '·"

7th.

Brethren appointed to

wnte lc1:tcrs

of

Conespondcncl', ""\Villiam King, 11¥"·:..

.' Elkhm·n anfl Isaac

Taylor

and \Villi:,m Oads, our Me'>sen~ei's. Almp;·

Kiug, to Long

Run,

Walter

Stallard, All'xandt·t·

.M nu;al and

Daniel \V

~lke1·, l\>lesseH;r,crs.

1\lat·tm

Ut.tt•rback,

to Snnth Htstrict; Jo'ieph

J,rwis.

Thomas Hubbard. and

Isaac

· Taylor, ),lessen1!;ers. Ohal'les

Clat·~son,

to Russel's

cret~k;

f'harles

Stuteville. lVar-

·rn Cash

nnd

Martin

Utterbach:,

"\-lt•ssut;?;"rs. "\Vil!inn Davis, to Green UiHr;

Warren Cash. Caleb Carma.n atHl

Isaa.c

\Vhi1al.:er, 1\iessengers and

J.

H. L. Moor- man to Gasper Rivet·; uo .Messenger appointed to bear it

and Cone~rondence

dis-.

conlil'lued.

8lh.

Urother Joseph Lewis, our Cnrrespon

ding

Srcreiary, prrsenlrd anr~

read

a

:letter from Dodot· 'Vi1liam Staughton, Cot'l'Cfpondin,:; St'Cratary of the

Baptist

Board

Jf

Fot·eign .Missions, which

was

referred to the Committl:'e

of

Al'l'nngerneut.

9th, ArTjonrned till to-motTOW 10 o'clork ; prayer by brotlwr Piersow

iOth,

Satprday fhe 27\h, Septrmbl:'r 1817. The

Association

met according to Jj~rurumrnt

;

pat·yrr by IJrofher :\1oderator.

1,1

th.

Rt·ceived a Lettrr of florrrspotHlencf! from

the Sil rer Creek

_<\ssociation, by ther Henry Hanis, whet·ein

they

appear

wi!lin!!; to rh·op

the c(,rJ·espo-ndt>nce; a.

greed,

& brother AlexanderM'Dugal appointed

to

wyite

a

fl'ieudly lettrr to

that LJOdy,

t2th, Bt·other

J. E.

^{\Velch, a}

Missionary

to the

Vfest,

appeared and

was

invi- ed to a seat with us.

13th.

The brethren

appointed to arrange the

business

of

the

Association made

j eir

Report,

read~nd

receh'ed.

Hth. Brethren

J.

H. L. Moonnan

&

Warren

f'Alsh,

who were

appoinird

hy last

1

ssociation to

dsit New-

Hope

Church, rt>ported

that

by reai'on

of affiiction the

( hnrch did not appoint Messngers. 'l'be Assoeiation are satisfied. ·

15tH.

Query, from

Uuion

Church "would

it

be

disorder

fill'

the ClniJ'(:h

to

take a. t

tuember iu of our Faith and ordet·, only ditfel'ing ft·om

'tls

ahout the kPepirt{-!; of the .'

~ahbatb, that is to say the S~venth day in place uf the

Fit·st."

Answet·, 'Ve are of

!pinion that it

woulrl be

disorderly.

16th. Answer.

Rrceived

a

letter fi•om the

Conf'.sponding Secretary

of

the Bap •

.

·~t lloard of F'oreign

Missions. presenting the

thank'>

of

the Mission Coll\·ention

1.

the

aid

a:tl'orded

by

us to that

Institution ;

which this Association

Cordially re-

liC",

with a

pnrct>l ofth~ Third

Annual Reports.

17th The Circular Letter, read,

amended~ and

approwd.

18th. Answer to

the

request

ofNolin

Church

and 11ethel

Church, Hardin county.

·e recommend

it

to our

l\1inish•ring

brethren, that they be actively

e11g;aged

in their 1rkand supply as

far as

pos~ible

all destitute

Churches.

19th.

A request

from

Mill Cw•k Church, Harrlin connty ''that

the

mrrting

of

next Association

should

commence on tl e Second

Friday in

October

next."

Vo-

~ uu!,

~Oth.

The

next Association to he held at

Simpson's Creek Meeting-House,

N

el-

Conn!y, on the J:i'ourth Friday)n

Sept-ember

next.

tst. The Correspoudiu5 Letters to the different

Assgciatiooi

were read and ap- ed.~

!~<1. . 'Hrothe1' J as1wa Monis nppoint~d to preach the Infro{luctory Se..rmon at

~ -next .\ssot·ia~ior\ -a~1d in case off~ilut·e brothet· Alexaudrr ~J•Hug;ll.

^,

2iltl . .~Jrother Alexamlct· M·Dugal appointed to \nite the Circular Letter for tbP.

··next

ye.n·. .

·

.

.

' 2-ti:l. The follu.-win~r

_C.J

Churches

_•

J)etili{

₁ ^.ed

for ]etters ofDismisei'on

_,..

, to ·wit:

Rou. ₎

h Cnwk Church, Ohio coun~y. Goshen {' !lurch, I~I·eckemidge county.

^{Pisgth C!Hn;v}

• :Bl'rckcnritl,:;e county. ])e!hPl OiJttrch, Breckenridge couuty. New-Hope, llreck- enri(}ge couuty, C<tney Cl·eck Church, Gmyson county· f'oncortl

Church,

Gray-

·son

county. Pleasaut Hun, Graysolt county and Gilead Church, Indiana

. state:-

gt· ·oted.

:eJth· Brethren, Joseph Lewis, '\Va.Jter Stallard, lVarren Cash, :.\hrtin Utter' lmck, Sll?.dellch Brown and Ge01·ge Helm, appointed as helps to constitute an As so.ci;Jtion at ()oshrn

.

Church Brrckenridge count-y. •

^t

~6t.h, Bwther Thomas Hubbard appointed to SUJJerinteBd the Printing the' Min

ute~

ttnd Oh·cular -Letter.

· ..

~7~h . .Mount Pleasant and Panther Creek Churches have liberty to join the Ne

Assoc:at\,ou.

• . .

2801. lt is recorpmrndeu to all the Churches of this body to meet

^@ll

Thursday 3-f.

tm· the thirtl Sabbath in NovPmbel:'- next and unite iu :Fasting and Tkanksgivin~ for

the

m<'rcies conferell. on.us this· Season,

and

to meet

on' the

Thursday after

the

thit·

Sahbath_ir~ March uext, for Ji"asting and Prayer for the mercies of the next Season and the

Succf:'ss

of the Gospel.

~9th. The

next"

Elkhorn Association to be Judd at

South

Elkhorn, Fayette colin ty,

second

Saturday in August f818. Green Uiver Association to

b£'

hL•ld at Pun

~heon

^Camp

.'\'leeting-1-~ou~e, Ban~n c~mnty? the Friday before the :Fourth 8ahb~t!t

lH

J11ly next. Snnt.h U1stnct at Unwn 1\-leetw""-House in

l'rlei·cer

county, the. tlmd Satu!'day in An gust 1818. 1-'ong Ron, at N e~ Castle,

Hrm·y

county, Dreuinb's crt>r.k, the fi1·st Ft·irlay in S!:'ptt>mllet· :1818, anu Russel's crer:k at Br~:~sh crePk

^1\lf•et.

ing- House, Green county, on the third Saturday in St>ptemher 1818. A1~jotmul 1

Pra_.yet·by uruther Murl'is. \VALTEtt STALLARD, Mod.

JOSEPH J.AE WlS, Clk,

~ ~~ (;})@

t;J

{J(Js--

CIRCULAR LETTER.

-'-~~~~~~--

THE Elders and

Brethren of

the several Churc!Jes udonging to the Salem

Association of

Baptists.met together at .Mill Creek, Nelson County, Scptemll<·r the 26th, 1817

TO THE CHUJlCH:ES IN U~ION WITH US SEND CHRISTIAN SALUTATION.

DE.IlRLI" B ELO P'"ED lJV' THE LGRD, .

. '\

·

We

l'<:joire

that

the Father

of

1\Irrries has permitted us once more

to meet in

order

that

we might unitedly }Hrrsue ¹ he Jll'omolion of tl1at cause which we

~e­

Iieve

r~

unspeakably precious to the Churches, we ha\·e the honor to

rrp~·eseut,

but the success of our feellle efforts to ad\·ancc the impor·tant t1hject in view, depPnd

w

holy on the ol:s-

sin~

of him, who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will; tn him tfterei(>re

wr.

bu.:nbly commit the concerns of

Zio~1

in genct·al, and the tranllactiuns of this, out· ntreting itl

pat·ticular·, ft•rvently brseeching him that of His abundant grace aUJJ mercy;. He would gr·ant

our !about• may not be in vain in the Ltwd. . . . .

l Drat• Brethren, let t.S •·aise our thaukful acknowledgments to Heaven, for the westmJ<!ble

~ift

of .a Drat· SavionP, with

tl~c

promise of, the.,: oly Ghost as a

~om fort~•·,

to take of the

"tlliu.~s

of C!u·Jst, and skew them to f.l1s people. God IS a wonder workmg God ; He has done and IS

slill doing gJ•eat things f.1r us

in

our highly favoured

.la~td;

e''en among sum_e of

tht: Chut·c~1rs

of our Union, the G<>spel has recently !Jer.n the power of God, tu

th~

sahatron of numbt>r·s.-

y

"'l r·emrmber Bretlu·en, you ar·e in an enemies land, many & potent are th@ enemirs <>f Cods

people; th-e lust of the fi{'Sh, the lust of the eye. am! the Jride Lf rr~ ar£' n.o; ,f the F:!thcr·

u~\he \odd, A con~·l, ^{to •:ri\m}

J

t. '!~~,==

. .. ..

. . .

.{he

it,ord

J'e(kl"mcr aml wounding-to tl1t> C')'l'wicnre,-We would

t1Jet·~fwe DC~arly

^'Bebvej,

e~- hu&;t4i r:-~t,

that you dehgPntly read, and car\'fully t>xaminf' the Saacll Scriptm•es; fl·o,n t

1 lis

· liour·re 'of Divine Revelation, you obtain your knowledge of Jesus Chl'ist, aml the co1nfurtaule

hop~

^{'r.f eternal} lift• in Him. , · • ·

·. ,2nd; The DutJcs al'ising from the Go;;pd are to he caJ•efully obsPI''·ell hy all the sincN·e

fol~

. 1owtt'li of Christ. P1·ayer is one of the

~rr.atcst

^{\\'capons that} ev,·t• was we1l<le•l

1>:

tJ,e Chris- thn ; ti1e EFs.of. the Lord are

ov<~ r·

^the

,.r~hteous,

and His Ears open uuto -the1r pt·aycrs.

•

P&·.a~·ef'

is a weapnn that has been usetl by Cla·istians ia all ages ?f the w9rld, and aH:lhat m;e it

··in

~;tith; tpmC~

^{off' moJ•r.} than ronqnet·ors through B im that loved thrm,

an~l.gave

^{H ims(·lf} fur the .n.

EU .as.

was a man subject to like passions aR we ar·e, and he prayl'd

mmie~tly

^I hat it might. not rain,' and it rainrd not fot• the space of th.re.e years and six wmths, he 1wayeu agaiu, and the Heavens gaTe

rain.~We

are infol'IIH'd when Pctet· lay b'Jttn'l in Pt·isnn, betwc-:n

t~vo

Sohlim·s, that prayer was o!f,wcd np by the Cll\lrch.incesscn·ly f,w him; aml tl!() Lrll'd s')nt his Angel af,ld celivcrcd him ft·om his Chains, i•t ano.;wer to JH'ayer. O!t! let Closet and Fa!nily Praym·

he

stl'irtly ohsrt·ved by all the f,Jllower'> of Cht·ist, tt·y as much as lieth in )Oll to raise ) oul'..t J<'amili''!'! in 'the nutu1·e a&id admonition of the J.,nnl.

~

· sd, Entlcavn&· tn keep the unity of the Sp.irit in the bond of pPace, \\hirh will lead you into

· nne mind, an1l onrjudgement, and. affq&•d you SW!'Ct Fellowship one \\ ith another, and will ni- dently distinguish you from the wot·hl. whose true character· is hateful and hating one another, and you are ex p1·essly f01·btdden a ·comformity to this wol'ld, it1 all, or any of its forms or fash- ions. 4th, Fill"your geats in the House of God, and fnrsake not the as'!emuling of yonl'selves to- .

. get her as thcmannm· of snme is. . ·

. 5th, F•·rquently wait at the tlu•one of grace, and pray one for another, for the furtherance of· the Gos}lel, and conversion of sinnm·s. ·

6th, We condude with the Exhortation of the Apostle to the Philipphm!'l. De careful for

nothin~,

but in all things b_v

p~·n.ycr,

and snppli"ation, with lhanks

gi\'ill~,

^{}et yom• l'l'fllleSIS be}

made known unto God, and the 11eace of God 'Vhich

pas~eth

all understanding shall keep youl' hea1·ts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Finally Brethrrn, whatsocTer things are true, wliatsoever things are hnnest, w b:1tsoevet· things

ar~>.jn!'lt,

wllatRoever things are lmre, whatsoevm· thing'! a1·e lovely, whatsoever things al'e of gl)otl rroport; if there he any 'it•tuc, and if there be any pt·aise, thrnk on these things.

Gt·ac~

• with all them,that love om· Lord ^Je'i!US Christ. A:mrn.

\V'ALTE.R STAl.l,ARD, Mou ••

J08~PH

LEWiS, 0LK'

. .

BJlRDSTOWN,

KY.

PRINTED

Bv J. P. EDRINGTON:~ ·