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FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ,:K S ~PTEMFEP., 1821, BEING THE 28TH AND 29TH OF SAID MONTH,
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1st. THE introriuctorv ~ermon 'vas preached hy l1rother Joshua lto:.Tis frcn.
Jlth chapter of the ~econd Epistle of Paul the Apostle to T.imothy, and part of the ..'Jth Ycrse, "do th. work of an E1·angelist. make full proof of thy ministry."
:Zd. Received letters and messengers from the fol owing churches, to wit:
CHURCHES . MESSENGERS.
.'Cedar Cree:c, ,Joshu 1\!orris, Wm. Abell,Ja"'S. Rngers.
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Coxes Creek,
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Ta:oql&r, J:--Wrhb,, Wm. King, A-King S1mpson's CreEk, W. Stallard, Wm. Davis, P. Tichenor,I Dan'!. Lewis. 3
1\lill Creek, .Thomas Ilublmrd, Thomas Linthecum,
· Rou't B<ttsel, J. l\1. Darke.
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1: 1 ~ 3 1\:Iount l\Ioriah, Joseph Brown.
Vvilson's Creek, D·tciel Walker William Irvine.
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Rolling For!., Ja's. Edelin, !11it~aJI, Sam. Miller.
Severn's Valley, • W m. Quin, Isaac Chenowith, Srrm'l Au ell. 1·
]Nolin} • Alex. M'Dugal, D~wid Thurman, Jcs~e
Keith. C. Carm<UJ - 1 131
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7\Varre'l Cash, Ro •'t T' '· Zach. Bu.nch. 3 ;5 3
n I 11·n.,, ~n, .T.. II,J.J.Shelton.\29 7 :3 I
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Litt!e.Umon, A. ~'I'D , all E.\ igginton, G. Griffin. 3j :...
Otler C~'eekJ T. ltol>ertson, John Rm,h, AsaChambers.'41 ~5,10 !J5
S.tlet¥1, Joseph Lewis. - · - - 2' 1 I 2·1
J.i.lount Zion, James Haycraft, Jasper Terry. 1 7 3 29 Rudes Creek, James Hl:uid, ¥oa:h English. - 3 1 1 49 New-Hope, William Kenurick. Sen. Tho's Ellisen. 1 1 3 1 31 Ohio, B. C. Richard Willet, :\LHiison Fram. 8
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3 29 Chaplin'b Fork, .. Philip Murphy & Timothy P.l\Lushall .. 1I
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3d. Brother Thomas Hubbard ch<Jsen l\101lerator, and Joseph Lewis Clerk.
4th. The a~sociation was opened by prayer.
lith. A nel\ Church, in Br~l.enridge conn y, calh~d Ohio, petitioned for ad~
mission into the association. ReceiYed, and brethren Richard W1llit and 1\bui;;on :Frans too!;: L1eir seats.
Gth. A ne.;v Church in Nelson County, called Chaplin's Fork, petitioned for ::td- rnio:,inn into the association. Rescived, and~ hrcn Philip Murphy and Timothy P. Marshall took their seats.
7th. Hecei\'ed Letters and 1\Ies,eng·ers frcrm the foll<n•ingcor;esponding associ-
~!i'Jns, to ,.,-it: fro:n E!k:wr": l>y l.Jrott'"r Edmund W,tllcr; Long Run, by brother
Salllucl .~kmks; South lhstrir t, L10,} rr _\, ·, Ralph P('tty and Andrew 1':•1ckol·'~· I: J,,eJI' · i ·.
sheu, by brethr('n· Martin l tterhnd,, loa a · W !J
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·f'!, Lyl· nt'H>.rf.: IJ •• rr;n ;f·o- tkcr w:u 1\'m. :.I'L r,ktf!, 1rom Illue Ri\ cr, letter but no lHPsscngef'.
3th. l'rethre;, Joeeph
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Wil'iam Kirog-,Joshua Morris and 1V:::.Iter Stallard appointed to arratwe the lu,;iocsst~JI·
the eu:;umg day.nth '1 he Cir<;uJar Letter called lor, rea.d aucl referred to the committee of ar·-
rangemcnt.
lOCJ. iretl ren Abner King,
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Litofhecnm, Dav:d Thurman and John J.Shelto l appointed to write Letterti to tilt' r: >>!' < oon.ling
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lith. Adjoumed by prayer till to morrow morning, 10 o'clr>ck.
12th. Saturday the 29th SeptellJber, 1321; the associatwu met and after p•·ayer proceedc<' to business.
13th. The committee appointed to
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tlie business of the association nncle thoir rep.ort; read and recP.ived and they di~f·h~1rgci1.14th. Ti:e Circular Letter culled t;Jr, read and approved.
15th. The next association to he held at JU mnt l\Ioriah Mreting-house, Nelson county, to corn nence on the 4th Ft·iJ·t,y in Sep ·mher, 1322. Brothet· \'Varren Cash np1>ot·Jterl to preach the introJuctory dermon; in ..:ase of failure, brother Ale:undcJ·
lllcDugall.
16th. Corresponding letters rear!, receii·cd, and
me~sengcrs appoin1.~d to'"'~··
them, to wit: Simeon Bucbnnan, Joseph Brown and James Nail to Elkhorn; D tn'l 'Vnlker, Isaac Taylor and \Valt r Stalhtd to Long Hun; Robert Ba1scl to f Juth District; Warr"n Cw:h, C. Luc s,
Dc~niel
\V;dker and Rolocrt Tahh to Gree:1 Ri- ver: Simeon Buckannan and J,> m J. Slteitun i•J [{u~sell's Creek; Jol-.n Ru~h, I:w:t~Keith, SirnC)!l Ruckann,n. D · t , [.e \'i 1. l \L,Jtu Stalhrd tu Goshen; Zach.i- rnli 'ur: h, ~·1 Charnbe -s l·ld T [ >' e ·ts n to Ins Pive .
17th. Brother JoBhua.lorris,:JI to 1 1
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18t!J. Brother Jo,Pph Lew1 utes aud Circular Letter.
19th. The association cordia ly jom in thf' request from Elkhorn and South Dis- trict associations in setting a par the ~<'<'ond \Vednesday of October next Uti a day offasting and prayer for the spread of the gu.>jJCI.
£0th. The next Elkhorn associutwn is to be I cld on the .:?ml Saturday in August, 18~2, at tbe Stamping Ground, Scntt cruriy. Lo1;y llnn on the 1st Friday in Sep- tember, 1822, at South Long Ruu, Sh ll>y r'<Hdlty. South distri.ct, on tile 3d Satm- day in Ang•Jst, 1822, at McCormack's 1\leet:ng-housc, Lincoln county. Ru,.~eli's Creek, tlw 3.1 Satur·day in Septembc1·, 13~2, at ProvideiH e l'rlc•)ling-hnu"e, f'um- uerland county. Gree,1 River, on th~ Friday bef.')re the 4th Saturday in Jnly. 1 o
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.at Smith's Grove !\Ieeting-house, Vfanrn cC>unty. Go:hen on the 2nd } nt!ay m October, 1 ~21, at Union l\Ieeti r·-honc·", 01. the Tar Sprmf'·, Fork of Clover Cn e:.:, Breckenridge county. And JJh'
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PI', Oil tl.e 2nd SatUl'·-ay iu Octo!Jcr, IG22, at B~ue H.iYer 1\Ieeting-hou::;e, llar:i.,.JB Co~LI}.21st. Adjou!·ned. hy p.rayc:·.
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\Ye ~it•cl'rdv coogratu!ate you, on the consid~rntion ofyoul'
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.:)vera.nce from tile der,Tn(•I'U fallen. and JUstly eot:demncd ~taft', that all}>:;:n~n mortals are expo,crl to, hy hat.~gresstt'm ~ mrttie whole world flf mnnkind lwtn in wickednes•, while in a state of m1lure: all ehildren of wrath, all dead in
•.-e~passes and sins: without hope, and wi!b0ut God in the world. But God who it~
.ove, and riel- in t:'"li"rcy, ~o loved the wtrld that he ga,·e his only hgotten sun. that wboso{;H r l e!Jevcth on him should not peri~b, but have everla~tirg life. There-- fore brc~hren, if we be of the hnp )\DUmber, who believe in the son of God, he is
;.naclc unto us '\ ;sc1om,-41Ild ri"'h ~bess, and !:>anctification, and redemr1ti n; for he
'V< s ;n:~de of a woman, made under the law, that he mig·ht redeem them that wert:
un.: .. r th-.. law. And all the ransomPd, are brought into a J,aJ py union nith the
~rc.at. 1:!e g .. tci<m". and transcendantly glorious 1edeemer. They are ma-le heirs ot' \.iorl. ~J!ld joi .t heirs with Jesus Christ. "Oh brP.thren'' when we take a retros-
redi~c \';e-.v o; wJ,at we were by nature, and then consider what we now are, and JoC'!' forward into the celestial regions; to the inheritance o( the saints in light.
ihat ::rreat cause ha,·e we to exclaim, as the church did formelly, and exultingly u,y as she did, the Lord hath done great ~ gs for u~, whereofwe ::re glad. •·And now dear lnethn:n" srf'ing that
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are ch h1gh extraction, it is most cerfr.inly our iPdi:pensu!Jle duty, to conduct ourselves accordingly, and always 1c striving to m::! e 1t mJuiJest. that we are the sons of God without 1ebuke. by letting om light so E ::ne tdore men that they may see our good works, anrl glorify our heavenly tatl.er· and nev.er forget that a bare profession avails nothing, without a conformity~·-···111!'_1~~~-~·~·~~f.~ what is Jll'ofe~sed. ~'lr brPlhcen. w·p cheerfully hope you wiol, ~gl_v su er us;-tr> numomSlrJ'Uct1o~ve attendance to reading the ho~
ly voluml', \l·ith unceasing prayer that you may t'lill!erstand what the true mean.ng is, an1l that you may always be grol\ lng in gracf~ :md in the knowledge of 0Ui1' LoH1 a~d Sa.v1our Jesus Christ. To who~ be glory, both now and forever. Amen..
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