Minutes, Salem Association of Baptists, Ky.

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A Y, Sept~mber 26th, 1823.

tory Sermon was preached by Brother the 2nd-chapter of the Acts of the stand 42nd verses: "Then they that gladly word, were baptized; and the same day there to them about three thousand souls. And steadfast in the Apostles' doctrine, and fel- in breaking .of bread, and in prayers."

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LOWING CuVRC

Simpson'~tcr.

Mill creek.

!tit. Moriah.

Wilson's cr.

Rolling Fork Severn's V.

Nolin.

Union.

L1ttle Uni3p.

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~IINUTES OF THE

1 42"

28 27. 26.

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ing CorrE~Sp4)qtl~r:!1lt¥~~P-1irtjl~J~FI'1~~ ~ttuuJu'ru, brother

EdrnuBd John Metcalf~

J. Dale, istr1ct. a Letter,

but no ivj!l', Andrew Nucolds;

from n~qelJTs and Jsaac Hodgen;

from Blue-.R · Paul French; fr~ru WilJi,;:;'~to~ti\',flr;anldila, Martin. ]}usket

SALEM ASSOCIATION.

Linthicum, Abner

\l,dwards, and William Da-

Y, the Corresponding Ass-o-

6 1\fiNUTES OF THE

MEETING OF ASSOCL~TIONS,

()7THE next Elkhorn Association is to be held at ill6t.

vidence Meeting-House. Jessamine County, on the s(\cond Saturday in August, 1824; Long-Run, at Brashears' Creek, Shelby County, on the first Frl{lay in September, 1824;

Rossell's Creek, at Friendship, Greea County, on the third Saturday - temller, 1824; South District, at Deep Creek Me use, 1\j~~:eer County, on the third Sa- turday in , 18~4 ~ ~~ Rive- at Bltfe Spring Meeting-House, Barren C~(y1 ^on t\le Friday before the fourth Saturday in July, Ie2'4iGoehen, at New Hope·

Meeting-House, Brecken'frdge! Oq'l]nty, on the second Fri-·

d'ay in October, 18'231 Fr.anklin,

at

Beech Creek, Shelby qouoty. on the nrst Safurda;r in Aug·ustt 1824; Blue Hi\'er,.

at Lost Ri\'er Chu-rch-, Oral)ge County, Indiana, on the FridftY before th~ secOJi!if; Sat.l,lrday in October, 1823 .

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sengers, our

'•~'··f.n· ... ^H

be

intetll!l$t1:n~

piness .

a]f,11jP.!f@ij

and ...

~v&•i'

be, some d tion, yet

1y as eust,om:arv course, pay too

IJe this

a.s i~ay, w~

wish to your serious attention to

^ft.

few remarks llpon

.the

words

of

our Lord, in Matthew, v·n. t-" Judge not, th

a

t ye

lie

not judged.'' These words, if ta.

ken in their mere literal as they stant.l on record, would kind of judg.

ing,

of

ou We

shall,

CIRCULAR LETTER.

calling.sltimld not be · tlt•mned, agl'eeably to

us for our peace an1l r.h1•111t1tan

cause it is a command~d

of our euristian brethren

wiUt be overtak:en

surround

cise our

every ae•~•ota~:'lllre'*tsee

witbout .IIDIIIIUI.•Dll

we should

tious with exposed te

unavoidable have shewn,

in a hrief onr opinion, Christ

did not mean, & shall now. in the second place, shew you wbat kind of judging tle·l.ord.. did mean, and forbid, in the words,

•ju

:t

ge

not. &c."

2d. The kind· ot)!dging, therefore.

Wbieh

the lord meant, and fo

id; must be

sorions. and

urwJ:t-..ritable; judgirrg.

of persons and actions, as of their

so much of

their

actitms as

or ^their

mten1~m1rur:

ju1lging out of

their

provinee. or ..,.,..,,., .. u,""

tnent on persons -or thinp. whic we ^have no

ht to interfere with. Ministei!S hav·'E'· no ri~?;ht

interft>re in the proper olice nf. VI agistrate!'l ; Magistrates in those p~ulillt'·to \-linist~rs.

lw apostl~> Wf'lnld not judge thOse who..were t of the chureh.

ad

lt i~

!he·t,llty and

tl1gfi privilegt'l-·_9fRll

ar authorised gospel

eburebes

1 tdjud;e

CIRCULAR LETTER. 1

your.

of God for

~,_,~:,.u~'"utrc, an<l you

eanno at their

hand uired.-

Judge you

kaow that e alledged to

ltim; or so in his ae.

tions, and raise sations a.

gainst ~im,. before you satisfactory evi- dence. or any evidence at all appears. to ground such suspicions upon:

This

is forbid; and is ineoniltitent with brotherly love; for it is tbe CllU~ of Ho<l and truth~u judge.

&SftJ. Judge not throu prejudice or partial- one a ove another, be be rich

In tbh1, beware of a and of a party-spirit-re-

Y,QU ~re in the tlesh and very im youi'S'elves; J4nll ne,•er forget that

it

nqt j':QU.f; own cause you judge; but the cuuse of God and truth.

6th

Judie not

from mer.e rumoor, or com- mon fam~. nor join the eenlOrious and malevo- 1enhvor1d

io

the

b\e

and er' against your bro- ther t,efore ^Jt ean<fi'd inquiry into the truth of tlw eha ··~e be ma«fe Judge not the words or actions of otber~1 ttirough dislike of tb"eir per.

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~ons rather than their eri~es; pMsin~ a fault over slightly in ourselv~s or our friends, which We condemn in oth'!rS, sharp in seeing the mote in our brothers eye, while we excuse or justi- fy the beam in our own.

7th. Judge not a whole ehureh or famtly ef people, for the misconduct of one or a few of them ; which the others could not prevent. and of which they did not approve. This is the kind of judging we conceive Christ forbilL be.

cause it is the Yery reverse of that golden rule which he bath ·commanded: "what ye would that otht'rs shouhl do unto you, do ye likP.wise unto them; for this is t~e law a11d the prophets."

It is making a bad use of om time and talents, in turning our thoughts and judgment unchari- tably on the words and actions of others. while we havt so much need to examine, judge, and condemn our own.

Dear brethren,

w.,.

bave giyen you a few thoughts-on of ~cripture,··-jullge

not, that ' anll we ho tbat

it will. l'ead

ine the

I.ord and , ... ,., .... ,,"

bis love. m~rcy and "'~1:1r1uL"

And let it nt•ver be forgotten

cept aml inj :mction Y''" find lled fm· your pre ... rnt comfol't and happiness • for hit commands are not ~.;r·ievious. but. joyous and.

p•·ofitahle to evf'ry true followf'r of the La•nh.

You will abo find, whP.o you reall and search th:1t hbssp,d volume, that the whol~ 8Ubst.ance of it is ralcul:tted to promote and enfor1'.f:' hro.

tlterly love and forl.Jearance, OM to\Yards ano-