DOVE PANNELL

1850-1851, 1855-1857

Dove Pannell was a native of South Carolina,

but he moved to the High Shoal Baptist Church

community in 1831. He was a Civil Magistrate in

Rutherford County. He was licensed in 1844 and

later ordained by High Shoal Baptist Church. He

helped organize the King's Mountain Association in

1851 and preached the introductory sermon. He was

a prominent figure in leading High Shoal Baptist

Church and some other churches to secede from the

King's Mountain Association and form the

short-lived "Constitutional King's Mountain

Association." He died at his home on March 26,

1881.

SOURCE: TO HIGHER GROUND: A BIOGRAPHY OF HIGH SHOAL BAPTIST CHURCH by: Garland A. Hendricks (286.175691/H38)

PAGE: 108

Age

DOVE PANNELL 43

SARAH PANNELL 46

DERVIN PANNELL 20

COLEMAN PANNELL 18

ABRAM PANNELL 11

JONATHON PANNELL 9

NANCY PANNELL 7

THOMAS PANNELL 5

U. S. CENSUS, 1850----------RUTHERFORD COUNTY-------Page: 315

The Committee on Obituaries reported:

That sixty-three members of churches within our bounds have

passed away to "that bourne from whence no traveler returns."

Amongst the number are two aged ministers of the gospel to-wit:

Elders Dove Pannell and Wm. Mcswain. Rev. Pannell was a native

South Carolinian, but emigrated to this State (N.C.) many years

ago, and in the year 1844 was ordained to the gospel ministry

by Elders J.M. Webb and S. G. Hamilton. In 1851 he was a member

of the convention that organized the King's Mountain Association,

and preached the introductory sermon before that body, and

subsequently was several times chosen to preside over the de­

liberations of the Association. He died March 26th, 1881, in a

triumphant faith, in the doctrines of the gospel, aged 74 years.

J. R. LOGAN, Chairman

KINGS MOUNTAIN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION MINUTES, 1881, page: 13.

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that Mouutain Creek had no pastor at the time, but does the above, and nothing more, constitute sufficient evidence of Bro. Brown's pastorate? I cau find no further record of him here or elsewhere. I do uot reckon him among the pastors, but in this I may be mistaken.

~ ELDER DoYE PAX!'ELL served Mountain Creek as the tenth pastor <luring the year 18.'q. He was pastor of \\'all's church, then of Green River Associarion in 1S.i6-+7-48-49-50-5r. of Holly Springs 1854, and of Bill's Creek in 1855-56. He was a native of South Carolina and moved within the bounds of Broad River Association about the year 1831, and joined the High Shoals; date of birth unknown to the writer. During the time he lived in Rutherford county he acted as a civil magistrate, and having joined the Baptist church he was licensed by High Shoals church to preach the gospel, and in 18+-1: 'ms ordained to the full work of the gospel miu istry by Elders ]. :DI. I\" ebb aud S. G. Hamilton. He was chosen pastor of Bethel church. and in 1851 he was a member of the convention that organized the King's Mountain Association, and preached the introductory sermon Lefore that bcdy from the words 'The hour has come.' Elder Pannell having identified himself with the Kings Mouruain body, was at several times subsequently chosen to preside as Moder ator over t he deliberatious of the body. and at the session of 1852 he was appointed to write a circular letter on the subject of Election. *

At the session of the Association in 186o a division of the Asso­ ciation took place on the subject of Temperance, and Elder Pannell be­ came the most prominent in let.dcrslrip in the secession movement. A new body or Association was organized the same year, and continued to hold annual sessions until in 1866. a reconciliation was effected bv mutual concession and ever siuce the rim] parties have been acting together in harmony. Elder Pannell. after laboring fa ithfullv many years in the ministry, under great disadvantages by reason of the lack of early educa­ tional training, died at his home on the 26th of March, 1881, in the exer­ cise of the gospel faith he had so earnestly preached. The Association at its session the same Year noticed his demise on the face of the :11inutes, substantially as aboV:e stated. He was a well-meaning, pious Christian minister. and doubtless is now realizing in full fruition the reward laid up for the finally faithful. ''-Hist. Kings l\It. and Br. River Associations. His letter ou the doctrine of Election in 185:; is published in full in the above work, and was at that time of peculiar interest, as the Union Association was formed in r848 upon a repudiating clause of this doc­ trine as giyen elsewhere.

ELDER B. R. DOGGETT, the eleventh pastor of :i\Iountain Creek, served the church only for the year I855· He n.ade his first appearance in the Green River Association as a delegate from Sulphur Springs church in 1853; again in 185.+ as 2. delegate and ordained minister: as pastor of ::\Iountain Creek church in 1&5;J: and as a delegate and ordained minister from Sulphur Springs at the session of 1S'i6. He removed in 1856or1857 to Madison couutv, where we are told he commenced the practice of medicine LY the use of herbs. ::ioon after his removal to Madison he attached himself to Spring Creek Baptist church, from which he was afterward excluded for heterodoxv. He afterv ard returned to Ruther­ ford county. and an er preaching the doctrines of the L'n ivcrsal ist church to such couuregatiuns as he could gather for a time, finally became an infidel. Then, to evade the laws of bis State for supposer] complicity in t lie murder of Lafayette Hamrick, which occurred at or uear a grocery kept bv Doggett at that time. and possibly for violations of the internal revenue laws of the Un ited State,;, he ficd to Spartanburg county, S. C., where he died in 1 :.82 or r ·;:,3. It is gratifying to learn that Doggett expre~"ed satisfactic.o at tile thought that he had. he helie,·ed, made no couven~ to the religion which he professed aU<l preached duriug his last yLars. \\'e also ho:ie that God in much mercy kindly forgaYe whateyer may han: l1een wrong in hi~ life before hi, death; and that he rests among the redeemed in t!Je better larnl. In hi, pe1~'J1rnl appearance it b ,aid be \1a, i)y no llll::.tns prepos~6siug. He was of medium height, Y~ry u1u:-:.cub.1.r: wti.~ll1ng .1Uout 1So pound:-'. }Ii~ E::yes \Vere Yery small a1ocl w..:rc Clffcred l>y prominent, shaggy brows. which forced him to thron hi, ht;,cl \\..:11 hat'k whik "PC:aking to riring his audience plainly

•.. Amongst the number are two aged ministers of the gospel to-wit:

Elders Dove Pannell and Wm. Mcswain. Rev. Pannell was a native South

Carolinian, but emigrated to this State (N.C.) many years ago, and in

the year 1844 was ordained to the gospel ministry by Elders J, M. Webb

and S. G. Hamilton. In 1851 he was a member of the convention that

organized the King's Mountain Association, and preached the introductory

sermon before that body, and subsequently was several times chosen to

preside over the deliberations of the Association. He died March 26th,

1881, in a triumphant faith, in the doctrines of the gospel, aged 74

THE COMMITTEE ON OBITUARIES REPORTED:

years.

KINGS MOUNTAIN BAPT. ASSOC. MINUTES, 1881, p. 13.

The Committee on Obituaries reported:

.... Amongst the number are two aged ministers of the

gospel to-wit: Elders Dove Pannell ... Rev. Pannell was a

native South Carolinian, but emigrated to this State (N. C.)

many years ago, and in the year 1844 was ordained to the

gospel ministry by Elders J.M. Webb and S. G. Hamilton. In

1851 he was a member of the convention that organized the

King's Mountain Association and preached the introductory

sermon before that body, and subsequently was several times

chosen to preside over the deliberations of the Association.

He died March 26th, 1881, in a triumphant faith, in the

doctrines of the gospel, aged 74 years.

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SKETCHES HISTORICAL, AND BIOGRAPHICAL OF THE BROAD RIVER &

KINGS MTN. BAPTIST ASSOCIATIONS By: John R. Logan

BIOG RAP HI CAL SRE'l'CHE8. 487

Posto~, ELDER FuR~lA~ HrLL is a native of Cleveland county, N. C., aml son ot Elder Hobert Postun. Born July -3d, 1855. BaptizeLl by bi:; father in 1871, into the fello\r­ ~ilip uf Zion cburch. ~lurrieJ ~lis::; Alice T. Fulton, :)opt. 16~h, 1~73. After exen:ising in the ministry for a tirue wa::1 <H·dainoJ to the foll work of the Gospel ministry i11 1879, ;111d became conuecte<l ,,·ith the Green River Association, but is at thii; tirne a member of, an<l pa::;tor of, Roils' Gro,·e d1urch, within the bouu<ls of tho Kiug's ~lountain Associa­ tion. El<ler l\>ston is now atteucli11g ~Prof. King's academ­ ical school, at t:3belby, :\. C., \\·itl1 a \·icw to· the outaiuing LI. uetter erlucation, a11Ll l.ietter prqJaration to preach tho un­ searchable riches of Cbri:;t. ~lar great success att1::nJ him!

~ P .ANNELL, ELDER Do YE was a natiYe of S01ith Carolina, and mo«ed ~·ithin the lwuuds of the Broad Hi,'er Association .about the year 1831, and jnineJ the Higl ::)boals clrnrch; <.htte of birth uukno\\"ll to author. During the time he li,·e<l in Huthorforcl cuunty be acted as a ci\·il n1agistrate, anJ ha,·­ ing joine<l the Baptist church he was licenso<l by the Uigh Shoals chureh to preach the Gospel. and in the year 1 -1:-1 \\"aS ordainell to tbe foll work of the Guspel ministry, by Elder::; J. ~1. ·w eub and D. G. lla111ilton. He \\"U:S <.:hose11 pa:'tor ot Bethel d1un.:li, aud in 18:)1 be was a men1ber of the couvention that organized tho King"s :\[ountain Associ­ <ltion, a!1ll preaehe<l the introductory sern1on L1efore that li1llly front the ,,·ords, "The hom .i:; come:' Elder Pan11ell Jia,·iu_g iJe11tified l1illl:::elf ,,·ith the King's ~Iounmin !Jorly, \\'US at se,·cnd ti'n1ci; suli:::N1ue11tly ebosen to pre:::.ide as ~fo<l­ Nator on:r the deliberutio118 of the l.iody, and at the :::essio11 of 185~ be m1 · appuinted to write a Circular Letter 011 tite :rnhject of Elf1·tim1,-which lotter, out of respeet to the ll!em- 11ry of .Elder l'u11nell, ,,.e l'l'\•t'OdUl'e i11 thi::; wnrk. At tlie :::1.::::si"t1 llf tlie A:;:-:oeiati••ll i11 13J-.J, as ,,·ill appear fro111 tl1e j11ur11ali::;tic 1Jart of tl1i:0 ,,·ork, a di\'ision of tl1e A:',;n<.:iation took place ou the ::;1d1jeet vf Te111peram:e, <rn1l Elder Pannell became the most pro!lli11e11t in lcader:;hip iti the seces;;in11 HHffemcnt. A no,,· l1ody C>r u;;;;ociation wa:; nr!!~rnized tlto .-ame year, and enntinue~l to h1)hl annual :;es:-;i\l~1s u11til i11 l~Go, a recu11eiliatinn \\·a..: t:ffecte1l hy mutual c1>111.:e,;~ion, a11d eH.!1' since the rim} !•artie" ham ueell acting together iu uar- ll!Ollj'. Eltlcr Pa11ne11, after lalwri11g foithfolh· ma1w years in the mindry, under !,!reat di:<aL1'·.u1t.1!!eS l1\· rea~o1; of tho lack of eariy edut:ati1~11al tr:1i11in_'..!, die~! at l1is borne 011 the :2Hth of ~Iard1, 1 ~s1, in th\O ex1.:rci:::e of t11e Gospel faith be LaJ so earne:;tly pread1cd.

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488 BIOGRAPH.IC.AL SKETCHES.

The Association, at its session in the same year, noticed his demise on the face of their Minutes, substantially a:: above stated. Ile was a well-rueuuing, pious christian ruiu, ister, and doubtless is now realizing in full fruition the re­ ward laid lllJ for the finally faithful.

CIRCULAR LETTER. To the Churches Composing the King's Xlountair; Baptist .Association -Greeting: Dear Brethren :-According to custom and a decision of your

last Association, we now address you a letter on the subject of Elec­ tion. First, election in Scripture means God's taking a whole nation, community, or body of men into eternal covenant with Himself, Ly giving them the advantage of revelatiou, as a rule of their belief. when .other nations were left without.-[See Deut. vii. 6.] ·

Secondly; As regards the salvation of sinners, it means God's eternal purpose that He bad in Himself before the world began; that through His l:::!on there might a way be opened or made froru earth to Heaven ; that through this way sinners might lie saved 'I'lrere­ fore, the Son of God is spoken of as the Elect of the Father; for thus runs the Divine sentence, "Behold my servaut whom I uphold, mine elect in whom my soul deligbteth." [Isa, xliii. l.] That God the Father did not on ly elect His Son to die for sinners, but chose the means and instruments through which· the means were to be conveyed, appears obvious. The means of grace are the Gospel; for it pleased God; through the foolishness of prenching, to save them that believe, "But how can they believe in Him of whoru they have not beard? and how can they hear without a 1~reacher? and how can be preach without he be se n t ,' " [Rom. x .] It is clear, then that a man must be called before be can be sent; and that God calls men, is a revealed truth, as it is written: "Listen, O ! iles, unto rue, 'ud hearken ye people froru afar: the Lord hath called me.': [ha. x l ix, I.] And it is said of tile prophet Jeremiah, that Goel called him and ordained him before he came into existence. [See Jer. i. li.]

-rTb us we see that those prophets, toz etb er with all "the ministry of reconciliation," are called or elected accoi d i ng to God's purpose; fur "w hom He did predesti n ate to be conformed to t lie image of His Son, them H~ edit-cl; and whoru He culled, He justified." [Rom. viii. 6.] So also when Christ came into the world in the days of His incarnation, He called ruen who were not only to preach the Go~ptl, but to be eye and ear witnesses to the miracles which He did. There­ fore Peter declares that "He went about doing good, and hcalin.; all that were opyressed w ith the Devil." For God was with Him. Ami we are His witnesses of all t h iugs which He rlid, both iu tile laud of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they slew am! hanged on a tree." Him GoJ rabecl up the third day and showed Him opeuly - not to all the peoJJle, but u ll to witne~.;e-;. •:hoseu be~·orc of God · evi:n to u-;, who did c:tt au.d drin:- wit!J Hitu after He aro:=;e fro1{1 rue clear.I..'~ [.-\et~ x. 3!), '1il, ·H.]

\V~ S3c, tberef.>re, that those prophets and apostles, were (iod's

elect: ebosen befor·· 1

resurr~ction and a-.·: 1 lie\recl God·,, word t l when Christ wa~ "" ' saying: I have 1~1~1,·~ me out of the world. out of the world, 11•.i neither pray I for ti1' on me through tlly

1 seut me. (John x,·i1i by appointment, t<>. 1

bas chosen or elL·d1·• ' world and prea<.:11 tit'" lieveth and h ba1•ti1..' be damned." pfark 11

And, 8aintP:111l, • • ~ig~ty God had lai•:l

Chr1st,thusexelai11 · Christ,. who hath Id / places rn Chn::;t, a··• foundatiou of the '', befo.re Him in lo\·L·: , He might gather t• .! It is, therefore, thrlll. chosen,that the 1Yor· • ostles, but the Lord whom He has dw­ them unto Chrbt, ·I are under as gr.,at . mouth of His me-­ cause they are (T.,i1·1 that believed or tru Gospel of your ,-,d ·. . promise and madL·. Jesus Cbri'tit; tlu:r• · believer becon1e• • ; the ministers of n ·· enmgelical belie,· · shall send Hi>' a11:;· shall gather tog,. l: · heaven to the otJ10 1.

The believ1:r 1,, the declaration i,, : for He saith, "1 .~• peritih." And a:.:·1.. in God, and when < also appear witli I [ heritance that i- i1 away, re.-;erved in

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BIOGR . .\PHICAL SKETCHES. 489 elect: chosen before, predestined of Hirn to be witnesses of the death, resurrection and ascension of the }Ies~iab .. \ nd that all those that ue­ lieved God's word through them might be saved. Hence, we see , when Christ was going to leave the world, He addressed tl1e.Father, saying: I have manifested thy name uuto the men that thou )!<ffe>t me out of the world, and I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shou ld-st keep them from evi l ; and neither pray I for these alone, but for them also, which shall believe on me through thy word, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. (John x vi ii.) So, as Christ came into the world aud died by appointment, to save sinners, being chosen or elected, so also.i He bas chosen or elected men, and commanded them to "go iut o all the world and preach the gospel to every creature, sayi ug, he that bt.~ lieveth aud is baptized shall be saved. and he that believetb not shall be damned." piark xvi.)

And, Saint Paul, speaking on the subject. goes on to show that Al· • mighty God bad laid down a plan to gather together all th iugs in

Ch nst.thus exclatms: "Blessed lie the God and Fatherofour Lord J esus Christ, who bath blessed us with all spiritual blesstngs iu heavenly places in Christ, according as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be· holy and without blame before Him in love; that inthe dispensation of the fu lluess of time, He might gather together in one, all things in Christ" (Eph. i. 1-~.) It is, therefore, through theagency of these holy men, whom God hath chosen.that the word of life is preached to sinners. And not only the ap­ ostles, but the Lord has bad, and now has ministers of his own'chorce whom He bas chosen or elected to preach to sinners, and to gather them unto Christ, that they mr y believe and be saved. Aud sinners are under as great an obligation to obey the \Vord of God by the mouth of His messengers as if God called Himself unto them. Be­ cause they are God's chosen' instruments for this purpose; and those that believed or trusted, after that ye heard the Word of Truth, the Gospel of your salvation, ye were sealed with that holy spirit 'of promise and made an heir of God and a joint heir with the Lord Jesus Chrfst : therefore being made an equal heir with Christ, the believer becomes one with Christ, one with His apostles, oue with the ministers of reconciliation, and consequently the wholemass of evangelical believers are called God's elect; therefore it is said, He shall send His angels with a great souml of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds from one end of heaven to the other." (:\Iatt. xxiv.)

The believer being thus united to the Lord Jesus Christ by faith, the declaration is, he shall be saved with an everlasting salvation. for He saith, ''I give unto them eternal life, and they shal l never perish." And again, "Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God, and when Christ, who is our life shall appear, then shall} e also appear with Him in glory, and be put in .possession of that in­ heritance that i~ incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadetb not away, reserved in Hem·en for you, who are kept by the power of

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God, ready to be ren:iled in the last t ime." [Gal. iii., also~ Peter i.] lt b said hy ;,on1e, that the bt"lieYer may be a chill of God to-day,

helcved of hi-, Redt-enier, t111(l on h is w:ly to neuven : and to-morrow he may Jose h is relig;ic1u, foll from grac.:e, and go to eterm1l penlition at hist. A way with such au idea fr11111 the earth! The belieYer, be­ ~oming one with Chrbt, by drinking into the same spirit, be is cul led the seed of Dadd; that is, our i:;piritual Dadd which is Chri::lt-heuce t h e languat:e of Alniigllty God: •·Once have I sworn by my holi ness that I will uot lie unto l)avid (or Christ) that uis r-et:d -halt endure forever, a nd his th1one as the sun before me."

[Psalms is s srx. 35, 36.) Again we beur Christ saying, "I 11m the good shPpherd; I lay

down my life for the sheep, and I gi\·e unto them eternal life and they sbu ll never peri::;h; ueitber shall any pluck them out of my band; and ruy Fat.lier who is greater tbau all, gave them me, and none is able to pluck them out of my FathPr's hand." [John x.] Hence we see the plan of Almighty God in saYing !>inners, and l.Jringing them into etenrnl rest at His right hand, where they shall anjoy His peaceful pre!'ence throughout Jong eternity. But wheu we view the goodne::;s of God in mun 's redemption, in sending His !-;on into tbe world to die for men, and also calling men of like pas­ sions with ourselves to go to the irnpenitent sinner and call upon 1Jin1 to repent, and lie, li s e Phanwl~ or old, refu e to obey, we are often constrained to cry out and S<IJ", "How Jong, 0, Lord, will Tby !:;oodnes~ and forbearnnce and long· suffering continue with the nu­ !Jt'lliteut ~inner?" For He wi!letb not the death of the binner, and though after long strh·ing with ;,ucb a11 indiYidual, after trying him witb the Yarious incitemenb whieh are be;t calculated to stir a ra­ tional creature and agitate an immortal mind, God ma) withdraw all tlw aid!< of the spirit, and !>Ogive him over to bardnes of heart and reprobac~· of mind, to work out bis own destruction with greed· iness, as in the case of the Egyptian King of whom it is said, "God bardened his he11rt ;" and when the expres,;ion is repeated so as to niake a contiuual ancl onward hardening, we haYe no other id<'a of the me;ming tban tbat God, 11.oYed by the obstinacy of Pharaoh, withdrew from him all the rest.-aints of His grnce, and as tho,;e re­ >;lraints were more and more removed, the llrnrt of the King was more and ruore hardened. "\\' e look upon the instance as a precbe illustration of the truth, that "what,;oever a man soweth th11t shall he also reap." The King sowed obstinacy, and consequently reaped obstinacy. Tlle seed was put into the soil, and nothing more wus required than that it should be left to vegetate and act out its own nature, to wit: infidelity. This wa.i the seed SO\Yll by the Egyptian King, when he rejected the miracles and dbobeyed the corumaud · of the Almighty, who sent Hi· elected or chosen sen·ant, to wit: Moses, saying: "Let my people go," which grew into a greater d~ gree of harduess,4llld pe1'sbting on in his rebellion, be was oYcr­ tllrown with his army and peri$hed in the sea.

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BIOGRAPHIC . .\.L SKETCHES. HES. nrlse with healing in His w i ngs ; uud you shu ll be mine when [

c.ome to make up my jewels, uud I will spare them as a muu -paret h bis own son that serveth hi111, saith tile Lord of host::;.·

Finally, may the grace of our Lord .Ie .us Christ , wi t h tile union and communion of His Holy Spirit lie with His elect r-h ild ren for­ ever more. Aruen.

Thine to serve in all good things. October 2-lth, 180-l.

;~11. iii., also 2 Peter i. 2 ,., a ch id of Gpd to-day. eaYen ; and to-morrow l!:O to eternal perdition

:. r7h ! The believer, bt­ ~ the same spirit, he is , ritual David which b · 1: +Once have I sworn -:,id (or Christ) that lib i . ,; the sun before we."

PHILLIPS, ELDER GABRIEL was a member of Frieudship church, and delegate to the Broad River Associution at its session in 1819, then a licensed preacher', Ile was onbi11eLl to the full work of the ministry sometime during that or the next year, and was a delegate to the next essious of 18:20- '21-'2:2-'23-'24-'25-':2G-'27, at which last session he was chosen Moderator of the body. At the previous session (18:26) he was tippointed by the Association to pl'epal'e a Circular Letter on the subject of [nicmperuuce, \\' hich we here reproduce iu this work as a memento.

We are without information as to the birth or demise of Elder Phillips, but as there is no notice of his death iu the ~Iinntes of the body, we presume he emigrated in his old age to some other State or field of labor. He appears to have been a prominent minder of the Gospel iu the time he lived. Ancl his views, which are embodied in the letter he wrote on Intemperance, are certainly very sound, and should be put into practice by all those who would lead quiet and orderly lives, and desire the furtherance of the Go pel of Chl'ist:

_, - e good sbP.pberd ; I by o 1 hem eternal life and

n pluck thew out of my 'all, gave them me, and

t '.hPr's hand." [John x.] 1 :in sadng. sinners, am! · :t band, where they sball • U!.!' eternity. But wllPn :;:mption, in sending Hb 1 calling men of like pa~­ ·. ·nt sinner and call upon •. I. refuse to obey, we are :. '. lung. 0, Lord, will 'Illy l ·J'! continue with the im­ .;.: tleath of the o.inner, uu•I •.

1 llYidual, after trying I.Jim

1,,,L e:alculated to stir a r:i­

.iinJ, Goel m<t) withdraw \,·er to hardness of beart ~- u de truction with greed·

· uf whom it is said, "Go•l r ·.--,-ion i:; repeated so us to

we ha Ye no other id.-a ui he ob:;tinacy of Pharaoh, !i. grace, and as tho~e re­ ;~1e htart of the King wt1-

1 tbe instance as a preci-" r u man soweth that sllall y. and consequently reap.-11 •ii, anti nothing more ,,.u~ c:t-t:1te and act out its own -··ell ::-own by the Egypti:u1 . <1i,ol1eyed tbe C'On1m:rnd­ ' r ('hosen sef\·unt, to wit: 1:..\1 c:rew iuto a greater ,1,~ .- rel 1dlioo, he was o,·..:r· '-ea.

- '.. lbe ::Sun of Rigbteousne,,

C'IRCL'L.AR LETTER. The Broacl River Baptist Association, to the Churches in Union­

Greeting: Dear Brethren :-Intemperance, that bane of society-that great

moral sin-being the subject propo:'!ed for thb Circular Letter, we will prvceed to recount a few of its miseries. From the creation to tbe pre~ent day the world bas by intemperance been inrnlved in misery. Noah was a preacher of righteou.;ne::s previous to intoxi­ l'ation; the righteous ~oul of just Lot wa,; wxed from uay to day at the deeds of the wicked, but he uecame iutemperate and committed incest. Suu,,c'1uent,,ilenc.:e ;,eerns de·igneLl a,; a punishment of these two men, as tile reward of their intemperance. .Bebhazzer, the ~rent King of Babylon, by inte01perance lo:::t his kingdom and bis life. cripturul quotations on thi' subject might be ruultiplieu, but a~ brevity is our intent these uwy :::utlice. But, heloYed l>retllren, a.~ the age::; of the world ha\·e multiplied, the awful voice of intem­ perance and its couseq ucn t <lirdul ett'ecb h::we increa,.;ed in a ten-folu ratio; the pi:t'::>ellt :t~e 11 i,;ht emphatically be styled the drunken age, so much doe::; ineuritty prevail.

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