- -- -~----------------------- - ~ t _ j ~ : : r - - - MNUTES OF THE 65th ANNUAL SESSON- OF THE SALEM -FREE WLL BAPTST ASSOCATON, ~ ~ :, ; ~ ; ;,,, J :, : ~ : j J : :, j, Hoy Grove & Rocky Grove Churches- - Sept 30 and Oct L 960 ~ (, \ -MARANNA AND MALONE, FLORDA OFFCERS Rev Cyde Owen, Moderator --------- Maone, Fa Rev C H Pe~t, Vce Moderator ------------,----- Maranna, Fa Chester L Cook, Secretary and Trerusurer o Atha, Fa Rev Cyde Owen, Bro F E EXECUTVE CO\\TTEE ( Bro Harvey Ross, Bro; Frank Rhames, - Locke and Bro Chester L Cook The next -sesson w convene wth Cypress Creek Church, Frday, September 29, 96, and Chrstan Home Church, Saturday, September 30, 96,, j r d :\; ; ; \ ~ ; - : : t f j r \ HOUSTON PRNTNG C0 DOTHAN, ALA, --- ~ [, [ j r ~ (
CALENDAR OF EVENTS FRST QUARTERLY MEETNG --- ---------------- December 3, 960 Frst F W Baptst Maone, Message by Rev J E Nchos SECOND QUARTER ----------~---~---------------Apr, 96 Frst F W; B, Bountstown, Message by Rev W EJdrdge,, ; F : ;,, : _,, : ) ( : f J ~ :J: ) \ /,, t, j :,,:,, r : H ~, ; : : : ~ _: ) ; r - / ) r; -, j, d j F ~ j ; ; - ~ ~ - :,, f ; : ;,,, - ~, : -:: : : : ; ~, - j,) /, J ;: ~ /: ::~~ t,~ : t,,t - ~ t /:: :: : : r; J : r] ; ; : J j : r,,/ ~ : : \: \, THRD QUARTER -------------~--------------,---------- Juy, 96 Lovewood, Message by Rev Cyde Owen SALEM ASSOCATON -------------- September 29 & 30, 96 Cypress Creek, Message by Rev Chares Craddock Chrstan Home, Rev C H Pet DSTRCT AUXLARY CONVENTON --------------------- May 6, 96 Chrstan Home Church EETNG PLACES AND DATES OF NSTERS AND DEACONS EETNGS FOR 960 96 Cottondae ----~---- ---------- : : November 0, 960 Chrstan Home, : : c February 9, 96 Traveers Rest ------------------------------------- May, 96 Marvn Ohape T----- ----------------- - August 0, 96 Each host church s requested to secure the speaker and arrange the program for the meetng at that church Aso, pease send a copy of the program to Rev Water Edrdge, Pubcty Charman, Cottondae, Forda, at east 0 days before the meetng n order that he may send notces to the other churches Respectvey submtted, Mrs E G Suggs Mrs Water Edrdge Mrs W S Drggers GREETNGS FRO SALE\ SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTON SALE\ SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCATON The Saem Sunday Schoo Conventon convened wth Cypress Creek Freew Baptst Churoh May 29, 960 There were fve churches represented wth programs t was moved and seconded that each Sunday Schoo Secretary ma her etter and dues to the Conventon Secretary at east one week before the conventon s to meet Ths w enrube the secretary to have the etters posted and programs ned up when the conventon opens On October 30, 960 the Saem Sunday Schoo Conventon met at Abe Sprngs Freew Baptst Church There were seven churches represented Offcers for the comng year were eected as foows: Bro E G Suggs, Presdent; Bro Fred Sapp, Vce Presdent Mrs Jmmy Suggs was retaned as Secretary The next conventons w be at Lovewood Church on Apr 29, 96 and Maone Freew Baptst Church on October 29, 96 Mr Chare Morrs, Presdent Mrs Jmmy Suggs, Secretary ~
::::::=:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::==:::::~ =~:::-::;~ ~ :::::::, ~ \ - PROCEEDNGS Sxty-ffth Annua Sesson of the Saem Free W Baptst Assocaton hed wth Hoy Grove Church September 30, 960 and Rocky Gvove Churoo October, 960 - --~ The Saem Assocaton met wth Hoy Grove Church Bro C L Be,achamp ed the song servce Prayer by Rev W L Edrdge Devotona by Rev C A Huckeby Scrpture readng Psam 8 Chapter Wecome by Bro Harvey Ross Moderator message Ezeke 2 Chapter At ths tme moderator caed for correspondng etters: Receved the foowng churches wth ther deegates: Ssters Forence Cook and Lews H apponted to read the etters LOVEWOOD-Ssters Ne Howe, Ade Morrs and Emma Justce TRAVELERS REST-Bro Jmme Htchcock, Ssters Edth Dawson, Ea Grantham, Eveyn Attaway ~MARVN CHAPEL-Ssters C E Day, Dora Booth, Myrte Sapp and Martha Gause COTTONDALE-Bro R Q Addson and Bro D B Mukey MALONE-Jro and Sster Water Caaway NEW HOPE--Ssters Poy Bennett <and Lena Greene SALEM-Ssters Jewe Eeby, Lzze Barnes and W A Barnes GRE>EN HEAD--Ssters Bena Fnch and Esse Tayor DCKORY GROVE-J R Long, Caudce Dtty, La Maud Vaughan, Lonne Robnson, Joseph Johnson, and J W D Stephens PNE GROVE-Ssters Judy Dykes and Myrte Adams CHRSTAN HOME-Bro 0 F Bracewe, Sster Mag Brace we ABES SPRNGS-Bro Avn Roberts and Jm Hot HOLLY GROVE-SsteS J T Suv-an, Bonne McCan and Cora Crawford Damascus-Bro John W H and Berry Wndham ; r, ) f ~ : j,, ;) [ } ~ j :
-~;;:-- ~ ::-:- :--=-=-=--=-~====--------- ~:::::---==-========-==----~----, ---------- -- -- -- --- - - : : r : -, : : ; :, ; ; : - j,, j ; ; : j, : :,, :, j,, : r,, ~ :,:, ; ~ J, j ; : ~,,,,,, : :, : : >j :, : : ; / : -, : : : : t, :, ROCKY GROVE-Sster Lzze Robnson, Bro Scab Robnson, and Joe Conrad CEDAR GROVE-Bro W H Dunaway and Sster Cara Dunaway Mdway-Bro Ared Roberts and J S Ptts BLOUNTSTOWN FRST-Bro and Ss Jasper M Austn M S C to receve the etters and seat deegates At -ths tme abor was caed off for the eeven ocock servce Rev Raph Bee brought the message Scrpture readng taken from Jonah frst chapter verse sx Subject, A Message To Be Devered Adjourned one hour for unch At :30 the body re-assembed Song servce ed by Bro C L Beachamp Prayer by Rev A B Cook At ths tme -the moderator renewed -the ca for correspondng etters Receved none At ths tme a ca was made for Pettonary Letters Receved Sneads Free W Bapts-t Msson, whch s to be organzed nto a Free W Baptst Chuvch Deegates from Msson Bro C L Beauchamp and Sster Green Scott :Moderator caed for vstors and deegate from other assocatons Receved from: Lberty-Rev and Mrs C A Huckeby and daughter, Rev and Mrs A B Cook, Mrs Thema Owens State Lne-Rev Madson Tayor, Rev John Edwards and Rev Raph Bee Moveed and carred to seat the vstng deegates Ca for report of the Commttee on Stewardshp Commttee New Hopa Church (See report) Ca for report on Auxary-Chrstan Home Ca for report on Nomnaton Saem Church Ths report referred back to the Commttee Ca for the report on Sabbath Schoo Dama scus Church (See report) M S C that the Moderator appont a commttee on commttee moderator apponted the commttee Bro J W H, Harvey Ross and Rev Water Edrdge Moved and seconded that each church send $500 for the msson at Snead Money to be sent to C L Cook, Cerk M S C to appont a \sson Board Moved and seconded that the appontment of the Msson Board be tabed unt tomorrow M S; C to appont a program commttee to arrange a program for our next assocaton year Apponted were: Rev Water Edrdge, Rev Cyde Owen, and Bro J T Suvan M S C to appont a Commttee on Credenta Apponted: Rev 0 Cook, Bro C E Day and Bro Harvey Ross M S C to gve Hoy Grove Church a rseng vote of thanks for the hosptaty shown us Adjourned to meet wth Rocky Grove at 0:00 ocock Saturday
SATURDAY UORNNG The Saem Assocaton re-assembed wth Rocky Grove Church Saturday mornng Song servce ed by Rev W S Drggers Prayer by Rev Cyde Owen Devotona by Rev D F Pet Scrpture Matthew 20th Chapter Wecome address by pastor, Rev Jack Horne Response by Rev Cyde Owen Renew ca for correspondng etters Receved Cypress Creek Renewed the ca for vstors from other -assocatons Receved Rev Rufus Hyman from Unon H Assocaton At ths tme the Treasurer made hs report Whch was receved and adopted (See report) Caed for report on Temperance from Hckory Grove Church (See report) Marvn Chape made report on League work (See report) Saem Church made report on Nomnaton (See report) At ths tme Moderator caed off busness for the :00 ocock message Message by Rev J C Watson Scrpture st Chapter of st Peter verses -0 Dsmssed for unch :hour Afternoon sesson was caed to order Song Servce ed by Rev J E Nchos Payer by Rev Madson Tayor Devoton by Rev A H Howe Scrpture 2nd Chapter of Ephesans At ths tme a memora song was sang n memory of Bro Rob Emore ed by hs pa:stor, Rev Ja,ck Horn Caed for report on Resoutons by Traveers Rest (See report) Caed for report on Obtuary by Cottondae Church (See report) Caed for report on fnance by Rocky Grove Church (See report) At ths tme Moderator apponted deegates to the State Assocaton Mr and Mrs J W H, Ssters Forence Cook and Audrey Eand and B:m Jmme Htchcock At ths tme Rev Roy Bozeman turned n hs resgnaton due to beng moved from the Assocaton Assocaton accepted hs resgnaton and thanked hm for hs servce Body eected Rev Cyde Owen as moderator wth Rev C H Pet as vce moderator At ths tme the body gave Rocky Grove Church a rsng vote of thanks for the spendd way we were entertaned So ended the 65th sesson of the Saem Assoca ton May the Lords Bessngs be upon us unt we meet agan Rev Cyde Owen, Modeator Bro Chester L Cook, Cerk,,, : J : : J ; r, : ~ :\
j ~, ; / ;, r,, : - -, j - : :, ~ ; - COMJ\TTEE ON SUNDAY SCHOOLS To -the Saem Free W Baptst Assocaton: We your Commttee on Sunday Schoo beg to make the foowng report: We fnc that ony a few of our Sunca y Schoos take part n the Sunday Schoo Conventon We urge that each Sunday Schoo be representec wth a program anc deegate or by etter Damascus Church COJ\\TTEE ON LEAGUE We the Commttee on League fnc that we have seven Leagues n the Saem Assocaton wth an enroment of 235, average attencance of 58 We note that ths s 368 per cent average of churches havng Leagues whch s better than n recent years However due to the mportant of the League n the tranng pro gram of our church we recommend that -a mnsters, deacons and other Church eacers try to organze one n orcer to carry out the commancment of our Lorc as gven n \atthew 28:30 Respectfuy submtted, Marvn Chape Church / ), \ r ;, ~ ~ ; : -,, j ; j:, -,, ~ ~,, : - - -,, <, F ; :,,,,, : :: ; -, ; : : ; : : ; :,,, : : : - J COJ\\TTEE ON RESOLUTONS We your Commttee on Resoutons ask to make the foowng report: The chwches that are not supportng the state program they try n some way to support t anc watch ther church grow There are ony a few of our churches supportng t, we beeve t a very worthy cause anc urge other churches to support t Traveers Rest Church COJ\\TEE ON OBTUARY We your Commttee on Obtuary make the foowng report: New Hope -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Traveers Rest,------------------------------------------------------------------- Saem ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------,---- Hoy GTove ----------,------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Chrstan Home ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 Rocky Grove ----------,---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Cypress Creek ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \cway ---,------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ][,ovewooc --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \arvn Chape -------,------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hckory Grove ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bountstown ----------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Humby submtted, Cottondae Church
:::::~=--::::::=:--== ===------=----- -:::::- --= -- = - ---===--===-~~o-~ ==- :::::: _ -=: - :::::=:-==- - ~_::=:::::::=,,_-~- ;:-r~ CO\\TEE ON COM\TEES We your Commttee on Commttees woud ke to present the foowng report: F Ch t H mance --------------------------------------------------------------------------- rrs an orne Obtuary -----------------,------------------------------------------c Temperance ----------------------------------------------------------------- S te wardshp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Auxary ---------------------------------------------------------------------- R esou to n --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nomnatng ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Educaton -------------------------------------------------------------------- COU\TEE ON EDUCATON Abes Sprngs Ma one Lo v ew o o d Traveers Rest Marvn Chape Cypress Creek Bountstown Frst We your Commttee on Educaton make the foowng report: That our peope become more acquanted wth our Chrstan Lterature and subscrbe to our papers Seeng that the Sunday Schoo s a strong arm of the Church t s the duty of the offcers and teachers to better prepare themseves to carry on ther new dutes Respectfuy submtted, Mdway Church CO\\TTEE ON STATE AND STANDNG OF \NSTERS We your Commttee on State and standng of mnsters report the foowng We have nneteeen (9) churches reportng to the Assocaton Ths gves 00 per cent We aso have the Free W Baptst Msson reportng from Sneads We are very happy to have them wth us The state and standng of the churches s good So far as we are abe to determne a mnsters attendng the Assocaton are n good standng wth the Assocaton and churches Some mnsters are not abdng to Artce 2 of the by-aws of the Assocaton Respectfuy, Rev Cyde Owen Bro Harvey Ross Bro John H ) İ : ~ \ t : ~ - - _
; :, : ~ ~ -,, ~ :, ; ~ : j, : \ _: : : j \ : j, -, ; ; ~ < / t : :,, ~, :, COJ\\TEE ON NO\NATON We your Commttee on Nomnaton make the foowng report: That the frst quarter of the Assocaton meet wth the Frst F W B Church of Maone on Saturday before the frst Sunday n January 96 Speaker Rev J E Nchos Second quarter meet wth Frst F W B of Bountstown Satur day before the frst Sunday n Apr Speaker Rev Water Edrdge Thrd quarter meet wth Lovewood Saturday before the frst Sunday n Juy Speaker Rev Cyde Owen The assocaton meet wth Cypress Creek the frst day nter ducton message by Rev Chares Craddock The second day wth Chrstan Home Message by Rev C H Pet Your Commttee Saem Church COJ\\TTEE ON FNANCE We your Commttee on Fnance report the foowng: n Treasury October, 960 ------------------------------------------------ $372 Receved from commttee: For Assocaton expense ---------------------------------------------- 2900 For Cooperatve program --------------------------------------- -- 32682 For Ghdrens Home -------------------------------------------------- 750 For Youth Camp ------------------------------------------ -------------- 700 Bbe Coege ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 TOTAL-October, 960 -------------------------------- $63753 Respectfuy, Rocky Grove TREASURERS REPORT Treasurer Report-October 2, 960 Amount n treasury Oct, 959 ------------------------------$ Receved at Assocaton ---------------------------------------------- Frst Quarter ------------------------------~--------------------------------- Second Quarter ----------------------------------------------------------- Thrd Quarter ------------------------------------------------------------- 322 48096 36260 40240 45702 TOTAL --------------------------------------- ------------------------------$,8359 Dsbursements Pad Moderator ----------------------- ---------------------------------------$ 2500 Pad Cerk ----------------------------~--------------------------------------- 2500 Pad State Fee ------------------------------------------------------------ 2000 Mnutes --------------------------,--------~-------------------------------------- 208 00 Msceaneous --------------------------------------------------------------- 702 Pad State Treasurer ----------------------, ---------------------------,4288 Baance n Treasury October, 960 ----------------------------- 379 Chester L Cook Cerk and Treasurer Route, Box 93 Atha, Forda
TREATSE ----- Revson of the Treatse and the Fath and Practces of the Free W Baptsts CHAPTER The Hoy Scrptures These are the Od and the New Testaments; they were wrtten by hoy men, nspred by the Hoy Sprt, and are Gods reveaed Word to man They are a suffcent and nfabe rue and gude to Savaton and a Chrstan worshp and servce CHAPTER Beng and Attrbutes of God The Scrptures teach that there s ony one true and vng God, who s Sprt, 2 sef-exstent, eterna/ mmut Deut 6:4, The Lord our God s one Lord Cor 8:4, There s none other God but one Jer 0:0, But the Lord s the true God, he s the vng God John 7:28; 2 Cor :8; John 5:20; Tm G:7 2 John 4:24, God s a Sprt 2 Cor 3:7 abe/ omnpresent, 4 omnscent, 5 omnpotent, 6 ndependent/ good, 8 wse, 9 hoy,o just, and mercfu, 2 the Exod 3:4, And God sad unto Moses, AM THAT AM Psa 83:8; John 5:26; Rev :4 2 Psa 90:2; From everastng to everastng thou art God Deut 33:27; sa 57:5; Rom :20; Tm :7 3 Ma 3:6, For am the Lord; change not Num 23:9; James :7 4 Kngs 8:27; But w God ndeed dwe on the earth? Behod, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contan thee Jer 23:24; Psa 39:7-0; sa 57:5; Acts 7:24 s Acts 5:8, Known unto God are a hs works from the begnnng of the word Chron 28:9; Psa 94:9, 0; Acts :24 6 Rev 9:6, The Lord God omnpotent regneth Job 42:2; Psa 35:6; Matt 9:26; Mark 4:36; Luke 8:27 7 Eph 4:6, One God and Father of a, who s above a Job 9:2; sa 4:3, 4; Dan 4: 35; Rom :33-36 a Psa 9:68, Thou art good, and doest good Psa 25:8; 06:; 45:9; Matt 9:7 9 Rom 6:27, To God ony wse, be gory through Jesus Chrst forever Dan 2:20; Tm :7; Jude 25 o Lev 9:2, the Lord your God am hoy Job 6:0 j : \, : r
,, r,, -,,, :,, - _: - : : \, :, : j, : : ; :, ( ;,,, j,,,, j J :,, ~ :,,,, L : ; r, :, : j ;, - j ~ - J : ~ j ; : - : : : ; J,,, - / d ),, :-, :,, : : : ~ : L J : -,, :, ;,: -, ; j ~ ~ : ; :, ~,,, : : : _ Deut 32:4, Just and rght s he Psa 92:5; 9:37; Zeph 3:5 2 Eph 2:4, God, who s rch n mercy Exo 34:6; Neb 9:7; Psa 00:5 Creator, Preserver, and Governor 3 of the unverse; the Redeemer, Savor, Sanctfer/ and Judge of men; and the ony proper object of worshp The mode of Hs exstence, however, s a subject far above the understandng of man 9 -fnte bengs cannot comprehend Hm 0 There s nothng n the unverse that can justy represent Hm, for there s none ke hm He s the fountan of a perfecton and happness He s gorfed by the whoe nanmate creaton, and s worthy to be oved and served by a ntegence Gen :, n the begnnng God created the heaven and the earth Exo 20: Psa 33:6-9; Co :6 Heb :3 2 Neb 9:6, Thou preservest them a Job 7:20; Co :7 Heb :3 3 Psa 47:7, God s the Kng of a the earth 2 Chron 20:6; Psa 95:3 sa 47:4, As for our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts s hs name Psa 78:35; Prov 23:; sa 4:4; 59:20 Jer 50:34 s sa 45:2, A just God and a Savor sa 43:3-; 49:26 6 Exo 3:3, am the Lord that doth sanctfy you Thess 5:23; Jude 7 Heb 2:23, God the Judge of a Gen 8:25; Psa 50:6; 2 Tm 4:8 Exo 34:4, Thou shat worshp no other god Exo 20:4, 5; Matt 4:0; Rev 9:0 9 Job :7, Canst thou by searchng fnd out God? sa 40:28 o Rom :33, How unsearchabe are hs judgments, and hs ways past fndng out Job 26:4 Exo 9:4, There s none other ke me n a the earth Exo 8:0; Chron 7:20 CHAPTER Dvne Government and Provdence God exercses a provdenta care and superntendence over a hs creatures/ and governs the word n wsdom and mercy, accordng to the testmony of Hs Word 3 2 God has endowed man wth power of free choce, and governs htn by mora aws and motves; and ths power of free choce s the exact measure of hs responsbty, : j, ) t :,,,
Psa 9:, 2, The heavens decare the gory of God; and the frmament sheweth hs handwork Day unto day uttereth speech, and nght unto nght sheweth knowedge Psa 45:0, A thy works sha prase thee Psa 50:6, Let everythng that hath breath prase the Lord 2 Acts 7:28, n Hm we ve, and move, and have our beng Matt 0:30, The very hars of your head are a numbered Psa 04:3, 4; Job 4:5; Eph : 3 Psa 22:28, For the kngdom s the Lords; and he s the Governor among the natons Psa 97:2, Rghteousness and judgment are the habtaton of Hs throne sa 33:22; Exo 34:6; Job 36:5 3 A events are present wth God from everastng to everastng; but Hs knowedge of them does not n any sense cause them, nor does He decree a events whch He knows w occur 2 CHAPTER V Creaton, Prmtve State of Man, and Hs Fa Secton Creaton Of the Word God created the word, and a thngs that t contans, for Hs own peasure and gory and the enjoyment of Hs creatures 3 Deut 30:9, have set before thee fe and death, bessng and cursng; therefore choose fe, that both thou and thy seed may ve sa :8 20; John 5:40; Rom 2:4, 5; Prov :24-28 2 Ezek 33:, As ve, sath the Lord God, have no peasure n the death of the wcked; but that the wcked turn from hs way and ve Acts 5:8; Sam 2:30; Ezek 8:20-25, 3; Jer 44:4 3 Rev 4:, Thou hast created a thngs, and for thy peasure they are and were created sa 43:7; Tm 6:7, The vng God, who gveth us rchy of a thngs to enjoy 2 Of the Anges The anges were created by God to gorfy Hm and obey Hs commandrents 3 Those who have kept ther frst estate He empoys n mnsterng bessngs to the hers of savaton 4 and n executng Hs judgments upon the word 3 Of Man God created man, consstng of a matera body and a thnkng, ratona sou 6 He was made n the mage of God, to gorfy hs Maker 7 Co :6, For by hm were a thngs created that are n heaven, and that are n earth, vsbe and nvsbe ~ -_~ j T /, t, \ : ;, : t - ; ; ; ; : :
:, ; L : ; ;, : t : : ), : : \ :, j : rr, ~ : - ~, r : 2 Rev 7:, And a the anges stood round about and fe before the throne on ther faces, and worshpped God 3 Psa 03:20, Bess the Lord, ye hs anges, that do hs commandments 4 Heb :4, Are they not a mnsterng sprts, sent forth to mnster for them who sha be hers of savaton? Jude 6 s 2 Sam 24:6, The ange stretched out hs hand upon Jerusaem to destroy t Rev 6: 6 Gen 2:7, And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed nto hs nostrs the breath of fe; and man became a vng sou Gen :27, So God created man n hs own mage; n the mage of God created he hm Cor 6: 20 Secton -Prmtve Man, and Hs Fa Our frst parents, n ther orgna state of probaton, were uprght They naturay preferred and desred to obey ther Creator, and had no preference or desre to transgress Hs w unt they were nfuenced and ncned by ~he tempter to dsobey Gods commands Prevousy to ths, the ony tendency of ther nature was to do rghteousness: n consequence of the frst transgresson, the state under whch the posterty of Adam came nto the word s so dfferent from that of Adam that they have not that rghteousness and purty whch Adam had be- fore the fa; they are not wng to obey God, but are ncned to ev 2 Hence none, by vrtue of any natura goodness and mere work of ther own, can become the chdren of God; 3 but they are a dependent for savaton Ecc 7:29, God hath made man uprght Eph 4:24; Co 3:0 2 Psa 5:5, Behod, was shapen n nquty; and n sn dd my mother conceve me Rom 8:7, The carna mnd s enmty aganst God Eph 2:3, And were by nature the chdren of wrath, even as others Psa 58:3; Gen 8:2; John 3:6; Ga 5:9-2; Rom 5:2 3 John 6:44, No man can come to me, except the Father whch hath sent me draw hm Cor 2:4, The natura man receveth not the thngs of the Sprt of God; for they are fooshness unto hm; nether ca~ he know them upon the redempton effected through the bood of Chrst, and upon beng created anew unto obedence through the operaton of the Sprt; both of whch are freey provded for every descendant of Adam 2 :,,
~:::::::::::::::::==============::::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::;:::::;::;::; ~->-~ --------- ------- -- ------ CHAPTER V Of Chrst Secton Jesus Chrst, the Son of God, possesses a dvne perfectons As He and the Father are one, He n Hs dvne nature, fed a the offces and performed the works of God to Hs creatures that have been the subjects of :reveatons to us As man, He performed a the dutes toward God that we are requred to perform, repentance of sn excepted Hs dvnty s proved from Hs ttes, Hs attrbutes, and Hs works John 3:3, Except a man be born agan, he cannot see the kngdom of God John 3:5: : 3: He b 2:4, And honess, wthout whch no man sha see the Lord Co :4; Ttus 3:5 See Atonement (Chapter V) Hs Ttes The Bbe ascrbes to Chrst the ttes of Savor, Jehovah, Lord of hosts, 3 the frst and the ast, 4 God, true God, great God; God over a, mghty sa 45:2, There s no God ese besde me; a just Gcd and a Savor; there s none besde me sa 43:0,, Besde me there s no Savor John 4:42, Ths s ndeed the Chrst, the Savor of the word Ph 3:20; 2 Tm :0; Ttus 2:3 Psa 83:8, Whose name aone s JEHOVAH sa 40:3, The voce of hm that creth n the wderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord (Jehovah) Luke :76 3 s a 8:3, 4, Sanctfy the Lord of hosts hmsef; and et hm be your fear, and et hm be your dread And he sha be for a sanctuary: but for a stone of stumbng, and for a rock of offence to both the houses of srae Peter 2:4-6: sa 6:5; John 2:4 4 Rev 22:3, am Apha and Omega, the begnnng and the end, the frst and the ast sa 44:6; Rev :, s Tm 3:6, God was manfest n the fesh John 3:6; John :; Heb :8; John 20:28, 29 John 5:20, We are n hm that s true, even n hs Son Jesus Chrst Ths s the true God and eterna fe Ttus 2:3, Lookng for that bessed hope, and the gorous appearng of the great God, and our Savor Jesus Chrst Rom 9:5, Of vhom, as concernng the fesh, Chrst came: who s over a, God bessed forever God, and the everastng Father t ~ ; r ( : ) : < f ;, : r -
-,_~- ~ r-~- --- ~ ~ :, :,- ~-- ------ --- ------- ----,-~ -, ~-, - r - ; : : - r, t :, - J - :, ~ ) ~ t -: -- :j r r - : : f : : f t ~ - -_, //,, : r,,, - r,,,, - >: : 2 Hs Attrbutes He s eterna/ unchangeabe, 3 omnpresent, omnscent, omnpotcnt, 6 hoy, and s entted to dvne worshp 8 sa 9:6, For unto us a chd s born, unto us a son s gven; and the government sha be upon hs shouder; and hs name sha be caed Wonderfu, Counseor, The Mghty God, The Everastng Father, The Prnce of Peace Co :7, And he s before a thngs Mcah 5:2; Heb :8 3 Heb 3:8, Jesus Chrst, the name yesterday, and today, and forever Heb :2 John 3:3, No man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man whch s n heaven Matt 8:20; 28:20; Eph :23 s John 6:30, Thou knowest a thngs John 2:24, 25; 2:7; Rev 2:23 6 Co 2:8-0, Chrst s the head of a prncpaty and power Matt 28:8; Heb :8; Rev :8 Acts 3:4, But ye dened the Hoy One Luke :35; Heb 7:26; Rev 3:7 a Heb :6, Let a the anges of God worshp hm John 5:23, That a men shoud honor the Son even as they honor the Father Ph 2:0, ; Matt 28:9; Luke 24:52 3 Hs Works By Chrst the word was created, He preserves and governs 3 t; He has provded redempton for a men 4 and He w be ther fna Judge 5 Secton -The ncarnaton of Chrst The Word, whch n the begnnng was wth God and whch was God, by whom a thngs were made, condescended to a state of humaton n beng unted wth human nature and becomng ke us, pouton and sn cxcepted 6 n ths state, as a subject of the aw, He was Heb :8, 0, Unto the Son he sath Thou, Lord n the begnnng hast ad the foundaton of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thne hands John :3, 0, A thngs were made by hm The word was made by hm Co :6 2 Peb :3, Uphodng a thngs by the word of hs power Co :7 3 sa 9:6, The government sha be upon hs shouder Peter 3:22; Eph :2
:::::--==============================::::~;:::::::;;:- - - Eph :7, n whom we have redempton through hs bood, the forgveness of sns Heb 9:2; Ga 3:3; sa 44:6 Peter :8, 9; Rev 5:9 s 2 Tm 4:, The Lord Jesus Chrst who sha judge the quck and the dead Matt 25:3-46; John 5:22 John :4, And the Word was made fesh, and dwet among us Ph 2:6, 7, Who, beng n the form of God, thought t not robbery to be equa wth God; but made hmsef of no reputaton, and took upon hm the form of a servant, and was made n the keness of men 2 Cor 8:9; Heb 4:5 abe to the nfrmtes of our nature: y;as tempted as we are, 2 but ved our exampe, 3 and rendered perfect obedence to the dvne reaurements As Chrst was made of the seed of Davd accordng to the fesh, He s faed the Son of man;s and as the dvne exstence s the fountan from whch He proceeded, and was the ony agency by whch He was begotten He s caed the Son of God, benj the ony begotten of the Father, and th::: rny ncarnaton of the Dvne Beng Heb 2:7, Wherefore, n a thngs, t behooved hm to be made ke unto hs brethren Matt 8:7; 4:2; 8:24; John :33, 35; 9:28; sa 53:3 Luke 22:44 2 Heb 4:5, Was n a ponts tempted ke as we are Matt 4:- 3 Peter 2:2, Leavng us an exampe, that ye shoud foow hs steps John 3:5; John 2:6 s a 42:2, He w magnfy the aw, and make t honorabe Matt 5:7; 3:5; Ga 4:4 s Luke 9:0, For the Son of man s come to seek and to save that whch was ost John 6:27, came out from God Matt :8, 20 7 Luke :35, That boy thtg whch sha be born of thee sha be caed the Son of God Ma~k :; John :34; 20:3 John 3:6, God so oved the word that he gave hs ony be- gotten Son John :8 CHAPTER V The Hoy Sprt T~e Scrptures ascrbe to the Hoy Sprt the acts and attrrbutes of an ntegent beng He s sad to gude, to know, 2 to move 3 to gve nformaton, to command/ to forbd, to send forth, to re-orove, and be snned agansu :: :,,, - ~ - : f \ :, : ( - : \ \ : ~ : ( ; {: -
---~-- - ------~-- : - ; : ; :, ~ : : : ; -; - ~-, d ; : - ~ : j 0, :t ; ) u j ) :, ;, :J,,,~ ~,, :,, ~ h John 6:3, Howbet, when he, the Sprt of truth, s come, he w gude you nto a truth 2 Cor 2:, Even so the thngs of God knoweth no man, but the Sprt of God 3 Gen :2, And the Sprt of God moved upon the face of the waters Acts 8:39 4 Acts 0:9 Whe Peter thought on the vson, the Sprt sad unto hm, Behod, three men seek thee Cor 2:3; Acts 2:; John 4:26 s Acts 3:2, The Hoy Ghost sad, Separate me Barnabas and Sau for the work whereunto have caed them 6 Acts 6:6, And were forbdden of the Hoy Ghost to preach the word n Asa 7 Acts 3:4, So they, beng sent forth by the Hoy Ghost, departed nto Seeuca a John 6:8, and when he s come, he w reprove the word of sn, and of rghteousness, and of judgment Gen 6:3 9 Mark 3:29, But he that sha baspheme aganst the Hoy Ghost hath never forgveness sa 63 0; Acts 7:5; Eph 4:30 2 The attrbu es of God are ascnbed to the Hoy Sprt; such as eternty, omnpresence, omnscence, 3 goodness, 4 truth 3 The works of God are ascrbed to the Hoy Sprt; creaton, 6 nspraton, gvng of fe, and sanct fcaton 9 Heb 9:4, Who thro gh the eterna Sprt offered hmsef wthout spot to God 2 Psa 39:7, Whther ~ha go from thy Sprt? or wh ther sha fee from thy presence? 3 Cor 2:0, The Sprt sear~heth a thngs yea, the deep thngs of God 4 Neh 9:20, Thou gavest aso thy good Sprt to nstruct them Psa 43:0 s John 4:7, Even the Sprt of truth 6 Job 33:4, The Sprt of God hath made me Job 26:3: Psa 04:30 7 2 Peter :2, Prophecy came not n od tme by the w of man: but hoy men of God spake as they were moved by the Hoy Ghost a Peter 3:8, Quckened by the Sprt Rom 8: 9 Cor 6:, But ye are sanctfed, but ye are justfed n the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Sprt of our God,, : ; r
-----=================================:;- - ~ r 4 The same acts whch n one part of the Bbe are attrbuted to the Hoy Sprt are n other parts sad tc be performed by God 5 The apostes assert that the Hoy Sprt s Lord and God 2 From the foregong the concuson s that the Hoy Sprt s n reaty God, and one wth the Father n a dvne perfectons t has aso been shown that Jesus Chrst s God-one wth the Father Then these three the Father, Son, and Hoy Sprt, are one God The truth of ths doctrne s aso proven from the fact that the Father, the Son, and the Hoy Ghost are unted n the authorty by whch beevers are baptzed and n the benedctons pronounced by the apostes, 3 whch are acts of the hghest regous worshp sa 6:8, 9, heard the voce of the Lord And he sad, Go, and te ths peope, Hear ye, ndeed, but understand not Acts 28:25, 26, We spake the Hoy Ghost Go unto ths peope, and say, Hearng ye sha hear, and sha not understand Compare John 3:6 wth Matt :8 2 2 Cor 3:7, Now the Lord s that Sprt Acts 5:3, 4, Why hath Satan fed thne heart to e to the Hoy Ghost? Thou hast not ed unto men, but unto God 3 Matt 28:9, Go ye, therefore, and teach a natons, baptzng them n the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Hoy Ghost 2 Cor 3:4, The grace of the Lord Jesus Chrst, and the ove of God, and the communon of the Hoy Ghost, be wth you a Peter :2 CHAPTER V The Atonement and Medaton of Chrst The Atonement As sn cannot be pardoned wthout a sacrfce, and the bood of beasts coud never wash away sn, Chrst gave Hmsef a sacrfce for the sns of the word, and thus made savaton possbe for a men 2 He ded for us, sufferng n our stead, to make known the rghteousness of God, that He mght be just n justfyng snners who beeve n Hs Son 3 Though the redempton effected by Chrst, savaton s actuay enjoyed n ths word, and w be enjoyed n the next by a who do not n ths fe refuse obedence to the known re- :, : \: ~ : ; ~, ~ : t,, :, ( f ~, t : J - : ; ;, : c :, f :, ; [ t : :, \ f \ ; f :,, ~
~----- ------ - - r~==================================================================== -, ~ ; j : - j : < :, : : j J ~ ;,, p, d, - j ~, - j r: : t : ~ j : :: ~ ~, j, J - : : j,, ; J : :,,,,,, :,, r John 2:2, And he s the proptaton of our sns, and not for ours ony, but aso for the sns of the whoe word sa 53:5; 0:; Rom 4:25; Matt 20:28; Peter 3:8; John :29; Heb 9:26; Rom 5:6, 8 Ttus 2:, For the grace of God that brngeth savaton hath 0 appeared to a men Heb 2:9, That he by the grace of God shoud taste death for every man Tm 2:6; sa 45:22; 2 Peter 3:9; 2 Cor 5:4, 5; Tm 4:0 3 Rom 3:25, 26, Whom God hath set forth to be a proptaton, through fath n hs bood, to decare hs rghteousness for Lhe remsson of sns that are past, through the forbearance of God: To decare, say, at ths tme hs rghteousness; that he mght be just, and the justfer of hm whch beeveth n Jesus Rom 5:9, 8; Matt 26:28; Eph :7; Rev 5:9; Peter 2:24 qurements of God The atonement of sn was necessary, For present and future obedence can no more bot out our past sns than past obedence can remove the gut of present and future sns Had God pardoned the sns of men wthout satsfacton for the voaton of Hs aw, t woud foow that transgresson mght go on wth mpunty; government woud be abrogated, and the obgaton of obedence to God woud be, n effect, removed 2 Medaton of Chrst Our Lord not ony ded for our sns, but He arose for our ustfcaton, 3 and ascended up to heaven, 4 where, as Medator between God and man, He w make ntercesson for men unt the fna Judgments Rom 5:8, Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon a men to condemnaton; even so by the rghteousness of one the free gft came upon a men unto justfcaton of fe Rom 8:, There s therefore now no condemnaton to them whch are n Chrst Jesus, who wak not after the fesh, but after the Sprt Mark 6:5; Rom 2:4, 5 2 Heb 9:22, Wthout sheddng of bood s no remsson Eph :7, n whom we have redempton through hs bood, the forgveness of sms 3 Rom 4:25, Who was devered for our offences, and was rased agan for our justfcaton Cor 5:7 4 Acts :, Ths same Jesus, whch s taken up from you nto heaven Mark 6:9 5 Heb 7:25, He ever veth to make ntercesson for them Rom 8:34; Heb 9:24
TEJ\PERANCE REPORT n a report on temperance, we shoud be concerned wth our tota fe-any and a behavour whch may refect upon our Chrstan testmony Our major concern shoud be an emphass on sef-contro, or the wfu contro of our responses to our envronment There are many stuatons n fe where sef-contro for the Chrstan s mperatve f hs testmony s to count for the Lord, such as, dsposton, atttudes, speech, sex, and physca appette As for strong drnk, t s absurd for a Chrstan to tak of temperance, for there can be no poston for the Lords peope n ths matter except tota abstnence f there was a tme when one coud acceptaby nduge temperatey, and we are tod that there was, t certany s not so n our day Yet, we erroneousy, out of habt, make our Temperance Reports and tak about the use of acohoc beverages, just as our fathers dd a hundred years ago when a temperate use of the sprts was acceptabe and ony ntemperate use was frowned upon Thus, the emphass of temperance has been paced upon acohoc beverages to the negect of behavour among Chrstans whch may be just as detrmenta to ther wtness for the Lord We have reference to uncontroed emotons (temper, hate, envy, mace, etc), and uncontroed boogca drves (appette, sexuaty, guttonous greed after uxures, etc) Evdence of ths fact ma:y be found n any congregaton where there are confusons expres,sed wth hate and ma:ce, and where there are so many of our wastness that are much, much too arge for our separate gven heghts The Hebrew fa thes exhorted ther sons as foows: Heat thou, my son, and be wse, and gude thne heart n the way Be not among wnebbbers; among rotous eaters of fesh: For the drunkard and the gutton sha come to poverty: and drowsness sha cothe a man n rags (Proverbs 23:0-2) n addton to avodng the decepton of wne and strong drnk, Hebrew youth were remnded that the ntemperate habts of the gutton were no ess detrmenta to the heath, webeng and testmony of a man of God than the habts of the drunkard Ths s not accepted by many n our day, probaby because of ther own feengs of gut, for t s far more socay acceptabe to practce the habts of a gutton than those of a drunkard Yet, there are many who over nduge n food, uxures and other non-essentas at great expense, or mpossbe debts on the nstament pan, but never thnk of ther undscpned desres as beng tjhat of a gutton whose habts are equay as abomnabe n the sght of God as those of the drunkard ndeed, the church shoud take a strong stand aganst the acoho and drug traffc Much s beng done n our county and area by the church and aw enforcement agences to keep Jacksnn County dry and to support the ncreasng numbe r of other countes whch are earnng that those who uphod the quor traffc do so ony because of a greed for persona proft But we as Chrstans shoud not overook other aspects of our fe, whch f not controed temperatey, can equay destroy our testmony for the Lord Respectfuy submtted, Hckory Grove Free W Baptst Church - \ : ; ; ; : ; ~ : j : : \ t : ~ : ;, :, \, ;
--~--------------------,, ----------------~~r - - ------ --: r:=======---,-,_--------------------------------- :_ - _ J,, / : ; - -, -, j < ; ~, - : < ; j ~ :, : : ;, L f : : : - \(_, t - - ~, - : j,, :, : J :,, r, ) ~, : - -, ;,, f, :-, ; : f - ;: ~ -- j Ī COM\TEE ON AUXLARES As we study the nformaton gven n our 959 mnutes concernng the Auxares of the Churches n the Saem Assocaton, we fee that much progress s beng made However, as brothers and ssters n Chrst we need to work a tte harder Accordng to ths data, we have 9 churches n the Assocaton Of these 9 churches 4 have Sunday Schoo Where are the chdren of the other 5 churches on Sunday mornng? Of the 9 churches 5 churches have League Where are the chdren of the other 4 churches on Sunday nght? Of the 9 churches 4 have Womans Auxary Let us pray that the women of the other 5 churches w band themseves together and organze a Womans Auxary n each church Of the 9 churches ony reported havng an Auxary for Young Peope How are the other 8 churches carng for the young peope n ther ocaty? We pray that these fgures gven n the 959 mnutes w have shown a marked mprovement n the 960 reports, and that the 96 mnutes w be abe to show that at east a majorty of our churches are sponsorng these four Auxares Respectfuy submtted, Chrstan Home FWB Church SALE\ CHURCH OBTUARY On March 26, 960, the Lord caed from our mdst Bro George Wams Bames, 84 years od He was one of our odest members and w be mssed by a host of reatves and frends Humby submtted Saem Church SALE\ CURC OBTUARY On May, 960 the Lord caed from our mdst Sster Beuah Emma Haddock age 87, who was one of our odest, an has been a fathfu member She w be mssed by a host of reatves and frends Respectfuy, Saem Church NEW HOPE OBTUARY On October 0, 959 our Lord saw ft to ca from our mdst our odest member Brother Maron Mercer We w aways mss hm but we reaze our oss s heavens gan On May 29, 960 our Lord saw ft to ca from our mdst one of our odest members Brother Wht Fower We w aways mss hm but we reaze our oss :s heavens gan Humby submtted by Mdrge Mears, Church Cerk
ROCKY GROVE OBTUARY Bro Bob Emore was caed from our mdst February 3, 960 He was a fathfu member and deacon of Rocky Grove He was 60 years of age We w aways mss hs presence very much n the years to come Hs pace can never be fufed by anyone ke he fed t Mrs Mary Emore mother of Rob Emore was caed away March 0, 960 another one of our odest members whom we w mss very much God aso caed sera Evans away March 6, 960 who was ::t member of Rocky Grove We aso regster the death of Frank Robnson who ded Juy 29, 960 whom we are sorry to oose Humby submtted, Rocky Grove TRAVELERS REST OBfUARY nasmuch as t has peased the Amghty God to ca from our mdst our beoved brother, John Dewey Smth, we humby submt hs obtuary He was born May 2, 898, and was caed home Apr 28, 960 Hs passng saddened our hearts greaty, but we bow n humbe submsson to Hs w Who doeth a thngs we, and we know that our oss s Heavens gan We hereby express our heartfet sympathy to the famy and oved ones durng ther great sorrow Respectfuy submtted, Traveers Rest Church : : r - -~ : ; ) ) ; : - :,, ~ \ : \, : \, \DWAY CHURC OBTUARY On September 27, 960 at 2:45 pm the Lord caed from our mdst Sster Nancy Basford, age 80 years She was a charter member of our church, aso our odest member She w be sady mssed by a host of reatves and frends Humby submtted, Mdway Church HOLLY GROVE Mrs Mnn Suvan ded May 27, 960, Age 69 \rs Jes-se Thompson, date of death and age unknown : : ~ \ :, { : r ( ~ : ; ;,, ~
- _, ---- ---~--- -----, ~ j ~ ; - ~ : J j : ~- : ~, :, :,, / : : L, t : : ; ; : j J \ \ j : -,,; : : j ; ; ; :,,, j / CHRSTAN HO\E OBTUARY WLLAM D SKNNER Wam D Sknner was born on Apr 6, 900 and departed ths fe March 4, 960 He was marred Juy 5, 942 to Mary Todd, to ths unon was born 2 chdren, one of whch preceded hm n death a few years ago He was a fathfu, oya, devout member of the Chrstan Home FWB Church, whch he oved wth a hs heart Hs day fe was an nspraton to a who knew hm, and hs exampe of Chrstan vng was a chaenge and a bessng to those wth whom he came n contact He attended a servces of the church reguary, and never shrked a duty or faed to respond when a pace needed to be fed n hs passng the church suffered the oss of one of ts most fathfu and devout members To the bereaved wfe and son we expres~s our deepest sympathy, and may ~hey fnd comfort n rememberng hs devoton to hs God, hs church, hs famy and hs frends We know that our oss s Heavens gan, and that God knows best Funera servces were conducted by hs pastor, Rev D F Pet n Chrstan Home F W B Church and bura was n Nette Rdge Cemetery The famy and frends hod a treasure chest of rch precous memores of a devoted husband, a good father, a true frend am an humbe Chrstan SM L MONTFORD Mr Sm L Montford, husband of Mrs Los Montford of Bountstown, Fa, ded suddeny at hs home Feb 4, 960 He was 58 years od He s survved by hs wfe and 4 ssters, 7 brothers and a host of frends and reatves For severa years he had been a member of Chrstan Home FWB Church, the church of hs chdhood days and a much oved resdent of Bountstown, Fa, and surroundng communty a hs fe He numbered hs frends by hs acquanjances, and they aways found hm to be oya, fathfu and true, never fang to admnster to them when they needed assstance The communty as a whoe w mss hm greaty for he never turned a deaf ear to the needs of hs feowmen Funera servces were hed n Chrstan Home FWB Church by hs Pastor, Rev D F Pet, and bura was n the famy pot n Nette Rdge Cemetery, where a weath of beautfu fora offerngs covered hs ast restng pa~ce The church extends heart-fet sympathy to the bereaved famy May the One who doeth a thngs we ever bess and keep them S our prayer
----------------------~--v ~ t CHAPTER V The Gospe Ca The ca of the Gospe s co-extensve wth the atonement to a men, both by the word and strvngs of the Sprt; 2 so that savaton s rendered equay possbe to a; 3 and, f any fa of eterna fe, the faut s whoy hs own Mark 6:5, Go ye nto a the word, and preach the gospe to every creature sa 45:22, Look unto me, and be ye saved, a the ends of the earth Prov 8:4; sa 55:; Rev 22:7 2 Joe 2:28, w pour out my Sprt upon a fesh John 6:8; John :9; sa 55:; Luke 2:0 3 Tm 2:4, Who w have a men to be saved, and come unto the knowedge of the truth Acts 0:34, God s no respector of persons Ezek 33:; 2 Peter 3:9 Hosea 3:9, 0 srae, thou hast destroyed thysef Prov :24-3; sa 65:2 Jer 7:3, 4; Zech 7:-3; John 5:40, And ye w not come to me, that ye mght have fe Matt 23:37 CHAPTER X Repentance The repentance whch the Gospe requres ncudes a deep convcton, a pententa sorrow, an open confesson, a decded hatred and an entre forsakng of a sn Ths repentance God has enjoned on a men; and wthout t n ths fe the snner must persh eternay 2 CHAPTER X Fath Savng fath s an assent of the mnd to the funda menta truths of reveaton, 2 an acceptance of the Gospe, 2 Cor 7:0, For gody sorrow worketh repentance to savaton not to be repented of Psa 5:7; Prov 28:3, He that covereth hs sns sha not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them, sha have mercy Psa 32:3, 5; Ezek 36:3, Then sha ye remember your own ev ways, and your dongs that were not good, and sha oathe yourseves n your own sght for your nqutes and for your abomnatons Psa, 5:3, 4; Ezek 8:30, Repent, and turn yoursef from a your transgressons so nquty sha not be your rum : :,, ~ d ~ : ) t t \ - t, ~, : : ; t r : j ; ; \,, : ),
- ~ j,,, : j : ;j ;,, <j J ;, r n ) ) ~ :: ff, t : j, ~ : r r : j, :, : ), J,, ],, : ~ : Acts 7:30, But now commandeth a men everywhere to repent Luke 3:5, but, except ye repent, ye sha a kewse persh Acts 3:9 3 Heb :6, He that cometh to God must beeve that he s, and that he s a rewarder of them that dgenty seekhm Heb :, Fath s the substance of thngs hoped for, the evdence of thngs not seen John 5:46, 47; Rom 0:9 through the nfuence of the Hoy Sprt; and a frm confdence and trust n Chrst> The frut of fath s obedence to the Gospe 3 The power to beeve s the gft of God; but beevng s an act of the creature, whch s requred as a condtcn of pardon, and wthout whch the snner cannot obtan savaton 5 A men are requred to beeve n Chrst; and those who yed obedence to ths requrement become the chdren of God by fath 6 Rom 0:0, Wth the heart man beeveth unto rghteousness Ga 5:22, But the frut of the Sprt s fath Cor 2:8, 9 2 Acts 6:3, Beeve on the Lord Jesus Chrst, and thou shat be saved John 3:6; Hom 4:20-22; Eph 3:2 3 Jas 2:7, Fath, f t hath not works, s dead, beng aone Ga 5:6; Tm :5 4 Ph :29, Unto you t s gven n the behaf of Chrst to beeve on hm 2 Peter :; Eph 2:8 s John 3:36, He that beeveth on the Son hath everastng fe: and he that beeveth not the Son sha not see fe; but the wrath of God abdeth on hm Mark 6:6; John 8:2, 24; Reb :6 6 John :7, That a men through hm mght beeve Ga 3:26, Ye are a the chdren of God by fath n Chrst Jesus Acts 0:43; Rom 5:; John 3:5 CHAPTER X Regeneraton As man s a faen and snfu beng, he must be re ~eneraed, n order to obtan savaton Ths change s an mstantaneous renewa of the heart by the Hoy Sprt whereby the pentent snner receves new fe, becomes a chd of God, 3 and dsposed to serve Hm Ths s caed n Scrpture beng born agan-born of the Sprt, 5 beng qu~kened passng from death unto fe, and a partakng of the dvne nature John 3:3, Except a man be born agan, he cannot see the kngdom of God Heb 2:4; Rev 2:27; Ga 5:9-2
---------------------- ----,- ~ -~ -, - 2 John 3:5, Except a man be born of the Sprt, he cannot enter nto the kngdom of God John :3; Ezek 36:26, 27; Ttus 3:5; Eph 2:0 3 Rom 8:6, The Sprt tsef beareth wtness wth our sprt, that we are the chdren of God John :2; 5:25; James :8; 2 Cor 5:7 4 Ezek :9, 20, And w gve them one heart, and w put a new sprt wth n you; and w take the stony heart out of ther fesh, and w gve them a heart of fesh: that they may wak n my statutes, and keep mne ordnances, and do them Peter 2:5 s John 3:6, That whch s born of the Sprt s sprt John 3:5-8; John 4:7; 5: Eph 2:, You hath he quckened, who were dead n trespasses and sns F::a \:50, 93; Eph 2:5; Co 2:3 CHAPTER X Justfcaton and Sanctfcaton Justfcaton Persona jusffcaton mpes that the person justded has been gmty before God; and, n consderaton of the atonement of Chnst, accepted by fath, the snner s pardoned and absoved from the gut of sn and restored to the dvne favor 3 Through Chrsts atonement s the foundaton of the snners redempton, ye:, wthout repentance and fath, t can never gve hm justfcaton and peace wth God 4 John 5:24, He that heareth my word, and beeveth on hm that sent me s passed from death unto fe John 3:4 2 2 Peter :4, Tha by these ye mght be partakers of the dvne nature Heb 3:4 3 Rom 5:, Therefore, beng justfed by fath, we have peace wth God through,:ur Lord Jesus Chrst Rom 5:6, The free gft s of many offences unto justfcaton Acts 3:39; sa 53: 4 Acts 3:9, Repent ye, therefore, and be converted, that your sns may be botted out Heb 4:2; :6; Rom 9:3, 32; Acts 3:38, 39 2 Sanctfcaton s a work of Gods grace, by whch the sou s ceansed from a sn and whoy consecrated to Chrst t commences at regeneraton, and the Chrstan can and shoud abde n ths state to the end of fe, constanty growng n grace and n the knowedge of our Lord Jesus Chrst 2 f ; ~ : : : ~, f : ~ t : ~ <,_ ; :
---- - - --=-- ------------- - -- - _, t -,, j : ~ ~ P [ j ; ;, _ j :, j -, : ~ ; :,~, ; j - J \,, :, _; ~ r~ : j ;,, : : ; : q \ :, : ; :, : : : L j :: : j - ~ ; : j - : - ~, : - CHAPTER X Perseverance of the Sants There are strong grounds to hope that truy regenerate w perserver unto the end, and be saved, through the Cor 6:, And such were some of you; but ye are washed, but ye are sanctfed, but ye are justfed n the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Sprt of our God Rom 2:, Present your bodes a vng sacrfce, hoy, acceptabe unto God Thess 4:3; John 7:7; Eph 5:26; Cor 6:20 Thess 5:23, And the very God of peace sanctfy you whoy: and pray God that your whoe sprt and sou and body be preserved bameess unto the comng of our Lord Jesus Chrst 2 Cor 7:; 2 Peter 3:8, Grow n grace, and n the knowedge of our Lord and Savor Jesus Chrst Heb 6:; John 5:4; Co 4:2; Prov 4:8; John :7, 9; Peter :6; Ga 2:20 uower of dvne grace whch s ped~ed for ther support; but ther fu:ure obedence and fna savaton are nether determned nor certan, snce through nfrmty and manfod temptatons they are n danger of fang; and they ought therefore to watch and nray, est they make shnwrek of ther fath and be ost Rom 8:38, 39, For am persuaded, that nether death, nor fe, nor anges, nor prncpates, nor powers, nor thngs present, nor thngs to come, nor heght nor depth, nor any other creature, sha be abe to separate us from the ove of God, whch s n Chrst Jesus our Lord Cor 0:3, God s fathfu, who w not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are abe: but w wth the temptaton aso make a way to escape, that ye may be abe to bear t 2 Cor 2:9, My grace s suffcent for thee Job 7:9; Matt 6:8; John 0:27 28; Ph :6 2 Chron 5:2, The Lord s wth you, whe ye be wth hm but f ye forsake hm, he w forsake you 2 Peter :0, Wherefore the rather, brethren, gve dgence to make your cang and eecton sure: for f you do these thngs, ye sha never fa Ezek 33:8, When the rghteous turneth from hs rghteousness, and commtteth nquty, he sha even de thereby John 5:6 Cor 0:2; Heb 6:4-6; 2:5 Chron 28:9; Rev 2:4; Tm :9; 2 Peter 2:20, 2; Cor 9:27; Matt 2:2 CHAPTER XV The Sabbath Ths s one day n seven, whch from the creaton of the word God has set apart for sacred rest and hoy
------------------------~- - L~ \ servce Under the former dspensaton, the seventh day of the week, as commemoratve of the work of creaton, was set apart for the Sabbath 2 Under the Gospe, the frst day of the week,n commemoraton of the resurrecton of Chrst, and by authorty of the apostes, s observed as the Chrstan Sabbath 3 On ths day a men are Gen 2:3, God bessed the seventh day, and sanctfed t Mark 2:27, The Sabbath was made for man Neh 9:4 2 Exo 20:8-, Remember the Sabbath day, to keep t hoy Sx days shat thou abor, and do a thy work; but the seventh day s the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; n t thou shat not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy mad-servant, nor thy catte, nor thy stranger that s wthn thy gates For n sx days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and a that n them s, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord bessed the Sabbath day, and haowed t 3 Luke 24:-7 Now upon the frst day of the week, very eary n the mornng, they came unto the sepuchre He s not here, but s rsen Luke 24:33-36; John 20:9, 26; Acts 2:; 20:7, And upon the frst day of the week, when the dscpes came together to break bread, Pau preached unto them Cor 6:2; Rev :0; Psa 8:22-24 requred to refran from secuar abor, and devote themseves to the worshp and servce of God CHAPTER XV The Church A Chrstan Church s an organzed body of beevers n Chrst, who statedy assembe to worshp God, and who sustan the ordnances of the Gospe accordng to the Scrptures 2 Beevers n Chrst are admtted to ths church on gvng evdence of fath n Chrst, obtanng consent of the body, beng baptzed, and recevng the rght hand of feowshp 3 sa 58:3, 4, f thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from dong thy peasure on my hoy day; and ca the Sabbath a deght, the hoy of the Lord, honorabe; and shat honor hm, not dong thne own ways, nor fndng thne own peasure, nor speakng thne own words: then shat thou deght thysef n the Lord sa 56:2; Exo 20:8-2 Cor :2, Unto the church of God whch s at Cornth, to them that are sanctfed n Chrst Jesus, caed to be sants Acts 2:4 47; 20:7; Cor 6:, 2; Rev :4, : ~ : : ; : j : ;j ; : t : \ t r ;, ~ \, : t :,,, t \ f ; \ :, : j :
~-- --, - -----~------------------- ---------------- ---------- - - ------ ; r) - : ) ~ : - : J ; ; :,, : :, j j ;, : L : rj: J : : -- ~ ~ : \, -,, ; H, ~, : j j, J : j : d ~~r ~ ~ j,, :~ 3 Eph 5:25, 27, Chrst aso oved the church and gave hmsef for t that he mght present t to hmsef a gorous church Eph :22, 23; Cor 2:27, 28; Co :8, 24; Peter 2:5; John 8:36; John 5:2, 6 The Church of God, or members of the body of Chrstans throughout the whoe word, and none but the regenerate are ts members CHAPTER XV Tthng Both the Od 2 and New Scrptures 3 teach Tthng as Gods fnanca pan for the support of Hs work Acts 2:4, Then they that gady receved hs word were baptzed; and the same day were added unto them about three thousand sous Acts 8:2; Ga 3:27 2 Gen 4:20, And he gave hm tthes of a Gen 28:22, w surey gve the tenth unto Thee Deut 4:22, Thou shat truy tthe Maach 3:8-0 3 Cor 6:2, Upon the frst day of the week et every one of you ay by hm n store as God hath prospered hm Matt 23:23 CHAPTER XV The Gospe Mnstry Quafcaton Of Mnsters They must possess good natura and acqured abtes, deep and ardent pety/ be especay caed of God to the work, 3 and ordaned by the ayng on ofhands 4 2 Dutes of Mnsters These are to preach the Word, 5 admnster the ordnances of the Gospe, 6 vst ther peope 2 Tm 2:5, Study to show thysef approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rghty dvdng the word of truth Tm 4:3-6, T come gve attendance to readng, to exhortaton, to doctrne Negect not the gft that s n thee Medtate upon these thngs, gve thysef whoy to them; that thy proftng may appear to a Ttus :9; 2:7, 8; 2 Tm :7; 2:2 Tm 3:2-7 2 Psa 50:6, But unto the wcked, God sath, What hast thou to do to decare my statutes, or that thou shoudest take my covenant n thy mouth? 2 Tm :8-, 4; 2:22; 3:5; Ttus :5-9; Cor 2:2-6 3 Acts 20:28, Take heed therefore unto yourseves, and to a the fock over whch the Hoy Ghost hath made you overseers Heb 5:4; Cor 9:6; Acts 3:2
- ---------------------------- --:---,-- 4 Tm 4:4, Wth the ayng on of the hands of the presbytery 2 Tm :6; Acts 3: 3 s Mark 6:5, Go ye nto a the word, and preach the gospe to every creature 2 Tm 4:2; 2 Cor 4:5; Ezek 33:7 6 Matt 28:9, Teach a natons, baptzng them Luke 22:9, 20, Ths do n remembrance of me Acts 20:; 27:35; Cor :23 28; 0:6 and otherwse perform the work of fathfu pastors CHAPTER XV Ordnances of the Gospe Chrstan Baptsm Ths s the mmerson of beevers n water, n the name of the Father, the Son, and the Hoy Sprt, 2 n whch are represented the bura and resurrecton of Chrst, the death of Chrstans to the Heb 3:7, They watch for your sous as they that must gve account Peter 5:2, Feed the fock of God whch s among you, takng the oversght thereof Acts 20:28; Jer 3:5 2 Matt 28:9, Baptzng (Greek, mmersng) them n the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Hoy Ghost Co 2:2, Bured wth hm n baptsm, wheren aso ye are rsen wth hm Acts 8:36 39; Matt 3:6; Mark :5; John 3:23; Acts 6:32-34; 2:4 word, the washng of ther sous from the pouton of sn, ther rsng to newness of fe, ther engagement to serve God, and ther resurrecton at the ast day 2 The Lords Supper Ths s a commemoraton of the death of Chrst for our sns, n the use of bread whch He made the embem of Hs broken body, and the cup, the embem of Hs shed bood, 2 and by t the beever expresses hs ove for Chrst, hs fath and hope n Hm, and pedges to Hm perpetua fdety 3 Rom 6:4, Therefore we are bured wth hm by baptsm nto death; that ke as Chrst was rased up from the dead by the gory of the Father, even so we aso shoud wak n newness of fe Co 3:3; 2:2; Ttus 3:5; Ga 3:27; Cor 5:29 2 Cor :23-26, For have receved of the Lord that whch aso devered unto you That the Lord Jesus, the same nght n whch he was betrayed, took bread; and when he had gven thanks, he brake t, and sad, Take, eat; ths s my body, whch s broken for you; ths do n remembrance of me Mter the same manner aso he took the cup, when he had supped, sayng, Ths cup s the New Testament n my bood; ths do ye, as oft as ye drnk t, n re- membrance of me For as oft as ye eat ths bread, and drnk ths cup, ye do shew the Lords death t he come Matt 26:26-28 3 Cor 0:6, The cup of bessng whch we bess, s t not the \ ; ~-- j f ; J ~ t t ;, [,, f, j ; ; ;
~ - - ---------- - -- ----- ~-~--~--- --- -- - --- - - --- --- J j, ; :, ;L -: j, j ~~ J - ~ : :,, : ~ \ >,- J - n :,,; J : ; j \ r ~~ : r :, [,, J ~ ~ communon of the bood of Chrst? The bread whch we break, s t not the communon of the body of Chrst? Cor 0:2; :27-29 t s the prvege and duty of a who have sprtua unon wth Chrst to commemorate Hs death; and no man has a rght to forbd these tokens to the east of Hs dscpes 3 Washng the Sants Fee-Ths s a sacred ordnance, whch teaches humty, and remnds the bever of the necessty of a day ceansng from a sn t was nsttuted by the Lord Jesus Chrst, and caed an exampe on the nght of Hs betraya, and n connecton wth the nsttuton of the Lords Supper t s the duty and happy prerogatve of every beever to observe ths sacred ordnance CHAPTER XX Death, and the ntermedate State Death As a resut of sn, a manknd, are subject to the death of the body 3 Cor 0:7, For we beng many are one bread and one body; for we are a partakes of that one bread Matt 26:27, Drnk ye a of t Rom 4:, 0; Cor 2:2-27; Acts 2:42; 20:7 Cf St John 3:4-8, and Tm 5:-0 3 Rom 5:2, As by one man sn entered nto the word, and death by sn; and so death passed upon a men, for that a have snned Heb 9:27, t s apponted unto men once to de Cor 5:22; Psa 89:48; Ecc 8:8 2 The ntermedate State The sou does not de wth the body; but mmedatey after death enters nto a conscous state of happness or msery, accordng to the mora character here possessed CHAPTER XX Second Comng of Chrst The Lord Jesus, who ascended on hgh, and sts at the rght hand of God, w come agan, to cose the Gospe dspensaton, gorfy Hs sants, and judge the word 2 Ecc 2:7, Then sha the dust return to the earth as t was; and the sprt sha return unto God who gave t Ph :23, Havng a desre to depart, and be wth Chrst, whch s far better Luke 23:43; Matt 7:3; 22:32; Acts 7:59; Matt 0:28; 2 Cor 5:8; Luke 6:22-26; Rev 6:9
---------------------------< Acts :, Ths same Jesus whch s taken up from you nto heaven, sha so come n ke manner as ye have seen hm go nto heaven Matt 25:3; Cor 5:24-28; Thess 4:5-7; 2 Thess :7-0; 2 Peter 3:3-3; Matt 24:42-44 CHAPTER XX The Resurrecton The Scrptures teach the resurrecton of the bodes of a men at the ast day, each n ts own order; they that have done good w come forth to the resurrecton of fe, and they that have done ev to the resurrecton of damnaton CHAPTER XX The Genera Judgment and Future Retrbuton The Genera Judgment There w be a genera judgment, when tme and mans probaton w cose forever Then a men w be judged accordng to ther works 3 John 5:28, 29, The hour s comng n the whch a that are n the graves sha hear hs voce, and sha come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrecton of fe; and they that have done ev, unto the resurrecton of damnaton Acts 24:5; Cor 5:22, 23; 2 Tm 2:8; Ph 3:2; Cor 5:35-44; Dan 2:2 Acts 7:3, Because he hath apponted a day, n whch he w judge the word n rghteousness Cor 5:24; Rev 0:6; 22:; 2 Peter 3:, 2; Ecc 9:0 3 2 Cor 5:0, For we must a appear before the judgment seat of Chrst; that every one may receve the thngs done n hs body, accordng to that he hath done, whether t be good or bad Ecc 2:4, For God sha brng every work nto judgment, wth every secret thng, whether t be good, or whether t be ev Matt 2:36; Rev 20:2; Rom 2:6 2 Future Retrbuton mmedatey after the genera judgment, the rghteous w enter nto eterna fe, and the wcked w go nto a state of endess punshment Matt 25:46, And these sha go away nto everastng punshment; but the rghteous nto fe eterna 2 Thess :8-0, Takng vengeance on them that know not God, and they that obey not the gospe of our Lord Jesus Chrst; who sha be punshed wth everastng destructon from the presence of the Lord, and from the gory of hs power; when he sha come to be gorfed n hs sants Rom 6:23; 2 Peter :; Mark 3:29; 9:43, 44; Jude 7; Rev 4:; 2:7, 8, 27; Matt 3:4-43; Rom 2:6-0 ~--- : J : -~ \, ;, : ) t :,,, ; - \ f - f : : f :, : ; : : ; ) ~-,, --- ~ _,-
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