West who wish to read an able religious quarterly, will, wc trust, communicate immediately with Bro. Carpenter.

PARIS COLLEGE.

This Institution was gotten up by the Baptist Education. Society in the Western District. Their object was to secure the means of educating their own children at home. They did not design to connect with it a theological department at all, but they wished to have the right secured to them of appointing its presiding officer. This was all they asked. To illustrate the respectful attention which their petition for a charter received in the Legislature, we will mention one fact which occurred while the bill was pending before the Senate. A member of that body moved to insert some seventy-five names as additional Trustees, among whom we noticed those of UNCLE JOSHUA DOWNING OF DOWNINGVILLE, FANNY WRIGHT, &c. &c. This motion is, we presume, of record on the journals. The proposition passed the Senate! Yes, in this form, on its third reading, it passed! Now, who do you think made this motion, so respectful to the Baptist denomination, and which the Senate passed? It was the Hon. MR. COE, of the Western District, the vicinity of the proposed Institution. We just mention this fact, that our friends in that quarter may know how handsomely some of their representatives attend to their wishes.

The Legislature passed the bill of incorporation, but in what form? They not only declined a compliance with the very small request of the Society to be permitted to appoint their own presiding officer, but they also refused, in that instrument, to allow the Baptists any legal control, whatever, over any department, or even the most minute interest, connected with the College. This enactment is saying to us, in other words:-Gentlemen, you may purchase property, if you please, but you shall not appoint your overseer, and we will not protect you in the possesssion of it! But if we buy property we, of course, wish to have some legal control over it, and if our legislators refuse us this, we, certainly, decline to pay our money. The reason is plain. Our property may have cost us fifty thousand dollars, and we may have paid every cent; but next year any man who wishes may come,

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vi et armis, eject us, and take possession. If so, what can we do? We have bought the property of its legal owners, and paid for it; but what of that? It is not ours! We have no right to hold property. Our lawgivers have disfranchised us! The interloper who has taken our hard earnings has as much right as we have-we have no resource! The law does not recognize our claims. We need not ask whether this is just.

These are events, to all concerned, probably, not anticipated. What our brethren now propose to do, we have no knowledge. On the third reading of the bill, all the names were stricken from the list proposed as the Board of Trustees, except those of the gentlemen residing in Henry County. This Board may, perhaps, enter into pledges for themselves and their successors, which may in some degree restore confidence. The Education Society, we presume, will be called together, and the charter submitted for their reception or rejection. This will be a primary measure. What they will do we pretend not to predict. We should vote against the reception of the charter. We have a right to equal protection with any other class of citizens. We ask no more, and will accept no less.

BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

The Ladies of the Baptist Church and congregation in Nashville originated a Society of this name one year since. On Lord's day, 31st December, 1837, they presented their annual report, which was read by the Pastor. The items are as follows:

Subscriptions and donations, in money, articles,

&c.,

$111 034

120 38

$231 42

187 68

43 75

$231 42

30 87

The success of these truly benevolent ladies during the year has been singularly eminent, especially when we consider that, on an average, but about four ladies engaged in the labors of the Society. They have resolved to appropriate the proceeds the present year, to aid in paying for the building now in progress to accommodate the Church as a house of worship. They hope to have, on this account, the concurrence of a larger number, both as contributors and to aid in making up and selling articles. They think, therefore, they may pledge for 1838, five hundred dollars. The subscription at the anniversary was one hundred and twenty dollars. The ladies of the Society who do not work for it have resolved to make up for the same object an equal sum by contributions, towards which five subscribed twenty dolJars each at the anniversary. The whole will amount to one thousand dollars.

This is truly a noble work. With such an example to animate the gentlemen to action, we may hope to see, at an early day, our truly handsome house of worship, already considerably advanced, completed, and dedicated to the pious object of its erection.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Our beloved brother John Hillsman, of Cedar Hedge, near Knoxville, has our sincere thanks for the names of eleven subscribers, and ten dollars, which accompany his excellent communication of Dec. 15th, '37. We will comply with his instruction. How many other of our brethren will send us each a dozen subscribers? A little effort now will place us on firm ground. If we are neglected we are gone. We have also received a letter from brother Toy, of Norfolk, Virginia, enclosing ten dollars, for which our thanks are due, and which shall be credited according to directions.

A WEEKLY SHEET.

Our friend and brother Rev. O. Dodson, has sent us eigh teen new subscribers on condition that we publish our paper weekly. We return our sincere thanks to brother Dodson, and must be permitted to express our regret that it is not in

our power to comply with the wishes of these respected friends and brethren. They are referred to our inaugural for our explanation on this subject. We venture to send our paper, in its present form, to these subscribers. We hope they will be gratified, and continue to take it: If, however, they wish to decline, they will please indicate it by returning the paper, and their names shall be erased from the list..

NEW JERSEY BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION. Our acknowledgements are due to Rev. M. J. Rhees, of Trenton and Lumberton, for a copy of the Minutes of the seventh annual meeting of this body, which was held with the Church in Burlington, Nov. 1 and 2, 1837, Rev. Daniel Dodge, President, Rev. M. J. Rhees, Secretary. The meeting was large, the business interesting, and all the objects of the body appear to be flourishing. Their next annual meeting will be held with the Church of Trenton and Lumberton.

They remark in their annual report, that, "Since the Convention was organized (seven years ago) our denomination in this State (New Jersey) has doubled in numbers and influence. The system of a plurality of Churches with one pastor, which formerly prevailed in several instances, is now done away, and the murmurers and complainers have gone out from us, because they were not of us. Thus the sacrafices which the Churches have made for the benefit of others, have been made a blessing to themselves."

"At the close of the Conventional meeting the brethren who were present organized themselves into a meeting upon the important subject of ministerial education.".

May the blessing of the Lord attend the labors of our brethren in New Jersey.

STONE'S RIVER ASSOCIATION..

A new Association, with this very appropriate name, (for it is stony in doctrine, stony in heart, and a stony ground affair, any how) was formed in August last, in Wilson county, the minutes of which now lie before us. It is made up

of some Churches, and some fragments of Churches, decoyed off for the purpose, amounting in all to eleven. The old constitution of the Concord, which is a transcript from the Kehukee, or nearly so, would not do for them. It did not suit their new anti-missionary doctrine, with which it would seem, from their circular, they have been "spiritually enlightened" within a year or two past. As they left the "Old Baptist" platform and concocted new articles of association, it was hoped they would cease to pretend longer to be Baptists. But they with equal gravity, and rediculousness, now claim to be almost the only "old Baptists" in Tennessee. Like a hungry pig they darted into the heap, and snatched what they thought to be an ear of corn, but it was only a "cob," and now they run about squealing for life, afraid some one will get their treasure from them, when if they would only take time to look, they would find they have not a grain of corn upon it.

Well, thought we,

"Those who went out into Arminianism say they are the "true Baptists, so say "the Campbellites" &c.-It does really "seem if a part of the old Baptists were to go out into Mor"monism itself they would contend that they had not chang"ed. Those who have once bourne (borne) the title of old "Baptists seem loth, very loth indeed, to give it up, but we "would say for the benefit of such that when it is associated "with the popular Arminianism (Antinomianism) of the "day, or modern innovations, it loses all its charms, and the title of old Baptists then becomes a reproach, and the sooner dropped the better."

Now these Stone's Riverans have "gone out" from Baptist principles and doctrines, have gotten up a hotch potch faith of their own, of only a few summers growth, and they will let us, who still retain the old documents, and adhere to the old principles, pursue our own course unmolested. With these feelings we turned over to the circular, written by Elder John M. Watson M. D. when lo, and behold, we there found the identical words quoted above gravely printed and applied, now to whom do you think? Why positively to us. What do you say to that eh! These Stone's Riverans ridiculing the Concord Association-yes, the Concord Associa tion, and for what? for pretending to be what every body knows they have been ever since they had a being at all,