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a favourable circumstance, that, during his interview with the deputation, he did not once attempt to justify it. Mrs. Fry is fully convinced that his majesty wishes that the state of things should be altered; but he is hampered by certain classes of his subjects. Mr. Giles remarked that though the prospect seems gloomy, there are many things to encourage us. Among these, the fact, that our brethren are so firm and so true; so pure, holy, and devoted; so meek in spirit, and so strong in faith, they will either die in chains, or be free, entirely free. Churches also are growing up on every hand. This is the finger of God. We have neglected the continent. It is cheering, too, that some of the authorities of the continent are beginning to feel in favour of the bap tists. The King of PRUSSIA told Mrs. Fry that he was delighted with them, and considered them now wholly a tolerated sect. In WESTENBERG, also, they have received entire concession; and when interrupted by the mob, the authorities protect them. In HAMBURG, to which the brethren were deputed last year, with a similar message, the church, which before had been harassed with persecutions, has had rest during the past year. In other places, however, the baptists are denied religious liberty, and are obliged to worship in dens and caves of the earth. Such is the case in HANOVER. Mr. Giles remarked that the continent is a field to which the baptists are peculiarly called by God's pro dence; he entreated them to do all they could pecuniarily for these infant churches, and to aid zealously in carrying on the work which God has so auspiciously begun, to its final and destined triumph.

KINDNESS OF J. J. GURNEY, ESQ. AND MRS. FRY.-Mr. Giles hoped that the friends of man and of religion would never forget the service rendered by J. J. Gurney, Esq., and Mrs. Fry, on this occasion. The latter was invited by the queen herself: but though invited to the palace, she visited prisons. Among others she visited our friends, gave them money, administered her tender consolations, pleaded their cause with the queen, nor could possibly have done more had she been one of our own denomination.

DR. HENDERSON ON THE WORD USED FOR BAPTIZO IN THE DANISH BIBLE.-A correspondent inquires whether Dr. Henderson has replied to Mr. Gotch, Mr. Carson, or Philalethes. Dr. Henderson addressed a letter to the "Congregational Magazine," in reference to Mr. Gotch's work, and said to him, it is reported, as he shook hands with him one day," Well, Mr. Gotch, I suppose we must shake hands over this subject." Besides these we have heard of no reply to any of those publications. This silence is, we are well assured, prudence. A singular proof of his inaccuracy was related by Mr. Giles, at the meeting at Park-street, on the 10th of November:-While himself and Mr. Dowson were conversing with the Bishop of Copenhagen, they stated, that a very respectable gentleman in England, who had been in Denmark, said that the word by which 'baptizo' is rendered in Danish does not mean to 'dip;' "That gentleman," said the bishop, "knows nothing about Danish. I have no question that' döbe' means 'to dip,' nor that the baptists are right as to that question, and if they would bring their children to me, I would dip them. This is not our complaint against them, nor is it that they are baptized when adults, but, to separate themselves from the Lutheran church for this! It must not be! No, it shall not be !"

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THE REV. MR. SIBTHORP, lately a minister of the church of England in Ryde, Isle of Wight, has joined the Roman Catholic church. Although reported evangelical, he has long been remarkable for his imitation of Romanism.

Erratum,-p. 259, line 25, for 798 read 79.

INDEX.

PAGE

237

ABSENT Members, when subject to Exclusion
Admission, Terms of, to Heaven and the Christian Church not the same...... 285
Apostolical Succession.

Associations:-Bristol, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Essex, 264; West Kent and
Sussex, 48; Midland, 124; West Midland, New, 302; Monmouth, 192;
Northern, Nottingham and Derby, Pembroke, 264; Suffolk and Norfolk,
New, 48, 166; Western, 214; Yorkshire West Riding..

Strict.....

68

71

168, 192, 264, 302

BAPTISM, Believers', the Mention of it prohibited by a Mixed Church......... 215 Design of the Ordinance ......

of Christ, was it Christian Baptism?........................................................

of John.....

Baptists, an Address to

Charges against....

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57

235

182, 184, 235

161

203

in Germany and Denmark ...................................................................................... 163, 190, 240 Baptist Church, what constitutes one....

145, 234, 288

Fund, to be sustained by and appropriated to Baptized Churches...... 148
Minister, How may I know?

276

Missionary Societies:-Home, 136; Irish and Foreign, 137; Colonial 139
Theological Education Society, East Anglian

240

Baptize, in what sense it is an English word

232

Barnstaple and Chagford, Extinction of Baptist Churches there............ 214, 255 Believers, Unbaptized, is a Church authorized to exclude them?....

77

Bowes, John, Defence of Mixed Communion, with Editor's reply 77, 105, 151, 206 Bible Translation Society, Objection to a Clause in its Constitution

First Annual Meeting....................................................
Meetings of Committee

Auxiliaries to:-Bow, 71; Eagle Street, London,

23, 40; Keppel Street, London, 168; Leeds

Booth, Mr. Isaac, Memoir of....

CANDIDATES, how far ought Churches to require their Agreement with them

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180

139

168

191

49

............... 235

113

37, 86, 184, 259

235

236

195

169

Church, Mixed, a Letter addressed to one, by a Seceding Member

and Mixed Table, Inquiry into their difference of Principle... 280 Churches in Cities, originally but one in each ........................................................................ 207, 209

New

Church of Scotland

192

46

206, 209

Common, all things, to what extent the first Christians had...
Communion, Mixed, instances of, and its tendency.............................. 214, 216
Question, its present state................................................................................................................... 121
Thoughts on ....................................................................................................................................
Weekly ......

60

206, 208, 293

Confessions of Faith, Baptist, quoted in reference to Communion .......... 82, 149 Contributions from Excitement, a query respecting........

Crediton, Devonshire, Origin of the Baptist Church there.........................

39

95

Smith, Sir C. E. Nonconformity within the Church
Spencer, Thomas. Clerical Conformity and Church Property
Steane, Edward. Sermon on the Death of the Rev. J. Dyer...........
Stovel, Charles. Popery in England....

Noel, Baptist W. Plea for the Poor

Oncken, J. G. Revival of Religion in Denmark

Philalethes. Reply to Dr. Henderson's Baptism and the Bible Society.
Pritchard, G. Admonitory Hints to Communicants ...............
Puisford, T. Revival of Bible Religion.........

Appeal in behalf of the Temperance Reformation

Reed, Dr. Andrew. Letter on the Antislavery Question at Bristol.......
Revival of Religion in Wales......

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237

.............. 185

262

Temperance Advocate

Thomas, Micah. Delusive and Destructive Tendency of Infant Sprinkling.. 261
Twins, the

Upton, James. Address to the Inhabitants of Poplar

The Little Sanctuary, and a Present for the Deaf....
Letters to an Enquirer, and a Person recently Baptized......
Watson, W. H. Importance and Mode of Conducting Senior Classes
Yates, W. Baptism Discussed: Why have you become a Baptist? and Reply
to "Why have you become a Pædobaptist?" By John Bull ...............................
Yorkshire West Riding Circular Letter

23

70

95

129

239

293

71

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THE

PRIMITIVE CHURCH MAGAZINE.

No 13.-JANUARY 1, 1842.

THE MEDITATED EXTINCTION OF THE BAPTIST
DENOMINATION.

THAT mixed communion is pursued with the belief that it
will destroy our body, has long ceased to be conjecture. From
Mr. Hall's "Short Statement of the Reasons for Christian, in
opposition to Party Communion," it appears that he not only
expected, but desired such a result. "Of the tendency," he
says, "of mixed communion to promote a more candid inquiry
into our principles, it is scarcely possible to doubt; whether it
would have the effect of rapidly extending the baptist denomi-
nation, as such, is less certain. For were that practice univer-
sally to prevail, the mixture of baptists and pædobaptists in chris-
tian societies would probably, ere long, be such, that the appellation
of baptist might be found not so properly applicable to churches as
to individuals, while some more comprehensive term might possibly
be employed to discriminate the views of collective bodies,” p. 46.

"It is impossible," says Mr. Kinghorn, "to read this passage
attentively, without being convinced that its author expects
such an increase of applications for communion, should his plan
be adopted, that our churches would not, with propriety, be called
baptist churches, but must be distinguished by some other name;
that this would take place 'ere long;' in plain terms, THAT THE
BAPTIST DENOMINATION AS SUCH would be ruined!”—Arguments
against the Practice of Mixed Communion; Preliminary Obser-
vations, p. 18. "If we are so blended with others," he conti-
nues, "that we have not a denomination of our own, we shall be
like those who have not a house of their own, and for a similar
reason, we shall feel abridged (to say the least) both in freedom
and enjoyment. We shall not have a church, formed on the princi-
ples of the New Testament.". "The history of the church shews

VOL. II. NO. XIII.

...

B

DELEGATION of Church Authority

Denmark, Baptists in........

"

Mission of Revs. J. E. Giles and H. Dowson, to ...........
Dependence on God no impediment to Conversion
Depravity, Natural

PAGE

195

190, 240, 303

303

271

35

-, Laxity of, in Baptist Churches....................................... 292

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Discipline, Church....

Dissenters of Scotland
Dyer, Rev. John, his decease

ELDERS, a Plurality of, in a Church....

Example of the First Churches, its Divine Authority.............................................................................
Evangelization of the World, Christ's method for .........................................................................

FELLOWSHIP, Christian

Means of Promoting

Finney, Rev. C. G., views of the Work of the Holy Spirit
Forbearance, considered in reference to Communion

193

25

52

82

222, 250

151

Fry, Mrs. and J. J. Gurney, Esq., their kindness to Danish Baptist Prisoners 304
Fuller, Andrew, his Candour on the subject of Communion not Inconsistency 116
Funerals, on the use of Wine at.............

GRATITUDE, an exhortation to ........................................................................
Germany, Baptists of

............. 289

HEAD, meaning of Not Holding, Col. ii. 19 .................
Henderson, Dr., on the meaning of Baptizo..........
Hinton, Rev. J. H., his peculiar sentiments controverted.................................

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INDEPENDENTS, Immersion of One Hundred and Twenty
Immersion in the Parish Church of Bradford, Yorkshire

190

191

JENKYN, Dr. T. W., his views respecting the Work of the Holy Spirit......... 251
John's Baptism.......

182, 184, 234
............... 72
Kirk, Rev. Mr., his Labours and Success in America...................................................................................... 168

KNIBB, Rev. W., his arrival in Jamaica

LEIGHTON Buzzard, formation of a second Baptist Church there.......
Lord's Supper, substitution of Fish and Water, in case of need, for Bread and
Wine

Weekly Observance of

9,24

66

206, 208, 293

the duty of Churches respecting it when without a Pastor..... 234
Love, Christian, not Identical with Mixed Communion
Laxity of Doctrine and Discipline in Baptist Churches

292

Method, Christ's, for Evangelizing the World ....

Report of, 129: Resolutions passed at..........

Meeting of the Friends of Strict Communion Proposed, 67; Announced, 96;

MACLAY, Rev. A., Letter on the Constitution of the Bible Translation Society 169
Marriage of Believers with Unbelievers....

35

133

NEW Testament, the Standard of Appeal ............

Music, Instrumental, on the use of it in Religious Worship

25

.............. 176, 278

10

ONCKEN, Rev. J. G., Intelligence respecting

Plymouth Brethren and Western Association

Religion, a general view of its State

RECEIVING Weak Brethren, Rom. xiv. 1, 3, inapplicable to Ordained Laws. 109

Resignations, Pastoral

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Ordination, on taking part in that of a Mixed Baptist Minister .....
Ordinations, Invitations, &c.......

Owen, Dr., his views respecting the Work of the Holy Spirit......... 217-226, 254

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PRIMITIVE Church...............

Principle and Impulse in Religion

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