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IMeps, plates, cherts, etc.. mey be filmed et different reduction ratioa. Thoee too lerge to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hend comer, left to right end top to bottom, ee meny framae ae required. The following diegrema illustrate the method: planchae. tablaeux. etc.. peuvent Atre fllmAe A dee taux da rAduction diff Arents. Lorsque le document eet trop grand pour Atre reprodult en un seul clichA. il eet fiimA A pertir de I'engle supArieur gauche, de geuche A droite. et de haut en bee, en prenant la nombre d'imagea nAceesaire. Las diagrammee suivants iilustrent le mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 LETTER ADDRESSED TO TBK RfiV. J. D. CjBLSBWZnLK. BT A LATE MEMBER OF HIS CHt7RCH- V ST. JOHN, BT. B. v^«- ^" 3»— r: — '^ ■•■*■' ' " « !,v voV'i^' ./;•/ f • > -v;' :%, •s^-* Sjixt Juiix, Decemdej}, 8///, 1835. Sin, — It is will) foelinjxs of no onllnarv k'liul bea;>surc(1, timt I iliiis coinet'oiu-ard in a puhlicinaiintr to CNplain to the woi'kl, the cause of luy exciujiou IVoiu the liaplist Church iii "J . thiscitv. . I do not do it with a view to render myselfconspicuoiis, or poptdar, but simply with a view to place tlie fransactii)n in n fair and proper ligl:t; lest in the opinion of many, a false and iniproper colouring might he given it ; which I very nuich fear, from your partial communications on the suliject will be the case. , Not haviiiu the least claim, to even the cmnmniia^t nc- quaintance witli literature; it cannot be supjiosed, that I shall put together, even in the lurni ol'a letter, Mich a JIo\i:('iij and clegatil conjposiiion, as I might do, were I to extract from Hall, Jay, JaniCK, aiul other.s, their thoughts and language, present theiri to the jiuhlic as my ow//. If I were vain enough to do tliis, I shoidd fear detection, as my conunon intercourse, with society, would powerluUy contribute to the impression, that such iileas, sucheleiiant hmi>ua;re, could not be njv own, but was bononecl. *i ,n -^^^ ufru^^r ^f.^ t It is sufficient for me to know, tliat God having blessed me with common sense, and havin on re. "<* tiii« "grati- '-cting ssiir- esi elements ofUteraturc^ nnd for some time cleloyed takin/; nwy part whatever in j'our Ordination, nnd nfterwnrdH only took an interior one; wIimi he tbiuul 1 had made up my mind to take ^'oii. Vou ar« a»are, titat lie shook tiftVoiii hiniseir all respoMsIhility, and made a statement of this in n letter to his iVieiid here. Yon are also jicqnainted with the personal rw'".pi):i>;l)ility I uiiJertook. to brin*; you to this country, by which I have been the instrument of raihinj; you from the daily occupation ot'a humble mechanic, to that hi|;h, and rus])ect:ib!e situation you now hold. You may add to nil these f.icts, the f^reat per-^onal kindness, and disinterested fiieiuldiip, I have always felt for you, and your pro«iress na a n)inistet', ami then a^k your own conscience whether you have dealt kindiv with such a friend? Why yon should now turn round, nnd persecute me nnd mv familv fn* nothin:;, more than that, I d'd not flatter vou, with the high encomiums uttered about you, nnd your splen- did attain iiienis, by most of my late brethren, even to your face, I am at a loss to determine. I would willin«>ly if I could, nscribe it to a state of mind overbalanced by n kind of popu- hirity, which no sensible n\i\x\ would scarcely feel, and there- fore excuse it on i. 'at ground ; but I fear, that ndded to this, you have taken counsel from l)ad advisers, which has in the &hort space ofeight days, produced such a sad change of feel* in<; in reference to myself and you. Cut what have I done? is the question that I would in tliis form put to you. Not indeed that I would be thought hereby for a moment to solicit n reply, this I will lenve nt your pleasure; but in order to vindicate myself from some Implied iniquity of which I might be supposed guilty, 1 feel myself bound as tlie father of a family, bred up in this city, nnd well known as n Baptist, for many, many years, thus 1» vindicate my owncaase. I do it in appeals to you the more readily, ns I am sure your conscience will answer, when pa»> sio!) is cool, and thoughts collected*- Vou came to mv Store last lir«« J '"\7' "iU. ,l.e•L„;:t^tt^'''•*'■''''''*'•"^™"- ■[•'•'.A7y„.v«•„,,, li,ol,,e,- u. JL^I'"'"'''"-' '""out /„/ ••■•"■"«• 1 .iKl no, „' . t C •,! f "^"■''■•"" ' '•■"•l-V " P-'...,.; I.e .,,, „„, like ,„,": , , "' '»'■■":-■ l">«iW.-, tl..,t "Ix'ut it <•,,,„, „,„e„. I„ ''"••"'""" »'"■<' of cn„,,,,„i,e "" " o.- ..o.) I,y «,,^.i, Well V ' ? ' """' "•''^•""•'- i'»^ -..M ..o. offe,..i „„, , " „:;„;:i7," ''"•"« """ss-. .i.„ reat fi.i.l,(u|„e„ be ,>,eserve.v «ll n,em,», ""ong tl.em, „„d „„ „,;'; ,'j^- ''";" very fci,,., ,„ ,„., „,,.,; •>"« i-ou.- rebukes .,e.„lv V- ^■'"' <"'S'« '" ■" n.md,the„ tf,,Bgs i„ „ ^^„^,.^, I'mcf fast list wny, rather tlmn to jftrrtinihrhc "jchat yen did sm/^ lest it might he prejiulicial to your I'tituiv luiiiistry nmon^j ihe peo- ple over whom you now seem to possess such nu inrueiice. Nor (Id I fjr a inonieiil wish your popularity to censo. Th« legurtl I Lave iormy own liolns as a man, ami chaiactir ns a christian, cuuipels mu thus to come iui ward aud stale tiiese tlihi:;:«. lit'huJa'S gentlij. Yoa observed, k7/// / have heard the Hcv. Mr. S. oj Liverpool lash his most inliniate friends and U'eal/hij meitibt'i a, vo'icn he conceived them xtrun^^ in a far more severe manner than I ever did ! 'Ihat I rtpHcd, made no dif- ference, von shtnild recollect that Mr, S. was n venerable Greyheaded Minister, and at the very iiead (if his profes- sion : more than fortv years had lie endm'ed the heat and burden of the day, as a Minister, a word of rebuke from him, W'ouhl come well, while from yon, a young man, and as com- pared to Mr. S. n child in the ministry, such severe rebukes woidd not be well received. However I continued, you must take no notice of what I say, but please God, and do good to thejieopie; I sincerely lu;)ie your labours will be blessed, for my part Icainiotsay I like it, but do not regard my, opin- ion, if your conscience dictates to you this path. Little did I think, that you were olT'ended at this conver- sation, uttered by me I am sure in entire friendship, and without one unfriendiv feeliui; in n»v heart. And oil I how astonisiied was I to find, that instead of thinking no more about it for a while, you would go round among the mend)ers and congregation, ami jjersona/l^. (as yon afterwards told me) asked tl)eir opinions ol'yonr preaching • and when tlius ascertninetl, you with an air cf trimnpii retmned, will), «y// 3Ir. H.y /have b.'en routui to most of the members, and I (ind not one, in the same mind as yourself. - - J l-: Ivit possible I said I, that you have taken the painsof going ro\xvn\^omselj^ aud oiking people what they thoujjht cf yuinr 8 own prcnc])ii) if he shall ♦* hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not " hear thee ; then take with thee, one or two more, that in the *' month (ftW) or three witnesses every word may be establish' *' ed,** Now had you obeyed the miinihile uf him you prolesft tu serve, and if you were ufll'nded wiih me, came in a lii^ndiy wny on Monday evening : instead of telling it to tiie Ciiurch and Con^t'e<|;ation Fiusr, the matter could have gone no farther. Instead of this, h)ok at your unti-scripturni conduct I your back bi/ing ! your tattling! &c. &c. and tiien nsk ytjur- 8«lf ; Is this tile way I would like a brother to do to me in similar circumstances ? ' . It is in vain for yon to say it was even r.n fyffencc, at allf or that it was committed before the world, as you Imve done in order to give a color of propriety to the proceedings taken upon it. Yon must be aware that people here, altho of plain habits knows tluit one serious minded man, doesi not make a worl'i.f I The conversation, (for I will not call it an offence;) took place, a.^ I have said, before one whom you knew to be one of your own congregation, and before whom, in very many instances before this, you did not hesitate to say man^ things about the Ciiurch, &c. &c. He is ready to allirni that the impression on his mind, from the whole of the con* versation, was, that there was nothing in it at which any sen- sible man would take offence ; especially as between us who had always been on terms of frlend:»hip and mutual regaffl* Had you, instead of taking pains to circulate this frivolout Affair, even withlield conversation upon it, until in your wi«^ (lorn you deemed *it proper to make a church matter ojt «t>|f'; and then mentioned the whole circumstance as k jpRp^^ •toocl: how much nvore honour would it Imvf^.-j^l flj^liiW -'^'^i ; yoitr christian character. Now, what case ? You did in the course of the M 10 from Monday to Friday, in every way you could devise, work tipon the feelings of my late Bretliren and Sisters, by repre- senting it in colours tiiat the real conversation itself was unlikely to assume. Is this proper? Is this Scriptural? Sorry indeed am I, that I should he forced by your cruel conduct thus to put these questions to you. I come now to the church meeting on Friday evening last, and cannot but express the horror I feel throughout, at the previous arrangements with which every thing was con- cocted by you to coniplete my overthrow. Here you stood indeed, not ns a Minister of Christ should do, but as the ac- cuser of a Brother, who dared to otter you in private con- versation, what he intended for your good, and as he con- ceived in a kind manner : but what it seems von esteemed an insult ! and even up to the said Friday evening, I had never been made acquainted J) am yon that you were even Bfftnded at me. Although out of doors, to church and con- gregation, you had in no very measured terms menlioned it. Oh, tell it not in Cath ! Publish it not in the streets of As- kelon I I, with my wife, and sister-in-law, were summoned to appear Iwfore a church, without one previous step being ta- ken, either on the part of you, or the church to ascertain what the real state of this /7 ///>»/ /wjif offfuce was I Heallv, Sir! when I review the whole circumstance throughout, what was first a p!:iin, simple conversation, and enlertd into by your- self, and that too at a time, above all times the worste to talk upon religious matters : what was in fact a mcle hill ! ren- dered suth a mountain! by your unchri^tian like mode of proceeding: It is no wonder, that when you did at the meet- ing here alluded to, make such grave c/targrs against your fi'le^ul and brother, by asserting as you did, that J braait ta complain nf ijour preachings and charged ijoii icith preaching too JaithfuU reproving sin too miichy being personwl^ and that J coiled ^Qu a childt and in tact that I iubulted you ! . I s:iy it 11 Jrk re- his I? \8 It is noxvoiKler tlint luiman nature overcame my judgment, nhd that for awliile my temper overcame me. Here thoit,i;ht T, is a man \vl)o a few months aj;o, begged of me to give iiiin a friendly hint, when I heard him drop any thing from the Pitlpit, that I might deem improper, or that miglkt be softened, or if I could at any tin:e suggest any thing I thought calcuhued to improve iiim, and be beneficial to liis minijteriai cliaracter ; now, for a mere rpinion of n>y own, perhaps not one besides me in the church of the same mind, constitute that opinion into a grave ciiarge of in- sult, and at once, without any previous jitep, make it {i clvurcU maticr. I really even now, while I write, can scarcely bring my mind to believe that you can possibly be in your right mind ! If you are, I hope the irreparable injury you have done me, and tile base ingratitude witji which you have served me, njay in the great ult prove you a man of no more than even a very common education ! Already the ^cent is* out, and by your late jiroceelings the covering will be unteiled, and peo- ple will >ee it useless to pay a man for reading Hall and others, when they can read it themselves, although with not quite so much physical puvicr I I now leave you to yourscU* 12 ntiH your Gdd, not doubting however unlin(ipily I might have conducted myself in the meeting nlluded to in thi« let- ter, hut n very little time, will convince, every will thinking pel son in this community, that I hnd not, nor possibly could Imve, the most distant idea of offending you, nnd that the rei'engefid spirit, with which you have pursued me, will dis« cover itself to your own shnme and mortification. lam Sir, Your much injured Servant, JAMES HOLMAN. 'i V. S. I lrn«?t my late brethren will for onc?^ look favor- Ably on the o!)ject that has induced me thus to lay befi)re theni the grouuds that originatied my excluition from the Baptist Church. More than fifteen vears had 1 been a member : and witliwh.1t zeal and diligence, I have attended to every duty that devolv- ed on me, I will leave //lem coolly to determine. In doing so, they will lam sure, reflect upon the late trans.iction witli re- gret. Why could they not luive pointed out a medium path? It i^ true, I saw the diHiculties the Church was placed in, by the iiHprulenceoi their minister, who had threatened that either He^ or /, should leave the Church, ijtill, wisdom might buve^ pointed tmt a le^s hasty measure. On account of the very extraordinary proceedings taken Qpon a thing so trivial, it is not atall surprising that my temper was excited, and doubtless, too much. This I acknowled- ged. But when asked by my brethren, to make what I deem- ed unnecessary ctmcessions to Mr. C. I made use of a strong rxpresiion in reply to surh a request, which even now, I do Bdicoaceive it my duty to retract ...-^ J* H«^ •^;v