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GENEALOGY 974.902 P69FB
Centenary First Baptist Church Plainfield, New Jersey 1818-1918
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November 24th, 25th, 1918
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REV. JACOB RANDOLPH First Pastor-1818-1828
REV. DANIEL T. HILL Second Pastor-1828-1839
REV. SIMEON J. DRAKE Third Pastor-1839-1862
REV. DR. DAVID J. YERKES Fourth Pastor-1863-1903
REV. DR. JOHN H. CHAMBLISS Fifth Pastor-1903-1911
REV. PHILIP B. STRONG Present Pastor
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY. CENTENARY 1818-1918. Program for Sunday, November 24, 1918. Morning Service 11 A. M.
ORGAN PRELUDE
DOXOLOGY
INVOCATION: LORD'S PRAYER
HYMN-"O God, our Help in Ages Past."
PSALM
ANTHEM
Spicker
Behold, there shall be a day when the watchman upon the mountain top shall cry aloud : "Arise ye, get up unto Mount Zion, unto the Lord your God." For thus saith the Lord:
Fear not ye, O Israel, neither be thou dismayed. Refrain thy voice from weeping and thine eyes from tears; for I, the Lord, am with thee and will save thee. I have loved thee with everlasting love and have redeemed thee. Why criest thou in thine affliction? Why mournest thou in nightly watches? I have redeemed thee. Therefore saith the Lord:
Sing ye aloud with gladness. Thy mourning is turned into joy. I, even I have redeemed thee. Be glad and rejoice. Thy sorrows now are ended and great shall be thy peace.
SCRIPTURE READING
PRAYER-Response, Choir
OFFERTORY-From the "Redemption"
Gounod
Lovely appear over the mountains The feet of them that preach, and bring good news of peace.
Ye mountains, ye perpetual hills, bow ye down. Over the barren wastes shall flowers now have possession. Dark shades of ancient days, full of hate and oppression,
In the brightness of joy fade away, and are gone. In this age, truly blest more than ages preceding, Shall the corn never fail from the plentiful ground; Under the shining sky shall the lambs gaily bound ; Void of fear, undisturbed, safely shall they be feeding. Then the timorous doves, wheresoever they fly, Shall not fear any more the hawk's merciless cry.
HISTORICAL REVIEW
L. V. F. Randolph
HYMN-(Tune: Alford,-"Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand.")
O thoughts both sweet and solemn Borne from the deathless past, That throng the mind and thrill the heart With meaning deep and vast! For though not all remember Those precious days of yore They are an inspiration still, And live forevermore,
What seasons of refreshing Did God in blessing send; How many saints before his face Today in homage bend; Because by lips now silent The love of Christ was shown, And souls were led their Saviour's name In grateful praise to own.
Lord, may thy servants ever Throughout the coming days, Be kept as loyal to thy Word, The Cross as high to raise ; That when the joyous summons Shall call to thy right hand, With golden sheaves before thy throne They, too, may gladly stand.
And grant, O dear Redeemer, That none who here have met To celebrate these gracious years May their new vows forget; Nor cease thy cause and kingdom With honor to maintain, .
Till with the ransomed church above The church below shall reign!
-Philip Burroughs Strong.
BENEDICTION POSTLUDE
Sunday, November 24, Evening, 7:45
PRELUDE ANTHEM Stoughton
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, that leadeth Joseph like a flock; that dwelleth between the cherubim, shine forth.
Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? Thou feedest them with the bread of tears and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel.
HYMN
SCRIPTURE LESSON
PRAYER
OFFERTORY-Contralto Solo
" Allitsen
"A Psalm of Thanksgiving."
HYMN
SERMON-"Our Debt to the Past and Our Obligation to the Future" The Pastor
HYMN
BENEDICTION POSTLUDE
Women's Meeting Monday Afternoon, November 25, 3 P. M. Mrs. Martin I. Cooley Presiding "One Generation shall praise thy works to another." Psalm 145:4.
DEVOTIONAL SERVICE
Mrs. J. A. Powlison
"FAINT NOT, FEAR NOT."
Young Women's Chorus
"WOMAN'S WORK-The Story of the Century"
Mrs. B. J. Shreve Mrs. Charles Smith Mrs. F. K. Anderson
"BRIGHTLY GLEAMS OUR BANNER" Young Women's Chorus A MESSAGE-From Dr. Rush Rhees, President of University of Rochester
CENTENARY POEM Miss Margaret W. Mccutchen
Read by Mrs. Charles W. Mccutchen
SERVICE OF MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1918, AT 8 P. M.
PRELUDE
ANTHEM-Te Deum Buck
We praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting.
To thee all angels cry aloud, the heavens and all the powers therein.
To thee cherubim and seraphim, continually do cry, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth ;
Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory. The glorious company of apostles praise thee. The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise thee. The noble army of martyrs praise thee. The holy church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee.
Thee Father, of an infinite majesty; thine adorable, true and only Son; Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ, thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst humble thyself to be born of a virgin.
When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.
Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come to be our judge.
We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.
Make them to be numbered with thy saints, in glory everlasting.
O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage; govern them and lift them up forever.
Day by day we magnify thee; and we worship thy name ever, world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin; O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.
O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us, as our trust is in thee.
O Lord, in thee have I trusted, let me never be confounded.
PRAYER
SOPRANO SOLO-"With Verdure Clad." Haydn
(Sung by Request)
SCRIPTURE
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CENTENARY HYMN-Tune: Portuguese Hymn-"How Firm a Foundation"
Our Beautiful Past! It is surely our own-
When God sent the Son from the Heavenly Throne
To rescue the fallen-to succor the weak, Encourage the fainting and comfort the meek.
Our Beautiful Past-When our martyred ones died ! Through flames they the forces of Evil defied; Their decorous lives found triumphant release From Sin's fierce oppression to honor and peace.
Our Beautiful Past-When our forefathers fought For Freedom of Conscience; and, faltering not, These saints, who were ever most fervent in prayer, Were heroes in battle to do and to dare.
Our Beautiful Past-Here was planted the Tree "Whose leaves were for healing"; whose fruitage we see. We bless them that planted and praise the Most High For gifts ever gracious, for perils passed by.
Our Beautiful Past to the Present gave birth; To-Day mothers grandly the Future of Earth; Past, Present and Future are held in Thy Hand, Great Father of All, for our Beautiful Land! -L. V. F. Randolph.
ADDRESS-"A Typical Preacher of the 19th Century" Hon. David Jayne Hill
ANTHEM-Chorus from "The Redemption" Gounod
Unfold, ye portals everlasting, with welcome to receive him ascending on high. Behold the King of Glory! He mounts up through the sky, back to the heavenly mansions hasting. Unfold, for lo, the King comes nigh.
But who is he, the King of Glory?
He who death overcame, the Lord, in battle mighty.
But who is he, the King of Glory?
Of hosts he is the Lord; of angels and of powers; the King of Glory is the King of the saints.
Unfold, ye portals everlasting, with welcome to receive him ascending on high. Behold the King of Glory! He mounts up through the sky, back to the heavenly mansions hasting. Unfold, for lo, the King comes nigh.
. HYMN-"Blest be the tie that binds."
SOCIAL GATHERING IN THE LECTURE ROOM
The First Baptist Church of Plainfield, N. J., the parent church of Plainfield, was constituted November 25th, 1818. From it two other Plainfield Baptist Churches have gone forth. It began its career with thirty-four members. Practically three generations have lived and died, participating in the work and privileges of this church. At the end of a hundred years eight hundred members are on its roll. Within its walls and by its congregation a million dollars (approximately) have been contributed to church and philanthropic purposes. Its sympathies and benevo- lences are world-wide. Its courage and sacrifice have been proportionate. Seventy men have within the past year gone forth from its congregation to take part in a righteous war. Its Bible School, under able management, is efficient in all depart- ments. Its Ladies' Benevolent Societies and Youths' Societies are constant and enthusiastic. Its property is free from all incumbrance and has a fair value of about $150,000. In many ways this church has been specially blessed. To an
ever-gracious God be all praise at this Thanksgiving season and evermore!
The following named persons constituted this church November 25, 1818:
Elder Jacob F. Randolph and wife, Sarah Randolph; Daniel F. Randolph and Rosanna F, Randolph; Benjamin Laing, Sophia Laing; John F. Randolph, Elizabeth
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Randolph; William Lupardus, Mary Lupardus; Samuel Estil, Elizabeth Estil; John Manning, Jane Manning; Abraham Lane, Margaret F. Randolph, Elizabeth Man- ning, Rachel Dunham, Mary A. Dare, Mrs. Mary F. Randolph, Jeannette Coriel, Elizabeth F. Randolph, Hetty F. Randolph, James A. Dare, Anna F. Randolph, Mary F. Randolph, Sarah Flatt, Nancy Molleson, Rachel Soper, Mary Stites, Anna Meads, Peter Laing (colored), all from Samptown, and Drake Dunn and wife, Nancy Dunn, from Piscataway.
The names of the Pastors whose faithful services have been instrumental toward the prosperity of the church, follow:
Jacob Fitz Randolph, 1818-1828.
Daniel T. Hill, 1828-1839.
Simeon J. Drake, 1839-1862.
David J. Yerkes, 1863-1903.
John A. Chambliss, 1903-1911.
Philip B. Strong, Pastorate began 1912.
CHURCH OFFICERS
PRESENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES
L. V. F. Randolph, President; Alexander Gilbert, Vice President; T. S. Armstrong, J. Herbert Case, J. G. Mclaughlin, Treasurer; Howard J. Runyon, Secretary.
1818-TRUSTEES -- 1918
Sixty-one persons have served the church from the beginning as Trustees, including the present Board: Daniel F. Randolph, John Wilson, John Manning, John Allen, William Lupardus, John F. Randolph, Wm. D. Sherwood, Freeman Cole, Drake Dunn, John Stein, Daniel Drake, Aaron Osborn, Jacob Manning, Benjamin Stelle, Noah Drake, James Leonard, Alfred Berry, Joel Dunn, Wm. P. Williamson, Joseph Nelson, Nelson Webster, Moses H. French, James M. Dunn, Levi Hetfield, William White, Corra O. Meeker, Thompson E. F. Randolph, Halstead C. Compton, Martin Giles, Manning Stelle, Wm. C. Ayres, Henry Smith, Elston Marsh, Jeremiah Man- ning, Wm. R. Clarkson, D. J. Boice, Nelson W. Gardner, Theo. F. French, Lemuel W. Serrell, E. J. Chaffe, Alex. Gilbert, Geo. A. Chapman, Frank H. Gardner, Francis E. Marsh, Morgan S. Taylor, Martin I. Cooley, E. J. Waring, Samuel St. John Mc Cutchen, Uzal B. Crane, Harold Serrell, Lewis V. F. Randolph, John D. Runyon, Thomas S. Armstrong, Oliver B. Leonard, F. E. Kinsman, J. Herbert Case, Alfred W. Day, George F. White, John G. Mclaughlin, Wm. A. Conner, Howard J. Runyon.
THE OFFICIAL PARISH CLERKS
John Wilson, 1818-1825; Benjamin Stelle, 1825-1846; Wm. Piatt Williamson, 1846-1850; Alfred Berry, 1850-1864; Martin Giles, Thompson E. F. Randolph, 1868- 1871; Elston Marsh, O. B. Leonard, 1876-1917; Wilbur W. F. Randolph, elected 1917.
PRESENT BOARD OF DEACONS
Edwin L. Bonny, President; Samuel P. Case, Secretary; Frank W. Jones, Treas- urer; Arthur M. Harris, Charles Conover, James L. Manning, Norman H. Pro- basco, Geo. H. Batchelor, Wilbur W. F. Randolph, John A. Powlison.
The following named persons have been on the Board of Deacons from the organ- ization of the church, 1818-Daniel F. Randolph, John Manning, Thomas Stead, Drake Dunn, William Lupardus, Benjamin Stelle, Manning Stelle, James T. Dunn, Elston Marsh, Oliver Runyon, Manning Vermeule, Daniel D. F. Randolph, Insley Boice, Peter Balen, Stephen H. Burr, John Baldwin, Lemuel W. Serrell, George F. Brown, Henry E. Needham, Edwin L. Bonny, Rufus K. Case, John B. Probasco, William White, Thomas C. Aldrich, Frank W. Jones, Reuben Knox, M. Clark Dobbins, Samuel P. Case, Robert W. Barnes, Frederick S. Thompson, Norman H. Probasco, George H. Batchelor, Arthur M. Harris, James L. Manning, Charles Conover, Wilbur W. F. Randolph, John A. Powlison.
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DEAONESSES (Organized March 27, 1912)
Mrs. J. L. Manning, president; Miss Anna E. Boice, secretary; Mrs. A. M. Harris, Mrs. R. W. Barnes, Mrs. Charles Conover, Mrs. John A. Powlison, Mrs. Wilbur W. F. Randolph, Mrs. Frank W. Jones, Mrs. F. S. Thompson ( removed to Con- necticut), Mrs. George Brown (resigned), Mrs. George H. Batchelor (deceased).
1818-THE CHURCH CLERKS-1918
Members who have served the church as clerks from beginning are: Drake Dunn, Jefferson R Dunn, John Wilson, James C. Ayres, Elston Marsh, O. B. Leonard, Wilbur W. F. Randolph.
ORGANIST AND MUSICAL DIRECTOR Howard M. Case
Charles W. Mccutchen was Musical Director for fifty years, until 1918.
PRESENT BIBLE SCHOOL OFFICERS
Superintendent, Arthur M. Harris.
Associate Superintendents, F. W. Jones, J. E. Church, Mrs. F. M. Robins.
Secretary, George C. Church; Treasurer, Frank B. Bach. 1
Department Superintendents: Beginners, Mrs. J. Herbert Case; Primary, Mrs. J. A. Powlison; Junior, Mrs. F. W. Jones; Intermediate, Ernest K. Powlison; Senior, Harold Robins; Adult, Mrs. L. H. Matlack; Home, Miss Mary White.
Our church Sunday School superintendents from the beginning have been: Jefferson Dunn, Benjamin Stelle, Jacob A. Wood, James C. Ayres, David Lenox, Oliver Runyon, Levi Hetfield, Elston M. Dunn, Oliver B. Leonard, William White, William M. Gray, Stephen H. Burr, Charles W. Mccutchen, Rufus K. Case, George H. Batchelor, James E. Church, Arthur M. Harris.
THE WOMAN'S MISSIONARY CIRCLE
Mrs. J. A. Powlison, President; Mrs. F. K. Anderson, Mrs. J. Herbert Case, Miss Amy J. Conant, Vice-Presidents; Mrs. Clarence Murphy, Recording Secre- tary; Mrs. J. R. Hefti, Corresponding Secretary; Miss Sara E. Conover, Treasurer; Mrs. Samuel P. Case, Assistant Treasurer.
Y. P. S. C. E.
Percy Stelle, President; Mabel D. Cronce, Vice-President; Dorothy Lee, Secre- tary; James Hodgskin, Treasurer,
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HISTORICAL REVIEW
If I were asked what is the lead- ing principle which in the ages past has appealed most potently to the mind of the Baptist and has most clearly distinguished his character, creed and behavior, I might answer -the Individual and Direct Ac- countability of Every Mature Mind to God alone. It was this thought that impressed our distinguished statesman, Daniel Webster, as being the most tremendously important that had ever entered into human consciousness. No priest nor poten- tate to intervene between Man and his Maker. The Solemn Responsi- bility conjoined with the August Freedom of the Soul of Man!
It was in the early part of the fourth century of our era that Don- atus Magnus, a defender of the free góspel, when threatened with the wrath of the Roman Emperor, shout- ed the slogan of liberty-"Quid est Imperatori cum ecclesia!" What has the Emperor to do with our re- ligion ?* It was a like exalted re- sistance, so valiantly made by the Novations and the Albigenses and the later Baptists, to human inter- vention in this same sacred relation of the Spirit of Man to the Ineffable Divine.
If you will turn to the article on Ana-Baptists in your British Ency- clopedia, you will read-"There is an obvious genetic, though not his- torical, connection between the Ana- Baptists and those earlier sects (Novations, Donatists, Albigenses, Waldenses), which did not practice infant baptism." The article goes on to advert to the "fundamental principles" characterizing these dis- ciples, namely "the Independence of the Individual judgment and the su- preme importance of Personal Faith"#
Now there could be no such thing as independent individual judgment
and personal faith on the part of in- fants. Nor is there in any book of the New Testament nor in any writ- ing of the next two hundred years any suggestion of Infant Baptism.
Meantime voluntary Believer's
Baptism-always immersion-was
the only sort known. It was the only sort which could contain the symbolical significance of Purifica- tion and Resurrection. And these symbols could only appeal to the mature believer.
Purification and Resurrection were not acceptable doctrines to the Early Roman Emperors. Persecu- tion set in and True Religion sought retirement. Then, as told by Pliny (enemy of Christians, writing in the first century) and Justin Martyr (Believer and Apologist, writing in the second) * Christians met in se- cluded places for worship, covenant- ing with each other for lives of holi- ness and gathering around the Lord's Table in a brotherhood of love. Those who came to join them were, after spiritual preparation, taken to a place where there was water and were baptized. All Chris- tians were in fact Baptists.
Two radical errors first crept in- to the Christian faith along with in- fant baptism :- one being that the rite was itself regenerative or mi- raculous; the other could be "saved" by that means that infants
alone. These errors bred others tending to emasculate and destroy the principles of Direct Human Ac- countability. "The church" became more and more a great organized machine, a "juggernaut," crushing independent judgment.
Tertullian (who in genius and learning was the Francis Bacon of his day) was a Christian leader and teacher at the end of the second century and the beginning of the third. He had indignantly opposed
*Encyl. Brittan, 9th Ed., Vol. VII, p. 359. ¿ Idem. Vol. I, p. 786.
*C Plinius Trajano Ep. XCVI. Justin Mar Apol.
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the early suggestions of infant-har- tism-and-church-membership. "Let them come," said he, "when they are taught to whom they may come. Let them become Christians when they are able to know Christ."
Despite such injunctions and warnings, the superstitious practice of infant baptism and the dogma of infant salvation entered the
church. Children so baptized, and
so instructed afterward, naturally grew up to be dependent rather than independent :- indeed they coul.1 scarcely be said to grow up. It was better that they should not, and quite unnecessary-as their leaders seemed to think. Their personal faith might indeed be exercised; but, if so, it must be blindly and in obedience, not to Christ or Sacred Scriptures, but to the authorities of an all-arrogating Church. The de- velopment of a large mentality and of an independent judgment would be highly dangerous.
This was the general conception of personal religion which pervaded the dark ages and continued almost to our own day. But there were a few choice souls in whom burned the light that arose amid the darkness. These were from time to time ac- cused of infidelity or rationalism, because they used their reason.
Justus Lipsius, a wavering, but witty adherent to Mother Church in the 16th century, said-"An Ana- Baptist is but an ignorant Socinian. A Socinian is but a learned Ana- Baptist."+ In his devotion to Au- thority, Lipsius perhaps forgot that the Emperor Constantine, Prime Protector of the Church, who well- nigh ruined Christianity with his power and patronage, was an Arian, and would have been a Socinian if he had lived a dozen centuries later.
But is it true that independent, matured, Christian judgment, based on Christ and the Scripture, leads inevitably to error and injury? For answer we do not need to theorize. We have only to appeal to history.
The artificial hierarchy estab-
lished with Constantine, and subse- quently maintained, has been able to point with pride to a long line of spiritual rulers who were Vice- Gerents on earth of The Omnipotent, and whose utterances were the final and unquestionable words of truth. If this were really correct and trust- worthy, then what is the need of in- dependent judgment? Submission and obedience would be the only vir- tues. Baptists have from the earliest days denied such dictation, holding vigorously to individual re- sponsibility. If one body has con-
tinued through priests, another
has descended as continuously
through principles. Hierarchies
might fail; possibly have failed.
Under Providential care the few simple and sacred principles and
seed-thoughts of Primitive Chris- tianity have retained their integrity and development. In every age have lived strong, worthy, thought- ful men of piety, keeping alive the faith and practice of Apostolic times-their lives exemplary and meek, their principles democratic, their church ordinances-Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Thus have safely come down to us the testi- monies which tally with the New Testament.
I have spoken of this Gospel as simple. The Church was simplicity itself. It was the Ecclesia-the Meet- ing. Originally, it had no churchly significance. The Town Meeting in these later days has been alike the cradle and the symbol of the Repub- lic; so the simple conference of re- ligious souls, where "even two or three are gathered together," was the embodiment of Baptist Democra- cy, and so it has remained for nigh two thousand years.
If there has been a Continuous Church or Society true to the orig- inal New Testament pattern in its tenets and observances, it has been, and is, the Baptist Church. Can we trace its career from the earlier days? We can. We almost say we
¿Tertullian De Baptismo ch. XVIII.
+W. R. Williams' Lectures, 1877,p. 171.
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can trace its path by its blooddrops of suffering and sacrifice.
In this connection I call your at- tention to two respected authorities of a comparatively recent day- Ypeij and Dermout,¿ both Univer- sit men of high repute in the nation- al church of Holland; the former a Professor of Theology and the lat- ter Chaplain to the King. '
These join in a work on Church History, published in 1819. Allud- ing to the ancient career of our Baptist Ecclesia, they say:
"We have already seen that the Baptists, those who in former times were named Ana-Baptists and in later days, Mennonites, were originally
Waldensians. These in the history of the church, in times so far back, have obtained a well-deserved re- nown. In consequence the Baptists may be regarded as being from of old the religious denomination that have continued from the times of the apostles as a Christian society, who have kept the Evangelical faith pure through all the the ages hith- erto."
This Theme-The Antiquity of the Baptist Church as the True Church-is fascinating, and I could have many things to say upon it, but must not say them here. Let me only remark that as to the Ordi- nance which gives us our distinctive name, it has been kept in high re- spect in its original form through- out the ages. No other form was thought of by any Christian for a long time.
The Established Churches of Rome and of England continued its observance. Splendid Baptistries still stand, which attest the ordinance as continuously ob- served, and many leading writers of various denominations give cheerful testimony to Baptism by Immersion as the original rite. In passing, one might mention that, even after the great English schism, Elizabeth and
Edward VI were both baptised by Immersion*
But even these interesting facts do not touch us Baptists as does the greater one that our fore-runners of the faith have ever stood forth, and stood firmly, for Freedom. The ral- lying thoughts of Baptists have ever been-For Conscience and Hu- man Brotherhood! Shake off the shackles from the bodies and souls of God's servants! To accomplish such tasks, their voices and pens have been eloquent, and even their guns have thundered.
As to resistance to persecution and taking up arms for defense, differences of opinion have existed amongst the followers of the Prince of Peace. For the most part, through the ages, Baptists have been non-combatants. Most of the wars were Kings' quarrels, from which these good people sought exemption. Even when their liberties and lives were extinguished, they meekly suf- fered. In 1534 certain oppressed peasants on the Euopean Continent begged redress of political wrongs. Their requests, though reasonable, were disdainfully refused. t A re- bellion broke out in which a few Ana-Baptists participated, though most of them stood aloof. Fanatical leadership precipitated the ruin of an ill-timed movement, and enemies of Baptists ever afterwards heaped opprobrium on Baptist faith and character for the Münster mishap. Refugees sought shelter in Eng- land. In the following century their descendants essayed again a forceful contest witn Tyranny and proved their courage on many a well-fought battle-field.
"The Puritan in Holland, Eng- land and America," by Douglas Campbell, has this Record:# "The men who made up the new army of Ironsides, which won the victories of Naseby and Dunbar-the men who smiled only as they went into
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