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DBCKMBLR 20. 1872
COLUMBIA. S.C
OLD SERIES, VOL. V.-NO. 223
c»f our profession* of gratitude and
l«>T«b by this aysUiu God comes to
u« und take# us at our wwd, tor ws
4»qy have been aiugiug;
o that 1 *q» o*d ail font I haw
ffaflljNI jwOTpi thine ;
Whnt «fV*r iny duty bid* on* five
My rtieeflnl Hand*
'•ft is fewfol to do good on the
Sabbafh d*y.»
S. 'Tbk teftfton why th© gift* are to
be 80 often repeats! in, in addition
L> pouring, infant membership in
the church, the purity of ministers,
and the congregational form of
church governwcut; all of which
they aay ha* been beaded down to
then from (he times of tbe apostfes.
They have preserved the Holy Scrip
turn* pare"ami unadulterated, and
have, in every age, prevented the
Romanist* jprom corrupting tbe In
apired teat. God ha* led those
people i*r* voodorfu) manner, lie
has led them through Atee and
and learned of earlier days, ie as-
compliahing it* mission everywhere.
The fact that tbe pulpit eat steal
the tide of wot 1 flits sm, end make
itself beard at all ia ear wended
cities, amid the worldlinem of ImsL
thnee tight has dawned upon bo
nightsd Italy, Omm pious and re
markable people are begtnning to
attract the aUsotiou of the Christian
world and many are iuqulrtog into
their history. The Iced era of tk t - *e
la hie Farewell Add&s, Washing
ton warned hV rouiitrjttun against
the delusion ai a nfirallty spurt
front religion Another TlUt in got shed
statesman of the It*rotation, Gov
croor Morns, declared: **I believe
that religion is the od|y solid huehi
of aMvalak* * e
The warning of those wont* ie
now much needed. W* are drilling,
in our system of public education
and in *11 other state tml national
s(Tsits, farther and further from our
old anchorage. We are toeing eight
of the truth that religion alone can
hold n* to the throw* of the Al
mighty. We seem to hare forgotten
that if that bond be sandered, as
tie of morality can keep tie from
floating away Into darkneem sad «fe
raas
wu malt*. i
and the blandishments Of pleasure,
indicates Us vitality. The pulpit
baa other fields of effect. In many
regions the palpal la Dm only eon
cervative iafiaenoe in eoeiety, and
legitimate!)
heart to secure^ large amount.
Without a k system as the text teach
ce, and ie found in “The !*>rd'ft
r f)eaeury Box Byoteai,” a large, ye*
the larger purlieu, end non* the ism
pious portion, of the church would
'be and indeed have been discouraged
from giving, because when called
Upon tP give once or twice a year,
the Utile they could then command
they feel rather back want or ashamed
to give. Bui laying ankle a little,
ftbog-h it ha in eae week, in the
the XU. rintory We beg Isave to
dlffiw from tham learned men. Ito
aaaa CalhoBe hletorians admit ifori
they existed as early as tbe IV ms
tary, and that they were the (w*U
o< the Roman ('atholk Church.
IMter Waldo wae not the founder
of this sort | he merely joined them
ia U«0, and became ooe of their
leaders. We find them people *4J
along the history of the church, and
has broagHt them to the fljrrinitd
haven of , religious liberty and
peace,—iMlkcran Observer.
mg rim and promoting morality ami
intelligence, when the laws of th®
State are inactive or poureffmh Tbs
church keeps peace with the growth
of population; it phwts She gospel
iu every neighborhood that fe or
ganised, while house* of wmshi; go
up among tbe eartieftr teptbftoteats
of every tow* or dt^; Its aggressive
Iter* hare b«en moJ
il by \ stiaied BiooA
Borneo* <4 tb« nj!
Hr « “ well M
vnwmof naim*
k<n or
| iu iUixwu
.»ns, Tetter. Salt
[V^uk*, Car-
F Eyes, EmmAk
[Sictn. Hamonjn*
hi.i.-ne or nature, ut
r- 'tent in a
P 1 - bottle w sod
>u, of their caratN,
[***! wheoerer rti
k skin in PimpW
kn yoo had it oh
lca.iv; it when it i,
\ *««!» tke Uoofl
^wen forsbarilnble purpose*,
ism in every land, tm| fa rapidly
eecuring a foothold on every shore.
Morality, m defined by lexmogra
{•tiers, m well m dlviaeo, ia the
permeated until now, when, for the
Anrf time iu fourteen hundred years,
the) jure permitted to worship God
aeeonliuf to the dictates of their
own couscieuemr These pious people
easily make profitable com pari sou*
between the antiquity of the books
and that of other writings and events.
The Scripture* contain the only
authentic bistort of the world before
the flood. We find in the Pentateuch
one or two stanzas of poetry com
poaed In the antediluvian period.
The Hebrew statutes were enacted a
thousand years before Justinian re
formed the Roman jurisprudence.
In the Bible we bare tbe reoord of
chartered right* secured to the peo
ple more than two thousand years
ttefore Magna ('Hart*.
What a Mfitatkw would be pro
duced if tbe first chapter of Genesis
tdiookl appear for the first time in
one of our newspaper* tomorrow!
Yet there can be no doubt that chap^
ter contains the oldest writing,
twenty five hundred years before the
invention of printing. Xenophon's
record of the conversation* of 80-
erstet, in his Memorabilia, seems an
old book to un, yet similar topics
were discussed in Ecclesiastes six
Lfliiefffomi flifiny <ro4» bus pros-
laeipnciir km wr*** ■ *t ;**■'
^dle pfoiwk lljvb ni the ton
ajhlWfhle asp», .#•
»K inouh fur the
Christianity etnpiey* are ae foil of
vigor as at any period of it* history.
—**C hriftitm Adeoosfo. levs
morality to be rsmparnl with that
of christhmity. Bhutl we, then, be
guilty of the fuQ) of aappiag tta
every age of the Christian church ;
they have always beea true to the
cardinal dortriam of the mw; they
have always borne testimony to the
oriy mimifirnnii i:<rwfifc OoriuthiiAe
entire hpirtto f»
MUfUff wuff' r uhegf>Wrfth' and prhu
fimfef Wl shtiiAlffmi ? ‘MmMwMtiw
they are known on the pages of
history by a great variety of names,
just a* la our own tU) those who
profess a living, an experimcutal
rhrwtianity, are called, by way of
cno tempt, IVtista, Puritan* and
Methodist*. The piou* have, ia all
•geo, iera stigmatiaed by name*
which carried with them reproaches
•ad sorer*, but in oar age these
terms of reproach have lest their
sr^nu e-.*age»l m
fcwrv. Tv< wttCT,
mice in kife, will 'bt
To cuard a^aiwt
MB UlTTK»3 CM*
InltruXleat
i!ie rallcr, of ov
e.j coaB,
k - ; Tilmot^. Ten*
[ CokmcK UrgnMk
b i van na!i,KrKttMxkfiL
To be Ased Iu a oaudttioa of par
petssl hotloess, parity sod «ictoss
util be oar ef tiff glarfous excel
feocw* of the OhOued Mr of Um
beliei cr la the Ipvaaly aorid —
TWo Usd stiot!
Yi*u bale cierri
• bicli is count?*!
fo»th la Jemm,
the believer *•
or earth)) life;
d In holy char-
opening of libraxim wae hut the
initiative to the opening of the pie
tnre gallery, the theatre, and the
race course. And the awful finale
we hot well know. Heaven's indig
nation slumbered not The religious
sentiment was eaten out of the
pop” 1 "
Mm>, pci sirv it uvm * usy w «s»crrc*»i
rest, divine worship, and holy in-
stmetion. to a day of pleasure and
amusement, and we may deepair of
heaven's favor. Nothing so surely
entails on a nation tbe malediction
of heaven.
2. It is a favorite device of Sotau
in oar day to gild over ein, to take
away its deformity, and make it
fashionable. If men and women .in
high life desecrate the Sabbath—if
magistrates and men of high social
position, and i*erbape members of tbe
church, will defraud and embezzle
and betray a sacred trust, bow is tbe
public conscience demoralized, and
the standard of virtue and common
honesty prostrated 1 Of the truth of
this our recent history is, a fearful
voucher. The gigantic fronds and
embezzlements in high {daces in our
great metropolis made rascalities,
which were once looked upon as dis
graceful and scandalous, popular in
all onr great cities and throughout
the land. And so of other sins,
even of those of the most flagrant
type. Fashion divests them of de
formity, and even makes them fas
cinating.-
3. And a yet bolder attempt is
made to screen sins the mostenor
tnous and crimes the most heinous
from guilt and oondign punishment.
It is the modern device of treating
crime as insanity. The most daring
crimes and outrageous violatious of
all right and justice have escaped
retribution on this very plea. 'What
think we of law, of courts and judges
who thus prostitute all law and all
justice! Let this idea once prevail,
and no crime need fear punishment,
no transgression a penalty. Our
jails, prisons, and penitentiaries
would at once poor out on a defence
less community hordes of thieves,
robbers, and murderers, the vilest of
the vile. For cunning craftiness,
there was never a more dcvelish
device. It is license unrestrained
for every crime.
5. Our times are times of violence
and rascalities. Violence is not con
fined to war or to the “bloody South."
Rascalities are everywhere; defelca
tions, malfeasance in office, frauds,
embezzlements, forgeries, tricks in
trade, smuggling, adulterations, com
binations in the gold and stock
trade, and bribery of every name—
these are some of the names and tbe
things done.
5. Our times are;times of extrara
gance and indulgence. Families lose
their fibre and strength. Many h
son aid daughter is ruined. Fair
women sweep the dirty pavement
with their rich dresses. The costly
gewgaws lavished on aa hoothsa
goddess are cheap compared to the
expense of dressing a fashionable
eww y«m shall he
l*i i,TIM' .it i if- w i ■ BnaM I*- f
kicfrr witnMi
W hat greater
God himself 1mm
firm his peafrf* I
k Ia ihdr (real,
fui influence upou
ceciiary- There »
Dr / Walk**
tediljr remove the
d» the U*weii *re
M*«OCretK>C»£ «.f the
tUy tunc turns of the
to be called a l‘ieu*t, or a Puritan,
or a Methodist ; throe phases of
rhnwtlastty mm no more be {Hit
down, either by ridicule or pecuecu
Tacitn*. Plutarch and Quintililac are
turf modern, yet tbe books of the
New Testament are older than they
As to tbe book of Job, its age is
beyond conjecture. Those who make
it as modern as they can are com
polled to (dace its origin at least one
thousand year* Mon Homer. When
Priam was king of Troy, Job was of
remote antiquity. The name of
Alexander has no modern sound for
urn, yet when Alexander invaded
Hyria, the book of Job might have
been read before him as tbe work of
an author more time honored then
than the name of Alexander is now.
The writings of Gonfncins arc
modern compared with most of the
Bible; and tbe most that the Hin
dooa can justly claim for their sacred
(took*, tbe Vedas, is that they were
written five hundred year* after tbe
death of Moses. Tbe Koran is a
I»ook freed) from the press compared
with tbe Scriptures.—Dr. Vpmn.
taut part of “the prwtkv of the,
duties of huutau life* ami “whs ,
d»enet* to the moral law,* Is utterly
Ignored. Ihxibtieia* there k a pear
ttesl distinct iot» brtween morality
and religion. Accepting the firm
{•art of the dhrfinrtfcMi shove given,
we would **) t JfehfNNi denote* .the
influence* and motive* to human
duty which are found in the ebam*
ter ami will of tied, while merufirp
describe*, not merely the duties to
man, hot the whole round of human
duty as conformity to th# divine wilt
Or in ot her words, religion is eseeo
Hally relation ami regard to the per
*oa of the Law giver, morality con
form it 3 to life law. A true and
trusted morality mul cover the
flame practical ground as trae ndi
gw»n. It Is the outward msnileuta-
Immi, the external product of the
inner ami spiritual tuoad between
the moral creature ami hie God. To
sever morality from religion sod es-
{met It to flourish, woo Id he like
(ducking young fruit from a healthy
tree with the expectation of seeing
it grow and mature. It may not
decay at once, bat it* nmneetioa
with the very «o«rc* of it* life ie
broken.
A* morality include* the whole
duty of man to his God, to htauw-lf,
and to hi* fellow man, ami ae mural!
j ty and religion thus cover the same
| practical ground, it follows that ns a
will be his mor
cm* epoo a nan Bern hi (hm life of the truth ! Thus, in the IV erct
then a solid ehrmUan character tary, those ptans Christian* who be
proof against the power of evil and hexed m the teaching* of Isrihr,
sin sorb n character a* Jean* cor j Bmlnop of i agltarn, wive branded a*
rird to tbe moral and nfurilnal non kevrlic* ami followcra ef the Ifevtl,
fl*t« in the uildernemf How rwli | lennwr Lucifer wn* one of the
sneh n boon eoushlerrd only with names of the Satan: ami yet they
reference to the preerot life; Uu were more orthodox than those who
then attar h u» this the idea of eter pere«'cuted them. Whenever any
an) duration, and we get a faint seet ditfervd from the lliurrh of
view of the valoe of what « brt«l Rome it was. of eourae^ denounced
has pre|Kired for those who love as heretical, and even now the
Mm. « horch of Itome demmncea all Pro
What a gr ind asenrance of hapfe Icriant* a* heretics. \Ye must,
nesa to the anwt, to feet that it* therefore, be carefol how we receive
moral riamting and safety Is assured ibe leriio»oiiy of Romanist* concern
hwrrar! Here we oftew. If not si tug ibe floundoees or utisoodncMS of
ways, “fear, lest a promise beiag the sert* that have sprung up by
left w* of entering that teat* by the side of their errors. They have
some mishap are may possibly “come always condemned those who were
short of it* Here we fear, that sounder i« the faith than themselves,
even after having preach*d to oth Thus the Wsldensee have always
era, we onrmfvea may prove “rwria been held up by the Romanists as
wsis.* Here we tremble lent in great heretic*. Thus the Ihike of
some unguarded moment, tempts Hsvoy was assured by tbe priests of
Uou may prove too strong fbr our lb*me tbst tbe children of the Van-
virtue m piety. What a relief, could doi* weir all monsters, sml sa blm k
we he assured for the lul>s< i of onr os negroes. He sent fbr n Vnndois
lives, that we should not betray nor l*sby and found it ns mor sod white
deny Jeans. »• bm own !
lint then God shall my to his pro It Is interesting snd mstructivu to
pie, “he that hi holy, let him be holy look lmek opon (he pages of history
still." 1*4 every ptons sentiment to see tbe canons reproachfhI tvrm*
ami etnotioa be perfwtnnl. Ia«t every applied to Christians win* believe in
moral principle be permanent as the experimental religion. Prions, one of
life of God. No mom failings, in the enrifest oppooeuts of Christianity,
firmitiea and sins; no more defects unite the ehriatinos “atheists” *»d
of heart or life over which to Isssent; Porphyry says they were a disloyal
no mors kindlings of as hallowed *H of fellows, snd ttoetonioas says
desire; no more bittern#** and re- the) w«v a turbulent crowd, always
greta at the fedoras and disappoint disturbing tbe pcaoe of the empire—
menu of life; but the grand summit w* a word of tniik iu either of
apPCuRal AJt
t Skm, Sorw Eye*.
IlMNtHMal Di>ea«i%
j »,W« their grew
or as often as be came and made
a speech, he would have given no
.*nch direction as he did,
r.< aod itmacabit
Bluer*
h-*r. By
Lv rceolriog i«n
a -crcular
a iKrmaueai cure
k.KKR’s VlXRl.nl
pud CanniiiiiiiA
b, Couatce-1 rnUol,
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lai s the Dcs: ufr
Lnant fevers, the*
k.-um i«w«ct ih*
For when
we remember how powerfully and
eloquently Paul spoke on .Mars-Hill
before the assembled wisdom of
Greece—how bi« reasoning “of right
eousness and temperance and judg
ment to come” made Felix tremble—
how A grip pa was almost persuaded
to become a Christian, we can easily
am that if he hod electrified the
Corinthian with his eloquence, he
*eaM have gotten vastly more than
by telling them to make weekly de-
poaitiln bis abflenc*. He wanted to
introduce a system of giving in tbe
eharch. He was looking to permanent
re*alts and to giviog a rale to the
church of Christ in all place* and
for all times.
2. Why were the Christian* to lay by
0» the first day of tits week—the L<mr$
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Before answering the question di-
rfrily, we will say that this text in
its very terms refntes and expels for
ever the notion in the minds of some
People, that the handling of money
is ft desecration of the Christian Sab-
bftth; that the preaching about
money is a profanation of the holy
toy ind the pulpit. For here is an
e*p*8S command to handle monoy
for one purpose on the first day of
tko week. Yes, when the early chria-
tins lifted their prayers and songs
°f prsise to God their alms also
vest np a* a memorial of their deep
P*rty sad their love ot Christ. One
ressoa of the command to give on
Still Mighty
power. The assertion is flippant
rather than philosophical. Were it
said that many people or communi
ties have shared and* slighted tbe
privilege* ol the go*»pcl uutil they
are becoming indurated ; or that
other* are Rnbriituting shams for
that system proclaimed by Christ;
or that the opening of new fields of
enterprise, and the rapid acquisition
of private fortune* which marks tbe
present age, hare developraHo rapid
ly tbe sensational element that peo
pie in tbe great centers of population
and trade can be moved only by
some extraordinary iuflaenoe, tbe
statement would approximate more
nearly the truth. The pnlpit was
never more potent than at the
present day. In every large city R
is a power that can make every
department of life feel its pressure
when occasion requires. We see it
sometimes prostituting its sacred
functions to secnlar ends; bat the
eagerness with which mercenary
men seek its co-operation, indicates
that even when it is emaculated, tbe
pulpit is as powerful as the rostrum,
even in fields which are not legiti-
Thoee who attend
•ican M»n u *
a freight on
:ing to
man’s religion is,
ality. Human dntins ara fetotniari
by human relation*. Every religion
bos tta own peculiar view of matrti
relation to God, anil even, in many
respect*, of the relation of aien to
The code of snorallty of
u nacconip*
tin- Exp*®*?
F money ™
toe first day of the week, no doubt,
'* to tecure the constant action of the
^■ri* To do this there most be a
PWlwolm day of the week named,
to will he overlooked, without
8 30teia, Now it can be done to bet-
ter ^vantage to the heart of tbe
•tofistian on the Habbatk than
any oth er day, because there is
time to think of God and
•Jesog and His cause—our obliga-
fllfed with prejudice agoiori chrio
t ian*. The most coin moo form of
rvpnMioh gjven to trae Christian*
wa* (oikarii, L s, “Tbe Pure,” be
comm they believe in moral purity of
life. I a England they were called
“LoUrd*,” i s, Psalm singers, a
word no doubt derived from the
German. “Ialien,” which means to
slag In n low, plaintive voice. Some
derive It from a jrfoua mao, Walter
Lollard, who was burnt at Criogne
iu I .HA, bat 1 think this Isa mistake,
a* th# name of this good man in
I At m was Walt eras Lollards*, there
bring no article In Iattin, It may be
traoristed, “Walter the Lollard,” or
“WalterthePsslm sitiger.” In France
th# {don* were coifed the “Poor men
of Lyons f in Holland they were
coifed •• Beggar* f they were coifed
In Italy and Spain, sod France, and
Germany, Hngneoota, Albfgeos#*,
V son lei*, Picards; aod in Bohemia
they were coifed Hu mi too, Bob cm i
ana, Moravians snd Bulgarians.
There or# msay interesting snd
important prints to theology rattled
by the Wriflunm*, unrii *
each other,
tbe Christina religion Is thjgmfora
necessarily end rasenttally tfUferviit
from that of every other religion.
Hakl Judge McLean: “Where there
fed loos which come la to o«r the
pose# of (he trfoua eon), and the ery
often goes oat, “Who shall deliver
me from thie body of death F A
painful mum of short rowing mokes
the smd tong for the time when It
Social Pbaitkr. —lie reverent
Do not address God in tbe couvermi"
tional tone in which yon spsak to
your brethren. If the Holy Spirit
lms stirred you np to call upon God,
do not try to be active or eloquent.
do not indulge in flight* of fancy;
do not “journey among tbe stars,” or
“ride the foaming main.” Remem
Christian morality.* Not only does
the observance of the Christian Bab
bath guard the sanctity and prevent
tbe violation of moral laws against
theft and murder, bat It does so bn
cause the law of the Habbath la an
essential element of the ends of
which then# other laws are also n
part. Mea itfesgirn ofeuat moral
duties because they disagree shout
God's law and government, and
man’* relations to them. Duma who
raooguise no few of th* Bnbbnth, no
law prohibiting the profeoe one of
ike mimes of the Father, Boa, aod
Holy Spirit, can hare no true chrin
tian morality. If they hove no re
gard for the precept* of the divine
few that forbid profanity nod the
habitations, bat in everlasting eon
dittoes of purity.
Glorious reward uf the beHever*»
faith! Well did an npoetfe my, “To
die In gala.” Mo centfegracfee of im
perfection In heavea; no evil pa«sh»u*
ae tempting devil, to watch there; no
dlreerimw of evil te occupy the mind
with the and thoughts uf possible
snoot art x bat fixed itt nentetnsi
hriineea, ns God oar Saviour is fixed;
that will he heavea indeed, ever es
ponding la this samrrd condition of
Irnitinroi end the enetoaded fever of
Gad. “Wherefbrv briurid. scetng
sfwweswa we sPsraPS sTg IiWiJW e SrSWP{| m” usmgg
ye fenh for sech thlngn, he diligent,
that ye be fimd of him la peace,
•Ubaet spot aod btomrica.*—&rf
IMt
'f Office
,r 28,1872-
e following
the precious blood of Christ—
t,n »e to review the kind providence
aod to ask each one for
ittftelC, “How much owest thou unto
|«y Lordbesides, tbe reading of
r0 ^ > * word, bearing it preached,
in tho services of the
Actuary, with alt the hallowed a«-
S0ei * t *° 08 of the [void's (lay, the re-
“Xtoibran** that if “Christ* be ri*en”
■'Mhe day celebrates, we are to rise
11 ***** higher and higher liffpt, and
^ onr affections on things which
®fe above/*—I **y, with all this
^ration oi ike heart we can
•• foe cause uf Christ on this
ihis rbadi
Train No. 8*
8 20 P 10
8 30 »»»
8 20 0*°
rmin No
I 11 05 P ^
6 00 ft 111
Llovrer th*®
Lid Oriu**”
to. 2 daily
matriy its own
tbe boose of God os they attend tbe
ooooert or the theatre, that they
may be entertained, may style tbe
(wenching of th© gospel dull, from
the fact that ft condemns what they
approve, and It* great mission can
not be adjusted to the low purpose
of amusing an Idle mind ^yet that
gospel, overlooked by those who
hs\c constituted themselves tbe stan
dard of w**k*n dr gbdd takte in this
The duty of the happy Is to help
the suflbriug to tour their wife.