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Rude & Miller, Editors, 0*1 LORD. OKE FAITH. 0*1 1APTI8M."—EPHESIAKS 17:6. COLUMBIA. 8. C.. FRIDAY. MAY 9, 1873. grandeur inspire na with intense longings for the accomplish men t of the prediction, and dissatisfaction with fts present Imperfect state. We long to see Rdeoie bloom sod beauty again; the wilderness sod solitary places made glad, ami the desert to rejoice and blossom os the rose. We long for verdure and btemm to l»e perpetual; for flowers to spring in pereonkil glory j tor the son’s bright rays to be op modified ss no longer to wither ami burn, but tor his effnlgent glory only to strengthen; to cause healthtol growth end gtml ness of heart. We wont the birds to slug forever, the kw and snow ami chill and blasting winds of shivering winter to vanish before the San of Highteousness, anti fora we shall he satisfied. III. When shall we be satisfied f David responds, “I shall be satis tied when I awoke with Thy likeness.” Johu answers, “ When tie will appear we shall lie like Him.” “And who soever bath this hope in him pun A eth himself even as He is purs,” thus recognising the same desire for purification of heart, which only can insure satisfaction. To him who is sleeping iu Christ, the consummation will be at the resurrection of the just. Instantaneous will be ih< transformation ; in a moment, in the twiukling of an eye, the corruptible will put on Incorrupt ion-—t be mortal immorality. This, indeed, will be a victory over death and the grave that may well call forth joy fa! or clumution* to resound through th« entire universe. How little ma hu man conception form any idea of the grandeur of miraculous power mam fested in this instantaneous act! After the |»ruyiiig, Communications. ■Wff jl i r [[ their natural fowling* and a Abet font, and In drive them from the parental roof, and canoe them to seek m» In their researitated bodies they are Inwapsble of death and have ascend ed la heaven with Christ, and are ‘ 4 eiders* from the dead, as Christ was the firstborn from the dead. It is mail tabled that these glorified mem lire la Owtr risen bodies, la the Ideamdnras of heaven ; that theirs is that “aew «o»g* which could be tang tody by the redeemed: ‘Thou wait slain, sod hast redeemed us to Old by thy blood out of every Lutheran Visitor for the Satisfied. A child first knows its mother at the supplier of its needs. When it is bangry or cold or is paia it, tarns to her, aud she gives it food, warmth, comfort. That la tho way the child oomee to lore its mother. As for her. her delight is in supplying the child’s necessities. That is her great joy. The tie that biads them togeth er is the babe’s aead ef its mother, aad her supplying that Mid. the family. The father receives aad forgives the prodigal mm. Oar Hear only Father fovglvra the most eg gravatrtl dhsws, aad shall puay man refas* to do that which detracts not from the dignity of the Rater of the reivers* Y Fa therm, mothers, Christian*, Is It Sot provoking the goodnese of Osd to say, I eon naS forgive my ehlkl, er my brother, er lister ss the ease may he f Da yea, wheo you rate** lata fMt risasta to hoi) eommaakm with Him, who la a dmrerncr uf the thoaghta am) is be mthtaA when I awake with 1 £?* lifc„niT Paa'm XVII J| U. ^ wkst will give us satisfaetion! ^ yn than full restoration to ^ wt heard last, that to whidb * m \ to ardently aspires, and ^ udailstiou to his own gto Jom Anything lew then ^ ^ not satisfy us, atul we are s($m fgtd s oomplete realization of ^ggirslious. H shall bo satis ^ fb* I awake is Thy likeness n vffhs He will appear, we shall be Hit Him-" taoot m mymlf, hot sloe pfaraC for TtotoMptaWea heman Mags In heaven station through the mmmmbm that oB my died pies ; various degrees ef In their conMnro siiatraio* of soul wool tod sorrow bring. Love in the glory, salted la the various capari- tad body 1 Christ, Booth, Elijah euosbiae is overt, hoi it tokos the Use sod st tain meats ef my fol and the foar and twenty eiders, storm to show all that U really Jo. lowers.* The wards, “many man TV «mty-four of those hove died sod We never know the worth of a atoms* oeovwy the idea ef a aortal *0T egoto, so Chrtot died and rose friendship till it has borne fist test, city l hah!tattoos of spar proximity M'd. sod they ate patterns like The bond that grasped ease when where a baly>oraety dwaft. Aerial bio. of what si) the sored will be. we were sinking, the breast that pti •»d friendly lateronssas Is aa tori ?« ft out oertaln that they and all loved oar hood whan we. mate to dent Moagtog to sack a tarisfy, 1 other risen sad glorified saints may sorrow, these are love’s interpreters, tad this tsvstvua e keowlodge ri owtita end o«aaue together nod It to Just so that Ood iaterprets asd eemmantaa with each ether. wRli all the bright inhabitants of himself to ua—through oar sends The non*merino wilt he on toptas of fV sngr! world Y Throe four abd And the w»y we are to understand hlwe sod ptoses re, sad the idea, twenty “ektors * whom John uv him to just as too baby aixtocwteeds tho world; bidden from every aye aaro the mgmmf ll>m who «e n*ij where present, hehohltog Urn nil and Uni good; with that prmyw ef prayers before, do yaa thee aad there pray. Father /Wytra me, aa 1 jWptes my cAdd, or my brother, aad out forg»«* f If you pray teas, sro you not regarding lutquitv to yunr hearts I ood can you expect (tot to fte process of purification coin 1(a eeiM*y hut it wilt not reach its gyljggitMa until ere shall “awake,” * until he will appear. Those very juris and tougings are part of the that result: for God gau torocore ««r hat respect to the devout aud i^atishk wish of the heart, aud to ixagonge of pleading importu lity. And to those who say, “As pBteth the heart after tho water rioks, so pauteth my soul after ihee, 0 God,” He ever responds, .Blessed are they who hunger and 'iust after righteousuess, for they toil be filled.” To be like God 1 How glorious id entirely' incomprehensible the n>rj thought! Those attributes of pita, with which we scarcely dare Stfcioknf associating ourselves, we M not consider iu this connection. Bat the stupendous greatness of the ami and physical transformation is rikoot to overwhelm na “He ril&inge our vile body, that it may bhahkned like unto his glorious Wj.” “As we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also tor the image of the heavenly.” To have our bodies so traus igured m to resemble Christ’s glorified one, is an anticipation that we euu not grasp. To partAke of ^is nature in uy degree, is almost t*ey ood opr con ception,. and yet how insatiably do te bog for purity of heart, for per- .total to every part, and you nmprrt ant, nor wbry the com maud to fovgtvr, where la Urn nt •toner uf year tots for Uua «h» •aid, “A m« omaiMlaiat I gi«u unto you. That y* lova om aatotor, m 1 have loved >u«.* iVtvr asked, “How often shall my Iwoihev tree pom or offend me aml I forgive him, until m%«a tome* F The aaewev ***. “Not uul*l seven time*, but until seventy time* wits.* Here am} of waat of trouble. Whew we ere per plexed, when we are disappointed, when hope seems gone out, it to just then that we ore to fori that there is ta God ell that we waat The happine** of God Ilea juet te this, in supplying the need of hie creature* la it sweet to a mother to give her baby the comfort it arise MPfriF t »i shell of the heevealy .* to give bis children wbut pleases them Y It it joy to e wife to fill end satisfy all the wonts of her husband’s nature! How much more, thou, shall oar Heavenly Father taka de light in meeting aa just where we need help the moot! To abut away any hunger ot the heart from God, to fori that any. thing is too groat to oak him, to to wroog ootwelves. It to to doubt his love. We can not prescribe tho ex act way in which he will help u* Why should we Y Can the baby tell it* mother what to do for it, or the pupil inatroct his teacher, or the sick man direct his physician how to treat him Y If we ooaId directly control God’s acts by our prayers, we should lose all the benefits of his wisdom. Bat this is certain; the soul can not utter a cry that be docs not hear it; that his heart does not respond to it swifter than a mother’s; that all the power and wisdom of the In finite One are not employed to an- iLwu drop* that ho through his fh *Sb *d "to i ta* ■asth to dM * tu Jude* the people came to offer somffro. They come to Jerusalem, bunging the lamb, and they sacri the hoping, |be toiling, the fearing, the doutamg of a lifetime, to find the sum of all our ho{>es and expectation* realized in the twinkling of an eye! m. b. a Uvriy to Use osmtog Messiah, be lievteg that, by noose mean* iu blood Should uaah away their sins ; igd ffta man laid his hand on the hr«d of the lamb, there, at the door Selections. court of the trupk. ami a* he oou fcMied hta moa, and the blood of the lamb for wed, they seemed to paes a«*y ; aad a* thought passed from Mouat Moriah, aud the lamb there, to the Lamb of God, who should come te tho teat flays to be a sucrifioe, be obtesri peace for hts heart; he eaw the day of Christ, and tu glad, aad he was able to say, “As for as the East is from the West, so for hath he separated my mas from me." Forgiveness! How shot! we dr then by the eyo of foith he uv the fine it t Is there soy word that glories of the heavenly Csaaoa *ml fully snd corm-tly conveys to the an innumerable rompaoj of redeemed mind the reel mesuiog T The true aguriU readji to «rtouss* him to Iheur import of the w,wf» is to be felt ruth bright abodes, with the gtonfod So* er thau spoken. By aim «t every o( Man fttaodiug ml the right h*ad ou« it is sawl to mean |*rd<H.; bu? | of God. His w.wfc isdooe; he kmels pardon doe* not always «*airy with down ami prays a* tew hat* ever it forgiveness. Hew often do we prayed, “Lord lay sot this ate ta say to those oflondiag us. oh yes! I t h*ir charge.” Ua** aay of ue «uf forgive, or pardon, yoor offense, f r r«*d as he suffered sod preyed us when, at’ the same time, there is m> be prayed Y change in our feeling* toward the One move; a greeter than Htephea offending person. True for give wee* ^ here Ood Manifest iu the gt*h is that iu which the mtr>«l nsuent* j rmtm the Muviour of stamro fully und freely to the word spoken |]« uaghl hirgiveness Iu *11 hto Tlicn let um notice the effect of touching*, sad eu*w«*fl it hy In* .ty this moot excellent virtue; trot, te ing example Aftei htafung the pas* tbe family; next, morally and *orisl over, He hmitoted tho ftapper with ly ; and lastly, te thw churwb. how, these emphatic v..nh, This d* te re what is the motive power that pwts mrmftrwm* of me (tea ssry sue ho a iuto action this genuine Christine worthy partaker of that rapper and principle T It is loot—pore, wwmued, not forftre s toother who has sdhnd- without alloy. Go into the family ed him, and for whom Christ has where tbe spirit of forgiveness jure dtedf Having snag a hymn, ho went vails; where it is cnltivnted snd out. Follow him wtfh hi* eleven «ll* cherished ; how soon it tells upo* riptos to the gurtton of ttethrnmsne, the conduct of every member of that where he prayed, “Father, If It be tamily ; every thing is made to bar p«n*ibl* t let this cup pans, nsvevthw monixe; tnntuai coocemion. only lea*, not my will, but thine he done* bind the closer those who make Jf«w Jnda* and the muKrtude come them. As is the effect in the tamily, and arrest him Nse him led away so is it nputi u community ; it pro to tbe high priestte polnew hy the to vents many violations of tew; It snltiag mrwd; look at him te 1*1 stay* the murderer s hand ; it Steps late’s judgment hall; go with him tu the midnight incendiary in hU pur Ifcrod** h«Niae. «l»eer ho is set at |H>se of revenge; pandyzes eu*y, naught and mocked by Herod tod m»k«-s Jo*lousy hsrmlemi by taking hi* men of war, accompany Mm hook from it that upuu which it feed* ami to Dilate** baft Think of the pnvpi* grows strong. T.ike away from any robe, the crown of thorns, buffeted community *Aw grace, this virtne, * n ,l » t A% n|**n by Ms Jewish brwfh and woe butidea the dwellers them; n»t>. “Boon blood will touch Idood.” The scene end* not here. Piteta But it is among the professed fid- any*, “I find nothing worth* uf death lowers of Christ Its effects should he \ m him * The Jews with one vmsu more clearly wen. And hare I would demand hto death Pilate ronaeato ask, is there, or can there he, such a and condemn* Mm to die uu tho being m an nnfnryicing Christian t If «roan, lie to led like a tomb to (Ml the baneful influence uf an unforgiv slaughter, and aa S sheep before hue ing spirit la seen and felt upon a shearers, to da mb—he apeea not hie church, the opposite to not the leas mouth. Bearing hto crons, he guee marked in tbe steady progress of forth to ftelvary fallowed by that that church where It exists; by the jeering throng. Andos these wi«k. general bsrmouy that prevails sarong ed Jews stand around tho croon wag its members—forbearing one another gtng their heeds, tamping insult upon in love. We often bear prntemad Iniult, la bkl thirst ftvteg him rim Christians say, “Such a brother has ( . r «n in sled with gall to drink, and these teires realized, we would be like Cfcrist. This universal and intense teire alone is prophetic of Its ac complishment. j v Bat the reooratiou of our moral “hire is a fftiil greater conquest, it is sweat, indeed, to think that the ^niption of the body involves ces- *tan from all sufferiug, iuflnrmity, uf happy Osaonatoa, with uhom tbs lialntteu of anlitnde te unknown fownal inteeromrua ulff buighten tbevt beavenly ftrikftf TWj will never mgh foe tbe nrataty uf n tent ouuci * u fay mu or blight of any kin mt sinless love for the beau I ?ky*ical bumaliity shall th testified to the utmost; but tt •owl part of humanity shout '“pood to the exterior, aud ^ glorious within,” is what, i We think that we love our friends, that we have tbe disposition to help them ; and so iu a little measure we do. But what l* our love compared to God’s Y What to oar helpfulness compared to his I As tbe beaveus ore higher than the earth, so are his thoughts higher thou oar thoughts, so are his compassion and tender ness beyond ours! The powertoesness of human love to tbe saddest thing in life. We would sometimes gladly die if we oould save others from harm, and it seems as if we could not do a thing for them. We agonise in prayer for those who are sinning, and they neem to keep straight on in the evil way. We see oar friends broken down by heavy burden#; or, when they are gone from earth, we find out TWwastenkn after death. “For what,* W cxritetmed, “te nor hope, oar j*y, oar rrowx ri n^otetag Y Atu nut *v« ye te tbe ptrarooe uf ear Urd Jeans Cfcnrt at bto cam lag F Malians, rusks, eateaenew*, pgffMftns m*i dtoftej tbe 41f fora nans te glory of tbe rrataeowul ; bat It te believed by groat sad good mea, who have mode tbe Bible their lifoloag ourityi that earth’s para ^ glorious within **tove wdeutly long for, bnt * ^ ar# d to expect. be like Jcipxs is indeed to satisfy our most ardei •Atiuiis. To be able to retur ^ wil under the most trying Q toagj when reviled uever t< aad with his stripes we are heated.” There coma* tbe healing power through the Wood of Jcsuh, aud we gathered around that altar snd that •aenfiew. We want no more. It te the one sacriAar offend for the sins of the whole world ; and humanity everywhere come* to that slain Lamb. Thai Wood is sufficient to Lake all the states of sin swgj—a Wood sanciifod by the divinity of tbe Boo of God ; InfloUe te its merit, ns be infinite tn his power ; oninipo teat when applied by the Spirit, as be Is omuii*utsnt ta hts creating ener gies. It te all that we want. We gather around that sacrifice, and ora made every whit whole. Tbe burden passe* from our heart, the stain from oar onaaefoaoe ; our sins aU ora forgiven us; “tbe Wood of Jsous Christ, his Boo, cleaoseth us from sJt Iniquity." O that stream mg blood, Uke salvation, streams the whole oruatteo o’er, and it te ranching the human heart! The people gather around lb The fa thers and mothers have been washed. Our little children, brought to Christ, are washed te his blood, good jirovo revile to have that charity jwhieh 7*teth no evil; to do all to the of God iu the most trivial ^* 88fte |toss of daily life; nefer to "Sty in well-doing; to »pcud and ‘j* 0 * to God’s service; instant in 8 out of seaaon ; am) with C ‘ * nco ®prehen8ible love fof ene- lifr 8 ** cau »e<l him to lay down his ^ 18 ^' r hehalf, and in the expi- ^ agonies of the mortal dtosolu- to .!! Was u,, dcrgoiug, so oblivious and suffering as to extepuate CTi ® e his father audj God. C mt compassion like a Gwl.” e vould thiuk the analogy could vet f ^‘“Ptete in all its parts; aud dovn ” Wjl8 ’ t<Wo ou 8ht to lay ^ °° r ^ for the bretkwu” if “and no injunction is given »• adequate atreogtt. for I; vq1(] r t° r0iaDCe ” course, there jil* o® no expiatory virtue i» our bnf 1 ^ t ^ lere fbe aualocv ifails. neural te tto bright worid shove. If snub frteiMlfthips du out survive tbe grave, bow cun It be that God shall wipe off tears from tbe eyes of tbe sola is Y How cdtaa brae te can snd we feel as if we oould give op anything or sailer anything if at they might be set tree. And yut, so for os our oousciousoess extends, we can do almost nothing. Now, as tbe Lord’s love is grantor than ours, so hto power to greater. What we only long to do, that he can do aud will do. There to no yearning in our hearts, no swift im pulse of affection, that to not a re flection of an infinitely deeper affec tion in God. And with him there to no weaknees, no disappointment, id failure, ssaaaaaa There to no want that to not to be brought to God with perfect confi dence. There to no man beset with discouragements, no mourner oat of whoee life the sunlight seems gone, parity to live rightly, or by another's trouble seems especially bopetem, but they should bring seek his own burden, and rest it on One who loves and saves without limit. It to just the things that me hardest and most Oars to the God of ail comfort, the God who “is able to do exceeding abundantly, above ail that we ask or think." When we have neither strength nor hope in ourselves, then it to that we are simply to rest wpoo his breast, and know that all to well