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OHE LORD. ORE FAITH. OX( -BAPTISM.”—EPHESIANS 17:6
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(X)M’MBIA. S. C. FfilDAY. MAY 23. 1873
aouraM we have learned that he was
an instructive, interesting and ear
ueat preacher, and fare promise of
extensive usefulness aa a laborer In
the Master’s vineyard.
But in the mysterious dispense
tious of an All Wise Providence he
was 8ooo, io consequence of foiling
health, compelled to give up preach
ing. This was a sore trial to him,
bat he recognised the hand of a
loving Father in the dispensation,
and aoquiesced without a murmur in
his will.
But it was not for one of his teat
per,uncut and views to remain inac
tive. He speut some time in Florida
in the hope of building up, to aome
extent at least, his shattered coneli
tution under the influence of a mild
er climate. JDuring this time lie was
•ugaged in teaching. After a rear
deuce of some time in Florida, ami
tiuding no decided benefit from the
climate, he returned to Virginia, and
accepted the chair of Modern Laa
gunge* in ttoanoke College, which
he filler) to the entire satisfaction of
all for a number of years, ami up to
within nine honrs of his death. He
literally fell, as he desired to do,
with the iutrues* on.
He was a sincere friend, not »le-
monstrativc, but constant. Though
for many years it was not oar privi-
leg** to lie often together, yet the tie
of Christian friendship which was
formed In the first days of our col
lege life never was broken, but con
tinned to strengthen to the end of
his dues.
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Commuwca'
He Is Ablt.
sup)>orting His beloved; to have
beheld earth annihilated and earth
ojieo to prophetic gaze of hope; to
have aeen evermore revealed be
hind the complicated troubles of this
straoga, mysterious life, the on
changed smile of an eternal Friend,
and everything that ia difficult to
reason solved by that reposing trust
which is higher and better thau
reason j to have known and felt this,
I will not say for a life, but for a
single blessed hour, that is indeed,
to have made experiment of ebristi
anity.—Archer Buffer.
for tli* Lutkerau Visitor
Bev. M. ICK Ttij.
God is attic of these stones to raise
up seed U> Abraham.
Able also to save them to the
uttermost »lhat come uhto God by
him.
What be has promised lie is able
to perform.
Able to make all races abound
toward yon, that you having all
sufficiency in all things, may abound
to every good work.
1 commend you to God, and to
the word of his grace, who ia able to
beild you up and to give you an
inheritance among all them that are
sanctified.
Aids to keep that which 1 have
committed unto him.
Aide to keep yon from falling,
and preart! t you faultless before the
presence uf his glory, tritb exceeding
Jdfi* ,1
Aide to; succor them that are
tMUpIttt. -V
Aide to keep all a bom the Father
hath given him, «o that he will lose
not our.
Able to do exceeding abundantly
above all thtft we ask or Ibiufc.
Believe ye that he is able to do
Oust
ths world of oar spiritual weakness,
and the felaeaeas of onr hearts in
-There never was
ffont of tune, ana *•» wow *« *»•
to do justice to his character,
L not want of inclination, prevent-
fins from paying our tribute imme-
(fiately upon the announcement of
teirstb.Tb the worth of him whose
^ stands at the head of this ar
*/. H ;
Etjougb, it is true, tupi been writ-
teB*of hi® to show the high estimate
in *kWi he was held both by bis
friends led the church for whose
reifire he devoted himself so on-
tiriHgly to the last day- of his life,
words from ope who knew
backwardness which man hare to
■ty their prayers; so weary of their
lemgth. so gtad whee they are done,
eo witty to saress aa apporteatty ;
aad yet there is so maaesr of
trowhl# la tha daty, ao wws imw of
howea. ao violent labors ; nothing
hat hogging a Mossing, and receiving
It; sotting hat doing oaraetrss tbs
racking pa la.*
-Once," a as faintly utiered Crm■
Impwtfcat lane, rasaaisd her cum
plaint.
-Nubudy know* what I pass
through. Nobody ever mikwwJ mem
pain."
-Oae,* at* again whisprrwd fume
f M--, asm Mggi * I, f. fiasms
-1 take it you meow yvmnmtt, poor
Frcaor and greatest King of (ho
•arid j and that we should be on
willing to do this, so unable to
ooatbtoe ta it, so backward to
return to it, so without gust and
relish ia the doing it, can have no
visible reasnu bat aomethiag within
aa, a strange sack item in the heart, a
spiritual loathing of manna, some
thing that hath no nasse ; but wo
are sure that it comes from t weak,
a faint sad talar heart.—Jeremy
Gallows Repentance,
Ju an eloquent sermon, recently
delivered, occurs this passage: “It
may be that the murderer on the
scaffold may find Christianity and
forgiveness.” It may be
<1 Street,
olHmore,Ml
-lj
* ho washed ML Other am*
jpppwg f.pj M»n#ffre 11*(f.. IV'.pRRPiPlllkl
bat I
sympathise deeply with I>r. Sydor
when he says he does not see “how
a murderer can, by a few prayers,
be wafted to the bosom of Jesus.”
If by this is meant to indicate the
intrinsic improbability of a heart
which only makes a period of its
persistent siu in crime, turning aud
finding divine regeneration at the
last moment, we may well “sympa
thize" in that view. We are led to
expect rather that the murderer
will die “game** than die penitent*
But if is meant that any other gos|»el
than that of assumed pardon, and
salvation through the blood of Christ,
if ke do repent aud believe, is to be
preached to the man “on the gal
lows,” then there is a rare old Scrip
tore which seems to be in point.
“Lord, remember me when thou
oomest into thy kingdom. And
Jeans said auto him, Verily, I say
unto thee, to-day shall thou be with
me in paradise.”
ereaadoty* At the same time, in
tfa« same institution, Roanoke Col-
tog*, then the Virginia Institute, in
Itoe same classes, aud; in the name
iws, we together entered upon a
collegiate coarse of study.
Having therefore known him neith
er »s s fellow student nor class mate
only, but as a room mate, we have
bad the best of opportunities to speak
advisedly of his personal and chris
tea character. He entered upon a
coarse of study with a view to pre
pare himself for the great work of
preaching Christ. His early advan
tages were limited, having devoted
rlaun«*d the other ; and her pals face
flinM np to the very tempi**, aa if
loin IY^ aret* %Mw ift arf*!<*
Mhe spoke with tech eereoaieees j
that her restless cnofmoinn lay stiff I
hr severe) *eco»i4*. ami gawd It I
lenity on her face The rheeka!
were now wan amt aeekee, ami the :
pa nr he* I lip* were drawn back from I
the month aa (f ie pole Yet there |
dwelt an extraordinary swaetaaaa ie ;
the deaf gray even, and e refinement
on the ptartd brow, anrh aa cee only I
be imported try a heart sequalotoeco
with llim who t» -fall of grave and
truth.”
“O, not myself* eel me m *fie
re| tested
There wa* a *hort pause; and j
then the tulfoeing w tarda, uttered in
the name toe tnee, Mpafr ami
aoiwmaly broke the mid night iApms
«f the place t
“ ‘And whee tney had plat let! a
crown of thorns, they pot it afwre
bis head, and a reed in his tight
hand j and they bowed the knew
before him, and m * k*d him way teg,
(tail, King of the <J«w«* And than ;
•pit upon kina, aed took the rrel
and smote him on the head- . « .
Aim! they crmrified him, and
ported his garments, costing . ♦ ,
An*I sitting .loss, they wstdhed him
there . ,, , And they that pjuwd
by reviled him, wagging their beads,
. . . A»d aiwet the ninth beer
Jesus cried w itb a turn*! voice, soy mg.
My God, my God, why hast thorn
. forsaken me f*
The voice «eaae«t, ami for several
- minute* nut a ay liable w as spoke*.
The night nurse roue from bet chair
by the fire, sad meefcai»tasaJ!y bonded
a rap of barley water, fiat-red with
lemon juice and sugar, to the bp* uf
both saffeiera.
“Thank vou. nurse.* aotid the last
s|*vakrr They gave him gall fine
his meat ; ami ia hi* thirst they
gave him vinegar to dnat”
“8b* hi talking about Jeoas (kruti*
*ai«l the «liber women, already be
ginning to toes restlessly from «tdo
to side “But,” eMnl «he, -talliag
about his Miffertng* «aa*t nmmf earn
—at least, not mine.*
“Hut it lightens hers," said the
nun*.
“t woutlet bow ”
“Hash.”
And the gentle voice again took
up the strain :
“ ‘Sorely ho bath bora# oar gridb,
and carried onr sorrows. ... II#
was wounded for our iraaagreaainaa,
he was bruised for «mr iaiqaitieo j
the chastisement of oar peace was
»pou him, and with bin stripes we
are bealwd,* *
The follow tog day, aa some lad me
visiting the hoaixul psaaed by the
cots, they beaded to
fragraut flower*.
The path voice
t 'faatom* and habits of life still
ettadag ia Kgypt illaatrate many
usages u farrwd to tm the Bible. TV
.UamAty at Hume given the following
ef red. hut aa
Xo one daintK projs-rty in the
ocean to the exclusion ot other*. It
ia for all nations and |x*»ple to use
for t heir interests; nor is there any
tear of exhausting Us resonroea,
were the whole world of hatuautty
t« make draughts apou iu U rolls
iu waves ygainsi every shore, and
sends its tides into every land, as if
to ihvite the inhabitants to her riches
and Cactii tics, and aa if to show she
was the pepperty of all. So with
ibeliving God. No man can
claim Him to the shot ting out of
other*, lie is the God of all; for
their love, their obedience, their
ing Macta
ing Exckim.
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lias the Unfa
k stitch” alike
Tha* putting off the shoes is an
invariable custom In the East aa an
art ef courtrey or reverence. The
Mo «4«i I man on niter tog bis moeqtte,
the C**pt In passing into his church,
leaves’his shore at the door; ilia,
indeed commoa to all Orientals in
the art of worship; nor that alone,
for if is dime as n mark of respect on
appearing before a asprrior.
His christlau life was like
that of the “shining light,” which
increased in brightness to the |*erf«ct
day. He gradually, under the di*
ciplining hand of the Master, grew
more aud more “meet for the inher
itance of the saints In light.”
But his work is done. He has fin
ished his coarse. He has received
the crown which the Lord, the right
eons Judge, has reserved foe all who
:vre faithful until death, lint though
dead, he yet speaketb in the deed*
that live after him ; in the pure ex
ample which he set; In the tabor* of
love which he wrought. He was
cut off in the midst of his days and
of his usefulness, lint Hein whose
hands our times are knew beat; there
fore we will seek to be suhmiasive
and nay, “Kren so. Fat iter, for so It
seemed good iu thy tight.”
It is hard for us »o realize that we
are to see him no more in the ttesh;
that vre shall no more take “sweet
counsel together, or walk to the
house of Clod in company.” Bat vre
will cheer onr heart with the thought
that when onr work is finished, amt
we too shall “cross over the nver,”
among the many dear ones to greet
us we shall tind our early class mat*.
our life long frieud and cherished
brother in Christ, t*rvf. Frey; for,
Beyond the (light of tone.
Beyond this vale of death.
There surely is some bboard claim
Where life is not a breath.
Nor life's affertmnt trsnswul fire.
Whose sparks tty upward to expire.
There is a world where parting is un
known.
A loug eternity of lore.
Formed few the good alone ;
And faith beholds the dying here.
Translated to that happier sphere.
Thn* star by star declines.
Till nil are passed away.
As morning high amt higher shines.
To pure and perfect day ;
Nor sink those stare ia empty night.
They hide themselves In Heaven's «w»
light.
idaitl first-dm
w-priced “Wi
United Stain.
I diploma at A
i*” in (A* eitjftf
id 1872.
e is warraaM
tw avow lltmeetftl
earn** «|stflaaJ life
why so many who
The reason
have early and special opportunities
of an educational kind fail to accom
plish anything in life isi just from the
lack of a fixed habit of industry.
Our college professor* know that
natural ability, health, Ac., being
equal, the most hopeful material
which comes under their manipula
tions is the student xjrho quits the
plow in the furrow, or lays down his
hammer and plane opon the liench,
or drops his lapetone and awl to en
ter upon the higher pursuits of liter
ature. And every observant mind
is prepared to acknowledge that
those who accomplish the most in
the ministry, or any of the learned
profession*, as a rule, are those
whose early years were spent in the
active pursuits of the farm or shop.
The habits of industry thua acquired
go with them to the academic hall,
sod then follow them out into the
Atirrhig activities of real life.
Thus it was with our lamented
friend and brother. When once fair
ly in the path, of science he prose-
ented it with application and untiring
energy. The difficulties that deter
so many from entering upon the pur-
sait of knowledge, or dishearten
others having entered, had no other
effect upon him than to stimulate
kin to a determination to conquer
each one successively as it threw ipi
frowning form between him and the
goal. Both class-mate* and teach
ers know Low entirely and undi-
viciedly be gave up his mind to the
acquisition of learning, and how
rapid aad healthful was his progress
' n the same. In addition to an ex
tensive course at Roanoke, he en
perior induce-
reduction mad*
1 Send sua»
lea of eewi»*
kXHCIM. Gre
Tht Habitation of the Spirit
hkwSM* 1X1 vtU A
FMrh m oust »• often see ta the
strreit* of ('asiw; H domes from Syria,
The Spirit, is in believer* as in his
bouse or temple ; he.is there in the
token of his special presence ; the
love, joy, peace, long-suffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith, meek
ness, temperance, that is there, show
him to be the inhabitant; be hath
hot a more proper place here below,
than a heart furnished with those
graces. Also, be it* there as an
object of inward worship; there is a
mind which knows him. a love
which embraces him ; there, without
question, is a sanctuary, a holy place
for him ; there it is that his honor
dwclleth. Where the Spirit dwells,
there the Father and Son dwell also;
the blessed. Three are inseperable,
oue of them can not be separated
from the other; where the Spirit
dwells, there dwell also the Father
and the Son with him.
Believers are preserved as tern
plea of God ; and this shows iohabi
tat ion ; they are in the midst of
winds, storms, temptations, oorrop
tions, wants, weakness, yet they fall
not; this tel Is us that God hath a
temple in them; the inhabitant bears
them up; be is in the midst of them;
they shall not be moved; his eyes
and his heart are upou them to
protect them; he will not suffer bis
habitation to be blown down iu a
storm, or to be underminded by sin
and^Satau, or to ruin through want
or weakness; this preservation de
clares inhabitation.
tfean ths n rsisal ** «— mssw tetreftre
••k -at ” ?“ w" :
than Hie gewtlewt wmreaa.
Rsiweaf and aLaswbed in Uui work
flirt* r«4ots, *»» arrange*! a* to form
a rede though effective pattern.
The edges are then braided, and
sowMtUmea very elaborately.
"i»tet Edam «ill I r«swt«) *•"-
hale lx : A
< 4*4 ing a ahne at with Is at this
«!■* m Kgypt, a sign of diewer and
. Co mi-as r,
Sept. 2S, 1872
ro into effect«
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mm. 1. t ^—-—A MM wiii i.Bii f kkM-uf iufere
PwwHfiHpRffa adBw dfidd wal^ff
matl* ■akseau ri tWL
lire Coptic chriaamus. down to the
present time, Iran upon • staff, or
■art of ernich. ta their worship j it ia
Nfir, llo plant* Ilia aphritool king
fino, o*nh«r la remveot nor cell,
notther In ehorrh oar in rdoaJ
ohnervoore. hot in the market and
After Many Dxtl
Frequently the toiling chiatian
goto to hi* eternal reward ignorant
of the blueing* God has conveyed to
others through his labors. The fol
lowing statement of a Virginia
clergyman niusira'es this, while it
affords another proof of the efficiency
of mission*^ oolportage:
‘A brother minister recently aaid
to u»e that for twenty yearn he was
li\ iug in sin and cared nothing about
religion. A colporteur entered'his
room and asked him if he wanted
to buy some religtou* l>ooks. ‘No,*
was the read reply, 4 I have no use
for them. 4 ‘Will you subscribe for a
religious paper f ‘So, i have, more
|*|tt*f* than 1 uec*i; I don't want
anything religious.' The colporteur
wood at the top, thus. T; on this
staff they place both band*, and
thus support themseives aa they
stand da nog the prayers and the
rending of the gospel Their serv ices
are vary lung; but this is dost*Iron
o primilive usage,
ibm tjtif ihmt hMMiMNito aaik! in tin*
:V"!: .•rT*y rc «*-
This csstoot still obtains here.
Heesmwi lo the dork Mot cotton of
the 'vwitrjr, I seeo voure wailing,
or. more literally, howling, on the
hooretwpa ; and we often bear them
making “a groat cry* iu the street*
"Tfat threw* is an spare sepslchre."—
I'saftni v i A
Mauy of the Arabs bury without
cofilas lo the present day ; and where
a coffin ia sard, they do not fasten
down the lad, but cover it with
cashmere shawls. The wealthy have
family vaults, the watts of which
rise 0 foot or two shove the surface
of the ground. When the vault is
opened for u fresh tenant, or when
the nail jtrids to natural decs}, as
hi not uncommon, the effluvium
proceeding from the opeo sepulchre
Is fearful—like the words of the
wicked.
Sc
mt y t IJfiee
iber 28,1«2
the followi*#
n this road;
1. Train NoA
a 8 20
n 8 30 am
a N 8 20 #■
[. Train N> 1
5 50 ?•
11 05 p*
600 »»
g glower A**
ahead Cob*"
i No. 9 ‘bily
things to It by ouuuMfifefff : tl»cm os
WPrY yitJMHPVY. IffiMY Vfrjl ffWkffl
reptioo of His kingdom Is a marvel.
Making II tmortf its centre. He founds
avmrythiof ha It upon Urn own
iWgmiA |m fit Aim SSttJrl o<
PUMS HWI reffreffil- Ire II HI
of the world's instructors hove dared
to speak, prefers Maims of which
bowed his bead ajiou the back* of a
chair, his lip quivered, and a tear
stoic down his chock. Tie was
earnestly praying for me,* said the
man; Tre then Ivft I he house. 1
ueier saw him Itelore nor tduoe that
time ; but my cswsriri*oe atuug me,
convict I on lsi*l hold of me. aud it is
to this stranger, under God, I owe
so much, for be was as instrument
in bringing me to the tfeviour.’ *
Of What Profit is Knowledge.
fcf 1 swirl r **w4 m |iii,xd tliiliilfi •{* ^
af"***® wimmv mmss ^ ^
And this eoueepCftou originated
among the muontoins at Galilee, in
“A man,” says Dr. Guthrie, “may
kuow all about the rocks, and his
heart remain as hard as granite or
adamant; he may know all about
the winds, their courses and their
currents, and be the sport of pas
sions as turbuleut aud fierce as they;
he may know all about the stars,
and his fate be the meteor’s that
blaze for a little while, and is then
lost, quenched in eternal night; he
may know all about the sea and be
a stranger to the peace of God : his
soul may reaefable its troubled wa
ters. which, lashed by storms and
raffled by every breath of wind, can
not rest, but throws up mire and
dirt; he may know how to rule the
spirit of the elements, and not know
how to rule bia own ; he may know
how to turn aside the deadly thun
derbolt, but not the wrath of an
angry God; yon may know all, in
short, that man has discovered or
his skill invented, but, if you do not
know Jesus Christ, if yooreyea have
never been opened to a saving
knowledge of the truth, what will
that avail you, when they are fixed
wuTW at the University of Virginia.
■ literary training, therefore, was
the highest order, kot only had
“ e a thorough acquaintance with the
Bfoal branches of a classical educa-
Ijou, but he was muster of most of
r «e modem languages.
% the conditions on which be
^red the advantages of ^course
of *tudj at the University, ifwe are
n °t mistaken, he was required to
two years thereafter in some
of the schools in the State. Part of
11 time he taught in the Pleasant
T rove Academy, in llock iug ham Co.,
Is it possible to do too much work
for Jesus f Is there any dangea that
Christians will overtask them reives
iu the sen ice of their Master f
Ought we to impose any restraint
upon ourselves when the Lord culls,
lest in nor zeal to follow him we
overstep the limits of the strength
which he has given us Y
We do not believe that one cbm
tian worker in a hundred breaks
down from excess of work for Christ.
Work poorly systematized, work per
forme*! in a needless clumsy manner,
work worried over, done in a self-
sufficient, vain glorious spirit, with
out patience, without faith, without
prayer, without consecration, this
may well break down the health and
destroy the usefulueos of any man.
But t|tc Master does not say, “re-
straiq your zeal;” for well he knows
that none of us have too much of
that. But He would have us feel
that his special blessing and protec
tion is giv«u» to those who are ear
nest in labor; that self sacrifice is
the law of Christian living, and that
to work while the day lasts, doing
all with one's might, should bo the
burden ot every Christ like soul.
For the night cosieth when no man
ts*n) ogatn t
“ Tf God so clothe the grass of the
field, which today is, sod tomorrow
la rest into thn oven, shaD ho not
mtwiih more clothe yoo, O ye ot little
(kith r *
A few days passed slowly nosy,
when, on m bright Hshbatb morning,
as the rea was rising, tfio purse
noticed the • lips of the sufferer
aaovtog, sod, leaning over her, she
heard those words: “Going hams !
I hove fought a good fight. 1 hove
finished my course. I hove kept the
faith. Henceforth there is laid up
e Christianity,
Remember, that Christianity is not
a now system of tbeologiool reason
ing, nor o new assortment of phrase
ology nor a new circle of acquaint
atioes, nor oven h new line of modi
totion—but a new life. Its very
being aad essence ia inward and
prootkmJ; it is not the likeness or
history of a living thing, it is itself
alive I And therefore, to examine
iu evideuoh is not to try Christianity;
to admire IU martyrs is not to try
Christianity; to compare aud eati
mate Be touchers is not to try ofaris
tianity; to attend to rites and
•errion* with more than Mahometan
punctuality is not to try or know
Christianity. Bnt for one week, for
one day, to hare lived in the pure
atmosphere of fruth and love to
God, of tenderness to in an ; to re
joice ia the felt ami realized pres
ettee of Him who is described as
“doming up from the wilderurea,”
I. ^ i .. .—- fioAm masiss aIwsws flroaso an
HI# HMHHHHr HlWHTrH • Wv#n m
brood girdle reread bis loins, which
he tighten* aa oooffhtoa requires;
—thretsreaeeky * fi.
r< u.ni.i>lod of this
mjuncture whoa I see the large aad
lofty houses ia Cairo, with fiat roofs,
called retrace*, whore the inmates
take the air at eveetide. These are
ffffffVf 1 1 1 surmounted with a alight
up* *
Arrf V< s|5pP
Tca iSp* 1
Leave 8^
„ t«i»
was that If# was tha ttpiriiwal King
which the Lorel, the righteoos judge,
shall give mm at that day.*
Her eyes closed, aad the norm
kites' that the hood ef death was
grasping the cawd* of life. A are
M#nt metre and ell oos oner t the
ewe-a.-SOW’ "a* 1 -*-e ■##### -seas w wt-w *
soul bed goo* to dwell ia that city
whore “there hi no mere death,
arifher sorrow nor crying; neither
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