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ONE LORD. OVI FAITH, OVX BAPTISM."—EF HE SI AX S 17:5 COLUMBIA, 8. C. FRIDA Selections. pittm for want of morel auhs-oa. Tn havr, to Md, a—I l*» Mttr, —rang S—d {NwlU'r chnsttoe cro virile*M «e Ik» thing* that |i«t il life and foipmunications •* the Lutheran Visitor fjdto, u Tmght in i Dr. franklin on Prayer. Im ancient time* bo warrior’* equip ■seat wroa complete without a shield ; »t «m bit principal means of defence. With it be turned aside the awrift arrow a and Aery dart* of hi* enemies, warded off tbe sharp sword thrust or protected himself from the shower of •tanas or other mi—ilea. It was worn upon the left arm and proved a meml effectual defence while the wearer faced the foe, bat formed not the leaat entering far a coward's far a oropto of weeks Wall, >ror bay is g—ng tkiwagk the mm me ripe rteBae, smd fay —d^fay be will regard It a* yaw da ant, as an atmttrrably •noMah Udag, nod «mk1m where ta Urn world Urn ha was The troth la »#e to*® 1111 ,uteresuu «* 8 * ,I tr** said Miss Verton. wpeteiak and her wonderful ; 1r ® adc a ur - v face - jl<1 ^ ^pire female warriors and * jttch as Deborah, 3o#T nod gSjy would have made far pppmtbau women, and although ot moral courage that :( ^ppto the perfortuauee of un ^mUeand unpopular duties, and ta- to adhere to her own ^ricuaoaof right in the face of all LgjB&o, as well as even a degree jfflpieal courage for emergencies regard for the supernatural. All will admit that few ever surpassed him as a shrewd observer of life and of human affair*, or m a profound Inquirer after the causes and priori pies that lie at the basis of groat events. Let os observe his language in the Convention that sat in Phils- delpbia in 1787, to frame our Federal Constitution, when be rare to sup port hia motion for daily prayers in that body. It must be remembered that weeks had elapsed and the Con vention had not accomplished any part of its all-important work, and that irreconcilable difterem c seemed likely to defeat its purposm alto gvthvr. It was in this state of things Sl^s a era. . as .._■*.** ^ a a a ■ iadivtdaaily, as much at < to Israel ef eld, far t h is «a As shields were a necessity la an carol warfare, they varied in size, shape, or material, according to the actions or resources of the people. Ia the earliest sgea they were made of the bark of trees, osier willows, and the skins of animals; but as nations advanced ia wealth and civ ilisation, shields were made of brass, steel and other metals, and often of great beauty of finish, though none the leas a means of defence. They aught almost be looked upon as ex ponent* of the degree of refinement to which s nation had attained. As weapons of offence changed, those qf defence changed, and shields gradually diminished in sise, but gained iu beauty and adornment, until, at last, they became merely arasorial bearings, to display heraldic mi a Uivtam Bad— k Ids In the taaaMw'W waft, lit, 1 haunt Mg. with all I *nHf (4rflh§4 fftffWHfe dpi but more than all the *fefj darts of the wicked cam,* by wfafeb the nil wBw xlrel ■ ©Ware vWW —((Hr wP^p •vw, the value of (be promt— Is oo devatu—I aisl felt. It Is ask, the yfo* it may be desirable, are asek to be admired and com LfcJjDS woniau, yet that courage igdesases her to view the bloody , sacs of A battle-field with mason ip serve, and to execute such deeds U tkoseof Jftel and Judith, is, in L apiam*, a blemish, and a very aksrabte gift. I greatly prefer i ge bring Btttb, the placid and cob- Ld Sbanamite, the devout Mary, si fa benevolent and useful Dor Lto these sanguinary heroines.". •fist is true of .women iu general, L a the ordinary walks of liter Lki Miss Verton ; “but the sub Lid aspiration are not to be Updby the nsual standard. These Lea are eminent exemplifications life fact that, iu the selection of Lmiaeats to accomplish fJis pur- H»-be those purposes great or Ld, punitive or beneficent, far Mag in their effects or confined • me spot and generation—God ia » respecter of persons or sexes. k w3Lhave all the glory Himself. Ir does not choose to confer it upou Lhacf—d» indeed^, whan. the.in ltd the ground without his ants—, ta Ifanmtt&’ao able and efficient one, it probable that an empire enn ri fe are only too prone to bestow without his aid I \V« have brow sa ps it their homage and admire- surest, sir, in the sacred writing*, fe’ | that ‘except the Lord build the “i have always shuddered when house they labor iu vain that build Linig tbe history of Jael’s valorous it.’ mid Jessie; “and could uot “I firmly believe this, and I also pbet sympathize with SLsera as believe that without His concurring P abject of such treachery. Al- aid, we shall sneered in this political ►qb I know he only received building uo better than the builders | wfl-Bwited punishment, still I of Babel. We shall be divided by pW have preferred uot being the our little partial local interests, our fa* a inflicting it; but I suppose projects will be confounded, and we p floes not always consult onr ourselves shall become a reproach pfaKwe about such things.’’ and a by-word down to future ages. P® 1 Btttromeuts are not always Ami what is worse, mankind way pi k execute His purposes,’' hereafter, form this unfortunate ia l^l her auut—“as in the casus stance, despair of ealablisliing gov wisdom, and I iu»l L. i . .I, |MI J “S ww wa mtty gA—g| |fe Cbrt—'s -w—rot. — —tty — a«s grasyi—m a# bis wady ftatlaat. I him,* (tiro, sill s 83,1 bat there —4 was not gwiaeii; as, child *4 tlnd, be aAsitml wh.»te%»‘r wropro b# lev sled "’tfaiaro. wbea it «fwafc» «f U«, rogbl always ta imfWy tbe esistro— «f • yavaaaal Gad, at «ba— wlH law In tibi 1 'MMttijllkiNlM •ball ant destroy May, If it sead tbee ary tag to tby F»tber> feet, weeping ta tby fhsvloar% baas—, d shall he In Ikrr Another lr,llnimi (bat “all thing* work toprobvv hr y—w) to tbe— ba4 h»ve Had, tbe called s—ard—g la His |—rymse lb—\ slap praying, sad praytag Hhields are do looger used in mod ern warfare, sad as we have uo prae- tkml illustration of tbe protectioa afforded by them, we loee much of tbe force of the Psalmist’s exdias* Uou, “Thou, O Lord, art our shield. ” Many paaaages in the Bible that make mention of tbe goodneee or greataeas of God are beautifully il lustrated by tbe modes of agriculture, or warfare, or the peculiar customs Mtafe. It Mev. A ft. K lap—, a Mtlvv ei Ck—th Usniss, a gvmlwate of Val* Cotfeg* ilMlk and always a roaadrat of the Booth, aww s ml—Isa ary of thr Honday —bool I ab—. • litre t "I bavs hero working tm a —th pa— easy ta verify, and every reader will srk*owhdge the 1—mea wbkh they are —traded la track Kr mark able M s— ut iIwm am. iuti —wvsaw*. wsn *•»—up*— — sawra V^ssw: fwv—*4m wbal is related, abd ewru- «aUy belirrod la the Kaat, of a fern— Mohammedan ; namely, that dartag bis roaAn—sat la tbe prison of Bagdad, ebrre be died, be read over thr Kora* are— Ch—ad fian; “That w e may are, —ye Dr. Plum cr, what rout be done ia becoming acquainted with thr Bible, let u* tea, nod we need felly to understand throe ia order to appreciate tbe beauty or force of snob passages. When Abraham w— sojourning in a land who— inhabitants were contin ually at war, God spake unto him, •Fear not, I am thy shield.” And ao, all down through the ages, be was the shield of all that put their trust ia him. He fed Israel from bondage, often del iv cred them from their foes when every help of man was vain; sus tained David, when hunted as a partridge on tbe mountains, or hid den in the dens from the relentless Haul; protected the timorous Elijah from the persecutions of Jezebel. Indeed, the Holy Book is full of confirmation that God has ever bean a sun and shield to his chosen peo great numbers ks marb tgauranro aad dedication of true religw—» ta •tnwtkis They now carry cm their religious w—wbip by thsa—eleaa, aloaf from ll— wbita people, aad tba great eat part of tbetr asrvie— onaskds fa singing and an—eilm— la rwaaiug round in a ktad of dance, wttb Hap CMMi Jlwaf f-njV m —ns— aS w l—S ma —dkllatfe' feai Iff k *■ Oa—iff rt a—iiSim a .. s.„. j,. w^sWa wfe ——e — mimriy T mmii tiBffb^^ffwdl innnmf t«t* t*mb § H t» m ***** tit Imm Urt»g *n (k mmiTwrm* l« mm Bataab Asik I jL ^ k s ^ ^ „ —ffww sH ewbr It few— tbe bearlh oa—ty to God. Tba hejot clowAMAm I vt ploaor ereo though it dlapb——a G—L If aayr —> A— k —tiH at *»— uni A. ~..a — t—r S V W ■ i oeff wi i hg swg — —ff —Ufa ft —a— They are exceedingly food of aingiag, aad all kinds of m—*r, aad they do indeed sing very feebagly, and sums times very thrilliugly. Bat they are really ia need of plain aad seaaibla| trucking ia tbe simple trwtba aadj mOlSOUIlM.lHlaUiwS Mmm MWk* 1 -.... ■ S K pniirijH^ of on f iHWMrti |pi*i«|iff R i •Let me tell you what I wiiuronsd on Huads) sftrriMx—, at a plaro where I bad beard that great sum here of them were acmalomed to wiWTi nit migioiiA ffirmw fftffwi where 1 called to arrange If praeti cable for organising a Huaday arbodl arm>ng them. Com lag suddenly upon them I witne—ed a — that grieved a— to my heart. A targe crowd of them were dancing ta a rtrefa round a young woman, dreused to tbe odd —t ami moat taring rotors, to tba moat fantastic style, having «a her bead a red striped bandana band kcrchiel set up like a t urban. roly the four corners stood rot like towere or horns. As they danced roand her, an obl man, w|— seemed to be their leader, and who, I afterward learned, rial med to tm a roaytorer, wouhl step ap behind aad loach tbe statuary maid, and then start tod with a mournful lament, wbea the crowd would clap their bauds and cry aloud During this • met lew—I the woman would whoop aad yett, Jam plug aad raasiag round, until exhausted aad falling down to a k.kw.,hMl«Wf 1W C«WMUB rnwho tod U, rym bonwd u rot in the Iw-lctian persecution, roaoro aad Adlb, or to esfdare the •*** who ref—atod in a |—bUc asaem- met hinds Id whnrh pr—id——v rslrr My the very words of HcnpUare with B.1 W mu m • h.wg <MU tm te “ <««*5 •» « he lud bmo tW M» wt J~>. « k, tm *~a»« -•«*«»• “T* <* Xep «grisc* tjiud —ran—le a—ag men Mian, that by reading aad —edits la tbe mtr—4— of baaltof be dtooov* to— be bad a—de his soul a library cf* th*i r ntstiluhrd l»* ** iw» hia ^ Ohrbd. Theodosius the younger •imaro — Avi—i - — u bis **• ftovUtot with the word of tip— mi —were to prayer, that be a—de it a wfaet of .ud unj re»incn»Uoo wflb tbe old bisboiu as • u . U ia If hr had been one of them. Angus j,n t .. I*- etthroi > --•■ th— says that after his conversion he ^ ta«d aa to rHisb ovto Cicero, his for «m«*i ih*i to will brfCg it (e p— mm favorite aatbor, sod that the In tw miauirti affauw «f Lfe be me Bevtpturea were hie |—re delight. ttmm 1.4mm» tmumm. mmd » IW Tr*1«Uta» 1»«< • «n*l»r |«rt of gvroicu perils cry fee ilslh mania * 1 ** *• vending the Script ares, li I. - n“ , airf Mrf commit** Im*t pottiom at mmmltoL mn k*«, ■ l»»< 0«S— •« ftOk, ri,W »i. m to M »«• ‘ r "“ r4 «" K W«*« ■“ IW < m to. to.il.t M - ttoomcbl}. «*•« «•«-" •»' Uto to* ,h« ll to *ril lh.1 am. *** '••» kl —» •“ ^ “"* w "l** 1 emmeat by human leave it to chance, war, or conqueat. I therefore beg leave to move, that henceforth prayers, imploring a—fat* mice of Heaven ami Ua blessing on our i lei i be ratio ns, be held in this assembly every morning before we proceed to husine—, and that one pr more of the clergy of this city be {requested to officiate in that ser • i’aul, amid all his hardships by a— and land, his “fightings without aad fears within,” ever fouud God his “shield sud exceeding great TO ward,” and after his varied experi ence exhorts os to put on tbe whole armor of God, “above all taking the shield of faith.” This shield does not promise im munity from bodily hurt, but it pro tects that which is of infinitely more ▼alne>-tbe soul. 9o long as with onr face to the foe we follow tbe Cap tain of onr salvation be will lead ns on to victory, and nothing shall ba able to hurt or destroy the soul that is protected by the “shield of faith” ia him. No subtle, sin poisoned ar row of unholy desire, no sword- thrust of woridly policy, no shower of thick rushing temptations shall be a^le to overcome its power, for “God is oar strength and shield, aad noth ing shall prevail against him.”—Am. al I—art — krenly as ll- iagrsnt SBC Mudf .Wt aik W 1^ ^ Idl Mm -g.suujto{ ss m*. sals aau sis m. ^,, j s i il - as wgT* ■* w o w *vaw ww. tba I—a bred rotj war. Bto b— Sto m. to « to. ^ Smft S X^^. SMBMrlffffref wWwWjf |rorlrlrT'lftllPI IPl MPw ir i etc 4 ^<4 * I'M tL to ii-S -iiSiti'iiiB-M*) mi U*-;—*—* Aw CM—— ; .i^s Positive Thaoiogy rith this sound speech : “The co lon outcry against creeds ia quito s often foolish us wise, as weak — t is auaiiible, haviug often more cow- rdice limn catholicity, and more It f« no time to stop, I—III tr«t| pf'lSOl), laziucsH than love, iueer at or disparage systematic the <ology. The pulpit has too little father than too much of It. Tbe react ion from tbe old Puritan rpirit . ^ t i t -1 s. 1 p f fi i * I, 1—ass—i year boy s are a little w lid. While «ro tfedlt call ta mtad the things they bare for*, ti*n, yre are .«! jitoppev! the— and told tl—i that God was not honored by aaob worship I learn that this /rftot worship ia qnite fl—aos among — s of them * mity of ton to toon ro Cslurj . Wbal or pressure. A creed less chanb —ay be sentimental and pleasantly sympathetic, but it will add very little to the abiding might of that army ot the Lord that to set to wres tle down prnicipalitlea and powers, I plant Christ’s standard where n’s seat to. A ministry that its real work to-day must have ough muscle and tbe red blood h come of digesting the strong 1 of sound Christian doctrine, ‘nomination that apologises tor ixistence, and fritter* away its sildes, and poshes tbe special lis out of sight which it to charged to proclaim, will And its 6 vn self-respect departing, its tra it ons words dropping at its own feet, ti e public ear turning away from It iu indifference or pity or dtognat, its anus failing palsied at its side, and ils own organisation dropping to Rail giro ta sot a mere dabt ** owe to God; it to a spirit of fellow ship aad sympathy with Hi—; it to the highest proof that God hat a—da aa far Himself, aad red—aed as to Himself, aad called aa to be ffb—wed ta Uto image ones more, and ta be perfect aa ror Father ta haaren to perfect. It to the pew— of God pal forth upon tbe aooi, throagb tba a Masai! pocket Bible a hundred and twenty tin—a over. Roger Cotton read tba whole Bible through twelve to— a year. William Romanic toadied nothing bat the Bible for the last thirty or forty years of his life. Jobs Boras, one of tbe translators of oar Bible, had read all the Scrip tor— before ha was Are yaara old; bto mother read them throagb tweh c toas. 1 hare read of more than aaa of whom it waa said, that If the Bible bad bean kart the whole might Meatfe—Love—“For charity shall •rer the multitude of sins.” .Stop-Faith—“The trial of jour faith being much more precious than of gold that periaheth.” Bracelet*—Bonds of love—“And I pat bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.” /Vr/Wme—Benefloence—“An odor of a sweat small—a sacrifice aooepta ble, well pleasing to God.” O, how sweeTfcTwork all day for God, aad then lie down at night be neath His smile !