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Jtevs. Kudo L Miller, Editors. OVI LORD, OV1 FAITS, 01* BAPTISM. EPHESIANS IV:5 COLUMBIA, s. a Original. to death, banco V* ooocludo tb«y are Millet to tea, the cause of Uooui. Hot in the 14U turn of the **'“• chaptoc, the apostle ktvM at without doubt aa to hi* oMottif. Uu any* (loath reigua ‘<iw| f^r Mam that had mi tinned a/Ur tit mmttt- of Adam'$ tronafreanon.* Now Adam's tin vm oo actual tranagre* tioo of o known low of Qod. Thooo thou who did not oin oA«r tb« temlli tud« of hit tranagreateon watt ho thou** who know no !**, »ml hence oould not boro boon gniliy of actual •In. “Who con brine * dona thing oot of an unclean T* (Job lie - g) “The imagination of man's heart i* aril from hi* youth.* (Ono. vtii; JL) There it In every oot, ***** the Jo font, the germ bf am, an inclination to evil which will mauilWt Itaelf more and more a* It gradually ac quires tbo ut* of Its natural power*. ThU inclination it born in aa, and at no period of life do we acquire It by any action of onr own. So la all men, from the leaat to the greatest, from boat to the worst, there ie thie innate depravity, thle dime* which tmat in onr powerful and covenant Qod, In whom “ia no vari- ableoeoa, noithrr shadow of taming,” *+• JO^orday, today and prever " L Mfidfol of oar comfort, he haa for fid den ns to take auxiooa thought tor the morrow j and ho haa given ae *bo mat preetoa* and gloriooa promiaaa for that on known future wo are wank and wicked enough to dread. la hit service we need not dread poverty, for “no good thing will ho withhold from them that walk sprightly." Be ie “a very peasant help in tremble.* In hie Philosophy, iirlvetios' System of Nature, Paines Age of Iteaaou, the Kucyolopardia— they were terrible gospels of unbelief; bet what were they all to the history of France herself, it was in itself an oocpclO' (Media of irrcligiou and infidelity. More fatal to faith than the sneers hi* sine in the grave of Jeans, bat it ~ means Ufbr3*W jjtat owerran^* ruL'l?*"* rtiew of which ^boutUkTS . 1 1* almost isnsGAn n, T rariS For the Lutheran Viator, Original Sin. also was doubtless the chief of leading the abort sermon! zer into the pulpit And there he atfll stands in the high places of Zion. Oh how many millions of sooh short sermons coaid be preached daily along the highway*, and in aQ the by ways of society, if only the united host of God’s elect were ready in this way to come op to the help of the Lord against the mighty. V\V hern from Revelation that gm am** * ®ti»t« °f innocence, he image of God.” That be has ht this image, we loam from obsev fjlioti as well a* from Revelation, hate of depravity, or of sinful- “lastsdid my The Small Worries. -tin; imagination of man’s heart is nil frem his yonth.” “We ail were M store the children of wrath even On such declaration* as tom the confessors based their hith when they confessed: “That toe die fall of Adam all men who natarally engendered, are coo tow* and born in sin ; that is, that Italians from their mother's womb, tfsf.svil desire* and propensities, to esn have by nature no true fear <fOod, no true faith in God, and tot this innate disease, or original m, is truly «n which brings all tos sader the eternal wrath of giirtio are not born again by bap- to and the Holy Spirit. 1st ns consider the subject si* pre mia} to os ia tba Confession of oar dank, which states it In so brief and The Christian world has long been guessing what Paul* thorn in the oooatiy, sad ‘putting on a tfcreaten- iag aspect, we may be sore that the churches are losing their moral power. The siaudard of piety is •Hiking, or religiou is losing its healthy character. We may, and we should, meet the arguments of infi dels with bpixMuug srgoiucots; bat all arguments will be very nearly what was the matter with Mm. We suppose the reason he did not tell os what it was, may have been, because be did not want us to know. He knew that if he stated what it was, there would have been a great many people from Corinth bothering him with prescriptions as to how hs might care it. Some say it was diseased eyes; some that it was a humped back. It may have been neuralgia. Per haps it was gout, although hia active habits and a sparse diet throw doubt on the supposition. Suffice it to say, it was a thorn—that is, it stock him. It was sharp. It was probably of not ranch ac count to the eyes of the world. It was not a trouble that oould be com pared to a lion or a boisterous sea. It was like a thorn that yon have had in your band or foot, and no oos knew it. Thus we see that it be comes a type of those little nettle- some worries of lift that exasperate the spirit Every one has a thorn sticking [pi <*‘ ? uiiy, Vi*, ^’liilerful i n . '«£ ainkjqg [■’ ■*©Hitter* iu remain Ion* p arc not do! P v ” or other we have “a friend that aticketh closer thaa a brother * and he has declared himsslf “the father of the fatherless ami husband of the widow* What ever convulsions, soots!, politieai, or phymoal may shake Urn earth, we are assured that “All thing* work worthless until vital godliness shall again flourish. And here we reach the real source of danger, if there is danger. It ia to bs found in the pulpits of the land. For religiou ucrer becomes feeble and sickly in the churches whilst it Is nourished by “the sincere milk" sod “strong meat* of the goa- pel» dispensed by faithful pastors. Unfavorable circumstances may cause temporary depressions in spite of the meet faithful preaching, but a apeedy reaction will be witnessed. But * krn the truth, or very impor tant parte of the truth, are with held from the people, the decline of true religion, and the consequent loss of moral power,are inevitable. There may be just as mack preach lag during such declension a* at any other time. Congregations may be aa large or larger. There may be considerable activity in certain direc tion*- All this may oecar when, at the same time, a large portion of those great truths which God has teteffuad, fry* Jjto, WMtelnnlJttAnrUh opGuent of a symmetrical and healthy piety, an not preached. The moral power of the gospel resides pre eminently in its gnat doctrines. In these we find the reasons of Christian detire, and the motives of the steady discharge of them. Both precept and promises are rooted in the doc trines. If, then, it be found that doctrinal preaching is becoming unpopular, or ia falling into disuse, we may look for the loss e! moral power in the churches, *ud consequently for the increase both of heresies and of infi delity. Would that the truth (for it is s truth) cotold be impressed deeply oo the mind of ovary young minister in the land, that infidelity can never prevail ia inch a country aa ours, a country so pervaded by Christian influence, on lew* the pulpits shall prove unfaithful to their high trust. Happy» indeed, is the minister who •an say to the people of his charge, as Tan! aaid to the elders of Ephesus, “Wherefore, I take yon to record this day , that I am pure from the o^l all woo; for 1 have uot shunned to declare auto you all the counsel of frod."— The Ptctbyta um. fast *d beyoud and Inter* kire so prerx- r g eat rivers tes, especially [ Missouri, ri.uid, Arkas- n li o brand*, k> Jinab, Ro- othere, with ting, still we ean not rtd of K. Tbooe signs nf anger wflleh wo so often see ia our little oo**, and often regard with levity, should rather awaken in us feelings of sorrow and bring ns in deop humility to oar God, that bd weald ia matey, by hto grace, bring thee* little ones to himself era this spirit which we see dawning hem developed itself late the murderer. III. HOW IS THW DEPEAT IT Y FEE- PKTUATEOf «*«* for the morrow win no longer disquiet onr hearts j but hope, which la an anchor nf the soul, both sort mA steadfast, will gladden onr pre# sat and brighten onr falotr Would ws walk bravely and joyously along is hod. Wtageth forth teeth iJmama I: 14-15.) (g) It most aster the snmn as sis **Ttoy that am In the tenh can sot sen OnA* W* are “by >ve the dark- h which the e same time j of the liver, tlio healthy irr-nns. iii.t disease ith Vnr kg a* tn take bold unfaithful domestics; or an inmate who kaeps things disordered; or a house too small for oouvenienoa, or too large to be kept cleanly. The professional man finds it iq perpetual interruptions, or calls for “more ( 'hriauanity has hot little to fear •m the argument* ef actentific ia Ms. Their attacks upon the Bible to Ms s-ww gisrions body. In fine, ft meat he overcame by the aid sf the Eloty fiyrifh, throng* the new birth, and for the sake sf Jssns V. w war ana its ErrEcre t t; :i, IToad- ei-s, Coughs, zziaam, Sour *, Bad Taato Palpita- aation of the of the Kid lainfal *ymp- l\n wWMi 4* tm S— *%m *M. w., we must look to its anion with thnss sinful bodies for its disealed state, for being the work of God it must be originally pare. The renalt M the name if we adopt the theory of ss or that which neighboring teachers that talk loudly and make a great noise in giving a little instruction. One man has a rheumatic joiat which, when the wind ia north-east, lifts the storm signal. Another, a business partner who takes fall half the profits, bat does not help earn them. These trials arc the more nettiesome be cause, like rani’s thorn, they are not to be men Honed. Men gat sympathy for broken bones mad smashed foot, but uot for the end of sharp thorns that have been broken off in the fingers. Let us start out with the idea that we must have annoyances. It seems to take a certain number of them to keep us hnmble, wakeful and prayer ful. To Pan), the thorn was as dis oiplinory aa the shipwreck. If it is not one thing it ia another. If the stove does not smoke, the boiler must leak. If the peu is good, the ink must be poor. If the thorn does not pierce the knee, it mast stick you in the back. Life most have sharp things in it We can not make up our robe of Christian character without pius and needles. We want what Paul got—grace to bear these things. Without it we become cross, censorious and iras cible. We g»t into the habit of sticking onr thorns iuto other peo ple’* fingers. Bat, God helping ns, we pi see these annoyances in the category of the “all things which work together for good." We see bow much shorter thorns are than the spikes that stock through the palms of Christ’s hands; and, re membering that be had on hia head a whole crown of thorns, we take to ooraelves the consolation that if w* suffer with him on earth, we shall be glorified with him ia heaven. Bat how could Paul positively rejoice in these infirmities f The school of Christ haa throe classes of refute and overthrow thnm. For happily ia onr day, learning and setose* ecu sot exrinsirsly or mainly ia the po—irsrioa sf infidels And yvt infidelity may, even ia nor dgy, and la this country, become ettensivulj prevalent for a time. Should H da an. It win be becanus the standard of piety In the churches win sink very tow. Buck a state of ie. guarantee y advertise- Evil, Whita Br-clied Neck, tans, Indolent Election* Old tare Eyes, etc. til, ought tn put mmediate creation teaches that when a human being becomes a living creature, God create* a soul and unites it with the body. Bat both of three theories charge God with the responsibility For from bis itational Dis- Iit sn hat* •oven ia the case*. d Chronic dup Remit- , L_ iascsof La Bladder, luch Diseasee for their sinfulness, nature he must create them holy. Now be takes this holy creation of his and unites ft with a sinful body, from which anion It mast of iwem sity become sinfal. Ws can not ac cept a theory which thus ueouauttales the death of sn innocent being. There ia a view which obviatee this difficulty, and is more tn accord ance with reason and Revelation. It is that theory which teaebee that God is indeed the Creator of the soul, bat that the parents are the regularly appointed mean* or organs of this creation. Thus the parent ia indeed the parent of the ehild. Both soul and body are related to him. The eonl ia as clearly sooner ted with him aa the body. Aa an evidence of this, we often aee the parent in the child by the remarkable 'likeness in the disponitton and men tal structure of the ehild, and that too, when there fa bat alight physical simnlarity. Thaa la Gen. v t S, we are told that Adam begat * <*»n tu P -sons en- tus, each a« beaters, and !, are subject To gcard LLKM’a Vl*- ptions, Tet- >ts, Pimple* (tine-worm*, ipdas. I ten, kin, Unmor* atever n*m» and carried to w tbe us® outrage reltgtaa t Even nature through the fiowses nf the field which, uedthec ttoltng eptnetag, weave a haenty beyond the royal fuliM at ktam. tad throe*L the hear nr rend for or against ft IlfHwn, the mytifiil historian, attempting to aeewaet for the won devfel a sot was ef Christianity la the early age*, attributes it largely tn the sbiwntg virtnee of primitive chris tinea They dr*a east rated their faith, he eay a, by theew virtocn Than* am fare truths sn (tof evident that fow wtu ewer deny or doubt them ’ The first la, that a rvtigtens faith, haring tml| original ten brings with it death t Worms, fy thousands, moved. J 1 ® fngea, no en ds wn ofwp- tbeao Tow« ^aenee tbw s. ood when- ting itrociad t when »t h ivhen.K®*? ftbe»y«ti® now a minister, tells Brother I* me that when he first joined the ohurvh, then a mere stripling, he often thought of warning hi* young friends, bat was deterred by bsahful- nesa, and the fowling of inoompeteocy. Men t urning this to bis minister one day, all the help be got was, “Quench not the Siwrit." Soon after this be in Dm gift of Selections. K that a religions fatih which thiugs r i?««t lednl 0 - (omfa>v, wj- 9,18®3- :r &mf. after ptov fight rtf* h 41# V 18 jn p®! j723P® , 93'TP» 238a® *515 nectioo* * prayer with regard to onr whole Ufo. Fur If wo eonahlar the ftfo of Juana, the improateon oniversnlly mnAe upon an will bo that It won a Ufc of constant prayer. It wae indeed n life ef labor, ef eon earning labor, but all its labor was based oo prayer, on the sacral ietoreoerse s4 Ids onnl with his Father. Before every airs do which ho wrought, be ever seemly applied, as we may plainly perceive, to his Father. And whan the boors of day "ere all engrossed by the work of his calling, hs dedi rated the solitary hours of evening or morning, or the sflonen of night, to prayer. Every fowling which stirred bis soul he transformed Into ‘Thomas, don’t you think yon ought to bo a Christian r This was P *■ short ssnaoo . Thomas, then a railer sod a blas phemer, made no answer, but went at ones and left him. P feared be had offended hia friend; and yet be foit relieved and sustained. The two mot aset at church; and there brother P first saw Thomas among the anxious inquirers, and be soon found pence in believing. “Bat ‘by their frmta ye shall know thorn,’ * said L “Tell me, brother |» , hour he bold* outT “O," •aid ho, “ho still bolds on bis way, a devout and faithful Christian ". SjE abort aermoo oot only saved a sool from tenth and hid th* mnltitodw of bow to be stock with thorns without lasing our patience; in the aeoood class we Inara how to maksthe sting potetivuly advantageous; ia the third class of this school wn toon how, even to rqjoioe in being pierced and wounded; bat that ia the soafor teas*, and when we get to that, we are near graduating into glory. 10 58P® S40»® 543*® *7 48»S 8 45 n *® pjSStefo i S'th ? Mtis ■ickw^ws* Eternity ia the divine treasure- house, and hope is the window by means of which mortals are permit ted to see, as through agism darkly, the things which God is preparing. To toll a falsehood is like the ent of a sabre; for, though the wound may heal, the scar will remain. prayer ought In occupy in the the Christian Ws am arena to net apart tiSMO In which to