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From the Sjuthern Christian llcruhl. rovETOusxnss. A covetous Christian canzot be. It is solecism in terms, it is a contradiction i language. A Christian is one who ha been led to repentance and to faith in Jest Christ. He has grieved with a godlv so row over his own corrupt and sinful natun Ik* ItnsJeJt the plague of his own heart, hi seen himself to l?e exceedingly vile at abominable, and justly condemned by tl 1 t\v of (*od ; Init lie has fled and laid ho of the in cm* set before him in the (iosjk ho has receive! Jesus Chris! by iaitl " The goodness, forliearancc an I long su fering of Go I," Rom. 2: 4. tor such an u deserving sinner has led him to ropentaw and he comes to afj/wr liimseJf. Job 42 : hut lio'hing d s'resses him more than ll SKLFISHNESS of his xatcrk. this c fountain of44 bitterness," of the" wonmvo* and the gall." I/am. 3: 10. Having i hope in himself, he has believed on t Lord Jesus Christ ar.d is saved. 441 le lie peace with God." Rom. 5: 1. He li heard the terms in which ho is called to a soldier and by the grace of Hod he li embraced them full;/, with Ins tcholc hen without any reservation. He lu.t'i hoc ihe Saviour say, ** He that lovetli father mother more than me is not worthy of 11 and he that loveth son or daughter ni( than me is not worthy of me ; and lie tl tiiketh nor Ins cross and foliowcth after i is not worthy of mo. Math. 10: 27?i And again in Luke 14 : 20, " If any m come to me and hate not Lis Hither n mother, and wife and children, and brctlu and sisters, vea and his own life also, cannot be my discipleand again,44 ye i not your own, therefore glorify Hod your bodies and in your spirits which ; Hod's. 1 Cor. 6 : 19?20, and in the 1( " . ss . vers*; the "covetous are ciiumera among those who shall not inherit theKi; domofGod. From which scriptures a considerations it is manifest that a man w is under the dominion of covetousncss cc not l>e a Christian. Rom. G : 14, " Ye cant serve God and mammon." Math. 6 : 5 The very existence then of the Ciiristi character, necessarily implies, that the pi ,? 's'issor loves Christ more than his mon< .Vflhiislove to the Saviour is detnonstratcd /a life of self-denial. Not in always liavi no desires opposed to his will, but in si duing those desires, or rather in refusing gratify them, and this out of regard to t trill of Christ; wherever that demands ai thing in collision with our wishes and s ftshness, then to do the will of Christ is pre of love to him. u This is love,tliat ye kc my comm:indm'*n!s.r 2 John G. There arc few sacrifices which t Christian offers up in which he has mc certain evidence of self-denial than in " gi ing of his subs'ance." And if he loves t cause of Christ more than his money, it u be found in fact to make a considcral impression upon bis resources, and t Lord in orJer that this grace should ha exercise has sauJ.44 1 lie poor ye shall na always with you but me ye have not ; ways." Math. 26 : 11. You can rnanifi your love for me by visiting the poor, t sick, the prison. Math. 25 : 37. It is doul less the du'v of Christians to go to the si fwring, find them out, and minis:er to tin necessities; not to wait till ihey conic to t 44 rich man's gate full of sores." Luke 1( 20. Christian charity will visit such inf mitics at thc poor man's home,giving mon to the " soup society" will not satisfy ) conscience. 44 Pure religion and undefil before Cod and the Father is this.to visit t fatherless and widows in their affliction a to keep himself unspotted from the world James 1: 27. And again, 1 John 3 : 1 18,44 But whoso hath this world's goods a seeih his brother have need and s!iut:cth his bowels of compassion from him, he dwellcth the love of Cod in him ? my Ik children let us not love in word neither tongue but in deed and in truth." Thus we see it does no: avail to have t most poetical and sympathizing sentini' imaginable on this subject; and to enter:.' the kindest and most benevolent wishes I wards the poor and the destitute. To - .1 * . I ! . , me ining is wnai is necessary to prove i Spirit, James 2: 13, 16. To provide for the [>oor of the flock is manifest a part of Christian duty, that the who are in this situation in the Church a who are not supplied wither/fry thing i ecssary and needful, arc absolutely robl by those who have the wherewithal and i tain it from thorn. To minister to th wants is hut setting apart to them what their just due by the highest possible rig and title, 4\he gift of God," and bis precc U his Church. Chris:ian persons arc t apt to reason on this subject like people this world, and to adopt their sentime/r.s: I the christian principle and worldly morali are very wide apart. In the Church of Christ there is in truth community of property. Vet this fact do not equalize ail in their possessions. In t Church at Jerusalem we find that the dis; pics literally introduced a community goods, Acts 4: 34, 33. We do no: re; hot outt th/j Atlmi* A r\^-\Ot/-\l i O lid l uiij v/t 11 iv viiivi .1 j/uojvnv/ vyniri v u <itij so, nor is it likely the custom cominu< long at Jerusalem. It was probably fom inconvenient to have all the property itidiviJuul cliristians as thev came into tl Church sold, and a commi tee or deacoi nppoin'cd to manage it for the common be ?tit. It may have been found more cxp liient to let the persons having lands ar ]>ossess;ons when they became disciples retain the same, and manage for the Churt as Stewards providentially entrusted \vi the "mammon of unrighteousness.'' That rich Christians are Stewards. (& po< ores also to the extent of their talent)that their wealth is the Lord's, and that tin are bound to dispose of it ibr the benefit < his Church and ii>r his glory, will not I dnicd bv thos* who have the Spirit < Christ and are his. Suppose the practice at Jerusalem !ir continued in the Church, of appointing nic to manage the Church thuds, which wci "all common." & no man had aught that I called his oim." And suppose su it a Srew nr < *? fofw).'!)'' d. ' ' ' ! hold from the poor, or from any good work whore the prosperity cf necessities of the a 1 Church required it. and should be found exn i pending the Lord's wealth, to gratify his s j own lust, follies, pleasures, ambition, friends s i or family ? what would be said of the "com... : man honesty" of such a man ? And the j 0< i onlv difference in the case of the deacon at ! i$ Jerusalem and the rich man in our Churches | IL1 i is this, that the Church appointed the one i 1P as S eward and the Lord himself has ap](J pointed the o'her by providentially furishing him and saving "occupy till I come," It* Luke 19: 13. if. With regard to whit a man should give n. to honor God with his substance, this doco ' pends upon such a variety of circumstunG, cos that no rules more definite need be atho tempted than are in the Scriptures, vii j One remark however may not be out of i)d place. A christian is one who has pro[J0 ! icssedto give hnnselj\ his soul, his heart, his he hodv and all that he has, a "sacrifice ' to !th j God. Now m ancient times the worshiper ,as , would bring his gift for sacrifice and lay it be upon the al.ar: if God accepted ihc sacrifice, ,ns i fire descended from heaven and consumed rt 1 the gift: now it may not be an unprofitable u d | exercise to examine the possesions laid ii}x>n or the alter and see how much of this sacrifice I1C> t has been accepted by l>einix "consumed." >re When the love of God causes the "heart to uat burn,*' within the man gives of his subnc stance not in word or in wish, hut in deed >9. and in truh. Every person knows hoir this ian i matter stands. Jt does no! depend upon nd ; the amount, that is not. material, for in this en respect the Apostle expressly teaches that a he man is "accepted according to that which ir0 he hath and not according to that which lie in hath not, 2 Cor. 8:12. Our Saviour said ire the widow's mite was more than the gifts ol )ih ricli men, doubtless having relercr.co led j to lier ability. jg. J Unquestionably a man has zwduty to his nd j own family especially to those that are poor, h0 for saith the Apostle, if a "man provide not rn. for his own household he hath denied the 10t faith, and is worse than an infidel," 1 Tim. >4. j 5: 8. A Christian man should provide lor an those of his house, not only the things nc3S. j cessary for tiic body, hut also for the soul. ; In the matter of common education in those by things that pertain to this life, ihci*c is incom. ng parablymore anxiety and attention, and ,b. more time and expense incurred than in * ?. i j0 trios? things mat pertain to unseen uutcicr/ie nal realities. Christian parents should ny recommend by their example not only the oj. word of God and prayer, but also all the or)0f dinances of God's own appointment should 0p be rcligioasly observed and venerated, and especially the Institution of the ministry. 5^ This is one of the greatest blessings the >rc I Lord has bes owed upon his Church, and jv. ! his withholding of this dispensation of the bread of life is one of his severe judgments, .jj] "BoholJ the days com?, said the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a j,e famine of bread, or a thirst for water, but ve ' ?f hearing the words of the Lord," Amos vc| 8: 11. p. J And what a contempt does that commujg. ! iii y manifest for this "gift" from nlx>ve, l,c Kph. 4: 11, who will compel a faithlul bt-! prcaclier of the Gospel of reconciliation ,r whom the Providence of God hath sent -t . i -i _ a n _.i i ,jr among mom, 10 leave me woru 01 vrou uuu |ie j "serve tables," Acts G: 2. lie who hath 3 . the care of souls should be relieved from all *ir- j other care, as much as possible, by those Cy i among whom he labors. And what shall fl(S ; be said of tht regard of tha people called ej | a Church of Christ, who have the means !,c among them, and will not appropriate for ()ij the minister what is needful for the body? ? J 1 Cor. 9: 11?14. A minister has a right ~ J Divine to bo disburdened by his people nd from ^1C distractions and anxieties connectUp ed with that Gentile cry, "what shall I eat )W | and what shall I drink, and wherewithal tjc j shall 1 be clothed ?'' in ' DC TV OF CHURCH MEMBERS. J,c From the Edinburgh Vhristian Magazine, it (Continued from a former paper.) tin i Fourthly, the exercise of the churchlo \ member, to study a holy life, is another du do i tv required of him. Even the visible lie church is a society bv profession called out of the world lying in wickedness, and holiso ncss is that which becometh it well. The ?so ; scriptures require this proof of persons havnd J iug believed the Gospel. It is a regular ic- i walk which stops the mouth of gainsayers, <cd j and is one mean of winning others to cmre | brace the faith; lor it shews the happy cfcir j fec:s it produces. You are called on, then, is j to study whatsoever things are true, whatrht! soever things are honest, whatsoever things :pt j arc pure, wha'soever tilings arc lovely, and 00 i whatsoever things arc of good report. If, in ofj your conduct towards men,you be wise as )ut [ serpents, and harmless as doves; if you be ity submissive and cheerful in affliction: and if you regulate your families well, living in 1 a | peace there, attending to family-worship j'c nnrt fhmilv.ine?rnnMon in thorn* nnrliiihoinfr he ; kind and just in your daily walk; you will 21- | experience the solid comforts of religion of J yourselves in the mean time, and will be ad ! gradually preparing for members of the es i church above. And 1 may add, that no ed ' transient joys under the word, no hearing id of it gladly, should satisfy your conciences of: that you are the disciples of Christ if you be ic | strangers to this holy life, and allow yourlis selves in any course of sin. n- i The bridling the tongue, and taking e- proper steps to remove ollence, is a fifth id duty that every church-member would need to 1 to attend unto. The end of the Christian :h I religion is chari y out of a pure heart, and th of a good conscience, and of faith unfeign1 ed; hut if these thinge be not attended to, Dr i though we know all mysteries, our religion ? : is only like a sounding brass and tinkling w i cyn.b d. ilut some church-members forget of1 this part of the divine record, and under the jc . pretence of zeal, are great dealers in seanof dai. If they reside in the country they oft ton retail it on the Sabbath-day, when they J id i meet with their brethren at public worship, j in ; ll they are iudwellcrs in towns, they gather 1 e in the twilight to their favorite haunts, and : ie neither spare the characters of (.?osnel min-1 r. is'.crs. or absent fellow-professors. This . , f| <.. ; ..r< <O noooin" ' 1? ""'"'v ?MB?rrt? ????????? of the spirit in the bond of peace; it is a | ma practice which sows dissension among j On brethren; and lias marred the progress of wa the Gospel under the ministrations of the gio most faithful ministers of Christ;yet I scruple for not to asser', that it is a practice inconsis- grc tent with the expciicncc of real religion.? de< James i. 20. "If any man among you seem pe? j to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, erl j but dcceivcth his own heart, this man's re- cn| ligion is vain." hrc \Y hen otrences break out in a church, pre ! let the member that is grieved for them fol- mi i low the rule that is laid down in Matt, xviii. in? | and lie will likely gain his offending brother. ev ! If religion be low in the congregation, let be ' him encourage private societies for prayer, j let him be faithful in attending on these, let j him exert himself to spread knowledge in them; and if he reside in the country, let him put Ills fellow-members in mind of the doctrines they hoar from Sabbath to Sab- J bath, when on the road to public worship, j P? ! And in order to be useful in these respects, j 1 1- ..r.rx /).<? nninc nrmiv in cniritiinl i Pr I IIH 111111 U >VJ UUi; |HIIIX^ IU ^11/1* Ml .. ! knowledge- The member who has a eon-; j versation of this kind, will be a public blcs-1 !al sing in his congregation, while the talking j,u; malignant professor is like a scorching wind . . from the wilderness, that causeth to. wither w ' every thing that comes in its reach. . p % j A submission to Christian discipline, is 1 another distinguishing part of the character . ' of the church-member. That such an in- m sritution should be kept up in the church of; s.c Christ,is as evident as that the Gospel should j 1 be preached in it. If our brother offend us ^ publicly and obstinately, we arc to tell 1 the church, wc are to exhort one another n( daily, lest any be hardened through the de- n( ceititilness of sin; we are to put away the j ^ wicked person from us; wc are to have no j J1 fellowship with the unfruitful works ofdark-? ncss, and they who sin arc to be reproved j, before all, that others may fear. These are 1( scripture appointments; the church-member u' should view this attention to discipline as P1 ! flic appointment ofChrisf; the keeping it up | j is the hedge i?i the Lord's vineyard, which . I keeps the boar out of the wood from wast-' 1 ing it; and the Hying from, or the opposing j ^ it, is an evident proof of pride reigning in ' the heart. My Christian brother, remem- j". her what flic Spirit of God saith on this sub- . jeet, Ilcb. xiii. 17. "Obey them that have j the rule over you, and submit yourselves, j ^ for they watch for your souls, as they which ; . must give account." Do not obey them | J" implicitly; but when they act in agreeable ; , ' ncss to the commands of Christ, rise not . ^ . .. j IVI j up against tncm. nememiXTine spu n ana the fate of Koralu and he assured of it, that. they who imitate this conduct generally ! | perish in his gainsaying. I While I have been shewing you that ^ \V church-mcmbcrs should respect the disci- ^ phne of Christ's house, I would put in mind ! also, that you ought not to cast the burden , j of it wholly on the shoulders of ministers ^ i and officers. A part of this work belongs to i you as church-members, and much of the j i happiness of your congregation depends on ju your faithfulness in the management of it.? ^ : Vour duty is this: If 3*ou find your fellow j church-member has really offended, you .. ought not to publish his fault to others in the j first place, far less ought you not to tri- umpli over his full in public companies, nor j j hastily run to your minister with the news. ^ j The direction of Christ is Matt, xviii. 15. rp Take hint between yourself and him first,! c I and shew him his fault; and this course, j j well managed with prayer and prudence,! j ; lias often been - blessed for the recovery of; . i a fallen brother. Hut it may be needful sc then to tell the church, /. e. church-rulers. 1 rP r i A The contributing of our substance for ; m ' the support of Gospel-ordinances, is anoth- ] jn ! cr peculiar "duty of the church-mcmbcr. j i Gal. vi. 0. u Let him that is taught in the cc | word, communicate to him that teacheth in I f0 ; all good things." 1 Cor. ix. 14. "Thei},j Lord hath ordained, that they who preach j Gf the Gospel should live of the Gospel." ; ar In the conclusion, I shall mention a duty ] a j which is equally incumbent on the rulers 0f 1 and private members of the Church. Both j c> ought to be importunate in prayer, that the j Lord would send lorth laborers into his pC vineyard, and that he may bless them when j 0f they arc entered on their public work.! tjc Their is nothing that Paul insists on more j cn injiis epistles, than an interest in the pray. ers of his people. To lead them to this1 In duty, he puts them in mind of his trials,; |lt temptations, and weaknesses ; and that his ' ] , standing and success depended on the God ^ of all grace. Other Gospel ministers are , H importunate for an interest in your prayers m 1 for the same reasons. 1 m ' ra BROTHERLY LOVE. ! pr The maintaining of brotherly love is j on t mentioned in the New Testament as the ' nr I distinguishing part of the character of | A i Christ's disciples, and the observation of .ee ! this duty ought to be the daily study of, mi ; church-members : John, xiii. 35. " By ; nu ! this shali all men know that ye are my dis-: les ' ciples, if ye love one another." Broiherly ' j love is so extensive a duty, that to explain it of fully would require an essay ot itself, feuf. ( his fice it to say, that it is the opposite to a sel-; ha fish spirit. It has no delight in wrath, of strifes, and emulations. It bears with the j tin infirmities of other church members, as far be as the word of God will permit. It does ! fro not censure harshly, nor hastily expose the | po weaknesses of others. If a brother be j ca overtaken in a fault, it restores him in the I spirit of meekness; and it is humble and j gei thankful when justly reproved by others, j the Brotherly love is a daily imitation of the : (tli Redeemer, in keeping up meekness and to lowliness of heart. It delights in the im-! age of Christ wherever it can be seen, and j jus it is cautious not to ofTend the least of ; Gt Christ's little ones. It leads the person to possessed of it to do good to all as he has \ sio opportunity, but csj)ccially to the household liv< of faith ; he visits the widow and father- ! Gc less, comforts the feeble.minded, succors | of the tempted, and aims at cau'ioning the wa-, to i vering, and recovering the fallen. In fine, i Go it is the bond of perfection, and brotherly mil love should be cherished by every church-! he.' member. When it is lively in a congrcga-; olu ' hi. re'n wd'Tvv??cj>or ? ? i* f?i'i y Ik? great defects in spiritual knowlegc. 5tl the other hand, when brotherly love is iff a ( ntintr, an acurncy of views about reli- and us doctrines, an attention to external awar ms, and a zeal to establish these, will not is sai :atlv promote the kingdom of the Re- will, 'mer. It is eminently the kingdom of i to In ice; but the members that feel not broth- Ilea^ y love, will be jealous # of their honor, most ptious in their temper, and make their ofth< jthcr an offender for a word. At the j we h sent moment, the faithful see church- tion mibcrs so frequently biting and devourr one another, that they mourn over an il that will never be remedied till the Spirit M poured out anew from on high. won acqu From the Southern Christian Herald. knov on the being of god. ccuc lie is your God, your Creator, Prcscr- (rem r and1 constant kind benefactor, "in wc | 10m you live and move and have your Wit! ing." Do you doubt this 1 Perhaps you jn ^ ivc thought very little concerning this I Q)rj eat truth, which lies at the foundation of J SySt< I true religion. You may have fceen ' m S( Light to believe in the existence of God, effOJ st as you have been accustomed to hear 0jtCr the existence of your grandfather, and j |jgj0 ith no other thoughts regarding him, fhnn j uraj ; a preceding being in the chain i)C a ;istencc. My liearer, this is wrongT^Ty^ ou ought to know the Author of your beg, and of all life, animate and inanimate, |H i that you may render to him, the praise gH le to his Most Holy name. ! But "The fool hath said in his hearty j jH ere is no God." Ps. xiv. 1. You are I )t among these, I trust, my dear hearer? j )nc but a fool would have said this, and j -H lid it too, not from his m'md, but his heart, j S s affections, because he loved it to he so. j No God" to see and to hear him, bv day , H id by night?to look in upon his wicked j )art, which man cannot see?to look in H i pon his wicked lite, when no one waSj^H escnt?to hear, when every human car as far away, and none could hear his ickcd words?he did not like to believe iat there is a hearing, seeing, Holy, just, id avenging God. But now, is there a Dfl eing, self-existcnt, underived, eternal, pos;ssingall power, holy, just, merciful, gra- , ^Hj ous, wise, creating, governing and up. j fl| ilding all things, and who will at the end * ? u J?.L _ i:?; j A\ j j j [ mo world, juuge me living aim me ueuu, (hb id reward all, according to the deeds done i the body. These great and essential uths, essential I mean, to the good order |9 f society, and our present and future indi- 9 dual happiness, reason and revelation Hj ach us. 9 1. Let us take it for granted, that wc 9 irselves exist, as sentient,intelligent beings, 9 assessed of peculiarly strong affections, 9 ith bodies, minds, and affections, liable to j acted upon in a most impressive man?r. Does any one doubt this? Then let m hold his little finger in the blaze of a 9| indie for a few moments?let him submit fl| s mind to an examination, on the science ' Mathematics,by our professor in the Co- Qfl rr.iiia College, and if a sober father, let m look upon his son, his first born, the 91 uld of promise, a prostrate inebriate in e public streets, or his lovely daughter, e white rose-bud of her innocence crusli- BB I, soiled, defiled, trampled in the fen of )cp, degraded infamy. Away with the ^B lse, unnatural philosophy of the Skeptic. ^fl he man, the husband, the father, the broth- Bfl sister, and mother, feel and know, that iB ev exist. And how came they into be- ^B g? they had fathers before them. And i0 & iw came the first creator or cause of this be?' ntientand intelligent being into existence? don he first cause of all causes or effects, con^ ust have been an eternally, self existing, B telligent Being, whom we call God. dut} Tliat this Being is undcrived, that EIc j dire >uld not have created himself, is evident, j r it would involve the inconsistency of j fcaj s being and not being at the same moment j toon f i 'time. Of His being, in order to create, law id of his not being, in order to lie created ; j this manifest absurdity. So that the Creator j alwi "all things, is himself uncreated and self- j app1 [istent. But : the 2dly. There have l>een, and are now, ' rea? :rhaps, those who maintain that matter is ! us,'1 crnal, and that the present order ofcrea- j praj e* mnivi /*hsi Y%f>0 r\r* qq fKnv 1 fn c ;il cl^ JIUI11 vi ac uiv v i ill it, a happy and fortunate com- j this nation of atomical particles of matter. , Spii i answer to this very lean manifestation of J whn iman philosophy,wisdom falsely socalied, | was ivould present an am to an untutored Af- j as v tan, and ask "Cuffy, did this grow so ?" Is 1 is unhesita.ing reply would be, " No ! disti assa, white man make him." And how < It is uch more, when a watch, ship, steamboat. ! us s ilroad, with its train of cars should be j ary csented, mind, intelligence, design, at } 1 ice strikes the beholder, and proclaim ! kno cntal effort, as well as exerting power. I hutr nd this effort, effect of mind, is to 1x5 tra- (it is A nn tn thr? first pnn?n. and assi/rned to I delu "I' %MW M'fV" f O " | ind itself; and can never be attributed to J heai liter, inert and immoveable, in itself, un- 23, ?s extrinsically acted upon. I on I 3dly. " The Heavens declare the glory 1 with God, and the firmament sboweth forth wou 5 handy work." The beauty, order, j stoo* rmony, motion, and utility of the system : we c the Universe?its perfect adaptation to righ ; comfort and happiness of the intelligent i betu ings who inhabit the earth, proclaim the 1 only imer of all things to be an infinitely wise, i puzz wc.. .l and benevolent Being, whom we j God II God. j by s 4th!y. All nations seem to consent in the ! " mc ncral, ihat there is a God. Only here and ! relat ;rc a few special "fools say in their hearts But icy believe not mentally, what thev want not be so,) that there is no God." i have And concern inn such it is powerfully and , do n tly said, "Because they liked not to retain | grca >d in their knowledge, he gave them up { all tl a reprobate mind; yea, to a strong delu- j the < n to believe a lie." Men that love, and j are I j in Sin, dread that there should be a and id, to call them to account for their deeds slrif wickedness, and therefore, they strive to w banish from their minds, all thought of M ?d. So that at last they sink so low in the ; to m re of iniquity*, as to lose all sense of! ants ivcnly, rational light, and given over to ! that iuracy, are reserved for the lish? of a ! (Col :?re 'Y>mi Iily. The Bible assures os, that there sen 5od, and informs us of His perfections, the teaches us our relations to Him. I am hea e, that the existence of the Being, who in I id to have given us a revelation of his hea must be proved, before wc can claim to 1 aw received his revealed will from ly ( ren. The preceding arguments do of I incontrovertibly prove, the existence thai j first cause of all causes. And here, woi ave u book, claiming to be the revela- nes of God's will to man. the rgfo From the S. C. Herald. ( r. Editor :?Permit me to say a fow thir Is to your readers on the importance of and n'ring sound and practical religious vledge. On this point our fathers ex- gen d. Perhaps they carried it to an ex- we e. I think there is but little doubt that | Go lave departed to the tfontrar? extreme! TO 1 some few exceptions, we find, neither me e pulpit, nor in the private walks of ma stian life, any thing like the amount of Bui jmatic religious knowledge to be found fin( )tr.e preceding generations. The great aiiu 1 of the present day- is to create ex- tha nent. Excitement on the subject of re- the n is assuredly necessary. Alan's nal- ori apathy makes it necessary, yet it may Tts the H. r He Hii Dft-r H^H^^HH^HH^^H^He( I" m\ i l: \ my. HHS|HHHHa Ha HHHBHH|^Bi HVHHfTtlic master I the b for his servant whatever it would have hal \i the duty of parents or society to have pol e. This position does not admit o! me trovers}'. tut in ever}' situation it is the Christian's r to commit his way to God, and lie will (ujj ct his steps. How or by what means jj he direct his steps? many subordinate evi s, but especially by his 4t unerring pe< i," or the Holy Scriptures. To the by and the testimony* then let us bring ter question. u Thus saitli the Lord " is J??j ays binding, and admits of no delay or eal; and if we cannot find a Thus saith jn , Lord for our conduct, wc have good >on to fear that the " Lord goes not with < 1 and if the Lord goes not with us, our bee ,*er should be " carry us not up hence." he >rder to get the mind of the Spirit on 'iai matter we must consult all that the ser it has given as his mind, believing that t was written aforetime on Ihk subject r as much " written for our learning," rev rliat was written on any other subject, dre then the relation of master and slave for nctly treated of in the Holy Scriptures ? p'a . How is it treated, and where ? let wo ce. I Iere brethren, permit a prelimin. ^ remark or two. yk . We do not pretend to Tiave certain 8l*o wledgc when slavery commenced in the J,is lan family. We would only say that the ! probable it was introduced before the fici ge. It is true that the first time we ll0J r this subject spoken of is in Gen. ix. . where Noah is pronouncing the curse jjjjj dam, and Cainan. But the familiarity j for which Noah uses the word servant, C0l Id seem to prove that Ham had under- no\ J ?U? iUa O^s.,1 O.wl i cr?n Li lilt HHJtiuuj^ uciuiv un: nuuu, ?*i ivit -vv, lo not pretend to discuss the master's car t over the servant, or the civil relation ??e rcen master and servant. Wc would simply suggest the idea, that it might a :le an oppopent to make it appear, that bee did establish by statute, and regulate bee tatute in various attitudes that which is lipf rally wrong," as some would have the his ion of master and servant termed. t0* this is an irritating subject, and we do j stc: pretend to discuss it. Those who 885 i ventured farthest upon this ground wo ot suppose are entitled to be called the test benefactors of mank ind, & amongst " * ie parties interested in this discussion, anj jhurch of God has suffered most. We therefore warned to "avoid this foolish unlearned question," which administers e rather than godly edifying, and attend eightier matters than these. logi rhat charge does the Holy Ghost give bo < aster6? " Masters give to your sen'that which is just and equal, knowing } ye also have a master in Heaven,", . iv. 1.) and in Kpli vi. 9, the master is imn !"d *"'< ? fh^ .ww" things his ! ? * rant, for the reason previously given. In preceding verses the servant had been vily charged to do his duly to his master, the same singleness and sincerity of rt, in which a christian performs his dutv lis master Christ Jesus. Not with bodu>r eye service merely, but in singleoess heart; and all this from a consideration t the Lord required this, and tlie Lord aid reward the servant for his iakbfaL s. The master is to do for the servant same things in the same spirit. Not the ntical same things, for this would be" change places with the servant,- but the lgs of his station, in the same temper j I spirit, as accountable to the same Lordre then, is the general charge, aod the icral spirit of the Statute. How shalL apply this principle, is the questionod sense sometimes has to guide us int application of a law, and sometimes re taste ; as nature teaches us that if w _ i i i ...i. n nave long nuir j? <?. suaurc uiuu mi?. t by searching the Scriptnres we may I many cases where the principle already ided to is acted out. Wc do not expect t any one will deny that u master' in. New Testament means the same thing' elation, that u Master" does in the Ok? stantmej; and the relation of servant to New Tcstatment is tlie same it was in Old Testament. We also take it for nted that when the Ephesiao Church e reading the Holy Spirit's direction tO? m respecting the way in which they re to treat their servants, that they didl irpret, and ought to have interpreted se directions the same tcay, that A bran did the words of thejsanw Spirit reding his duty to his servants. Wc also time that you and ], who are masters, nd precisely in the same relation to our vants that Abraham, and the Epbesiair i n-ii?m 1 . V^UIIUSSIilll Vyllliruiius U1U IV IIK1I 3C1? its; and that wliat was ihtir duty is lainly our duty. These assumptions think will not be denied. We would ; the Bible reader and Student the folding question?does not Gal. iv. 1, teach that we are to view our servants as liors, ,or as the heir# under age 2 And 5 we"not directed to trcnt the servant in rtain respects as the minor, or lieir unragc? At least star as religions inuction is concerned. Under the Jewish >nomy (and the law is still in forte) rents were to teach their children God's tufes, "speaking of them when thou est in thy house, and when thou walkest the way, when thou host down, and when hi risest up, die," (Dcut. xi. 19, 20.) ell, but what about servants? they are be treated as minors; so it seems that braham understood it, for God says, I iow Abraham, that he will command his ildren, and lus household after him (Gen. iii. 19.) In this place there is but one i planar ion of the word household it | :ans servanfs. f om the Cincinnati Journal and Luminary. tiie two extremes. A. C. was a student in one of the New Eng. id colleges, lie was the only son of hw ither, ami she a poor widow. Her humble idence was several miles from the college; : every Saturday night, she looked far Aam- 1 b to return. On Monday moraing, with ft f under his aim, lie walked back tocoBege. 1 there lived during the week, on bread and ter. His clothing was mean, and much lis college life he was even without shoes.? nsequently, he associated very little with . t other students, and less with the instants in town. His manners were trnished, and his whole exterior was rough as mountain oak. But he was a schaior.? stood at the head of his class, and received highest honors the day he was graduated, entered the ministry. His sermons were of the eloquence of thought and feeling. ! was eminently a useful man. Yet it was dent, that, although settled among a plain >ple, his usefulness was greatly diminished the want of that polish, which an early incourse with good society cannot fail to imt. His college habits were his habits tor In the pulpit he stood like a post In > street, lie shook hands like a pump; and the social circle, he was as grave, and antiial as a statue. Jften has he left the house where he had m to make a pastoral visit, in mine**, that could saynothingwhiletbere. And instances r-e been known of his visiting persons under ious impressions, and of his going away yring that he could say nothing to them on i concerns of the soul, rhe college habits of W. D. were just the nrsr> Thnntrh thp nonr. he contrived SO tOk ss, that in the eyes of some he was mistaken a fop. He had not then leaned that inness, simplicity, and neatness of attire uld best recommend him to thoee whose eem was most to be valued. His passion dress, however, did not equal his love for iting. Unfortunately, he had the impress n, that the study of Greek at night, injured eyes; and poring over Mathematics, be ught equally dangerous; and hence a sufent apology for frequent vhits tifl a late ir. le was graduated with his class. The sob. t of his address on that day was?"The >ortance of politeness." It was well chosen* it was almost the only subject on which he ild speak. It was all he had learned. And v, though he has been in the minstry half a re of years, it is all that he knows. He- i pick up a lady's glove, but he cannot ach. He thinks that had Abraham been a \shed gentleman he would have tcalked, and - - - % ^ "ran" to fetch the lender can ior uk uim> *els ' dinner?(Gen. 18;)?that had Paul >n a little more polite he would neither harein stoned at Lystra, nor imprisoned at Phi)i; and that Archimedes might hare eared life, if he had possessed politeness enough lave offered the Roman soldier a seat, inid of being so intent on solving a problem* Psalms & Hymns |F the General Assembly of the Presbyteri" an Church, largo and small edition, iu fine common binding. Enquire at the Bookstore. )cc. 27, 1836. or sale at the Bookstore>r Appeal to Young Men in the Presbyterian L Church. By Professor Howe.of the Theo-. cal Seminary in Columbia. The proceeds to levoted to tho education cause. Works on Baptism, At the Book Store. |X the Baptist side, Carson and Cox ; on the r pV'vJSn'mt ? <!*?. Miller and holler. rnrnammmmmmmmm