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I WHAT Txl.-: ACT OF UE'T.lVl.V: CI'III ST CON- j S'ST.J IN. "Here I need not tell yon, that receiving j and b lieving arc all one, according to Joins j i. V2: and tins b dieving is not a iiii'iu r.o. j tional persuasion, or dogmatical opinion | concerning Chris ; for that is too slight a' % ? tiling to be accounted a receiving ot'Chr.s;: hut this receiving of Christ. 4<1. In general, to express it in a word,: if possible, it may be caiied (as one of our r aio'vne I commentators express i ) a ti lueial knowledge; that is, such a knowledge o! Christ as leads die sen! to an assured confidence In liiim Our shorter catechism delinks faith o he a receiving ef Chris*, and rcstuig on him for salvation. as he is ulfercd in The Gospel. And this resting is r.ot so much a d.tlcrent act from that of receiving; as it is a continuation of the act of receiving; for when we receive iiim for c:ilv;i'!iin ur? fniilmm mil* vi fiMV'n'r <?f him, or believing in him. The reception i< the rest begun: and the resting is the reception continued. And, therefore, whatever application of Christ is imported in resting on him, the same is imported in receiving of him. And as Chris! is o'ierecl to every one in particular, that hears the gospel; so it is the duty of every one to receive the offer by applying to Christ hiins if, for his own particular good, benefit, and salvation. I coulJ here lay before you several terms or cxprcshons whereby t!..s taith, or receiving of Christ is held in the scripture, but 1 conline myself to the tcx'. ILecciving of CStrist is a going out of the whole soul, to close with Cm isi for complete saiva'ion to a man's self as he is offered in lite Ciospel: and so the language of faith .here is an offer made bv Cod to me. myself, and therefore I receive Christ for salvation to myself, according to the offer, and that \vi:li my whole heart and soul;' lor Avid) die lionr? m:in Iwhcvetli unto rich ~ " "" - o cousncss; My heart trusteth in him, and I am heljieti,' said the Psalmist. Some make iaiili to he only an act of the will, that they may exclude from the nature of faith, that persuasion which yet cannot be excluded. In opposition to such, we assert that faith u an act of the whole soul: the understand/, wil', and affections, according to the ur ; and hence these and the like - iiinures, make faith to be an act of the soul. Psalm, Ivii. 1, 'O my Cod, mv soul rusf.'tli in 11100/ Psalm, xvi. 2, *0 my >oul, thou has said unto the Lord, thou art my Lord. 0 my soul, wait thou only upon Clod, for my expectation is from him. Mv soul maketh her boast in the Lord. My soul thirstcth for the living Go!. Return to thy rest, O my soul.' All eminent xpressions of faith. Now, I say, this receiving of Christ is the soul's closing with him; the soul's going our towards him, or * - * I -- -* iP - .1 4/v Ko/*/ v V go-ng imo nun as ojiurcu, ?u via iu one with him. As you see ho.;* grafts arc knit to the stock, so as to become one with the stock, and one in the s ock, else it cannot live in the vegetable manner, so the soul n by faith knit and united to Christ, the root to bo one with him. and one in him; for true faith to close with Christ, is no! merely to have a Christ without the man, but a Christ within him; and therefore the soul by faith goes into Chris', so as not only to unload bis debt, and leave his sin and guilt upon him, but also to surrender himself into his j>ossession and proprie y. *13ut that 1 may further open up this act of receiving Christ, I would ?-2. And more particularly consider the nature thereof, in the following qualities of It: "1. This receiving Christ is a spiritual act, in opposition to natural acts done Innatural wit and strength: man may believe that way with a cradle faith, a natural faith, a common faith, and believe un'o perdition; bu> will never believe to the saving of the soul. True faith is a spiritual act, under t conduct of the spirit of faith; and theref .re faith is called a fruit of the Spirit, (Jul. v. 22; and of the power of the spirit; even the exceeding greatness of i.is mighty power, Eph. i. 19. It is a fruit and ctlect of the day of God's power, and the revelation of his arm, Isa. liii. 1. It is the gift of ' - ^? f - ii . God, and a iruitoi n:s tree grac<: ;uiu nonce we read of some that through grace botieved, Acts xviii. 27. The power of the spirit of Chris*, creates it where it i> no!: 51 id that same power ?f the spirit excites it where it is. It is a spiritual act. "2. This act of receiving Christ is a judicious ac% in opposition to darkness and confusion. The man h< iug acted l>v j trie spirit of faith doth act judiciously and distinctly, as in a matter of the greatest concern, with judgment and understanding, saving as John vi. (19, To whom sh;dt we > O < # go, thou hast the words of eternal iifc? We believe, and are sure that thou art that j Chris*, the sou of the living God."?The I man believes the promise, and the doctrine I t f grace and salvation so judiciously, that , as bis judgment approves it as a truth, so 1 dir. u 111 nrcents ir as L*ood: 'This is a faith- i .. ... , - o > ful saving and worthy of all acceptation, Shat Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief,' 1 i Tina. i. 13. " 8. This act of receiving Christ, is a j warrantable act, in opposition to presumption and delusion.?True faith acts upon a j iiufHcient warrant. It acts upon the war-j rant of an objective sufficiency; there is a ; sufficient Christ presented to him. O the sufficiency of his person, being Cod-man, in one person ! The sufficiency of his ofiiwhether his general offices, as a .Me. dia*or, a Surety, a Redeemer : or his particular offices, as a ProPhc,, Priest, and ' King : the sufficiency of his righteousness, | his doing and dying, his obedience and j satisfaction ; the sufficiency of his power,! being able to save to the uttermost; the f sufficiency of his will, while he proclaims j his good will towards man, and that Cod is | in Christ reconciling the world to himself.? Besides, faith acts upon the warrant of a j general dispensation of grace, through | Christ, in tho eternal revelation of the won!, where the elect are not characterised more than others, but life and salvation through ! Christ, lickl out to sinners of mankind, without distinction of nn'ion, s'p/c. or condi:'. ci. and so in :ui indcfinre way. Tims run ; ;! I it* those thai arc urn'co <?r such as have ^raco already : '.< ili-'Ui. ':? !<- ]. |:.? promises arc de!i:n!c. (? !.! ' eject ai :iiC purpose <>j (i?)U ! 1 11! ia ilu.' < \!t i.i.SJiensniniM o, !;e * ???"? 'ici. ihcr ; r ladelimte and nvii' ra!. A sts i; : o'J ?;*.j:: !. And as i!:c j?!*??!; ?..- :s invi'. s.-> :!i- can is mnvcisni. w Si? :!?? r oy ? \!.or;aS;o!is ;n\ ;t.i!:on>, counsels, < r commands. T11 Uitd CVCl'V otiC to eolue. ;?!! ! j n.-c: ;\e (Vii'ist and <?:; !:.< sure tiupucs. j Irct ;v. And upon such warr.uils as ; tries i!ocs liiilli " I. 'jiis net of ivc-'ivio;; t'in s", -s an i .....II, f ill! IMSll ;0! I !<) (k's io;i " I I , i ti? *!< v, am! ?iis ru>t, Si -nee il is called a boldness : ' We ! i a v o i>< Maos to enter into the holiest by the i)U????1 ot .fesu*. It is a ven'uring our souls, our lit - tt;>on t'.o i blood of the Sou of Cod. at!'! upon the j promise of a (Joil it) Christ. To r< ccivf I Canst, attd believe, is in t llect lo say, 1 | venture my soul upon inching i:i lite world, | hut u j .oil the promise of Cod that 1 have ! provoked, and been au enemy to. all my j days; 1 have nothing L?ut tl.e wot I of this j Cod, and yet 1 mast ven'ure upon i: my I everlasting ail. It is an adventuring grace. j like Peter upon the boisterous water, with this in his mouth and heart, ' Mas'cr, save me/ Matt, xiv : 130. To venture upon the promise of a provoked < ?Vk1, and Jo believe J him to be a Cod in Ciirist rccoueiled, aeI cording to his word, upon the account of 1 the ransom he ha'li found out, and the pro' pitiution he hath set forth : here is ihc bold! ncss of laid', h is a venturing art. j This act of receiving Ciirist is an evangelical act in opposition to legal faith. i It is evangelical in the ground of i*; legal O O * i r.. I ....i i taitli acts upon inc grouuu 01 a ngiu uuil-if nt strengdi. and personal righteousness; but tnio Uiitii upon a borrowed strength, and an imputed righteousness of nnotlier, saying, Surely in the Lord only have J righteousness and strength;' and so i; is a self emptying grace, stripping the man of his own righteousness, of his own s'rength, and taking him entirely elfins own bo torn. It is evangelical in the order of it, receiving him as a Jesus, and then as a Lord, first for justification, and then forsanct fica ion; legal faith perverts that Gospel order, seeking sanelification first, that upon that hottorn it may build its justification ; * seeking righteousness as it were, by the works of the law' Rom. ix. 30. It is evangelical in itc lecal faith is a fruiless faith; it brings for Ii 1:0 acceptable fruit, either from a right principle, or io a right end ; and so all its fruit of good works are rejected, as unprofitable and vain?but true faith brings virtue and good from i s object?such as ease to the conscience, quiet to the mind, holiness to the heart and holy lustre to the whole life: when faith touches if it were but the hem of Christ's garment. \ iriuc comes ou4, and heals the soul: grace comes forth and purifies the heart: \ea, ii brings forth all the good fruit of Compel grace: i Out of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace;' John i: ll>. Faith is the receiving grace, and other graces are received by it-it fetches them out of Christ's fullness; it brings out repentance, anu then it is a penitential faith : (ospel repentance in it, but not'before it. As true fa:ili is a penitential faith, even so it is a bumble faith, a joyful faith, a thankful fui It. tin obc. dient faith, a working faith ; yea, fait ii is tiie 1 root of all those fruits that nativCy grow j upon i', atul go along v.i.h i4. ' C>. This act of receiving Ciirist: it is a | particular, appropriaing, lidmui act. in . opposition to :!.o general doubtsome laitli j oi the Papists, wliich we have abjured in j our National (\>vc:j:m!. The man that ivI ceivs l."u!v be!;evcs nppbcativcdw The * man tliat receives Chr;st right iv, receives him wi:h a parttctilarappropriation to himself: jus* as a man eats and drinks for his own particular benefit; and hence fait ii is called an eating of the tlesli, and drinking of the blood of the Son of Cod: that is. he tak^s home ('iir's1, his merit. righteousness, mediation. and the benefits thereof, to his own sen!. And thus, it is also a liciueia! j act, importing an assured confidence, ac! corJing to the measure- of it: in opposition to a donb'somo faith. A doublsomc, wavering faith, is not the iiiitli thai receives | Chris': nay, it is a faith that rcc rives nothing. \ if we will ta!;c Cod's word for it.?James i. 5. G. 7,"If any man lack wisdom. N him ask it of Cod:?but let him a.sk in faith. 1 nothing wjveriae: f.r lie that w .vcretli is v . . i !:!; a wave < I the sea, driven with tlie wind J and tossed; for let not t hat r. m think that he shall receive anything of the Lord." Win* then a doubtsomc faith receives nothing, flir. less such a prize as Chris!. I know how ' some have been r?-preached on this head, notwithstanding < ! tins plain scriptural Uoc- , trine, as il' they assorted, that thev had no ! piiy upon doubting believers, iiealiy wo j should have no pity upon ourselves, it' we i should say. tiiat no believers have their doubts. Well, say you, may not a man that hath faith have doubts ! Yes, to be sure iie may; but his doubts are not bisfaidi but Ids unbelief; and who ever said but a believer may have nuteii unbelief? 1 would ask such persons, may not a man that hath grace have corruption ! and \ :i you will own that h.s corruption is none of his grace; even so a man that hath faith may have doubts, but yet his doubts are not bis faith : there is no doubting in bis faith, even as there is no ecrruption in his grace; they are antipodes. And it is not by his doubting, but by his believing, that he receives anything from Clod. The Lord deliver us from justifying a doubtsoincfaith which Christ reproves : M0 thou of little faith, wherefore dost thou doubt V' Seme ; make doubting a mark of faith; but it is j such a mark of faith as corruption is a mark ! of grace, as in the following sense ; \\ by,; say you, there is a notorious sinner, that says lie never doubted all Ins days, but still j bad a good hope, that is, indeed, a sign that lie hath no faith; whereas tiie poor soul finds n world doubts innv yet be a true believer. : \ cry true; and iln-rotoro 1 say it is such a ! mark as corruption is a mark of grace, in this sense; there is an impcu: en: wretch ' i drf says he never saw v. ha- :k?-v ' error rnntiou within him nil his days?nay, he' Messes (rod ho is ;i uo?? I I'hrisiian, a good 1 i:< iirhbor. ami hath always had a good hear! in lid 1: the re is an evidence that he hath no grace; whore::-; ike j?oor sonl that finds corruption working, and sin ragimj within him. may yet he a true sain!, Tims, as corruption Ihif may !). a mark of grace, because graoe liglils against corruption; even <-?, doubling II I! may he a mark of falih. because faith tights against doubling, ami i> as i??-ii?l? oni.o conlrarv toits vorv "11 -- v- . > iiaturi*. I'd will any. therefore, put dotib ii ? in ? ;;) na!ure ut iUilI>. asbi i, were esto faith io doubt ? < h* \v;!i any there, ore exclude pei'Mtasion from the nn'nre of ilii*i:? as ii" it wore inK csseniial lor r;i:*h ?<> be persuaded. b< cause the man that halt faith is snmctinx s doubting ! .Just as if ii were ho! in tlio nature of liie eye to see, he. enu-e the man that lia Ii eyes is sometimes deeping : nay, we say. it is i!:e nature of fai.li to see nix! lie assured, aiul persuaded, h< cause it is a (Mucin! net: Sic nee tlx-se nix! the like scriptures, Uum. iv. '2i). '11. ''Ho sincere*] i.ot at the promise oft '<>.!. through uuhclit f. hut was strong in liii.ii, giving glory to < <> !: being liiliy persuaded ihaf he t!mt pro;ilis'(J was aide to per.'brm/' And j lleb. xi: Id, *;It is said of a!! the Old Testament believers, to whom uotwi hstaixling the relation of the object of liii b was not so clearly made as under the New Testament, t.bat they received the promise; Well, but what ?or? of"an art was that receiving act of them ! Why, it follows, they were persuaded of them, and embraced them. -The common s'-nsc of mankind usually takes faith, or believing, for a persuasion: I believe such a thing, that is, I am persua* I ded, or assured of it, I do not doubt it; I lie. J lievc such a man; that is, 1 am persuaded ! that it is truth that he says; if the honest man gives me bis word, bis o:rh. his bo;td, this fortifies-lie persuasion, and certifies the 1 person that hath ado wi h him. So here, ?/ ? !?> nrT^nntb d. nsoured. and i \J iiv. ? V. I 1\/ I'V I'V v, . - ? ? 7 ccr ified upon t!:c word, the oath, the bond, i the promise, the covenant, yea, the blond and righteousness of a (Jod; and lie that believes upon such a ground, as all true believers do, must believe wiili pcrsunsiun. according to the measure of faidi; if it be a weak faith, it is a weak persuasion, ll a strong fuidi, a strong persuasion. And it is no. a natural persuasion, a man's persending himself, and so no more of it ; nay. it is supernatural, and comes of (Jod, u hich ' the former does no'; (Jnl.iv :S. This persuasion comet h not of him that eal etln on:' ?intimating that right persuasion Cwmeth of(Jod. <%This act of receiving Cinist then is a fiducial act, a fiducial persuasion, which some call a fiducial assurances. I know that one great ground of mistake in tin's point, is the confounding of fiducial assurance u j'tIi evidential assurance. The jormeris the assurance of laiib, and in tiie nature of it; the latter is the assurance of seus?, . :iiid tlio c lit.-ut oi iu.nL; r-rtl t-- n<a? juv fai ii at a I i: hut sense :?Th?y d lilr in their acts; by lMucad assurance, we receive Christ as ours; by evidential assurance, we know him to he ours; the former every beiiever hath, when lie acts faith; the la ter many believers want, even when they act 1 fai h; because, tlio' they may b conscious that they arc acting, yet they may not he conscious of the nualitv of the act, if it be savin? or nut. Airain, this fiducial and cv iden:inl assurance differ. as in t!ic-ir acts, so ' in their order ; we First believe by a fiducial persuasion, ant! then we are sure by ;:n cvidcn:ia! persuasion: the one is tise cause, ihe other the effect: the persuasion tint is in faith, is like tire i:i the r?,om. t!?at is the effect oft lie other. Thev ilifler in their oh. ieci: the ohiect of fiducial assurance is with* * out the man. ami looks to tiie promise of Cod, and rigli'cousness of Christ: hut fhe obj- ct and foundation of evidential assurance is within the man, and looks to the work of (iod within: such as graces, attainments, and experiences. They differ in their effect: the effect of fiducial persuasion is justification: the effect of evidential per. suasion is consolation; a man is not justified hy iiis evident knowledge, or by knowing that Christ is his; hut he is justiiicd hy his ' /\?? ? * / /it\ inir nml UUIIOIU l\llt.M*fl?:iaj?V9 (HO i? miiu resting upon Christ for solvation. as ofTc-red in the* Gospel, "Hv Ins knowledge, shali my rijjhfro:;s serv::n' iu>lifv many.' I'a.tii is a fiducial act. *7. In a won I, it is an interesting act. whereby a man is interested in Chris4, and all that he is worth; inasmuch, that upon his believing all his deh s are paid; as a woman that is in debt, upon her marriage to a rich man, all her debt is paid; because, by her marriage, all her debt is trausfened upon the husband that hath married her; so the sou! being married to Christ, hath all; his debt paid : the soul being now ur.der the i covert of its husband, is no: answerable for its own debt; nay. hath not its own sins to answer for, but Chris4, the husband, an-j swers tor them* And thus much concerning the act of faith in receiving Christ; it is a spiritual act, a venturing act, an evangelical act, and a fiducial act, as also an iinvrc s t i n g a c t4''?Krshine. j From the S. C. Herald. The Antiquity end Preservation of the Bide prove its Divine Origin. The Old Testament?the Jewish sacred i Scriptures, is the most ancient record on earth. Infidels say, the Scriptures are the i impositions of priestcraft. I>ut they seem ! to forget that the Bible claims for its sacred j pensmen both Jctes and Christians.?.Men who, in a'I their views and feelings, are opposed to each other. The Jewish Scrip-: tares have been handed down to us, from J the earliest ages of the world. The New j Testament believer looks to the Old Testa- j ment, as the hep, to open to him the doc- J trines and facts of his own religion. The I fact, that the Christ of the New Tos'amcnt I is the Messiah of the Old, the Holy An-1 ciinted One, the Shiloli, the promised lie-; J comer, tile Ciiild which was to be born of a j Virgin, depends entirely upon the preserva-! tion of the Jewish Scriptures. And now I et the reader hear in mind, that the copies : ft lie Jewish Swn'im s were nr.:! plied I?v ' IIJLA. W^v.-> - "-A. ?^ >" JJ1W <*T i - the stifle, or : for the art of printing was unknown to their nn1. J low few copies, then, comparatively speaking. could have been in existence. And how easy then* extirpation by the malice of wicked men. had not their preservation been under thy care of Clod. "To ihe ('iremneisJonf was committed the keeping or preservation of the Oracles of Cod. And if is indeed passing s range, tint tbe very bitterest enemies of the cross of Chris*, who cried, and continue to cry, "Ills blood be upon us and on our children," are the r> ru no'ii necessary to prove the Dlvinihj of Christ, and lite Irulh of the Christian religion. Nad not the Jew pre. M-rvi d his portion of Cod's revealed wa! our moral work I bad even now needed the srmiJoiHir eridener of theC'hrishur eligion, And is it no* passing strange, that litis cvi. deuce should have been preserved, ttndei all the circumstances of the ease? ' !?<. scarce had die copies of Scripture become 1 (savs Dr. Joan .McDowell) during the reign? of wicked Manassah and Anion, that goot ! king Josiah appears never to have seen i co-iv of ibe I?ibi", until the eighteenth yea ol'his reign. After this period was ihe J>;i : bvlonish captivity. Then ensued the; Per sian and Grecian inroads upon the i loh Land, ond all its peculiar institutions. An tioclius Kpiphanes g ready persecuted th< Jews: abolished tiseir worship; poured con tempt upon their I loin place?the Temple tin.; }f//)C of the Son of t rod ; made dili^en search for copies of the sacred Scriptures and buriM'il all lie found." Subsequent to this period, under the per socu'ions of the unchristian Roman Kmpe rors, and under the inroads of the (ipli ! and Vandals, and other Northern and X 1 Kastern hordes of then savatic Ivarope, a) i i 7 looks, and every semblance of lea mint! were committed to des'ruction.?And dur ing how many ages lias die Pope of Rome and h.s Cardinals, Uisliops and Priests, cn deavored to extirpate the Hoh/ Jiiblc. h< committing if to the flame*. A nd crrn non every year, this is done by Catholic priest.* 1? .1 .fl.i.nwi.. tint ?!./>,- mitrli O!" IHJU.'i" lll'JU MIIJLIVl.'.A . ri.l HI- , llll_.ll ' as wcil attempt to bum up the sun, the ecu tre of our svs cm, by moans of a sun-gins lighted up In* the feeble glowworm. " Ye ri'tis rst mat gnu, et pr< vol chit'' The Rib!* still lives, and shall go out through nil ll;< eaiHh?"a fountain and stream to fertiliz and make if ad the Church, the citv of tin living (in!." "My word. saith Clod, shal not return intlo an: void, but like the stiov and rain from heaven, shall accomplish the, whereunto I hove ordained it." Infkle Franco. too, at the perio i of her rovclutior when the hlood of//' r ling scaled the info nip of his kingdom, under the guillotine drugged the Jlihlc, the word of the Lor Jehovah, nf the tail of an ass: and alas! rcc since, the blood of her in/uditants, poure out 1 f;e water, has been saturating and 01 j i iching tin: plains of Europe, from jS outlier Russia to Southern Spain: and get. the eu or innigriaTt'in n: wnrcn x tort's aveugin justice compels Iter to drink, ims not bee drained to its dregs. ? Ihr ling and his no ! lion yd hear the mar!:, and annually endur 1 the righteous punishment inflicted upon Caii ? " The Hood of 'die IJrgii:not sfiil crie 1 aloud lor vengeance."' 5th argument. The character of th n/iiwii w,n , A 1 !t?? CM/">IV'.il VI i 1W oav IV.U > ..I H/kUT' They were simple-hearted, honest hum IkiviiiLc nothing to gain on earth, if success ; ful, and every tiling to lose in heaven, o j in the world beyond ilie grove, if they wer | dishonest and insincere. The writers of tin Bible recoided their oten sins, and the sin j of their relatives and friends, in the mo* impartial manner. Moses did this concerning himself, nn< hi j brother Aaron, and of Korah, Dathai ! and Abirnm. And David remains to this day an exam pie of honest confession of sin, and dee] : contrition on account of it. i j The pensmen of Scripture exposed them j selves to tiie loss of wcrldlv honor, prolit ! case and influence, and incurred poverty disgrace, and loss of life, for the sake of thn | which they believed to be the truth of (iod t They may have been d>reived, (and thii point we .>iia!l examine hereafter) but tba ihey were deceivers, contradicts all the 1110 , lives by which we know human nature U i be influenced. In truth, they arc above al j suspicion, in the minds of the unprejudiced, ! What is Ruth ??Riiih in Christ im piics not only a hearty beiiefof the Saviour*: ; doctrines, but a whole dopendenco on the Saviour's person as our Prophet, Pries', and King. It requires a careful use of the means of grace, but forbids all trusting in the means. We must read the word of God wi ll care, yet not rely upon our own ability to make us wise unto salvation, but wholly trust in Jesus, as our Prophet, to open our dark understanding, and direct us by his Spirit into all saving truth. We must watch against sin and prav against it too : vet not rely upon our own strength to conrjucr it, but wholly trust in Jesus, as our King, to subdue our will, our tempers, and our affections, by bis Spirit; to write his holy law upon our hear s, and influence our conduct to his glory. Wcinust be zealous of good works, yet wholly trust in Jesus, as our Pries', to wash the guilty conscience in his purple fountain, and clothe our naked souls in his glorious righteousness, thereby receiving all our pardon and our tide to eternal life. The life of luith is thus expressed by Paul : " Kun with patience the race set before you, looking unto Jesus looking unto bin) with a single eve continually ; and looking so by prayer and faith, and to receivc supplies for every want. Faith is the masfer-kev to the treasury of Jesus ; it opens all the doors, and brings out ever}' store. A heart well nurtured in this precious grace, finds rest in the gospel. In time of danger, sickness, or temptation, it flutters not, nor struggles hard to help itself "hut stands s ill, and sees the salvation of God." The eye is singly fixed on Jesus : the heart is calmly waiting lor him, and Jesus brings relief. Faith calls, and Jesus answers f lei*' 1 am fo save the-'!" Pnmtr-.K. From l!.c Wistrrn I'ioucr. Ivpi.w Km ?>!:?.!.?Tito efforts made by , ye !111 missionaries of different denominations,j JJ to improve the con?lirion?physically, mor- ani I silly ami religiously?of our Western In' dians, is attended with nntcSi success. The 1' writer of the following letter has Ihjcii emjploved several years in those' labor of tie i love,*' in connectian wi;h Rev. Isaac Mo s"; j Coy and others, west of Missouri. lie is ' ,' the inventor of what at the close of the letter ' is called the " New System.'' We are not ' el< ! aide at present to give all the details of the , wl . J system, but expect in a few days, the spcei. 1 cu > j mens of I he hooks and the '* Shawanoe 1 . Sun," mentioned. Tiie Shawnnoe Sun is ;ic a monthly periodical issued in the language <le . of t!?::t iribe. ; d? ; The leading . inciplo of the ;n':r st/sl 'm ! 'I .... '. , aji . ! consis s in having a U-ttc r or character to r I represent dis.inellv eae!i sound in the !an> ! gtmsje. ~ , ; 7'ho consequence is, tiiat an Indian Seams ^ to road ?is soon as lie learns to pronounce T | the alphabet or character which he is taught. ; i ! Tlie letter is dated ; . t III r' Shaicanoe Mission House, ) il - | Dec. PJ, 1836. $ rl - ! llov. J. M. Peck, {( Pear Brother,?I have sent about a doz en diflerent kinds of books, wiiicli are nil j - I have to spare. Besides I have primed i -! two in Shawanoc, two in I'ut.v.valomie, one . | in Otoe, and one in Iowny. I print a small ; t i monthly paper for the Shawn noes, two or ! 'J ' lhr.fr numbers of which I send you. Those Indians who learn to read take a a . deep imerest in it, and read all ihcv cancel, * "B . : so mueli so that they almost commit it to E s! memory.* The {,Shawanoo Sun" is filled . # j principally wi.li religious matter, and is read i ^ 7 [ by more than one hundred adults, besides ? >% ciiildren, who are, generally,so pleased with i? j the idea of reading, that they read to nth- 1 a ' crs.?All therefore, eit!?f,r read or hear . j read whatever ue prim. The most oflhesc v [ wrifealso, and correspond by writing, The . readers oftiic o'lier books, that is of the otlu ?! , * er languages, arc uot so numerous as the f t Sbawanoes. About one bundreJ adults read . , brother Davis' (Jospel by John, and booh ? j of Moral and Religious Lessons. About J . fifty Delawarcs read, and someofall the !an. ' fc j gtiages that have been printed. Of the ii r.1 above, all have been compiled or transla- r L? ted by Ilaplist missionaries, except a small r? : book by the Methodises among the S.hawall noes, one by Mr. Kerr, Presbyterian, tor v- i the Weas. and one by the Presbyterian " I missionaries for the Iowa vs. all of wliich, .j j except Mr. Kerr's, are on the Xew Sys ^ 7 i,; tern." Respcettfully yours, i .loriiAM M.-:i:w::::. > a Whit a reproof is hero to these professors f who excuse themselves from subscrioici lor a n ' paper, that llrey have no lime to read ! Yet this c " awkward attempt at an apolojy we liavo frequent, y I- ly heard from the lips of white ni"?n, who profess !> U to love Christ. Surely the Indians will shame n them. {: ,",. Tax Notice. :. FV^ 1112 subscriber will attend as follows to t.-ke BL returns, and receive tire Tuxes lor Cboter' . tiold District, for 1^3(5, viz : i At Mt. Croghan, on Monday, 31 April next, j s At Dlakcney's Old Store, on Tuesday, -ll!i April next. At Michael .Miller's, on Wodnesdav, ."?th Auril I.I ' . > 4 next. ^ j I At John 7?IiJ<il?'lon's, on Thursday, tll'i Apr:! , J j, ' next. j At Spear's Mills, on Friday, 71Ii April next. ; Af Steerpen Springs, on Saturday, 6th April ' next. V' ! At Chesterfield Court House, on Monday, 10th L- April next. ( . s : At Chcraw. on Tuesday*, Wednesday. T.hnrs. ^ day, Friday, and Saturday, 11th, l*2th, 13t!>, 1 1th j i and loth of April next. The Collector will attend at his office, at Ches. ! ! j terfiold C. II., during Court week in M .reh next. ) j All returns must be made by the? fust day of i May next, or a double tax will be imposed, i The Oath will be required in every instance, j ' | as the law directs. >! Ii. II. ALSOBROOK. T. C. C. I). < | Feb. -1th, 1 ?37. i:j; I Ot !U1 I j * ; Mary Parker, Appii. __ . | ' csnt, r*. ? i Win. Parker, Jonathan j . Davis and wile Eiizi1 S*TTTH CAROLIN A, {belli. Jesse Purkcr, T. i 1 * ' Chesterfield District; ! Parker.Oonrg.* Paik.-r, n< * I Lewis Parker, Eliza- | fji t : bath Parker, Joseph j A Parker & Phoeba Par- F< } ; J ker, Defendants. pr . i B~T appearing to my satisfaction that Jesse ! M Parker one of the Defendants, resides with- ; > out the State, it is therefore ordered, that he an- ? I pear and object to the division or sjP of the Real Estate of t ieorge Parker, -deceased, on or be" J fore the t?Sth day of March next, or his consent E ; 1 will be entered on record. ; TURNER BRYAN, O. C. D. j sa | ! Jan. -Vt, 1S37. 13 Sw ' j THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) ; | CI1ERAW DISTRICT. S I In Equity. I Administrators of E. White, ^ ^ ' __ j Creditors of E. White. j . ST is ordered that the creditors of Elihti White deceased, do render in to the Commissioner j ra of this Court and prove their claims before him, | | before the 1st day of Juno next: and further, ]1( I that this order be published lor three months in the Chcraw Gazette. ' ["Signed] WM. HARPER, file above is a true copy from the order hook. , GEO. W. D AUG AX, c. /;. r. />. ' ! Februarv 21st, 1837. l(>:3.n * 11 : : I 1 Kit SOUTH CAROLINA, j> Ap .MAItJ.BOKO'" DISTRICT. \ Cameron Johnson, Applicant, J rs. Jolm Johnson, Mary Johnson, Salavin Johnson, Hi l'hilip Barker & his wife Nancy , ot. ali. Defendants. i . ? ant IT appearing to my satisfaction that I.0wis irjs Talks and his wife Ann, two of the Defend- an(j : ants, reside without this State; it is therefore or- t jj, j dered, that thev do appear and object to the di- t|,., I vision or sale of the real estate of Peter Johnson 0j? ! on or before the first day of April next, or their iujs I consent to the same will be entered on record. i L. E. STUBBS, O. M. 1). : _I j Jan. 29. 12 8\v Fresh Ground Buckwheat $ Flour. 1 LBS. of the above article for sale ? at retail, for cash, bv and J. MALI.oy A ro. IVV tbh. lc37 13-f N New Goods. JllIF. subscriber is now receiving dirert from L Xc.v Vork. a ?; *iic r :1 nrluient oJ Goods, ionjr<t which are super Wliitn- y, duffil, rose, d striped Blankets, X 'gro Cloth, Sattiuel, Meus, and domestics, S1, > es, II irdwaro, Sir. Also, host St. (Voix Sugar, ohl Java Coffee, >. 1 .I/acker. 1 in half bids., Buckwheat tlour, >shen butter a choice article, hoof tongues inked, beef, cuekcrs, (-'tecs' in boxes, also N. old bacon with a choice selection of Wines d other spirits. Being desirous to s t apart the year of 1637 to >sa up his hooks and view the ground upon licit ho stands, lie is compelled to say to liis stomers that many of his accounts will be dh?> ntiuued after the first of January, and lie mostly culls upon tins-'* indebted by note or count to make arrangements to settle without lay. His stock of goods will be offered at re. :e:;d prices for c ish or country produce. Cotton received and shipped as heretofore, id advances nride if required. ' BROWN BRYAN*. Dec. lx3tS. Holla day s Hotel. pi MEDIATELY opposite the Rail Road L warehouse, is now open for the reception of ravellcrs. Tim house is large and has been Itcd up for a Hotel, and bring immediately at ic point on Il-g'i Street whence the cars arve and depart daily, makes it so convenient to eyclhrs on tho ltail Road and by Steam Boats, I nmr.> is nnnecess.rv to be said. Tim nro rietor pledges himself to render every uccouilodaliou to those ih.it may call at his Hotel. JAMES HOLLA DAY. Portsmouth, Ya, J:n. 3. j j* I'o he inserted in llie Norfolk Deacon and .tllimorc American tliree times a week for one lonth, and in the Ililoigh Standard, Edentou i.izette and Clicraw (J.zAle. for three months, nd send their hills to this ofiice for payment. POLICIES will he issued upon Buildings Merchandise in Store, and on the river to rul lYoni Charleston and Oeorgctowu; also on otton in store. Persons living in the country tul towns adjacent by giving a description of their ropcrty, can have it insured against loss ordaingo hy tire. D. S. IIARLLEE, Agent at Clicraw, for Insu. Co. of Coiuinbi.i, S. C. April 10,183d. 2Gtf. Land For Sale. BliIE Subscriber offers for Sale, his plonta0 i inn in Mnrlhoroiurh District, containing V,V" " ~ c 1 V ~~ c 10 acres primeCotton and Corn land, having i>o;it ti.V) acres under cultivation. It is situated iroe miles from the Court House and has acorn)rta!;!c dwelling house and necessarv out bailci. igs upon it. Persons desiring to purchase if, in ascertain the terms by applying to C. W. huiley at M irlhorough (House, or to tlie .Subjriher himself on the premises. JOHN R. DONALDSON, May 231, 129 If. Land lor Sale. rm: Subscriber oH'crs for S tic his Land at SneeJshorough, the improvements are a n:ufuriuhlc two story Jiweinnj I louse, wun -rv necessary nut buildings, ami saw and Gris* I ill, about live hundred acres cleared and under Mice, fronts one mile on the I'edcc River, eleven iiles above Chcraw. The tract cowtaius between leven hundred an i twelve hundred acres, well Altered, IDs well and is healthy. The subsr ri> er is well aware of the depressed price of land nd will sell at a very low price and reasonable uhifgeneo, Apply to the subscriber on the remises. WILLIAM JOHNSOX. October IS.hl, -IS tf. SEI.YE UQPE$SEINE TWINE. A supply of? Ye above articles f.?r silo cheap fa. for e is'i by D. MALLOW Dec. 37, 1*71.5, ti.?f i-Lord, ueal'^iZuid. OUT 11 Carolina Flour bv the barrel. FreJi country 1,-ird. ALSO?Flour and Meal, at. retail, bv J. A. IXGLIS. Dee. H. Occr Coats and Cloaks. J" 1I.OTM, Goats hair and P.tcrsham Over V - V LMtJ*, Pilot and half Pilot Co its, L.dks ant! ( cullcnicn's Cloaks, l'or sale by .*>1 D. M ALLOY. LOOK BINDING. rllL subscribr rs have established themselves in the above line of business in Chcraw lid offer thcirscrvicis to its citizen*. 0. HAZCXCOUIiT, & CO. Chcraw, S. ('., Jan. 'Jl?. Fair Notice. A LL j>"r.'o:is indebted tome, or to the late firm of faCostc & McKay, either by bond, jte. or book account, are agiin respectfully reic.-tcd to t ciiie forward and pay their dues.? i! that choose not to do so, by the middle of jbnuiy nc.\!, will lind that I shall depend on omiscs uo longer. AUG. P. LaCOSTE. Jjn.iarv 3, 1835. 8:tf Salt, Molasses, and Ilice. 3 SACKS Tiiverpool Salt, and a few 1. Casks of Molasses and Kicc, for 1c cheap for cash, bv retail or wholesale. 1>. MALLOY. Jan. 10:h, 1837. 9:tf Ruled Paper, drawing olf accounts, fur sale at the llookslore. Blankets Negro Cloths Cotton Bagging fyc. rllK Subscriber has on hand a good Stock of the above articles which he will sell as sap as anv in market. 31 1>. MALLOY. Northern Flour, &c. H.TERFIXE Western Canal Flour, ) Nos. 1, '2 an J 3 Mackerel, ccse, ic, of the new ciop, phs, Just received and for sale by JOHN A. 1XGLIS. fan. 2, 1637. 8:tf {?3? Notice. jTROM this date, I shall make a charge of 2$ per rent, on all moneys odea need, besides legal interest, on Cotton Shipments, Accept, cs, and Liabilities, whether at Rank or other. r; and for the renewal of all Motes, filling up I attending to discounting Drafts, and remit. r Money, \ of 1 per cent, will bo clurged upon amount. Also, will undertake to make sale proper! v, real or personal, for a small com. sion. * BROWN URYAN. an. 2, 1637. 6.tf Toil SALE. 10STER A COXE'S ORIGIXAI.SOI'TH. ' KR.V TOXIC, a Family Medicine, warted a sp^cdv and lasting cure for AGUE AND FEVER, ! cycrv svmptom of general debilitv. * " J.C WAl>SWORTH. M?r \>V I -Ml.