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From the Hartford Watchman.
To the Kditoks of the Watchman :
(?K.VTLKMEX,? If VOU (lceil) tilt' followi
it; relationofCiirisiian Experience worthy
ni" a place in your valuable paper, you
will please give it an insertion. It was
penile;! and read to t!ic writer's family ten
or fifteen years before bis death, and in
the possession of one of iiis children it was
recently found, and the favor solicited of
transcribing it for publication. Yours respectfully,
1). L. il.
christian experience sixty years acio.
March 14, ISOb. 1 tins day enter the
fid.h year of my age; and O the astonishing
goodness of (bod in preserving me
t irongii so many successive years, and in
carrying me through s> many varied
scenes ! Oil what a useless life I have
lived ! Little did I think when I gave
myself up to God almost forty years ago,
tiiat if spared so long I should live to so
little purpose.
1 slull now endeavor to r *1;.t j some of
the early exercises of mv niin I respecting
my soul's cone rns. 1 was bor.i in Bethlehem,
Conn., and there lived till my father
ci.od, at which time I was 18 years of
a^e. I was not only favored with the instruction
of pious parents, but enjoyed the
privilege of attcuding on the ministry of
the late Or. Bellamy, in consequence of
which, as I well remember, my mind was
often seriously alf.cted, even before I was
eight years old.
It was to me, at times, a distressing retleetion
that I was in the hands of a sovereign
<?od who, if he pleased, would damn
me forever. Often was I greatly distresm;
t for fear of his dreadful wrath ; and at
Mich times, was wont to retire to some secret
place, and to entreat him that he
would alford me some relief, though I knew
that I was not converted, & that if I remained
in this state,! must be lost. I was not however,
without hope that my cries and tears,
and earnest supplications would move his
compassion towards mo, and induce liim
to change my heart. Thus I continued
more or less awake to my spiritual concerns,
though sometimes relaxing into stupidity,
till 1 arrived at the year of
my age. About this time, (1767) my
mother moved with her family to Winchester.
This being a new town, and no public
worship as yet established, I went to
Norfolk, about 6 miles, to hear Mr. Hobbias
preach. There was, at that time,
among his people, considerable attention
to die subject of religion, and I began myself
to think more seriously of death and
eternity than 1 had done for soni2 years
previous. Calling one day at the house of
a lriend in Norfolk, he soon began to converse
with me* on the subject of religion,
and at length took up Ers kino's Gospel
sonnets, and read from it his description
of " the terrible doom of unbelievers, and
the endless duration of the tormonts of the
damn 'd." Mv mind was filled at once
with horror and alarm, and 1 immediately
began in earnest to seek the salvation of
my soul. I wept and prayed, and endeavored
to reform my life, and to keep
the whole law, hoping thereby to obtain the
divine favor, bat I found no relief. I felt
presssed down under a sense of the wrath of
God. Previous to this time, 1 had no other
idea of hell than that it consisted inlying
down in u lake of fire and brims one, but
now I felt its anguish kindled up in my own
bosom, the wrath of God poured out upon
ine, and was compelled to cry out " a
wounded spirit who can bear?" As yet,
however, I had seen but little of my own
heart, for I verily (nought that my anguish
at this time, was true conviction; and in
my greatest terror for fear of the wrath cl
God, 1 still desired that mv anguish might
be increased, hoping that it might possibly
result in my conversion. And yet my distress
was now, at limes so great, arising
from a sense of the wrath of God, that 1
felt fully convinced that to he admitted
into the immediate presence of God, i)
heaven, would be to me the most dreadful
hell imaginable. Indeed, I verily
tlmught that to lie down in a lake of lire
and brimstone, with every part or my body
alive and sensible to the keenest sensations
oi p.tin, especially if that lake would cover
me from the all-seeing eye ofJekcvah
would bo a heaven, compared witii wnat
my bell would be if compelled to lie down
under the frown of his indignation forever.
This however I knew could not be,because
liis p.vsenco fills the universe. Thus, for
days and for weeks I remained pressed
down under a sense ol tiro wrath of God.
At length I began to lose in a degree the
terror and anguish which I had for sometime
felt, and was apprehensive that my
conviction was wearing off. I b 'came,
however, ni jre convinced than ever that I
had a hard and impenitent heart. Vet I
had no wish to see its deformity, and endeavored
to keep it out of my s'ght as
much as possible. Now, as in former
times, I often retired to pray; but not unfreque
ntly found myself so shut up, and so
shut out from God as to be compelled to
return without opening mv moutli. I new
began to f-el that I could not help myself,
and that God would not help me, and that
f must therefore perish forever.
About this time, I think it was the 7th
of June, 17G7, I went to Norfolk on the
ford's day, as usual, and hoard Mr. Mills
preach;?but 1 was so confused and lost
hi my mind, that when lie had done preaching,
I knew not what he had been saving.
At the close of the service he gave notice
that he should preach the next day evening,
in the south part of iho town, which
w: s two or three miles from where 1 lived.
That day, Monday, was a dreadful da\* <o
me. 1 spout it in the lield at work, but
my heart was as full of enmity to God as
it could liol-l. I wished it was in my powio
destroy Ids very existence. I felt so
lull of enmity to him, that while at work
alone in the lield, I several times, in a
jjarowism of rng'\ th* r-n*:h with
tile instrument with which 1 was laboring. I
witii a decree of violence evincive of tlie
strongest feelings ofeninitv to his charac.
*
ter. At oilier times, cliirinir the tlav, niv
7 o 7 '
opposition rose fearfully against those'
whom I esteemed the friends of God, because
they justified him and condemned
his enemies. Thus 1 continue J through
' the day, boiling wi.h resentment against;
, God, and against his people; saving as.
lit.le as possible to any one.
Jn t.ie evening 1 went to hear Mr. Mills.
?
Arriving at the place appointed some time ;
before the service commenced, I sat down,
and having a book in my hand, began to !
' read to myself, without however, receiv-;
, ing one idea from what I read. While !
thus occupied and almost lost to every
j thing around me, I felt my heart mdlenhj \
1 melt a id bow before Cod. I imniediutdv '
* * I
hid my face, tears (lowed from my eyes,
God seemed iO be every thing, and nnsell
- * w ? ' ?j 1
to bo notion; . I abhorred mvscu, anu
. really felt tliat 1 was not worthy to crawl
on the earth, and that, because i hud sin- :
1 tied against tiie most glorious being in the
! universe. Never can 1 describe to any t
i one tbo view 1 now had el the purity of;
God's characier, of the spirituality of his
; law, and of the justice of its awful penalty.
I now began to have some hope, not
that 1 was converted, but that possibly a
Being so exalted, and so holy, and so iner- ,
j cilul as he now appeared to be, might be '
| gracious to such a worm as 1.
j When Mr. Mills rose to commence the
service, my attention was first arrested.? ,
j His text was Gal. \ i. 7, 8. 4,Be not doceivi
ed, God is not mocked, for whatsoever a j
i man soweth that she also reap. Ho that (
| soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap j
! corruption, but he that soweth to the spirit;
! cl?:?ll r.?nn IIf.> everlasting." Never did 1 j
j seem lo have heard preaching before.? j
| Evi ry word came with power, and filled j
my soul with emotions I cannot describe.;
On my way home, I observed to one in
i company with me, that I never heard such j
preaching before, and turning to hint asked i
| " Did you ever hear as good preaching be- j
jfore?" To my astonishment he replied!
] coldly, "It was good preaching, but 1
' have often heard as good, and even better."
i At this time I had not even the most
distant idea that I had met with any thing
J C
j saving. Nor did I for several weeks after- i
wards indulge such an apprehension.
My mind however was much occupied, j
and often delightfully in the contemplation
, of God's character as holy, just and good..
Such were m v views of his exalted charac-i
tcr, that for a number ofdays I hardly dared ;
to pray, though I oficn longed to do so. I
felt as if there was no medium through l
which my prayers coulJ be presented before
God, and often longed for tin intercessor 1
to present my desires, and to plead for their
i acceptance, for 1 at this time had no more j
' idea of Christ, as Mediator, than if I had '
never heard of him.
i While ray mind was in tin's statr, I was
one day .suddenly overtaken while in the j
woods and where ilie trees were very tall, i
! with a violent thunder storm. 1 felt that it'
[ would be a wonder if the lightning did not!
I kill me, in an instant, and if so, I said to j
j myself, 1 shall go right to hell. Well, ami
what if I do go to hell, I then said to myself, j
! it will be perfectly just. 1 then had such a j
! view of the justice of God as I never had i
I before. It appeared to me to be an infin-,
1 itcly glorious attribute: and if I ever did t
enjoy u ue happiness in God, it was at this ;
time, while meditating on that justice which
I supposed would send me to hell. Not that\
' I was pleased with the idea of going (o hell,:
' but my mind was so captivated, and my ;
soul was so enraptured in the contemplation
? * ' tlirif eolT etir-il nf I
Ul V 1 uu S IIIUl own \% no IUOI 0?w ?t vft?
and appeared as nothing. From that day
to this i have taken great pleasure in listen- j
; ng to the majestic noise of thunder, as it i
seems to revive in my soul the pleasing,;
joyful emotions of that interesting moment
when the glory of God's justice first broke
forth distinctly on my view.
Not many days alter the foregoing scene
ranspired 1 attended a Conference meeting,
where a number of Christian ti i ends were
asiCtnbled. Amo tg ether excrc s s they
' sung, and in a manner to charm my very
i souk which led me to contemplate with in-1
expressible delight the glorious employment
ot saints and angels above, celebrating fori
ever the praises of Cod. In a moiueir,
however, my joy was turned into sorrow under
the apprehension tir.it 1 must forever he
UAOSUUOU IIOU1 IIUU SOUJOiV, cUJti UOUILU 1
' participation in tbcir blessed omplovment?
' My anguish was inexpressible, occasioned
by the reflection that 1 should never be per- !
; m it ted to r.'raise such an infjnitelv glorious'
I * !
being. For 1 siill felt that the justice of'
1 God cttold not suffer one so guilty as I was
to participate in that delightful service.
Some days after this as 1 was returning!
from my customary employment, I found
: my mind imperceptibly drawn away to the'
contemplation of' woru'ly subjects, and de-;
vising plans for the accumulation of property.
13ut I was immediately checked in !
: my wanderings bv th 'so words forcibly
suggested to iny donsi Jeration; "Seek first
the kingdom of God."' In a moment all
nature, yea, all die u ii\\ rse seemed to he
full of the gloiy of God. In immediate connection
with tnis wo iderful exhibition of the
. divine glory the character of the adorable
Saviour was brought to view. My sou! was ,
enraptured in th; contcmolaiiun of his charI
a # i
( acter, and in beholding, as 1 now could do,
the consistency and beauty, and glory of
that plan of salvation devised in flic councils
ofetorni'y and executed in tho fulness of
time. I felt us if my very-soul now closed 1
m with Christ and i longed to drop my
clayey tenement, and wing my way to his '
immediate presence.?From this time I
b -gun to indulge a hope that I had "passed
from death unto lilV?And I can almost'
say that in the lirsf exercise of it, it arose!
to an assurance ofhope;?for I do not know j
that I had at the time a doubt, but that my ?
soul, were it immediately to leave the bobv..
WO"!! go cdv to Garb* an 1 partake of
iiis fullness. From that day to this I have I
enjoyed a comfortable hope that I am a j
child of Hod.
XOBLE EVER ITT.
The Rev. Xoblo Evcri'f, whose Christian
experience is related above, soon after
indulging a hope, began seriously to
think of*devoting to the work of the Chris- j
tian ministry. He accordingly relinquished I
liis farming pursuits, and gave his time and j
his energies to the business of obtaining a j
public education. After having acconi- j
(dished this object, which was done at Dar - i
moutii, X. II., he returned to Connecticut, {
studied Theology with Dr. Bellamy, was !
licensed, and soon after settled in Wuivham, j
Mass., where he prosecuted th. work of
the ministry for almost lorry years, ami then ;
in the? 73d year of his age, ceased from his j
labours and entered into rest.
I
I
THE SINNERS A EI LIT V.
Tnc Apostle says in Horn, 'f, "let God ,
bo true and every man a liar," as if lie i
would say, let us make no difficulty in con- J
tossing our unfaithfulness, that we may ac- J
knowledge the faithfulness of (red.? !
v_?
Therefore let every man be miserable and j
let God be merciful; yea, let him he extremely
miserable that God may he a bun- j
dandy merciful. Symington in his ma*- !
terly work "On the Atonement," lays down
the following proposition:
"Thesmner is as incapable, in himself,,
of repentance, as of making an atone- i
ment," which lie thus establishes.?;
"When it is said that God is willing to par- j
don us upon our repentance, without any j
atonement, it is taken for granted that we ;
can repent when we please. For, if re- >
pentuncc be something entirely out of our
power, then it can afford us no comfort to I
ell us, even if it were, that repentance will;
purchase our pardon. For, besides that it j
seems just as difficult to perceive the con- j
r.exion between repentance and pardon, as j
to perceive the connexion between atone- ;
inei.t and pardon, i know not that oven the ,
most determined rationalism has ever pro- j
militated a tenet more clearly absurd, or ,
more decidedly opposed to uii experience, j
than the tenet that a man can repent of j
himself, without being led to do so, and en- j
abled to do so by the Holy Spirit. .Many ;
a sinner is no doubt soothing himself to j
peace by the promise of a future repen-;
tance. But he neither knows as yet what:
repentance is, nor his own need of repen- j
tance, else lie would build himself up in no ;
such foolish delusion. For what does the |
sinner do, when he promises himself a fu- '
turc repen ance? lie just suvs, to-day, j
nothing shall induce me 10 abstain from in- i
dulging every appetite and every desire;!
notli.ng shall lead me to think of God at.
all, or to think of him without dread and
aversion ; nothing can make me delight to
contemplate his perfections, or lind anv
pleasure, in drawing near to him: to-morrow,
1 will sit down and mourn, in the utmost
nngu'sh of spirit, those indulgences,
from which nothing will induce me to-day
to abstain, anil wtsti a thuusn**.! mat
I had never yielded to them; nothing shall
give me such delight as the contemplation
of those glorious perfections which to-day
1 hate to think of ; and I shall account no-;
thimr snr?h a tmvileiro as to draw near to
C I *-? .
that throne ol' grace before which nothing
shall induce me to-day to bend the knee.? i
This is exactly what the sinner s ys when |
he promises himself a future repentance
He promises that to-morrow lie will hate
with the most cordial detestation, that to i.
which, to-day, he clings with the most ar- j
dent affection. He who says, to-day I am
bowed down with ail the weight of three
score years and ten, but to-morrow I am
resolved that 1 shall flourish in all the vi.
gor of unbroken youth, forms a resolution
quite as rational, and quite as much within
his power to accomplisn, as he who says
to-morrow I will repent. 1 Ic who says to
himself, I will make to myself a new
heaven and a new earth, makes a promise
just as much within his power to accom-!
plish, as he who says. 1 will make to my- ;
self a new heart and a new spirit. Repcn-:
tance and renovation are not sacrifices '
which we give to Clod as the price of our :
justification ; but gifts which Clod bestows
upon us, and which Clod only can bestow, j
in consequence of our having been freely 1
justified. That man has surely little roa- 1
son to lay claim to the appellation of rational,
who goes as directly in the lace of
common sense and of all experience, as to !
teach the sinner that he is capable of re-!
pouting, and repentance will purchase his!
pardon ? a tenet which, whether it he more i
deplorably absurd, or more fearfully fatal,
I shall not take upon me to determine. It
is not our intention to deny the importance
nt* rrnnrl ivnrks in the srhemn n1' nvm'? snl. '
# w ~v"'
ration; neither to dispute their connexion j
with pardon. \\ c are too well convinced j
of t ic " neci ssarv uses" they are designed j
to subserve, with regard at once to beiicv-1
crs themselves, to their fellow men, and to ;
God ; and wc are too well aware of their
being the necessary fruits and indispensable
evidences of a justified state, to let lull as 1
much as a disparaging syllable respecting
them. But let good works keep their own
place. Wc deny them the place of a cause :
in the salvation of man; their connexion
with pardon we hold to be not a connexion |
of merit as is supposed by those who main- j
tain their efficacy to secure the pardon of j
sii. In tiie first place, man can never do ' <
more at any one time than is his present |
dutv, God having at all times a supreme I
rigut to all his services. lie can never do ;
more at any given time than it is his duty !
at that time to fulfil. Being under obliga- i
lion to the full extent of his ability, and '
throughout the whole period of his being.;
present obedience can do no more tbtwi ful- j
til present obligation. It follows that no-,
thing man can do can have the effect of;
meriting his release from the punishment!
due to former demerit. Jf it has merit at j
all, its merit is confined to the present, it;
cannot possibly bo either retrospective or I
prospective. It can neither make amends;
lor a past ofTence, nor purchase an indttl. j
,Tpo,y? the future. As soon might the .
man who pays a drbt which he contracted I o: 1
to-day, plead such payment as liquidating ' 9, I
a debt which he contracted yesterday, or ; L?
entitling him to contract another to-mor- I Ioik
row without tlie intention of paying it. In j 1
the tiext place, there can be no works good j -j
it) the sight of (led but what llow from, and : y
are connected wit!) the atonement, Good | .\
works can ho por.'brmed only by those who i
are united to Christ, by faith, that is, arc in j non
a justified state. Without Until it is im- j js c
possible to ['lease (rod. \Y e are accepted i |jnc
in tiie Beloved. As an honest action can <rUn
only be performed by an honest man, as a [)Ut
good work can only proceed from one who 'Pit.
is himself good. The whole world is by j jj)pi
nature guiky Ik-fore (Jod; there is none *j
righteous, no, not one; in our flesh dwei- revi
lelh no good thing; our best righteousness 7?
is as iii.liy rags in God's sight. None but 1 17:
such as are i 1 (Christ can serve God in :)
newness ofspirh, can yield him the obedi- tiic
ence of iuilh ; and to suppose any other : fals
kii <1 o.' obedience to be acceptable, is to j whe
fancy that lie who looks 011 the heait will ! the
he pleased with the performance without 1 on!<
the principle, the shadow without the sub- 1 con
stance, the body without the spirit." j the
lc:L
Bicssings it a pious ancestry.?u Tis q. i
no common mercy to descend from pious : .)ca
parents! Some of us do not only owe our j von
natural life to them as instruments of our ^
being, but ourspiritual and eternal life also. ' j ((I
It was no small mercy to Timothy to be . p? |
descended from such progenitors, 2 Tim. j ^
1: 5; sior to Augutinc, that he had such i .
a mother as Monica, who planted in his i
mind the precepts of lile with her words, j a|.c
watered them with her tears, and nourshed [ j
them with iter example/'?Flare/. j |]10|
col|
C'HUIST CKI'CIHED. 1
" The principal method which the Spirit |0ft
adopts in subduing the heart ol a sinner is a j 14,
spiritual discovery of Christ. There is an j fog
attractive force in the Saviour, w hen beheld j ifoi
by faith, which commands. Christ cruci- enii
fwvt n dr:iwin/T nower : 4 \Y hen i ft. (
..wu j . - O I ? . , the
sou of man is lilted up, he will draw all j 'J
men unto him.' (John xxi. 3'2.) No radi- J the
cal and saving change is effected without j Tin
the exhibition of this object ; nor arc the i the
terrors of the law alone ever suliicient for j the
that purpose they are suliicient to show the redi
heitiousncss of sin, and the extreme danger J
to which the sinner is exposed but have no cd;
tendency to produce a complete renovation, /ho
4 By the hw is the knowledge of sin/ (Uo- des<
mans iii. 120.) The law will discover our all I
disease, but the knowledge of Christ is the and
discovery of the remedy. The law de- j thoi
nounces i:s awful sentence: the discovery j thei
of Christ poin s out the method of deliver- alw
ance and < s:apc. A saving influence and j then
I.I ...... I... [.Iinn.f fi'/Mil till,I. 5111(1 Imni ! r>
SOI IU I'UiliUki; iuii .-jm iiiu. Hum j v. j iv/ ji
him alone. As there is an external call and the
an internal, ( he former universal, hilt often j ibss
ineffectual, the latter personal, hut always ! win
efficient,) so there is an outward revelation j revi
of Christ, and an internal', of which the un- ! ]
derstanding and the heart are the seat, j Scr
flenccit is, with the utmost proprictv. said : ??bu
?.> vi icvetatfon' in us.7,T?Rev. Robert \ <r0o
Uall. j o'.vi
~ , . !nan
F o n the CinciiuiaU Journal and Luminary. ! g. HE
IS JUST l'RAYING, AND WILL BE DONE IN J
A MINUTE. j is I;
I had business with one of our citizens, and
and called at an early h/ur in the nionng. ate*
A very decent domestic motmc at the door, Sph
and 1 inquired for Mr. . ?S'he replied, Goi
'Make a chair here in tiic ha!!; he is just has
praying, and will be done in a minuted1 She imp
then took up her pa 1 and scrub-clo.h, and ' tliev
went up s.airs about her business. As I no
was left here to my own reflections, I thougu: boil
? Hoes nor that good man call ins uouse-1 or i
hold together for family worship? The i and
family was in health, and there were no in - \ ecu!
fant children, and the chamber hearth might him
* *-?
have been washed as well either before or' ''jus
af.cr prayers. Cut that young lady was J ou!\
thus, employed at that sacred hour, and live*
spoke of his praying as if he were shaving i Lw
his beard or washing his luce ; doing some his
thing in which she had no concern. At ; rect
the great day she may rise up in judgment j perl
against him, and the blood of her soul be hav
required at his hands. Now look at 10,
-1 contrast. 1
A few months ago, an old man ofeighty er(
went to his rest above, and he told me be- **r0
foic li s departure, that about one hundred ,J
persons had been hopefully born ogain tin- 011
der his roof. 1 have spent monts in his 1 .
family, and every man-servant and maid- j 1 j
servant, and the stranger within his gates, | ?'01
n i. _ .i?r .r?:i t I StUl'
were cuneu togumer iorinmu\ wuraniji, aim (
there was something more than just praying, 1101
?there was an appearing before God with
his lousehold, with such delight, sucli rev. i ~
crence, sue!i dependence and such suppli- !,ov
cation, that none forgot that Clod was the *.a.
gieat head of the family on whom we were J*u
ali dependent. and to whom we were res- } ?P
pons ble. Will not tiiis man shine as the '
stars for ever and ever ?
gro'
From the Southern Christian Herald.
to p
It is a perfectly natural and universal j)llt
mistake among men to believe tliey must
be sanctified before they can be justified, o-ro,
This arises front a total ignorance oi the p a
Gospel, which reveals the only way in which ! (j;u.
man can be just in the judgment of God. ! ajlc.K
We thereby learn that it is nota man's own I C(j j
personal righteousness that docs or ever can | |l0
jus.ifv : but only the personal righteousness j |ict]
of our Lord Jesus Curist, in wiiieh the be- ... ?
wC
licver trusts tliat constitutes him holy in jjml
tiie judgment of God. It is this tiiat justi- jbai
lies the moment a sinner believes; it is this ^eei
and nothing else that justifies when the d;s- owr]
ciple is sanctified and made meet lor the (j|,r
kingdom. sc.:c
Justification is a cliangeof relation, nc-1 grci
cording to the judgment of God, and the j
constitution he has established in his plan of;
Redemption. The unbeliever is an enemy :
of God, under the curse of the law, and ; j
condemned. The believer is a child of (led, i |,-.al
under grace a justified. The change of! \ol
relation is produced instantaneously. Tiie cjj<f)
moment the sinner believes he lives, Jolin ' nn.
17: Ik U"m. tt: '.M. Rom. 1: ' j
.!>, 21, Tit. 3: 5,7, Eph. 1: 7, Phil. S:
7i?|?. i:9.
ct us note summarily the following poinb
:hing sanetiiieation.
. Tnc efficient cause.
:. The instrumental cause.
!. The subject of sanetiiieation.
The nature of sanetiiieation.
Then. The rjicicnt cause, and this i:
e other than the Spirit of God, hence 11<
ailed the Spirit of sanetiiieation [or ho
ss,] Horn. 1: 4. Sanctification is be
i and carried on not by \\w power of man
by the Spirit of God, 2 Thes. 2 : 13
, 4?o, John 1: 12?13, Col. 1:11
). 3 : 10.
!. The instrumental cause, and this is tin
tialed will or word of God, Pslm. I!)
S, 2 Tim. 3 : 15?17, Eph. 5: 2(>, Join
17.
>. The subject of sznc location, which i
whole man. Some vainly imagine am
ely assert that every thing is rectilie<
.?n the "wrong bias'' is removed fron
will. Bui Scripture teaches that no
r the will, but also tlic understanding
science, memory, aifectiions, in shoi
whole heart must be renewed, and ere a
again in Christ Jesus, Eph. 1: IS, Ileb
[4, 1 Tlies. 5: 23. "And the very God o
cc sanctify you wAo%,and I prav Got
r whole spirit and soul and body be pre
,ed blameless unto the coming of on
d Jesus Christ," see also, 2 Cor. 7:1
,.4: 23?84.
The nature qJ'sanctijication, and this, i
he words of the Shorter Catechism, i:
j work of God's free grace whereby w<
renewed in the whole man after tiu
go of God, and arc enabled more am
*o to die unto sin and to live unto right
sness," Eph. 1: 4, Horn. 0: 4?0.
>v this power and influence the affection:
!ie|lieart are turned from evil, Pslm. 34
Isah. 55: 7, to good there is a mor'ifv
and putting to death of the "old man'
n. (3: 11, and a putting on and quick
ig of the new man, Eph. 2:1, llom. 1G
Job 3: 9?10, Rom. G: 2, Gal. 2 : 20.
L'hiswork of sanclificaiion then is wha
Spirit of Chiist does within the believer
2 means made effectual arc the truths o
Scripture; especially those that describt
natural state of man and God?s work o
cmplion, John 10: 8, 13?14.
-? . .l -/??.I uSMI.?n]
\mong me Hums wiiiou v.?uu ihi^
11 li s word and which the Spirit make*
means of sanctification, are those thu
:ribe our rehtiori to Adam from whon
Sic human race derive a sinful natur?
a native depravity. Adam's first sii
jgh no; personally theirs, still the guil
*eof in the judgment of God (which i:
ays according to rruth.) is iinpu ed t<
11, lliey are charged wi h and suhjcctci
unishmeiit 0:1 account of it, and thoug!
fact is admitted hv all men who |>io
; to believe the ftiblc; yet there are man;
j deny the reason, the causs which i
calod, Rom. 5: 1-1?
t appears also from the testimony o
ipfurc that man is not only "born in sin'
t altogether averse from that which i;
J and dead in sin, and not able by hi;
1 strength to correct himself, or to pre
2 himself thereunto," Rom. 5: 6, Rom
', John 15: 5, Con. Ch. ix. Sec. 3. The
le also testifies of the Redemption whicl
t Christ Jesus, through the knowledge
belief of which the Spirit of God ere
* .?
; lis anew in heart and nature, it is mi
it that "quickencth," "tliat giveth life/
1 here also gives us a record of what Ik
done for sinners in his Son. lie liai
uted all the sins of believers to Christ
r arc not his sins personally. lie knew
sin. ''Their sins lie bore in his owr
y on the tree." God put, occounted
mputed tlieir sins to the blessed Jesucondemned
them in his flesh. lie ex
!cd the punishment due to our sins npot
in our nature, Rom. 8: 3. lie died the
it for the unjust." But Jesus w as n??
; their substitute to suffer and die. ill
d also for them. I le came to "fulfil th<
" lor them. His perfi'i.t obedience durin?
wliole life was on their account, and the)
:ive the benefit of it. They trust in lib
cctions, they rejoice in Christ Jesus, ani
e no confidence in the flesh, Heb. 2
1 Cor. 15: 37?-13, Rom. 5: 13?20
hie work otsunctification tiien is an in
*nt work icithin the man, of the Spiri
jgh the truth which is received by faith
> through the belief of what God ha:
e without us and/or us in Chitst Jesus
the Spirit carries on the work of assim
on icitJiin us, ' Beholding as in a glass tin
y of the Lord we are changed in o tin
ic image from glory to glory even us b\
O O w O * 0
Spirit of die Lord; or according to tin
ginal reading "of the Lord the Spirit,'
or. 3: IS. Ouraccep ance with God i:
er at any time for any tiling in us, tlia
Roman Catholic notion and also tin
i of those who have more sympathy wit!
ash Doctrines than with those of tin
brinution.
leiice oursanctifieation can never be :
uul of complacency or confidence
1 never accounts it perfect, wc daily an
ray for lUo forgiveness of s '.ns, we knov
in part, when we "see him us he is, w<
1 be like him;" the more the believe
ws in holiness the less will lie think o
nd die more will he fool the necessity o
1st "as his all," in Him he will "rejoice
i//s." What Jesus has done and suffer*
is the foundation of his every hopwhet
begins to live, John 3: 14?15. Whci
lies 2 Tim. 1:12, and in judgment, Rom,
-1. ? 1 is ouhj justifying righteousness is
of Christ, his own at best is -'filthy rags,'
i. 04 : 0, and no one whoso eyes have
i open to the demands of the law, to his
i heart, and to the work and grace ol
is!, can have a moment's peace of con*
nee while lie looks wituin himself for any
tnd of confidence before God.
LI T1IKU.
MY SOI L,
iovc the holy will of God with all my
!, and hare all disconlbrmify to it.
hing is more grievous to me, than to
lease God; and r.o'hing is more pieasto
me, than to please him.
*r? !?' {'<* ! *?'i '! i * ' 1 * '
to s'.'lf-advanccmcnt, to self-glorification,
and to all selfish joys, and to live wholly in
5 and to God, and to have self swallowed up
! in the love of him.
I labor in the work of self-resignation,
that mv will may he confided to, and inj
eluded in the will of God.
1 I strive after patience in its perfect work,
s and do lind a willingness to yield to God's
j will in my chastisements. I .still justify
- God, and do notintertain a hard thought of
- his dealing with me; but conclude, that it is
>t altogether holy, just, and good, and for the
best.
5 I feel my sin a greater burden to mo
than my atlliction.I had rather hove health
j of sou! in a body full of pain, than health
; and case of body with a distempered soul.
, And the sense of mv great sinfullness disposeth
me to patience, under my afllicting
s infirmities of body.
J J narrowly watch my heart, that it may
J not lodge, or admit a vain thought. When
i I am surprised with vanity, I surprcss it as
l soot) as I observe it. ?
1 am very fearful of offending in ?*r
. A W l.st.1 lk/1 rtnldnn oti/'l K*? in.
[ \>U1U* U HUil Ui! Ifiw oUUUVIJ) UIJU WV III*
. cogitancy, I have spoken a word, which
upon second thoughts is doubtful to me,
f though I had not such doubt in the speaking
1 of it; I have been much perplexed about
. if, and engaged myself to a greater watchi
fulness.
, Surely, Christ hath my heart. Whensoever
1 swerve from Christ in a thought
s word, or deed, it is by inadvertency and
5 surprised against my fixed principle; and
2 j I have great'regret at if, and loathe myself
j for it.
1 j If I were out of all fear of damnation, I
. i had rather be holv than uuholv: and I take
j pains, and use Cod s means to be holv in
< opposition to the flesh, and 1 make it my
: chief care. And I do this, because 1 make
. the enjoying of God my chief good; and
' rather titan lose the hope thereof I would
. willingly undergo the sufferings of this lift*,
: which lead to that blessed fruition, not excepting
the fiery dial itself.
: I hope, when the end cometh, my Cod
. will say to me, Dear child, thy warfare is
f accomplished, thine iniquity is pardoned.
? j cnier thou into my rest. Therefore, I
t' will bo'.li hope, ami quietly wail for the
J salvation of God. 1 will hope to the end.
. Strengthen me, 0 my God, that I faint
5 not.
l 1 have no design, I pursue nothing con\
trary to God's interest; but all my designs
i and pursuits are for God and holiness. I
i think 1 am sure of this, if I be sure of any
t tiling. My great aim, and care, and labor,
is to cleanse myself from all fikhincss of
) llesh and spirit, and to pel feet holiness ill
1 the fear of God.
i To whom I yield myself a servant,to
. obey, iiis servant I am: but I do not yield
v myself a servant to sin, to obey it; but I
s do yicM myself a servant to God, to obey
iiim. J'tie design and business of my life
f is io do his will.? Corbel.
? ^ ^ p
s The grand arcanum ofmanagcniont lies rn
* three simple rules as follows :
Let every thing be done at a proper
time.
And put every thing to its proper ns?*.
? Keep every tiling in its proper place.
Never do that by proxy which you can
; do yourself.
Never neglect small matters and expen?
scs.?Spectator 293.
>
, Without employment the mind becomes
> relaxed and inert.
i None are more liable to ten?ptation, or
, to employ themselves in doing evil, than
; the idle.?President Davics.
Pearl St. House Rebuilt,
NO. 89 PEARL STREET.
TO BE nn-OPEXED IX FEBRUARY, 1837.
j f B1U IS spacious establishment is enlarged and
_M. erected upoji its former site, in the centre
: of the commercial operations of the city, aur.
' rounded by more than 500 entirely new tiro proof
j stores and warehouses, occupying the grmnd of
j the great conflagration. This Hotel, fronting
upon Pearl and Water streets, is arranged upon
* a new and most improved plan, with a spacious
* Exchange Room, extensive Dining Parlors, largo
- and airy Sleeping Rooms, commodious Bathing
[ Rooms, steam power to elevate a supply of water I
to the upper story, and for other purposes, toge.
' ther with cvciy convenience required topromoto
* the health and comlort of Boirders. A guard is
5 and will be constantly employed to keep every
. part of the premises in order anJ security. (Al2
dcrinan Peters, the owner,) has spared no ex^
penss to render this buil.'ing, both in extent and
style of architecture, equal, if not superior to any
< commercial Hotel in this country. This IIouso
' will be furnished complete in modern style, and
' re-opened in the month of February, 1837.?Tho
s undersigned, (former proprietor,) rrspcctfbnr so.
licits the patronage of its old customers and the
' public generally. JOHN M. FLINT*
- New-York, l)ec. 18tl?, !fc'3G, by?3ni
2 Seine Twine.
. /..i , iia. r I
4 gOO J STOCK 01 liic auovc arucie ior suiu uy
J. MALLOY &. CO.
. J Feb. 14, 1837.
1 Removal.
J PJ1HE subscribers have this day rcmorod to a
r JL NEW BUILDING one door below their
f old stand, and offer for sale a large and extensive
f stock of NEW & FASHIONABLE GOODS,
consisting of Dry Goons, Hardware, 6l Gro
' curies; Also?a large stock of Domestic and
' Foreign Liquors &. Wines ; all of which will ba
l ! sold low for cash or country produce.
, ! U & R. HAILEY.
! Feb. II, 1837. 14 tf
Oranges, Lemons, &c.
i RANGES, Lemons, Almonds, Raisins,
5 Prunes, Figs, Sugar and Butter Crackers,
[ Tin 2 Apple Cheese, N 2wark Cider, New Orleans
."Molasses, Sugar house do., Louisiana double rc'
i lined Sugar, just receeiveJ and for salo by
i ? J JOHN A. INGLIS.
Feb. 11,1837.
POLICIES will be issued upon Buildings
Merchandise in Store, and on the river *
and from Charleston and Georgetown; also on
Cotton in store. Persons living in the coqftrv
; and towns adjacent by giving a description of their
! propelty, can have it insured against loss ordansI
:|gG by lire.
l>. S. 1IAII LLC C. Agent at Cheraw, for
Insu. < ! . of Cohnihii. S. C.
A mil !0