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VISITOR.
NEW SMIL S, VOL 2-NO. U
"OHE LOBD, }IE FAITH, OWE BAP*I8M."-EPHE8IAH8 IV: 6.
COLUMBIA, S. C„ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1870.
OLD SERIE8, VOL. IV.-NO. 77.
“There bath no tempt-
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Communications.
For the I-mheraa Visitor.
The Law of Sin in the Keaton.
Sit Paul write*. Hum. ix, 23: “But
b 'AND 31^
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I nee another law in uiy member*
warring uguiunt the law of my uiiud,
, aad bringing me iuto captivity to the
brr of sin which n in my uicmhe *.‘
What is this law of sin in the iiicin
beta ? It ia wluit still remain* of the
BBsanetiflcd nature of the child of
UotL When the lloly Spirit, the
Sou’tiller, enters ami takes )*>*-
seasiou of the penitcut. He Imni-he*
f.otu him every evil spirit, anti im-
imrta to him a sense of the fbrgive-
uess of liis sins, |H>ace, happiness,
and the hope of eternal life in heaven,
lie also regenerates him, ami mat
■Caere iu his heart the prtsfs* ol
sane!ideation, but tloes not wholly
and perfectly complete it till death.
II is only at ileirtk that—il I may 11Se
the expression in this ctameetioti—He
gives the last finishing touch to this
peaces*
The Holy Spirit can lie resisted in,
this work. Man, as st free agent pos
nesses the ability, either to co-operate
with the Holy Ghost in the work of
hit salvation; i. r., be willing fur Him
to continue the work till it is com
plated, or to hinder Him iu His work,
and, by continuing to do so, to finally
grieve Uijb entirely away. Many
persons have most undoubtedly *tart-
ti teetl in the divine life, but on ac-
«smt of their haring faihsl to pernt
tart therein, slid not obtain the
“tfowu of life.” Tlie promise is, “Be^
then faithful till Jeatk, and 1 will give
thee a crown of life.” The Apostle
Paul, in one of his epistles, says of
^at*least aome of those to whom he
waa writing, that they tlid run well
fw « mma, but that they were Aia-
Aftri from continuing or i<ersevcring
ia tiie way in which they had begun.
This most conclusively proves that a
wan may become and remain a Chris
tian—a real one—for a time, and,
afterwards, cease to be one; or,
vhich ia the same idea In other
wards, that the Holy Ghost may
*kk» possession of the heart and
eontmeucc the work of its sanctifl
<*tion, and yet may not only lie
interrupted in the work, but may
*“*% be grieved entirely away from
the heart.
The heart of man is, by nature,
evil, ostf evil, aud continually so.
It is utterly im]Kissible for man, of
to think a gtiod thought, and
®uch less, to do a right deed. When
however, man is brought out from
his natural state into that of grace,
«• natural pronem-ss or diH|MMotion
to evil, is made to give way to a
PWoeness or disposition to good ; so
thot in thjs latter state, he is able to
h**e good thoughts, and to do right
® w h > Tlie state of grace is but the
***** of warfare against pin, and the
®“natian soldier must, as we have
niready seen, be faithful until death,
*h* would obtain tlie promised
~tWwu of life." Having been brought
■*o the state of grace, it now rests
^relg K itk Aim, whether he will
7**"* ***** crown or not. If he
• ‘ * to persevere after it, no
power on earth or in hell can pre
**** him from securing it; but, if
jftthe other band, he determines,
" rw R , ‘ whatever cause, to reliu-
1«*«h hi» pursuit of it, he is at lib-
**tjr to do so.
“law of sin in the members,”
Jk*h, is one of the three great
wwmies to the Christian’s attainment
«*«Tial happiness. He has, 1k>w-
the" ability to eudnre all its
is common to man ; bnt God is faitk-
lnl, who will not suffer yon to be
tempted nbove that which ye are
able, but will, with the temptation,
provide a troy of escape, that ye
may be able to bear it* “Hlesaed
is the man that endurath temptation,
for when be is total, he shall receive
the crown of life, which tlie Isml
hath i*roini*ed to them that ktve
Him.” Blessed promises, both dc
daring the ehristiauVi ability to «a-
tlurr temptation. ‘>l>et no man nay
when he is tempted, I am te,opted of
God, for God cannot he tempted with
evil, neither tampteth he any man;
but every man ia teinjited »bet*' he
is drawn away of his lust, ami ia
enticed ;* that ia, whan he does not
endure as he ought lo do, and has
tlie |Miwer to do, but yiehls without
resisting snffleH-ntly.
Tlie lusts of the flesh may, at And,
prove strong, ami coat the Christian
no little trouble to soluble them;
but, to keep them subdued, each suc
cessive victory proving easier awl
more speedily won than the former
one. Thus persevering, and faith
frilly using the means of grace at Ilia
disposal, the Christian obeys the
apostolic injunction, to “ grow in
gracelie advadhes in tlie divine
life, progresses in sanctification
through the operation of the Holy
Spirit, and is thus fitted (or heaven.
With the A]Mistle Paul, be will joy
fully exclaim. “1 thank God, through
Christ,” finding in Him a njfleiemt
help for all times of need.
It seerfm to me that the “ law of
sin in the memlier*” Amis a good
illustration iirthc enemies of Israel,
in the lund of Cuiinan. These ene
mies of the Israelite* were not wholly
driven out of tlie land and destroyed ;
Imt a. gisslly |sirtitHi of them still
remained thun’in niter the Children
of Israel had become settled in the
land. At first, only enough of them
were destroyed to make room for tlie
Israelites; mid, afterwards, just in
ppi;»iit:o!ia< the latter wet
numbers, were they tdrl^rrdestroyed.
Tln-y would, ilouhtless, have all ln-en
tles:n>y«sl, ill time, if tl»e Childn-n «»f
Israel had continued to faithfully
keep their |»irt of the eovenant that
God bail made with them. They
were not, however, all driven out
before them; and the VAy of ic we
learn from Judg. li: 20, 23. They
were left to prore Israel, “whether
they will keep the way of the Isgd
to walk therein, as their fathers did
keep it, or not." So, when the Holy
Spirit enters the heart of man, though
He at oocc dislodge* ami drives
therefrom all the “evil spirits” that
may have entered and occupied it
whilst in tlie state of nature, yet He
does not, at once, entirely subdue,
mortify anti erheify jbe fink. The
back bone of tlm strength of the flesh
is broken by grace; so that the child
of God now has—though lie did not
p rev Mai sly have—the power to resist
tlie demands of its lust*. Neverthe
Selections.
aad a braoi
L>r. Guthrie, the editor of tb« Ha a
day Jlayatiae, ia travailing on the
Continent, nml writing for his Month
ly a aeries at beautiful article*. In
the January No. we have a letter
trout An Lea Barns, iu France. JIc
found no 1‘rufrmUut service hi the
towu, so jie spent the Sabbath “ iu
— ■ — L
that crowned iu minarit, lay
lam de Hour get 1 its a alers gleaming
iu the
he bright anuahine, and reflecting,
in a glassy mirror, the brilliant
againat a rook, Hannibal we*; | We feel aa whan we gaac npon some
croeaed them to deaoend like an nva- , HMinM sttincmlons object iu
[gnclif on tlit* fair i»lnlim of Itnlv It • ,
waa aa nnparallehsl rnternriae, We “ ture —* mountain or fataract, the
asure of a cloudless sky. All atynnd looked on tlmt arena to be rewimtal Armament or the ocean. The piety
stood an axreediiig high wall ofJghut nofhinfflb impossilde to frtitli, lonae on the other baud, ia quiet
inoanlgAaa with the mow* at winter aad *• believe more Artnly than ever 1 meditativef pensive and loving. It bqt “nigh thee, in thv heart, and ia
yet lingering in their fruaoma, and that ia iU glorious mission the Go# - * - - ’ •
them; it dwells more on the spiritual
aigniActmce of the positive ordi
nance* of the law. It is not fleshly
circumcision, bnt “the cirenmeisfam
of the heart;” not a word afar off,
reading aud quiet worship on a lonely : Campunus and th. old Botnan tower
lieight above the town.” But in |ms- that ruse above all the oiler building*
sing u Catholic church he dronned ia . , *’® ,0,rl b reminded as how
■why praki sbootin| up iuto the akj, pel. borne on by the intrepldit v ami
ou whom* savage ana naked summits | iem of ('hrtariana, shall mtimately
over every oliataeie : giving
a new aud more glorious meaning to
these grand old w onls, “Worm Ja.-ob,
thou slyll thresh the monatains’—
no flower Ugs ever bloomed, nor frwft 1 triumph over every olmtaele i
but the eagle's rested. The scene
•ggeaUveof uleaaaot. prpfltaUe,
pious thoughts. TTuj Areh of
the old Bntui
und
to see what was going on, about lUm,r h *‘ l JT,
. . , . . , ~i ’ “ some wreck, behind; and Uu*
which Its tells at length. Then lie ,|| y dinwte.1 our f a
goes on as fellows :
(In quittiag a seeue
(Tom the mummery an
Home prv*riile.l herself
n ancient
ring bnt
“What Art than, O great mountain-f
befbrr Xmddmliel tbou shaft becoiu*
a plum ”
■tar-
.1 . m _ . aad to
the time when the sura lord of jffo-
a here, apart *» nmden.-K.nne, ' -L. L . .
Mariolatrv * ,U,H ** MBML and the rry of ea T “ r grrenil ty peo
in ao fm <ni-1 "hive.! aad is-nigh^d gathm* deltv- | exiwrieane are nutml
Fam U* Cesinl rrraBytrrUO.
TypeeofFisty.
ia not the mountain or the cataract, thy mouthit ia the personal “choice
Imt the unrufHed lake, reflecting the whom ye will aerre” that he |u r»«n
pare stars. Looking ou him in his home on them. “Ob, that there
early yoath, or in hia later years, were such a heart ia them, that they
with hia mingled “light aad sweet- would fear me.” “He will love thee
uem," we thiuk perhaps of that aud blew thee.,” “The Lord had a
exquisitely descriptive line “how delight iu your futbetw to love them.”
•weet the moonlight aleeim npon that “Lore ye, therefore, the stranger,
bank T The piety of Jacob is more for ye were strangers." “He loveth
fervent, active, hanlv, peraerverisg the stranger.” “The poor shall never
■ml triumphant as we behold him hi' cease out of the laud; therefore, I
the crisis of his fate and culmination command thee aayiug, Thou shaft
of hia glorjj wrestling with the angel open thy hand wide onto thy twwther,
until Jbe break of day. J to thy poor, aud to thy needy in the
Without going iuto detail* we see laud." Much are a frw of the gra-
iom-*(>oodi!ig difference* in the mure , cions |assages in which it abounds,
notable ehsrarten of the New TesU and it is in every way the peart ef
meat; and among the Apostles of 1 the law. k .
I uur IsMtt.
The Religion* Paper
of religious
fa\iua ’nave.' *n<l is-nlgtimu asthma .Jelly- ] ex|«erwmrc are uuuuly ilet. nuiiH-d
ble colour*, we climbed a gurge, down fro* hew )u», ehall resound j li> three the natural ten.
which a stream, that turned —!*■■» *« »• •*** 1 iwrament, the event, of Tu lift an
urnu of walnut trere, dcnceatS by a P r *> fr . “ How luag, 6 ImeiL htdy -* 1 **•
aucceoMion of eua.-ml.-a tut., the town. ,n *^ kow feag I* Bight Iwfeflrt Hcnpture. we find the same markc.1
(re eau-rgiug Inmi Ha dark (kudows, n , *r , *w a trmw-t*feu« pr«rlpM-e; ahaig! indivulullilj that tre meet within
and reaching the aummit of the fell, „,,^7^nmlhLirZ'XSnua «*““**. tbwRuwt |wmldc j UfuUy lUmrtreted the leading an.lt the Texaa BaptUt Herald hu t\m
we tel .mrreKrama teuMjrjo u^'^tta - dta^ive .trrihute* of the 1 following good thing:
' - —i iimI now an the hmar didru, to Hw.-ier aad othews, hare pmuted out i*--i *J— i ■ >->— «e.
inent hazard. Owe feUr Mej. 1 tin- dclmite dkarriniinatkjti of Ilouier,
was • tenth. No power in mau tM gtvmg individuality to character*
Uremia b.*u u-Ly.... i^, .i-^- ■— general da**,
awl waving of Roarer a general re
•emldauee. Maeeulay has aiqdied
tlie scare oliarrv«A»<h>I.i Hhakco|icure,
and shown that character* which we
ehoukl generally grossly drarribe l^r j nreg, nr rwk* of differetit wand, or the prayer meeting.
In* Wont—that ww feted these fee “'T of <Mlr *#*»•#■) and amid I tb * einlhefa, as llotapur and water flowing through nuU of differ c It leads to a better understand-
ouce, gissl substitutes fer tteurdi •••'vh'owr aafety lies in mustant 1,’rinee llal, tsitk brave, impetnous. eot r.4or* ami qualitina, or the name ing of the ScripUtreo.
nary I*»rd’« .Ur sermon. « aM.fulnesSj and the prayer. Hold .wgrr, V governed And impatient of ,u»gr reflected iu. larger or smaller. 7 I* im*wwe* iutrest in the spread
that I mu toi** nutUr^nuil, by "P ^ ^ ^ ( >p|MiNitimi, trr itill in«li\ tduill
" ‘ ‘■•■L mi
in a tcinpl**, to tb#
which, more than to any churvh w " m.w on tb. ..
rabrefl by the iuumfl.s-u.-e and huml reek and now on the hmsr dtbrim, to l
of man, tliene s onls migtit lie apidtaL i
“The.glory of the Lord Altai »het ,brr *
tessksl I *° aa tlm I
crag to crag to lie at (Ire tmttore a
< mangled hesp of hwqpuaity. It ra
the mighty rampart of mouutaina, ao j '• l,ir 7* 1 *? *4v»d imsginatk*. to ts re
Altai our minds with God, and the “"•«e.l hy *nrh a reeweaf the “ nar
scene, in nuiftv of its a*|«-. ts, was ao r * , , w * 7 *^** lemleth la lift everiaat
suggestive ol mune of the uoldest '"»■ •“« at those *|uritual daugere
aud u»mt rewnfraWing pusssg,* of *° * r are expraed hi every
rad these, lor •‘n* ^ ** r ^Ifffiaiafe; I
.-ollstSUt 1
bon*.-." Such Hnldmth _
over ua—the . huultau. sky above our
h.-tuls, tire amiliug vale at uur taw,
Neandea angitis admiring '
1 disciple, I»r. Schaff, have very beau ,
j ttfally illustrated the leading and]
* '
I‘aid, r%ter, James and John. Tie 1- A good religiooa paper makes
grace of God was the same in th^w Ghristian* more intelligent,
arveral aulijecta, ht« iletermined In *■ I* "»»*« them more uaefuL
; its obvious manifestation largely by j A It secures better pay for the
temperament, by time, hy Individ-! P«*t»*r.
, nal einmmstance*, and by aortal
surrounding*; like Ik|BOt pottred
l Alt to veasels of variona shape* and
secures
motor.
I 4. It secures better teachers for
! the Hubbatb-ocbooL
■ 5. It secure* better attendance at
a rouglM-r or
d in
h rei “*•
I we:
’J wL ! ni.
. I ... I tint mv sisyMi ..ail ■ —*—- "« a brighter or dii
(aalti.Mi.if rniugout fur no *. rumn ,H * , °* * ttf* lw*0 battlemriiu *“ •'“*‘"‘1) ItroimferUi the there are, arudgg from Hie pritLan
at all, or short BermotualMl di.wt , *• gn.wn, t.mri before wnwth of the one, wooht be ouli* «g som<- am- of tlm Christum
mr\km\ ThU rry in nftrii * mrrr cn, * r * ! P** w Jl1 ^ tb# uthrr. j vtrYfk** ao f«r m to be the character
preteiK* the real object of dislike J?Jfe CT? Kvra (|3 il plrAw at ^re aarred iahe ot the mall aa a Christian, or
U ‘J* 1h *" Sri m wrtt ^ ^ m *‘ rem .It-re ai\ into Ibr prevailing ,*,wer at some const,
IfeJI’ the DJTuiTimii'ns.m^M • "* n - k «‘ ■>> »*' pvrfret reru » lro " l «* r « b ‘ p wonUl . w rational infirmity orVsetttng sin.
iitay house, that tbev .few the li.Niar ri ‘> •»*•■» aflfrptal iu ohl drar them all to a uniform pattern Kerry experienced and observant
of G.*l, nor weary to he a*ay. It i* the haudft.1 of men who ; sih! rise. Bat eafe, tlxjugh deliver- pnotar will i
now aa of old, when there were no ^ ,r ** 1 " "*■'**. 0 "'mg the div inr mind in div ure word*, arreral type:
.hZT, chira;,ra r ',"T.'. W ^; >f n! M-v ^ *n.e. aoronling to hu-n pmrnm:.. e^gregalfon. -
pleasure in relight ' rirea f ae they <>*»«.« «he (nil nreaaing •*i*nUugiy, we fiu.1 ll^ These vioiatiAuauf hurmutty iu tone, 1
say—and would *uy, whatever %.-rv
length ol the M-. UHg.-Sq,’*! I mu
wearinef; when will If fie »v
Tl...t UMalrrn is. m
of suwh yW.iiws
lire name uf the l*wd
wnntnrrw as I bear,:
*wd» a high tower,
of the goafk-L
A It help* to settle Church diffi
culties.
It gives unity of faith and '
practice.
10. It expose* error.
11. It places weapon* iu the hand*
i of all to defend the truth.
12. It affords s channel of oommu-
illustration* of the ideation between brethren.
piety in hi* own; IA It give# the iww* from the
- j Churches.
14. It bring* out the talent uf the
u pon.1 .J firet. Mil .‘ >n *l ^ f*,!**! i
Hue. bi Btanv in- •"♦•“J - m.V atrinigfudd and J
rrave ii.-n-.ts id th. n ’ at w hffiu »ImU I U- afraid I,
i.iiu a.. .n I will not frit though an host
ohl cdfeglaiut.
stum-. *, more to grav
iM-ajerw’ heart* than to anything in
the pr. acbcr'* dim-eurae, tlie ease is
one Irewbieh the worils of .Mir Ism!
U..M.I l.wvikly apply—“Why Iw^oidcsl
thou the unite that is in thy brut tars
eye, but cuMthlereat not the brum
that is
leas, it still retains enough of strength
to teat and prore his allegiance to hi*
Go«L If faithful, be will keep it in
due subjection, if not, it will overcome
bint.
We are a great difference in Ure
Uvea of ebriwtiana; why f It ia ow
ing, doubtless, to the reason that
some make a faithful use of the means
of grace that God has given them,
whilst others do not. The result is,
that the former steadily grow iu grace,
daily advauce unto “the perfect man,
unto the measure of the stature of
the fullness of Christ,” whilst the
latter, eittar exhibit but a sickly
growth in grace, or, being overcome
by tlie coiubiurd influence of the
world, flesh aud devil, Anally perish.
W. E.
dr vigour
• standard
“ Hit unlit tic” Knee,—Medical lite
rature contributes a new term to the
“Slang Dictionary.” That peculiar
swelling of the knee which used to be
called the “ housemaid's kuee ” is
now known among the surgeons as
the “ ritualistic knee.”
Fart.—Some months ago we learned
that siionge cake was used in the
communion service of a Boston
eliinch. The New York Ate now ra
ports that there is n certain pulpit in
Brooklyn where the sermon is made
up of a mixture of jokes, with occa
atonall.v quotations from negro min
strel melodies. “ Hhoo Fly ” »• sung
occasionally in the Sunday-School,
with religion* adaptation*. The
name Of the enterprising clergyman
i* not given.
and brilliancy, and that.the
of taate ia m-leh higher than U used
to be. More ia now expected of tta
pulpit: and no man cun All ft well
who .lorn not beatnw on hiadisrourses
much time, ait.I not a little lured
study. Yet many seen: to think it
an easy thing to preach; that tta
work of a few hour*, or of a day nr
two, at tta end of tta week ia all that
the pulpit requires. Not m> thought
Isaac Barrow. It ia told of that
great nhiloaoptar and divine that he
once heard another preach one of
his own printed discourses. Hr asked
tta plagiarist—who either did noS
know that Barrow was the owner of
the stolen property, or w as hht ques
tioner—how-long it took him to make
that discourse; and oo Tta other
saying live hoars—“It ia very enri
ou’*," *nid Isaac ; for it took me not
leas than live weeks." Not ao thought
Robert Hall
same taowiifril variety «u.l tta name j au.1 of symmetry in form,* Are trife
marled imbridualtty, iu More*. Dim only uf tta imperfect manifestation*
let, Karfcret. 1 ‘ rad Jeremiah, of ptefTbi ftttloi tfcew. jn our titered
aa IB Homer, .Karhylua. Soph.sire M the light of Divine holiness
and Kurf]*de*,* shone through the unclouded atoms
Aa all the MJeru of grace an- ,Jrere of a pure humanity. Tlie
tta aim* of God and the tain uf a bnghUMwa of the Divine gloty in Him
eumuoMi inheritance of glofy, there appeared tedisperardly or obscurely,
are i«tnc general priuciptrB or few with slant or broken beam*, or in'a
tures, iu which they all mutable otu limited apsor, or through s lamp of
a anther, awl tta diflrrei.ee* between earthly mow id or make, but as iu tta
then* are differetrera of .legn-e not Hoahioisrir, full oriwd, complete, iu
uf kiwi, individual not specific. There unJlitaifi-d ubundanee aud unclouded
tta |>nari|Md iwstntaina' arr however many varieties in tta glory; gilding with impartial and
of tb.- Chain ot Danphiny. There, types of genuine piety, tta rtarrftil qgperial ray tta tops of tta highest
m.we than in gorgcaiaratbrdral with —tta dc*|M*Klent r tta affeettouate. mountains aud tta depths of tta most
all It.praysfdNrasndaH.Bfrwhil the revere. Thi. Chriatuu. m.niaten. «,-i lldpd vallma; hurting at tta
great Orat.ir lights op the sub>-rt ou * ht to rrco,,r, ■ , •“ tta instruct nut* sagx- moment front iu cxlutultleas
with ttuahes of brilliant etoqurMc, we iu, I“ rt - H* couwdafhmB they fonnUiu in tb# sky ou the wave# of
Wt tb# mn|fnit)(¥nrf of aftntl, ami tin* ilutMW which thf) iJjp tartheat ocean, iuhIwvfrinjj tith
•*“! I,r 5‘* rr bo * rxart - a garment of light a distant oouti
hia b hawl? r wVh"ttaL^^ai“ l mu , L£ wr ** *« ,loo ‘ »«*ut; inviting tta earth with inaui
around us, heaving up their tek* #wl ^ 'wrirty of fold taautied and ^mpurpliug the
»ir shooting their rocky pinnacles chara.-t.-ra presented in tta S.Tip cloud* of taaveu with radiant and
many col on-d glories.
tlie RMHiittains in resies and tta hills representative of every tempcranient i n i t f
in a balance: and how, safe in his *. al „. .V*/—_ 1,1 Ue *' rn U,r "* ,oU W,U t>e *° Ur
ttaour, hia pro pis. though * ”'cr> trait, and th. evor-vsry iig e their Lord that no virtu# will be
ten thousand danger*, ‘ ln * ^ MPW*I , UI of piety M developed, us to be dispro|«ortu»n
.-an sing, as we lifted up our voicre, the tferiptunr, rrom tta |»n»rouud aU tufllntHMuoua, and no defect
cst anguish to s bird like aoug of joy, ] ^ b)MIIM h wU1 he found in
“that snaring up to heaven's gate
asceuda.” Tta reasons of tta year
from tta ice of winter to tta fervid
apieudors of summer—tta varieties
of climate from tta regions of the
Arctic circles to the briglitnes* of a
Tropic sky, tta alternate changes
of a day wheu the ami is ovcrsba.l-
owed by'a cloud, ami the name bright
hurtling break* forth in a flood of
glory, (milling hi light and beauty,
earth and heaven, do not vary more
thungh
should encamp against ure.
Before US mre tta serrated snmmits
“f the Mont du ( bat ; the tuosSeon
spu'ii.His uf there a nreky pyramid.
called tlie Dent du Dtat, that shooU
in thine us* eve f First coat MB’ ,n, ° ** r •** height of ->.OOU
tta taum out of thine Own eve. awl »•■»<, an* front winch tta eyr cum
then shaft thon »*- Hearty to cam * K^noaa view »1 La Tour
tta w.Me out of thy frrottar's eye." ol* 1 *"’ ^ tfel'e, L Mote, Mnat
tbi tta other baud, it is but fair to • *»•*•*■*
say. that preachers are not blameless
in this matter. There are few things
more tantolizing awl intolerable than
lo have to sit .MU a weak, twa.idling,
dull, dreary—as we say in Nrotluud,
it retch—sermon ; cold, perhaps, to
Ismt; unlike eveu the last cup of tea.
where tta heat may some* hut i-oiu
neiinute for tta want of strength.
lYeoctara let ttam |mni»u me for
sayiug- should ismsidnr that, throngti
SilTjil ‘V‘° ,,M> W “* ’? h "' , h,,w IT w«gh«i ‘.ures; eharaiteni reverslly and truly
... -sit. . . , - llm Buui *at a t uw flaw mouLu aaui Ik# 1..IU . • re .
(lufltinioiUMHMl Alik# for th#ir
love and teat
suUijS#iihy
can stng. as we
and sting tkst day,
‘1 lotfekills MW lUBctire
• rrum .km <kMk tun. «.*•■*!;
>1/ wh; In** th* L*r<
Wht l.sorn *»J MMti* hath owS*
Th* h# h* ■ so. h. red*.
Kur win ha *hH*hw aw ihr»ho*fa.
Boissk h* that katft larwt
Ha Swhw sat aar Oraya •
Nor was it tta glory of God only
that filled this temple and our
thoflghu that pleasant Habimth day.
Tta Bibb -
iblr teaches us that it was
bis fton, Jeans Christ, He Blade
things that an- made; and this aome
of divine power aa.1 BtagniAcetiee
3
looked the grandeur ia Mr rasa ftsr thraffire several strain, of Scripture
bring aaouctated with tlie Ksta of i . in lWl i.*,!*,.
Bethlehem, tta Man of-Borrow., the ! in 1
Horn flee of tta Croso, he blcaaed I «lr»-aing the revel
any.
“ The King’s daughter ia all glorious
within, her clothing ia af wrought
gold." Then slut 11 tta sons of God
be iwrarnted before tta i«re*eooe of
their Fsther with exceeding joy.
J. M. A.
Tta
of Dsatarwaray.
Thi. greatest of mod Haviour on whore love and power to
rni pulpit orators deelsretl bill some save rested all our hopes tor time
short while before he died that lie and fur eternity,
had tormented biiurelf all his life Amid such scenes it might be
long in trying to preach well, so l thought msu and bis proudest works
never succeeded. Nor was would ta forgotten. And ao they
(l#ttti^ing
th# jtftopW
isr
1 —that of a maa w
«IP> I
Adam Clarke of a different opinion, j were, with one remarkable exception
To one who, on entering ou them in-
istry, asked him how he could best j 1,800 years
pre pure his discourses for tta pulpit, say so, these grand mouuUuis to la
ta gave this memorable answer— , bis monument, and proclaim to all
Brother, study yourself dead, aud future generations what courage and
pray yourself alive again 1 * indomitable energy con achieve.
We have no syu>)iathy with those | Hannibal, on hia way to tLoader st
preachers who seem to think it an tta gates and strike a blow at tta
easy thing to make a sermon, being heart or Borne, round these mountains -
* mu which barring his path. They seemed to Kvery one feel* that tta piety of
beard with | say, as they frowned down on the Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was
little bold intruder, Hither Shalt thou come,
several experiences of
la of God, and often of the
same soul a( several periods, and
under altered circumstances.
What imimrts such ;>ecuHnr value
to tta practical w ritiiig* of 1 >r. Archi
bald Alexander iu common with tha
be.t productions of the great old
Nonconformist divines, Owen, Flavel,
Baxter, and Bunyan, is thrir'drep
knowledge of tlie wotkiug of tta
religious affections, and the diversi
fied form* which true piety may-
sum of this, that tta rermoas
are made with core are
difficulty. But we have
sym
SSL
with each as undervalue ;.but no further!
A gout herd a i* ,m1 different, though he may
tug what experience has fataphenl might climb these crags Dot ,We l»riia|)s to specify tta
proved U) ta tta greatest instrument and cross the barrier; but how was
of conversion -, and yet for once we 1 ta to surmount it with au army of
did not feel any want on that height .10.000 foot, 80 elephants, and 8,000
above tta town of Aix lea Ham*. It horse# in his train t Yet animated
by patriotism, and sustained, as ta
ever.
It is projKjoed to increase the num
ber of Representatives in the House
from the present figure, 237, to 300.
and only jarted trout it b,
swelling hill,
iv a gently- that resemble on il
studded with Vsiuut erected by the hand of nature, and
and chestnut trees, and covered with | against which tta power of man would
vineyards that mounted by suucos- \ only ta burled to bs broken as the
sir* terraces to a grove of dark firs wavets iuto spray when it is dashed
distinctive character of tta piety of
each of these illustrious saints. We
all feel ia tta presence of Abraham,
the fit liter of the foithful, aud es
pecially ia that supremo moment
wheu with np lifted hand ta is ready
to sacriflcs his soo, hia only ion,
Isaac, at tta command of God, as in
tta presence of a superior being.
Ws fret that tta character ot his
Tlie last book of the five written
by Moses is remarkable a* .haring
with the 1‘salms and Isaiah the
honor of I icing most frequently
quoted by Qhrist. It differs from
tlie other three, vrtiich contain the
institutes of the Jewish religion, iu
its popular and poetical character.—
Exodus aud Numbers are tta law
ImmAsYUmI the Annals of the choseu
Niitjjfc. This last is it* epic aud
Hong Garland. This is the book in
which Moses serins to speak out
moat freely afid from the heart.—
Twenty years of leadership have
taught him much; repentance aud
rebuke and failure have softened
him. Tlie service of God has taught
him a deeper trust and love. Thi*
book is tta swan-ssng of tta poet of the divers order* of the E^angeli-
denomination, and makes it useful on
a wider scale.
IA It thrown light upon obneure
questions of practical interest.
10. U gives light ou obscure
passages of tta Bible.
17. It cultivates a taste for read
ing.
18. It make* tta children more
intelligent.
19. It makes better iiorent*.
20. It makes tatter cbiklreu.
21. It awakens interest for tta sal
vation of soul*.
22. It gives general religious new*.
23,, It gives tta more important
current new* of general interest
AU thNP ft furnishes at a very
small cost compared with it* value.
Chrirtiaa Union.
While we are hardly prepared to
go tta length of tta Ckriatian Adro-
eate in pronouncing tta division
among Christian* a blessing, we
heartily agree in calling for produced
denominational aeutimeuts:
“ Some person* seem to think that
there must be a kind of op]iositiott
and antagonism between the spirit of
Christian union and a special attach
meut'to one’s own specific religious
connections; that Christian union
demand* a kind of eceleoiaatacal com
munism, or else a cosmopolitan indis
crimination and a disregard of indi
vidual relations and preferences.
That Methodists should have a higher
appreciation of their own religious
order than any Other, and a closer
affinity for its .members—and so of
other denominations—seems to us,
ou the other hand, uot only, natural,
but right aud desirable, and quite
consistent with the- largest charity.
We are free to confess that we look
upon tta distribution of our Protest
ant communion* into churches und
confederations of churches of various
names and orders as uot only a ne
cessity growing out of human folly
und wickedness, bnt also, on tta
whole, a blessing. Without it there
would be in the ecclesiastical state
a lack of Christian , freedom—of the
variety needful to answer men’s
varied tastes and opinions; while
the existence attld action, side by side,
of the XC Psalm. It is Aaron's rod
btosoomiug and bearing almonds.
Aa Isaiah sunt* tlie spiritual side
of the prophecies, ao Deuteronomy
sums up tta spiritual aide of the law.
There is a gradual rise in the style
of the book, as it begins with the
narrative of the Lord’s mercies, pro
ceeds to the summary reheraal of tta
Lord’s at suites, and close* in a strain
of exalted anil prophetic poetry. It
come, home to men as the earlier
hooks do not; expresses higher ex-
it* sip 1
r
cal Protestant*, tends to promote a
healthful rivalry. No donbt these
divisions have often sprung front
other than Christian' influences, and
been perpetuated at the expense of
the charity of tta GoapeL Ia this
country, especially, there are unques
tionably too many distinct ecclesias
tical bodies divided rather by their
organic forms, or historical condi
tions, than by anything of vital im
portance. These are tta abuses of
freedom. ; They do not, however,
piety ia grand, magnanimous, heroic, peetation* of tta spiritual life in militate against it* existence.'