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KOIroal. tr* onht fj M, 1170 WMJI with ,A Hwt* 7.0 !itio!2 !*>* :i«iz is*» ; s:: | KD ‘TU. 4—tf hsr F'ot, i» I ,M *» l»'*r- r Truui* .4-7.*4 ,- m 4.40pm •414 a m . 1060. f 4.00 «.». »-40 • H«i 4 I 40 p.m. I»i m. »u< North irhi Train* • chtefcgci t-> Nourn,, I Ticket feements. £ *2 Wr“ pwt io tiie r : Ih4f*fc<* i more cdo- Dot bo ua> bored |ths -tfairijr |'<t .11 over 4 life !• lor tlailr. I particularly !-l. Thu. u F 1**9. tm iMhoy la knit hy 1 trouble or ible-thiwJ. nrinp Ma il. Ubera! I Aft, too, Del. A—ly lover d reluebl* O'. _ , M >N ■H VISITOR Strir "ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTI8M"—EPHE8IA NS IV: 6. KBV SERIKS, VOL 2-NO. 28. COLOMBIA, S. C„ WKDNKSDAY, MARCH 10, 1870. OLD 8KRIRS, VOL. IV.-NO. 81. $$« $uflj«an VKsitdt IS FURLISIIEI) EVERY WEDNESDAY BT RUDE_& MILLER, TERMS: Tit brrouus Vnrron ie fnmitlied to tub- ^(ribia »t $3.40 per j-«er, If peitl in ndr.oce. A,toymen, their tTi.knm, end StoJeuU of me charged $2 00 per reer, if paid in ^mS^TImwo who do not par wlthiu three ■ SL^ih. time their year trfyiiv, will, in oue, be cherged toy eoata additional. .ATM or ADtrCKTO!*a: f* oee iq**™ t 00 * ** °« “'«“»> * rim lawman. ■ » 76 0ce Month 3 60 Hi! meelha.... 7 00 Twatre Moetha. »• oo On ndrartteeneiita e< three wjuaree end up- val *a a duKount ua JO percent, uf UrarqaeM ud opearda. JO per cent, of ten aquere* owl u»w«d>. 40 per ml. and of one half column aud upward*, M per cent will be deducted train tl>« Rbo»e rale?. OWttt»riei mon tl»»n five line*, ten MiQta lor etel*« *«***. in atlvanc*. ^^Vetjure—Fire eunba per quarter. rap Pleaut wotetnhei *11 humuce* hit Mrs diouM he wUroacd to * Ur A. R RIDK. tM.wAm. a. a Original. Tho Duti* of lUliaff Eldert , a. . - ■ — •-^ •mope and eternal in its great oouse- J govern them and apply the law* of quences. Tlio ruler in the State may , Christ's house aa to bring all by de err, and it is bod enough. Yet time greea to oouform in fraternal bar will soothe, heal and obliterate bit j mouy. error. But wbo shall look to Uieeutl i 1st. They have to ibvklo trim are of un Hitler’s errors, or weigh all the ( and who are not enUtled to member consequences of bis actions I He is a , ship in the visible church. But they worker together with CitrisL Uc is , cau ia*t sets the la-art and know steward of the most high. He holds j w bother the image of Christ is there commission from him who said, “ l or not. They mmi only Jndgt- from lutt he which liveth and was dead, j profeasioos Mid external evidence, aud behold, I urn alive forevenuurv, Whilst, therefore, they an- ta eon tuul have the keys of hell aud of tinued danger of receiving into the death.” fie is chosen to office, as we fold, wolves in sheep's clothing, and have seen, by the people, (alter an ' thus of assisting men to deceive them appeal to Uodj casting lots. Bat selvee with a name to live while they U J 1 ** >» cast into the lap, let tbs are dead—(for it U a most fearful whole disposal thereof is of the Lord.” truth that many do put great coo- And he is i mine tod into office by tbe | fldt-ncc in the mere tact of church Holy Cihost himself. He, therefore, uu-mliership for their salvation) they stnuds the fhlly at-crediUHl represan- | are in cquul danger of rrj.-ctiug aoaic tative of him who said, “all power weak lamb of the fold, aud thus of is given uuto me.” lu the temporary causing a little one to ulfeial. Ami absence of the Head of the Church, ' the Master says : “Whomever sliall the Elder is one of his agents, to offend one of them- little ones whkli guther up the lambs of the fold, tuul' believe in me, it were better for him np aqnarsly to ao impartial clmscun investigation, is no easy task. Bredi ran, if you frwl fully compatant to the heavy task, you an- not dt for the sacred office of Hkier. Il ware batter to be a doubting Thomas, than a arlf-oonldent profsae Peter. The civil law very ulaaly amkea a friend or rriativTD mi im-oapeteut juror. And the tiaa of sstsm are no leaa strong and |*»wi-rftil with a chwreh officer than with a civil eitisen. Hut, far the time, the Eldar maat ignore nil natural ties, bo io to know ao one after the dealt. His mother—his child is to stand beta* him on the same platform with the atrangar, equally snl.ject to the Infirmities at our natare uud fetfaw-heira of tbe grace of lifu. The KU«r » sacredly huuad down to the ean grant idea— “JtmtJmttiHm rwmt fhmi.* And who can ha sufficinit far these things! No otto! With nn ay* ta this aatar (hut, Obthrt has urgaidasd his rhnrrti with courts of review and nppollaa place himself stpiareij between them that a mill stone were hanged about jarimlietiou. nml made it the privilege and every prowling wolf, wbetlier in his neck aud lie cast into tbe mitlsi of the humblest tinteger, if he lerl wolfs or (dieep’s clothing, and say to of the sea.” Hcoce the Killers who aggrianwl, ta entry Ids cast, by appeal the flock— hold In part tbe keys of the kingdom to the higher court, and on still to •Now fof my trws.1*' auS bratbrau* aoivs, must not only couiiunue m mb witli tbe kigbeat court known tothschurch, P»m» bo iu tim fU **y." | tlit-ir own hearts before tlwl, and no where, entirely among strangers, fan. But while he occupies tryiug, reapon tiee the workings of grace in their cam* may be imamd upon by the sible gronnd it is his to know that be , own souls, so that they aiay detest umobinml aimluai, piety and im|aw fit Sermon pretided at Ebenezrr,' occupies also guarded, sacred gnuuid. its existenee more readily iu others, tiality of the whole eburah. Then- Gn.,J**. «*, 1870. By the Pathr, lie toils to prop, no falling, to bolster but must also take herd to all the can he no favoritism. Hut sithough get. ft. O. Phillip*. PeNuheH bp no doubtful cause. Fur he is on that J flock so that they may be familiar the alsna have swmsa/ rrepint of the Elder*.] —— Yon know that eases always i imrtwotu and whWy »eat- ia the unpopular work ot discipline ciders, in any of its forma, except as the’exist,often moo Lb-piece of the beawua, then of u*rrd, and the jdlstAr is often left to necessity, from, a uniform low of our And them out casually or, if yon please, nature, will he and the church and Igr instinct, anti members are grieved alt the means of grarC together, be 4snne unpopular with the very parties wbo most nead those men ns, and that which hi laiaa hi not headed, but turned oat of the way. Hence God him appointed a claim of Ruling Klders who do not labor in the word aad in doctrine, to taka and keep this whale matter in band, in ordar that disci|i. line may he dispensed, the parity of the chnn-b maintained, and yet the High Prieat be regarded not aa an wustrrv Judge, bat ns an sffectioantr father. Brethren, I speak as onto w|ar men, judge ye what I say. Resides a thousand agreeing dr- cumstances give the. Rnling Elder if be is not promptly there, ft his solemn duty to bo there if he < Deacons in their duty. For it is ia aoch circumstance* that Christianity display* it* bland attractions and makes its deepest impressions. The Killer wbo does his duty even to the careless around him in their sfflh- tion*, need not wonder when thev H«t it is bis privilege to expert to he are restored to see them accompany •caf for. Aud •owctiaic* be ought to him, and bear them say: “I was be allowed tbe beneflt of a --lawful glad when they mid unto me, Let os exm»e." But If he had no other go into the bonne of the Lord. Our duties to' |M>rform, and if his sinews 1 feet shall stand within thy gates, O were iron and bis nerve* brass, be oould not fierform the physical task of visiting as many eases ns often emidoy from three to Are faithful physician*. I make these remarks neither iu self-defence nor for per sonsl ends. “The past is secure,* | and I am willing to meet its record. But I make them to Impress upon —....» the mind* of Elder* their duties iu great advantage of the preaebiug tbe premise. Tbe sffiicted in the Elder in this work. Elders are in Oiurcb and rommssi/jr must be at teatHaialty chosen from and kmausl tended to. And Unwnl shall he he ia evesy qssrtrr of the charge, in urder that urn- or more of them may Iw mvr to and very familinr with every mcmlvr ami have Ms ootid deuce as a neighbor Aud these strung tie* ef ureghbarhoad, unreel intorrourae, daily faaiiliarttr, |mt- hd|M» relationship, mutual sympathy, in pruapre-ity and esperially ia ad versity, era huaiae** ties, as well as his Mwcrt-d office, stake it sn easy thing far the Eider in any wise to to whom it thal! be said, “I was sick and in prison, and yon came unto me." Trne, for him wbo Inn (pushea ia aMietton man can do hat little. God'* Messing must do alL Means of uature rather than of grace are needed. There is far more bene fit iu the tender aaanluitiea of the careful nnrse (haa in the labors of the cknn-b officer to try to torture the Already seeling bruin, call back wamlrring reason to her throne, or foundation to which the Muster re with all tin- external evidence in Jnrisdicthm over the|K7voteOicmlaw, rebuke Ms m-ighlior and not suffer force her to give vent to disturb'd fcrml wheu lie said, “ on this rock 1 each individual * ‘ 1 _ may have their df^sion* almted, *tvi» W, thersfarr. to ywralm nnJ to j will build my church, aud the gate* ■ Htill farther, they are both judge* nm-ctcd, or even rqvruw-tl hg the ■fi tin 9u«» ^ ** l,u *- T r,ho '’ of hell shall not prevail against her.” and custodian* of the vested rights higher tad s«l»70a onnen \cu xx.38. ^ Such living your position, you do of the infant, unable yet to demand We take or grant , to-tlay, »vrt*ll to attend to the exhortation— the sacred privileges whieh G.al in of their owu action. A mawkishreu . tr,,st w,,a h ; “Take heed, therefore, to yourat-lvc* his faithfulness has been pleased to timeotaksur may say, “I hatred the UMie.1, in tbe former t is*onrses, via. f „, u ] to nil tH.u -L tin, «i.i.-k Mimi.nt t., i, tv,... m„.t it uuiQf anil |wvft*fxtxl to refer it ” Well to attend to the exliortatiou— positions . , . ... Ml .and to all the. flock aver the which V-*-- ! Holy Ghost hath mad. you over- seers.” By which tl>« A(MMrfl« uieaus that Elders should consider w ho and what they are, uud the position they court, that dffiw not retirve them from all the fuU|wnpoaailMlitic« chock on earth; that he has ap painted specifically all her means of grace—her laws, forms, ordinances, ufaces ami officers; that among these last he has appointed a class ot fading Elders, ouc grade below the HKhifag Elders ami one remove •love the Deacons, and that he has nude the office js-rpetiml and cirenni- mnbed it by its well defined laws. Today wa are brought iu the or der of our discussion* to enquire into lie dutk* of Ruling Elder*.— Paul, in his last missionary trip, when at Miletus, sent across to the neighboring city of Ephesns, w;here hi itself hat! organized a church in must difficult circumstances, and re- quested tlie Elders of tlsd chnreb t*» meet him at Miletus. They came af ooec and found that bis bnsiness was la give them hi* last address, •very word of which is replete with instruction far you to-day. He was not igtKiraut of what was Issibre him in the near tnt.tr.-. Me state* it with cktarnesa. And whether to tod, or not, 1 alto red for them with aU the ability God had given hist, far tweuty-twi> yxsuw, seeing twovfull benches of Eiders fall into the grave around him, still be felt •hat Ike pad, if latthing else, gave the right to speak and to advise to the future. \Y hon lie first visited the* be was young, strong, ami tooynat Life wa* in prospect.— Hit brain wfiu clear, bia eve bright, hw nerves firm, hi* heart hopeful, and b» work before him. And 1 tocy that I see him standing like 80 * e great moral Gibraltar, against which the boiling sea *f popular phreozy lashed aud heat in vain when it “cried out for three hours together, great is Ilian ah of the Ephesians.” But now his work is nearly done. His head is silvered with premature age, his laxly emaci- *ted with toil, stripes, and imprisou wients, and hunger, his eye dimmed with watching and sorrow, and hLs ohl limlis tremble from the cold height of chains so often borne, aud the dampness of so many dungeon * n wBieh they liave laiD. These ■were the visible claims which he had npon the attention of that assembled ^ aw>n - When he liegan to mWretw 1 l< ' m ' he was borne along on the fDAuhig flood tide of his theme, his tni-HioiT grasped tlie eventful past, faith scanned the pregnant he saw the church like the little cloud on Carmel’s i’El He saw her struggle.- aud con- •ris, and the part whicli tlie Elder’s Wfiuld take in her warfare, and he •“•toon* them for their position and 'lubes by this language: “Tako heed, “W»«foro, to yourselves and to all jhefloek over the which the Holy “•tot hath made yon overseers.” H® thus shows that their duties •J® twofold, first, personal—secondly, Native. ttemsel Tee. , The office of Ruler in occupy. They are “ cuxuni|des” to all the flock. “ So walk as ye have us for a n ensau»ple." The flock «hould, and do look to them for example* of ehristian deportment. And »hat a moving consideration is this, that not only the di*eriminating of the flock look to them ftir a ehristlnti irmM, but the parent wrill turn the attention of the ehikl, while yet in its formative state, just taking ehareefer for time anti eternity, when lessons of exam ple distill upon its opening mind like rain on mown grass or showers that water the earth, to the same sonrre and any, “ there ia an example whieh God ha* placed before yon, follow It and it will lead to honor anti happl ness m this tife, and to a world of rest in the life to come.” The Apos tie give* us in one grand sweep his idea of nil Elder. “ A Bishop’'—the same word which, in the text, is ren dered orernerrn, and is often translated Elder—“ A Bishop must be blame less, the husband of one wife, sober, vigilant, of good behaviour, given t# hospitality, apt to tench, not given to wine, no .striker, not greedy of lucre, but patient; not a brawler, not covetous; one that rnleth well his own boti.se, having his ehildren in snbjection with all gravity. More over, he mnst have a good report of them which are wfthont.” He mnst, in one wovd, pot on the whole armor of t 'heist, that whilst his words des cribe, his life may point out the way whicb leads to fairer worlds 011 high. With the word of God for hi* guide and its lessons living and working m his own heart, with the finmo ss of n Christian soidier and the meekness of a babe in Christ, with proper feeling of his own Weakness and ignorance, yet of the dignity and saeredness of his office, he mnst stand before the clroroh nod the world as n city set upon an hiM. He mnst be a living epistle known and read of ATI men; and all w hd regard Ufa are to take knowledge Of him, that- lie has ten with Jeans. That mmd ffinSt he in him which \,fts also in Christ Jesus, and so must he walk. Vhn iln no are iu file way tt> take hefal M’tto*m- uriveav 2d. Riders hare, secondly, to take hoed to all the ttoek. Ami here their- roal trials Ik-gin. The vbdlde chtrrch wa* never orgunizoil for sanctified saints—for peraomr who have paifited beyond the Teach of at! weaknesses and error*. Such persons have ltd place in the visible chnreb, but nre transplanted to the glorious ehnreh triumphant-. And theft place in the militant church is to be filled by- new recruits from ike world who are yet balm fa Christ, that they too msr jfit)\Y ap into Min beoil rtf'* i* gHIornlly TW , ... ... IP|IL,M and snbjeat to it* fafltfalties, -dHHcnl- They are first to take heed to tic*, difference* of opinion and of in terest will ariae, and ofltofae* rnnto ^family of Christ is a most trying need* aome. And the Ubh-iw ore the a! “i*e*pomible Office—infinite in its hernia *f; this family, and have aa to covenant to It. They must locale it issue and preferred to reft* it.” Bat and determiue for it whether or not the true chriatiau Khh-i will never it belnuga to the fold ami baa rights any ho. Uc will any, “ in a\ jralg there. For if the sheep are not Christ’s, the hunt)* ate tiom out of the fiild and cun lie iutrodurct) only by the action of the good Bhcp herd himscTf. But If the aliecp are fhristx by sit fhe taws of God aud imtnre, the Intnl* are bis, born iu I the fold anti entitled to the shield, protisious ami mark of the Add, rntrif theaiselves straw wirnner from it. And the Eiders mnst th-tcrniiue whether or not |Mm-nta furnish cv hlence that they are CTtrist’s aheep. Ami this they can do only when they careftifty take heed to all the : flock. uieMt 1 may Lave rryrd. but ls4uie Gud toy heart «a* haiu-Ht and right, and I wait for light tftw-e that I nae wrong.' l ivtlwn, fagardiimr right ifi private judgment p* you do the apple of the cjc. You see that the discipline of the rliureti 1U1|SM * iuusI trying duties u|sui the Ehlers—alnties from ahn-li they wight well 4utuk. tint they are dntiea Winch hate to be •huukfa-rcd bj aonu- js-rra-us iu the •■barge. Aud we aaw. 1 trust, that It is the right of the flock to «u> by tlu-ir election » ho tlusc pu tic* shall be. , . , >,«. . - , y , I wish to advaoor an miditlouai He who wrongs his follow-man, idea here. Aod would that 1 could aide to know and maintain his rivet it forever on the mind of every own rights, Lt verily guilty. But elder in the brand rhnrcli of Christ, that session or individual who shall It iu theirs ami theirs eafjr, to take interpose between the immortal, lierd, ojfhei*il/g, U> The ruuaisteut walk hrfnttt, unable to s|ieak for itself ami ctsiverwatkai of all the flock, and the privileges covenanted to They at*tbe grand inquest. Ily some it by (hr faithfulness of Abraluun's strange ovarwight—rather a failure God, assmnes all the n-iqiousiliility lo see at nil, it U #pw regantotl aa fifi in the j>n-niise. That may by great official duty only of the I’rrachiug or It may be 'LmgUcd at as naught. Elder. It u not iu dmtp, it it act fits But it is a rv*|<on*ibility from whu-h prirUrft. God fie'er made him a I humbly pray Almighty God to «»v* divider, a tracer out of a-amUls, an me when I am cnlttsl to stand before ipfonner, or an accuser of the brvth him in Jiidgiuent. If any of you are ret*. TV hat think you of that dauina either thoughtlessly or intentionally hie vretth, who, caliad jntlge, forget* assuming It, I twweerhyoa to examine his poaitioo, difigrucaa his ermine, carefully every Inch of grouud you ignores tbe (act that he is the repre- occapy. An angel would tread soft- sentative of the State, and of every Ij where yon staled. The jguuud . citizen, roiwa down from the bench M holy ground, Thom- voices w lpeli and goes before the grand jury to in fife now heard only in tlie uicrrj . form against the prisoner at tmr or Tangh or the Inajticulatc cry of pain, about to he brought to liar! “ O, wilt wring out bill and clear at thy my anal, come Wot into his habita hqr of Go<l. It may then be forever tlon.” ' too lnte for them to demand their Ho'Sacredly doc* God's law guard rights, but ft wfll mit be too late this point and role the Preaching for them to tell their wrongs Buf«- FTder, entirety out (Sim initiator; Ty the session who havy charge 'to dfarijiiine, that If I were •“ Uficoine this whole matter “will due inquest an Itlfiirtner, you w«»uht liave tv np make* snd see to it that ev ery child pent to a ^igtier court 1 ■ in .ill th* flock" li.i* il* rights. tion to try and an umpire aeeortb-d (o it, or throw the onus . No! Brethren, von are-the grand iu wfltere nature plan s It. on »he jm quest, to make free presentment, rental shoulder. But if they do np And the reason to too dlmoTtwfo need they mi:*! t.ik< Le d to all tin t!c« v k. remark. If a inwnber have fallen, or 2d. Again, afterrecelviugthvi wem belflie-te fall l*tfb hurtfol errors'of bera fhe P.Mers have them to govern doctrine or practice, the Preaching iiftb® chim'li. Laws anrst he ap KMIer may, hy HTi4-me can tion abd jffl^d.' Dl^erertiw* will lu i'se. *Yud sA-irt mmfldenee, 1 Ar> Touch gmsl. Br inertbcrH'ought always to settle tlies.• 1 tiimfi wh.l utirW’.iifrvrtiiiy'tfaain long* tliAh»< l\ eK. 1t ic iivn is eg >■ snd far argnemtt, he may rA«4ahti tbe [■IIS.! Efiprji dixjs- 1 to decide. afaflt pttelf. ^Ifthy brother shalt tre spass errtnfa He should, at fafikt, Ay. agaW4t t(nM‘, go nmf left him lii* fault Bat,~ however aodtioas Ufa preacher between and him alone; if he may bay Iheaa fa danger fha* thafaft- hhsTI hear thee thou liast gained thy >uff «n*e, if ho be not aaatonst fat. isat hrothifr, but 1^ be will not hear tliee fc leant in n remdition to taka eoaep then take with thee o6«- or twp more tiua# to ovsrvihing. and will became thht liCthe (nohtK of two or three Oflfendtsl and fibaaat tomaalf enttsely wKneMTs, e\i#y word may be.es'tab _ from Ufa luvaas to grace, and thus lltitiofl. "And If he shall in-glett to* Iwctuue teat to himself, to she ehnreh. hear them, theu tell It To the cLiircb " to She world, aad ta Gad. , I know Then tlfl* Itefadbb—fJotfs eoprt in tW , IsAh. from reason aad observation ehnreh mnst he the ttinpiflr. And jf] tlfat Ufa preaahar can da saawtbfafa. does not cvni though but httlftf with the erring, itl Whk^J ill di-slye ] nud doctrine. He ahouhl 00b nor ent-h party nt vnrianfe HFdl'Ai take, they wt sitferytseif vriidily' In the righlj w7i|cb" outfada to hi* SaqreU work ia wwrd ise, tney win uesire , nuu uociriuc. Jie hih-uhi v the body. And hoingTet In the flesh *nrt expert the s*‘ 4sion to declnra | doe* lui fcar wm. U- were though loflgnr wait, but how little none run tall.’’. re»7.to» . o.i ih.D SOI t,\oA\ But .tart hare 1 state a truism, and hold yon to It- In She atteetiew* of the Church, aspectslly In eoantry coagregstiana, a iUtered over a wide among his friends and kiuified, some] pvuiacr, uitpopufai and ». stuaitaling aero, too ataefa fa generally expeated of w'hAiil itmT bp IntiJWS^ m come' block*, {hit if h^ Br piwhafi farwaad to the p nachfir and tea little to the them *0, ntid ; feign bffoncc, If it is npt i f1m did. JBto he aboahi tear making dom*. *' Hitch tt fldbr, erring hitman J the mean* to gttfafo to wfaich b* fa miltfre." Ahd fbrfifi ETder, esjs-eially . reoognufad «® Ufa uxpaaairt nod dfa- " J * - Jl “ |- *■ ejpguses, uqpopufar aod » sruaibbng p sin apoa him. lie eaa do it with no danger of giving offeor? or produe mgevU results. Hy “a Word fitlv spukru” aa any one of those oppnr tone oonasMtos ao enmiaou to him, he con qaaah. jurral. or heal ia iarip wary, oue half the aud ten whieh, if Wt ah am, would grow into scandals, aad by pradeai maaagetneai. can give sarh shs|ie to the other halt ami such |>rep*ratkNi to portico, as to leave tbe Hcasino, m such, hot bltle to do, except to are how good and bccoraiug it fa far lirrtbrea to dwell together fa ufitiy. Bo imm bine eon work well unless all Ms parts are property adjusted together, xfinl eerfa performs Its own proper ftme re wttti tire ttoas wMlwaft Pro 11 rent. KaprcinHy fa roai|iMrated machinery of the ehnreh. Aad know ye. It fa the ft met km of the Elder, not the Pastor, to take heed to oH the flock for pwrposis of disri|iline. Christ a|>poiated Pastors, lint he niqwinted alas ‘-help*, par rrnment*. And listen at thedoetrine; “BretJusn if an; of jxm do err from the tnitli and one convert tom, let him know that ha wtorh eonvertath • staaer from tbe error of his ways shall save a anal from death snd shall ludo 0 malt node of afas.”— '-IhwtUren. if a fana be ortetekea fa • fault, ye whieh are faerttool restore sack aa oo* in tbe spirit of meekness, ncauderiog thyarlf leal Uraa also be tomifiad.” A ebureh amy be killed b> dmrtplioe—it may die for want to A b requires the most strict Chris Use pratb-nt-c. It eaa exist ooty when the U<imw take lined to thewe vagaries. I have no Very great eon fide nre in death bed consolations, aud almost none at all iu deatli-bed r»-p«*nt*n«-e and converaioiM. Such things aie ponible with God; and to prove it, Kevehttiou furnishes one example. Such things are not coat »<>« with God; and to prove it, Revelation furnishes hat one example. And 1 verily believe that cohired U«»cTi|>tions of death-bed triumphs, bv well meaning but misguided men. aad flippant, disgusting, cuntemjiti bte new spaper arcount* of dealb-bwl (xuiverskms, which never took ptere, have fame niorv- barm to tlie Church, the world, the great cause of Bible Christianity, than Paine’s Age of Rea- •am, Vefawfawh fisbss. Home's Soph is this true to tbe try, and Gibbon's Hirturie Facts. O, what a vast number have been aelf- deceived anddecaivedevta Ire ehnreh officers, iu their doath straggle*, and art gone—“whither. I dread to think—but they are gone!” Tell me how year friend tired, aod i will preaeatly tell yon bow he died. if be lived a fool, an he died— whatever the last ravings ef his fevered brain, if be lived a Chris tian, ao be died, though his son of sum may have ceased to shine and left him in darkneSa. His pilot through that ralWv has long since said to him, “1 hare called thee by name; thou art arise. Wlien thou pa asset through the waters I will be ' with thee, and through tbe rivers 1 bey shall not overflow 1 thee.” In hte day of cool, esh-ulating re non be Koid, “Come nml let us join our stove* uuto tlie Lord in an everlasting stoves ami to all the flock. • : covenant not to he forgotten.” And 3d. Remark figaia; Tbo Kblere »»*» iw Ms day of pltyweal weakness have to take lived to all the flock in their uffifilnms. 11 ton I with Preoeh- utg and Baling F.klerwhnvv their own speeifin duttea, sun*-nous and oner otm. 1 qmik not rady from the word to Gad, bat from moumfnl ex- perfaure. A* puatar to a eharg.* covering ah arcs of thirty tulles aqnnm, swahraefag asorc than a Hrm dried fiimUh-s, in aaigkly dime, where “death nigna,- and -wham mroeif have ton gmvea Ailed ia a oeore-af years—afiUetfaaa are oar birthright —our only sure lutttMneny. Ami no vme knows better Unto ntyarlf, baring learned in the sekool- to aqs-rinre, eonscqnent rtoling re-aaon, he may rave and ixitsp and deetroy his own lift*. But that “covenant fa oniered in all thfngsand ram-.” And thoagii he rave and die, yet “tto me Jerusalem.” “He who would have friends, mart show himself friendly.” He who would draw friends to ebris tenuity, must show that it begets love, sympathy and kindly office*. II i* otily thus that churrbe* are or ean be built np. And that ehnreh in which a foil bench of Elders shall do their whole duty in this matter of visiting, will prosper aud grow, and eventually become an immortal TVrra in the religions world, though the Pastor lie weak and inefficient. Bat if the Elders throw the work entirely uIkhi tbe Pastor, the chnreb mart dwindle and die, tt Paul himself were Pastor. For tbe work is not only too much for him, but to a great part to it every Pastor most be unsuited. It therefore mnst be un done, unleas the Eldars take heed to all tbe flunk. 4th. It ia the duty to the Eider* also to take heed to tbe doctrines with which all the flock ore fed both from tbe ;mlpit aud from house to house. They sltould see to it, that no poison fa mingled with that food. T do not mean that they may stand as censor* over the Pastor and order him what, where, or when to preach. No, to his own Master he stands or falls. He were unworthy the name of proaeher if he could or would accommodate his doctrine* to the wishes of any. He stands free and nntrammeled. and should; for be fa pledged to God and the whole church, and is, nraler God, subject to her alone. Even there he retains the sacred right of private judgment— But the Apostle forewarned the church that some would depart from the faith aud taring in damnable heeeriea. And as tbe Elders are. members of all the higher court* of Christ’s house, of whieh the Pastor fa a member, and .to shich be fa answerable, they should be strictly careful to be always present, at least by one of their number, in each meeting of those courts. And if the Pastor has taught wlist fa contrary to sound doctrine, tlie Elders are bound to carry the matter up and report it In those courts—“tell it to the ebureh,” that he may have trial by his peers, and if guilty be cut off from the congregation of IoraeL— Thus the ehureh will not be reapon sible for his error*, and purity of doctrine will be maintained. Besides, tbe Elders, by their inter course, each with the people of his quarter, may know the peculiar views, diflk-ulties, stumbling-blocks, trials and mental condition of each one; and may "thus be able to make suggestions and give informatiuu to the {motor, which will powerfbily as sist him to give shape, point and adaptation to liis public ministra tions, and give to each a |K>rtion in due season. „ 3th. And tills introduces the re- die hi* death, and let my last end be mark, that, in order to take heed to litem hie.” lint tt*e revelations of tbe Itoal d*y wltt show that to the vast, overwhelming majority of those over whose denth-bed- conversion a shout Was raised. Slid of whom flaming ot tit mny notices appeared in the public prints only to deceive others, it wttl be snidt “Depart from me,for I never kuew you; for I was an hungered, and ye grt-c me no meat tbe pnw ettel ooopmwtion and ana- attend, and yn gave mo drink; * touting faiaenc* efrotiugrtdrra, who stronger, and ye took me hot in; feel and do their-doty in the affile i naked, sod ro eloftied me not; toelr, throe to. tbe aeng.'fgatteii. Yon hud rate JO rim ted mem*," But church two such. Bet they ere gone forever 1 offieens roust do their duty, and fan ve —one 4o titH'hnn-li trionspbont. the the rest to Ood. J And one of their irthnr tit a iHrtant ”~ 1 - 1 *-*— -•^br’’ duties is hi rish the sick, flrah rents.from hi* la Imre, but lis nfllicted and dying. And it is a* works follow itiai to dear, hs hi* so* nmeh the doty Of esoh BWer as of token np the lead which. Imm fallen | the pastor. like him. they have the tion, such ns musing, medical atten- ti«t, Ac., la whieti tbe Bhler is also to minister. He has alao to fern* out and visit the poor and destitute, and ail the objects of the ehnreh’* ehsrity, so as to Atree* die all the flock, the Elders mnst be as much as they can with thpt flock at their own homes. Eiders 'must visit, at least, each in.hie own quarter. I need net say thnt with the I’reselling Elder, Jhi* is rather a sacred privi lege than a duty. But it fa on* w hich he cannot often enjoy to tbe extent desirable to himself, or to the flock. For kfa field fa not simply one section of the charge, but the whole flock, however widely .stuttered. Besides, the overwhelming majority oC pastor* ore more cramped and troHidled by efrcnmatauces than are the generality to Elders. IV) tho cause of this 1 need not refer. And still farther, though tho pastor suiy desire to visit from house to house, to see the home-happiness of the flock, to enjoy their cordial liospi- frow the fotbra-Vi »hi wider. Tlie - right' to erpetf to be sent for. If otlier still “fabora tlmt lie may rest.” , • . But he fa sln-edy ranludmed In a i it. Nor ere tliey to watt thotisond ohrislian licufla. To both 1 but ore Iwuad to altead both iu the J v«n will one day hear the plaudit, J . specify to friend, neighbor and “Servants of God, art! dooc ” Bat BWer. IJsten fit tlie Aphsfle : “fa their mantle and a don We portion I dfif t let him mil for the halers to their spirit ought to foil a port of the ibtm-h, and *kt tlffiffi ) ,rt V , rtm «ko are Ml behind. ■ They' «.w him.” And whatever efae t.my labor, it fa not the most important ' v«*. oftVe » Kttlc be taught ia th.- phrase, “anoif.tiog him with ott,” it evidently inelndeS- j desired, but they may not waif for tality, to togridiste himself with the ted Wren and yooth, to take counsel with the {tarenfs and rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep, and often may do much good in that way, and though this is one legitimate part of his t imp part. And when tt is utterly im {•ossihfa for him to do all, then the the aaetephysfrte means ftw restore- Gees must give way to tbe mere important duty. The Elders must do thnt part which is dearly in their sphere to duty and give the preacher chance to do that which devolves op him glone. He may not daub God’ll 1 -mse with HEttscr 'ted mntar, nof