ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM."—EPHESIANS IV: 5. COLUMBIA. S. C„ WBUN K8DAY, MARCH 30. 1870 OLD 3ERIKS, VOL. IV-SO. 83 they ore Lmthermn berrive t The women doe* not know anything about Luther, nor dsns she belong to oar chareh.” “Oh,* replied the MiklWr, “you Me, they ere brought here on Mon day morning, end, an they were probably picked on .See dap, 1 (edged them to he Lntiienui her new" “There now,* raid an eodnaot Lutheran divine, when ho hennl thin ) “aee whet a prapueaity the world haa to charge oar Bavtour nod the Lntherana with branhing the Sabbath." iut&ftau T : Uitnr The Watchman and Reflector, in answer to an inquiry ofa correspond- ent on thia subject, makes the follow ing iloin U. They are in refn tattoo of the theory set forth in theaa worIs: ‘"That the righteooa dead do not at once enter heaven, bat dwvtl in wme inter mediate plaee un 01 Christ, having at the resurrection and the judgment folly accomplished His redemptive work, ascends to the glory of the Father nod sits down at his right band." To this it is re plied : It is important teaching. Still U is important not to be wise above what is written, and also to have oar views cow formed as for a* possible to whatever the Bible has revealed. We sludl briefly indicate wbnt teem to be Its teachings. L We regard Christ’s work as having been, for all redemptive par pwee substantially consuinaied in Hia death and rewnw-tiou. It cul- miuated on Calvary. At the meeting of the Antbropo logical Society on January 4—Dr. | Churnock lu the chair—Mr. Carter Make nmd a paper by Mr. L. O.Pike ■ on “The Psychical Elements of Re ; ligtoii." He included in bis definition of religion all su|>erstltiotis and creeds front tbe grossest TVtk hi*iu of Africa to that phaae known as atheism. Bot he said there were two distinct bead* nmlcr which the subject should !» trented, namely, religion which qirung from the emotional part, and ’ that which was purely intellectual The latter was at no time widely diffuxed, and the former had always , preceded It} and the ltasis of all creeds was fear. Alter describing the growth of ideas by which the , heavenly bodies were invested in the minds of men with the powers of governors of the unh orse, aiul thus Is* awe deitted. he went on to allude to other forms of deity—it being al ways the case that a human shape «as attributed to the object of war - ship. He then discussed the quea tiou of purely intellectual religion, and concluded by say ing that as long ss human nature was associated with intellect, emotions, and feelings, so long would there be religion among mankind. The Rev. Dunbar Heath agreed with Mr. I'ike in the view that religion was emiuewtly human as opposed to views most geaeraUy preached, namely, that it only ajtpealed to what was uppoimd t* human nature. He said that l>r. Temple's recent sermon in Kaetsr had euuutood this view, sod if reasoned out would go to assert that oats and dogs bad 4,vine .eielation, for they had ounschmora. Mr. IMbfo} denied that any of the lower animals bad coosetenee other than that which was the result ot the tnuii mg of man. Jtf. Dendy denied that fear was the basis of religion. There could be no religion without revelation. Mr. Macrae Molt said the wind which was Inundated tar should have been rendered “rever ence," and the feeling was more like that which a child entertained towards a beloved parent. Mr. Reddic said the paper was wrong in classing all reiigioo* together; some were in spired by terror, while the Christian religion notably w as opposed to fear. Mr. Carter Blake regretted that the portion of the pa|ier wldcb treated intellectaal reiigioo had not beeu discussed. The faith of Buddha, which was one of the oldest and most widely diffused in the wortd, was baaed at first upon fear and after wards on reverence. BY A CITY raltoON, a*aiaat with apeatoi aus A writer on this outpost remarks, wo ordinary prayer befoeu sennou oagM not to exceed twchre, or at moat flfltmu minutes in leagtU." «* e • It is mfotod of Whit.-mad, that alV r baitig greatly fatigued with preaching aie evening, hr request cl He U not a foitfcfol disciple who would be above Vis laud. ITe is not a true one wbo murmur* because be Is called to suffhf s» Ids master suf RUDE & MILLER. IV rectel of happiness lies in two thiuga: I. That the w«U, does not eontaui It., X. That the fori i vat ion of Jeooa (%riat does. Men are slow t« learn that they are living for eternity—that tka fashion and glory of the world peas away. j Eveu Christians are prune to this sad neglect It 1s supremely easy U> run . alter the world; t# covet Its joys; j to cnltiiate its associations; to im ' bihe its ruling spirit; to set store by . its wealth; to attain its greatness Slut |MMMess its rrhown. Bat, did vou ever hear of a person who isvred for these things wheu death con fronted him f Aa old hcathsu philosopher said • that while life waa viguroua, the , u vain might toy with folly and per mmut ^ sue the world’s art*, but when death — came the heat thing waa virtue. m togelfo How beggarly a man must feat- aHtafo laden with the spot)* of earth ou his ... „ way to eternity—when, halted by Tboulotiy, ara **.00 per J ear, if paid is winner. Qf Those who So not per wttllu tlrrse nonllis of tlw lime tUu year bents* win. »u •eery esse, b* ctorgfo ®J Mads sdh uosst saiws or ssrssTWtra: Far ooe square (ene hsch of cotswn) : Hut the grief inwardly him. The item talar* bouse be lodged, to conduct worship before retiring. The plena father gave au inordinately tong prayer that night, lu the mklst of which, White field ruse from hia knees, at in hia chair, awl groaned audibly | and when it waa ended he took hie friend by the hand *ml saM with strong feeling: “Brother, how ran yon allow yourself to indulge sock redtaosneaa in your derottoua. You prated me jnto a delightful frame of mind, and then yon preyed me eompleMy out of It." Mi a inters should beware of twng prayer*, which, is many cases, fa- Stead of helping, rather hinder devo Bon. Owe more: everything a|ipnatrh Ing to finttery. in n srefans fonlt hi public prayer. Mlm«ters frrqnenfti muqJiment each other in prayer. Bless the !*wd far the '“richly hi strnctjvr, |>owerfnl gad evceWent rl i*r< Hirer, which ha* jwat been de IIerred," and that the good hmdher “may shine with increasing I astir as be advances in yeora,” ami that Ms “departure, Ilka tlie setting aaa, stay be Seven* and foH of rhrr." Bow all stieh etpremi.am iwc these are hi taut taste, and should never be in dwlged In Tears ago, when 1 lived in , I was culled upon to preach the funeral sermon of an uM lady, in a school bouse. It was tn (be smin.ier, in the ultenioon, and, an she was ameh beloved in the community, the Ikkim was filled,fad many were standing aroand the windows and door. I had been exceedingly an noyed during the introductory ex ercises by n young man standing at one of the windows, when, ia the midst of the ringing of the hymn, just before the aenaoo, I stopped and said, without weighing my words, “1/ tkmt gonng sum, with the red heed and fellow toot, •tom-ling ot the ifiwbw, don't stop hit talking, M *« apt to point him out to the congre gallon." - The Httle fellow stretched o|ieu his eyes, nu> out hia tongue, and I never saw him again. Thne mouths * J® Six mouth* I 09 Twelve monlb*.... 1* #0 Os sdvsrtisemMt* ot ll-IV* sqnsrv* sod up- „,rd» s Aiwosnt of Kps cost. of tv* syssrrs swi «ew*oiA 30 per cant., ol tsu squsnr* ami spsssia. (0 per awe. swi of use half eulomu sndspwsnri 50 per emit will be deducted tom U* store rate*. J • Obilusrws, shsti mar* than five Uucs, tsa ersu tor risht orurds. payable in advance. ftjeOf*—Fve cents per quarter. ’ gy rvssas usmts si) bfajacas MtlS, AwU h* addrtmed s> _ _ . . “Now is the judgment of this woridF He ex churned, in huiy autfaapatfon of it: “Bow shall the prince of this world be east out, and L, if I be lifted up, will draw ail men unto Me." Hence He came forth from the grave aa a conqueror, bearing the key^of death and hell; and hence, also, in Ool ii: 15, He is represented as baring by Hia cross spoiled principalities mid pow era, and made a show of them opeuly iu hia triumph over them. 2. lu aocordauce with this the Bible teaches that Christ is already at the right band of God in hreven. “When He bad by himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty ou high." (Heb. i: X) “Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which ore the figures of the true; but into heavre itself, now to appear in the present* of God for ua." (xi: 24.) Again -. “This Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hind of God; •bom henceforth expecting till Hia enemies ba made His footstool. For by out offering He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified." (x: 12-14.) 3. Tlio crucified robber went with Christ directly to paradise (Lake xxiii: 43), and paradise is heaven. John says (Bev. iis 7) that the tree of life is in the midst of the paradise of God; and agaiu, in Bev. ixii: 1, 2, that this tree of life is by the river of life which proceeds out of the t bruise of God and Use 1st ash, and represents it aa a firatarq of the Sew Jerusalem, the ultimate state of glo rified believers. It waa to paradise in the third heavens that Paul waa caught up, <2 Cor. xii: 4.) 4. Stephen, wheu dyiug, aaw heav en opened, and Jeeus standing at the right hand of God, and he prayed, “Lord Jeans, receive my spirit’—re oeire it to Thyself, in that heavenly state. (Acta viis 56-50. X As Cbrifit la ia hreven, au Paul desired to depart and be with Him. (Phil, i: 23.) He also (2 Cor. v: *-8) expressed the same thought With reference to believer* in general: “Whilst we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord Religious. Fresi th* Lutheran Observer Leave (from My Scrap-Book. Scree twenty-fii e years ago, when I was pastor of a church m , I took occasion one evening to attend • loee-fcatt in the Methodist Church of that place. As is their custom on sach occasions, one after another toot, and gave bia or her experience. After a time, a man uf humble rir resistances, small in stature, and with a very effeminate, squeaking voice, rose to give in a piece of bis experience, which was done iu the Hollowing manner : “Brethren, I have been a asemher of this Methodist Church for many years; 1 have seen hard times; my family baa Ix-en much atBicted; but I have for the first time in my life to are my pastor or any of the trustees of this church cron the threshold of my door." So sooner had he uttered this part of his experience, titan be was sud deidy interrupted by ooe of the trustees, an aged man, wbo rose and saM in a firm, loud voice i “Afy dear intit r, you must put the Devil behind jm»* On Aw taking Ida seat, the pastor in charge quickly rose, and »iao replied to the little man, as follows; “My dear brother, you must remember that we shepherds are seat to the lost sheep of the house of Amsei." Wisereupan the little auto rest again, and, in answer, said, in a very lead tone: “Yea and if I had been a/to sue, you would hart: found meloagago.” The effect upon the audience cun he better imagined than expressed. A worthy deacon in a town of Maine, was remarkable for the fa cility with which he quoted Scrip tnre ou all occasions. The Dilute Word was ever at Isis tongue's cud, and all the trivial as well as Un important occurrences of life fur itished occaaious for quoting the Bible. What is better, hosovir, the exemplary uiau always ntadr his quotaUous the staudaid of ac tion. One hot day he was engaged in mowing with his hired man who was leading off, the deacon following in his sw ath, conning hia apt quota tioua, wheu the man suddenly Sprang from hi* swath just in time to c«ca|w a wasp’s nest. “What is the matter P hurriedly inquired the deacon. “Waapar “Pob !"aaid the deacon, “the wick ed fie* when no man purmwfh, hot the righteous are a* hold aa a lion f and taking the workman’s swath, he moved but a step when a swarm of brisk insects settled about bis ears, comfort. The ialiif«M* I lungs, in the world’s estimate) the neglerXrd (lung*, the utn|4r thing* of duty sud eternal Ufa now appear la all their Mqwmatr impurtsoov and dignity. Thu*, frequently when too late, do »ew wake op to real thing*, and would give all they ever dreamed of wurkfly good fur q muauml'a cuu aciousaroa of rmomoltotioii with 'hen we upprnwrli flml in prayer. It waa related ot PwMnN Ed words that ou a eertata Bwhlmth, be juul enpsged to psvoeh fisc s weigh broringimstor. to - hen tboday arrived the pastor went to his pnlpit at tin- appointed time. I mi did not find Mr. Bdwmrjls there. Wnlttog as long so be thought proper, be began the aervfees himself Just in the wwise of hi* And prayer, Mr. Kdwsrda quietly entered the pnlpit aaohwervrd by the pastor. Taking tor granted iMe that I feel my intollertual bSciary luas more poignantly ■fJtnl ini Ticket Me then mrations hto baring guar the morning before (the Habbatb,) to the Brick ( bueeh, and the reference fiT. J. Huge, D.lh, (thru re wtth Ihr. Spring,) to the death Are we not hohling the thing* of the world for which we labor wdh band and braia, for abuse their Uve *«th and uses f Do we n«t stand oouvtcA ed uf a too loud ottoehnsrat to hasi ness sod plrasara- Cl re to the deep hurt of our a sals I It is Ibd holy mismua of the guapal of Chrito to warn and affrcUoustriy admonish ua. To reach as the •• lure of three thing, wtoch are good and useful within their limits, but which are unfitted lo take the {finer of pasty, devuttou and God l The qarstiua to not, wtot a>a> I hope to puaaaoa of earth aad Uajugre, ’•ut cmploging wmrly what 1 are aad feel and know, bow ahaii I areare eternity t A arid the shadows tot mscaiuiatr acquaintnaoe wish tha auhatanaa. Amid the univenr uf aemblaaeaa. let am know aad panama Urn realities. Amid the rplwusarsl that please aad attract and gratify, let are grasp far my permanent pusermauus, nbaliug things! My frtoml, shoavm trefire with time, has no hold on eternity. Who ever rnakto this world the goal of hto ambition or hto lahare, moat Ivor all he ha* staked aad all that ho haa won! The Christian, then, to right. Hto conduct to adaurebla. Ho siqoy * the world, but makes it ouboerx toat to that Godly tear within him whiub ratoanu heaven. Uto parpaot goto through and beyond the life that now fa Ila turwcaata. Uto kapau, taking »y taarirto* tad interpret* ttan. hat *m|ihrytag aad foeritig with great power and beauty. After go ing through with u deornptiou of] pastor In his prwy er, jjrwit wgrrt at hm tMnre, laanrtiing oot fw of pfoftittfwl rropoot far the talents, horning nnd piety of Mr. Edwards, thanking God that he bad raised up an eminent an fasiru M aad toorhiag application .4 the pnooegs to our dear departed brother. This was imsqisak.blv alMinr, end I UUU nto now recall It a ithoat tears. J my hereafter fire you some or noun* of K, but now run only men thm oar stroke that cossptrtety over raUM met After speaking of hi* ami shining Hght. At tha clone of bln prayer, to hto great astontohatenf. far saw Mr. Edwards standing by hto aide. With some little emtmmtsment he mid to Mr. K., “far I did md know that yon were premat s if I hud I should not have prayed aa I did." Rut fading ns if it might do good to throw into the srnie something to bnhuiee hto compliments, be added t “But after uM, they do say that your wife haa more piety than you.” Mach more might be mud upon thin imimrtaat aalpect of Pubtfe Prayer, bat here we rkma. TIMOTHY. many a painful sting. In great L 9 he answered. They agreed, and wore placed fa a raw, laughing at the 4**ofaect of fun, while he drew forth ■•bwkj then read the words: “Er- "Ptfebe converted, ge thaU mil Ube «* pmruh." They agreed that “the psamtl* was too much for eveu Irish ■en, and with mauy bursts of lough tor paid the fee demanded*, and the -P a *»“n got to ride. Ministers generally pay too little attention to this part of divine wor ship. The author of “Thought* on Public Prayer" says, “a very common fanit with most of ministers in their prayeht ih, the over frequent recur rence of favorite words and set forms of expression, however unex cejifional In thetuselvea. Among these are the constant repetition in every sentence almost, of the itames and titles of God; the perpetual re currence of the modes of expression: “O God—Great God, our Heavenly Father/ “we pray Thee," “we ba stweh Thee," or the asreMire aee of the interjection Oh! prefixed to al most every sentence.” It become* ministers to guard against these things. Another fault with many in pwMIr prayer is, hesitation and emharra* ment. When we pause, stumble, re call, or go back to correct, wo give pain to onr bearers; and their attan turn ia thus drawn off, and they cease to be interested; their thoaghts be gin to wander and their eyes to Dtt. Counts AW Klt.wx.VY.—The Her. D. Thomson, of Knrgwti, writes: There is aa old man reahting at New|H>rt whs spent hto snrty days in the parish wf KHamay, at the time of l»r. Ghalawra* sKttemrat there. He tells me thsf he amt bis folka atwny s attended the ministry of Mr. Been, el Knrgwn, “hei asse, ye km. we are confident and willing rather to ab sent from the body and to be present with the Lord." We can not see how these words can be understood as teaching any thing else than, not only the conscious happy existence of deported saints, but their pres ence with Christ in that heaven where, as we have seen, it is so plainly taught that He now dwells and reigns. C. Iu accordance with this is John's representation (no matter that it mqy be figurative) of the one hundred and forty and four thousand redeemed from among men, the first fruits unto God and the Lamb, singing a new song before the throne. (Rev. xiv:- 1-5.) The jieriod to which it is re ferred is long anterior to the end of the world. Such are some of the Scriptural fact* which compel us to believe that saints enter heaven at death. ia the enduring, ebony lass eter nity I Thia ia to taka (be honey from Ifer flower asd evade the thorn. The presence of ( brut earn bias ns to eqjoy th* world property. The wisdom that invests ei ety thing with Ua true value, ia the Christian’s wealth. He to no worshi|ier of mammon, for the reason that bo is not Wind. , High above all human aooom|fiiah- ueuu, power or satiafaethm, ia the greater and higher light which Ah* the mighty realm and mu verse of the soul, and thm he leads hia traa Ufa, achieves hia rest purposes, and wn 1 traces substantial joy. That is the empire of peaoe. Be neoth u the world, and there to the scene of tribulation. J , . day for thirty yware, with nn wearied patieaer, he went thixmgh the atraats, snd sbrnts, and school*, and poblic sssrenhHes. teoehtng and discoursing apon Ins favorite therm-. Ilia whole imMAMmi aim aaams M have been ta make men moral by giving them clear notions of morality . Does any on* donbt that bis iiistriictfons must hare conrtweed the hitrlb-et of those to whom they were gfren T What matchless rluaraee* nod Mththdy and coaviaeing power do these lust roc tiou* still imssara I And y et we have no eiridence that they produevd the It waa a small thing, apparently tliat those two young men met out in the field, near the haystack, to pray for the heathen, and yet in answer to their supplications the magnificent system of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign MtsMons was Instituted. Life is made npof small things, unoO duties, small disappointments, and small trials; the great onea are the exception, and the imrt of wisdom is to giuird dili gently against all occasions of wrong doings, and to watch sedulously for every opportunity to do good. The Lord Jesus rales, sud He uses the Weak things of the world to coufound the mighty, and things that an- not to bring to naught the things that are, that no flesh may glory iu Ilia preaeuoe. Men wbo djbsire to do some great thing are seldom gratified, while they who go forward to meet present duty accomplish, through IBs blessing, great things for the graeiona Maatar.—Or. Inetroetor. Loot Wobds,—Tha dosologg of the angels baa somotiree* filled the thoughts of dying saints. The Anal wards of the Kav. Edward tVrronet, noth or of the hymn, “AU Hail the Power of Jeans’ Name." ware, “Glory to God in the bright of bia divinity! Glory to God Is the depths of hto hmmanity I CHory ta God ia His all aufteieney! And Into hto hnmls I commend my apirib’ Tha last words, tun, of How. Dr. Backus, fire* Pnd dent of Hamilton College, were, “Glory to God in tbs highest, and oa earth pesos, good will toward “The want of regularity and order is another fault whieb frequently anti greatly impairs the acceptable snd edifying character of peldieprayers." Borne men have a grant (tool of order Dew Dsonx—Wa cannot expact too much from God, nor too little from man. The anal ia not ao orach where it lives, as where it loves. u»*i -.- v That lore to God whtoh knows as end, never had a beginning. •' faff Providence Is creation continued. to a* to become more virtuous ur less vicious by it all. It to a very narrow rending of history, and a vary shallow acquaintance with the heart, which haa sat yet taught ns that something more than knowledge Is necessary ia order to virtue, that something Other than light ia needful for faith is pot much better. It ia hard for human nature to commit our matters unreservedly to God. these, it would