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ONE LOBE, ONE FAITH, ONE BAFT18H"—EPHE8IAN8 IT: 5.
COLUMBIA, S. C., WKDNK8DAY, APRIL 13, 1870
OLD SKRIKS, VOL. IV.-NO. 85
Of* and color*, and hanging from our
Milling the moat brilliant lamps—
ministering to >0 oar wnuU with
water, air, Ire, food, clothing, light,
who go into prisons, traa ranting
them into temporary oharebra, who
seek ont the little wanderer* fa ferir
Alth and rags, and introduce them ta
flraiiltaera, ordar, and all the prnprie-
tto# of a Chrietian lite, who are
willing to wateh for souta serving
them hi every way to edification—
washing, teaching, elevating them—
taking of (he old man that tin- new
man rauv be pot on, and willing to
endure all, in order to present each
prefect Iwfora Christ. Vow arl&ah-
item, pride, will, habit. all oppose
this com iroce union—this going down
to the wear and tear of uaetalaea*.
It is gratifying to he aerved, hat a
aoerificc tow? rr; and tor this reaaoa
the reward win hr all the greater.
Yet tSsre is so other way to arrve
the Master, gad Messed is that
servant whs shall be fonud «o doing.
The ptow mother U the last one to
give sp sad say me can’t support a
pastor. She wlU go to pros thing
ad payer masting and Sabbath
school, if Mm haa bat half a ehaace.
Moo* but a godly Christian mother
will go through •* much labor sad
go round *o smug dittcaltica, tn order
to attend ■ church. Men, is all the
walks of society, speak of ta trials
occasioned by the war, hut who
(eels more rmU§ the effects of our
social revolution than the piowe
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{ WEDNESDAY
was watering, and hrt klratificution
with Ms work complete. Her* me
practical ability waa her banband’a
never-fading ally. This was shewn
la a power ef gutdsace mod counsel,
fat the womanly tact which aaa
thread ita way through diflkeritie*
where am intelligence is ha toed,
and la the extent to which she re
lievad her husband of the practical
oowccraa that would aa a matter of
course have fallen to him, but for the
details ef which he lacked pettoncs
and capacity. To the labor involved
la this and in the ordinary fiatig* of
her position, which she admirably*
music, hope, and oooifort—taking
cafe of us when we sleep and whrs
we wake, and overlook tag nothing,
however humble, essential to our
KDITH,
mmmttafc
*—tf
rriwo *» V 19 f» r TfaT if p»w in ,'dr.iKv. 4. The conduct of Ids Son, Jeans
Ctantnww, tk«4r fi*n 8»whsu <* Christ, to a living commentary oa
Tv«y-- f: u * to* y* r«' *• (tbfe ffhh. Ho ,, ut rvrry other form
.y Am whs da sot par mu. > fim-kTO contfoscenrton Into the diode, by
j** «* «f»u <p<* f<» ib.
, Ato o, 1P V»I1T!S1X^: | ronn ° r lrtnu : lowest form, that
<W* loch "f evJuu-A: ' W that, noltl at a slave's
jaswwftwo 4 li l*iet>, he bright die for the slave* of
i n> ! s 1 "- wdtff flown into the huaifli-
aa .Sates .a. vi a* - * •** rition of Gcthaeainne, the contempt
T^aunh. io to I ay the Judgment-hall, the gloom ef
ttnivc, toying to all of to, -I
•Ml Fsssrto *• pwt-wit. of Ha aquMoi <uut
jow,nW. ,» pM IVIW- »nJ oi 9»« Uutf who**
2a aswank M |»>f cent will 1m 4vducfc.il lets
a[>]H>im unto you a kingdom, aa my
Father hath appointed unto at.*
How ia that f By serving other* aa
be served os; so that as he was
exalted from the cross to the skies,
*o be must be served by roodaeeea-
sion and self denial.
•V The same (a exemplified by the
holy angels, the courtiers of heaven,
yet condescending aa their Great
Kiug. They ate all of them minis
tering spirits to those who shall he
heirs of salvation; and, when ap
pearing in a human form, willing to
perform the most humble services,
as tolling away the stone from
Christ’s sepulchre, or preparing firs
and food for the wearied K10*h ia
the wilderness, or, alter ministering
to some disguised beggar like Laaa-
rma. Wring him from the place of
his death to the Paradise of God.
These mighty ones—these Priori
politics and Powers in heavenly
places—who look into the fhec of God,
think it not beneath them to serve
the ieeldest child of Ood or man—
the iufaMa of grace or of nature—
because, through Christ, both an*
amounted, as snrh, meet for heaven.
6. The Uvea of the apostles eon
firm the same truth. Leaving all to
follow Christ, they surrendered tbelr
prejudices of reHgiua and race, and
tieenme willing to eat with those
hitherto regarded as Gentile dogs.
The once Pharisaic l*uul became the
servant of sit the ehurchw, enduring
every form of contumely and perse
cution from Jew uml Greek in palace,
prison, or ship; weak for the sake of
the weak, ami dcapisi-d for the sake
of the despised, that be might serve
some. In the spirit of the Moravian,
who sold himself that be aught
preach to the enslaved, these self
denying men were willing to serve
the world's outcasts In order to make
them the sons of God, to become
men's temporary mesial*. that such
might become the Lord's everlasting
freemen.
7. Christian experience will confirm
all these statements, that humility is
the way to lasting honor. Wbeu
Moses chose the reproach of Christ,
when Pant dotted the robes of the
Pharisee for the garb of fee Naxarene,
wbeu Count Ziuzcudorf left the pal
ace for the cottage of the United
Bret hi eit, when Istdy Huntingdon
left the cathedral for the tVhitcfield
ion conventicle, tiiough going down
to hninuu view, they were mill}
coming up into God's house Beauti
ful, into a light, joy, honor, and use
fulness hitherto unknown. Tbs deep
things of God arc seen in low pis ass,
where, in serving tbs lowly, men an
brought into direct contact with
Christ. Banyan, in consenting to
twelve years’ imprisonment in Bed
ford jail, saw his pilgrim ennoniaed
to the world's fame, and saw heaven
so opened before him, with it* dto-
sliug hosts, that, to use his own
language, u l wished myself among
them."
What don my reader think of
this! Whatever donbts you may
have, tot me ray that trial wiU prove
It true. Heavenly happiness wiU
hare little to do with oar stations in
this world, but with tbs nuuiasr in
which we discharged their daties.
hwjulv
»rd»T»\
»,Ui
(rational and syliogiotieal formal*—
that are still preserved, is perfectly
marvelous. Everything that was sent
to the press, sad all the eonraea of
toetam, wan written by either her,
to fitouttea or from a copy. This
week aha did ia the truest spirit of
love and devotion. She had a power,
moreover, of keeping her husband up
to what he had to do. She contended
wisely against a sort of energetic m*
dolemee which charactcrael Wm,
and which, while be was always
laboring, made him apt to pot aside
the tank actually before him—acme-
times diverted by sabjeets of inquiry
suggested in the coarse of study *■
the matter in hand, soou-thaee di*
twanged by the difficult}- of redaeing
Beiigious,
a truth can ha put; requiring both
aseurncy of thought and a measured
use of laagwago, for ita doe ex pres
sion. It to simply bringing together
two or more statements, which,
though in seeming hostility, hove a
real bat hidden ground of reconcilis
Han. The eoutnuHetiou in language
serve* aa a note of alarm, which
rouses the aioggtsh mind to note the
truth concealed hraraih. Hence, It
la the eeiebration of the Last Sup
per with the apostles, Our Lord roue
from the table, laid aside bis gar
meats or upper cost, took a towel,
sad pouring water into a basin, be
gan to wash their feet—a work not
done by a superior to au interior, bat
by the lowest serv ants. Ho after he
had trashed their feet, and rad down
again, ho gave this explanation of
his conduct: “Know yo triad I have
<ione to you ! Ye rail me Master uml
lord; and ye say well: for se 1 am.
If 1 thro, yoar Lord aad Master,
have washed yoar fret, ye id so ought
to wash one another’s feet. For I
have given you an example, that ye
should do as 1 have done to you.’’
lly deed and word lie thus said:
‘■The world's law is self greatness by
others’ service; but that of my king
dom is self-service for others’ great
■no. Yon must in lore serve one
another; being wilting to go down in
htnnifity that yoar fetlows may o»-
wod to honor."
Say not, “This is a hard saying, who
can hear it I" fi* by a little attention
w* shall see that it is but the work
ing of a universal law : that wbat he
mid;"Nature and Revelation both con-
iHp?
T. Holy Scripture here most un
mistakatily utters the voice of hear-
m. Addressing the mighty ones of
the earth, it says, “Ye that are strong
ought to bear the infirmities of the
weak." “Bear ye one another’s bur
dens, and so fiilATt the law of Christ.*
Reminding ns of tlie fidlen mid the
port, it commands ns to “condescend
ts men of low estate," for “charity
«eeketh not her own." The s|ririt of
the Beatitudes, the Sermon on the
Mount, the Lonl’s Prafer, and the
golden role, enthrone that bene vo
te*** in the heart whh h makes obe-
‘benee practical.
k- Nature, to every attentive stu
dent, seem to work according to this
ter, to which the great and the strong
<*"*deseend to the little and the weak.
Tbs mighty power of gravitation
»«<*», though mandible, “I serve nil,
binding ail together, and guiding- all
tohnrmsay, raring for the smallest!
globule a* wet! as the greatest plan
«•* The son says, “I shine for all 5
wwteng into fife the insignificant
tetoaalcafc, gtaddeniitg the ephemera
ths* fatter to my beams, delighting
to scatter with my rays the gloom
°f uncertainty and the darkness of
'tetger town the wandering and the
■tet.” The mountains, beauteous
**••1 fcw, cascade, and rain bow,
*to*k to an their grandeur of height,
•tender, aad avalaache: “We serve
<h« plains with our contributions of
torth aad water, cooling the air, ea
^whiag Ac *,,1, .nd directing the
winds. While we shelter the weak
*tetoe persecuted ia oar bosoms,
we asad forth every river aad rivatet
the servants of beaefierne*; obey
tog fee Maker’s order, we wash the
«et flf afl created things."
3. God himself hero gives us the
tovinity of his example. He to aL
*»y» working far others, especially
te thee* who are poor and lowly,
:in,t » meek aad contrite spirit,
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^lit Train*,
t checked to
earnest writings, aad arcara with
great freqaeaey la the epistles of
I*aaL Take tbs following example.
In Galatians: “1 am crucified with
Christ; nevertheless, I live—yet nut
' L hat Christ Nvcth in ae.* Ho ia
ColossiatM: “Fee ye *rr dead, aad
your life to bid with ( brim la God."
Again, in Corinthi.itu: “For when 1
am weak thro am I strong;* while
ia the sixth chapter of the same
epistle, he string* • numhrr of them
together ( “a* deceiver*, aad yet
true; os nakoown, and yet Well
known; as dying, aad kehohl «#
live; as sorrowful, yet always re
jutriug; a* haring aothisg, aad yet
psoaeaamg all thing*."
To the child of God, who haa been
taught in the Deboot of experience.
aH this to exceedingly plain ; and he
carries within him the double srsar
of all these expression*. Bat to the
men of this wurhl, rhe myrtwy to
inexplicable, aad the whole (Ttriatiaa
life to a riddle. Much of our lemi-
mony however, coaster* In iwtaruting
these very paradoxes to their stten
tk»n; and the roproorb of praetlral
religion is cancelled, the moamut it is
discovered how Divine Grace com
bines the most opposite elements In
the character of the believer. We
propose to submit a tea of these
strange contradiction* to the reader,
ia several sacressit r paper*.
Chatter then tkt yn/rwl humility
aad »df re* uncimtiom •/ fir CkriaUma,
■sited ttifk trm lo/timm* of seal ood
fee eoHM-iommm of difmiff. Experi
mental religion fouuds upon a thor
ongh ronrietton of am aad guHt.
The Holy Spirit takes the sinner ta
the midst of his complacency up into
the presence of tbs pure and holy
God, that in the light of the terrible
contrast be may are how rile h* really
1*. The tow to toitkfulty applied as
the instrument of conviction, to hi*
rials which be had ansa-daHa ia
aad ehserful disposition sastaiaed
and refreshed him, aad never more
so than when daring the tost twelve
years ef Mb life, his hodfly strength
wss broken, and his spirit, thoagh
languid, yef cessed from mental
tofl."—Biibhirfh Rent*.
without a
prlain
lint In th*
; thfretore
more cd*i-
oi b« too
the Thames, took his first We* from
the ship-worm, as he oheervvd it per
forate. with its well-armed brad,
first ia ooe direction and then in
another, tiH the airbed way was
complete, and then daab over tbs
roof and sides with s kind of varnish.
The art of portrait painting to be
lieved to bare bad its origin m an
accident. Oorinthia. a young girt of
terra*, discovered her beowtifrd lover
asleep; the lamp which burned be
side him east the shadow of his profile
on the wall; struck by the Hbeaess.
and inspired by love, she traced it,
and thus produced the first speeimea
of that delightful art. The hammer
of a blacksmith suggested a subject
ter oar of Haydn's best rom position*.
An artist ia rain tried to give tbs
drapery about which he was em
ployed ia his picture the groeefU
folds which alone could satisfy him;
vexed at his failure, he was aboat to
pat fee printing away, when a ser
vant entered the studio, and, putting
to rights such thing* as feO to Ms
way, be threw his master’s etoak
across the stand; it fefl into the
graeefol fetd* so much desired by
the painter. 80 aa artist, in despair
of imparting thwexprossion of the
excitement and beat of the chase
to the noble horoe he was painting,
flung Ms brush impatiently away; it
f4-.«iMMi upon the nostrils of the
bon* , and represented at «n« the
foam, which was all that was re
quired
HobUmtu land, every day, quietly,
continually, laboriously aad often,
with sad hearts. They ought to be
helped, real said so, aad we believe,
if be were hero now, he would argue
any, whal is « Board of fitoaw for,
it they do not see to it that tbs house
of worship to made comfortable, by
keeping glass in the windows, fee
doors si used, tbs stove ta goad order
sod fire in it, and a fire, too, ia the
session bouse for the mother aad her
little ooe* f Help, men ! help! rad
the walls of Zion will be built ap.
ike pur-
>veroowinpT
d fell oYcr
of life iff
ihnefftock’ff
tf tUilr.
before (tod ta tbs obedience of hie
80a, which the wasM to unable to
estimate—aad it to Jaat this experi
efiee of purdon through lbs Redeemer,
that arrests the praams ef deteriora
tion which ta the ease of the Ua
penitent tinner would aadoahtedly
occur.
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This passage brings as to one ef
the most beantiAil and interesting
points la a noble history. It to right
feat the world should know—as
those nearer at hand did—how modi
fee world owes to Lody Hamilton for
putting it in possession of the ser
vice* of her greet husband. Instead
of being s tale too often told, it is a
tale too often omitted, to let as know
what the man of peculiar gifts some
times owe* in rending them avails
Mr, to the faithful partner of his
days—to the enoouraging, fee assist
ia«, and the directing wife, The
services rendered by Lady Hamilton
to her husband, and eooeeqaeatiy to
the world, remind ua of thane ren
dered under very similar drcum
stances by the tote Xiw. Austin to
total Austin, the great jurist. It
was by her care feat fee fragmentary
and incomplete writings of her him
band on jnriapradeoee became aaeee-
tible aad iatolligiMe to the potato;
aad we are ia troth indebted to then
two todies for the preservation of fee
atost profound and abefaaae discus
moat of tow aad matephyaies whtofa
have appeared to Britain in our time.
Perhaps there never was a batter
picture than Urn following of safe aa
Hss ew
>ajr.
, knit br
ires bis or
ole-ilirwwt
wing Xt-
liberel
to a terrible disclosure to fee tool,
when the mask of self deception to
oaee removed aad fee rent eumity
against God to felt to exist. On
science, which baa long lain dormant,
and which before undertook to deal
wHI> the jrrtstipte of fen, roaaee ttarif
to fee performance ef jadtetal tone
feme; and fee trembling culprit
quails before Ha flrofeton, aa though
it were fee damme of fee tost day.
Then comes fete act of (Wife, aa anoa
m Christ te revealed, ta which tone
ceaaarily involved fee satire rranu
station of rtBrights*noncss -In
me,* erica fee tinner to fee Crat hour
«f his trust, -to ase, that to to my
flesh, dwvfleth no good thing"; and
whHae bis heart rejoices In hope, bin
testimony ta, “ by fee grace of God,
I am what I aaa.”
It to very difficult now to mmetive
how aD these convictions of persons!
81-desert rah bo indulged, without *
roi responding loss of self I'Mqmct sad
a 11,11 seqnead depreciation in ciftttac
ter. ft i» just thi*, which seaadnlise*
Fsul entreated somebody “to help
ferae women who taborod wife him
ia the gospel at PhiUippt.’
That somebody was not Fast's
wife; hat pfyMftpdi B|Mt{)Mndil«us
the pastor, on* of tha oktors, or asms
of “fee women who resorted to the
river side for prayer."
However this may be, the truth
waa, fees* wars aomsa at rhiQipvi
who sutetissd the sum ol Christ,
aad who seed help. We are not an
apoatir, aar fee aaa of an *p satis,
bat we eon my jaat aa truly feat
(here are wamea ia aar (Santas
now, who are rartaloing tha goad
caaae, aad who need help. Aad
they are not only mm liters’ wives.
The greatest in heaves are those
who were not reeipieate of 00 much
honor, bat fee doers of ao much
good—who were the originators
Not Wubox, in Chbwt Car-
arms.—“Men bow before talent,
oven if ■■associated with goodness;
bat between them two we most
make an everlasting distinction.
When once the idol ary of talent ra
ters, then farewell to spirituality;
whan men ask their teachers, net for
feat which will make them mare
bumble aad godlike, bat for the ex
ci test out of an intellectnsd banquet,
then farewell to Christian progress.
Here also 8t Pari again stood farm.
Net wisdom, but Christ erndAod.
8ti Paul might have complied wife
these requirements of hi* converts,
and then he would have gained ad
miration and love, he woo id have
been the leader of a party, but he
would have been false to hia Master—
•Ivan i ago
attention
and workers of vast plan* of util
fty. Men are not to be honored
fair their shining quantise, but for
fee uses to which they are put—
commenting their wealth, learning,
power persuasion, eloquence ami
influence for the welfare of ethers.
The richest churches are those most
abundant ia faith and good works.
Those who are most esteemed on
earth by the most oxafted In kravra,
are those who go from homed to home
reffevtog want and Ignorance, who
go down into the haonta of vice to
fktft