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Oil am kin, S.
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Secolamed Ministers.
A majority of our ministers pro
. hat Indifferently supported. But this
ts not nn evil; it IkIou^s to the
office, ami if ri^htiv improved is
hwiefieiah demanding the constant
evereise of faith, teaching- ‘•trust in
the Lonl," and preventing the hinges
of the door that lends to the closet
•f prayer from rusting; it is a school
of self-denial, shuts out pride, and
impels to greater activity. Theiv
I are however east's, and w e fear not
* fctr, of not merely indifferent, but
•JOf Inadcijnate snj.jsirt. There ure
ftiirhful and truly cUristmn pastors,
who receive a mere pfitanee, erninhs
from the rich man’s table : the rich
man being the congregation or
eharge. The resiilt is, the minister
tarns aside from his legitimate work,
and not only serves tables, but makes
tables, ami also roots hard to get
wmethir.g to place on the tables.
This• is a positive evil, and there is,
to the best of onr knowledge, no
- valid excuse for it among ns. Frit
target, if ttny, art unable tu sapper/,
«nut to support hanilxomely, their pas
tor*. Frequently not two or three,
bnt many of the members composing
a single charge are crying: “poverty ;
*G moneyj, can’t mb my family;
e#n’t afford to give everything to the
ehnrch;’’ and some even say, “I will
leave the church; it is too expensive.”
This is all cant, the responses of eov-
rtohs souls, the ring of the base
metal, and the poetry of the love of
filthy lucre.
tfltese very fieople have an ahnn-
dancPTif everything; they dives well,
bny fine fnrnitnro, build large houses,
purchase one jiiece of land after
another, lay np and invest money,
and increase in riches every year.
Ihit tliey do not become more liberal;
they do not discharge houestly and
conscientiously their obligations to
their minister; they do not reiuem,
her him tluit WTestles for them—that
teaches, admonishes and comforts
tt*4t>, throngli whose faithful counsel
, they unwittingly are kept from com
mitting many a sin, ami restrained
from rushing blindly into perdition.
1’reaching is tlie ]silver of tiod; it,
therefore, never fails to impress the
mind in some way, and to some pur
pose. The smallest rain drop leaves
its mark. There are hard risks in
Triucb, when they were bnt beds of
Hand on the seashore, rain drops that
THl - thousands of years ajgo Jmve
Hft tlteir impressions; the gentlest
imeeze changes the fate of nature;
muufs footsteps servo as way marks;
dBau|s works as memorials; man's
•writings as lessons; and the voice ......
of the prisielier, even though it ahonhl thonghts, attention and time.
—'jjjr ■■...' ~.. r."g!
Ministers are often blamed ami
condemned for engaging in bust ness
miliecootiug a minister. AYhose fault
is it t Mr. Stingyman’s, who growls:
“1s t him work for liis living; I have
to do it."
If tlic minister is a single until, a
small salary may do; though we
know of no reason why bo should
serve for a pittance, while his mem
bers are accumulating riches. As u
general thiug, ministers make better
use of money than laymen: The
latter keep it; the former (fire it a trap.
It is moreover wrong to servo a jicu-
ple who are unwilliug to pny freely
and cheerfully for the services ren-
dcitsl. The uuui who tries to be a
church mi mlier and to get to livnveu
five of expeuao is a Rtieuk, mid is
found out some day. There are no
free tickets, no deadheads on the
train that runs on the narrow gunged
road. There are close-fisted, money-
loving and avaricious church mem
bers, twit not one covetous Christian.
Tlte A | ms tie says: “Covetousness
is idolatry."
The minister who lives in a state
of celibacy may get his daily limiil
by going from house to house, and
his clotliiug by donations, but he
can not live tlins if he lias a family,
lie can not take his wife and chil
dren with him; though we know a
minister in who went visiting,
himself, wift* and three childrcu, all
ritling oue horse—it was a very husg
horse; and he always remained sev
erid da vs. He, how ever, was a man
of a peculiar temperament. Tim
man of family, who Is uot siipiMit tcd,
must either leave the field iu which
he is called to labor—and that most
Itiiiusters do not desire to do; they
soon become attached to tlte people,
and tVeijnent changes weaken the
pastoral relation, and the minister
who is constantly moving is tmt a We would retlier see a minister mi
l* u °r shepherd of souls-tor, he innst \ the sline iuakcr's ls-uch. than tiehiiul
COLUMBIA, S. C.. WEDNKSDAY, JUKE 15, 1870.
OLD 8ERIKS, YOL. IV.--N0.
cotton, etc., etc., become the subjects
of conversation at all tiiuea, anti all
idacea. Tho ruluistcr is only such in
name. lie may be a good funner;
he is—a poor pastor. He may he
learned iu Agriculture; he is rusty
in Theology. Wo knew stick a min-
iattr, IIo payed for three or four
Agricultural impers, but he could
not afford to take his obureb |Ht|>rr.
IIs uutdc up a club for the - — ■ Farm
er; hut he uever tried to get a
subscriber for the Lutheran . (He
lived before the Lutheran Vititor was
published.)
Some ministers Imm-ouic tiicn-hsiits.
They txirrow uiom-y, get credit, o|s-n
a store, stand brhiiul the counter,
teiupt |SHiplc ou weekdays to tiuy
cxtnivagautly, nud preach ugainst
eatravagunco ou Sinntays. Christ
tlrovc the hnym and the ardent oat
of the teui|ile. A minister should
not lie a merchant. A uierelmnt's
objtH't ia to make money, to g»-t rich
in doulthwquick time. He learns to
love uitmey, by handling ami mnnt-
ing it constantly, uot on nrcnnnt of
the giaal lie cau do w it h it, but lie
cause it gives him standing, inltiieiii-c
and (tower. lint by mid by It lie-
conies bis Clod ; theft his ty rout ;
and at hist his curse.
I titter ministers engage in some
handicraft. This is less oiifrctioti
able, ntul imlcctl, perfectly legltl
mate, |trjvidctl only a fir hours
every day are devoted to the cm
jihiymeut. The Ajswdtc I’uul Inls.r
ctl. working with his own kniMls.
He was not a naitroetor, though.
He IismI not a large establishment,
nor did lie employ ninny Islmrers.
tint he w ork is 1 for wages to obtain
bia daily lirrad. There are hnitdi
milts whirh leave the mind rum
jsiniHvelv illsengagml, allowing the
worker to think, stnrtr amt cioupnw-.
Miiqnoted TtxU
An eminent and honored minister
waa wire placed In a rurious predic
ament. <ht the previous Hakbath
he had preaohetl on the subject of
growth In grnro; ami He luid argued
tluit, as in Hie natural world, so in
the spiritual, life does not ordinarily
develop by e|Nuiiuodir efforts ami
great crises, bnt by the silent and
gradual assimilation of aliment and
by the growth of faculty and func-
lion. In the rmii-ne of the following
w eck he waa amsing wi the tbrt that
tho Antithesis of this was also true;
that the decline of spiritual life is
uot usually to be traced to some oue
great and disastrous fall, hut eoni-
nionty arises from the neglert of the
little duties and gifts and graces, the
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EverynUy Ssligioa.
There*is a most unchristian te
dewy, which has almost hardened
into custom, to divorce reiigiou from
daily bib. The peruirious effect of
this divoreemeut is {Miiufnlly evident
in all the circles of trade tuul industry
I’hristiaus do not avowedly, some
times do not at all, carry thoir
ISCTaulfi
It were the word of (lot! itarlf.
wHI cits some examples.
Ttiere are some expressions iu ram-
men use ninoug as wbieh have a
sort of resemblance to certain jmik
sages of Horiptnre and are quoted ns
sueh. “Ah, sir," said an okl lady
not long ago, “I am often comforted
by the imimise that *t5o«l tempers the
wind to the shorn lamb.'” ltat the
words are u line from Hterue ; aud ! religion into their business. They
Hie only imssugc of Hrrijititre that Wer It up, if they do carry ft with
• Wilis any resemblance to them is them, under the names of honor,
that contained in (lie prophecies of integrity, aud fair dealing. Why
Isaiah: “liestayetb Ilia rougti wind j this tlepreeatiug airt Why these
in the day of the east wind.” Isaiah i disguise* I If the love of Christ
xxvii: H. Again, we are sometimes HOOStlnlfifth us, let the secret out
enjoined “not to In* wise above that j it will win.sympathy, it will waken
which is written s" aud the <ulmom thought, it wiU, above all, 1 Minor the
lion may be needed, hut it must uot Master. The business-man may, l.v
-he aapiKMed—aa it often is—to hart-' his wslk and eon versa t ion, preach
diligent and devout cultivation of i|m> sutlHiritj of Heripture, lor there j Christ where christmn preaching is
which Is essential to ttie malnlrtianee i a no sueh passage in the Bible. || '
is luit uncommon, iu Naidiath even
fog prayer meetings, to bear our
brethren ask Uiat the |>astor may
uf the life of the sonl. And our
friend, the divine, resolved to make
this the tli*u»e of his ilisrotirsc on
the follow ing Habbath imirning, sud
to fimnd Ids remarks on the passage,
wbieh would serve admirably as a
text, “He that eontemneth email
rkiuyu shall full away little by little."
In doe course the sermon was writ
ten sud ready, ami on the Saturday
it oreurTvd to the minister that he
sorely needed. The quiet Snnday-
Imiui is mit the most op|mrttia<- time
for reasoning with men concerning
rigUteuusiiesa, and temperaimc, sad
have “seals to Ids ministry , aud souls judgment to come. Hearing the
stereotyped sermon is s conventional
Sunday doty. Tliere may be an
for his hire." We cau not say that
the metaphorical language here cm
ployed ia very obvious in its meaning indefinite yearning for the religious
■P
ery out in the wilderness, i»
Krtglitier than any or all of tliesc.
^U1 men feel its infinenee, even
, ; ,J ' tt, ®ugli all do not hear it. It is the
power of God* it jiaascs out, over
and around earth ; it never dies; it
\ h , m ^wwdly in the hearts, through
■ the effecta produced. Kneli member
A . of the OMumnnity that is blessed
wth tlte labors of a faithful ininis-
* , ter is benefitted, and It therefore is
*he duty of all to contribute to his
support. But it is not to be ex-,
peeted that, as long as professing
Ikosc who are not of the household
nf faith will do much. And yet fre-
fiaently, tiie most liberal supporters
Gospel and the ministry are
1»t tlie men tluit make the kindest
professions, nn<l offer up the longest
Prayers.
seek some orcii|wtion which ciutides
him to provide for those vlumr
natural protector he is; and this is
an evil, and unseriptiirul, for it is
written: “»es so hath Ike Jsuti
ortlaiurti that they it kirk preaeh the
gospel shall lire of the gospel." We
tlicrefort* hiler that the people who
coinjicl tla-ir minister to engage in
any secular calling in order lo live,
are committing a great sin; and
also, that the minister who engages
iu any worldly business for the pur
pose of mukiug money aud or get
ting rich, is a publican, ami a sinner
to lioot.
Whenever this is done, tho ministry
suffers, the minister's nactiilncss is
cinumseribcd, his iiiduciice for good
wciikcned, for evil iia-reaseil; lie
becomes a sliimbling block, ami tlie
conscqiicnees are always disastrous
not only to iiis people, but more
especially to himself. Hr speti bp
authority, even ibe authority of ex
perience.
Some ministers engage iu fanning.
Wc do not object to n minister culti
vating a few acres. Physical exertion
is lieaeficial; good both for the uiitul
and tlie body. A few hours spent
every day ill manual labor give
bread, heall ti, cheerful ness, anil vigor;
the table, tlic study, aud the pulpit
are gainers; lmt anforatimtoly it is
not in human nature to Is* satisfied
with a few acres. We know several
parsonages that Ihivc from five to
ten acres of land ; lmt the occupants
generally rent large fields liesiih-s.
The man with ten acres wants fifty
acres, and lie who has fifty acres
is not satisfied until ho Ima a con pil
ot 1 hundreds, and then he wants but
nnother piece all around, anti aronnd,
mid be. has lmt one wish above all
others, and it iai “If I only could
get sudi a field; I ought to have itr
Tlie minister that becomes a farmer
is very apt to become a living proof
of the truth of the Saviour’s wolds:
“A'o man ran tqrrchro masters." The
farm before long absorbs all his
From
Monday morning till Saturday night
it fills tho miml uml- the heart, anti
tlic odor of it clings fo the blank coat
on Sunday8, Wo JSno
who would talk about corn and
wheat, cattle and bogs on Holiday to
tho very door of tlie ffiurcli, and who
often took np tho broken thread of
the bovine uml porcine conversation
the vary moment ho left tho pulpit.
The forming preacher is apt to neg
lect his study. Brother—- bad only
aud auotlicr the Almanac, and the
Christians refuse to give tv portion, third was Mason’s Farrier, and they
many interruptions, and the. minister
that farms is doubly taxed as regards
4ime. Pastoral visits become farm
er’s visits, and starving souls often
sigh : “O, if onr minister were not so
much of » farmer!" Corn, wheat,
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the ciKintcr. Rev. l>r. Worerstrr
math- himself u scholar while making
simes.
Many ailnlstero tieonmc agents.
Home sell imteut medicines, which
is ihs-idtslly niimitibderiuL Others
deal in aew inventions, washing-
muchines, chums, setf-rncking era
dies, Ac. This is also imsnitaUc.
Not n few go to anti fm’ as Imnk
peddlers; which is qnite laiMluhle, If
they deal in Imoks that are Issiks,
ami do not take advantage of their
ministerial ehnracter to iinlm-e pm
|d<- to panjuw trashy pohHtstiwn,
which wiMild otherwise In* dead ihi
the pnhlisliet's shelves. We have
lieard of ministcM who tisik up tlie
healing art without being qualified
by a medical etlunition ; they bought
the Usik and the -right to preacrilic
as botanic physicians, tir as ateaiu-
doctora, or nenralgnfharmers, ami
flouristusl at least for a time ns mem-
bora of the order of quacks; but the
only one of that kind of Reverends
that we rrmeiulM-r to have met with,
did not make a very favorable im
pression on us.
According to onr vi*wa the only
legitimate and suitable employment
in wbieh a pastor, who is not snp-
|*>rtcd ns he Nhoiild lie by Ids |Ms>|de,
is at lilierty to engage, is teaching.
It comports well with Iiis calling.
It is hath ttsrftd and respectable.
The fnithful ami welt qualified teneh-
er Is a benefactor, nud has untold
oppoi-tnnitirs for doing gmwl. True,
it ia hard and trying to have to
spend many hours every tiny iu the
school-room; it is wearisome to the
niiud, it makes study dlfllriilt, nud
it forbids visiting; bnt it is neverthe
less the only proper and legitimate
hnsiuess in which ministers, not sn|>-
IMirted, are justified to engage.
I)o not liccome formers, my bretli-
ren; do not feetl your jieople with
lesanns on agriculture; tluit is uot
spiritual food ; good farming is not a
or very bcautifril iu its ex|>rvs*iuii Bile, but that fife is looked upon as
But on this tastes may differ; wc j entirely distinct from the routine
only remark that the wonts ure not of daily hnsiuess. It is a spiritual
I scriptural. A not her olqertionnbli , luxury. It ia a thing of sanctuary
had forgot ten to turn to the chuptcr phi use is sonu-liunn usetl iu jirnycr { anil the eiooet. It umit not be
meetings, where it is aaknl that the drugged into the rough aud roaring
latnl, or the Spirit of the IsmsI. tide of the world's lifr. It must uot
“would go from hewrt, as oil from be soiled by contact with the worid’s
veasid to vessel." But—as we fancy i filth. But what warrant is there for
, Mr. Spurgeon has souiew here re this dainty i-onccjitiou of rehgion,
liut, thnuigli some strange landrer marked—“oil Mrs mot go from vessel this divoreemeut of tlie Auth from
tiaiee ou tlie part of the ('oumnlaacr, u, vessel;” aud ws tktok that the the practice of a man. It is all
comparison has as tittle to reeoui wmug—this hiding away of chris
mend it for its rhetoric as for its ! tianity in tlie church, the home, the
theology. Wc need nut add that it closet, its uiissiou is a (Hiiilic oue,
has uo M l ipiurnl w urraut. j to w slk among men rebuking wroug,
itt the Ihsik of Kcrlrwfatsiea in which!
the text w as to he found. He looked,
lmt it was not there; iu the Book of)
Proverbs, but It was uot I here. He
took down the invaluable “4'nulett.”
resented. You cull both censure sins
and encourage virtues by dilating
upon tbe histories wbieh you read
in tlic inspired records, whereas you
might never have touched upon them
had not the chajder read brought
tlie matter before you. If yon waul
to make full proof of your ministry,
and to leave no single point of reve
lation untouched, your easiest mode
wiH be to comment upon the Scrip
ture habitually. Without tliia, much
of the word will be utterly unknown
to many of our people. It 1* a very'
sad fact that they do not read so
much as they should at home ; the
ungodly iu England scarcely read the
Bible at all; mid if only that port
which we preach upon he expounded
to them, how little of tbe Bilde can
tliey ever know! If you wiD murk
your Bible with lines under the texts
from which you have spoken, as I
have always iloue with an old copy
which I keep in my study, you will
discover that in twelve or fourteen
years very little of the book has
been gone through; a very large
proportion remains unmarked, like a
field ii ii pi owed. Try then, by expo
sition, to give your people a fan-
view of the entire compass of reve
lation ; take them as it were to the
top of Xelio, aud allow them' the
whoje land from Daw to Beerabebe,
and prove to them that everywhere
it fioweth w ith milk and honey.
(%srpnM.
Two Lira*
Below me, on the same square, In
It was not there. Assistance was
summoned, tbe Bilde was ransacked,
tbe r«MMionlauce re investigated, bnt
lift to no inirpu*.-; the text was Sot
there. At last, when almost all liojs*
of tracing the ftigitive iiossage had j
•A wereifui man is merriful to bis, |*«tocUng tbe weak, strengthening
beast.” “YVtftt," perhaps our reader Jimticcj con me. acting deceit, lighten
fled, it vm found in the A|<orry|>ha,, is ready to say, “that, at any rate, hi | iug the dark plaees, making fronted
brk'rtqathus vH : 1. M hat was to scriptural." But no, It is not; though ways straight—iu a word, leavening
lie dour? “yon know,* said the i| ia not aalihr a passage that ia scrip society around It “antii the kiugilotus
minister, in telling ns the story, and tural: “A righteous man n-gnrdetli of this world shall become the king
langhlttg heartily over bU |>ast per ,he life of his beast.” l’reverhs xU : <l»mti of our Isml nud iiis CTirist.”
ph-xilies, “you know 1 eouhlut threw j ju. There is siaSber text roneeruing The tray to make everyday We
away a ps»l aenuon, and the only j the urn* of which there ia a most ndigioH*, is to bring reiigiou into
one I had for the occasion, because | strange |swvcrahm even among di-
thc text, ami the only text that vines. The other day a mau of
would (It. was in the Apocrypha!" Imsioess quoted it to os in defense
H«i he residved to pul a hold face ou , of hU roufessed undue abaurptioii
the mutter. J in bis worbily engagements. “You
Next morning he went into tlie must allow ’ he said, “that it is a
pnlpif. conducted tbe intrtshietory seripturally enjoined dntv to be Mill
iwt of the service as usual, ami gent iu hnsilicas.’ " We re|dietl that
“ we allowed nothing of tlie sort. But
the serv ice
thru, opening his Bible, said
what as fidhtws: “Did Haldutk
morning we saw
tbe divine lifr was by litth-s,” ami he
coutset with every May life.
It ia not tbe cold light of the
distaut stars, but the beams of tbe
near sun, that starts life iu the
fertile Rail. Ho if you will make men
—the world—fruitful for good, you
must let Christian warmth ami life
thrill ami quicken society. You must
let f-hristian principle overflow this
it ia not surprising that he was »*nlid earth lifi', healing where it ran,
I but tbe growth of inaccurate, for we venture to say , cauterising where it must.
that
. . even among our most emiuent
reealhvl tbe train «d thought that pnmehera tbe text is hardly ever
had been followed, “i pnqswe to quoitil correctly. \Ye huvr si-eu the |
nlmw you that the antithesis of this
is true also; that tieeleusiou in god
ready taken their Bibles in hand to
find the text, and no sooner were the
wonts uunnnoced than n great rust- _
ling .rt leaves s1.ow.h1 that the jmh, ,,f »huhU a frigidful pncipice!
pie—as their |Mistor laid done lie tore
—were turning to Proverbs ntul He-
(MMm, bnt, of course, exiieeting
tliiit tlie precise jmssjige would be
indicated. But no I Tire preacher
was proceeding w ith bis sermon, and
the congregation, thinking that lie
had omitted to mention the |wiawige
wbieh you are to labor was not laid
off with n surveyor's chain and cone
pass, and tlic plants you have to
train have not been classified by
Ltnacus. Do not stand scraping,
how a minister, bowiug, smiling, robbing your bands
and asking: “What can we do for
you to-day t” Do uot sell pills, drugs,
patent nu-dicim s, or patent righto; let
polities alone, and do not aspire to be
legislators ; it tnny go with you as It
went with Whitteioore. Teach! Be
gin with a common achool. If yon are
competent, schnlals will not be want
three books, and ono waa the Bible, lug; take a few as boarders In yoor
families; by and by you may have a
select boarding school in which you
were sufficient; for the there are so labor to educate souls for usefulness
in time, and for praises in eternity.
A. K. It.
Kever meet trouble half-way, but
let It bare the whole walk for its
pains. “ '7?***** “ ''
lines* is to Is* traced, not so much lo
some .me great ealnmity pr a|K>stae.r
ht the religintM tlie, lot to the neg
lect of seemingly small means of
grace and matters of duty; and I
Brisf Comment* on Scripture.
, quoted correctly.
passage takeu us the tost of a eer ; AUun.hvut evidence has come be
| mutt; tlte text was copied rmreetlv. r ' ,Tf mc “■ men ** B P®"
Heripture iu our ordinary servirei*
shall eonne. t the remarks 1 have to serving tlie Dint.” Romans xii: 11.
offer you with the words of the lie-' Dr. t.'ainl, for instance, misquote*
brew proverb: ‘‘He that routcmncth j jf. X, 1. Adem-w/r.
smnll things sli.-ill fail away little hy
little.*" Tim enugregiition had al
and s few times quoted eorrertlv, but 1
through the remainder of the dis arP ““** »«*I*«hle and instructive
cisirse the itopulsr misqiiotutuHi was •“ oar i»oo;»le. I have often heard
substituted. The U>xt im, “.Yo< sloth | rhH “ " ,>rkiB S ,,K ‘ n mul ,Wr " iv «S
fut iu busincHR, fervent in spirit, j
Tnntfliilod iur lUe Lutheran VUiior.
Rapidity of Life.
A titfo to ltenvcn; the vincynrd in-f Eceiesmstcs ns did that jx-ople that
day.” Next morning the truth leaked
out: fhu text was in the Apocryphal
Human life is like a path, the end
We
are told so at the liegiiming. We
try to check our onward stop; but
no, it is decreed that we must march,
m;itvli. Alt invincible [Miner drags
ns on, on unceasingly, ou to the
fearful gulf. A thousand troubles,
crosses, vexations, beset onr [Kith ;
httt what are they, if only we could
avoid the flightfol endt No, no;
march, march, hasten mi. l-’roin
time to time, objects pleasant to the
traveller, running w aters, and flow ers
which qniokly puss, tempt to amuse
ment. Wo rejoice lsmause onr hands
grasp a few flowers and fruit* ; flow
era wldcli fade ere the close of day,
ami fruits which are lost in tlie
tasting. What delusion f enchanted,
dragged on nearer, nearer the gnlf.
It Is said, too, that the late Bev. Already tll0 j, >ya „f ){f e lohe -th.-ir
by mistake, laid down their books,
and gave their usual undivided at
tention to the disemrse. On their
retnm 11nine, however, their inves
tigations were renewed. “Never,”
said their minister afterward, “did a
congregation so search for a lost
[mssnge, and so study Proverbs aud
Iluliert Hall prepared a funeral scr
mon from the text, “In the midst of
life we are in death,” and then fouud
brightness; tlie gardens for us bloom
less sweetly ; the gay flowers beeoiue
dim; the plains lose their smiles,
that tlie passage was not in the lni j ,i lt . i Vll (,. r( , their transparency.
Bible, bat in the Book of Couiuimi
Prayer.
Ho much fm- texts that are not
texts, but we have now tu speak of
texts that are mutilated or misquo
ted. Then- are many who, tu meet-
lagk for prayer, a* well o» in ser
mons, s|>ecfihes, aiid Conversations,
ore in the habit of misquoting nml
sometimes chricaturing biblical phra
seology iu f wgy which is uot only
undesirable, but is also communica
tive and contagious. Indeed, there
i« ia some quarters a kind of tra
ditional or conventional Scripture
phraseology’ which passe* from lip to
VtiHp
Death throws it* shadow on ad
things. We feci that wc are uearer
the brink; one stop more; horror
seizes our senses; till Is confrtsiou;
and—wo are dead.—Boss net.
What a babe’s clothes are when
tbe babe has sUpissl out of them
Into death, amt the mother’* anus
BlWe If the babe of Betldebrm :uid
the truths of deep-beariedness that
clothed iiis lifr should slip out of it. word administers might have seemed
A writer on preoeiiing remarks:
whole world to Wl of heart—
and atom* to i>e regnmled as If the whole world toriur towrf.” **
and from uten-huots and (heir fumi
lies, that my own ex[M)dtious have
Imwcu moot helpful to them. They
testify that wlien they read the Bible
at iiome, in the family, the exposi
thin makes it doubly precious to
them; and tlie chapter which tliey
bad unprodUbly read iu course at
family prayers, when they peruse it
tlie next time, recollecting what their
minister has said ujwu it, becomes a
real delight to them.' The mass of
ear hearers, in Loudon at least, do
not, to any appreciable extent, read
commentaries or any other books
which throw a light n]ion the Scrip
ture*. Tliey have neither the moncy
nor the time to do so; and if they
are to be instructed in the wont of
God in thing* which they csui not
find out by mere experience, and are
not likely to have explained to them
by their associate*, they must get
that instruction from us, or no where
else ; nor do I see how we ure To give
them such spiritual assistance, ex
oept throngli tlie regular practice of
exposition.
Besides, if you are in the habit of
commenting, it Will give yon an op
portonity of saying many things
which are not of sufficient inqior-
tanoc to become the theme of a
whole sermon, and therefore would
prabaidy remain unnoticed, to the
great loss of the Lord’s people and
others. It is astounding what a
brings before ns; niffi equally war
thy of admiration i* the forcible
manner in which that truth is ad
vanced. Hints, given in the way in
Cbsp only raiment, would lie the «*** the word of God offers them,
are always wiae and opportune; as,
for instance, the rebukes which the
too severe had they been made by
the pastor, uusustaioed by the word,
and unsuggestod by it; bnt arising
out of the chapter, they can not be overtakes some day.
range of truth—doctrinal, practical,
nml experimental—Holy Scripture six that life went out in swift and
a northern town, was a little honsr
which I often recall, because among
the itrat thing* of memory. In that
house were two meu; one old and
crippled; tlie other strong ami rig
orous. They are both iu their graves
now. and the lesson of their lives may
be of profit.
The old man was a cripple all bb»
life. On Sabbath*, you might have
wen that strange figure wheeling
leisurely through the streets to the
church door, fheu creeping along
the aisle with a [leruliar shuffle that
made yon pity ami wonder as you
looked.
One day, he went to the ehnrch
without his little carriage—the queer
blocks w ith wbieh he crept were not
used that day; he was borne down
tlie aisle by the neighbors, and then
out, not to eome in again—past all
pity now, or need of it. There was
much of sympathy, but little regret,
that tlie good old man was gone.
All knew that he was far better off,
aud no one of tlie many who came
that day to mourn would have spoken
the wont, if a word could have re
called him to lifr. He had suffered
much, lmt patirutly; his life was
one of endurance with trust; of pa
tieucc with hope; and tbe villagers
were sure that If there was a 1 teaven
he was in it, and that it wonld have
been aa nnkindness to have brought
him back again.
It was an example of a life holding
right on when it was hardest to do
so. That little crippled form that
might have doubted the goodness of
God, never did. He was always
thankful aud happy, though you
might have wondered what there
was to he thankful for—what to
make happy, lie was always iu the
house of God, though it was hard
work for him, who could be comfort
able ia no position, to sit qnieth
through the service. He might
have been discontented, unthankfriL
absenting himself from the house of
God, and irith reason.
In contrast follow the younger of
that house. Not very long after,
from tlie same door, to the same
church, and ont to the quiet of the
«Une country chureli-yard, on the
hill back of the little village, thoy
earried him. Bat alas! with what
different feelings. That day was
the first for years that he had been
in the Sanctuary, though he might
have been oneb week.
Led astray iu early years, lie feD
into Intemperate habits, became the
terror of the town, ran a brief career
of shameffil wickedness, and died a
most pitiable death. His “turning
ftway” slew him. Htrong men held
him as be raved, and cursed, aud
called for driuk. Thus at twenty-
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terrible judgment for the |
doing it bad delighted in. Tin* he
left a mother, who only sorrowed
while ho lived, ten-fold more sorrow
fill when he was gone, became there
was no hope in all her thought of
him.
So is it ever! Not always so soon
does slow footed justice follow, and
overtake; but as there te a God ahe
follows, aud, m all time is hers, she
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