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ONE LORD. ONE FAITH. ONE BAPTI8M”-EPHESIAN8 IV: 6. COLUMBIA. 8.C.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 24. 1871 a* au ttwloteM, stingy nan, thus to avoid being solicited for a cootnlm Hou to worthy objects 7 M 4h mmmg m&».* Yen, but yen an not competed to five. If the call in wut from God, it need not trouble you. Ho knows jest what is in yonr hands ns his sic word, and never overdraws hie nccoout with you. if you have nothing to disburse, you have ouly to write “no funds” on the draft. If yon have Hindis it in year duty to ascertain whether the draft wade apuo yon, in any case, comes with his signature, iieosr- i taiuiy has a right to call whcd and hew he plenaes for that which is hie \ own. Your hanker has no right to cum plant though you draw ou him : every hour in the day, while you have deposits iu hut hands. And do you not hold yourself a “steward of the manifold grace of God”—of which grace money is a most imiwr- tant part f “M» many cttil*.'’ Well, do you pray 1 Do you ask of God daily and hourly mercies f Do you go daily to him ha* blessings spiritual sad temporal, for dully bread f Ho you seek, uioruing and evening, to ! him tor the jpfts of a kindly prowi dance for ycfcreelf and yours t And does ho ever complsio that pa make “se many chills !” “lie ye imitators of God us deer children.* And nu- list rws you win the man as yen can the child f la w loch rase is the you bend the oak as you can the •wig f fas you turn the Mfmm % down the valley aa yea esa at the f« mi at mu t The bo|** of the eliarob » in revi vale; and the feirest ho|M>of revivals is in teaching and preach mg the If 1 were to wa live, he declares that amid all this vast magnificence and glory, he rt^iees dally hr the habitable parte of the earth, and Me delight is with the sens of men. Thank*, Almighty Father, and ever to thee, for and make wise use of them. What ever earthly splendors surround as now, they will soon lose their value and be hidden iu the darkness of the grave, bat tin* tree riches will (dune on, taking new glory aad giving new joy, while the ages roll on over the blessed.— Watchman and Reflector. Tbs True light One autumn, n few years ago, a new comet was visible iu the northern hemisphere. It was the wonder of millions, and rolled forth opinions and Kjieculatioos from all the world’s centre* of learning. One evening it shoi»e across the sky in woadroa* breadth and beauty, and in its course came in conjunction with the bright and well known star, Aretorus. The silver light of the comet, however, with all |ts nearer blase and peuetratiou, dill not in the least obscure the golden glory of the star. Through the very comet’s sweep. the afar shoue ou steadily, high aud far, as brilliant and as beautiful as ever! The gorgeous an<l world-attracting, but unexpected and irregular comet did not dim the radiance of the star of ages, fixed in the firmament of the heavens. Like fair Areturu* In the light There are tour gumwatiuiui of hu man life ou the stage at once: 1. The “greet grandparents,” few and w hi to hatred, week and weary, the huge* tag capvasMitotirss of e gvu oration pmsdiig away and almost peat 'A The “grwudpsrsuta,'' also white-haired, vary likely, though they may be only in their later prime, strong yet fo« cute end toll. A The “imucuU,” in then earliest prime, or perhaps only iu then Inter youth. A The little ou<« of the “uurscry* If yoo were asked to lodge a *>» tern of truth or a scheme of Ule with one ouly of these desses, so that tlie trust should be met permanent end productive, which wuakl you se lect f How wise sect* the tusliteUs of Muses for Ins people—wise by the inspiration* of e divine wisdom. The ordinance*, slurb he ssurivnl few heaven for thoir guidance, srrrr nut only to be written on the dour |a**t* of their hoasns end on Uie tablets of their heart*, but were to be diligent ly taught to their children, eml re peatrri is ah the UasItoU voiesa. The secanUM of national life and iTtitioual iuMtuatoaia are iu biding them iu thr convictions snd aifec (son* of chthlluMML lasting praise this ooodearcodisf word ! We will ..... J 10 p », H. MOM, Through Faith la His Blood. To reader, nays the Morning mar, raaoy passages iu the Ne* Testa ment expressive to flic soul, there must be a thorough understanding of the types and figures which shad awed forth good things to come, in the Old. What fullness of meaning a know! edge of the Iicvitical offering* for sin gives the phrase found in Bom. iii ; 25—“Whom God hath set forth, to be a projwtiatioii through faith in his blood.* In the type we read: “Aud the priest that t* anointed shall bring of the bullock’* blood to the tabernacle of the congregation, and be shall take of the.blood, aud sprinkle it on the mercy seat, and he shall make an atonement for the holy {dace, because of the andean “And u* i*f mi I to the young, turn evangelist I would enter this field. Let ever paid or who duajmaMiji aver the effect ot his mtai«try u|mmi world hardened winds turn to the Uwbs of his Buck, begm for biui then*. latolligvtK*. Thou briber* who fstl to miratioa of their i wUlbsshwrK»Hl pci m name* art 1 enters lUUJUi 8.00 i the tub r payment i + "*eii Iii mams, this humble race whom thou modest a little lower then the angel* awl cmwnedst with glory and honor, is not forgotten—above ell, m not destroyed—swiUeu with instant and deserved ruin for thoir dart tig rebel lion agonist thee, but that thoughts of mercy, of tender interest and love, come down to our low instates to lift us up to dwell in thy present** «ud favor for evermore. KATES or AI»VJU£T square (one iueh ol Irt our Hah seek iwwedi- atoly end explicitly, not the eater twnwent, or the instruct mm of thrir awl the •Svoaih............ - * | • »f.. i ® (' mouth* I-. ^ ntoofhS...... ........ . •*. *1 so k>*»sMuaks , iooo dvortueiuent* of thn v oauaxoa and Jj» s discount of 90* pet ceut., of mis slid upwards, » per cent., musics and upwind*, 40 per cent., bnc-half column and Upwards, 80 charge, but thrir •lucsttous uf the apintual stale of the church, the atoll} ot hows lift*, the peace and order of anmaty , snd the *ap|4> «f Christian miniaters awl chnaUsn missionsries, are ail an sweiwd iu word* of hops and prow tor.— Tkr l‘>tmfle. and all years the name. The Bible is never obscured by |4iilo*opUy or dimmed by neienoe; but through all and over all, it shines with intenaer radiance fir evermore! Men may flash tbrir scheme* U-fon* the ad miring gate of the million*, and peojde may wonder at tin* brilliance aud the breadth of the new theories they see beaming about their head*, Iwi. swcetlv, serenely. and forever, A HAMATH Uf A STORM. We shill sever forget a Sabbath recently passed in the wnibcra tali tutles of the vast Had fir. It was ■shored ia by the w ild shrieks of a hurricane. The good ship wbicli formed our toutjiorary home—one pf the largest that had ever sailed true: an English port—tossed awl reeled amidst the foaming A. R. Rr IF., D.TC fW imbio. €. we uould stand outshle our anurtvl nwew'faerr, ssJ nee the earth wore by is its yearly pmruey round the sun—a • wo won bull not right turbo* in diameter, but wiles is distueirr—we shook! see it rush bf, H lohol we oonkl sop it at .ill. flying a* n vast a speed, not at 3W aides as hour, tart at t^e vote of flH,flta> writ* an boor, for that in the rate si which we gw, all of os, swtwsemg through the ether, voy aging among thr stars, night. aud day, every boor, as gentle as the llitstlo «k»w u ou the evening rcphvr, so Mdt amt t*VfS is oor psor bot sixty-eight rhooaond miles, real dis tanee wade, guod omun*. every hour. Itut that ooiv mrrw us arouud oot own son «aow in a tear. ties* of the house of Israel.” almost all thing* ggn purged by bfood ; and without Mhedding of blood is no remission.'" This was a “figure for the time then present but now behold the great Autetyjic. “holy, bartulesH, uitdefileti. *cjMiiatc from siuucrs, wade higher than tlie heavens, a High l*ri#«t of good things to come, by a givoter and wore perfect taliemacle not made with band* lev them ap in eoustituUims and charter*, in moa- 1101-111* and records, or iu the hearts of the adult gswraUnu, took lug no prov mmou for their trawaaisaioa to younger life, and the next sneered ing wave, ignorant or m-orufsi of what is thus kapt, m the day of Ha power way sweep waves, as if it were a ootc (bather u|kni the waters. Old sailors, well used to, rough usage, looked anuuusly for weatlier sign* of hope; and few ap|M‘Aii*d able faau |4iilo*o|4iy to •dlay Ule end* i|t anxiety and tciroi of their heart*. Many prvvioos 8aU hatha had butt }*assed at the sea. but they had been passed under sunny sktes and with propitious l*rwws and few thoughts of prayer or thanksgiving to flim who had so uienifully blessed us; but now Utat dark Goods were frowning ia the heavens, snd the sea appeared to yawn a huge grave Iwtimth us, many siHtght religion as they would an extra gacareah to guard them (row the hitterness of the atonu—to be east >fl on the morrow, when the sun rose on a lass angry sex llibks, that had earaped all thought before, yrc bmught to light, and esgrrly nrarrbcd for some token uf uNtauh tion. llow many in anguish felt tire Div ins wonl foil like a voice of wars ing tod reproof tipuu then souls that day ! llow iwnuy who ksAed upon the Bible as a de|io*itory on which they could draw iu auy ino larnt uf danger ami fear, felt that there they had no privilege or claim; that what to some was a treasure nf sparttoal suateuanoc, was to them a Mauk; sad that they had neither bcarta to understand, uor eyes t«» sec, nor ears to bear, the >pintoal truths of the gusjtcl. Yet in the midst of that storm a little inekleut occurred which power- i fully reminded we ot the IHvine presence, ami was calculated to re assure the heart of the feeble dm* tian by shuwiag that God not ubK to us in llis writteu Word, bag that even Um* dioary wastes *4 the l’aeifte were n*»t without their atesMengvrs of Jove. We have all heard of Mnugo Dark gutlicriiig » IrwmiM ot |*ut»ea<v triuu the ouohtru rive hum*. The inatauce to which 1 abode was some lb mg ot a similar kind. The sailors were hauling up neitbef by the tdood' of gnats and calves, but by bis own blood be eutered once into the holy place, having obtained eternal re dcutptiou for us. If the blood of bulls and goats sanetifieih to the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without sj»ot to God. purge your eouM'ieuoes of dead works!" The w ay into the holiest was not made manifest while the first tab<*r- naHe was yet ldanding. but when the immaculate tamh cried, “It Is finished." tie- veil was rent, a new and living way was opened, and our gkw-kws High Priest entered into heaven itself, presenting before God hi* own blood, as the off»*nng for the remission of rin. Through faith this offering is appropriated by the be. liever, and i'hriat i* made onto him wisdom, righteousness, sanctifica tion and redemfition, “wherefore he is abk* also to save them to t4ie uttermost that came unto God by him. seeing he ever hveth to make iutereession ” Header, have you faith in his blbod 7 away. That w blob is eiubr»c«ri fotr. mwsi into doubtful aud struggling puwwa Nun of lid mind. Btcimmm* it is wew it most mip|4*id t Ire old. Because it aiust MtppUui toe ubl, it cuan-s iuu> coufliet with ik The <4d has toe advaatage of Uwg |*rr oecupauey. Its roots have struck deep, and have a strung grx*p ol tbs soil. Its vital U> is, therefora, enduring awl te imm'Ius* Cut it rftowu. iHaret snd trunk t tlrera U life still tmfow ibo »urUcts and it is hard to entoreoto 1 87 p m 4 00 p» <5 80 p ip W Train* North Among the stories told of the new diamond region in Booth Africa is this: “The miner*, in Home rases, have A Hind the (day or uiud w ith which they bad (Aaatered the inside of thrir huts, as well as their earth floor*, sparkling with diamond*; they have diamonds overhead, un derneath, and all around them.” A young uian, reading this glow ing tale, exclaimed. “I would he willing to live in a mud hovel like that all the days of my life, with dianniud* for the taking!" He dhl live stirrouuded by diamonds, or by things more beautiful than they, and had lived so all his lh« ; and he did they consent to act. If yoo are etnHjtetled to refuse to give, is it loo much to ask that you do it in a way that shall not mnke them feel that you regard them ;is insolent Iwggar* or pestilent; b*»n*s ! Ia it too mnelt to ask that you treat them with Christian courtesy, express, it y«Mi feel it, a sympathy with the objee, they are aifeing to nerve, and refreu* them, if rrilire you must, to a way not to iinirecejewrily evibance tire pniu of thoir diMip|HHiitmcnt 7 Do not tell them of oil the unmerrms drafts m|ton you, and make them feel a* if they were criminals in asking your assistance, but rather as tliough you were obliged to them for giving you an opportunity to d«» gmsl, even though you can not cm brace it, and for patting Inmor on yonr p.ranmed IDwhitity, though you mu not now show it. '• There is kaa' way ot trebling owe 1 * arit from *H annoyance in this mat ter of ' fo-ur\(4cnec. m> siai;4e ami easy ot applfeation that it >* strange it is not mere iVequently employed. It cousiAts in giving by rale and iijmui principle. 1x4 every one de U-i mine conscientiously and prayer fully how much he ought to devote of hi* meom*^ or aci^imulaftiMi* to bouevofonee, and w hen lie has reach- this limit stop. The ouly care that will then remain to him will tie to distribute this *uui in accordance with hi* sepac of toe relative claim* .of Uie various object* to which 1m* is called to contribute.— The l» ter tor. South and Weak r* on all Nijrht 4s sold, tod Bag- ciaal points, this route jroin* five (8) differenv NIGHT, Sup't. rul Freight and rent*, to l*e bnilt and supported, which require um imy. Tbere in. jikditnlions of le»i nipig to lie aWisheil aud eoduweH at » whj- lerahlc expense, which can only done by the l»encb»c.ti^its of those m have means and wl*> appreciate ? advantage of a larfaj and geu ms intellectual cultdhy and Uie HfidediffwskHi of the luster forms of jedttcatisn. There me |hniches to jbe built, mission*— 1 iljrf e — ; L"“ Hfo be sustained an(| .exjumded. IJIhle and Tract ^vx reties, »ml the thousand forms of aggriMsivc, ovau wepistic effort for the Advancement Christ’* kingdom to|,|ie kept in vkurous ojreration. | i If, then, you luive foo|*erty you oonld haiilly expect U» he exempt from tieijuent and miW8(*i^>u* iuvita Wtotsaklin doing thf krrat work which i* devolved, iu the providence Of God, ou those whom be has con Mtsted hi* aiiuoucL* lentrusting them with bis goods. It is the price you must pay for your own e.\- tofpttoa fruiu the wapi and dc ifotidence of so many of your less iPftuaate fellow creatlirff*. Is it so v heavy a price—cs|svmlly since If;Roptipaal with vou to give or,to j Msrcovei^ if you sre| a protessed follower of Jesns, it i W«ral of all thing* thal mjfMled with ‘-calls” l yurious eharities. Men at yonr profession i f*pi>n yoo—simply prest pfefeasing yourself a loll bring rich for our * poor—ofJum who wsut Iuhi who gave |hV*nd w ho-has buhhu hrid as we knee oppor \\ $*** 4hat you say aud ujpvety xaeh “op|Kirtuni If Chare is one thing} above uud wjfmiU all others incLolled iu pro- disciples!tip ol jafcus, it»is brood, «u*cltislL .self deuy- ' ^charity—a love for tie soul* aod | fellow men which rtyoicea | f: bless us it has itself tjH«» blessed, urn should ptyt off tbip .profession UriigtoUH truth MpsMli) wa«to»w it prvem|HHMi claim *|mhi thr Ufe. There it nmlrri* tor wbolr being. U shapi** thr coticiumou* of the ivtow; it educalos and iwouhL thr ouu- sefeiare ; it woven the •emubdilic**, aud sways the with Tb*re u» «u oneh lost time and lost sttergy if this troth enure late to the heart ? Ridge Railroad excepted: 4 80 pm 7 00pm 5 80 a w .0 10am 1st a man have at “the rievralh hoar," the rail ot tin Master to enter hi-* vtm yard ; and if Ire essay to otrj, how lattlo of his prudoriivewra* is left, tie- day »* almost speui. Hi* shadow m length*mug iu Um* arttitig sen. Hin there. He ha* only to look ap and behold the gnus above, where “the heavens declare the glory of the I*tnl, aud ^thc firmament showeth hi* handiwork.” He lock* to the right and to the left, and nature «ho*» out her jewels before and around hist. And richer tlian these. Helioion Mtet bb Personal— “A little girl, whom we wtM call BUcu, was sometime ago hri|4ng to nurse a rick gentleman, whom ahe loved very dearly. 1 bre day he said to her. ‘Ellen, it is time for me to take toy medicine. I thiiik. Will you |mar it out for me 7 You must areas ure just a table-spoonful, and tlien pat it iu that wine glass close by.' Kileit (jnickly did so. uud brought it to his U-dside; but, instead of taking it in hi* own hand, be quietly raid, ‘Now, dear, will you drink it fin- me f ‘Me drink it! What do you mean t 1 am sure 1 would, in a minute, if it would cure von all the same: but % a yon know it won’t do you any good, unless you Lake it yourself.* ‘Won’t it, really 7 No, 1 suppose it will not. Bat, Ellen, if you can’t take my (tied ioine for uie, 1 cairt take your siilya tiou for you. You must go to Jesus, and believe iu him for yourself.’ Iu this way he tried to teach her that every human being must seek salva tion for himself, and repent, aud be lieve, and ol*cy,/b/ hi meet/.'’ kiKTM are UMirnsg, km irator stiff, his liiiutb claias) and .awkward, aim! before he caw fattly m-ttlc to hi* work the night ha* corm*. I#t the goaprl win a man m the midst of the attention* call* of life, lie would coiiMecrate now hi* whole service to hi* uew marier. lie wish es lu* (oukl pitbhrit (hat story of Jean* to his fellow men. He would willingly go to lire cmU of the earth to repr-ot oor raving uaure m the hearing uf isigwu naiiou*. But be u» a family man, ami b«-Ul by domeHtfe Umds. He rail uot go buck and >1 lowing Station* mville, Anderson, tew berry and AI- iZSm’l i’l Ticket Agent around every when-. The home with its hUmsed influences; family love and Hympsthy; neighb*>rh kimlnes* ami joy* of friendship; the opportu nity of giving, a* well as receiving, pleasure; and over and al^ve all, tire ran- Idcssjwg which Goal offer* u* in the goAjrel of hi* dear Bote—joy and peace in believing, even while lien* tn the wilderness; and a hope of Irelng, by-and by, with the laird; aud in his likeneos, beholding the ever-unfolding glories of heaven. Tmly, we may, if we do not, five in holm** with richer gifts than the fabled prerioo* stones Of which the miner* boast. % But too often we chare our eyes to alt that i« bright and beautiful iu our lot. Thep our home* treoomc mud hovels, and <»nly such. While richuess juk! glory are every where ahout us, oar soul* are imprisoned, a* in a *e|Hik'l»er, and we see only the darkness as we grope about, and feel only the air which is like a death-chill to the heart. It ia not enough that we have rich jewels around us; we must have fight to we them, hearts to appreci ate aud hands to appropriate them. How. often doe* the poor hovel shine with glorious things, to the eye gifted with this heavenly virion, while the lioine of elegance mid taSte may tie bat a damp hovel, to the right unused to taking in the beauti ful thing* of God. The diamonds are not enough; Ire must have sight to sec them ; mad this light and vis ion God givetli to »tft men liberally and itpbraideth not But those who know not their bliuduera, and so uever ask fire right, may grope mi through them All thing*, down, what if to them, a loug, damp pas sage to the grave. Let us remember that there are jewels everywhere around us, and oak for grace to see frGseiiients. l; tire most you should n all these limply bike so calling me that iu v?ei- (4‘ him |(e* became ibout doing himxrli for ,us to •‘do w ity'—you will rejoice wuy childreu (foe ire yearr? That ikltea die x -* d ! hjeet of resraA ; worms exiri u 1 ts earliest inf an- t>eci*lly mothers- r with, their chff- •bsemng of thja ; for so sorely ** *dJlfeat ^infant. a r.Hooatftfh ft the whole vuult ol heavea. In seven mi tunes imv, a llendrel’s tstoacope was aimed at the sky, over 50.HO0 Him *wej4 in silent glory nemos Its field of view. Armed with an lustra- ment «»f 11,0188 (hues magnifying paw- er. we peer oat In one dtrertum. and other*. He esu chnugs his ebarae- tcr ; he can uot obiuige his sphere, lia ia a social m iu, built into the Ufe of society, a corner aloue of Its fabric, a piilai of M* trust*, aud he coo sot discugage himself from thesw ruiupli- catiuoa to net out upiMi aaotber and a fresh coarse of life and action, lie cun eoutribote a different moral *4e meut to thu social oom|MMi, lml he can not vwure bis place. ritiiuims) a young man u» follow Christ, aud put apoti him the livtNty of a disciple; hut he is .dreadjr lauiudari as (o bis sjieeific calling j hi* bark is on the sea; Ire Was Isft the harbor, with bis Crright ou board, aud bis course map]*«l out, uud is stretching array for bis dmtaat port You have won him for Christ, but you may not Ire aide tn cbnnge bis outward career. But win the heart of » child fire Jcmu, and every |«mud bU* walk of bfeaml duty is Ogm fit him.»»The whole scheme ef his ac tivity is ander the ooatrol of the new regency froto Lbs beginning., Need up Heubneration.—A raw countryman having brought bis gnu to the gun smith for repairs, the latter is reported to have examined it, and finding it to be almost too far gone for repairing, said, “Your gun is in a very woru-out, rainoa*. good for-uothiug coudition : what sort of repairing do you want fire it 7”— “Well,’’ said the countryswto, “I ilou’t aee as bow I can do without auy thing short of a uew stock, lock, and barrel; that ought to set it up again. “Why,” said the smith, “yon had better have a new gnu altogether.” “Ah!” was the reply, “I never thonght of that; and it strike* me tlmt's just what I do w ant. A now slock, lock, and bar rel; why that’* alioat equal to a new gun altogether, and that’s what FH have.” . Just Um sort of repainug that man’* nature requires. *88 old nature cast aside as a complete wreck and good-for-nothing, and a sere one imparted. . A. Falmesfire k s * ‘ *. ■ ^ t le«N, contain* b of all age®. sarss- nearly exhaust*^' i Vermifuicr etf0 ' distant oriw at ilUiaifobfe «1»stance beyuud. Look Hi the op (amt to—in any direction, and ft la the some. To oar poor ftntto minds this seems infinite, Imt there is nothing infinite #ace(4 Goff, the maker and upholder of this grandeur The everlasting God. I he lemi, the tTratnr of all things, who faintrth not, nrither ia weary. I’ Great ami roarreJoa* are thy work a T/red God Almighty. Yet femn hla lofty, distant throne, he send* bis ttumghta of kindues* flow*—down through one genera tion after another—post system, of tor flfflfeet, wbeeJiag in grandeur through meaaarefesf paths, and torn tog aaMji to that small aoUr system to wldeh we brfoog, and to that mi nor, inconsiderable ptnoet on which comes round. He may go to church throe time* a day , and be auaters in all oatwaid observauv***, bnt he breaks the Sabbath iu lu* heart if he rejoice* when it ia ovec. He who thoroughly ciyoy* bis day q£ rest, lives from uureuing till uigbt in a state qf thfiukfujucMH to the Al- mighty j tip* iuoeuse of {graise is continually rising from hi* heart, i do uot envy the man who ‘loss uot lull the advent of the Sabbath, and rejoice in the ^ rest which it vouchsafe*.—Cankiil Magazine. ►o? t expect nr*? at aU ipcud upon : covetous, §* If you I have the IflWh aut i pahle duty eta ■ of be o find you. ; be known He who looks wpou Christ through frames and foehn* ia like owe who sees the sun on water, which quivers and move* aa the water moves; but far that kicks npoa him in the glam of hi* word by foith, oen him ever i'V.v'j!