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ONE LORD. ONE FAITH. ONE BAPT18If’—EPHE8IAN8 IV: 6. w SKRIBS, COLUMBIA. S. C FRIDAY, MAY 12. 1871 OLD SERIBS, VOL. V.-NO. 140 God r" “born of water and of the Npirti.” “And if children, then heir*} Ae*r» of God, mid joint heirs with Christ” “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time ere not worthy to be coin pared with the glory which shall be revealed ia as." “And we know that all things work Bat oar hope is ia Christ, to whom all power is delivered, both in heaven and in earth, and who doath according to his will in the army of heaven, and among Urn in their hearts ia universal pray “A«4^ rhM* the tardy mail wl Thy Lbsij JmUh. from Ut And this waiting for the Ged from heaven, this loot Him the howmI lime, this Fay him willtagly, , Cufe, Strictly in Advance p^f Aiuinn t can say, What doeet thou f By this Glorious One, who is to Zion the King of Grace, 1 we desire to be brought into the secret chambers of his lore; to hold blest fellowship with him; to read onr security in the engraved palms of his hands, and the record of the Book of Life, by the unerring fhitbfsl witness of the Holy Comforter. Let but access to the Father, through Christ, be thus vouchsafed ; let ns feel hid in the deft of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs ; let ns bat be hold him ss oar refuge, by all the ties of covenant love, precious blood and sanctifying grace, and then “will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof” (Pa. xhrl: 2, A) * Ged, to them who are the called ac cording to his purpose.* In life and death the believer* ars safe, inasmuch as, “whether they live or die, they are the Lord's.* “For to this end, Christ both died ami rose, and revived, that he might be Lord l**th of the dead and living.* In him, therefore, as onr Shepherd, we shgll have guidance, protection and ample provision for time and eternity. “Thine everlasting troth, Father, thy ceaseless love See* all tliy children'* wants, and Know* what brat for each will prove.* cat Students. who fail to rt ) of their su result of peculiar view*, or special rflftKj charged prr nftil r name* are entered oh I bmk. without the first 1 | **wsr.\r«* nsetstow l person who take* a ua| oja the post oftoe—w it! Shb name or another’s, #r tat ions of prophecies, visions, sym bols, and periods} ft Is the simple lesson taught by the saving grass of God t and he who knows tbs grace of God in truth is instructed by ft to Hvs, looking for that IflessM bopr. Grace teoebrs him to lows Him by whom grass sod truth rams to a fallen race; and loving liita on earth and ia heaven, ft also teaches him is gird up the Idas at his mtud, and he sober and b««pe unto the end, far tie grace that ahail he twougbt unto you at the rwveiatiaa of Janus Christ. To the child of gnus Jssas ft fell of grace and truth ; sad his pesseacs is the oas otyect of loftiest sad purest desire. And in his promise, “If I go and prepare a place for you I will come again* and “Handy I earns quickly," a graetou* soul finds ample and achievements of some of them makes you wonder bow so much osuld by nay possibility be crowded tnSu a single life. Aad how they preyed! Only lives made immense ty capacious by-prayer could ever have held so much. White field ft ■aid to have read through “Henry’s < «wmientary" (six huge folios) more 'person orders his japet! dlscon- k* wust pay all anvSiimm. or iah«r way con t iuu«* i> send it naent is made. and i nllcct the moant, whether the paper hi m the office or not. [ I courts have decided that tyfo- Of course such men were “mighty “By grace are >e saved.* And the sank) grace by which ars in called, and justified, and establish ed, and helped in time of need, not only bring* salvation to mankind, but also teaches them “that denying ungodly and worldly lasts, they should live soberly, and righteous ly, and godly in this present world, looking for that blessed Hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jeans ('hrist, who gpve bimeeif for us, that He might redeem u* from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.* The tnitb, the hope, and the con duct of the follower* of Ihrwt, are tlius brought under tbs direction of the saving grace of God. The world's ungodliness and lusts are to be dis carded; aud the world's hope* are as vain as its lusts are vile. The hopes of joy ia earth’s vanities, uf peace in paths of sin, and of golden days in a world that reeks with guilt sod tramples scornfully on the Saviour’s blood, ore doomed to aad, terrible disappointment*. Huch hope* cun not abide the trials of life, the agonies of death, aud the stern reali tics of judgment and eternity. For those who? would build upon a sure foundation, a better hope is prepared, “which hope we have as an anchor to the soul,” entering into that within the vail. And those “who bard fled for refuge to lay* hold upon the hope aft before them," have obtained, through patience and There Is s deep philosophy In all this. Attempting grant thing* for God showed these mew their weak usaa, and the certainty of flrilore without divine help. It showed them also the glorious possibilities before them if they eould get that help. Ho Kmix'* cry was, “Give me thought. Our writer has Rev. A. R. RUDE, l (Wiimih, tool, they could bs tine as tha boa aud cruel aa tha tiger. And the Roman* areasd hardly to know pi|y. Blood was aa firmest ia which thru aoristy aremed to live and prosper It was ovea unnatural aud iabamaa, as la Nero, Portia, aad t'stignla- Yen, the world |s deeply indebted to onr mild am! heautiftd Christianity, “grounded in fore *—CMHotiom fa Religions. We should perceive their, noise no mote Than we caa hear a shaking leaf When rattling thunders round as mar.” The glorious work of the Lord Jeans, both ia his rigfateouness and blood shedding, affords the solid ba sis for his people’s stability. But, poor tremblers as they arc, often dismayed at the very shadow of danger, how are they to possess it Y How shall weaklings become strong, cowards wax valiant ia fight, sod they who fled, pat to flight their foes f AD this is possible ; bat the work is God the eternal Spirit’s. And hence the Apostle says : “Now He which kstahlishkth us with you in Christ, nod hath anointed us, ia God; who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit ia our hearts.” (2 Cor. i: 21, 22.) The stability, which is so entirely die tinct from all wild-fire enthusiasm, and fight hearted false confidence, is not only the fruit of the Spirit 1 * tes timony in the heart, but (itUhould be remembered) is as much promised now, as ever, to those who, in soul distress, desire and seek it. The words of Christ expressly imply this: “If ye, then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him T (Luke xi; 13.) Does a dead sinner feel his need of, and for, the Holy Ghost t Would the prayer of the wicked procure the rich gift f No. Whom, then, does the Redeemer encourage to pray for it f His owii disciples ; those who are in legal bondage or need light, comfort and stability. What ia con tained in the promise! The assu rance of faith ; the shedding abroad of the love of the Father in the heart, by the application of the atonement and the appropriation of the weddiug garment; the loosening of bonds, and the revelation of the way and will of God, both in grace and providence. Never let the idea be entertained aud cherished, by one born from above, that it is presumption to look for such stability. The same divine Spirit who wrought it in Paul, in Hart and Huntington, is be who worketh in all the members of Christ's body. We have proved this to the rejoicing of our heart He has but to whis}»er to the soul, and It is done. Tbe voice of the turtle dpve being heard in the land, the winter of barren dreariness is putt; the rain of w rath -apprehensions is over ami gone; the flowers of hid den graces appear on the earth, and the soul's time of bird-like singing has come. Doubting and fearing child of God, go and ^ead the great Redeemer’s promise. For tiie Lutheran *Vfeitor. tether we live, we lin i Unto the I whether we die, we| die unto whether we live, the irfore. or b the Lord’s.”—Rom- : it i 8. ostie speaks thus o elms I of-Christians or j>die vers Christ. Though somewhat ntal reflection, employed to jke general proposition that )ld have dae regard for tbe pe fictions or scrfaiitaa of break in the faith, jaud not It rash judgment, t is the pf an important an 1 prneti- 4 aad one that a! ffcooMI as such. “Who ut thou “Gtirv me *ouls. or take my aoul." idle well wisher of (hf< cause A plant eon not Nvu without a root. To dmtarb or destroy its mol fat at once to imperil its life ; and the root % neuds, also, to have a good soil in which to borrow, in order that the plant may bloom and thrive and produce fruit. In more than one of our 8a v low's parubteuraiigiou in the heart i* reprsaeuted a* a plant. Tha symbol ia appropriate and rxprea rive. Like the mustard aeed, piety in ita incipient state, tua\ be sold to be the least of all aueda; but being rooted in lov# ft grows and Amtrfthr* and mature*. Hornet!me* Ita yte greoa ia active, aud Ita growth ft almost amazing. Thi* shows what euparities the plant has In itself, and what it ft capable of being when ia a fertile soil. The bent anil, and that which la sum the meat rapid growth, ft fore. When piety la “rooted ia love* its maturity ft assured, and ita fruit ft abundant. It Hods thru sarb a soil as ft requires, and develop* itself in strength, beauty and glory. It cun not well do otherwise 1 When we are seeking for a daflut tion of piety which, in the fewest words, may express moat aply aad dearly what ft ft in ito element* and Ita nature, we recur naturally to that given by inspiration— 1 “tbe love ot God shed abroad In our hearts." False religious see si ways cruel} superstition ft exacting and unsnctal, and fanaticism is blood thirsty ; but tbe blessed gosfid of 'onr Havioar ft beet characterized by love, ft be gin* ia a spirit of love; it lives in the manifestation of works of love; and its power ft seen in subduing tbe enmity of the hnmsu will and melting the rebellions heart, su that it glows with love. Love ft it* joy, its glory aud ita enjoy meat. Haacw it ft so sweet, so gentle, so full of benevolence, self-denial sad toil in doing good to all, but especially to “tbe household of faith." Bring rooted where it ft, it could not be anything else. If it ft any thing efte, ft Is because it* root ft not Axed in a proper soil, aad, lacking ita natural nutriment, the fruit becomescrabhad, sour, unripe aad unnatural; but the good soil always produce* good fruit, aud it surely come* ia its season ! The love in whieh piety finds its root is derived from tbe Cross} de rived thmrr, either by looking at It Jn faith, or contemplating ft until ft pi realized; ami ft ft a nstnrs) pro duct. Tbe realisation of the Cross produces ft just as naturally as a planted seed germinates sod put* forth its teuder shoot. Our ehris tianity Is so beautinl, gentle, kind and full of all good works, because ft has a cross in it No .other rw Hgioo that the world has ever re ceived, bos bad s cross, required faith ia the cross, or “gloried in it” It would be appropriate here to consider bow all this ft proof that ft is from God, but we are not dealing with those who need to bs convinced of the divinity of our religion} we write only for those who are anxious to know its power and have ft grow up fat their hearts, bearing all the heavenly drafts of peace with God and good will towards men. 8ufB dent has been written to convince every candid Itnqnircr—and these The life dues nut always agree with the dnrtriar. XSM prreeas admit that fit Pool urvwte the weeds, “They that pruned the gospel Shaft live of the gwapeL" Ail cftwUasi chum this as their ductriae. Often, he sever, they foil te comply with tha divine lajanrtfam. We do net meaa to myr that mta •u the way, of the best methods of meeting them, aad of the inspiring motives which moke all toil delight fal in Moeh a cause.—fmdmmdtni. South stid W< s on all Ni the sum. Aw the payrnc the names ef Christians alway s paid as promptly point*, route i dire evils existing ua the continent, sad ap|irtbended at home. The pro framing church is like a dismasted tfiip driven before the mighty cy clone which rages, not knowing whether she ft driven. Her minis ters, for the major part, are but worldly religion* men, ready to side with popular clamor, and ignore the sovereign sway of greet Jehovah’s sceptre. And, as the natural result, hi all that is transpiring, whether in the operation of the great and strong wind, w hich ft reoding tbe moan tains and breaking the rocks in pieces before the Lord, or in the earthquake, or the Are, no voice of the I xml ft discernible. Tbe privilege we covet for our ■rives, aad all who ore precious iu the Lord's right, is to hear him, by his Spirit, saying, amid these stn I «endou« events, “Come, my profile, rater thou into thy chambers, and dint thy doors about thee : hide thy self as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast." For of one thing ere are oo«fldcut: He ft now speaking to this effect : “Behold, the Lord oometh oat of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity : the, earth ri*o shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain* (Install xxri : 20, 21.) Never, in modern times, has a mightier and swifter wind been sent forth than recently, and, at present, from Ger many. Never have mightier “moun tains" and “rocks” (of the later, that on# especially which, by Popish su perstition, has received the name «f“PKT«a”) been rant and broken ia pieces, as iu France aad Italy. Never woe there a more extensive “earthquake” than that which now upheaves the great masses of society in England, Ireland, France, etc., eto., with the spirit of revolutionism. Never was the “Are” of the Lord’s anger more visibly' kindled against the kingdoms of this world. The prophet's language is os forcible to day os soar: “Gome near, ye ua LNIGHT, Sujft *nd Freight sad the Word AILROAD. e Ridge Railroad excepted :J God's instnuurat ft extending God'* forgotten, but the saying ft worthy of goldra letters' : “We ought to week os though we were to do every thing, *nad to pro) ns though we couM do nothing* This paradox ehrfttian activity ft prrpetaally i« fritting Work sad pray er mnri go together end inter |«raetrstc each comfort of the Hcriptures, a lively hope, a stirs and steadfast hope, a good liope through grace, a hope of salvatiou, a htgw* of eternal life, a hope of the glory of God, a hope of the resurrection of tbe dead, a hope of being like Jesus and seeing Him “as He is,” a blessed hope of the glorious apftenring of tbe Great God and our Saviour Jeans Christ— a hope that “maketb not ashamed, because the love of God ia shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost.” Around this grand ceutral fort, the glorious apfiraring of the Sa vionr, all other liope* revolve trad culminate. Tbe hope of salvation reaches onward till He shall apj»ear the second time without sin unto salvation, to them that look for Him. The hope <>teternal life points to that judgment; seat whence tbe cursed shall depart to everlasting fire, “the righteous go away into life eternal.” The hope of the glory of God hss respect to that day when Christ, who is onr life, Hhltll appear and we also shall ap|»ear with Him in glory.. The hope and resurrection of tbe uead can only find its fruition wben “all that are in tbe graves shall hear His voice and shall come forth.” The hope of being like Christ most certainly ft^deferred until He shall appear iu his own glorified humanity, and “we shall see him as he i*}” aud the Blessed Hope of that appearing comprehends and biuds together all these grand anticipations of the universal church of God. It is to that day, “the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ and our g» thering together unto him,” that the saviug grace of God has taught our souls to look, as the day when “the kingdom of our God, aud tbe power of his Christ,” shall be made mani fest; when the rule of Satan shall be broken, and tbe serpent’s head be crushed; wben wars alhd strifes and turtnoils shall be ended; and wben the Almighty Christ, in tbe perfection of bis humanity, and the glory of his Deity, shall be revealed, exalted and adored forevermore. And to tlie waiting Church of God, this is a “blessed hope,” a glad and erally presented to each toranbrr j and each <*oe promise* to contribute a specified amount toward* tbe afa inter's salary . Now sapposr we ex amine that aabscrtptton Hal at tbe ft*I of tbe year. It foot* ap very well. Tbe sum prumford ft perhaps Urge enough • llat there are quite a number wbn Have only premised, aod sever potd. Who* shall we say to these f Perhaps they are all good, kind, well meaning people. They intend to pay. But they are not quite prepared to pay at the rime when the puymewl ft duet aod they think the minister ean wait. He SUCCESS f!t Prayer tends to make work sue cesofttl to two ways: by making the warier strong, and by aero nag the help of God. Tbe reaction of prayer (if ft merited no other praise) would be It* ample vindication. If It nt- mm pitched nothing without ns, we should do well to “pray without rearing" oa account of what It does Withia ns. TV nacres* of work done f«*r God depend* largely on the eon rage and confidence of the work er, and those depend on hi* (ereono) relation to God. What we shall achieve for the Master Is hat a ques tioo uf physical three, nor of nnm hers, nor of finance, nor Of intelli gence, solely nor chiefly j It ft a spiritual question. The amount a* weft os the quality of the work for God attempted by hi* people ft largely contingent on their prayers. “They that wsft on the I xml shall renew their strength,* so that they may be able to “ran* in the path of defy “sod not be weary," and no der the severest flisramragemeots to “walk and not faint,* But prayer ft also a positive force in the moral world. It brings about rraolta which but for it would never come to poos. The Bible never shrinks from repreatntiog prayer as a power above those natural laws which now-a-days are no ofteu mo [e “determines ti i© IkhiuiIs tat ion”—the co intry, age nstauce8 under which we times are in his hand, and of life’s cheqm red ■ led of him. ”1 is ftp who parity and adversity, tlio’ feet the one through otir of prudential laws, which and the othfcr through and mistakes ; which we Joy and sorrn w, health ks, life ami death are by says very Uttie shout hft salary; ami they think he ft very willing to Movements ano, with i» owa i*t« ouly does be | ossess the exercise sovereignty over ml and temporal circnm- tit also over okr iuterrial iience. He is Lord of the ell as of the ibody. As But the minister most wall. Now why eould not the dorter, the black smith, the shoe maker or the mer chsat wait f Why must this unde *irshie lot Aril npon the mfnftlnrf Now If those who are members of the church, sod intend to pay so soon as they can ramvrafetitly, will listen a moment, we wilt whisper a little secret Hilo their care. It ft this, that the minister mast also pay \ its law giver. |His tfil is Its supreme rule of duty. obedient subjects—true j-the observance;of his will Ire of constant? joy. The of their heart i|: M 0,jhow lawlftfetny meditation r” In the bel everis soul F enthroned, a id rules in pim. tatements would be true, > we to view God aa an Sovereign, coj trolled by ns will; but tley are the unspeakable cot »fort, wben !the light of hh true chat I being not oni; r of sOver- of Infinite p ty ami be- |j a being who ii love itself, f wisdom is al Solute and His paternal love ik a [of security to 1 tis children iwMiQr" 1 - wnicD. oors j M, nor of tbe will of| the l°f the will of Eiau, but of His words are: “Prove me now herewith, if I will not open the windows of heaven, and pour yon down a blessing, that there shall not be room enough te receive it" With all that there is usmoUg to endure from tbe world, the flesh and the devil, in these extraordinary times when nations are reeling, her esfts abounding, the love of many waxing cold, and hard times facing the poor of this weald, there is a special ueods-be for the Lord’s tried ones: to be seeking to be “rich in faith,” and so established X5 chkist. ir * ir “No trifling gift, or small. ot nature nr the virtual fetters of a sha ping Deity. Prayer has wrought sometimes the doctor. He must pro vide for himself and hft (family. He can not pay with yoar jrismlm to pay. If be ft not pnfal promptly fan eon not pqjr promptly. exceptional method of divine work ing ft pool* it wields the measureless energies of Ifrovideoce ia wags no Ifiae afiWant for good. God still works among men ; he works by people: let the earth hear, and all that ft therein ; tha world, and all things that oome forth of it. For the indignation of the Lord ft upon all notions, aad his foiy upon all their armies: he hath utterly de strayed them, be hath delivered Is hft only resource; aud so ft should ha- Be has no form, no trade, no eapftal; nothing that brings in mo ney, except hft tabor in the gospel ministry. This labor is hft eapttaJ. If be ft to live of the gospel, then bs should not bs oomprilsd to Ifak other means at support. It is, ia t deed, no smsli dishonor to a pastoral Should friends of Christ desire. Rich Lord ! bestow on all Pore grid, well tried by ire. Fiutli that stands £*et white devib How earnestly, how tatilhpifaly, and how briftviagfy a man shall pray does not depend on hU own