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ONE LOBD, ONE FAITH. ONE BAPT18M"—BFHE8IAN8 IT: 6. COLUMBIA. 8.C., FRIDAY, JUNB 14, 1871 OLD SKRIKS, YOL. Y.-NO OOt doubting lit IlfMt they rat toil! *ad Mid, fits wtim who are * no sceptic*/ *W> behove In Jran* (Tlrtat,* wottlil i«rt faith hate mtnI them T Ah! my friend the- finite believe more than you do! They drafted to rae*p* the hoftnem which they hated.’ *We lniow Thor who thon art, the holy one of Ood* they exclaimed In the same breath with u Let mi alow .* One of these when he saw Joans afar off, ran mm) wor (dripped ntm (Mart V, «,) bwt he cried with a load rolee, ** What hate I to do »ritk tkrr. Jean*, Hbu of the moot High dot! r And what, dear friend, have yoo hail to do with Him f Have pott ever worahipjad Him, knowing that He la the very Christ, the Holy one of God f To believe, we ace tarn hence, la mens than an aaaent of the analer •tending—it la more than (kith iu the mere existence of ('hn*t—more than a knowledge of hla J)i\ iuily j for nioltitudra soar Him who were reproached aa faithleaa and perverar, aud the devil* Aarr Him to be the iiou of God. To believe in Jeans Christ ie net to adopt certain upinteus in regard to Him, or Ilia »arU U ia not to aaaent to any scheme of dootiw, or to the abstract truth of Ilia asfel britovA* * Bello vest thon tbtel* thon belie re on the 1 Hon of God F “ Whom nay ^e that tan# and the like word* mo ever falling from HI* Mpe, a* the demand of HI* heart, for faith. Aud here and there ed ahead?* Jno IH. 15, Ml Ae cofdhif to the Word of God, there la no middle ground. Row then can any nor, haring wee* to the Hrnp- which mfnd and thought are noth teg, and the ea* aHeea».untiring ma chinery all t To create fteriT would ba mirvalo enough, but to too thin aftwh ea«h Instant! And yet, what laaa ia needed? Aa each moment ptMce, what wruros that all shall Mofttzim. ’ ' ** i<-*lo*ic*l Student*..1 2.00 rrtMta who fail to npH at Mmiioo of their snbicfcfo' rif be charged per ittimiu f.00 r names are rntt-rtnl o» the nub book, without the first payment TfavrcrApau pectmom*. i)or*on who takes a hnm>r tea- »4h| .altos dee eotuletiinatkai V neat net, 1 heweerh yoo, my hriowd friend, entil yaw have nettled tM* moat ha- portatrt of all lyoerlea. Involving Ufa or death eternal ? O© to the Word of Ood an \Vm have never before an s.cmt whether 1 or not—is order* hi* pi ir diacon An aged Christian who for a long time had been gradually linking into the embrace of death, was one day rqjotcing in the goodness of God. She was very happy ia his love, and appeared to enjoy ia a high degree bi« presence and blessing. Her com companion in life remarked to a friend, that she seemed to be “trim ming her lamp to go through the dark valleyThis beautiful express mm had the force of prophecy, far in In this manner only can a higher Christian Mfe hr attained; and It atmtf consist In greater likeness to Christ, and non intimate anion and camatanion with God. If fab la what fts meant by the phrase, H b Hrirtffgibie; ft may be the subject of profitable conversation and re mark, and demands the prayerful and persevering effort of every fife ctple of t ferial; bat if by the higher •totetlsw life la meant an emotional riersuoo which lifts the pm above his fellow Christiana, and, as Wains Railmnd called for, is i pIwki farie itional fraud. cents per qunthtar. » and comnmnjeations to A. It Rn>K 1>.D., CWwtsI ia, 8. €. 8 45 a in section with Up I close connection uul Central Rail, r all points South ?1 ' „ *; v J . • yice-Presidvnt. cket Agt. Beligions What is » to BelievS ? writer, it 14 “to hold living with n Living 1‘rnsia." earth they came to Him who nredo!, and desired Hi* aid—knowing their sees unity, and believing Hi* Ffewer. To seek Him aa n Living Havmnr ia to believe in llba. M Faith ia not what we feel or see | ll it a simple trust," We are to look cneftderrti) to Him Cur salvation, and then, for all we omul, to lean on Ilia, nan child leans apon a parent. This is to believe iu Jeans, Cur no one eon bo said to believe who does ant love and follow Dim. Throoghoat Ilia word He reiterates the gracious in v i- Istko, 44 t ome onto mo," freely afar eoasrioasnens of iaflrmity ; If it anflts Mm far, or rsfforrs him from chrto ecu racing, helping oar another “till wo all oone in the unity of the faith ........ 6 00 a ns ........It 45 a m 1 57 p a 4 00 p m s a*pm ons with Trains it all points North exalted spiritual enndltton, ft b neither to be tbatrvd nor approved ; It is bet Pharisaism without the pby- lacteriea and the tithing. The apoatoHe instruction. “Giving all dlKgvaee. add to yonr faith vtr hie, and to virtae knowledge, and to know ledge W s»pcrmn<^, and to tern pern nee |*tienre. and to patbwe friNniMs aud to godKaeae laothcrly kiadneaa, and to brotherly kindness of i 'hnst.* Then oar life will be hid with Christ in God, and the higher Christian life will give manifest proof of itself and show that tt we are mem hereof bis body, of Ms famfa. and of his bones. r —Her. J. Goadbp, D.D. 8 20 * in 11 15 a tu ... «....13 58piu 3 45 p m ., MOps ions with Trains ut RjiilroswU lor ints in Florida, tsr»»men, Mnbfr, iattan»o^», Mesi- rilks ( incinnati, South nm! Went. >> oo all Night t* w>M. and Bnx- ripal points. ,1ns route coin* five (5) different NIGHT, Sup't.* t:il Fiviuht and tn the lord/ or should yan “<he out of Cbrietr Ifyoa arwnot iaChrua, that la, aaitml la bis paraua by faith sod law, yam can** die ia llba. t’nkMi to Christ ia of the greatest importauce. It k the chief thing hi religion. If wa aar ia (farist, we re ceive from Cbnat, wa aanreprteeated in an hour vbm we think not. Be- member this; let ns ask ourselves if we have done, and^if we*"are doing fae vork*God aentas to perform t If in answer to these questions oar hearts condemn ns for our unfaithful ne*s to the Master, let us arise and trim our lamps, that there may be light in the valley, when it is said to each of na, ‘'The Master is come, and calleth fV> i thee.*—Hetigiovs Her ald. rima lit, Mark Are learn that wbeu Jed Iflrat eaiae ml*) Gnlilee,l u preach- isg fie Gospel <?f the kingdom of &4T He prodalilted the tifae fulfill ed, | id that kingdom at blind, *ay- isgH ^Reiieut ye and beljeve the Johu the Baptist; biu! be lt, then, there be a Providence at all—that ia. if the uutveras be not a gigaatie aetomatmi chessplayer, alive, an bat the Ufa-* mutt be over rrrrytkimg. Can you tell me which is a great thing, and which a little) If the result be Ktopeodoua, yoo can not speak tightly of the caoae, how ever trifling it may seem. But what obarrcanc* of every ehnsfian. ami to the only way to a higher spfritnal Mate. Then Christ dwells Hi the hssft by faith, sad hb diseiplee hesumc rented smd grounded m lore, sad have “the fall aiesiranee of hope.* They will any, w W« know that If aur earthly hoase of thb isbewisslc were dbmolved, we have s building of God. a house not made with hands, eternal In fas heaven*: but they will also say, “Where fare we labor, that whether present is exhorted to repentance, bat V added, “for thekiljgdoiu of i is at baud"—for sfkhough, opened understanding, the f Saviour is found t# be the ef all the Jewish scriptures, glad tidiuga jbf a 8a- <1m1 ami dtwnel. Hie lAood atoanl 1LROAD Ridge Railroad scepted : .......4 5»pm 7 00pm ten, aa slight an impulse as the vibration of the voice, which, in high snowy region* is thought at time* to bring down the awful avalanche suspended overhead. A pebble may torn a river at its source, and change the destiny of half a continent. A bird lighting on a bough at the en trance of a cave turned aside the pursuer* of Mohammed, and spared him to be the great prophet of the East. . The whimper of a child, on the Nile, gave the Jew* a history , and the world a Saviour. Without it there would hare been no Exodus, no descent of God on Sinai, no Beth lehem, aud “A write onto you,* nays John, “that ye sin not* Such was his aim ia writing this rjostle, and each was hto aim in writing the words of owr teat. ^ Any man that uses it merely bwac, had not yet rcAcberi tho Hje people. Though the NOTICE n rds had repeated it ia* they t from angelic Hjis at thi/birtii FS their report had uot prob- E Tead far, and very likely was heard, nuule little ini ratbo.se who bad not; heard SSveuly harmony. . I now the long looked-fai Mes- 4d come. On the Imnk* ipf the g must liave witnessed opening of the heavens, put of tlie Holy ;Spirifc km tlie beloved Hon, iu fke Father pninouncedTlim- fU pleased. What a foumla- W faits ‘ this! Yet “ He I > |B* own, and His own re- iHraiaot,” Few, v«nryj few, His disciples, even after mighty him.* True pfety is always bumble, and moot mo when most deeply eooorioo* of grantor Mmn to God. The pure tight then wirruuwdmg him anil reveal to tMa favored one more of bio own saShlwgiiews and nn* or thisraa, aud *wp|ire«* every thought of liooMiog nod every di*pn*ition to aaaursv superiority. Thi* is Indeed a higher rhrtxttan life. It brings a mas to the throne. Into the loving heart of Jeans, into the infinite fall ness of God. His arnae >RY GOODS! ii tino to $20 ff*d that you tael not thui |Ncwrieiun of God’s mercy I Alas I oo; so far from this, the quest am* seem a cruel irony. Urngume it as yon will there is hut one answer. M Bocnnse of on !>ebef. r A peace imsemg all under stuudiag here ami Eternal blisa lirn aiWr ass frevdy ufrml. U hv it from its legitimate use. Bat when a Christian has been overtaken ia a fault, what shall he do! Lot him ivmember that far him, the unrighteous ana, there is an advocate, Jesus Christ, the right- ora®. Fear uot the javelin of Divine wrath. It must oome through Christ before it can reach yam. Nog. it ha* jdroady renobod Him. Tha marks of the wounds appear ia Hit glorified hotly. Yoiii sin. mounting up to the throuc of God, does uot get there before Christ, your ad vacate, it te a great thing whoa an advocate asm gat up hi oourt and my: The trem- l*ass of my client has boon already atoned far; the fall penalty has been indicted, nod now nothing eon he imputed to him. Christ’s advocacy not only obtains for ns joatificoSwa, but also the Spiritwf God, who, with the blood of Christ, clcotiseth us from all sin. , We are richer in heaven than we are on earth. We have Christ the righteous, our advocate—mine— yours—in heaven; on the earth we have nothing we can justly call pur owp. We are here in a wayfaring place; what we see !b bat the farnf- tare of an inn; it does not belong to ER & SOWS, &- MD., meet the wants •r* at n distance, no Jewish babe wor- shiped by angel* in the manger. It was tlie first link iu the long suooes- ston, bright as long. At Toulon, NsjKdeon, looking out of the battc- rfe*, drew back a step to let some one take his place. The next mo ment the new arrived was killed. TTiat step brought the French Em pire, and made possible the bloody roll of its victories and defeat*. The route at Waterloo turned on a show er of rain hindering Grouchy** ad vance. The resolution of a moment, with some men, has been the turn ingpoint of infinite issues to the world. ‘‘Even , r . . , Thr pftMfcm*. prejudice*, ialcrrsfa, That sway the meanest being*, The weak Thai mnvo the fiuoO arrve,; And in nn* hutunu >>rain Conor* the fainhwt thought, bocomm a link f* the great chmn of nstare* Mob. innnv»- h promptifteud dc* id the Ne*’ ible Good*, « )ome»tic Mann- *Q time*Yo*cH , than any lioa*c the largest tctuitf* in p cause yon ilemn* them not 1 You da wot npproriate their value sad have uot learned yonr aeod*{ yon are feeding oo the hnaks of thia world, oomplaiaingly indeml, yet unwilling How must this higher Christian Ufa manifest itariff If U fe a real life sod not • pkferisaie boast, there witt be ladkntion* of It which can ant bo mmbtkmi and which need not boom where 1* “breed enough and to *paao»* Yonr eye# hove not spaa ed to your condition in the sight of God, and yoo hare gives small thought to the gkiriona Being whs cries, “Como unto a*,’ and have never searched His me usage to learn either y ear own need, or tho trans- ores of His gross. Is act this tho troth I Are not tbeae things aof Hint yon are a sinner yon will not deny. Even yonr own imperfect »d «fcown forth II in power. ^vas one ^lightened spirit, ^ a siting wtMtfation of Israol, 9 could c *®1khe houseless strpuger i^tdd King, and whoicoald !® ‘d* Ac enraptured strain ****** prepared for ntter sea rasas to God ha* been attained and fe ofrjoyed. Exalted piety can not hide itself; what fe within will work itself ont te some wav. This i u tin# day, when the rfibuke shall be token a way.” Uns ih. our God! we havd wait- rito,,siMl He will sad* us: Jehovjdi—w© have waited for ffe be glad aud rejoice ia ""•ttoi.” But worUUinem had ** PWt b©plomle<l tho by the rath «•»« lbsale he Stock inepf UTSSfew ' Haiti mere St-» Haltiniere.Mrt- 0—tf te yonr bsart yon would shrink from exposing to say human eye. Have yoo over considered that M the Ixwd looketh span the heart*—that all te ns hod sod open to Him with whom wa have to do! If w« conk) 111 hoar to be weighed in tbs he I* so* of eol regard to the world, te ■g hearboly minded ness and earnest desire and prayertel far the glory of God and the ion of sinners; alt will be con sd to Christ and his canoe, over ready, far service or far of tbs Jew*, apd the Lord ^ toy, as in the days of “Israel doth sot know, my Nj* pMBrAr,. j|j it r tei* Divine us, save far a momentary ase. But we have unsearchable riches in the country to which we go- Wjte** M»Y one aays, •what have ydbT* mfiy you be able to answer, «Ihave an eat of frseads in the most important of all places.”—Bouxn't Daily tfafr ... Good Advicr.—Do not get vexed at what fhoplo sag of .yon. Let them speak, while you endeavor to do the will of God. You will never succeed in pleasing men, and it would not be worth the trouble if P eiplor»< teeot of 1|on ; went abonip Into cities aud villages, teaching synagogues, aud preaching H>el .of the f kingdom. We m everywhere—instafit in ni1 r)l,t ®f season, by day and 5 011 Hie mountain top, by ' l * on b te houses and by the » 011 tend and on wiator, in. Ifioinpaasion ministering to ; ,lu, bam4', and by mirsrito tetote manifesttofr flla.pow * Sob of God. i 8 tehs prepared Utetfkdy, he > te©k for faith in the htrarts ^ WW wc MeH'ul l tofifapfatodoute<i love exbib- flas book tnw^ iglltL the h»P«' S the mnnonAis great Healer f For who hot God could be expected to teffaenee the heart! Wall fe it for every tram bhng sinner who can repeat the pray erf True faith fe operative. “I will arise and go to my father,” said the famishing prodigal, and ho did so, rise what would hove availed the knowledge that “ plenty ef bread, and to spore” awaited him! And what would have been the advan tage to any of Op sufferer* allotted to, had they been satisfied with the r^durin* mtsual mower S&EED & c0 r f [March 3" ’ * W Airnts lie best BJjS Uishvd n.lg >atainiHK b«*Jr all the uyustioe of men. Wo must love oar fbllow men without depend ing on their friendship, and seek to win their love by kiad word* and deeds, leaving onr lives, our repota tions and our characters with Him who eareth for us. graded by bhed chance, with only itarif for ptfotf la it alt, to the utmost edge of ehaos aud night, only • hmittem, arif movmg. srif-miataio- ing machine; with suns and planets; Hi* tender pity. Thera ample pro vision fe mad* for ralvatkm t for He to not willing that any should psrfeh. ’ j b I cu