Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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coLUMB%j*xrran>tt,‘im 7. isji. *** i > >v r j *4* >«i w MJa h» 'Witoi *4i vim*i«bIHp Me 1 & MILLER, of higher dutim-Jndgte love of God. ’ The letter, killetk ; bat the spirit, patting oat the p tliU free tbr caly g having, then, *fUr ILBOAD. A. B. RUDE, D.n., ( \>h* W*«i, & C. engaging the spoHsl my thoughtful winds. NOTICE •BY GOODS i JIB3 AH, *n, promptly nmd pie* of the Jfew- able Good*, of Domestic Mann- ; all times to sell ». than any honse ' i the largest and Kvery anqoUitiqpa and facilities of Md no inheritance, the these tithes a« their which they moift ded- to the Lord ; fog MM tom this holy Ul bitrodnce this fl ystem 0! the praetie 1 was Here, in the first ible—Genesis— resee tty instructed ia the lege of ofieritig (tithes service. In the 14th facility acquired hj habit. Iflb ted for. l<rac Records ^ put, the other on [ scalptnred tab- rrtimblinc wlo» il ia notv lifted, >v the tin written his book ba•» i^jlity, the haml- 1 the memorials 1 rough all age*- Lake, in the 11th of It To show W* Ion this ia, Irt toe give roo enow iflsstrative facta. When I araa a hoy there «w a poo the north osd of oar homestead tract a thicket. o' |arks|a a quarter of a ante to extent. It «lt bfat rtsd by a “Give altos of such things aa ye have* And ha the 11th repeats stiff move emphatically, “tWI that ye hare and ghee alms,* deaoaaina- ting alms aa "a treoaars that foileth not* And in the 10th chapter of Acts, the inspired record dencrlbea (’ornelins, the ceetwrian, a* “a 4e vont man, one which gave mnch alms to the people, and prayed to Gcd always.” We bear the Lord addressing him, Thy prayers and thine alma are come up as a memo- rial before God.* It la the Lard, my friends, that dignifies alms-giving, by malting ft co-ordinate with prayer —man’s exalted and exclusive privi k’S*- v In the 11th chapter of into, wo are transported to Lydda. Peter la Texas dnriagr 48 Lake Street, [March 8— 11 of tithing he civil and hot little of the sssaolu of the selves before high bearing the mes sage : Tabitha of Joppa ia dead, aod the disciples desire that thoa would - eat “not delay to come to thorn.* Peter instantly arises and departs with the mew for Joppa—that city on the Mediterranean, so famous for it* commercial wealth, six miles die tent from Lydda. Who, yon ask, Is this Tabitha, to whose Amend rites Peter is 00 imperatively summoned T Is she a woaaau of wealth, rank and influence T Let ws folkm Pater to Joppa, and see for oorgelraa. Hare we are at the abode of Tabitha, called in Greek, Dorcas; we eater wite Peter into that upper chamber —loving hands hove already robed the dead lor the sepulchre. There *ee tithes. Yea ! let ilachi, the last > book dispensation, the link d and the New Teats hear the Lord's voice is people to Atlfil this »ten to the withering » man rob God \ Yet is waiting and ?;»* t"® benefortrsua is dead! Indigent widows weep, and point to the garment* Dorcas had. made for the orphan and widow. Peter pats them forth, prays, and a mighty miracle ia wrought {) Tnl.itha arises from the dead, and be calls in the saints and widows, and presents her to them alive. Luke, in the filh chapter of Acte, describe! the char acter of this woman : “She was fall of good works and alma deads.* God. C. L B.. - Christianity meets os la oar apfr itnal rate and helplessness, and brings ns in the Gospel of the Is the obfncUv^ remits ol Gmsi h«, increase fo; equally certain, d perhaps more apparent By the tion. no Tola» e >*| Ail and l<sf® It should be Church 1 1 '•i r