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HgS ONE LORD. ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM"—EPHE8IA NB IT: 5. COLUMBIA, S. FRIDAY. AUGUST 25. 1871. ~~ OLD SKRIfiS, VOL. V.-NO. 155 !po«pel. The chief aim of Alexan above quoted, and tu contrasting 4. I uieutiou, 1n closing, % variety of reaauo* which are aoutetiiuee given by church member* aa cxciiarw for their abaeiilmg themaeh <>» fWxn (he sanctuary. It U 11 loo kot* or “foe,'reW ; * “too mmddf oc “too rfarijr ;* or U J mm not They who ait ou that throoe will be pure, holy, free from care and aux- iety, filled with hohr deal ire and on- gaffed in holy duties. Hcuig called to such a destiny, we <wn weB wait the coming of our Lord. When he cornea, win he find w wait il&ttan i JgfWfflWD funeral. It will atill survive when all the kingdom* of thi* world, all the lordly hierarchic* of idolatry and Mupemtition are forever swallowed up amid the overpowering glories of Messiah’* reign.” dependent for all things, ami the oue only Being whose favor we are euotiuually k‘ neck. And lest we ibwiM complain that an Infinite Being is an object too remote and incomprehensible for oar minds to dwell upon, be has manifested him self hi his Bon, the man Jesos Christ, whose history and character are largely described to us in the Gee- ltels; so that, to love, fear, honor and serve Jeans Christ, is to love, fear, honor and serve Almighty God ; Jesus Christ being “one with the Father,” sod “all the fullness of the Godhead” dwelling in hh*i.—Arrh- bimkop Wkately. deris conquest and consolidation of nations uuder the Roman rule was to break down the partition walls betweeu nations and to prepare them for a universal religion. The Greek tethers justly recognised in the scat tered troths of the ancient poets and philosophers sparks of the light from the Logos before his incarnation. Plato almost prophesied Christ when he described “the righteous man as one who, without doing any injustice, yet has the appearance of the great est injustice, and proves his own justice by perseverance against all calumny unto death,” and when he predicted that, if such a righteous man should ever appear ou earth, “he would be scourged, tortured, bound, deprived of his sight, and, after having suffered all possible injury, nailed to a post.” Kven amidst the blundering symbols, al legories amf fictions of heathen my thology, the Avatars and Grand Llamas and Absorptions and Nir vanas of Brahininism and Buddism, the divine incarnations and the hu man deifications of Greece and Rome, we may see caricatures and carnal anticipations of the great mystery of godliness. “God manifest in the flesh.” They are irrepressible long ings of the human mind and heart after union with the divine, the groping in the dark after the un known God who became known to Christ. The prodigal non of idolatry after wasting his substance in riot ous living remembered his tether’s house, and prepared to return to him in penitence and faith, when the father met him more than half way amt received him in his loving heart. Tertnhian speaks with reference to the noble heathen of the tmHmonia auimm muter a liter Ckristimner, of the testimonies of the soul which is eon stituted and predestinated for Chris tianity, and which, left to its truest and noblest instincts, turns to tbe one true God as the flower to the sun, as the needle to the magnet. Thus Christ sums up the whole meaning of ancient history, fulfilling the unconscious as well as the eon scions prophecies and types of the past, the preparatory revelations of God and the aspirations of the human heart. In the widest sense it is true that He came not to deatroy but to telflll —.V. y. Oteerrer. clause, ‘♦They that despise me than be lightly esteemed. 1 * Kven those who have no love for religion them selves matt respect it in others, and in their business relations, and with regard to those to whom they Intrust their Interests, they give constant testimony to its worth.—Amerima feeliny irc/l to »luy * But tbe straugeot la, that the Family Religion feature of such same weather ou Monday would not prevent these, j arsons going to their ignore of Un rinses at pleasure ; and (M pb\ sical in«lis|Mi*ith»u which is too severe to admit of a chrwtish attending Sabbath worship, would no. present any hindrance to the execution of worldly plans on any other day of the seek. Home of us may lamsihly have beard of good »omen uow and thru, whosr wardrobe was well supplied with plain clothing and suitable the bouse of God, remaining shut up ua a pleasant Sabbath day, and losing all tbe | Hi bile mean* of grace, 1 treatise they ltsd “aefAtef Is Mr,” which, being literally translated, means that tbe mtUiarr or dress maker, through a pressure of work, had fatted to kerp her promise to send home the new bonnet or the latest style of dress ou Baiurdaj night ; ergo, there was oue loss wor •hiper in the aasrmhly of God’s satats ou the holy day of rest. But enough ; let as have duos with all such Miserable and flimsy pretexts lor neglecting plain, reli gumm duties. What our Saviour wants *i»d ex|mcts of his disciples is not ricuara, hut rmrmmt, fmitkful terrmu Shall wo not giro it to him out of pure sad fervent lore I— VknuHmmal Herb. Rev. Dr. Van Daren, in the Ckrte- time Tntrllujmfrr, has a good article on the Importance of family religion aud worship. Speaking of Nome of the excuses for neglect of thi* dntyj such as want of time, etc., he says: How comes it to pons that tbe prayerisd* head* of families And time to trade, to term, to gossip, to visit friends, to attend elections, to fre- queut the theater, the dance, and a thousand other scenes, but no time to pray with their families f We once saw a young merchant urging with energy arising to vehemence, a *neer»tfnl business. We accosted him as to his ueglert of this, and other duties. “No time, sir; no time, sir,” re plied be in urgent haste. “WH1, my dear friend, God will give you time by aud by.” Only one week after he was driv ing with ' Jehu speed along the avenue aud one of the tire* of hi* wheels broke. f His splendid team being frightened, became unmanage able, ran away, ajtd flung him against an Iron lamp-post, and broke both his legs. His very first thought, he afterward cun fanned, was his reply to the above question, “Will you have time enough now to pr*v, Alfred f For three long months, like a chained eagle, that fiery-hearted merchant was confined to his conch at home. It was a harvest time for eternity as it regard* the interests of bis soul. • The strongest argument in favor of neglecting family worship is sel dom stated * It it m tromt of /wort for tke duty. Men that have not been renewed find a bard task to play the hypocrite ateae. Hot to subject themselves to the scorching glance of children and servants—this is too much. It was tie* question with the |mtri- arcb, some three thousand years wince, concerning the hypocrite, “Will he always call on God f A similar question brought a proud, insolent questioner to grief before a large congregation. A minister of 1'hriat. after he had finished a search ing sermon, took his seat; but the conscience of one of his hearer* coo Id not thus rest Borne explanation of the discourse, iu a scoffing uiauuer. was requested by tbe stranger. The pastor arose and said. “I perceive the gentleman to be a f mirrrmlitl preacher who questions me. If be will aoswer me, I will re ft|tot»d to two dozen of his questions. Do you, itr, pray regularly is your family f* The questioning Univer- salist preacher was as silent as the grave. We read that Prof. Webster, the murderer of Dr. Parkman, was asked a similar question, and tbe answer may be inferred. Our Lord iwayed with the disci ple*, as well as alooe. These Jewish converts were his family. Abraham, David, Job, Cornelius, Aquila and PrUeilla, (ruined those iutrusted to them to hear the daily voice of prayer in the family circle. But sad is tbe case, w hen- one ot tbe bead* of the family i* not only unwilling to lead, but oppos'd to that diviaely ordered eastern. It wa* to each a state of the cam, that Dr. Pay sou said it retniuded him of a “dove with a broken wing.” Through eternity Tbe following is an extract from the eloquent addvee* of the 1 ter. Dr. Doff, at the late anneal meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Ho- efoty t There is mi—thing about the Bi ble after ail—* power aad an hifia- eooa which no other book posaeweea. What wa have to testify is this, that withte the memory of many tiers present this Bible meamge. this articulate massage wf peace and par- daw, and friend lamas and kind use* »od goad will to all men, has, by the heralds at salvation, Men actually gird 11 o«r the whole soee of this globe of our*. Yes, unrelated by torrid The fertility of the hnmuit mind in tbe direction of inventing excuses for the failnre to perform religious duties, is something wonderful. Let us notice a few instances at this habit as fouud among pro burning fkrutiant; for it in not my purpose in thi* article to dwell upon tbe various reason* which tbe impenitent frequently allege for thrir refusal to accept the gospel offers of merry. 1. “/ tore me time* This 1* the exruse of one who is so burdened with business rare* that he literallj baa no time to devote to tbe laird. But the query pertinent to such a case is, Wbat right has any one to allow the “cares of this world* to accumulate upon him until he is wholly absorbed hy them to the utter exclusion of more important subjects I if# time to work for Je sus V .Ve time to labor for the sal vatkm of your friend* oat of Christ f But who gave you your time 7 Aad did be In giving It reliuqamh all claim to any (tart of it f If not, it is plain that yoa are using for your own *elflah and worfcl !y purposes that which does not be long to you. In other words, you are doing that In v our relations to God which, a* a atau of honor, yaw wowld seam to do to vowr follow- * -7 40 » m |3 30 n li) :**- 30« m -*f fO p hi l"" 1 Aero mmoda- 7 SOpm 845k m 7 10 pm h]*•-*•••6 00auj tiipn Train will P&Sag* Vice^PmekU-nt. icket Apt. not—1* gi aenbed or rtSSa order* hi* papei bTmust pay all arrrar QiAv continue to avnient i* 'made.* w»d iSonnt, whether, the j roto the office or d«. irto have decided that refu- . newspaper* and periodical* intentional frsnd. five cento per quarter. Macon and communication* to d to J L« Rev. A. R. RtJDR, D.D?, fthwWs, 18. C. ailkoad. a p Rid^c Railroad from the oald north, who, like Arch deacon Banter, conid tell uf the triumphs of tba Bible iw Rupert’s Religions. Tba Desire of all Rations I t ——— U in undeniable fact that at im< of Christ the Jewish cation filL d with Messianic expecta [ w rich, though cam ally under- 1 at d perverted, had theirroots < J triptures of the Old Testa- ? a id bear testimony to them. )jig series of prophecies and s re i in unbioken line from the ► i an to the advent of Christ, too® steadily towaM a final notion not only of the chosen NOTICE 1 ea, it has, as a conqueror. entered the palaces of kings, and the castel lated man molts of great chief*. It bos rawed up into more than earthly royalty the* tenants of the humble wigwam. It has controlled the de liberations uf senates. It has settled >RY GOODS? utiHO to #30 and Part of ry b Charges. TEH & SONS, meet the want* at a distance, mg the uturderows tomahawk. It has arrested sod tented marauding honks of the wdderMwa, making 1 ro, 1 exfiert him. lie may oume to ttM*r>w« ; Iw «*) come llus year; be may not uuww for «am tens* I Uwk for bun. Mjr ywwytx aud labor w to be nwdy w bru be shall come. Should he ns* hnm whilst I live ea the earth, I *hall lay fbw liody in the grave ta tbe swmti Uqw. the ruafl <W*oi aesnrouue, that he will mar, and (hot at *-my flesh 1 «h.«Ll era him.” ^ This teqw, tin* mutdmt belief fol power oxer the Me. it leads to Hear Hi mmd, ere muni mH at JW futare day “«aAr time” to be laid opon a *ick bed——o© matter wlwt towwmi uf oar bimim-e |daiw—we most take thwe to die; and, ob t then will mate the moment when wa shall wUb, with many sml bat vata re gret s, that ww hml la health taken time to do the will of tbe Master. Maid -one of this class when living i “The sad, *ad mistake ot my Hfo has been that I worked so little fur Ckrist aud so mud) for money.' A U T mm mot flees/ of tfteerk* Grout it; but what does that sig uify f Certainly not that you are thereby excused Horn apeuking to a fellow sinner when Opportunity is presented, about the concerns of hut soul, or testlfyinyr for roar Hsvtoor in tbe social inerting, or Hftiirg rrmr voice in prayer for tie blenaing of God npon all there neemhlal. A finished speech or an elaborate prayer is the last tiring any sensible nmu should desire in *aeh rirmia stance*. Besides, if ynw are daw of utterance, what, I ask, Is to give you more fluency than yrortioe. the exercise of what you already po« seas t Yoa surely can not wish to share the ftte of him who went ami hid hi* talent in tba earth Only one word spoken iu tbe ear of an n neon verted friend, If that word gnsb forth from the depths of your heart, and he accompanied with ear nest prayer, may, by the blessing of God, bring that friend of your# to the Cross. Only a frw broken sen tences, ottered with foar and trrm bfhtg in the )»ni>er meeting, will often melt tbe whole company to tear*. 3. “/ can't a ford At* Can't afford what 1 Why, to gire a tenth of my income to tbe Lord t But, mnem ber, my brother/ your mummy is not your own any more than your Nor. When you eonsecrated yourself to to God, In the presence of an gels aud meu, did you not give yourself entirety to him T I to you not ac knowledge liia right to all that you iijg of a growing fol till luent, q one, and consistent in spirit d , aud were wondetftilly con- kt last by actual fhtfillment. rp-to-gospel of thfi serpent- to Noah, Jacob, to the *yin- in the wil 1 be people, thetr gutig*—ay, aud their (aunt aud thetf foalher*, which only touted to make nakeduc** itself more bkleoua. It ho* pmrord into the euorsrot heathen uateUert, ami roused into action its slumbering faculties, and quickened them into spiritual actir d>. U has melted into ooatntiou the moat obdurate savage heart, and ftirteunrd it* m ay aani roviug desires and uaperkaw unputerw; aud pun Ood aud regulated them too with a Csscioatoou aud a power vastly trams vending anything that hope ever uuajpued or tear conceived. Iu a thousand UMttiuices it has made the thievish honest, the lying truthful, the churl liberal, the extravagant frugal. It has m a thousand instau co* converted the cruel, unfeeling heart rate kaudlraasa and good will; it bus turned discord nod frantic revelry into the harmonica of sacred •ong. ii has wrought its way into the darksome caverns of dcbasuig ignorance, and illumined them with the rays of celestial light; it has gone down into the deua of the foul est in foray, aud reared alter* of de votion there. It ha* uiiugted iu 'o*o* with the ragtag tempest It haa alighted upon the gory bailie field, aiyl poured the balm of couso- lation rate the soql af the dy ing hero. It baa on an emuid of merry visited tba loathsooto dungeon, braved tbe famine, own!looted ifo pcstilnm 1 ** sod uLoftwi It link w *-*•-** n I Mil liif iron rod from the group uC opjawn- •ion. and daehed the fioryr cup tram yrompUutemd tea of the New- )ble Good^, of Ki—stic Manu al! twne* to sell than any honae the largest and cturer* in the , and inipprtiBjr ct to Baltimore, brliicL the promise given fo f i ib n iham, Isaac aud D* iWa ad his royal house bo| pfl fee brazen serjient I ! M s to the healing of ill i y sacrifices and th4 pregnant X) i un of the tabernar le aud the to, m<l the prediction i>f a future i i i rophet and law-kiver, the it nd lowly* King of! Zi>n, his i ri igs for the sins of tpe peopl^p hs exaltation and everlasting ii iipply, in their highest and | e* t sense, to Jesus off Nazareth, Hill t< | no other person In history Isi^h the prince aud evangelist S a the prophets, iii the last Sj -ieven chapters ofl his book, 1 » picture of Messhih so cow ptjfe t j it none bat those blinded by tlof iut c jprejudice can fail to find he e 11 ‘ lineaments of our Saviour 111 s ajtoniug death aid glorious fr *: nj 1, And finally, to make cer- ta % < onbly sure, immediately be- P 1 $ ® 1 apjiearml His great fore S ru inei, (whose historical existence no out, lenies,) as the pn sonal em- 1» Urn * it of the Old Testament, le^n f his own pupils tp Jesns as L iib of Go<t, and 4hen disap- is 1 the dawn of tie morning lh G ie rising sou. , 3kr JTknew aud confessed Hiiflself to he promised Messiah of whom M fles irote aud the prtjphets: He Uhiud all the prerogatives and £1 Ji ci od, all the functions of tbe |3f a su 1; He read Himself on every l* 1 Jfe J the book of <Rod. And, □ |h is tbe light and the life of P q Testament; witliiut Him ft a «a ed book to this d ly; in Him itf* psealed. f * hr ’ Wonderful harmony betweeu tf T ' 1 st of prophecy and the Christ Mirpinw.1 by tin I writ. IV* br nmriy ta mrir* the hml t hnat, ww mwot b» pur* in wnwd aad in Mart. Wa mart ha tivtog for him. Whatever work wa have to da. a to bn rioon for him. “For Christ* «bnulri M «or Motto iu all oar lalairw. whether it M to avail a atnvt oroavtag, or praorb hiaGoapaii abettor at ia to pkaiffb and reap tM tibia, or to ait lo tfoa aanmati* ai tto Bluto. li ctonal ia in tfoa heort. if wm tori tint M BMMitaia oar lifo, that be haa oo- UKSALK Bl VERS lie Stock in onr tfortment. Ad- ER & SONS, Baltimore St- Baltimore, Md. 48—ly I w»a conversing, oue day, with a youug gentleman, our who made no profession of religion, aud we hap pened to be speaking of oue of hi* college friend* whom 1 had former ly known slightly. He spoke very watmly aud admiringly of bia friend’* worth aud high firiDciple. “Brown was always a yooil fellow,” said he. “He never would go to bed, even wheu other Ktudents were in tbe room, without kneeling in prayer.” Such testimony to Christian firm ness and a sternly adherence to dnty under circumstances very trying to a young man, had much weight. There is an involuntary res|*onse in every heart capable of appreciating what is noble, to the display of even phy sical courage, and in a still higher degree to moral heroism. And tho’ this might seem a very small act to be dignified as heroic, yet many a man who would not rdiritik from fifty steal danger has been too great a moral coward to pray in the pres ence of his associates. Am! what was the effect, In young Brown’s case, of his unconcealed fear of God f Far from ridiculing or disturbing him in his devotions, even those stu dents who were themselves trreti- gious abstained entirely from inter rupting or troubling him. No young man was a greater favorite in college than he, no one more welcome as a visitor in the best families of the town, no one more looked np to or respected In the college society to which be belonged. And one other little circumstance, related concerning hhn by a young lady at w hose house he was a fro- qnent visitor, impressed me very strongly. “Sometimes,” said she, “1 find it a little difficult to keep np a conversation with Mr. Brown, for he merer Ml talk about people* “If a man offend not in word, tbe same is n perfect man, and able, also, to bridle tho whole body.” ; I made np my mind that it was the strength of principle and con s**ientionsuess lie evinced that won the respect which all who knew him well fnroluutanly paid to his char acter. No promise, no threatening m _ of CKxFb wont is more signally fol ior*tbc golden* flfrjjle of thfc fiHed* Ur daily lifo than tfto* ytemtee >r the People'* >f D’AnbijmeV ’ THE iition. one volume, at r«-ad and learn it*. It should be [lily throughout j»* circular, with al commission* pod Agents. NT & CO., B S. 7th St., [hulelphia, I’a- sit clothed with imaxwtaiity. When swelling thought* All oar •oala, and tbe heart (uuita for high ami noble thing*, beta is a way by which rmm ami all may time to thiag* that art* infinttHv high. By thus waiting for Gbrfol, npeotittg but coming, pre(*ariug f««r him. dmuring him, we lift ap thi* earthly life aad make it heavenly. Let as open oar ejea to the troth. Those who are high and noble ia the word, but without Christ, have not the glory, the light, that tbe humblest etinstlan has, who ia waiting for hi* Lord. Coto|Mua the thoughts, in their true nature, of on ungodly, unbeliev ing monarch, with the thoughts and desires of a poor but bumble follower of Jean*. Tbe thought* and desires of the monarch at beat are but for earthly splendor, earthly prosperity. Tbe other thinks of God and eter nity; desires, prays to to pare in mind and heart, ami experts oiler this fltfnl dream of IHti, to enter on a pore, holy, eternal lift*. Whilst the earthly monarch think* and plan* for earthly grandeur, tbe follower of Jenna, he who expect* the ootniug of his Isrd, hopes ami waits for tM triumphal entry Into tbe New Jem Mlrm, there to* be crowned with tM Crown of life, there to alt with f'htiat on hi* throne. The humblest child of God, through Ohrtel, top watt to ait on a grander -throne than that of, the Camara, ood one that will outlast ink of This!? ! M 30,000 r uf tlic Fmneo- » day*. It now the Red Rebel- ivriy «» « bn, and will *el* •tofore. Pricy. >rk*. written w nd French, an* istration*, and. iir to lie official. Brocket*’*, *» n, is the »*o*t ile, cheap aI, “ Ijook to your id you can wjn >>:ed A C0-. for 148 Lake dn«« tibasr* orrr the grax s al old cuMitMo, and woven garlauds round the altar of the temple of peace. ••Those are hat a few of the migh ty snhtoTomoaU which follow as a rat i aas of apleador ia the train of that blessed Book shiak circulates all over tM world. It haa survived tM Ares and tlia horror of the in ternal Inquisition, tbe terrible con federacy of Jesuits. tM blight and mildew of British infidelity, tbe ua- pious ftocuaheoM and atheisms of Franco, the terrible poatheiani aad Prices. 1 i>ha-U)H». on*- [ received, vt>r ^ lop huggie* and Sety.rinc tetrorms ; f“ ur ' [three spring* Bcftways- 1 n J" hr offered very And a* .von annually, at least, give tmek to God one eerentk of yonr time by oheervfng the Habbath mstitn tkm. it is not asking too mnefa that yon devote sacredly to religious and charitable poqioees one tenth of tM money which you receive a* God’s steward each year. And, what I* move, if you could only understand how greatly prospered tn worldly affairs have been those Christians who conscientiously follow tbia rule, I think you would be led to reverse the above-mentioned*fficeime aad say, “I can't afford to trhkkold from the laird’s treasury a tenth of all he gives me.” “Honor the laird with thy substance and with the first fruits of all ttriue increase;” now ttntrk the precious promts* which follows this command; “flo shall tby barns be filled with plenty aad thy prase ?n sbaH bursa oto with taw ’Too Religions.” Too religions, in tto proper sense of the word, we con not Am. We can not have the religious sentiments and principles too strong, or too deeply fired, if only they have a right object. We can not love God too warmly—or honor him too high ly—or strive to serve him too ear nestly—or trust him too implicitly; because onr dnty is to love him “with all our heart, and all onr soul, aud all our mind, and all onr strength.” . But too religions*, in another aense, we may and are very apt to be; that is, we are apt to make for onr selves too many objects of religious feeling. Now, Almighty God has revealed himself aa the proper object of re- ligiou—us the only power on whom baa survived, in tM mid si of ieae- merable changes that have subvert ed once powerfol dynasties, and scattered te tbe wioda of heaven every memorial of human glory. And li will atill aarvive tM shook of nations and the oorraptioae of hu man depravity. It will go on flour ishing, too, when the Koran of tbs Mujsmlmaa. tbe Talmud of the Bab- binist, the Zeudaveate of tbe Parsee, the Tedas of the Brahmin, and the tlemoraiiaed dogmas of tto Socialist and Materialist, tbe infamous, bias phemou* dogmata of tbe Pantheist, the lying legend* of tbe Papi*. tto truth-perverting tradition* of tM Romanising Ritualist, are all cod aigaed in distinguishable dishonor to n common grave, with no one to rat tto mat ot mourner ** tto