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ONE LORD. ONE FAITH. ONE BAPT18M”—EPHE8IAN8 IV: 5. COLUMBIA, S. C„ FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 22. 1871 OLD SERIES, VOL. V.-NO. 159 ted. “I will arise un«l go to my father," was the utterance of the new life—the aspiration of the new na ture. When he spoke time he was full of doubt and uneertainty as to the mode in which the father would receive him. He was full of legality —fall of taught of servitude instead of the thought of sotiship. The new life was there; but as yet it was eon nectcd with numerous doubts and fears within, and the raga of Ida for mer condition were npon him. He had.been acted upon by a life giving voice, and he only needed to be email cipated. The new nature, having been imparted, moved toward the source- from which it hml sprung; but as yet its movement was cramped, as it were, by the grave-clothes, and its vision impeded by tin* napkin. Now, who would think of main taining the monstrous idea that the prodigal ought to have continued iu his raga—to have persisted iu bis donbts, tears, and uncertainty f Who would assert that for the rest of his days Isi/arus ought to have worn his grave-clotties ami napkin, in order to prove that he was a living man t It will lie said that the dither's embrace dispelled the prodigal's fear, for how could he fear hi the arms of |aiterual lore ? Bat was It uot the father also who commanded the rags to be dis placed by “the best robe f" And then, as to Lazarus, it may be urged that thostvoioe that had quickened and raised him commanded him to be loosed and let go. Exactly so; and is it not just the same in refer cnee to say one who lias obtained new life by belie\ iug iu the name of the Son of Godf Truly so. He slit Slid no longer wear the rags of the ‘Lu count in’* nor the trappings of the grave. Ills bauds ami feet should be uubouud, so that he may serve the Ixwd Christ and run ia the way jfhiauouuBiitidmeiiU. lit* face, too, should be iemoved, au that he may gaze upon the One a hose voice has quickcued him. Aud be it remembered that it is the self-same voice that quickens and emancipate*—that give* life and lib erty—that delivers from the dotniaiou of death ami b ads forth in the liber ty of life. U ia well to see this. The life aud liberty are connected, as oouiiug from the same source. The life whtch tbc believer has is nut old Adam life improved, but now Adam- life imparted; aud the liberty in which the believer walks is out lib erty for the old Adam to folfll hit horrible lusts, but liberty for Lbo new man to walk with God and tread iu the holy footprints *f Christ, flow does lie get this life aud liberty f By the word of God, received by faith, through the power ot the Holy Ghost. The same voice that quickened Lax arus quickens the swoL And where is this voice heard f “In the word of the truth of the gospel." The soul that believes on the name of the Sou of God has received new life. What life f The resurrection life of Christ. * The simple word of the gos pel is the seed by which this new life is produced. And what does this gospel, this message of glad ti dings, declare f That Christ died and rose again; that he put away sin bj the sacrifice of himself; that be is gone into heaveu; that be has, by himself, purged our sins; that be has met every* claim, every deauyid, every objector; that justice is sat is fled, conscience tranqoilized, the en emy confounded. This gives life and liberty—new life, divine liberty. It carries the soul eutirel) out of the old creation and its belongings, and introduces it into the new crestion and all its privileges, joys, and glo- The death of Christ delivers but not liberty; who hsve "conic forth," but are uot yet “loused and let go." There are many such There are many in the eondiiiou of the prodigal when he aruee from the far country, but had not yet reached the father's arm*. 1 ewruestly long for their full rmauripaUou. 1 would s flee tamale I y re amid them that the whole work is done, the sacrifice com looted, the ransom pant They have uot to read another syllable ia order to get settled peace. Christ has made peace. God is well pleased. The Holy Ghost bears witness. Tbe word of God is made plain. Where, then, is the foundation for a doubt f The rentier may exclaim, “Alas, it is myself!" Yes; but, my dear friend, you have nothing to do in a matter which has already been done for you. The nghteousnesn of God is “to him that worketh uot." If you had to do aught ia order to do righteousuras. tbeu Kota. iv. 5 would uot be true. Remember—oh, remember and de light in that most glorious “as4T It will not suffer the weight of a feather of human doings, human feelings, or human any thing, to be thrown into the stwlea. iu order to make Christ's sacrifice available for fo«. Christ has done s/i for yoar preseat, |ier tonal, ami perfect salvation. May the land, the Spirit, emaarj pate precious souls fiorn the grave- clothes iu which they are eulasgir«l. May uiauy hear ami understand those thrilling acornU, “Loumi: him. a*D LKT HIM (Ml.*— If'dees*. tuff*** T 18 PUBLISH KD j 7FRY FfUlh It is Christ the Lord who speaks to us, and says, as he said to his dis ciple* so long ago, “I am with you alway * Doubtless it was not spokeu for them alone, but for our sake* also. As he spoke his disciples were standing arouud him, and it might have seemed strange to them, and bard to believe it, when he was re ceived up out of their sight; but do you think they doubted f I fancy they must have known Jesus too well by that time to distrust or doubt him again; indeed we know they did uot, for the first thing they did, when they no longer saw him with their outward eyes, was to worship hitn ; “and they worshiped him, and re turned to Jerusalem with great joy * “Great joy V (JonId it be so when they bad just seen thetr Lord find Master taken right away from them. Nevermore would they see him on earth, till he should come with cloud* and great glory, to fetch his whole church home; aud yet they were full of “great joy.* Ah, it was that they knew even then what it ineaut “to walk by faith ~ and “to live by faith * Hi* word was euough; they trusted it, and acted on it. Each one could have confidently affirmed that he had actually seen Jesus depart; even the augels had come and told them so; and though he would return again, what could make op to them for all the time he was away f Just this: “I am with you alway* They saw him leave them, aud w lieu he was quite out of sight they began to talk to him just as they had done w hen he stood be side them but a few minutes before. Then, full of great joy in the realixa tion of this simple yet misteriou* union, they returned to Jerusalem— to obey hint, live with him, as much as before; even more, for the Holy Ghost should also come and abide with them, not as it has been so beautifully put, “to aujtply his place when absent, but to make him pres ent, in a nearer and more Messed way* So, you see, Jesus never left them, and that was why they were in “great joy." Jesus never leaves any Christian; uot one. Then how is it that every' Christian is not likewise foil of joy f Because they do not believe, or only partially believe, what the Lord has written. They begin to look for external evidence. “If Jesus were with me, I could not be aa I am. I could not be doubting, dark, giving way to temptation, ashamed of acknowledging and serv ing my Saviour. I should be foil of love, joy, peace, good works; ail this is far from me. How dare 1 say he is with me. when my life and talk deny it f* Yea, it may be so, and yet all you say. or feed, or tliiak, can never alter this ooe fact: Jesus is sprinkled (treiHqr you. wmu I wall* the land of Mgypl."—Etodns ill: Uk The children of larnrl are in the land of bondage. God la about to bring them out with a mighty hand. Already be ha* visited the Egyptian* with grievous plagues. HtiU, the) are unwilling to 1st the peofde go. They still rebel ajpunst the Lord of boats, aud grind tb* fores of bis peo pie with cruel bondage. Bat the Lord will do a terrible thing la Egypt, and work out a mighty deiiv the altar m the temple, was typical of the blood shed au the croee of Cavalry, and carried by our great High rrieet into the holy of holies of ^^Widowsof Mi acribers wln> fail to nj fflimtion of their null iiU be charged per A , liU ,u's un< entered (i n hook, without the rtf uniuu A.00 m tlie «*ul> *t payment nkwspai'ks decisioi rprcHOU wlio takes aj the post office— 1 Mpr itff- whether ifi- , or whether responsible sajeth the Ix*d: About midnight will 1 gu out into the midst of Egypt, and all the first barn to tbe land of Egypt ah all dir, from the first born of Pharub that aittoth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maid servant that ia behind the mill, and all the first berti besets. And there shall br a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, sorb ns there was none like U nor shall be like it any mote. But against any of tbe children of Israel shall not a dog move hia tongue against man or beast; that ye nun know bow that the Lord doth pul a difference he tweeu the Egyptians and Israel.” Israel was God's choeeu people, Uf hi* free or sovereign grace, be hia name or another 1 ? nharrilxHl or not—is ved God's orders hia pi pel discon- pay *B anfaasswea. or ay coutiuuc to send it i made, and collect the whether paper ia Bee or not. t j have decided tint refu- Mspers ami ]>driodu-nl* tfac. or remoViiiK ami If, as we couatautli bear, “iinfer is beeveiu's first law,* why is it uot more generally observed by those wbo bopr to become heaven's inhabt tautsf U the desultory, louse man u«*r by which most men work, s gust prr|Mtr*tiou for a reside nor in a place where the very perfection of order is the first, most important Ian of government t < Infer, as opposed to cou I usual. System, as iqqverd to chacMk Are ee cultivating every Christian grace when we oegfert this f We orgnmar and systematise, with constant iw prove men la alsnst to parfcrlnm, every movement or srbeme tending to ouebd advance- ment or personal benefit. Even our charities, when they come 1 Wore the world, afqwur generally ia regplariy organised benevofeat societies This ia as Usheri Id be i far tied baa shown uf God, the Why, then, trying to do “And not many days after the y ounger sou gathered all together, and took his journey into a farooun try, and there wasted his substance with riotous living * “That's thee, Jem !* ejaculated one of bis comrades. “It's just like what y ou told me of y ourself and yvnr society. Bet what I wish Isaak in— la there not a reason for the falters of so many Christian lives, ia tbe t is with tbe unconverted, generatej the uufiWj&keticd. e “dead”—moral jy,!l spirit end.* j Their feet; age first i the fetters of dtufcb; bnt w it not. Their bands are by tbe-baadcuftWoT death; feel it not. Their eyes are der be creates iu bis sflatrs, if beaeg lects to do suck duty in Its prefer time. He finds that neglect or poet ponement of a fitHr for a “more eon venieut season* censes ell kisd sties te come at ineon veutaut times j be find* that his work sreutnaIsles, until be arnrerly knows where to begin hi tbe malt itnde of dattoa before him. Does not the Cbristisn too often find him self ia a position something like this f He |Hits off certain duties wkirh, however, be folly intern!* to do tome fed by tbe dirk napkiif of death; hey pereeivejt not. | They are • Tie robes </rdeath are around —t le grave-clothes are upon j a d suit their condition, t then, in some way! or other, pergous for whom I write this p In W been acted upon by the tty' laickeniug voice of the Son wl- -“the Resurrection and the ’ . A verse of Scripture, a ser- a Jeetare. a tract, a hymn, a passing event, has Kerry srvruth day, if not oftaner. the greater number of sell meaning peraous iu England thank full \ re reive from their teachers a breed* tfou, couched in there term*: “The Greer of our Lord Christ, and the Lere of God, nod the Fellowship uf the Holy Ghost be with you." Now, I do not know preciaely what arose 1* attached ia the English public mind to there expressions. But what I have to tell you positively is, that the three thing* do actually ex fat, and ran be known If you care to A testimorq* to Luther, worth reading, is qriveq by Archdeacon Hare in there \oN*: w If we would do justice to ihiy of the master-mind* in history, we most compare them with their ]»mIeceasoTS; for on© of the surest marks of a great heaven sent teacher is, that tbe tnrfhs which he is commissioned to teach become in course of time sgore aud more a part of the intellectual patrimony of mankind. Bnt when we come upon the truths iti Luther, after wander ing through the dusky twilight of the preceding centuries, it seem* almost like the sunbnrst of a new revelation, or rather nR if the snn which set when St. Paul was taken away, had suddenly started tip again. Verily, too, it does one good, when one lias been walking about among tboee who have only dim guesses as to where they are or whither they are going, and who bait ; and look neglect, and next, perhaps, entire forgetfulness ; or, if arooaed. It I* to sorrow for lost opportunities, and to fiud he has lost ground la his rues for tbe immortal crown. How mnch more diligently would our conaciencea watch every Word ami action, if educated by a constant, met In* Ural |>crforiunnre if rhristiuti duties; how much more earnest would we be in pleading the Saviour** cause, if our hearts were cuuaUtiUy and regularly warmed with “hot coals from off the altar" of prayer. How qnickly would doubts fly bark to tb* evil source whence they came, If, *ya- teumtically and perseverioglj, we studied the word of God, and wioie that word upon the “tablets of our hearts,* so that when Satan entered be wonld read there only “the power and wisdom of Godand find no darkness of ignorance or doubt ia which to hide, bnt rather tbe “Light of life,* to meet which Is death to him. O that God, oar loving, omniscient Father, conkl nee in every Christian life an appointed time frequently and regularly set (quirt for bis worship, aud that season more zealously guar ded than say earthly privilege,— Preabfteria*. *V j some fl l© them a life-giving voice. * founded npou their ears, it upon their hearts, it has rated to the depths of their be- *%y are aroused, they know ow - They awake, they . know by. “The wind bloweth where fetli; aud thou hemeththe sound ^ but ,qau uot tell whence it -h, and whither it goeth: so is sop that is boru of tfhe Spirit." hi; 8.) The life is there iu all ditj*. The new birth jhas taken the new uatnre -has been ttzicated. Those who tare stand- ■ho know what life is, see movements, the straggles, the ri ^ 8 » and workings of life; but 1 are the Mood, 1 will pure ore* you, and the plague shall not be npon you to doatroy you when 1 smite the land of Egypt." For every house, a lamb waa slain. The blood was sprinkled. The de straying angel pause it through the land. All Egypt's first bore wore ear* to possess them. Firstly, by simply obeying the orders at the founder of your religion, nil grace, grarfousoeas, or beauty aud favor of gentle life, will he given to yon in mind and body, in work and rent The Grace of Christ exists, and can he had If you will. -Secondly, a* yon know more and more of the created world, yon will find that the true will of it* Maker la that iU creature* should be happy—that he has made everything beautiful in its time, and its place, and that Ala chiefly by the fault of men, when they are allowed the liberty of thwarting hia lava, that creation groan* or travails in pain. The lore of God exists, aud you may see it, and live in it if yon will. Lastly, a Spirit does actually exist, which teaches the ant her path, the bird her bnflding, and men, io aa instinctive and marvelous way, what ever tartly art* aud noble deariB are poaaiM* to them. Without tt you can do no good thing. To tb* grief of H you can do many bad one*. Ia nea. the believer from the old Adam con dition iu which be was far*, and his resurrection introduce* him into tbe new Adam condition in which he was far* again. Now, all this is by the word of God—the voice of Christ—the opera tion of the Holy Ghost. There is no human effort, in the matter. The dead Ixsly of Lazarus was acted npon by tbe voice of Christ; and the soul “dead in trespasses and sins" i* acted upon by the voice of Christ. Tbe one is as independent of mau os the other. Tbe quickening power for both soul and body is in “tbe voice of tbe Son of God." (See John v : 2o, comp, with verses 28, 29.) This takes all the glory out of man's hand, and places it wbere it ought to be, even in the.lmud <if the Sou of God. He must bear nil tbe glory, forever blessed be hi* name! Oh, how ardently I long that those precious souls for whom I write may fully enter iuto what I have written! I write for quickened souls wbo are not yet emancipated—who have life, Jehovah, who saw the sprinkled blood, tb*y were safe. The I xml passed over them, and the destroyer came not near them. That night, they turned their hacks npou Egypt. Tbe Lord delivered them; and they* went out from the boose of boodage to return no more. Waa the sprinkled blood a token aierelj of Israel’s temporal deliver ere, 1 believe there; are many is condition—many quickened, 1 k° ru —wbq know not the priv- ^bioli attach to theifi 'birth, or onree wM the object Of the life * been communicated to * fo a word, they need that the 1 w hjjCh has already said, “Laza forth," should also say, ^hitu, and let hitu go.* They faea quickened; they’ need to be back, and turn aside at evei$ other step, to see a man (like Luther) tak ing his stand on the eternal Bock, and gazing steadfastly with unsealed eye* on the very ‘Sun of Righteous ness." Israel waa a type of God’s people of every age, gathered out of every* us tfou, kindred and tongue, ao Israel’s deliverance from th* boodage of Egypt was typical of the deliverance of all God’s iMxqde fnxn the bondage of the world and tbe thraldom of sin. Tbs lamb slain was typical at th* Lamb How to Live.—Y ou have only a day too tq>end ©u earth ; act in socli a way that you may spend it iu peace. Iteace is the fruit of love; for to live in peace it is necessary to put up with many tbiugs, 4 < Uveimuoe. Communications were made to his parents, which resulted in a long lost and dearly loved child returning to the familiar earthly* home; and, still bettor, in hi* return to hi* Hearenly Father. CipaUu'. ® au example from the al. The prodigal was efore be was emancipa* Prove your conversion and then you need not*doubt your election.