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ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTI8M”—EPHE8IAN8 IV: 5. COLUMBIA. S. C„ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1871 OLD SERIES, VOL. V-NO. 165 tbe spiritual nature of man is to be pun tied before be cau enter heaven. For the Word ot God declares that heaven is a place of such immacu late purity, that nothing that in any wise defileth, or rnaketh unclean, cau possibly enter therein. Aud as the spiritual nature of man is natu rally impure, by reason of his being conceived and bora iu sin, it follows, as a thing of course, that, by some process, his uature must be purified of siu before he cau enter heaven. Rev. viii: ft—‘‘After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which uo man could number, of all nations, aud kindred, aud people, aud tougues, stood before the throue, aud before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms iu their bauds.'' viii: Id, 14, 15—“And oue of the elders an swered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes T and whence come they f Aud 1 said uuto him, Sir, thou kuowest. Aud he said to me, These are they tchich came oat of great trlba lotion, aud have washed their robes, aud made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, aud serve him day aud night iu his temple." How anxious, therefore, should those be, who, professing to be the sons and daughters of God, Aud themselves scarcely ever, and tbeu but little, exercised with affliction, lest that being wanted to them, which, as we have seeu, is so iudisjieosahly neces sary to all that are saved, they awake at last, but wheu too late, to the consciousness of t he terrible fact that tkeg are mot prepared for heav en. We readily acknowledge that it may not be necessary for all to suffer affliction to the same degree of iu tensity, or to the same extent. Rut tckg it is that one escapes com para tively m easy, and another is obliged to suffer so long, and so iutensely, belongs to the secret counsels of God, and, therefore, is uot for us to know. Still, of this we may be assured, (for the voice of iuspirution hath spoken it,) "affliction coiueth not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spriug out of the ground.*’ “Not from releutle«M fate’* dark wotuls Or from the dust our troubles come. No fickle chance presides o’er grief. To cause the pain, or send relief. “Look up and see, ye sorrowing saints! The causa and cure of rour complaints; Know, 'tisyour kenrenly Father a trill: Rid every murmur then be still.** Yes, thanks unto God, affliction springeth not from the dust, and is not under* the control and direction of blind chance, or dark fate, hut is uuder the direct coutrol of our Fatbcf in heaven. The darling at tribute of Gdd is mercy ; aud since he takes uo delight iu seeing his people suffer, it must be that he afflicts them only because he knows that affliction is indispensably ueces- sary to their welfare. “He sees we meet! the painful yoke, Yet love directs his heaviest stroke. He takes uo pleasure in our smart. Rut wounds to heal and cheer the heart. “Blest trials those that cleanse from sin. And make the soul all pure within, Wean the fond mind from earthly toys. To seek and taste celestial joys." Aud however severe and loug con tinued the sufferings of the child of God may prove, they are not greater than is necessary for the-accomplish ing of the purpose for. which fhey are sent npou him. Regarding* the difference in the amount of afflictiou experienced by the children of God, it is, quite probably, in the kingdom of grace as it is in that of nature. There are ^many kinds of wood of which utensils are mude; but whilst some are so smooth and straight grained* that they are easily wrought as desired, others are so crooked grained, tough and knotty that they require an infinite amount of cuttiug, planing and smoothiug ere they can be manufactured into serviceable vessels. So, figuratively-, is it the case in the kingdom of grace : some natures are naturally so much more perverse and spiritually crooked and knotty than others, that they require a much greater amount of affliction to make them “vessels of mercy, afore prepared unto glory.* Moranef, tin* child ■ > »)od hil the comforting Saviour that he is not required to Christ Nor will your afflicts mi ever be permitted to be greater than you will be able to bear. The sustaining grace of God will ever be sufficient for thee. Wheu l*aul thrice be sought the Lord that the thorn iu hit flesh wight bt suffered to depart from him, whilst his petitiou was dented him, it was still answered him, “My grace is sufficieut for thee." And these comforting and cheering words.that were so gra cioualy vouch safed to l’aul, weft equally intruded with him fur the encouragement of every afflicted child of God. "When through Her) trials thy pathway shall lie, My grace, all aaftcint, ahull he thy supply. The (tame* shall not hurt tW.li only tlraijni ' „ * Thy dross to ronauiur aud thy irutd la ratine." The effect of afflictiou respecting the Christian’s condition, is to make it a sad aud sorrowful one; yet, in this very res|MM*t, there is a gain unto him, for, as the wise mao says, borrow la better than laughter: for by the aadueas of the eounteuaucr the hmit is mode better* In betug rendered sad and sorrowful through abounding afflictiou, the chriatiau is only being made iu this re*|«-cC like uuto his Lord aud Saviour, his great exemplar, lie was peculiarly a man of sorrows, ami acquainted with grief; ami if the child of God would be transplanted into his likeness above, be must first bear bis image here below. The thought that the time allotted to him in which to endure afflictiou is ahort y ought to administer greatly^ to writ*, “My brethren, count it all joy when y® fall into divers tempta tions." O afflicted child of God, it is also your privilege lo glory, with BC i'aal, in your tribulations; and with Bt. James, to count it aU joy when you fall into diver* tempt at ions, knotting Uiut it is their express design to work for you “a far more exceeding and eternal weight uf glory .* WKBHTKR. the dead king were ootuqiicuou*, and in solemn grandeur rose a stately mausoleum over the bier. Massillon, the great master of eloquence, as cended the pulpit. He surveyed the gorgeous but melancholy spectacle, aud was impressed with a Meuse of the omnipotence of God aud the vauity of worldly glory. Raising bis hands to heaven, he pronounced iu an awe inspiring voice these words: “ Jfer freresy Diem seal emt grand !* “My brethren, God alone is great P Every one felt the force of the soletuu declaration, aud, with one impulse, the whole audience rose, and turning towards the altar, rev erently bowed. is PUBLISHED RY FRIDAY Branch last summer. He took us, we presume, for a minister, a thing that never happened to ns before, and began his criticisms on the mo- oototoos sermon we had both listened to on Sunday. We at once sospec ted his charlatanry’, and determined to teat him by the oue erode expert meutum, which we have never known to fail “Sir, will you read Hamlet's Soliloquy for ns f “With pleasure, sir* And he read ft, as Butler would The daughter of an English noble man was brought to a knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus. Her father was distracted at the event, aud by threat*, temptations to extravagance in dress, by reading works of fiction, and by traveling is foreign countries) yea by every means in his power, he tried to divert her mind from things unseen find eter- ual. But her heart was fixed. She re solved that, by divine help, nothing should displace her Saviour from the center of her affections. At last her father resolved upon one fiual aud desperate expedient. A large company of the nobility were invited to his house. The drawing, room was crowded. It was arranged that all the daughters of the nobility present, should entertain die com pa uy with a worldly song accompanied by the piano, and her father deter mined that if his daughter refused, she should, as far as property’ was concerned, be rained. Bhe felt that if she complied, she would grieve away the Holy Spirit, and be again entangled in the world. If she re fused, she would lose caste and be disgraced in society. Dreadful was the moment! With peaceful confidence she awaited the arrival of her tarn to oe copy the piano and to sing. At last her name was called; for a moment all were in silent suspense to aee bow she would act. Without hesitation she arose, and with a calm dignified step, went to the instrument. She spent a moment in silent prayer, aud then with a sweetness aud solemnity almost au peruatural, she sang, accompanying her voice with notes on the instru ment, the following hymn: ih, Strictly in Advance, t auiimii I : motitlis.............. , Widows of Minister*, >gi«*l Students rs who fail to remit at Ion of their wiWrip- TieletA ill be charged per annum 3.00 qitniea are entered on the sub- without the first payment 9,18h.{ ***enger Train. y 80 p a, 20am ....... 3 40pm K/ht and Aeeommoda- eoeepted). 80pm U '" 45 am r *2 10 p n, * * t 00 a in riM*AP£K DECISIONS. wn who takes a paper reir- the post office—whether ui- naine or another’*, or whether uibed or not—la responsible teat. [ sou orders his paper discon- Biust psy alt arrearages, or »r may continue to send it >nt is made, aud collect the iy, in “loftiness of Mowed, and Babylonish dialect." He evidently knew am little of the meaning of that soliloquy a* a Patagonian does of Newton's Principle, consequently, his reading was cm# pnrierem nihil, and we parted In alienee. By the way, we know pf no better i Detraction for us than we find In llamets Soliloquy on this very point, and it is ooe of the beet lee tares on oratorical delivery ever written. Meanwhile, let students and young ministers aim at the high eat excelleocy in t|leaking. Bat let no aspirant of the pulpit do this for the sake of being eloqoeut, or se ennng a reputation for oratory, bat for the power for good there is in true eloquence. Above all seek wia dom, which is from above, so that there may be in the utterances of the (rath, the power of the Holy Ghost. There is in this gift an inspiration which no art can furnish, which I raoia and Melpomene never felt; it is the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. This is the nerve, the power, the son! of the true chnatian orator. And it is a power human, and kindly, and sanctified. The minister, with the love of Jeans in his heart, goes with the measage of salvation to the last, and with Ups touched with lire from heaven, speaks in the demon stration of the spirit and ot power ; a power, great in ita very rest, which, like E ijah’s prayer, cleaves the skies, and draws down fire from above. Hi whose bum are stirr’d The .V. K. Observer, in a recent edi torial, calls the attention uf the church to this subject. The opening sentence is the key note to all that follows: “In every theological semi nary there should be one professor at least, who knows how to preach, and can show the students how." The writer assumes, what few, if any, will dray, that in moat of oar seminaries. the art of elocntioo is either wholly overlooked, or is not taught as it should be. True, there is n department of sacred rhetoric, the depths of the spirit A ftenon* Subject. Never laugh at religion. Never make a jest of sacred things. Never mock those who are serums and in earnest about their souls. The time may come wheu you will count those happy whom you laughed at—a time wheu your laughter will be turned into sorrow , and your mock ery iuto heaviness. Whatever you please to laugh at, don’t laugh at religiou. Contempt of holy tliiugs is the high road to iuftdclity. Once let a man begin to make a jest and joke of any part of Christianity, aud 1 am never surprised to hear that he has turned out a down-right believer. Have you really made np your mind to this f . Have you fairly looked mto the gulf which is before you, if you persist in despising re ligion f Call to mind the words of Davhl: “The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God." The fool, and none but the fool! He has said it, but he has never proved it 1 Remember, if ever there was a book which has been proved true from beginning to end, by every kind of evidence, that book is the Bible, it has defied the attacks of all ene mies and fault-finders. “The word of the Lord is iudeed tried." It has been tried in every way, and the more evidently has it been shown to, be the very handiwork of God himself. Matthew Henry tells a story of a great statesman in Queen Elizabeth's time, who retired from public life io his latter days and gave himself up to serious thought. His former gay companions came to visit him, and told him be was becoming melan choly. “No," he replied, “I am seri ous ; for all are serious round about me. God is serious in observing us, Christ is serious in interceding for us, the Spirit is serious in striving with us, the truths of God are seri ous, our spiritual enemies are serious in their eudeavors to ruin ns, and why then should not you and I be serious too!" Dont laugh at re- ligioo. Vilumbia as font Say* and Saturdi IB, Vice-Preside, .Ticket Agt A. R. RUDE, D.D.. < olumbio, 8. C. ^RAILROAD. [Blue Ridge Railroad flays excepted: L; t 2$ P m r r*............| 30am r f 15 a m Religious F^r the Lutheran Visitor. the Design of Affliction. 3 * \ ff L mrnoammm L u Sweet are the uses of adversity," has been Raid, or sung. Ad vend or affliction, properly endured, salts most gloriously, for it is the rpose,tiiJ or design of affliction work out for the child of God nalffory and happiness, as testi 0 the apostle, 2 Cor, xvti: 18— 'or our light affliction, which is it lor s moment, worketh for us a •• wore exceeding aud eternal aght of glory; while we look not the things which are seen, but at e> things which are sot seeu : for b things which are seeu are tern- ral; hot the things which are uot W are etetn.iL" Affliction is God's icible, in which he separates the of sin from the* souls of his bpi e. Sin is of such a nature, and pares so closely to tb-- soul, that si process less severe than by jt of afflictipu can it |>e separated kn the soul. It is foil’s chosen T { | tkod by which he pur; es aud puri- j the souls of his peop o from sin ; !i. therefore, it is the best possible NOTICE ing art. The stodeut is thoroughly induct misled in biblical theology, and denominational polemics and church polity ; be is drilled, it may hr, in all the prerequisite* of oratory —furnished with something to say, but is not taught hose to say it. He is told, perhaps, that next to hav ing something to say, he most be thoroughly possessed of his subject, and feel it throbbing in his eonl. He most be frenzied Lear, maddened by the ingratitude of his daughters; or like the thoughtful Hamlet, shaken iu spirit by his mother's crime aud troahled by his father's ghost. You, the professor tells the student*, quo ting from Horace’s An* 1‘oeitca, hi vis nte Here, doleodum rst primmm tpst <ih if you wish me to weep, yon must weep first yourself. This is nil very well, aa far as it goes, but why not quote the other port of that fa moufl verse from Horace f Mole si DRY GOODS! umnUng to $20 and i* any Tart of tntry ess Charges. STEEL ft S0N8, ORE, MD.,' to meet the want* says, “For our light afflict iou,”— light, truly, io comparison with the magnitude of the result it works, even “a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory"—“which is but for a momentIn comparison with the eternity of the glory that the afflictiou of the child of God works for him, well may the apostle say of it, that it i* “but for a mo ment." For, what are three soon* years—the allotted time of life to the longest period of For worldly hope or worldly fear. If life so soon is gone! If now the Judge is at the door, And all mankind mast stand before The inexorable throne. No matter which my thoughts employ. A moment V misery or joy; Bat, oh, when both shall end. Where shall I find my destined place f Shall I my everlasting days, With fiends, or angels, spend ? Nothing is worth a thought beneath, Bat how I may escape the death That never, never dies? * How make mine own election sure. And when I fall an earth, secure A mansion in the aides ? Jesus, vouchsafe a pitying ray. Be thou my guide, be thou my stay, To glorious happiness; Oh write thy pardon on my heart. And whensoe'er I hence depart. Let me depart in peace! The minstrel ceased. Tke sotem nity of eternity overshadowed the assembly. They dispersed in silence, the father wept aloud. He sought the instructions and prayers of His dear child. His soul was saved, and his estates were consecrated to Christ.—American Messenger. cation, promptly send Samples of the New- ihionable Goo Is. of nd Domestic Mann er at all times to sell prices, than auy house from the largest and lauufacturers in the Inrope, and importing r»direct to Baltimore, times promptly sup- Few pulpu orator* ever itusstweed ao marvelous a power over their auditor* as Massillon. man—or even existence reached by mau, to eterni Ij 1 The Bible ever views human existence :*s being very brief in dura tion. It represeuta ft under such images as these: the dew, the morn ing vapor, that ap|»eareth tor a mo ment on the mountain’s top, but quickly diaapiMNU* before the rising sun; the grass, which groweth up in the morning, hut in the evening in cut down and witbereth; the flower, which today in, but to mor row is not. But the thought that ought to afford the christlau the most en It is related of him that he ooce preached a sermon on the small number of the elect in the grand old church at Bt. Ku star he, when the audience be cause so excited that they rose in a body, and stood as though transfixed with terror, expecting the tramp of the arhsngel to sound. Massillon sometimes preached be fore the spleudid oouit of France, when bwln the Great wan at the On such an n Malacbi, iii j 1-3, if is written : *old, I will -ienti ui^r messenger, I ke shall prepare tha way before : and the Lord, whom ye seek, II suddenly come to his temple, |h the messenger of the covenant Mi ye .delight iu j £ . behold, he II come, saith the Lord of hosts, t rho may abide th(e day of his fi ig t and whq shall stand when |ippeareth! for ^ie is tike a p fire, and like fullers’ soap. P he shall sit as i refiner and Uer of silver: and he shall puri- hfe sons of Leyi, an J purge them g)ld and silver, ^ ^ they may zenith of his occasion, the subject of the disoourne being “The foming of Christ," the king went to him at the dose of the nermofi ami naid: “I bare listened to many orator*, and have been satisfied with them; you are the firm orator that has made me dis satisfied with myself." Massillon pronounced the fuueral orations of the Frince of Conti, the Dauphin, and the king. A writer thus describee the effect of a single sentence spoken by the great orator at the funeral of the king: The reign ot Louis XIV. was oue of the moat magnificent of the old nyime of France. He aat upon the throne seventy two years. The na tion made rapid strides in power and military glory ! Think of This!! cess!!! 30,000 [istory of the Fran co nst 60 days. It now rv of the Red Rebel- >K nearly 800 trations, and wulsell a heretofore. Price. fte work*, written m rish and French, are Let us not lots* sight of it. Every step that we take towards the real doing of our work is not for ous- selves, but it is tor God. Every chapter of the Scripture read, every hymu sung, every lesson studied, is for God's glory. When we ofter Him our prayers, every word w$ ask Him is that He may be honored in fulfill ing our requests. is it not serious business thus to be working for God f Yes; and it is delightful business. If God's glory* is the mainspring of oar thoughts aud our work, our labor is easy. Duties may crown upon ns, bat God helps us to perform them. Discour agements may be in the way, bnt we know He can remove them. The delight of “pressing on toward the mark" is more than the hardship of the w ork. Lift np your head, teacher! Your salvation draweth nigh. Be of good cheer, weary scholar! See the glory of God in that lesson which seems so difficult, and it becomes easy and foil of pleasure. God's glory is a wonderful thing. It cheers us when we come together. It comes into ing natural. But they* should re member that art is a hand maid to nature, and oratory second to rbeto ric, and hence there can hardly be too much practice upon the rales of oratory. The true end of art is to perfect nature, as Shakespeare has it— “This is an sri Which dor* mend nature—ehanjrr it fath er; but The art itself is nature." Bo that the difference tie tween the ora tor of art and the orator of nature, is like thst between the rose that is reared under the culture of the hor ticulturist aud the wild rose of the mountains. The rose of the gardeu is quite as uatural as that of the woods and far more beautifol. Out object now, however, is not to discuss the subject, but simply to call the atention of the students and our seminaries to it. It is a fact, as the Observer says, “that what the pulpit wants is preaching, and what the seminaries do not teach, is the art of speaking. • * • • The pul pit is not half as efficient for good, as it would be if ministers were all prophets, with gifts of eloquence as well as grace." What we need is not an itinerant elocutionist, to give a few lessons on the use of the hand and the moduli* tkm of the voice. You might as well attempt to teach a child filial rever ence, by teaching him the most gen teel way of taking off his hat, as to teach the troe art of speaking in a few lessons on gesticulation, and some crude exercises of the voice, in what Bronson styles the at rotundnm, and the guttural, and aftia»u jwrtpru Immense stand ing armies over awed not only the people of France, bnt the whole of continental Europe. Learning and literature flourished, for the king was the ]>atron of men of talent, and was ambitions to embellish his reign with works of genius. Art was en couraged. Palaces rose rivaling in gnuideur the auperb structures of the Orient. More thau two hundred million of dollars were expended on the siugle palace of Versailles. The saloons of the Tuileriea, Versailles, Louvre and Marly, glittering with obsequious courtiers and spectacular embellishment, were the scene of uuparalleled pomp and luxury. The power of the monarch was absolute: he lived in the senith of the “golden age of kiugs." True justice was unknown; the rights of the poor were utterly ig nored, and meu were exiled aud slaughtered for their religious opin ions; but historians speak of this period of Freuch history as one of worldly splendor, aud Louis XIV. obtained the title of the Great. Louis the Great died an unhappy death. The funeral services of the departed monarch were most im posing. The chapel was draped io black, and in the dim light sat the most illustrious persons of the king dom. Trophies of the greatness of ix fottndby IN - 1837- Sapper *8, ffchools, &c.,i»ade ETAD-Coppe r S l B0V?DX0T4*Z eet, Cincinnati, v- 23—iy |*een written, it is |hat the design of j? less than to pre- f God. for eternal >ry ; itr icorkcth for *e exceeding and glory * Aud not isolute necessity of enduring affliction *>-by the Apostle j» chapter of his pmaus t, “My son, ithc cbfafcuiui? of in Prices. asrapuS life DREENFlfXl) STEVENS, isstiruuci endure his has promised to be with him in his troubles, and to own them to his good. Hear the gracious words, O afflicted child of God, aud be com forted by them. “When though the deep water* 1 call thee to go, The rivers of eorrow shall uot thee o’er- flow: For J will be tcith thee, thy troubles to bless, And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress." IRE. Md rooms* No. “A person converted in yonth,” says John Angell James, “is like the son rising on a summer’s morn, ing to shine through the loug, bright day. Bnt a jiereon converted late un life is like the eveniug star, a ovely object of Christian contempla tion, but not appearing till tke day is closing, and the* but for a little while." My Cbosb.—I will take up my cross. I will love my esses, 1 will bear my cross, I will embrace ay orosa, yet I will not adore my cross. All knees should bow in revereucc to my Saviour’s name, never in idei-