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ONE LORD. ONE FAITH, ONE B APTI81T—EPHE8IA N8 IV: 5. OOLUJfBIA. 8. C„ FRIDAY. JANUARY 5. 1871 OLD SERIES, VOL. V.-NO. 173 believe, were known end practiced by Noah, have been discovered among ell hie posterity. And, doubt less, an imperfect ^traditionary ac count of tbe entrance of sin into our world had much influence in forming the various systems of philosophy which flourished m all Eastern ooun tries before the Christian era, and which bad for their principal object au explanation of tbe origin of evil, and the prescription of a remedy. Those systems are by some writers spoken of as being numerous, and no doubt that, from time to time, there were as many schools as there 18 PUBLISHED i; [VEBY FBJPAY i w II which the ancient philosophers of the East expressed, literally, their kMvmg which we have not abused. We are responsible, not only for our own acts and their effects upon ourarlves, hut also for the influence they have upon others. Whenever our lawful uee of any good creature of God emboldens ia the use of it a brother whose weakness it ia to be unable to use without abuse, we are to refoae, not because it is evil to us, not because in itself it is evil to him, but because, ia reality, be is evil towards it, and because he needs our example to influence him in denying himself. * When we thus dig down to get at the reasons which the Eastern phi loeophy had, nod which the Scrip In the lecture room of Dr. Ann D. Smith's church,>rid that, owing to tbe financial disasters of that memorable year, be had not achieved the fieeanteiy success be had hoped for; but was about to sail that day, carrying homeward a gain far better than^ skiver or gold— a converted son. * * ly figurative language which wen stiU more ancient, and sound in^Uoe trine, ton, found it mneawry to oca in man’s omental constitution. And iUustrggmp of this point is the fen goago m the groat spoils of the Gentiles, which he, at a much later •parted. Regarding being inherently and •eat of sin, sad the • Ibe soul, they could apooaat of Us eras petuate and proclaim to ffirmidlng generations the glad tldfegR of his salvation. He commanded them that they should keep the feast of the supper in rvmemfii auue of Iterate thus •how forth ^ his'death until ha cams; and more than this, he gives iprniil paomiaas to those who esafcas him. of Minister*. her pastor, ia a letter to him narra ting what God had wrought by that sermon, kindly exhorted hhn “never again to be reluctant to relinquish a eh wished {plan for. touring whan God called him to preach.* And is not such au exhortation needed by many a minister)! who shrinks^from em bracing precious opportunities to bold forth the Word of Life f Bribers who fail to remit at rrfrahon of thrir snbacrip- riil be charged per annum 8.00 r name* are eater«-d on the sub- book. without the first payment ***"9*r JVuim. though painful chapter in the his* jubwspavkk nsciaiqxs. it person who taken a paper rrw- fty»iu the poet oftic*—whether di- JO his name or another's, or whether subscribed or not—ia rrapotuibte payment. » person ortlera his paper discon- he must pay all arimurage*, or bhsher may coutinus to send it jmnent is made, and collect the amount, whether the paper ia tom the office or not. * courts have decided that refu tes newspapers and periodicals ologians bars vary system, differing in the detail. But ia all, extending through maay eeu- vurias and over many coon tries, there was a radical uuity which mads all, in reality, but ooe system. Its radi cal and pernicious errm was the assumption that spirit il necessarily pure, and matter necessarily malig- uant; that sin properly originates in and proceeds from the bodies, not from tbe souls of men; that it Is always the body which demands, aud the soul which objects to the pleasures of sin; that the enioo of aouia, necessarily pure, to bodies of reiguiag aad indwelling ala. Over and they are esrvgeunste (Her believere green reigwa, oad in the begioniug of its reign ended the reign of sin. Bat there is a differ cnoe between sin reigning over and ein dwelling ia a man. Every ia mate of a boose is not its lord; and for special reasons, very aaworthy ooee may sometimes be tolerated for • time. la his Justification, the rwtgn of sin over the believer is not only coded, but Us power to secure his eoodemnalioo is completely broken ; while in hie regeorration its power to impel him ia evil ways ig gruailj weakened, but not entirely deuttoy ed. This' will be done in bis aaacu A cation ; which is but a developing, or carry tag on to perfection, of the spiritual life begun in regeneration. Bat until this b reached, be wiQ bo The “bodily extreme" wl scribed “prattled little, 9 And this profoesiou of his name does not differ in this respect from his other injunctions. Union with God's people is for our good. It promote our spiritual comfort. It b to give ns companions and].helper- by the way. 3. The third reason ia the inJUteact which voor example will have on Others, and the/sy which it will give to those who love the Lord. Not only the minister's heart is eterml. but the hands of the membership sre strengthened. And how many may be led to imitate your example you can not tell. We all have an influence, aud ail the influence we can exert thrrsW he for the right. “Too j**mf, r did you ssjf Not if you are old enough to rend aud understand my words. None are too young to come savingly to Jesus who sre old enough to hear and under stand his can. M 5rf fcoriky t* ; Nor are auy others. Worthiness is not the ground. Feeling uuwocthiness is , pest office. or rewovinK aud bem uncoiled tor, i* prima /ww of intentional fraud t— Five cents per quarter. ittance* ami omuinunication* bo RUDE, D.D., Columbia, 8. C. tiered that every creature of God b their misfortune; aud that the guilt which they contract, arises aoeukot ally from their unhappy connection with malignant material bodies. The origin of this philosophy b ss remote that we know not where, when or with whom it properly originated. Bat the feels from which men of corrupt minds, “who did not like to retain God in their knowl edge," drew these conchaslotm, sre to tbe reflecting mind quite obvious. First, there was the feci of the opposing forces, which seemed to imply a doable nature. Secondly, it was observed, no doubt, that the body exerts a great iaiueucs spun tbe mihd; and especially, when its members have been long “used as instnuaents of nnrigbteousoeea,* that their action becomes morbidly sug gestive to the mind, and pais fully solicitous for repeated indulgence. Bnt probably tbe other more imper taut fact was, as it generally b, overlooked, that the mind exerts a still more powerful loflneoee over the body. Thirdly, there was the well known feet that from the ear lies! ages certain material things were by’ divine institotiou prescribed as unclean, and that contact with them was forbidden because, in some sense, a source of defilement to man. The specific reasons for. such an institution, which ceased to hare any binding force when Christ ex pi red ol tbe cross, are now lost to ns, if ever Hearty understood by any of mankind; but tbe general and satisfactory* explanation Is, that the institution constituted a symbolical language—a teaching by means of things iustead of wonts, which was much used in tbe earlier ages of the world. Bbt that this institution gave no countenance to the false philosophy respecting tbe malignity of matter, b evident from tbe fact that many other material things were prouenneed clean, and contact with them no source of defilement. ■ ♦- * Still, as has often been the case since, it was not difficult for a mind, bent upon error, to overlook tbe latter fact. And there was probably another thing which occasioned the growth of tbe false philosophy. All who know any thing about tbe history of languages, know well that in tbe earlier ages of tbe world the number of words in use were very few, when compared with the imm ber at onr command. Hence figure tive language was more frequent, the figures more bold, and many of them were drawn from sources which nsage now would not tolerate. And those who are posted in the history of Bible interpretation need not be told that in every generation there have been errorists, more or less numerous, whose infirmity was, that they could not comprehend tbe rhetoric of sacred literature, and whtfse fundamental mistake was the assumption that language had al ways been as literal as they found It in. their own day. Hence they contended for many gross and etopid literal interpretations. Now, if men in those early ages said anything abont the introdaction, pressure end power of evil in the human race, more than simply stating the facts recorded in the third chapter of Genesis, they must necessarily have nsed highly flgnrative language, and have drawn their figures from sources which to ns wonld be netther neces sary nor proper. Hence it b not improbable that the formularies In 8 WC£ IT# MU ordstoferaU write of <«o.t ia good, sad itohMvd.’—1 Tim. Iv?4 in which proceed out of the forth from the heart, and e bum."—Matt, xv: IS. Bsands of other things, of evil is, to the pnny Iteoell&neeuB Works. on gtrim to the fitting r v *»aH :■.*&¥ SCHOOLS, km in tk* auction of wt hmj&m, rrintendent given his M . Rat among mankind it makes presence aad power felt in vari they can not explain origin, it leaves them in no doubt fr the feet of its existence. It »feb them to deal with it as-a utical question, and to seek alle- tbe flesh," aad ia his paiafel si)e rieoce he will know that “be tan not do the things he would." Mntuljsj of these things, ia the Script are referred to above, the apostle says; “It is ao store I that do it, but ata that dwelieth ia ass"—that it was a “law ia (hie)* members warring agaiast the law of (his) ariad. aad bringing (him; into captivity to the law at sto which was ia ,hiai rncia Whoever, in any age of the world, Ids given this subject bis attention, fcpr been struck with tbe feet that ^ men’s mental constitution there 4$ two opposing farces. He finds a could, by pressing ths litoral later prelation of il, have drawn from it strong proof—almost a suitable far mala for ciprsasiag the inherent malignity of ths material body. On one occasion when my boy oflfooded me, I domed it right to manifest displeasure; and when he naked a question about the Trssinsr of the day , I was reserved ia oi\ answer. An hoar or mote The time was nearly arrived when be was to repeat bin lessons. He came into aiy study and said, “P^u, worship drew near, 1 hi* study witting n you sre reconciled. I am sorry I hai e offended you; I hope you will forgive me: I think I will never offend you again.** I replied, “AJ1 I want w to make you "cnaible of your fault: when you acknowledge it, yon know I am easily reconciled with you." “TTien, papa,** said he, “gjvc me the token of reconciliation, and seal it with a kiss. 9 The hand was given, and the seal most heartily exchanged os each side. “Now," exclaimed tbe dear boy , “I will learn Greek and Latin with anybodyand was hastening away to his stndy. “Stop, stop," I called niter him; “have you uot a Heavenly Father ? If what you have dons has been evil, he is displeased, and you most apply to him for forgiveness." With tears starting to his eyes, he said, “Papa, I went to him first: I knew that except be was recon ciled I could do nothing. 1 * As the tears rolled down his cheeks he added, “I hope he has forgiveu me ; aud now I am happy !* ) never had occasion to speak to my boy again in tones of disapprobation.—Samuel Kilpi». pkfosures of sin solicit, be yields Lett f and that, in order to enjoy indulgence of them th* more, be es to the fact and when be bad folded his wings aad ussd them to veil his glory, he might have taken up the wondrous theme of salvation and tbe cross. No angel would leave heaven to be a king and fill a throne. Bnt I be lieve, were it God**’will, there is no angel there but would count himself honored to Iv a preacher of the hasriHty,« not in any lly closes his 1( experience has taught him ‘fet last,* they “will bite like i nt and sting Nke an adder T *»ect notions < Were once, if this world. I Blind Factory, an all these ques- not twice, univer- Wben Adaui and instituted the whole hnrnan * oonsdonsness of what they m, when they had come fresh nhaod of the Creator, who nd prouonuced aD his works ood, linked with their con- ess of what they had become HPession, constituted all their pby about the way in which * come to have dominion over nan race. With them there ■baffling of the responsibility ie “to**” that would not sin to ae* that wonld sin. And *** their antideluviau poe- *ho were privileged to be he “Sons of God," received, r philosophy, the statement * made by their first parents the temptation, the fell, aud n °f ’the race. And again, ^ family of Noah constituted J ole human race npon the he same philosophy was held, 'Qbtless tang lit, by him, and ® *y at least, liosoit the Lord trim thy HrnSTA.vtTL—Two men l knew very well, some year* ago. on the streets of New York, were talking about tbe matter of beuevolence. One said to the other: “Yon give too much. I will wait until I get a large pile of money, aud then I will give 9 “No," said the other. “1 will give as God prospers are." Hear the aaquet Tbe former lives in New York city today, dollarises; the latter gathered two hundred mid parts of their mmmnm evasively and siafnD} his fere well sermon to his coaotry- mea bring in New York, in ooe of thmr cbnrcbe*. His son, a recent grad sale of the University of Pans, who ted accompanied his father to this fend as his secretary, was de bating whether be should boar bis father that morning, or l>r. Potts, iaL The tyrant habit kindness the grateful thought of \Vboii he ea- which derided him tered his church he was greatly dis appointed to see a stranger io tbe pulpit, bnt remained. Tbe text of the sermon was John v: 40: “Ye will not come unto me that ye might have life. 9 Tbe first reason assigned for tbe “will not come" was, “sinners arc not persuaded of their need of a Saxionr. They perceive not tbetr own character aad condition. If they hear the truth, they do not receive it If it makes an itnpres- siou, they erase it by a diversion of thought or {wotniae of fntnre* com ing. If K excites a tear, they quiok fj wipe it away, or water with ft their pride of sensibility." That was the arrow with which the Holy Bpirit “smote" the yoniig French man “between tbe joints of the harness." In a« prayer meeting at the boose of Dr. Potts, the next, Thursday evening, be gavt his expe rience as having bean led thus to come to Christ; and on the spaaing Saturday his fetter, in a farewell meeting with clerical hod other I believe that the reason why many people are kept poor is because they do not give enough. If n man gives in the right spirit to tbe Lord Jesus Christ and to tbe church, lie is ia- fund for time and for eternity. The bank of England is a weak institu tion compared with the bank that any Christian man can draw upon. That man who stands - by Christ, Christ will stand by him. Mark that: tbe man who stands by Christ, will find Christ standing bv hhn.— TVl ffifil ft fTT at Humbleness Exalted. —I ob serve that God hath chosen the vine, a low plant that creeps npou the helpless wall; of all beasts, the soft and patient lamb; of all beasts, the mild and guileless dove. Christ is the rose of the field ate the lily of the valley. When God appeared to Moses, it was not in the lofty cedar, nor the sturdy oak, nor the spread ing palm, bnt in a bosh—an hmnhle, slender, abject bosh. As if he would by these selections check the conceit ed ignorance of sum.—JMtkan. : a , im ■>' " — The Children.—A good aifeiatet once said, “I am veep sensitive to the prayers of little children. I eould think of no greater punishment than to lose the love of little children which proved him to be in the line rJtibelSth furnish » education lh C'bnrcD. philosophy prescribed this mortifies tkxi to ail mankind because It ac counted every material thing as evil. But tbe Heripttnes declare that every material thing U good, and that nothing la to be refeefc) on the sup positksi that it is evil hi itself. “For the earth In tbe Lordfe, and tbe fol- nens thereof." Yet if any partica bu ttling has become the occasion of a •infol habit, it most be starred by refhsing that thing. And this should MX be accounted sa great a hard ship. Oar earthly existence has not been made to depend npon tbe use of nay one creature of God. Out of the fatness of his earth can be ofe taioed an sburxfeet supply fix emery fewfal want, without using that abused creature which tea been carefully agaiast certain material things which, from without entering into them, might defile item ; but they bad little or no fear of defile- moot from spiritual things, passing outwardly from within. Ate %ben some of his R i« reasonable to suppose tebind, shortly after the flood, but little 4 science and few flivert their attention, spoke *bont, and had their minds impressed with, tbe few facts then made up the entire his f the race. It is probabh* '**> iu all their divisions and l »hs, they carried with them uisnutted from “One Thing is Needful."—Let this little sentence be continually before tbe eyes of our minds. Let it check ns when we are ready to murmur at earthly trial*. Let it strengthen ns when we are tempted to deny our Master on aocoout of persecution. Let it caution us v hen we begin to think too much of the things of this world. Let it quicken ns when we are disposed to look back, like Lot's wife. Ia all such osteons lot the words of oar We apprehend that to many, per haps to some readers of this paper, a discussion of this subject will not be interesting. Bat are hope that there are many 'who will be glad to know what it was at which the apostle was striking when be wrote that “every creature of God is good, and nothing to be re- fused, if it be received with fihxnks- generation to u °h, at least the shell, tho’ they had lost tbe kernel, history. It would require a olume to illustrate how traces W the Bible -warrants * ns to Ate not only so respecting crea tores which ws have abased, bat so, i upon them,and blessed the spirit of every true