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ONE LOED, ONE FAITH. ONE B APTI8M"—BPHE5IAN8 IT:>5. COLUMBIA, 8. C.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY !< W>. OLD SERIES, VOL V.-NO. 178 which be ran not procure forltimself. la your Iast illness >ou will eeud (or a suffering minister U> do all that u<uu can do, to gird you 04* lor your kxiely and mysterious journey. A suffering minuter will, perhaps, pro nounce the benedictions of over your grave, and the mao qf God, us be look* upon the nsrhyis display of your coffin, may feel that, of right, be earn challenge it ea with held from bit) nurturing childreu 1 This question rises fer above the region of satire or fretfufoeMa, or iuaiuoaUoos, io which it is often discussed. Next to the earaestueas with which a Christian mao pray* for his own personal salvation, let him pray for his minister,' that his faith fail not io the hour of trial. Alexander 000c gave to a common soldier a sack of heavy valuables to carry to a certain point. Bering ’be 1 soldier about to give way, so unusual impulse of tuodly feeling uioviug hla cold and selfish bosom, lie cried, “Carry it a little (anker, toy brave soldier, for if is slf throe mes r Let s stronger, a more to- spiring appeal be whispered to the overladen, sorely pressed mi mater: “Tbou earnest more than gold t Men are looking at thee, to ase how thy Muster would bear himself i« thy place!* The Doke of Wellington, io oae of his critical battles, came to a part of the field where auto* troops were under heavy fire, with liulf oppur tunity to return it. They sremed placed there just to tiro out tbe ith a de- TrWfw The preset population of fhe world It tfiffipaasri to to* about ^noo, diserttmted a* IbllBus: rtf the Caucasian rase, !Wn,UWI,au#* Rthtnpian, 'JOh.UOO.OOO, * | Malay. £*,*»,*§» t Xonh American Indian. of these l^dod.ddo soots, **,. m,00» are (’hrist tans ; TOn.uOO.tWf M odd hints ; IW.OUO.WO Mohammed aas t JU0,U0U,U00 Pagans ; t,<*9.<K* Jews; leuvfftg j09,0dMt9tA todi* tnbotsd among the r arsons minor Asiatie religions * This atsttotiea) exhibit leaves Ml, >*oong nuiu, was very attest to Join A skeptic, wiaa is bis own eyes, sad prudent in hla own tight, oooe ssmufed fa the prvseuea of a cbr»* tiaa that be mould tofccre asffiin# which he could net --jrlin mod ups prriapd. field the other* “f behove thouasipls of things wkmh I can Oath, strictly gnr annum... ax months... pw. Wulow* of monfiug be was to hare sailed, the eerraot ia coming into hit roam at breakfast., stumbled and spilled over Minister*, [its........ 'to remit at of thefr swh*«wi|w him that be was unable to go ou his Journey. He lamented the acrident -nrae disappointed 1b all his plana ; I on the *nh- tirst pay meat infidel aeocrnfally sepUad, ‘*1 willaotr without tuau two ihirue of the raee are, therefore, without frith ta Jew* Christ! The rbatrh has a great work to do. The gonprl mast he preached to these mifhoas. sad the chor« h permaaeatly planted see mg them. If the three hundred sad eighty eight minioow called chrieTtaos were really true Bible Christens la heart and life, the v*f% adrtgwai them tbe fotugb kmu Ftoaaa expUia rson orders hi* paper dtscon- BHMt psv all arreanures, or ex may continue to scud it the. or rewovinji died fir, ts prism Oonal fraud. and comm .i« i \* it appaara Wtmhni. S. C. either oppose the eraogeUra! efforts of tbe rhureh,or tneadhel no satorret whatever la the worhfki roneermon. Again, we most redone the general aggregate of evaegrlicnl Christian* by subtnedMi 1193,000,000 Bon.so and 93,000,000 Cretin, fee while we hop* are amay sincere followers ol Clriet la these < burtew, we can not leelade ih«* ciurehes as orthodox, and most eaekulr them ia our estimate of the Scriptural wgru« ics now at dork ia the world. This leaves oaly tK.M0.MQ to fru reefsotbui, or the reformed chin hea that drop from heaven, that change and mold-thc whole sphere of our lives ! This brcatluug ! God breathed into mao, sod he became a living 1 at ( a through The lextract below la from sr Address delivered by Pfof Carlisle of Woflbrd College, (who is not i enemy. The Irou Duke, gree of feeling unusual with him, said, as he rode by, “This ia bloody work, uiy men! But we will are who cau bear this pounding longest, the cueiuy or *«." The French w«re as during aud gallaut in a charge, but the Duka depended 00 tbe pass •ve, imperturbable Saxon element to stand pounding. And that woo the day. Among tbe many glorious epitaphs which a chriiliau minister may covet, this is 00 ignoble «pe ; “ He could stand pounding 1hi Wy, christtaiil^* To be pomaded by a fault-finding dock, or by aa illiberal board of stewards, who cate chiae yon as to tbe aiae of your (am dy, their appetite* and tastes, as coarsely as they would examine aa HiiimaT they were weighing oa the public scales—this is not a very ro- mautic lile. No, my brother but it may be la/ above all romance It mar be Christian discipline, heavenly tuitiou, the coarse, but needful train ing of the king's sou, before he is called to the throne. Whether tbe pounding be that which ruts, or that which bruises, it may be borne, until the snflerer escapes into that field of service where the salutation which insures his ini mortality will sot be, “Well done, ntweesaful wt*d folly psfd up servant P bur ••Wet? deue, good end faith Ail servant!" T* A minister hi sot called open to be unfeeling, Hot if he cun attain to it, let him be nnfrettfMg. Let Mm disappoint the narrow minded stew ard who expect* and de«ires this in self defense. Let the tentloouy be wrong from the cold ofllclaL “If our preacher would oulyJiAve fretted or railed at us, I could have got along lietier. That btinga on the engage ment in a field where I ran are mj way find hold my own. Bat he would not. lie gave me a receipt in full, and left the diflbrence between our promise and our |»erfnrmaucc, to be credited elsewhere, lie does not seem to lie made of iron or stone, j The tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere. But not a muscle of tbe good man quivered as we ‘nettled up.** is a good deal of missionary till in tbe church We do 1 tbe term missionary here to in a geographical sense, ot mean tlnatljn Christen Kbin the Uses of church JL* iL tion, there are ifiany regions ir or less extent,not covered efficient reljgiou* agency, this is trueT to a painful Bat the meaning is that r within the church there is fy much nnapi>rt)pr1ate<l mu nch idle caiilta'. Suppose w our views tb that interest ke word capital at onye / ? Abd let na restrict it ■ther, ^ tbe lunount which >0 at her dilposal for the SQ|iport of ■’ Ele ministry, the service reo> led by the to the cause of humanity igle respect, f ^ There are her agency, 4ratteie*l alt land, meu, m profession lice, trained tor feel for bu K ^npmMt tn travel In tk* interior . >0 fort it was ant sale la fi» » half tom attp fra tbe Ha tea Butam. Bam It in qaita earn mom for trader* nad ten to travel (bniagb tbe xmn mtetf of tbe aa the prgcew* of rrtirtl-n. JpafliT an ft U, moat V rattled at in frfttirr. Lfre tbe btft of Gbtaoa. tbe aamWr mast be limited to • rvltabb* nfrorUy. There are deuomtbatioae anti eerta Claiming to be tbrietene among tbe Proteetaat eoaimanfUea ot f&snqia and America, who deny tbe divinity of Christ, aad the office aad work >*f the Holy Spirit These make but little effort Io enl^hum the heathen world, and mast, ua this •ant, if no ofber, he left pat of dot rati malt of the eraugrtleal church. And again, the test must be appBNf. flow main ia the araa grlw-al rharrhes of FroteaUat Chris teatefr *%ave a name to tire, while they are dead T The) do ast give, pmy or work for the convertea af their fWtow men ; maltftldea of these are Iheaaaehmo aoaaved The active Kind Factory, ample of it in bis own lifr j nod an we when there was a necessity fordesbr mg God was there, that bn might give a revile Una emd man might know it was from God, ws find no I* accessible, fives, there is ttifierer may lit hesitate to m(iiie without be eau go to ■fif'and cou F not always Our fault and tburity purse nt he can get 5 well-known fl r a minister ■t which any Ick. He ui!^ jour door or netion. But t pagV, and fi t : mobey—through j w the®"minister’s y be often empty—1 which to oor m ►ter than money—«y k r^bdily and freely all tffe crises of life, y have watched all k %||e or dying . fold. ] fwet him wtth morning li P® ryes aud sa.o^th hb 1 to answer ever] his door. We expect De slightest «mll, (s jn, perhaps, it be waits 1!) ainl keep dowfi the his own heart, whili* be li " tale of sorrow, aa if be lu So ilnvid finrk, for it h yoar Father's good pleasure to give you tbe kli fdom " Haviag tboa endeavored to nacer- tah>, at lenat apprurimalnr. tbe evangelical mtaakioary forma of Pm tratant ( hnatend m, now laboring for the eoovrrteu of the heathen worki, let aa are what In'befog done by them to Ur*t end. There are Ha* eVn rrturmd tbe mystery to dear f Re-Ood'a Incarnate Soa 1 G*ee Jmcb aad grasa tbe vtrtary waa A minister, Dr. in addreasuign Sabbath-school in Albany, alluded to a touching incident in bit own ministry. Being at the boose of oae of his members, he was present at that aflfoctiug moment when two lit tie boys knelt at their mother’s feet for their evening devotions. Their prayer was as follows: sgeu, aad invariably eat tbe Of all who happened la be 1 on their sborsn. On tbta m wm Works, ta tbe fining by the boastful say mg* of nn aggregate working eorpa la the foreign field of twenty tre tmadred meu, aided by a large number of lay helpers, and shoot twenty thonaaed natfri* preacher*, teacher*, ootpnr tenr*. etc. Of tbe sixty two societies represented Io the foreign afoioa field, twenty two ire la Great Brit sin; twelve hi Germany; three In Holland; seventeen hi the Failed Staten; two lu Swltserlnnd ; two fo France ; t wo iu Sw rden ; add One li Norway. These societies have es tablished native churches In all parts of the heathen world, with a mam bersblp of converts from has then lam of arore than 1,1MM,000l They hare translated the Blbh* into more than two hired red languages and dialect*, thus placing the word of Ood to the hand* of eight hundred milflna of tbe race ; and all this aUfilb fob hut seventy-five years? Hade dtolects have been reduced to a written form, and a Christian (Herstare crested where, a few years ago, the Intellec tual and moral character of tbe people waa of tbe to west savage type. M'I/cod. “I was requested by a brother minister, who was unwell, to go and rtfutadyiag ohikL He told A: “Heaven aud eurUr shall aw ay, but my wools shall not easy auiil all be fulflUnd T • ^ Da. E. described the emotions of bis own soul at that time, which forty years have not Craned from his memory, nor the abuse af aam- mioisury would be Masa^i fo the church aad people. After giving the history of these little boys, ooe of whom is now in heaven, be said to the Sonday-aobooi: “Next to yoar father, mother, and brother, pray for year ammeter. Ton will love him more, aud be will love you more: you will enoograge him in his ministry; he wffi TW tbe In fluence of your prayers pervading his inmoat soul, and he wM pease* better to pom. 9 Ou Monday morning a little girl came running to her mother, n/iagi Motx lwm, Than tuk Jruo- Ventfnl days *ie “shedding (mow” on many sau aiixioax and JL find 1 if taxes all mod, with all the help we from heaven and earth, to ; ti and bear ojur burdena mk ibsbandfc, as ^fathers. Onr ^as all this, gnd added to ud beyond an this, he has en, which w^ do not, can r—the care [ of all tbe solicitude i»r your soul -• If that khid) ia our hurdeu is hjs lighter oue, y moat be fhe other, and .terably cru^Uing the eotn- esaure of both! I have uniaue aud tftoaghtfnl man can pot bear to drive a beast, one biingry or over- t cbnfed witl the Larue**.” ug i* honorable to the urt. But, m; • brother, per- °i 1 ? 8 ? et y ntehl yon hare f driveh a suffering Wi*!i you^mn sick a auf tbe moot pstiaot submission to tbs will of God, with a singular eolight- tirnr* af tbe Spirit. I went to visit him. Tbe child bad sufiarsd excru ciating Mil ; for yuan he bad wot koowu vi% day's rest. I fused with wooder at tbe bay. after drawing “Dayspriho prom Off HlOM.”— By the ligfit of resnon we cast a sort of glaring Illusion arowmf our selves ; bnt if confided kt, It tends Only to obscure our vision of more exalted glories. I Dominate a town, the streets are light, while the hear, ens are lost in dfu-lcoeas; hot when the day breaks forth, both tbe earth and sky become vtsltilp. 80 that tbe *{Mrks of mir own 1 kindling, while they shed an artificial brillian cy for a short distance around ns, involve Hie seenes above in shadows even darker than those of night; hot if the “dnyspring from on high" dawn in the soul," wo have clear views, both of earth and heaven.— Rvirland Bill. il asvmtrealh century, fo a sermon to a crowded audience, described tbs tenors of the Ulo judgment with •m b eloquence, pathos, sad toree of •cUum, that tome at his aodiauoe not 00I3 buret into tears, but scut fonb pemnf cries, aa lithe Judge himself bad bees pram«it T sod waa olwut to pass upon them their final sentence. U the height of this excitement tbe preacher called upon them to dry their team sod cease their cries •• altered feebly 1 they were tbe words of e feeble child, iu a poor ' horns where the only ornament was that of a meek, and quiet, and affeetioaate mother : but these words seemed to lift the burden from tbe very heart; they seemed to make the world more bOMitifrl they brou great and “Dr- E- told as yesterday that if we prayed for our minister be would r ich better for it, and I prayed our minister last night.” A beautiful illustration of a confid ing spirit of true Ohriatiaa frith. None but Christ himself could so illustrate the spirit of his own king dotn—the faith of a chiUL Well did he say, “Suffer little chfidrea to come onto me, and forbid them affn for of snob fo tbe kingdom of God." Let aH Christian hearers learn them. Sitoocc bring obtained, he with an agtutml coutouaooe aad ■otoma voice addressed them thus 1 “In ooe qjaarter of an hour from this Urns the emotions which >«o have just now exhibited wilt be nrifrriTf tbe femetnbrewee of tbe fearful troths wbieh /avitod them wifi vanish f yos wifi rstarn Sa wear * arti^ or mu io« ! >ii ^ urr. .IriTpiwjSpf ria «rt ,ou *m tmi tl! >0, h»vc Itvd “A persou converted*in youth.” ■ays John Angt-ll Jamcrt, “ia like the sun rising on a smnmcf** morning to shine through the long, bright Amp But u person converted! late ia life 1* like the evening star, a lovely object of Christian contemplation, but not appearing till the day is closing, and truth atbaal teacher tab# aouraga from tide thought. , Weak ia self, but “strong in Hjaa." Whet are oor dtf Acuities with such a foundation u by fiteti drawn from the fields.