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r C„ March 3, igyg W 8Bv£ ONE LORD. ONE PAITH, ONE B APTI8 M"—EPEH8IA NS IV: 5. SKRIKS, VOL. 4.—NO. 20 COLUMBIA, S. C.. FRIDAY, MARCH «. 1872 OLD SERIKS, VOL. V.-NO. 182 Religious. their utmost capacity t In what be exeased from the work of the other profession do the themes to be ministry. But, bretty, onto what disc timed reqnire expounders half are we as ckrfotiaas esJMY Is It to so erudite, and the thoughts to be * spend oar time mefafy is strietng to grasped an intellect half ao giant*! live comfortably it this lifr and lay like, as those with which the minis- 1 up treasures oa earth f Is It not ter of the gospel Of Christ constantly 1 eipnssty forbidden ns by the kiss meets t It Is, undoubtedly, s noble tsr to lay np treasures on earth; employment to explore the vast field 1 slid are we not tnjobied on the con- of physics, and to reveal Its marvel- ! trary to lay op treasures in heaven t (His secrets to the wondering view ' to be rich is good works t Remember of man, but that field Is only ss a 1 the fate of the wealthy moral young rettibule to that of metaphysics, 1 man mentiooed In the Scriptsrea. which it is the doty of the minister 1 lie went away sorrowful, for he had of the gospel to explore. The work I great psaseariona. A wealthy coo of the' physician—that of relieving 1 dition la not the native anil of the {tain arising from physical fanes, fair plant of Christianity ; R does and of healing the various UMdadtee i not pemmealy thrive wHf la sorb of the body—la truly a most noble soil. Tie roodrtion of wealth one; but is it to take rank with that i is Incompatible with the vigaesas of relieving the pains of the seal, 1 growth of true piety. And R Is far and of beating it of the maledy of an, in which the minister of the gospel, as a spiritual physician, is engaged f Oh 1 the week of reecaiag the children of men frees off the wreck of humanity, of delivering them from the second aad eternal death to which they are exposed, hy leading them to Christ, that through faith in him they might' become heirs of eternal lifts and glory; is there, css there be any work on earth like to it T How God-like the With Baal, “I magnify mine ottered a salary of 11,500, even though R were more dlfltoitt to serve than the ooe he ecrupied, R woo Id be yon can with yoor money, by advancing the cause of God, by con tributing freely for the conversion of tools, by helping the poor indeed, by every good word and work, “That when ye tail,” that la, when yon die, when yoor last good work is done on earth, “they may receive yon into everlasting habitations,” that is, the good yoo hare done by the right use of “mammon,” the number of souls yon have been means of converting by the blessing of God on your labors, for yon can do nothing Without his bleating, but don’t be afraid of being called a l’elagun, for with all yon can do, we are all an profitable servants, we don’t come a p to the standard of chriatiaa doty. I repeat, we, aa well as all the means we have, belong to God, and if we have anything whict we have obtained hy unrighteous means, make restitution if you can, but tf aot, make to yourself friends by the right appropriation of it, be the humble instrument In the hands of God of the conversion of tinners, and they will be stars in yoor crown of rooking. Not that yoa merit, or can merit anything by good works, but we arc comms uded to do good, and the mere matter of not doing good was the ground of that awful NCflteooe pronounced by oar Ssvioor 10 Matt, xxv: 41, as 'also, the doing of food was the ground work of that other arnteoce pruoouoced upon the blessed in Matt, xxv: 3L L Tor die Lutheran Visitor. Young Men of tho Church. A Christian man went one day to a poor widow, taking with him a warm, bat well-worn garment, mad twa goad, bat stale leaves of bread. The weather waa severe, aad the dlately conclude that that call was the voice «ff Providence calling him to a larger field of aarfhlnees, which R was hie doty to occupy. These remarks may be thought by some of the brethren ae bring oti wisely and injudiciously written, bat are they firetkreU: The Saviour said disciples, “The hflrvest truly rone, but the laborers are y© therefore the Lord of [eat that halwill send forth iuto his harvest” And , said unto them, “Say not , are yet four months, uud icth harvest. Behold, I say (, lift up j4 ,r e * ve * and look fields, for they are white to harvest And be that 4 receiveth wages, and gath- GodT Ills * "f A 00 a ? 85a ao « 4 ?30 a * V IS a 8 35 p 4 03 p 00 p R^RTLETT. rral Tickrt a gr»t above. Their waataf earthly things will ha mare than aoaipenaated by their abundance of haavcnly ibmgn. Oar hardships aad privations make ns realise very vividly and keenly how entirely we are dependent upon God for all things. la ooowqoeBoa, wa are drawn nearer to him fd thought and prayer, aad we are thus rendered more personally holy, ohunbia, 8. C the following me* '"oia, 8. > June », 1871. j **r»gtr Train. *' " 4Q a Qi D 8 80 p si ... — —g 20am — ----- 3 40 p nj fhi and Aocommoda- ndffjw r^rrptrd). : * I<5p» n -*—J 00 a m ....7 10 pm | 00 a m aodation Train will olumbia its formerly flays su<18stardaya J -K, V ice-President. »* Ticket Agt, lit onto life eternal, that that soweth aad he that pay rejoice together.” back in the history of the the human which had a blemish. They were required to give the very beet to God. They could not oflfar in sacrifice a kid or a lamb that wag lama, aad to good for nothing elan frajr could not wait till the year waa doos to see if they had anything left over for the Lord. They ware required to bring the first fruits to him. Have we not departed a long way from the practice of his sament rid, at the beginning £ when God said to the serpent the garden of Eden, after our & parents bad tiaoed, “And I will t family between thee and the and between thy seed aud r wed: it ehall bruise thy head, and )U shult bruise his heel.” The at precious seed of etemot life was if cast into the held ot the world, took root; in due time it broke i mil and appeared, aud during * long ages, and through the many ueratious of the pa$t, it grew, til at the time of the coming of trial into the world as the Saviour preof, the field, which is the world, a ripe, and the harvest of precious mortal souls was ready to be tbered into the granary of the rd.i The harvest baa continued ice then, and from the scarcity of ipert, not a little of it has doubt- sly perished. The grmt tcant then, ice and now, was sod is, reapers gather the harvest Bence the unction of dnr Saviour to his triples: “Pray ye therefore the rd of the harvest that he will ui forth laborers iuto his harvest.” id because of the inadequacy of t raspers of oar day to the U, bat consider R well; aad tf yoa bocoaw convinced that the cal! to from |he Lord, heed Tt by acekiug the needed preparation fur the work of the ministry. And when yoo have entered it, do not, aa many do, wet fee highest and easiest place*; -aek. rather, the lowest place*, aad the great Head of the Chnrcb will, mi dme Nom, emit yon to ocrapy the “chief neat*.” Wkbutu. RAILROAD, . . • Ridge Railroad ys excepted : • • * 4 20 pm 4 1 00 p tf} 3 JO a in d IS am work! office.* And then, too, the reward. “He that reapeth receiveth wage*-” “And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall rsaeive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.” U A crown of glory that fadeth mot mwayT Its glory will be eternal, everlasting, ever enduring. Moreover, the rrown is the symbol of authority ; it i« the right of those that wear crowns to have subjects over whom to reiga. Hence, we are not surprised at the Script urea declaring with regard to the righteous (Rev. axil: 5): “And they shall rtigm former and ever.” Says John (1 John IH: 21: “Be loved, now are we the earns of Oad, and it dpth not yet appear what we •hall be; but we know that when ho worship have been done sway, hut never the spirit of benevolence which God taught them. All through the New Testament we have mill higher, broader charity inculcated. Nowhere does Christ teach ns a religion feat oosU us nothing. If w* ars not willing to give something for Christ's work in the world, we have good •rally aeeeaaary to hostility j and u stair of humility oa sarth It aucrw beaten. The km oi earthly goods 4 paxes, 34mo, is now re the church eight sold; and in this way rcrue to the church. ..tl 00 1 25 - 1 SO edge 2 00 - 2 M sin 2 75 iper extra gilt.. 3 00 ■ ........ 5 (10 cents extra. mgregations are re their orders at once, The following text of Scripture has puxxled me no little to former days, aad whilst I do not expert to eolighteo fee on the aofoert, a few thoughts may not he wholly on in ter eating to some of yoor renders. “Make to yoaruelf friends of the ■iam nv»m of anrigbteoasoeaa. that when ye foil they may receive you into eroriaauag habitations.* Is the doctrine embodied in this text gen things was axnutly reversed to the fo turn world. And ta mew of Ike rush, was not the earthly eoediuee of Lazarus a for store dreirabte one than that of the neh mao f The respective earthly cnadtttnaa of the ungodly neh and the pinna pnfir an? very hepptly ami forcibly illustrated in Banyan’s PRgrimM Ifrogreas hy the conduct of the two rbRdmi at the house of the Interpreter. Is R ling along f lioes yoor bnamess run smoothly t Are you preepering tu everything yoo undertake f Thf earth yield yon her larrnasc every year; aad you have seed to sow, broad to oat, and to spare ! Are you suc ceeding in yoor calling—in your profession, better even than you anticipated? Is your “wealth aad outward estate” continually grow ing T In one word are yoo getting rich? Then be content. ’A’ticli, pray, be thankfsl and give. Richee are s dangerous thing to s Christian. Watch, lest yon set your affections on these things. Pray for grace to Be thankful to God to iNStiewtly waif tMI (he next world for our pencestinn and enjoyment of good tiring* f Moreover, R In written, “It fo enough for the dimple to hr a* A is fjord, and the servant as his mmerer * Should, therrtorr, the servants of tTirint seek nu enrthly condition se- perior to that of their Masterf llo* light the harden of the uflter of the ministry of the present day com pared with its harden h» the time of the first heralds of the Goepel! With what patience and long suffer ing. yea, with what for did the chrto tisn worthies, mrationed in the 11th chapter of the Epistle to the He btewa, sod “of whom the work! waa not worthy," endure their privations sod hardships, with which those that now fall to the kit of Christians to hear are not worthy of a comparison f And if grace was imparted unto them sof Helent to rouble them to endure patiently and joyfolYy theft greater burden, will R now be wanting to enable the hue burden to he endured f The argument Hi from the greater to If the Ixjrd has door the God,'' and a lien he shall appear, “we shall he like him.” Oh! the exceed ing weight of glory that awaits tho faithful Christian, and it will he en joyed by him forever. Whilst this is tme of all genninc Christians, yet it is efp«*ei»lly with regard to “the elders which are among yoo,” those that hare the oversight of the flock, viz.: ministers, that the a|HM*tle writes (1 Peter v: 4): “And when on fee books above! Who would not feel a doobtp joy to have a hood rightly for the abandonee he is giving yoo. Be coa- And of tent. Or is the reverse of this your condition I failing in all yoor under takings; meeting unexpected losses at every turn, your crops cut short by drouths, by storms, by freshets; masted by the stock; or slow in collecting accounts ; debtors foiling; sn*l it is s hard struggle for joq to make the two ends of the year meet f Be content. Yoor Heavenly Father knows what is best for you. Watch, pray, be thaakfol aud giva. Watch, against covetous desires, murmur ings and fretting*. Pray for grace to submit cheerfully to fee ways of Providence. Be thankful that it is ss well wife you as it is, and give according to your ability at fee time. By so doing you will please God aad secure His blessing ou your labor. Be content. Or reader, is it worse even than this with you! fo cold, comfortless and remain insensible . I was told of a poor peasant ou the Welsh mountains who, aoofe alter month, year after year, through a long period of declining life, woe naed every morning, no soon an he a make, to open his casement window toward fee east, aad look oat to nee if Jason Christ was coating. Hu waa no calculator, or he aeed aot have looked ss long; be woe ao student of prophecy, or he need aot have looked at all; he wan ready, or ha would aot have been la ao much baste; he was willing, or be weald rather have looked another way; ha loved, or it would not have been fee first thought of fee morning. His Master did not come, but a messen ger did, to fetch the ready one boose. The same preparation sotfioed both, tha longing soul was aalitiled wife either. Often when in the mawiiag What is “forsaking houses, aud lands, and kindred, and friends,” and all prospects of worldly gain, and enduring the discomforts, hard ships and privations feat fall to the lot of even the poorest of Christ’s ministers, in comparison with the offered reward t The children of this world toil and strive, and prac tice self-denial aud exposure to all manner of hardships to obtain a “corruptible crown quite a different coutiniction then, pat on it What is mammon Y Webster says it is riches, wealth, money or the love of money. Can the meaning then be to make friaods of ricbea, wealth, or the love of money Y Most assuredly not, for that would be worse than the other. There is, there can be no barm in aiooey ; it is the Iore of money that harms; indeed it is the duty, the Christian doty of every man to make all fee mooey be can, provided he does it in a proper manafir—honestly, with out impugning the rights of others. It is not only his dnty, bat it is s positive sin to omit, or neglect all I amiable means in his power to make all be can with theae safe guards about it. It is also his doty to save all he can, provided be Is not niggard ly, parsimonious, and does not tie bis puree strings in s hard knot. Bot here oomes the rub—be must girt all he can, consistent with supplying the wants of bis family, and to lay np something aside for the future wants of himself sod family. But he must not be a spendthrift, and squander what he makes, uselessly. He must give for the support of the gospel, both at home and abroad, contribute for all beoevolent objects, for educational purposes, for mis sions, to supply the necessities of the poor, for Bibies, Tracts, and Sabbath school purposes; In s word, he must eeek oat objects for the free contribu tion of the means with which a righteous God has blessed him, for after all we are only stewards ; all we sre, and all we have belongs to God, and he will hold ns responsible for the right bestowment of oar means. • In this way “make to yourself friends of the mammon of unrigbt- f hr less. thing which fo the greater, ought R to be doubted that he will do that which fo the lees Y There sro not s few pious bat timid ministers that lire in almost constant torment through fear that since il is aa much as they can do to keep their families above want by their utmost exertions, when they die, the loved ones they wilt leave behind will most surely soffrr through want of the necessaries of life. In entertaining sneh a fear they do great injustice to the kindness of the I xml. Such distrust in the Master’s willingness to take care of, and to l»rovide for, the fomilies or hi* ffoltb fnl servant* is very blameworthy iu them and most be quite oflfcrsive to Him. It Is a wonder that we are not permitted to uniter more than we do on account •of oar want of qonfl- dence in his willingness and readi ness to provide for ns and oars. What earthly master will not pro vMe foe the wants of the family of a deceased servant that daring life proved faithful to biiu Y There mag be Ingratitude in earthly master*; Irut is it |HKMibie that the divine Master will neglect to take care of the (SmiHics of his fnithfril servants Y I trow not. Are not His promisee that does not possess a tithe of the glory apper taiuing to the “hioorraptible erown” that awaits the sons of God in the work! of eternal life and glory- How the conduct of the worldling should shame the Christian into a more ardent zeal, “according to knowl edge," in the service of Christ! Though the reward of the servants of Christ is not to be enjoyed in the present life—for R is written, “When the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away”—yet is not the glory of the reward sufficiently great to induce them to wait patiently tor it, even though their lives should be prolonged on the earth to the extent of the days of Methuselah Y Concerning the rareness of this re ward beyond death, there can be not even the least shadow of a doubt; for the month of the Lord hath spoken it. The great objection to tho work of the ministry is not that its future reward Is not nil that it ought to lie, lint that its present condition is, in the great majority of instances, one or extreme Inirdsliip and privation. It is because the calling ot the min istry does ms offer the same pros- pe t of temporal good as other call ings of life, and because the mengro salaries that the great flqjbtity of charges offer do not enable ministers to support their tHnitifos even com fortably, that you—am) more es- l*eci«l|y those of you that are the sons of wealthy parents -se*k to fackevs Blind Factory > aud while an huugeAd after forty days' fasting, wa* sorely (empted by fee devil to commit sin to obtain bread. Therefore watch, pray, be tbankfnl and give. Watch against temptation, envy, bitterness, and evil speaking. Pray for grace to do right aud to labor diligently with your hands. Be thankfol for your heirship to the heavenly inheritance. And wheu opportunity offers, give of what you have. The poor widow was more commended for giving two mites than were fee rich for giving of their abundance. Be content Christian, be content with all God’s dealings with yoa in regard to fee things of this world. Bat don’t be content to be poor is the graoe of the Lord Jesus Christ, nor don’t ba content to live in sin. U. Z. from troubled dreams, perhaps wife troubled thoughts, bis Father's secret comes presently across bun, ha looks up, if not out, to feel, if not to sen, fee glories of that last wanting, ie iatoMigeat and tosuf the gospel Y r do yon not feel, *®e if I preach i Fer “no man |i unto himself, but of God, as was At US, however, view fee dead shall arise indestructible; no weary limbs to bear fee spirit down; no feverish dreams to haunt the vision; no dark forecasting at fee day’s events, or retaraia# team this subject I Mother standpoint is there Iksr calling on earth iu which •an possibly engage, that is vjg^cvt onhuBdte ^Ptefactory i« * l JJ ‘ proprietor’# Ust. Factory n*r. epPfjtito ^ *p U O. City railway. 1 ■ “One Thing is Needful."—Let this little sentence be continually before the eyes of our minds. Let it check us when we are ready to murmur at earthly trials. Let it strengthen us when we are tempted to deny our Master on aqpoont of persecution. Let it caution us when we begin to think too much of fee things of this world. Let it qmicken ns when we are disposed to look baok, like Lot’s wife. In all safe seasons let the words of oar food ring in oar ears like a trumpet, “Ooe thing is needfoL” dfoaified, noble aud ennobling, k*t will conduct yon to a more ms reward tlnui that of the kj' l Is it a thing to Ih: greatly “Mi to have a purl*, noble and like character f fo what other Ref life fo there demumk-d of J that: eater it> |o |H»re and flere a ehuracier a* fo ex|*i*t« d *** enter the NHcred pro a of the uiinfotrjf The char- °l the niinfoter of the go#|>el brim should be |ierleet ss W’V'ls knmvled True graoe will enable a nun to step over the world’s crown to take np Christ’s cross; to prefer the cross of “Christ above the glory of this world. Godfrey, first king of Jeru salem, refnsed to be crowned with a crown of gold, saying that it became not a Christian there to wear a crown of gold, where Christ had worn a crown of thorite. '* Checks Instead, France, ^ l id Citie# ofburo^ o and from, the ttemlecTto and rvind- “ y &CtL Hankers, St., Charleston, S * L ’ siting Exehan^ F deni ruble Y to engage in the noblest e engaged tor SON&BRO tlnti \