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ONE LORD, ONE FAIEH. ONE BAPTISM’-EPHESIANS IV: 5
COLUMBIA. S.C.. FRIDAY. MAY 3. 1872
OLD SER1K?
jurpose is the promise, “1 will be
roth thee note me torever. Yew,
will betroth thee io righteousness,
aud in judgment, Mid in loving kind
ueaa, and io mercies.” 3d. Hi* pow
er. Whatever he has promised hie
leople be is well able to perform.
Sometimes men falsity their promise
for want of ability to perform; but
God never oat promisee himself, lie
What.
tohaooo in time of worship, it k
right to siuoke anti dip snuff. If it
ia right tor one permoi to do so, it is
right fur all. Where elders and
other pvomiseut tueu of a church
indulge in the use of tobacco while
in Goifa house, they should accord
to all others the same liberty and
in which ever mode thereof they
prefer, and for the beuelit of stran
ger*, and those milk and water meiu
ben who atteud worship so very
irregular, it would be well to put up
posters to this effect, thus: “The
members of this church, aud others
who worship here, are permitted to
ohew, smoke, sud dip snuff in ume
houses arc erected,* Bible tiocietie*
organised, traveling sud lots) agents
appointed, BlaU-* sud comities arc
canvassed in order to supply the dee
titute with the word of God, and to
insure its application to the intend
ed nee. God has appointed s living
miuistry, sad lias made bis word
effectual by joiuiug to it the agency
of the Holy Spirit. We may infer
their continuance, also, from their
wonderful preservation. The truths
of God are the same now u* they
do it with joy aud not with grief,
and hear the Judge of all the earth
say, “as ye did it unto out* of these
little ones, ye did it uuto me; cuter
ye into my joy, and sit down on my
throner
ia Fulfilling
troth aud laTthftiluesa of God
, with a peculiar lustre in ac
ting the numerous promisee
ioe a iu the Holy 8oripturee,
that made to Abraham cou
£ bis seed, that, after their
•ning in a strange land four
-cd sud thirty J years, they
l oomo out again with great
nuee. Moses tells mis, “Aud it
to pas* at the end pi four huu
"Thuac tiuu*» which are revtoled be
long unto ns and to o«r ctuldren forever,
that we may «U> all the words of this
law ."—Duet, uix: M.
The text was origiually s|iokcu of
that portion of divine truth which
was at that time committed to the
Jews, It U equally capable of an
application to the whole system of
revealed truth. In this light we
propose now to rousider it.
Filial.—The character of divine
truth*. Those things wuicli are iu
tlieir uaturc divine. They are not
the result of human reasoning, how
ever deep or long coutiuued. They
arc the proceeds of iufluite intelli
geuce. They are surrouuded by
ineffable glory. They are the pro
duet of infinite mercy. Therefore,
the glory of their gpamtestaliou be
longs to God who only could reveal
them and this he has done. There
| is ootbing we know about bis clfar
After or attributes, nothing we know
1 about man's »pirttu*l interests either
; as to Ida present uonditiou or future
i state, not hi ug wbicli respect* the
j great aalratiou, bet what has been
! communicated to us by God lumaelf.
Ileucf their transcendent impor
tance. They are revealed things.
What clearness is thus imparted u»
them! “And the Airy ol the lord
AT FACTORY,
cpn do whatever he pleases.
ever the Lord pleated, that did he
in heaven and iu earth.” All things
are possible with God. This was
the foundation of Abraham's faith
which kept it from staggering at the
thoughts of the improbabilities w hich
lay iu the way of the accomplish
meat of the promises. Hee Horn, iv:
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^aad thirty years, efen the self
floor, the lofty winnowing house, ,
standing npou its tour tall jiosts,
with the broke straw aud dust aud
grain pouring in eudlegs stream
through its grated floor, aud leaving
on the gronud beneath, the round
and growing mound of yellow and
cleansed grain, the scores of stal
wart laborers with flails hovering
uncertainly in the air, but descending
npou the outspread sheaves with
unerring aiui, the wild quavering]
solo of the leader aud thundering
chorus, keepiug time to the ceaseless ]
and regular beat of the flails, the]
general activity aud joy, have all
indelibly imprinted the most pleas ]
log pictures upon his memory.
.Similar scenes of rejoicing signa
lize in vine growing countries, the
gathering in of the grapes aud the
treading of the rich clusters in the ]
w ine press.
Now as the Hebrew husbaudman
bail both his grain harvest and his
vintage, it is not wonderfal that the
Sacred writers should draw lrom
such scenes much of the imagery
by which they would express the
pure and exalted pleasure, religion
inspires. Says Isaiah: “They joy
before thee according to the joy in
harvest.” And alluding apparently
to both harvest aud vintage, David
exclaims in the IV. Psalm; “Thou
has pul gladness iu my heart more
than in the ume that their corn Lie,
gtniu aa*l their vine isrrewsod.”
It wen* easy to show by abuudaut
quotations from Old sod New Testa
meat alike, that a joy greater than
the highest that the mere worlding
knows, ia an integral element or an
in separable aooompanimcut of a
sound and healthy religious experi
ence. / I A*t any who doubts this,
read the vast array of Scripture
proofs, collected in any concordance
under the three headings, “gladness”
“joy” and “rejoicing.” Indeed, it is
impossible in the nature of things
that it should be otherwise. Good
news commonly gladdens those w hom
it concerns; nay, sometimes awakens
such a paroxysm of delight as to
take life. How thou is it possible
for ooc realty to believe the Gospel,
which means, and ia, preeminently
, glad Tidings, to credit the angelic
day it came to p*)s»,
gts of the Lord v
od of Egypt.”
h also was the ae<
s promise relative
Now permit us to sketch the scene.
Owe fourth of the worshippers chew
lag tobacco, one fourth smokiug, one
fourth dipptug snuff, wrbiic the other
fourth would have their olfactories
treated to the ordonferous perfume
exhaled by these tasteful habits.
Could a congregation thus engaged
reader aoerptabie worship to the
Lord Jesus! No, no, you say. Well
then, can any part thereof do sot
Can even one peraou do so f If *
ilishmeut
> the return
Bubylouish
years. No
|>ce ot place
— l nce k* 8
ue from the Diviue mind. “He
Bjbcred bis holy premise,” and
ham his servant. Iu secern
ing the promises concerning the
Mb it is said, “Grace, mercy and
i came by Jesus Christ;” that is,
s or mercy in the lamlon of our
aud truth and faithfulness iu
rd of his holy promise. This
ars in performing the promise
kristh incaruath u after so many
lotions of time, i ud great expec-
ds of his coming, and many
mry appearances, and long de-
I four thousand years after the
promise. Yet God made good
rord by sending hi« Son into the
d, in performing tto promise of
leath. God had Passed bis word
le church thetJ nis Sou should'
r death for thejr sins, aud bav
passed his word be would not
e> his own Sou, but gave him up
offer the puiuful, shameful and
i&inious death of tjbe cross, aud
wrath of God in his innocent
His faitlifuluesA is ap|»areii
be promise of hit resurrection
I the dead. God had said he
W not leave tp* *whl tn bell, (or
e state of tliu dead), uor suffer
Holy One te see corruption,
promise was faithfully fulfilled,
k raised him from the dead in
nn triumph. IJiigjit angels at
pd bis resurrectiou j eaitli treui-
aud shook thiougltout as a sigu
toiopli andjs token of the grand
able to perform.” But though the
whole creatiou should go to ruin
God is aa able aa ever. Hear what
the prophet aaya: “Although the
fig-tree shall not blossom, neither
shall fruit be found ou the vine, and
the labor. of the olive shall fail, aud
the field shall yield no meat. The
flocks be cut off from the fold, and
there shall be no herd iu the stalls.
Yet 1 will rejoice -■ in the Lord. I
will joy in the God of my salvation.”
4th. His holiness. For there is no
unrighteousness in God. By reason
of the jierfect holiness of his uatove
it is i(u|x>sstble for him not to be
faithfhl in all his promises. “God
is not a man that be should lie,
neither the sou of man that be
should repent; hath he said, and
shall he not do it, or hath be spokea
and shall he uot make it goodl”
3th. His justice. God by his prom
ise makes himself a debtor, and hia
justice obliges him to pay- Hence
it is said, “God is faithful and just
to forgive us oar sum, he is faithful
to |>ardou according go his promise,
faithful in keepiug all his promises
because he is “Just in all hia ways,
bis truth eudures forever, the Lord
O do ye bless.” J. B. .
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mankind. Divine truth has expand
ed the intellect, has improved our
Mtctal itmditioii, has poured s flood
of light npou the darkness of the
future, has elevated us to the hope
of eternal life. It is our privilege to
road, mark, learn, and iuwanily di
gest those things that are revealed
onto aa Wo may cherish, embrace,
and hold feat a biassed hope of ever
lasting life given ualu us through
Jesus Christ our Lord. We may have
aud bold constant intercourse with
God.
Beloved, have we presented our
claims to those thiags ooulaiued in
Have we, in
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Be a firm man; don’t say you cao’t
quit using it. The Lord Jesus ran
make y ou free from this so as easily
aa from other aiaa, such aa swearing,
tyring, druukenneas, or any sin whmb
you oooe practiced ami have now
quit. Go to Him. Ask Him to help
yon, sod be will do ms He has
promised, “Whatsoever ye ask in
my name I will do, thmi the Fmtker
may be ylorijUd is ms.” Try Him.
Again. Let me exhort you to quit
the oar of tobacco as a matter of
eroooiny. Taxes are high, yet they
must be (mid; Ume* are hard, yet
you must live. Consuming tobacco
don't lessen your taxes, nor help you
to pay them; it don't task* tames
easier, nor help you to live; it is but
a dead expeose, rusting >nu about
twenty cents a week—ten dollars a
year—(more than you pay your
prracberK-or four hundred dollars
in forty years. Quit using it, tlieo,
and put thi* money to some better
use—to some use, of the which you
will uot be ashamed to render aa
account in the day of judgmeot
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to faith : as it ia Writtou, the just
shall live by faith.” What author
Uy ! “The revelation of Jesus Christ
which God gava,”. *** that iu the
langnagr of Holy Writ w« are rua-
strained to say, ’Thiur, O Lord, ia
the greater**, aiul the |surer, sik
the glory, and the victory, sad the
majesty ; for all that is in the heaven
and ia the earth is ihioc. Thine is
the kingdom. O Lord, and thou aT i
exalted a* head 4|*ovt all. Both
the Holy Mcripturasf
so doing felt the prartettsues* of the
promises of God in Christ f Do we
now feel that we are in |mss»unou of
those blawunfs God has gracmuslv
given iu in hia word! Having re
ceived a knowledge iff (rod's law,
let ns d« all the words of this law
ami keep them in perfect uiiedieoor.
Let ns ever Is* mindful of our duty
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hiding of God's face. The melon
cbolly Christian aaoierimes need*
physic more than prayer. Boston
the disturbed physical eqaifibrimn.
riches sud bouor couh- tnre, im trttlfcll ^ ihe l^bh- rvmeisbcnng
thou reignest over zU, -nd in thine ihv y atv not ours ouly, hat belong to
hand ia power and might, aud in oar r bilUrw«i also. They will need
thine band it is to make great aud lbr support to
tn give strength to *11. enable them to endure the conflicts
rtiw o.VDLY.—Os# ilatm to ikon* of life. Let them be catechised,
thimy* trhich an n noted.—They be- receive Sabbath school mstrucUon,
loug uuto us. The ground of our and, like Timothy, be taught in their
claim is this, they are the gilt ol youth the words that are able to
God. We are alnuerw. aud as *uch wa kc them wise unto salvation. Let
we can have no claims to prov isioti* n » ^ remember that there are
like these. They are ftrra uuto us. mwiy who not'd to be informed of
The BavKHit is given. Thank* he then intetwat in thia claim, and the
uuto God for his unspeakable gilt!; inquiry arise*, who shall show them
Bpiritual tuflurner* are given. Let j * n y good ! One regular traveling
us use them. The pruaiiscs of God Bible ageut pi a whole Bute ia not
are given. Is* us claim them. Con Mifllcient for these things. A local
aider the extent of our claim. The agent in every oounty doe* not meet
whole system of revealed truth con- the demand. The depositories in
ceros us Tbcrv i* nothing revealed our large cities fail to accomplish
which was not necessary. To all the desired abject- To do such a
that is revealed we have a light work demands the combined and
through grace. Every blesstug in muted (Hurts of all Christian church
the covenant ia ours Every thing M thiougbout our land. The active,
that is said about God’* character zealous, faithful labors of every chria-
the earnest |irayers
It is the custom in our church,
(aud L believe iu others also), iu cold
and iuclmnent weather, for as mauy
gentlemen, as conveniently cau, to
scat themselves around the stove,
aud, during the services, desecrate
the house of God by die wing to
banco and s|iittlng their nauseating
saliva over the stove, stove-hearth,
and ou the floor ajpuud ; sud at the
end of the services, the stove aud its
surrouudiiigs present a most disgust
ful ap(M>arance. I have known good
men, inetuliera of session, (shall I
say ministers too), to be guilty of
this thing. 1 do not say they intend-
There are, however, undoubted in
stances, when for wise and bench
cent reasons, made dear in the se
qoel, God withdraws the light of his
countenance from his child, toms
it would seem a deaf ear to hi*
piercing cries, when Satau assaults
and the billows go over him, and
bring him into fellowship with hi*
Lord in the agonizing cry, “My
God. my God, why hast thou for
sakeu me.” £ Bat these are excep
tional sod transient experiences, of
ten immediately followed by the
richer manifestations of Divine fa
vor, as if the loving Father in the
boor of trial repressing with diffi
oolty the exhibitions of his tender
dcos. rejoiced to give fuller vent than
ever, to his affection for his suffering
child.
5. But uot to unduly protract thi$
j article, the little joy some Christians
have in their religion is due to their
oonfrised ideas on the subject of
jnstiJlratioH, their failing to realize
i the instantaneous, complete mid per
maneut change which it works iu
! the believer’s relation to the law.
I or to the feebleve** of their grace or
I to their negleet of the dnty of self
exa mi notion, so repeatedly pressed
in scripture, keeping them in doubt
as to their trno state, or lastly to
the undecided type of their piety, their
want of that religions decision which
I would enable them to steer wide
[ of all those worldly compliances by
| which conscience is offended, the
! Spirit grieved and the ardor of chris
| tian love and seal abated.
These solutions of the seemingly
j contrary experiences of Christians,
leave, it will be seen, the truth which
we set out with, intact, established.
i Joy it an essential element or mea-
riable accompaniment of a sound and
healthy relipious experienoe. Bandar,
| is it of yours 1 If not, why !—& W
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Victory ever achieved ; by which
Christ intimated jto the world that
bemd overcome death in hi* own
doimnion, and lilted up his bead as
aghrioud suid triumphant conqueror
ovej all bisandoor spiritnal enemies.
Ti»e v promise be should rise
frod the dead on the third day; aud
it wis faithfully fulfilled.
Hs fulfill* premises when great
(fiftyxiltie* seeui to be in the way
of lieir fulfilluiejiU Thus God prom
ised to give Abraham a son, and the
Homise was inade’ nod, though
d»«| were past age, nod Sarah bar-
Pen | -^gam he ^brought bnek the
68 froni though the
•hrijgseemed iuiprobahle, and mauy
'i aRultie* lay in the way. Is there
soj* thing too hard for. Jehovah!
He: is not coofineiii to the road of
liuilan probabilities? He will turn
Matjire opsitlr (I6wni rather than his
vor 1 should liil. f There may be
Nuili uiiU'lief ,eve|ij]iii good men —
tb< f r fai th (may be : beak. Yet God
is tii thful and true. \ Men may ques
tioii or doubt tjig promise, but God
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and that they Hare no right to work
seven day* in the week. Aa they
can not take Sunday aa their real
day, they should set apart mime oth
er day ;
“No mau eati work aeven day* ia
the week without violating the law
of God t and no man can violate the
law of God with impunity—even if
he is a clergy mau. Settle upon the
day—most arinintet* will take Mon
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day. Lay u*kle all parorbial care*.
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doing so, or perba|M they never
thought any thing about it at all;
but this did not make it guiltlea*.
In our opinion it would not be any
greater violation of guod taste and
refinement to mo* the picture of a
sow just returned from wallowing in
the mad, hanging iu a ladies sitting
room, tliau it is to see the inside of a
church stained with tobacco juice.
Under the Old Testament di*|*.*usu
tiou God required the utinukt clean
lines* ill hia hottae. and often chaiged
liis people with the sin of defiling
his temple. At the commencement
of the new dispensation Jesus Christ
rid the temple of its defilements.
And is tin*re any reaaou now why
God would lie more pleased with
audeauneas in hia house than for
tuerly.
Tobacco-chewing ebriatiaus, have
you ever eeriously thought about
this thing? Can yon worship God
acceptably with tobacco in yoar
month ? Eating bread is snrely a
more commendable thing than chew
ing tobacco; yet, when a minister
gives ont a psalm, or says, “Let os
pray,” would yon dare take a cake
or a pie from your pocket and com
meuce eating it f Would any minis
ter tolerate such a practice T When
chewing tohaoco in time of worship
are you glorifying God trith your
body f are you presenting your hgdy
a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable
unto God f Wbeu yon enter the
handsome parlor of some respected
lady friend, would you dare spit
your imsty tobacco juice over her
hearth, or her sto\e, aud on her
floor, ami have any hojws your visit
would be acceptable to her! and is
“Fear not, for, behold i bnng you
glad tidings of great joy which shall
be to all iwople, for unto you is born
this day in the city of David a 8a
viour which is Christ the Lord,” aud
yet feel no thrill of answering joy f
Furthermore, every disciple, profes
ses to have appropriated this Gospel,
iu other words he believes, that his
sins are all forgiven, bis nature re
newed
turn minister
of every believer in Jesus, together
with s liberal use of those means
with whieh men are lutrusted to
disseminate the truths of God to all
Undo, to every people of every
btnguc, so that every mau, woman,
and child, shall have a copy of their
Heavenly Father’* will, that they
may read their title, juveeDt their
claim, and in due time, cute* iuto
possession of the promised inberi
tanor.
Let us inquire, have we used this
precious gift as wv ought. Do we
claim it as the man of our counsel
and the«gnide ot our lives! Have
we, through it* teachings received
the gift of God, eternal life through
bis Son? Are we doing all in our
power to propagate those things
that are revealed! Are any perish
ing for lack of knowledge, because
of oar indifference or inaction f Are
we withholding the means God has
given ns to send the Bible over all
the load! Do we, aa ministers, ex
hort, instruct, beseech with all earn
eatneaa of aonl, the members of our
respective churches and congrega
tions to attend to the things that be
long onto their peace, aud urge them
to claim their interest in the truth as
It is in Jesus.
Are we doing w hat we can for the
rising generation, that they, too,
may claim what God so freely be
stows, and that God’s gracious gifts
may be handed down to all genera
tions, and that in the ages to come
God’s truth shall stand firm aa hia
throne, so that when the agencies
have accomplished their design, and
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date, the followiiiK
run daily, Sundays
i, himself adopted into the
family of God and sure of Divine
guidance and care while he lives, of
victory over death and of beavj'u—
the end of life. Human uatnre must
have lost all its essential features,
ere one may indulge such a hope,
without experiencing a joy, greater
aud sweeter than any this world cau
offer.
If all this be true, bow are we to
aoconut for the apparently contra
dictory feet, that the religion of so
many people fails to make them
happy l Various answers, suited to
different cases, are possible.
1. Some professing Christians do
not “enjoy religion,” because they
have none to enjoy. Some transient
and superficial pleasure, may havy
been- experienced, npou a fancied
conversion; bat the deep and abid
ing gladness, the reflex of conscious
faith in Christ, the fruit of actual
reconciliation with God, the product
of a real renovation of character,
God has never pat into their hearts.
Cupardoaed and unchanged, their
carnal mind, with its unoonquerable
dislikes is simply held io check, sym
pathy with God Mid truth and right
eousness is impossible, hence the
commandments mast be felt to be
grievous and religious duties irk
some. “They have no phmtngr in
them.”
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are divers glorious ottri-
te* and perfections of the diviue
on which hils troth and faith-
ness in keeping; promise is bnilt,
i 80 oaany strong and unshaken
***• Id* His plcrfect knowledge
thing;
HKPiorrAHcm nv
Death.—He was
Patl asked the prayers of the
00- workers, yet for what end t Not
that they might be saved from labor
and the toils of their profession, but
that the gospel which they preached
might “ran and be glorified.” He
wanted all men to taste of that
whioh had brought him so much
blearing, and wanted the kingdom of
OhrUt to grow into its predestined
greatness. What a blessing it is
when the Christian ^worker can look
beg-oad himself md the oanse to
NSf(; Ilia knowledge
t of remembrance,”
iffinunl presence of
f rfote him. Men
ord because they
>e. 2nd. Hia im-
n making prom
111 puri>©*e jto perform them,
hopes of oae man who had been
condemned to death, and who was
most assiduous in the study of a
Bible he had giveo him. The chap
lain, after great exerttoa, obtained a
cointuntat ion of the sentence. “I
called to inform him of my auooeaa.
Hia gratitnda knew no bounds; be
said 1 was his preserver, hia deliver
er. ‘And here,’ he added, aa he
gras|>ed my hand In parting, ‘here ia
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RAILROAD
i' »nay afterward change their not Got
hut God i* tii m and unchauge- much i
Men are qften inconsiderate house!
promise*, and often meet Agai
hat they dm not foresee. Bnt^ lining
flltK a te eitrnatly. foreseen by 'Snid dij:
(b. So all hia promises are all are
”ith infinity wisdom. To thia riafct.