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ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPT181C"—£PHE8IAN8 IV: 6 COLUMBIA. 8.( FRIDAY. MAY 10. 1872 in sot the Hpteit, hot fitted with tbe Th» Bafoevfl Dtsetpls BpWt-4t ti godlike. (I Wif rtt* ■■ « ▼•tea. Tbe smoke ascend « up, the The shnrscter of the Apostle arise, ten! tb* sparks bend I which svoked the pfil k their cooix* he*vonward. Keen mo with the »1mi which hat mvived th<* S|>irit-b*pti«Ht | the itx^fiM* of prayer daily arias# and iw»mh la heaven }* the tame of divine love, kindled by the Holy Bpirit, goes up to God ; and the thought of the heart, as the spark* of Are from the smitten steel, are continually bending their course to the Hirer of all good. Paul says, u lf ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above. Set your affections on things above, and not on things on the earth* If the symbol is nst abso lute, we have a frill and practical demonstration of the Spirit** wort upon the human heart for time, and the foil answer to the perplexing question, whether there are degrees in heaven. Take two pieces of metal, one of five pounds and the other of ten |>ouuds weight. Now All them with Are. Ranh looka Uke Are, and each feels like Are, yet the one eou tains fust ouc ball more than the other. Now this Is In accordance to capacity ; and so it may be with the saved in heaven. Alt who are fortunate enough to get there win be Ailed with Godi and wbat will be heaveu to ooe will be beaven to all. Fourth. The dorr. This* is set forth as an emblem of the Holy Bpirit. At the ttaptiam of Cliriat the taint of God was seeu descending tike e dove and lighting upon hum Hsu. iii: 16. Dove is au emblem of endear meat j a symbol of innocence. Christ was j os tided in the Spirit, and there tore was innocent no guile was toand in his mouth. Han is planted by the Bpirit, and is therefore inno cent—loved as though he had never siuued. The dove is gentle and liar in leas; ami such are God’s elect commanded to hew They meat tie barm lea* a* doves. Hstl. % : 16. The plumage of a dove la chamrtrr totic of Christian character, which muni be meek and quiet under the Spirits influence. The dove is not proud and haughty, ie not Ailed with egotism, and is a stranger to oaleo tatioo—can not act the hypuerite and deceive its friends. Fifth. The laid emblem I note, is that of a seal. See Rev. vti: 2. To seal is to impress, to mark with a stamp, to coo Arm, to ratify, to es tablish, to mark stillness of his character, like the oriental sky, brake, from time to Hme, into tempests ef tape tanned vehemence. He bed an intense hatred of evil. It to 4u hto inspired epistlea that the mtat deoancta “the home of the blessed* one in •taut after it has left the body. And therefore It i« said, “The souls of believers, are at their death made |*rfoct in botineaa, and do imme diately pom into glory* Messed thought! lift ns then “not be frith lens, but believing.”—Presbyterian mod Index. ' * ' A pastor relates the following in cident: “1 like to repeat the an •wer a little sweep gave ins in our Sabbath school. Knowing that ail the children in my class were con stantly occ4|>ied daring the week. I team! the duty of prayer wa* sointaama neglected. 1 insisted that day on the importance of prayer. At the close I asked a little boy of ten years of age, who led an un comfortable life in the service of a master sweep: “ i And you, my dear friend, do you ever pray f u K)h! yes, monsieur.' “ ‘And when do yon do it t You go out very early in the morning, do you not f “Tw, monsieur, and we are oul\ half awake when we leave the bouse. 1 think about God, but cau not say I pray then.’ then f “ <You see, mousieur, out -master orders ns to mount the chimney quickly, but does not forbid oh. to rest a little when we are at the top. Then I sit on the chimney and pra.i.' “ *And what do you say T , ** Ah! monsieur, very little.' 1 know no grand words with which to speak to God. Most frequently I only repeat two verses that I bare learned at school.’ “ ‘Which are they f “‘My scholar repeated with for ror, ‘God be merciful to me a sin ner,’ ‘Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.” aibibty of ry uiuoh ia said, by Christians, l the Holy Ghost, and its work the heart; mid, withal, bat lew the time or take the pains to iue, to aay great extent, thu nod wherefores of the great andstueutal doctrine taught in criptiuvs. namely, its work upon oola of men. X Uke it for grant- nt there ie a Holy Ghost, and aot, therefore, attempt to prove op, as it were, U Ik* coart of jaatioe for the pmtam ef the debtor. 1 owe my wbste eeif. 1 want C hrist to dwell la my heart, to guide every glance of the eye, every step of the foet, every thoaght of the mind. Because his holy name to magnified la my forgiveness, therefore f have A minister of the Gospel was asked to visit a poor dying woman. The mas longer being ignorant, coukl give no account of her state, except that abu waa a very good woman, and very happy; and was now at the end of a «*U spent life, there fore, sore of going to heaven. The minister went, saw she was very ill, and after a few kindly in quiries about her bodily condition, •aid: “Well, I understand you are in a very peaceful state of mind, depending upon a w ell spent life.” The dying woman looked hard at him aod said, “Tea, 1 am in the enjoyment of peace.” “You are quite right; sweet peace, and that from a well spent life. Bat it is the welt spent life of Jeans j not my do ings, but his; not niv merits, but hi* Wood." Dear reader, what a blessed state to be in, whether for life or death. The nature of Gospel liberty is just this, to he brought as a j»oor sinner to tee that all Jesus ia and has, and all he has done, Is made over to us. and that as he has taken our place, we take his, and therefore are “accepted ia the Beloved* When our good doings are baaed upon this foundation, the well spent life of Jesus, thru our services And accept tanct before God. The life ia well spent that understands this mystery. The well spent Hie of Jems just put to our account. Tens of thousands are toiling to recommend themselves to God by a soil-spent life of their own, but it is labor in vaiu ; it is sa 0, with out a figure before U- Crowd myriads of ciphers together and they stand for nothing. Christ is the figure that gives value to all our accounts, grout or wnall. aod the Spirit gives the receipt iu foil to his well spent against the truth. numl Agents, barlestou, S, C, Why need we ask f Heaven ia kora God to, provided a loving wl meets Him there. The iu font’s vividly The elcuiypt wafer, us shows johu iii: 5: “Ifoeept a man be p of water aud ipf the Spirit, be i aot rater into* the kingdom oT g» John viii IH, 39: “He that loveth ou me, as the Scripture lh aid, out of bin belly ahull flow er a of liviug rater. But this Ue he of the S writ, which they believe on hm( It is aot to be fral sense, but fD co: L Water the Spirit. “La tb a true heart li faith, having our understood in a it emblematically, i cleanses: even Hi ua draw near a full assurance hearts sprinkled Science, and our tb pure water.” 'ater fertilises the r Spirit fertilises Balm i; A “Aud shall be like a tree planted by ) rivers of watofc* 3. Water re- tbes; even so tiw Spirit refreshes r souls. “Thefo to a river, tbe theirordf il ten ] KDii toy. BOOKSTORE, h Sixth Street, LPHTA, PA. Not under Obligation to Bin bavin* SMMinied tin- ? the above named * for wile every va- L, Religious, Church Books. Any books mtry or abroad, espe- ;8j both old und uew, nished to order, iriven to furnishing dies; also, aids for Teachers. The or- Wben Herod consented to the be beading of John tbe Baptist, it is said, “He was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake,* be would not deny the request of Herodias’ daugh ter. Marvellous sense of honor! Sur net his sorrow over against his sin. and makes his conscientiousness jus tify his cruelty. Instead of rendering a reason for his conduct, however, we' only die cover in bis words an avownl of his retention. And, on their face, they curry this meaning: “No matter what the consequences, my pledge must stand. And it shafl stand, etea if John has to lose his bend.” Thus his wilful ness supplied him with an excuse for his conduct, and supported him in his wickedness. And may we not discover much of this same spirit in men now f Are there not cases where sinning is imagined to be a necessity, and where plausible pretexts, very much like Herod’s, # are offered to justify wbat is poasitivcly and palpably i wrong ? r With reference to some principle, or coarse of action, men often find themselves compromised, and, with perverted views, feel themselves bound by some pledge or precedent to do wrong. It was this foolish notion in Her al that led him to justify himself in cutting ofl a prophet’s head; and his case is well fitted to alarm and arouse any who are disposed to re sort to such excases, and who seek to persuade themselves that there is a necessity for their sinning. Tbe duty of all who find them selves thus involved, is openly and lwldlv to extricate tbemseves. It was dearly in the power of the king to do so; either by recalling an abased pledge, or by limiting it to the bestowment of a bounty. In stead of doing so, under the false notion that he was bound by his word to do wrong, he became a miserable murderer. And there are nnltitudesat the present day who, in the same way, softer themselves to become involved in sia, when, with truer aud higher views, they might assert their right of release from any bond that God does not require them to recognise.—-AaicrfraH Messenger. Giving w ah Act of Worship. —Rvery gift for the Lord’s cause should be an act of worship, even as the wise men from the East first fell down and worshiped the babe in the manger, acknowledged Him to be the promised Messiah, and then opened their treasures, and present ed to him gifts-lgold, frankincense and myrrh'; wfth au adoring faith sanctifying tbe gifts of love and gratitude. ■nts. Teach solicited Ttm led Mu aim* to return the low uf low with deep, slMurisuf, 4 unwavering tavoiMu t and it rv a | iu anted inorv unbroken In the end M and drink.* SeAmd. Wind i> also chosen to seprescnt the Spirit * n operations o|k>u the human b^art, 1. Tbe Spir It's independence. “The wind blow- <th where it liaU-tB,” &c. John iii : M. ijjlooe can resist the wind. It is sensible in its effects; and though •e see it not, and cau not tell from whence it eoatan ' or whither it goeth, we are still couviuoed of its existence aod preseuce when it jjllowsopoo «*r person. 2. Its power. This represents the power of tbe Holy Ghost. -And he said. Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the lord passed by, and « great and tag wind rent the mountains, and C > in pieces thf rocks before the , * 1 Kings xix: 11. “And Kudenly there crime • sound from fcfesrea as of a rnshing mighty wind, ||M it filled all the boose where they ue of Sunday-School 1871, «ent free. W. FREDERICK 31—3m at Um role of nearly twenty n second. You never ia all ASTEp & SONS, O K E, M D.', ruttinue j«errin* their <outh. sfill send SAM- h width and price of oue n (mqterl>, j aiul from danger. Soch se«-ms to be the great oAkv work of the Holy Bpirit. 1. 8pint'« imprvon. “It is turner! as clay to the avah” Job xxxviii: 14. “But we all, with I 0|>en face beholding as in n glass the glory of the Lord, are changed tuto the saiue image from glory to glury, even as by tbe 8|iirit ot the I xml.” 3 Cor. iii; h. 3. Market!, sortireti, &e. “Ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise" hgri. i 1 13. This to called the earnest of our inheritance (verse 14). Again. “Who hath also nraied ua, und * given the earnest of the Bpirit *a oar liearts." 3 Cor. i; ti. We bavo bow m-vii in th« giwpei • mirror what we may to- bv the ripfett of God, a«nl it only mnmhin for us to*. miv whether the Mrswii Bpirit shall ’ do for us that work fiUunit which we own never be savta aud bapfiv in ; time nod raeruity. All the emhhmw* iwemtiani are such aa the. Bthlc fur- 4 iiishea iu or«h*r to ilhistrdle awl en force the great troths thereto reveal ed. W« may gain much by paying 1 guts! I wed thereto. Muy the Heir Spirit eeligliten our iMNlevetandMigs while we search for the Itiddeu treas ures of (itwVs word, Ota fisahv lead ns to the liefeer inheritance iu heaven. 1 he t harah is not only qsicksaed b) Gaal, hoi qnwksard lnythw sith 4 hnst. If thi* truth sets maned mb* tb% utalnistaadtng and sflec Us», and hie*l u|s*a in the daily esgicMeuw uf the «hddxsa of Oral, thru very gsimeal* «urihi sotal of ot><ih and liakiiHsur. with all |M«tiri» of the merchant; and they would undrii stand sotueihiqg of their high calUag as hiug» and priests unto 4*«sl. Tu rise above tie <4d Adam, «• must live iu the Last Adam. We shall then U shir in the spvnt to usr the language of the Mb Vonlm* and to haw all tbuigs under our foci. 4Jui Lite i* in 4'hrtat, therehuv a is eternal partaking of the salute of Christ himself, a bo to “the «M»u»e yesterday, today, ami forever.* 4 its la design was md only lo save ns front hrll, hoaevrt gtwat that otay have bmi, but In* object was to satkt ua mho and daughters, tit order (but uo, with b>nmelf and Jean* the Elder Brother, ought dwell la heaven fuirvrr. We have three chief characters to sustain as believers, tb# child at God. the soldier, and the spouse of Christ. Wo Have to foal, to fight, and to sing. Chnat has won the victory for ua; we may gather op the spoils, and though, In no doing. Ore are subject to the enemy’s at- GOODS and Aniericau .ViaiiM- »y Expfve* freight mi utlers a nders are unHccoit»pa* tsitbei- BBuk Clwvi. ot must pay the Expsi ^ jof money m retnm bill*. almosplHix where they are. Their iafluv-aoe seems to you tike the per fume of flowers in a garden. There are |mtbou» who are so genial, so Ifoatlu, so forth putting in the direc- Uuu of purity, and gentleuoss. aud love, that yon have not tb. slightest doubt of their being ehnstians.— Have yon never known person* of “I do not want t>. Vfsjrcli 1, Ut*~- tit*, date; the following be mn ( ailv;, Suuday* and «rife foe.” That is, like *» would be a baptists of fire so ■Ml be the baptism »*f tbe Htdy Ghost. Fire purifies metals when brought ia cow tael with it, eves so Holy Bpirit purifies the hearts of m«*a when brought in proper con- ^ 8ra Isaiah ■ iv : 4. 2. Fire il- lumiuates and expels darkness; even Messed taint illumines the hiad and expels the darkness of the taL 3. Fire searches. Bo tbe blesa- T of God searches the deep of man, and revests the dross !* depraved natnre. Under ita •parching mtlocata the seal may be J^yfiod pore, aod fit meet for the iter’s service. For proof see Zepw ^*2, and 1 Cor. ii: 16. 4. Fira Under the Bpirit’s influence « grosser natnm of men is refined until,they aUod forth, ? ■ in miniature, clad in the habili- menu ot heaven—all their grosser Hubduetl and brought into subjection to God’s diviue law. Fire trmiHfornua. AU that comes , ontact therewith to either ei>n- ■fifi^d or Irsustonned to a like i*‘ ^^d aiipeaaaaee of itself. We i Jj Ioortl shall sit p i re- ,^ rw *. * if and shall |>urge 5* !K>0 * * Levi* ’Tifi thus the k y transforms the image of P® forthljr to that of the heavenly. r®» place a piece fit metal in the brarnnea. filled with heat “Muse* amt Khas talking with Je an*." A part of heaveu surely was there, at toast Lhr dtsrtpto* tb.sight so; but it appeared not to anv ex cept to those nmtot tbe canopy. Ho may it be with the fttft toarro, to be entered at death « 3 Them, again, heaven uiav be fall of light —nav, enrefoped In it, and may be very near a* too; yet tbe light raa> to ^ seek kind that the tons of the udearopt will not refract it, sad tbe retina of the eye will not be aftected by it. Arliats know bow to arrange their trans poreoctos to that on tbe tome sheet figures are made visible by one kind of light which are wholly invisible by soother. Per hap* heaven’s light may not salt the mortal eye while ia fall view of the eye immortal. 4. Bat even supposing it distant from us bqyood all computation, trkat is distance to the spirit? What to It to thought f What to U even to gravitation f This principal in naturv by which every particle of matter attracts towards It and la attracted by every other particle in the unlvento—a principle which •nria* to ignore n0 time aud all distance, and which seems to act equally at both its termini, however distant, at the same moment —i* act forth in nature as. if to teach those who are more learned in the im moose magnitude* of space than lu the power aod faithfulness of God, not to be afraid of distance- Tb whom you have aay other definition of a Christian than that which I sec ia him T lie is an orphan, who, having lived forty years, cau not lay his finger on any one, aud aay, “He gives me one idea of good.” Blessed be God. 1 know a great many. jSTeMsn.! Ie. to go into effect Ith iostnnt: issenger Train. 7 40an» 8 20P m g 90 am ghi and Aecomm^ ndaus eeeepted). 7 00p m * 7 00 a m m r~frn‘' r Y.1 lOP" 1 ....*r.oo a m i.mlation* TwjtajK DohimlmiM riayi and Saturday*• ER, Vi«K-Prcm <1< Tlt - n. Ticket Agt. Boiuu uicideoU teach great Lessous. Borne years ago a young lady was teaching a clam of boys in the tab- bath school. She was oue whose heart was devotedly engaged in her work, and who loved to sit before her clam to open up to them the Scripture*. She never went from a mere leaden sense of duty. One Lord’s day afternoon the rain was falling heavily, and the wind was very hipb. It waa a day of all days for staying at borne. She looked at the rain aod listened to the wind, and for a moment was very much tempted to leave her place' in the Sabbath school vacant. But bettei thoughts prevailed, and she cheer *—I—I u On reaching lose their bloom aud freshnessx for Thou immmimJoly “Peter turning Christ would not that we should about aeeth the dtompie whom Jesus rest satisfied with Mis gifts and loved following.’’ Uto lender fove To have the Lord Jes«a rarasfed comfort*, and tokens of His love, inspired mors promptness ia action to us by the Tloly Ghost to enough, iustririd of tufuig, “Than jwrt my than did thri pMPNlPW forwsrd- j It tofoel Btcpheo wUil hto peno- (HHliau, G Lord.” Ho refresh?* aud ness of Peter. outers, and suttees ua aamtot all our gladdsu* us with the dowers aud Au intense lave for the truth, , dtritonUww sod srivswsirim, smtrial rpuea of divine csitanlatkm, nut united with n devoted ndsairntioo all trials, great and aatal. that wo rififo’ look away foa Hum- , of guodiu*ss, shines through the life : Tbe Church lias spiritual, heaven- self to them, bat lhai, enjoy ing the of John. This prepared him U> rs ly, sternal life to Christ, her risen sweet fragrance t|t HU comforting csive the teach lugs of the JU*<1, and Lord. Hto pisvred aids in tbs feuu love, we may render ft buck to to follow him to the end, to a truly , tain, the sssvee of life to sa. na tbe Him in thu bmithiugs of joy t fove, self sacrificing hpiriL , •pooar of Christ. ^Tirit a ifUUua Is und thankfulness. He to not hidtog , Thm Iqve of the truth waa aaauci-^ tbia! 1 W# are umler IriW of His face, though Uto llowti* Ih* *h.> ; sled with a remarkslM. strung aud , God’s love and grace, in oar o#w but He Mould buv. tu be ever going decided haired «f ana^Mt/k with j relatfou as chUdrm wr are uodsr sgauc tlirough the geotl>-dro|»(>iug *oibo the stsrucat flash' * of m- j obligation to l brut <» • 1 ir.-tl*otn, dews of prayer iu thq Holy Ghost, dignotioti agsiust its bidders. There U tng hi* brethren; and as bis mem to knock at Hto garden-gate and was. uetbiug weak ot c^flemuiate , ^ r f, to ohey him as oar Bond. ask Him for a irmb gift of Hia.slamt Urn guu. He i*» a iks^, W f Isve often <L 3(t>rd^ mmhsrs eboiem flower*. H*» wit usr* the > ergv*—ri *Qk fd thptofor- Ih^jf toj*/ Cortot, afe*u our 1»P* ; would lbs* flowers we have, that w« may glwaya j *ugg^tt| IVMIattlrlU 1 t E RAILROAD folly faced tbe storm tbs school, she found oil her boys wore there. Not oue was missing. Sbe of course expressed her pleas ure at seeing them there. One of them said to her in a bright, hearttr elemeijt. 6o the human » brought in contact with j« transformed to the ua-