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rOUNDRY -8nperi«v ONE LORD, ONE FAITE ONE BAPTI8 M”—EPHE8IA N8 IY: 5 vbD Rotary Cincinnati, o 25—lv COLUMBIA. S.C., FRIDAY. MAY 31. 1872 OLD SRRIKS,. VOL. V.--N0. 194 Every bearer » the mum* lib erty. The unuutor's nUh m tbe aggregate of tbe volnntar) uttering* of bis cotifTvgatkMi. Tbe donations differ from hi* soli\rf only in being not stipulated; they too are simply voluntary. We con easily see how •orb a dependent living would hu initiate a proud and worldly man, but it ia better that tbe gospel should be aup|iorted by tbe fose-will offer ings of its professed friends than by the exactions of tbe law. There ia, no doubt, aoatelbing very dishonor able in tnabing the minister dona tions with a pretense of liberality, whilst bis services are accepted at a starring aatarv ; still there wonkl be no improvement in tbe addiudha! narrowueaa of withholding tbe do nation also. As long as there ia worth and self denial in tbs ministry, and piety in the laity, so long will there tie commuuicatbms “eoocrni ing giving and receiving" in the chtinbe*.— 1.other on DUrrm OftTO&B, fih Street, when thou didst tabernacle here." And tbe King shall say those wortK your assurance of eternal bliss. “In asmucb as ye have done it onto one of tbe least of these, ye bare don. it unto roc.” What a hope is this! what a reward for tbe now unknown, obscure toilers in this work ! i batter We are fully persuaded that the tiristian ' manner of gettiog up a donation may be officious ami offensive, far urn the ' do the thing nicely and delicate)} If >\hi I requires no little met and good Jndg feature I ment. Ami the minister may lietray d soon, no little servility, complaisant or d Medi dissatisfied self seeking In the man voyage ner of accepting sneh dons tions. bare to bnt after all, we are disposed to to the brace the origin of making and ae eepting presents to a more aneient i say: » n d more respectable source than bT but *be superstitious of tbe Komlsh A point «*hnreb. The habit of making and gentle, receiving presents did not originate iflbring, with the abuses and disorders of ” It is tbe rhnrrh in the Middle Ages. The ’ a man dis|msitioo to give testimonials of sill not respect ami esteem is ss old as vtr- ig back tnous friendship, and It im)>lies no do him, more degradation to accept than to len, al ofl ^ r these tributes of love sad re ms, his ffafd. On the contrary, may there pill and * ot be something susteer and selfish prayer* ,n tbe tenqier of a man who looks it—they with contempt on these tribute# of ess and l« v ** and refuse# to have anything to boot his do w»th them ; and may not a msn , while betray a s|iirtt of mean sml selftsh ills, yet pride who refuse* a gift for (ear, ml keep perhaps, that it may lay hint under id stick *ome obligation, or imply an hum icharitm Wing dependence u|*>u fils dooom f ked, tla Iu all these things, of coarse, there the no, .sight to be motives of candor ami you are generosity, far selfishness, instnorrl reviled, *y or meaoness mast render the offer Mir ene or receptkm of a gift alike dropfea bo des We amt mean Whether rate may its you” accept a present without tlegrsda heart ia tiou or crime, m not, mn«t deprud dum* tbe on tin* relation of the |tarts** aod ig»; the tbe design of tbe gift. If it is in be great tended as a bribe to blind one's eyes, jring tbe and warp tbe judgment or eon be seed, science, then tbe salbtary rule of tbe waiting Mosaic law (night to Is* regarded: iting far ‘Thou shalt take no gift, for the tea yon gift bUndetli the wise and perverirth 1/rMe Um words of the rightr«»u».* If tbe There is i theology of Christian ei|»erieoce—a great body of pieckms doctrines which have endured the test qf ages, and have been the abiding comfort of all who believe them. The faithfulness of God, the love of Christ, the ministry of the spirit; how these wrought them selves Into the inmost character and life of God's people, attesting them ■elves by evidences compared with which even mathematical demonutre- don to weak. When tbe blind man was restored to sight be might be excused if be gave little h<vd to an argument that proved miracles im possible ; when isucarus was brought from the tomb, the Hudducer could not hope to convince him that there is no resurrection ; when the penitent sinner has heard in his heart the pardoning voice of Christ, he can not easily be jiereuaded that the gospel to a fiction ; and wheu throe experience* of spiritual renewal and healing have hero refloated in mil Boos of biographies and through whole periods of history, the accu mutated testimony, with all its ind dental confirmations, justifies our completes* confidence * We may lie told that the world has outgrown these dogma* of Christianity, but the cloud of witnesses for their JJaUhrw Henry was accustomed to say: “To wiu a single soul from Satan to Christ would afford me greater joy than to jmmstos a moun tain of silver and gold/ Of the god ly Alieine it was said: “He was in finitely, insatiably greedy of the con version of souls." Wheu Christians all have this mind to work fur their Ixrrd, how will the sheaves be multiptod. A great inauy thing* we take pleasure in now, we shall find no joy in, when the last hour route*. Hut if we can remember eveu one poor child God permitted a*^ to lead into his king dom, it will afford ns more comfort thau coffers of gold. When I>r. Lyman Beecher lay on kia dying bed hat a gret t many persons anxious t> know whether the evidei ice of con version her they J$re living in tbe rf Christian dispositions. thought upon IHn#ht—anxious thoughts to know Xgtkor the great change has passed whether they may not 3 deceived, whether they are in- 1*1 the diaeiples of Christ, and Xye a right to the ordinances and Xmbership of a Christian church Xj shall be saved! at ladt. Throe T-j, gg are in their jraind iriOrv than tLthonght? Mm I living in chris- Xi dispositions, and performing Xy by day chriUkfa duties r jMen wait; they fel as though to liprtorm Christian duties before be- L a Christian wajs a wroug done, bev Bay: “If I fas a Christian I onid pra^r, but 11 m not a Christian, f course, 1 shot Id not get angry * I do now if I wa i a Christian, but at being a chnsi iau, it is not so ad for me to do it ” So they staud Looking Unto Jemu I nto Him, and not to what we do for Him. Too much taken up with our work, we may forget our Mas ter; it to possible to have the hand* fall and the heart empty. Taken up with our Master, we can not for get our work; if tbe heart is filled with nis love, how can the band' not be active in His service ! t’nto Jesus, and not to the appa rent success of our efforts. Appa rent success to not the measure of real success: and besides. God has not commanded us to succeed, but to work. It is of our work He will require an account, and not of oui success; why then take thought about it ltefore the time! It i* for us to sow the seed, it is for God to gather the fruit; if not to-day it will be tomorrow ; if not by us it will be by others. Even when success is gianted us. it is always dangerous to let our eyes rest upon it complacently; on the one haud, we are tempted to attribute something of it to our selves; on the other baud, we thus accustom ourselves to give way to relaxing our zeal when we cease to perceive its effects, that is to say. at the very time when we ought to redouble our energy. To look to success is to walk by sight; to look to Jesus, and to persevere in follow ing and serving Him in spite of all discouragements, to to walk by faith. Thy work shall be rewarded, saith Jehovah. KTS BIVKH. f Sunday-School • rotjVw. FREDERICK. 31-r3ro , a brother minister ■kid to him, “Dr. Beecher, you know a great deal; tell a* what to tbe greatest of all things P Let all embajwador* of fiiriwt mark bis answer: “It to not theology • u m not con troversy ; it to save souls.” We must labor and pray for souls as those who must give account to God for every ooe we might influ ence, if we would be successful. We need tbe spirit of John Welsh, who on the coldest winter nights, would rise to pray and wrestle with God for ■ bleating on bis flock. In reply to his wife's remonstrance, tie an swered : • ' “O woman! I have three thousand souls to account to God for. and I know not how it is with many of them.” Like the blessed Hroitiard. he needs to be willing to deny himself, if by it he can better win souls. “I cared not how or where I lived," be said, “or what hardship* I went through, so that I could but gain souls to ( hrist. While I w as asleep I dtvamed of these things, and when I awaked the first thing I thought of wa* for the conversion of the JUil *U tex Uiv s is now he church eight , and in this wit > to toe church. $1 00 1 25 *< t: 60 » *00 ■ 2 50 j... 3 75 f xtra gilt.. S 00 - - 5 00 * extra. gations are re orders at once. u.u per cent, is By your own |*roftmd«»o you hare pae*i-d from death anto life, from darkness to light, I torn the service of aia to the service of God. You have a hots* which many have not It*turning to (ind yrmirself. you are calk'd to tell otbeT* of his rerincoiing love, and to Invite them to join you in the journey heavenward. You •land between the String and the dead, and to you God has entrusted the aieana of reclaiming others from the down want road. If a sincere and earnest rhnation, you have a lunging drotre to be made a M«-**tng to other*. The question has ansen in your mind, “How mm I best honor my dear Msrfeuab) active service ia his catmrf fit to not enough that you rbertob au< h dmirr. You must ifewk to rBtfffitpoii the work which God in h*« pros Hi uu has faht to ram baud. Whether yo# are aa «*ltkae !« *w* .# mush e*~*— which an other period can do. These line* ate written ia the bo|»e of famishing you some “A#f|m to tk* fisvarji sad roratMU of poor temk.* You arv a meat her of the Church, .oid the interests of Christ's cause aa they are committed to his < hnrch are In your hands. In order that you may an*re lovingly, «-*rneatly aod intrlligitily engage tu the Imnl's work, we ask you to study not only tbe mpooizmtixm of the church, but thr rot mnm fmwu of arrricr in ubich ra h aod all of her members nut Is engaged. Looking at these, choose at tout none coir dfparUmcmt iu which you nill labor habitually ami nith hearty consecration. ud «ay, “When 1 am converted, an going to tqke up all these liiigs,” and they wait for that pe- afar mental shod which they con- ider udispeiiHiible before they can eifona throe chriitian duties. It makes no difference whether os an a Christian or are not a trifltton, it to your bounden duty to o right. This to the duty of every ring creature before and after con enion. It is thf universal duty; l belongs to evefy living man to re after the standard of the Lord teas Christ. W tether a man is a bristian or not, he should walk ■ably and meekly before the Lord, lo you ask: “to t lat an evidence of hag a Christian 1 1 Christ said: “If on love mo keep m y oommand merits.” Ie who known i ad does Christ"* [Tltoi Ar»be*,me. giU tey, $4. Ten per those who bnv is 6c CHAPMAN', trs, Columbia, S C 24—tf Christ. And so long as man's na tore and need* rvmaiu, no loog will the old ikathn be thr only ones which lead to peace and to God. We can nu« yiedd the ftcripturvs and tbe doctrines of salvatkm by the cross, until t effective Truss *r© sad relief of his Truss has re- [the most eminent ntrw, who do not it to those afflic ted r snperior to all 0 * * ’ sat will retain the ty, and the wearer i is using a remedy Aim of the Inspired Writer' Christ's Uiat. and bappa-i way coer, or anything else, will *un»asK tbe moral Tirtue of Um* gospel, and work greater miracles in lifting up the sinful and |>orify ing society, then it will be easy to *up|d*nt the Bible and supersede Christ. We hold to tbe old, not because it to okl, but Iwt-ausr it shows itself tbe power of God unto Miration al. Its authors w rote not for giui \ nor display, not to astonish or amuse their brethren, but to instruct them and make them better. They wrote for God's glory, not their own; they wrote* for the world's advantage, not to aggrandize themselves. De mostheues composed his most splen did oration in order to win the crown of eloquence; aud the most elaborate effort of ancient oratory — the “Panegyric” to which Isocrate* devoted fifteen years—was jnst an essay written for a prize. How different the circnmstanoes in which the speech on Mars’ Hill w as spoken and tbe farewell sermon in the np l»er c hamber at Troas! Herodotus and Thucydides composed their his tories with a view to popular ap plause: aud Pindar's fiery pulse beat faster iu prospect of tbe great Olympic gathering and the praise of assembled Greece. How opposite tbe circumstances in w hich the sect of llerod penned his faithful story, and Isiaah and Jeremiah poured forth their fearless denunciation* of {topular sins! The most superb of modern historians confesses tie* flutter which he felt when the last line of his lask was written, aud lie thought that fterbaps hi* laiiH- \tas established. A mote imjsuUinl history concludes: “These things are. written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believiug, ye might have life through his name/ —Reformed Presbyterian. [safe aod effectual [his we guarantee 111 who may come ktouiinal belts for rhe womb, and as k and abdominal k- cape and stock- L ulcers and weak ladies, gents and If stocpiug of tlie k expander. pc most eunenor i'ilv adjusted and p for mil physical of the spine, bow I Celebrated Artiti ls Patent Rubbei ik's Silver Uterine worth’s Stem Per- rith a competent nptly attended to. . MARSH, Baltimore St.. Baltimore, Md. How much to y our Bible worth f Scientific men are trying to show us, through the newspaper*, and through philosophic papers, that our race to descended from the moukey. Get out of my way with your abominable Darwinian theories! Scientific men can not understand the origiu of this world. We open out Bible*, and we fed like the christiau Arab, who heu naked by A ncli young man of Home had beeu suffering from severe illness, bat at length he wa* cured, and recovered Uto health. Then he went far the first time into tbe garden, aud felt a* if he were uewly bora. Full of joy, he praised God aloud, lie turned his faoe up toward heaven aud *aid, “O Thou Almighty Giver of all blessings, if a human leiug could iu any way rejiay Thee, bow williogty would I give up all my wealth r . Hernias, the shepherd, listened to these w ords, and he said to the rich youug man, “All good gifts come from above; tbou const not send anything thither. Come, follow me." Tbe yoath followed the pious old duui. and they came to a dark hovel, where there wa* nothing but iniser\iand lamentation ; for the father lay! sick, aud tbe mother wept, w hilst the children sUkmI round naked and erring far bread. Then the young man was shocked at the scene of distress. But Hernias said, “Behold here is an altar for thy sacrifice ! Behold here the brethren and representatives of the Isml!” The rieli voting ilian then opwifd his hands, ami gave ftwlj and richly to tbem of his wealth, and tended the sick man. And the poor people, relieved and comforted, bless ed him, and called him an angel of God. Hennas smiled and said, “Even thus turn thy grateful looks first toward heaven, and then to earth." be improper to dectioe it. When Meictiizrdck met Abraham return ing from the slaughter of tbe kings and presmted him “bread and wine, and gave him tithes of all,* it was not only proper far Abraham to accept these offering* from tbe priest of tbe Moat High a« a token I Kith of personal regard, and as an art of faith, but It would have been improper not to have accepted them. But when, in the immediate con nee tion, he was urged to take a gift from tbe king of Smloro (Gen. xiv: 21-24), tbe man of God iwomptly aod emphatically declined it, as it would have implied an unworthy dependence of a favored man of God upon a wicked king. Xowr, the relations l»etween a minister ot the gospel and his parishioner* are such that there can lie no improprie ty in the interchange of gift*. If tbe people wish to give their pastor a testimonial of their respect for him, and their appreciation of bia labor, and thus a token of iaterest in the <4kuse which lie serve*, wc «lo not see that there need lie anything unmanly and slavish in his rroep tion of it. On the contrary, be might show a good deal of pri<to and unbecoming indejiendenee by refasing the well meant token of regard. It to certain that the great aposth) Tanl, who was so carefnl not to he burdensome to the chnrch- es, lint tailored diligently with hto own hands for hto daily support, did not feel at liberty to decline the hospitalities and friendh gift* of his grateful parishioner*. When tbe Philiphtns, once and again, min istrred to hto neceositie*, be accept ed their donations with many ex pros*imin of gratitude. “I rejoice in the I*ml greatly," *aid he, “that now at the last your care of me . ^ ^ am. m a ® S9 * Virtue goes out of Uhrtot to n bomsoever may touch him ; thus we know that be ha* still Imwer on earth to forgive sins, that he to still tbe okl aud only path to (fad—tbe Way, the Truth, ami the life.—.Ydtowi lUptiMt. said JLo the skeptic him why he believed there was a God: “How do I know that it was a man instead of a camel that went past my tent last night! Why, I know him by the traeksT Then, looking over at the setting sou, the Arab said to tbe skeptic: “Look there! that is not the work of a man. That is the track of a God." We have all these things revealed in God’s Word. l>ear old book! My father loved it. It trembled in my mother’s hand when she was nigh four-score years old. It ba* been under the pillow of three of my brothers when they died. It to a very different book from the book it once was to me. I used to take it acres of dirt and husbandman. Another man o rns some gronnd. it to poor, etoy sof. But early and late he sticks to it* He works hard upon it. He pla its potatoes, and gets out about as many as he puts in. He raise* a little crop of grass. Bnthe has no cag ital, and does not make much heath ay. Nevertheless be is a husband nan—a poor one, bat according to t le soil, he is doing tbe best he kno rs how. Another man has a better spot; his ground dopes to the sout i in places; there ars other parts that are ppor, but four or five acre» there are - that shine—they are 1 he garden of the farm. But there are breaks. In bis fence; the cattle f et in, and be loses his temper. The *e are spots that «Hi! i* any oue no dead iu heart, mi blighted iu hand or asidnition, a* to be side to look all this divine love in the face, and not be won by it to better things T Blessed, bles sed God! Wotklerfal Father ! Com passionate Creator! this mystery of His droiring our poor love should of itself be a life loug )oy to us in our time of pilgrimage. It puts a uew face upon the world. All thiugs glow with another light. A feeling of security come* upon us like a gift from heaven and wrap' u* round and ihc. <sdd chill goes from our heart, and the da^k spot* are illunii. listed; sml we waut nothing more now, nothing. Earth has nothing to give which would not be a mere impertinence after this desire of God. Our hearts are full. We have no room far more. This desire of God solves all tbe problems of our inner life; far it at once calms us iu otir present lowness, and spurs us on to higher things, and the «auio of that doable state, the calm aud tbe spur—what to it but iierfection f God loves mo God desires my love. He has asked for it; he covets it, lie prises it more than 1 do myself! I would fain tell the poor trees, aod the little birds that arc roosting, and the patient beasts that are slumber ing in fbe dewy grass, and the bright waters, sod the wanton winds, and the clouds as they sail above me, and that whito moon, and the flickering far-off stars, that God desires my love, mine eveu mine! Aud it to true, infallibly true. O God, Thou art my God, because my goods are nothing unto Thee! What shall I do T If I may not doubt this mystery, what can I do but die of love! Oh Tbou, who in the world above gives us the light of glory that we may bear to see thy beanty, give os now the strength of faith to endure these revelations of Thy love! Lake Hhurt, when about fifteen yror» of age, hesnl a sermon from the celebrated Flavel, and snos after came to America, " here be spent the remattider of hto life. He re reived no immediate impression from FlavsTs sermon. and Uved in , Marclfl, 1872. ,te. the following a daily, Snodsy* cunwd.” But, sit tine one day id a Add. he fell into a busy reflection on his (toot life; and, recurriug to thr events of hto youth, be thought of having heard Mr. Flavel preach, and vividly recollected a large |*or tiou of hto sermon, and the extra ordinary earnestness with which it was delivered. Bterting as if stang by mi adder, he instantly labored under accusing* of ronsrieoce, and ran feotu thought to thought till be arrived first at conviction of sin, aud next at on o|q»rebcnsion of the Diviae method of saving the guilty. He soon after jotaod a Congregation al cborch in his rtoiaity, and to the day of hto death, which happemsl in the ooe hundred aod sixteenth year in hto age, gave satisfactory evidence of being a truly converted and be lieving follower of tbe Saviour. Mr. Flavel had long Wore passed to his heavenly rest, and could not, while on earth, have supposed that hto living voice would have so long continued to yield its echoes as an instrument of doing good to a wau Let ministers and ; 6 13 * »» 8 05 a ui ....10 07 a m 8 15 a m 1 50 p w 4 05 p si 5 55pm , General 8*p't- ral Ticket Ag't. Pascal’s Confession of Faitm. —“1 love poverty because Jesu* Christ loved it. I love wealth be cause it gives me the means of assist ing the wretched. I keep faith with all men. I do not render evil to those who do it to me; bat I desire a state for them like my own, iu which I receive neither evil nor good from the hand of man. I en deavor to be just, truthfal, sincere and faithful to all men; and I have a tenderness of heart for those v to whom God ho* united me more closely; and whether I am alone or in the sight of men, in all my actions I have in sight God, who must judge them, and to whom I have conse crated tbem aU. “These are my sentiments, aud all the days of my life I Mess my Redeemer, who has pat them into me; and who, from a man full of misery, concnpisence, pride and am- bition, has, by the strength of his grace, made a man exempt from these evils. And to this grace all the glory' is due, since I have in myself nothing but misery and er- my father; of Christ, my Saviour; of heaven, my eternal home. “How precioa* to the l**nk Oivin#. By iuMpiration given! Bright ** a lamp iU doctrine* •lime. To guide our *ouU to heaven. Tlito lamp through all the tedioun night Of life #hall guide our way, Till we behold the dearer light Of an eternal day." As I take up my family Bible to night, bright with promise* and redolent with boyhood memoriea, and mighty with principles that are to regenerate the world, I ask you, ye men who are descended from those who fought until they died in their tracks, for the defence of this book; ye sons of the Covenanters, Who were hounded among the High lands of Scotland; ye sons of men who went on ladders of Are from L « W V English soil to heaven, for this grand, gHrious trinmph, and God- How much owest fhon Work on, fellow workers in Christ Your name* may not be blazoned abroad among the mighty and hon orable, as the world has them. The time cometh wfien your. Lord and Master, your Father, who seeth in secret will reward you openly. To you, who, in your humility, may not then be expecting or hoping snch hesrtv welcome and reward, he will say; “Come, ye blessed of my Fa ther, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world ; for 1 was an hungered, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink ; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye oame unto me." Will you stand back in amazement at such an unexpected, such a won derful weloome t Will you say ; “Lord, when have we done this ? It is true, we gladly would have run to thy relief; bad we kuowu thy need. But we did not live on earth urnbia, S. C June 9,1871- i to go into effect on instant: • \nger Train. ! 7 40 a iu i !.8 20 pm r .._8 20 a m r.a 40 pm E and Aecomvioilit- ]tiy* rzcepita)e ...,700pm r"** • 7 00a TO .7 10pm ’ *'*'* 6 00 a m nation Train will [unibto a* formerly v# aud Saturday*- r Vice-President- Ticket Agt. - a nch, fat, joyfi 1, prosperous old iarmef. ! He is al de to take care of himself and all his neighbors. Yet he is no more a husbandman than the first, who, <)n account of the poverty of his lani, can not be much. hath flourished again. You have well done that ye did communicate with my affliction. Now, ye Phllip- pinns, know also that In the begin niqg of the gospel no church com municated with me as concerning giving and receiving but ye oaly. For even in Tbessalouica, ye sent once and again unto my necessity. Not because I desire a gift, Iwt I desire fruit that may abound jo your account. I mu fall, having received of Epsphrodltn* from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable and well pleasing to God.” Instead of disdaining these I hi* figure of t ie husbandman is the Lord’s figure, and may be user to as to fit christi ins. A man has all things against him. He makes a fight. The weeds *re all over him, and people say to him i “Why don’t youii cut them down!” “I have tried, 1 ut they grow so dering sinner private Christians, who labor for the spiritual well being of their fellow men, “coat their bread upon the waters,” in fall faith that, though they lose sight of It themselves, “it •hall be found after many days.* large, and 1 min t do something to r **® . He is making a feeble fight; he is a p<1 nr Christian. Yesl but he may be t etter than many of AIL ROAD given Book to my Lord P—T. /). Tnfmnpe Private prayer has been likened to a golden chain, whereof one end prosente, Paul accepted them grate is tied to tbe tongue of mau, and tbe fully aud regarded them as a saeri other end to the ear of Deity. floe acceptable to God. When the right triumphs, it always ■ w / -