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 hr. 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 priear 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.