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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.
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• 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
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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"*
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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/
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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
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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
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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
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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
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