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W SERIES, VOL. 4
COLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 9. 1872
OLD SERI US, VOL. V.---N0. 204
mo labor ol yonr hand* f wiB you
be putting hi* gifts to u proper
uaet
Again. There la your ©hriatiuu
brother. Ho is weak iu the faith, be
has not strength to resuit his beset
ting sin-drinking to exrem. lie
sees you taking your fruit to tho
distillery; says It is right for you,
it is right for him. 11c does so;
drinks up the brandy, iiecomes a
drunkard, Hast thou not cussed him
“to perish for whom < hrist dint r
A christiau laborer talked to a poor,
degraded man about his sou Us salva
tion. Hear his tuuneg oh ye advo
cates of distillaliou. “A few years
ago 1 was a respected member of
- church, eutertaiurel a good
hope all was right with me. 1 was
thou iu Hr. A.’s employ incut,* broth*
er member and officer iu the same
church. His orchard y telded a large
crop of fruit. Ho hud it taken to
the distillery. 1 there met tempta-
tious I could not resist. 1 thought
if it was right for kirn, uiy spiritual
overseer, to have his fruit distilled,
it was no harm for me to drink a
little. Boou that little became much,
and 1 am uow u mined, last man,
and sty Christian brother occasioned
of Bn mortality, exclaiming with the
apostle, “Our light affliction, which
is but for a moment, worketh for us
a far more exceeding aud eternal
weight of glory,” aud singing as wo
journey ouwanl, ^
, Give Jky.or grief, give case or paiu.
Take lift or frieoda auajr,
But let me find them all again
In thiii eternal day.
joyous chorus of praise. Hod's good
ness is praised. When the Holy
Spirit in love sends the refreshing
showers of his grace upon his heri
tage to revive it when it is weary,
it too sings and rejoices. Who, hav
ing been in a spiritually torpid state
.and having felt the warm, life-giving
breathings* of the Spirit, is nat ready
to join in the song of the spouse,
“lo, the winter is past, the rain is
over and gone, the Bowen appear
on the earth, tho time of tho singing
of birds is come and the voice of the
turtle is heard in the land; the fig
tree putteth forth her green figs, and
the vines with the tender grapes
give a good smell. Arise, my love,
my fair one, and couie away. 3
There is uo way of manifesting
love more common, and. {i©rlia|*<.
none more effectixe than in the be-
stowal of gifts, and this is the way
the Spirit commend his .love to lii*
church and people. Hence in every
age of the world, since the days of
Enos, “when men began to call on
the name of the Lord,” to the pres
ent day, the Holy Spirit has mani
fested his love in reviving his church.
And just as this love of tlic Spirit is
felt, the church is active and pro
greosive, and as the Spirit is grieved
and withholds his refreshing infiu
end's, the church languishes and
dec!ini’* I'mited Presbyter ia n.
»4mo i* n ,
the church ciu
•Id, and in thin w
iu* to the church
fbr Christian! t<
Fniit tHstille 11
“The power of Hod is wvn la the
vast work of creation. For the iu
visible things of him frtaa the err*
tioii of the world aril clearly awn,
being understood by tho (blogs (hat
ore mode, even his eternal power
aud Godhead." Uow great the pow
er whieh produced the whole Mi
verse at a wont, “lie spake and
it was done, be* commanded and it
sTchmI fast. He upboUkrth alt things
by (ho word of his power, be per
serves all his creatures in their
proper, place for (heir special par
|wmc. lly a power all iliviue the
beuveuly bodies roll on in sfdeudor
roaud their proper apbrevu, without
getting out of their regslar course.
Even ia the raging of the sea, thou
over it dost reign, aud when the
waves thereof do swell thou stillest
them again. What mighty power
this that sustains all his creatures,
great and small, sets hounds to the
raging sea, bolds the winds la his
fists, taketh up the isle* as a very
little thing, weigbeth the hills in
scales, and the mouuUuas as i* bal
ances.
lie bos the hearts of sit u»en ia
his band, ami can turn them shea
ever it pleaseth him; thus bs turned
the hearts of the Egyptians, so os to
favor the Israelites, by sending them
sway laden with great riches, lie
can govern the most stubborn of all
his creature*, devils and wicked men.
“Satan U always going shout as a
muring lion, seeking whom he may
devour." We could hsv# ao sgrtj
iu the wurhl if bis power were wot
restrained, lint thanks hr to Gad
be can do nothing without his per
misMun; be could not tom b or
molest Joti, either ia his peraott or
property, without librrty from his
Hosier; hr could not even rotor the
heard of sw toe w i&bout ksvs t «ud
by omnipotent |«wer go mis the
wicked, whose hearts an* fully set
on iniquity. The imsgtaaBaas of
their hearts are evil, and ouh cell
continually What us*-railed Itssa
tiousmws, what hradstrnag t’ury
would triumph over our sin caracal
world, and run with rapid v luhsire.
if a |*ower divine did not interpasr,
aud hear <low u Its mighty floodgate*.
Human aicirty would hr cutu|4ptel>
uprooted, our earth drenched In
bhwsl, all things would run into a
sea of cottfusiou if God did not
restrain the lusts ami corruption* of
men. “I will put my ba4 into thy
nose, ami my bridle in thy li|M, ainl
1 will turn thee back.”
“The very w nth of nuui snto Thy pm«
rrUouinlm •
Thou to the remnant id bi« wrstk wilt <rl
restraining hmtnds."
Tlie power of God Is manifested
in raising up a church in spite of oil
his enemies, planting the Gospel and
converting the world to ehristianitv.
If we consider the means by which
the Gospel was propagated, the di
vine power will evidently appear.
The persons employed to do this
great work weie a few illiterate fish
erman with a tax collector and one
tent maker, without authority and
power to enforce obedience, without
the charms of eloqoeocr, yet the
story of the cross prevailed, and the
Gospel spread far and wide, ami be
saved sinners for “his name sake,
that he might make his {tower to be
known.* The greatest earthly king
dams have been broken up ami
destroyed, whilst tin* church of the
living God boa been preserved by
his power. *
"God has iu tier lit* dwt-lhng made.
And she shall never more be moved.
Her Gsl shall early give her aid.
As He litr help hath ever proved."
i slothful in busi teas ? fervent
It; serving the lord." “And
ir yo eat, or dr ak, or what-
ye do, do all f >r the glory
|* “Aud whaUnever y© do,
leartity, ss unto he Lord, and
to men.’’ These texts, wheu
|y considered and compared
“And ye are no your own;
are bought w th a price:
ns glorify God ii your body,
your spirit, whk l are God's,”
dearly that chrii toms should
> in uo work wt ich does not
honor n{K)u Got as the Crca-
<M things ; or do p not glorify
noug nu n by ai vanciug th©
ts of Christ’s ki igdom. Tho
|m merchant, Vlo, by lowest
k supplies the net trcsary wauls
fellow creatures, glorifies God
{urtaiiilhk
A calculation has boon made that
in England and BootUud aloue, there
ore preached every* Sabbath uo less
than 76,000 sermons, which make a
total for the year of four millions.
And there are probably as many
preached iu this country. What oil
immense number does this seem!
And how much of it ap{iean» to be
labor in vatu! We can peroefve
no great change iu the world pro
dneed by this preaching. Some
souls are indeed continually being
brought through this divinely sp
pointed agency to repentance of sin
and faith in Christ, aud are thus
made heirs of everlasting life*; but
comparatively few sermons are di
rectly followed by this happy result.
Axe the rest, then, uselessf No!
Not s sifiglc rfiort of this kind cau
be thrown nwsy.
Take notice of a pilot, who is
steering a large vessel into port,
lie has his hands constantly cm the
wheel, sad from time to time turns
it rapidly, especially when the waves
are rough, sad the wind is high aud
contrary, so that the ship is obliged
to beat her way into port; then you
will see him ouQftinaally at work,
turning his helm first in one dire©
tins, then is soother. An ignorant
persou night suppose that the vessel
must be ever changing her course,
but observation would teach him
Temptations to the rhrisUau are
always mIcMBII) numerous. Wc
eun sever forget that ws Uve in a
fallen world, aud that evil, often
unbridled, is every where {.resent,
U» intercept the progress of the ohihl
of God, and divert his mind from
the great price which Is before him.
He needs, therefore, to be ever on
his guard feat he fall under the
power of temptation.
Each season has temptations pc
• uliar to itself. Is this true f Then
we should seek to know them in
their distinctive character, and by
knowing them In this form, qualify
ourselves to grapple with and over
cua>e them. What are sosse of the
temptations which are peculiar to
ii ii unicrg at. olid-
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ished to order,
iven to fnrnisliiug
e#; also, aids for
Heat and cold are Correa which
are kaawa to throw the physical
aystrm into difiwent stair* - the one
being generally relaxing, the other
i’euchcrs. The or
) iutendent*.Tearli
m nostly solicited.
Again. As you pick this fruit, aa
you fill your wagon, as you drive
it to the distillery, os you there
griud them in the mill, as you pack
them in the hogsheads, cou you ask
God to bless your labor, can you
solemnly pray, “O I xml, grant this
IUHT8 GIVEN
Is in deep sympathy with the body.
Mental work Is, therefore, always
more rigvwuusly prosecatrvl in the
winter. The school term is on this
•count generally hounded by the
periwl of and, bariag weather.
Bat tittle U rv pec ted Is the way of
earneat study daring the hot BKmths
of namnrt
Hare lima, si the lagtatag, fe s
brood (act, lying at the bare of our
subject. Our saar*/ ooadiiioa, na
turally, can not be satqwwrd to dif
fer materially feum our mental and
of Sunday-School
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. FREDERICK.
31—3m
Fragments of Faith.
Cure Truss
p. “Am i my hi other’s keep
TauI answers: ‘ r (Therefore, if
Bako my broth< r to offend,
fat no flesh whi e tho work!
h, lest I make m r brother to
“It is good n ither to eat
or drink wise, nor anything
thy brother stu nbUth, or is
, or is made « eakf “Bnt
w sin 80 against he brethren,
the movemeots of the helmsman ore
all for the purpose of kreplug steady
in a straight coarse. If the pilot
held the rudder stationary, the ship
would sooa swerve from the right
direction, lure all her headway, and
be iu danger of capstans amt sink-
tag ia the deep.
.The preacher is like the hdtnsaiau.
He is ever admonishing, now on one
subject, now ou another. The world
keeps on much as before; but with
oat the ministrations of the pulpit,
it would soon lose the progress It
ust effective Tru##
cure and relief of
This Truss has re-
•f the most eminent
•untry.^who do not
d it to those afflicted
ng superior to all
•
that will retain the
inty, and the wearer
relaxed. Its teadsary ia to become
sluggish sad torpid. Kvea good
men And It difflralt to realise their ,
oblige!sms na ksshly ns at other
timp. “Tbs spin! indeed is witling*
bat the tUab Is weak." Tlie body
fiaggwiK, the spin! li*eoauw necea
•aril) more tw less laxv.
Many find, ha this account, a very
great difficult \ ia attemtiag the
Muctmiry of tfewf* hnase. “It is so
hot," they nay, “sod we M an tan
gwtd sod stupid, that, eve* if we
were to enter the onarm of the Lord,
we »boabl he unable to worship God
iu spirit and in truth." Ho they con
cl ode to remain at home. Here Is
a temptation perttHar to summer.
It is-a real Hon by the way ia the
case of s great maay rhistisn*. The
small attendance upon the public
means of grace daring the summer,
as non pared with the crowds that
wait upon God in His sanctuary
daring the winter, shows how gea
erslly this temptation bos acta ally
succeeded. Not only ia the larger
cities are there (acts demonstrated,
bat also in the villages and rand
distrirto. Ia some places, as in Has
ton, end elsewhere, the churches
them reives, by closing thrir doors
entirely for several months at time*,
actually encourage the temptation.
Whilst it may he true that God
does not require the same amount
of labor from tbs Christian at all
times. It Is trite also that every form
of temptation to laxness is to be
restated, and by the grace of God
overeonre, os fy* is this may be
possible. It Is the doty of the
charches to ski ia this victory , by
inviting the people, at leant once
everj* I xml'* day, even though the
heat he ever so intense, to the
worship of God in Ills holy sanctn
ary.
Many, daring the summer, are in
the habit of leaving their homes,
and their ordinary home habits, and
going to the mountains, or to the
sen shore, or other watering {dares.
Here the way becomes opened for
many temptation* altogether pe
culiar to what Is called the “healed
term* They are tempted, not only
to leave off their religion* habits,
hat also to mingle hi the gay throng,
to take part In the vain sod foolish
conversation, to pamper the body,
and to listen to the railery efften of
infidels at everything that bears the
semblance of Christian character tuid
pious devotion. These, to qail of
nothing grosser, which at the most
of w atering places. Is present in gen
cross supply, constitute temptation*
frequently of an exceedingly ruinous
character; and ft not nnfrequently
hap jienA, that many, previously
known and distinguished for their
devotion, return from there plnmo,
utterly wrecked and rained hi feith.
Let each, ns he enters upon the
“heated term," remember the temp
a their weait conscience',
ins* Chrisi.* J From then*
infer that clristians are
© to Got! fod their influ-
.heir brethren] and should
© in such wom as will not
imbliag block to them, or
asion of their falling into
mechanic, who diligently
trade and tn tis off every
bne, is stren thening th©
fifeooiraging th© heart of
•tian brother v ho is watch
»nd gives tht m no cans©
rant.’’ From reading th© holy Scrip
tares, yon know something of th©
purity and holiness of God's ©bar
octcr, the operations of his Holy
Spirit has somewhat enlightened
your mind aud conscience, your owu
observation, if not experience, bos
shown you some of th© evils arising
in the lae©
»e is asing a remedy
>* safe and effectual
this we guarantee
all who mar come
abdominal belts for
ff the womb, and as
ick and abdominal
nee caps and stock-
OS ulcers and weak
tfe port of heaves, be wrecked on
the rods of mix.
from the use of brandy
of all these, ms you, dark you offer
soch prayers T
When you consoler all these things,
can yon, with a dear conscience, an
swer the question at the head of this
article in the affirmative f
What then must the Christian do
with his fruit 1 We point two ways
by which be can usefully dispose of
it, either of which will prove more
remunerative
He Doth not Attest Willingly
ljffw mssfortihg these words to
the narrowing heart! “He doth not
afflict willingly." Precious Is the
thought that a lot ing Father*s hand
deals the blow, though that blow
would seem to crash the spirit.
Ilow sweat to be able then to aay,
as we # bow in meek resignation to
the will of Him who “doeik mil
things well * “It is the Lord; let
him do who! seemeth good to him."
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The children of God often grieve
th© Holy Spirit. Subject to iufinni-
ties and having {isssious like other
men, they too often yield to the
temptations of Satan, aud arc led
captive by the allaremeuts of the
world. These and other influences,
to which they ore subjected, render
them cold and formal in their ap
proaches to God, and seriously affect
their growth in grace and their
development in the divine life. As
in the external world when the rains
and dews of heaveu are withheld,
the earth become* dry and baked,
ami vegetation wilts and dies. So,
w hoa tit© Spirit is grieved, huf quick
ening aud xwviying iufiuenoe* arc
withheld, and God’s children lan
guiah and faint. They, cheerless aud
cold, grow iudifferent aud weary in
their work, aud in on|er that thwir
souls may be brought up to a proper
spiritual tone, and that their work
may be pushed forward w ith fervor
aud vigor, the love of the Holy
Spirit is displayed in them.
RKVIVAI^^
The revival of God's •children is
their restoration to active spiritual
life. That w hich never had life can
not be revived; it may be quickened,
bat not revived. A genuine revival
is generally accompanied with the
eouvciaion of sinners. For when
God's owu children are relcshed,
they becomes zealous, prayerful and
energetic iu seeking the solvation of
others. A revival is emphatically
the work of tho Holy' Spirit, and a
most i*ositivc evidence of his love.
However men may unwisely decry
emotion or feeling in religion, there
is no revival where the emotions are
not touched and aroused. The love
of God burns in tho hearts, of his
children, and this flame is never
hotter than when they are under the
fulness of the Spirit Then looking
at God and at the wonders connect
ed with him, and especially the wou-
der of redemption, tho soul glows
with love aud w ould, if it could, rival
the very seraph in its devotion to
God. j His praise is continually in
the inoutb of the revived soul. 'When
* ft - - - , ** ’ $ v
the dry earth is watered from the
chambers of heaven, nature, auimate
and inanimate, seems to join in a
tekatso* ver yc do in
lo all i i the name
ins, yiri tg thanks to
ttker fryS 'kim." “Be
ug; bnt in everything
tbau having it dis
tilled. 1st. Purchase a cider mill,
express the juice and barrel up,
wben formed into vinegar, sell. 2d.
Make your a good kiln, buy apple
parers and slicer* enough for all
your Lauds, aud put them all to cut
ting and drying, aud with about the
same cost it requires to fix your fruit
for distilting, you can fix it ready for
market by drying. Put your {tarings
and cores in a kettle, cook, stir iu a
little bran or ineal, makes a good
food for hogs aiul cattle. Or put them
together with your faulty apples
into a hogshead, pour ou some water,
when well rotted press oft and bar
rel for vinegar. Every gallon of
pure viuegnr thus thrown on the
market excludes a gallon of the
poisonous stuff made in cities and
called vinegar.
Two years ago Mr. H. could uot
get his fniit takeu in at the distil
lery. The distiller advised him to
dry it. Mr. K. built a kiln, put all
bauds (5) to work drying (without
parers), at the end of three weeks
bad about 800 pounds ready for
market, for which he received 8 ceuts
a pound, or $04, fhstking 70 cents
per hand per day. Mr. It. says he
will no more have his fruit distilled.
And he is not a member of any church.
Christian reader, go thou and (lo
likewise, and then sleep with a quiet
conscience—the best lied fellow* iu
the world. U. Z.
i knoten unto God”
asing." ( ‘Bless, Ixml,
nd acc-apt th© work
“Tlijpj* Satan an-
aod saifi, Doth Job
aught ? Hast thou
ge„ aboi it him, aud
, and a *>ut all that
1 side t Thou hast
: of his hands, and
i increi ned in the
sxts mo it explicitly
istian* should ask
they may appear, bat, simply credit
ing the assurance that “whom the
Lord lovcih he chastooeth," receive
bis unchanging love and faithfolneso.
Three is a “nerd be" for all that
he docs. The discipline may arem
to he very* severe, but be mwa that
then* ia a necessity for it. Tho rod
must be laid upon us, but even as
be lays it oh he afieaks in Iocm-s of
tenderueos and love. He leaven ns
to walk alone this {will of sorrow.
Every step of the way Ia marked by
the footprint* of the “Man of sor
rows," who has trodden it before tfs,
and who even now walks »i{h ns
to support and sustain, when we are
ready to faint by the way.
Is It sickness that wastes the
ftitore f Are weary hours of {min
appointed osT listening to his
voice w*r hear him say, “What I do
thou k no west not now, but them
shall koow hereafter."
I KxVsd versity; come, and is pov
erty oar appointed lott The lowly
One, who “had not where to lay his
bead," speaks in these words, “The
disciple is not above his master."
Does death come and remove from
ns the dearest object of earthly love,
the one upon whom we have loaned
all along tiffe’s journey; and the
grave hide from oar view the fixe©
upon which from childhood wc have
loved to gaze, and we feel desolate
and lonely f Jeans comes uesrer
still, and as be sweetly whispers,
“Fear not," “Lo, 1 am with y ou al
ways," he points the eye of firith to
the “land beyond tho river," where
the death divided shall he reunited
in the home where sorrow never
enters and tears -never fall; “the
inheritance which is incorruptible,
undo filed, and fadetli not away."
ilroad
Un Tour Own Talent
rotect it when he gamerx,
*8 to his nonrb Tinent when
inie^ it
t us Sow to apply these
to the distillatop of fruit.
<*<>mo with m< to yonr or-
Bcbold yonr tr cs bend with
‘ luscious frdit
Use your own gift—don't try to
imitut© others. Baal’s armor would
not fit you. You have uot proved it.
Down yonder street, where the fac
tory lifts its tell chimneys to the
skies, an operative has ©aught his
tirm in the hurrying wheels and
severed un artery . A hundred men
crowd firopud him Iu hdpleaa, dumb
despair. If only there were a phy
sician near! If we hod only feme
dies and surgical instruments to
staunch the red tide that ebbs so fast!
But before the surgeon can be stuff
moned be will blood to death with
out an effort mad© to save him.
Stop! out of tho crowd a smoke be
grimed artisan step*, lie stoops
over the wounded man, and (daces
bis thumb with tb© pressure of an
iron vice u|kmj th© guahiug fountain
from whieh the blood vii spooling.
It was a simple thing, but it saved
a life. That man had no medical
skill. He possessed no surgical in
nature's own
Creator’s harmless
their nourish-
given you a
year. What
ng to t o with them T
iilled." Come with
y. Br )ther, do yon
vmeuts, those
those
those
What
P? Produced snch jrretchedness ?
_^ 8 ? fiat’s trine, br*ody done it.
Nstunlnow to yonr or shard. When
U il and labor 11 change thus
{h vha ishing food inti a life destr<ry-
^ will you be glorifying
'*®d 7 . rill you be hot oritur ldrn lvt-
gill to his creatures for
men pod hasi indeed
caj p of fruit this
at e yo i intend
“Have them ?.
^ to^ ondcr ci
^ tho » miserable ten e
r ‘»gged aqualiid ch h
ftarviij i thriftless' n 0
Schedule
PerhaiMi some of you w»v, “I am so
ignorant that it is no good trying to
have prayer in our family." You
make a mistake there. It is not
grand words that God wants, bnt
honest hearts,
R. R. Comvanv,
[S. C., June 9, 1872.
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know how to give good gifts unto
your children, how much more shall
your Heavenly Father give the Holy
Spirit to them ask that him T" 'Ask
God for the help of his Holy Spirit,
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