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ONE LORD. ONE FAITH, ONE BAPT18 M”—EPHESIAN8 IV: 5
NIJW SERIES, VOL.*4
COLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 23. 1872
OLD SERIES, VOL. V.-NO. 206
Religious
eternal God fe hia refuge. He et\joy»
the sweetest oonaolatiou, for Go<l
ia his portiou and Christ ia formed
in hiui the first fruits and the hope
of eternal glory. He is filled with
honor, for all things are his, nud
if ho lives iu Christ here be will live
rn and dwell with Christ eternally
hereafter.— Vnited Presbyterian.
bo|* of their retain, having no hope
hut that he and his children may
likewise die and be ao more! And
what kind of an earth ia left Y And
what kind of heaven Y And what
kind of a universe! Who cares what
kind Y If man be a worm —if angels
be the »i>ertres of w orms—if Father,
Son, And Holy Ghost be mere names,
without subsistence—who cares what
kiud Y—TV Rook Above All,
chnrrii ei#
id In this tv
the church
Life ia Christ.
Not eloquence in the pulpit nor
wealth ia the pews, but the reviving
influence of the Holy Bpirit Spur
geon says—“The Holy Spirit is able
to make the Word as successful uow
as in the days of the apostles. He
can bring in by hundreds and thou*
ands as easily as by ones and twos.
The reason why we are not more
prosperous is, that we have not the
Holy Spirit with os in might and
power as in early times. If we had
the Spirit sealing our ministry with
power, it would signify very little
about our talent. Men might be
poor and uneducated; their words
might be broken and ungrammatic
al ; there might be noue of the pol
iahed periods of Hall or glorious
thunders of Chalmers ; but if the
might of the Spirit attended them,
the humblest evangelist would be
more successful than the most elo
quent of preachers. It is extraordi
nary grace, not talent, that wins the
day. It *is extraordinary spiritual
power that we need. Mental |»ower
fills s chapel; but spiritual power
fills the church. O, we know some
IP BEBIDIXtt IX THE COUNTSY
L Never neglect your accustomed
private duties of reading, meditation,
self examination and prayer.
2. Never fail to attend some place
of worship on the Lords day, unless
prevented by such circumstances as
yon are sore will excuse you iti the
eye of God.
3. Never entertain invited coin
party on the Lord's day, and pay uo
visits, unless U> the sick and Weedy,
as acts of benevolence.
4. Never engage in anything, either
on the Lord’s or any secular day,
which will compromise your ebris
tian consistency.
&. Seek to do good to the souls ot
your family aad all others within
your reach.
C. Always remeutbet that you are
to “stand before the judgment seat
of Christ.”
IF TBAVKLINO. }
1. Never, on any plea whatever,
travel on the Lord’s day.
2. Make * your arrangements to
stop, if iHWwible, in some place where
you can enjoy suitable religious priv
ileges.
3. If at a public house or watering
place on the Lord’s day, do not min
gle with indiscriminate company;
keep your own room as much as
possible, and be engaged in such a
way as to make the day profitable
be Christian life is a paradox,
b iliever in Christ is both dead
« ive. “Ye are dead, aud your
is lid with Christ in God.” By
in he is dead in trespasses and
l By grace he is dead to siu,
mi aud tin' world, inasmuch as
w exercise no controlling influ-
13 < ver him, any more than the
iga of the world do over a dead
1, lor w hom riches, houors and
ware have no charms. It is ouly
)U#h death, iu this sense, that
believer can attain to the enjoy-
it i>f life in Christ. By nature
s 1 lsrried to the world. He loves*
ml the things that are iu it. Now,
hi sbaud has a right to marry
th< r wife as long as the one to I
>m he has been wedded lives,
bn a second marriage can take
ae both human and divine law
uirts that one of the parties orig
lly limited iu the bonds of wed
1 lie dead. It is not necessary,
Hope for Sinner*.
t Join* 1: 7.—The blood
us from All sin.
Notice the fullness of the gospel
provision : the blood of Jesus Christ
cleanseth from all sin.
This denotes the sufficiency of the
atonement. To atone for one sin
and save one sinner requires an in
finite sacrifice; for to accomplish
this the law must be honored, its
precepts obeyed and its penalty
borue, and thus the claims of justice
met and satisfied. Hence an atone
ment which is sufficient for ouc sin,
is sufficient for all. Aud Jesus Christ
has met the Uemauds of justice anti
satisfied the claims of the law; no
that God cau now be just ami yet
justify. And as be is God mautfest
in the flesh, his obedieoce and suflh»r
ings have an infinite value; and
must, therefore, in their very nature
be sufficient for all; his blood, hav
ing this fullness of value, must
cleanse from all siu.
Ueuce, where applied to the sonl,
wheu faith lays hold of the ottered
Saviour, his blood both justifies and
sanctifies; it removes both the guilt
and the pollution of sin ; it cleanses
the soul from all silt, from its guilt,
its defilement, and its power.
And it can resell the most hope
tees cases. The sins of none are too
great to be forgiven ; for if the blood
clesnm-th ■
The Wandering Sheep
The sheep is known to be a timid
animal. It Is noted for its harmless
uess. If shacked by other animals
It at once yields to Its fate. As a
class they go in herds. Not much
disposition to wander from the flock.
Bnt haring once wandered, it is likely
to wander on unless restored by the
shepherd. Hence, when any wan
der from the flock, the shepherd at
once seeks them, that he may re
store them..
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Our Saviour knowing well their
habits, illustrates in one of his para
bles the condition of the sinner by
the wandering sheep. A sheep had
wandered from the fold. It was in
danger fif tieirffc devoured by wild
beasts. The shepherd knows its
danger. !le knows it will not de
fend JfeefT if attacked. He knows
Kthose wlio bu
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fatness. (Homans 11.)
Iu accordance with such expres
sions the Apostle Paul enjoins It
upon Christians to be “fruitful in
every good ‘ work * This Is the
great pon»osc for which the life-
giving Spirit is imparted. The sap
is diffused through the tree, not for
flower and leaf only*. The Master of
the vineyard come* “seeking fruit.*
The fig tree that bears none he coo
detnns to the fire.
It is not good words only, or fair
professions he requires; but “good
work*—for these alone are the evi
dence of a good faith.
Then, too, let us notier the extent
to which it must go—“every good
work.” Nature does not impart to
any tree the power of hearing more
than one kind of fruit. 'The seed
and the fruit of eaeh plant is “after
its own kind.” lint the grace, the
divine root ftom which the heavenly
plant arises, makes it capable of
bearing every variety of fruit.
Christians, having gifts differing
according as God hath il/stributed
to every man, are still renewed in
every |*art The wbohS/Tistrrhood
of^fVMCfi must, in some degree, be-
long to each.
The church, and the world too,
are suffering because so many lives
are comparatively unproductive.
Thoroughly fruitful lives would soon
make this lmrreu world “as the
' 0
garden of the Lord.” What an ac
count will some he able to make
when the day of reckoning comes
with the omniscient lodge Y—fVwf
rat I'eenbyterimn.
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above named
sale every va-
Rel giou*, Church
look*. Any books
try dr abroad, espe-
l*ofih old and new,
shed to order,
iven to furnishing
dd take place. There are in
c<j|m iu which legal death renders
tedud marriage perfectly legiti-
13.1 Infidelity or desertiou, on
part of either husband or wife,
sis the party deserted, or to
u unfaithfulness has been shown,
1 he right, after a bill of divorce
l eeu obtained, to marry again.
1 ivorce obtained on the grouud
1 violation of a Scripture law
it totes a legal death between the
This resolution I carried out, and
after laying aside one-tenth for the
Lord, I had, at the end of the year,
much more than a tenth for myself.
I then promised the Lord, whether
he gave me more or less, I would
never give less tbau one-tenth to
him. To this vow I have couscieu
tiously adhered from that day to
this, and if there be any secret to
my suooess, I attribute it to this.
I feel sure I am lar richer on my
nine tenths (though I hope I don’t
uow limit my charities to ouc tenth)
thau if I had kept the whole.
“How do you account for it f”
“Iu two ways. First, I believe
God has blessed me and made my
business to prosper; and, second. I
I have ao learned to be careful aud
economical, that my niue tenths go
far beyond what the whole would.
Aud I believe that any man who win
make the trial will find it so.”—Dr.
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word with power. Hearts are bro
ken, souls are saved aud aiuuers
are bora again. O, Spirit of the
living God, we want thev! Thou
art the life, the soul, the source of
thy people's success. Without thee
they can do nothing; with thee they
can do every thing.**
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On the same principle, a mau must
econe dead to the world aud the
.w is a covenant of works, before
meditation, self-examination and
prayer.
5. Carry tracts aud good books
with you to read, distribute, or lend,
according to circumstances.
6. Seek opportunities to do good
to the souls of those into whose soci
ety you may falL
7. Never, by deed or con vei sat ion,
appear to be ashamed of your reli
gious profession.
stand
tot effective Trues
cure and relief of
This Trus* has re-
f the most eminent
untry, who do not
1 it to those afflicted
kg superior to all
that will retain the
nty, and the wearer
lie 1* nsinjr a remedy
“While we look not at the things
which are sera, hot at the things
which are not seen, for the things
which are seen are temporal \ bnt
the things which are not seen, are
eternal .”—2 I’or. iv; 18.
This life ia the only tune allotted
to as to prepare for eternity. Every
tl e Christian. On this question
> pestle is very explicit. We
>4 not quote all he says on the
ijt it. A short passage will be
Be ent. “Wherefore, my breth-
, ye also are liecome dead to the
r by the body of Christ; that ye
»ull be married to another, eveu
tiii 1 who is raised from the dead,
X re should bring forth fruit unto
3, Remember you are to
before the judgment scat of Christ.”
I jet me entreat you to read these
items of advice over and over again,
aud recur to them in every time of
temptation. They are the affection
ate warning of one who knows the
danger of your situation, and whose
heart’s desire ami prayer to God it
is that you may maintain your ebris
tian integrity, honor God, live iu
obedieoce to his will, and enjoy the
peace which can alone spring from a
“conscience void of offence.” “be
cause the love of God is shed.abroad
in the heart.”—ffer. Ih. Bedell.
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During a series of religious meet
ings held in a school house of a small
village, a very little girl lieeame
much interested for the salvation of
her soul. Her father, a hater of
holiness, who lived next door to the
place of meeting, and who had at
one time solid tod the prayers of
(Tiristiaus for himself, strictly for
bade her again entering the “house
of prayer.”
The poor tittle girl was much op
pressed, and knew not what to do,
but obeved her father until the next
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meeting was nearly half through;
then, slipping out without his knowl
edge, and getting through a bole
in the back yard fence, she hastily
ran to the meeting. It was some
father missed
eruble part of our lives, and there
foie it principally concerns n» to
inquire bow we may obtain that
glory which abideth forever. The
soul is the greatest and chief part of
Inna. The body ia but his garment,
or uteoal. Now nothing temporal
ia proportioned to this sonl. which
ia immortal, and shall survive the
death of the world, when heaven
and earth and all things come to an
end. Ob? let us then remember
that death and eternity are coming
niton us. We are all entering upon
our evetiaatiiig state, and if tem
I torsi things be those which we chief
ly regard, they shall perish, and we
perish together with them forever.
Ixtbor. then, for an assured bojic of
glory; this will make tby passage
into eternity lightsome and joyful.
When thou and all things in the
world must take leave and part for
ever, thee to have the sense of the
love of God, and our interest iu
Christ, aud our title to eternal life
will sweetly bear up our hearts in
a dying hour. These arc things
ladies, gent* aud
of stooping of the
Ch ist is the source of the be
lietei s life. He came that we migbfe
have life, and that we might have
it in ire abundantly—spiritual life
leii md eternal life hereafter. He
hit 1 ath the Son hath life, ami be
that 1 ath not the Son of ftod hath
not li e. He is the true vine, from
wbon all the branches derive their
life. He is the head, in whom all
the members of his mystical body
ate united. He declares that be is
pjl Nyy> the truth and the life. By
our anostacy we had lost our spirit
ual U®. ( Christ came to restore us
to tkp possession of it. He pur-
I itby pouring out hi* blood*
parts it by the quickening in-
s of his Holy Spirit. As the
the heavens is the fountain of
ind life to the natural world,
Jhrist, the Sun of Kighteous-
16 fountain of light aud life to
ritual world. When the natu-
1 withdraws his hoat, the veg-
world tails into decay and
There is death in that soul
which the Sun of Highteous-
is not thrown his revivifying
Mt expander,
the most superior
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bis merry, seeks mud restore*.
Bnt as the shepherd is unwilling
that hi* sheep should be lost and
therefore eek* it, so God. unwilling
that wandering sinners should die.
makes provision for their deliver
anee. Jeans, the good shepherd,
has compassion on the wandering
sheep and contemplate* his recovery.
Unsought by the sinner, he came
to this world to seek and restore
wandering man. He knew that the
simple provision ot a great fob) and
(dace of safety was not sufficient.
He knew the sinner would wander
forever, and finally end in eternal
ruin. Hence he came to seek mod
save the endangered wanderer.
Having found that wanderer, be
restore* him to the fold again.
There was joy when the shepherd
found hia lost sheep. So there is
joy when the wanderiug sinner Is
restored to God’s authority—God’s
family, and from the way to danger
and death, Jesus, the Shepherd, re
joices, holy angrlf rejoice, friends
00 earth rejoice.
A sinner who has hitherto neglect
ed the provisions made for bis re
covery |s arrested In hia downward
rourae to death. Conviction touches
his heart. He takes Jesus as his
Saviour. In short, be Is a saved
sinner. Perhaps his conversion has
attracted bat little attention. He
may have “been a poor man in some
obscure part of the crowded city, or
some oot-of the way place in the
country. But Although few may
know of it on earth, and fewer still
feel any interest in it, still it is
heralded in heaven, and the abodes
of bliss reverberate with shouts of
« y. Them la joy among the angels
heaven.
But friend* on earth rejoice. The
minister, who may have been the
I confess for myself, ami with all
frankness, that the question ia—the
Bible or atheism, antitheism, |*uitbe
ism; any thing rather than deism.
Take away the Bible, aad you take
away all the angel*. Not a single
cherub or seraph ; not a single throoe
or dominion, or principality or pow
er; not a single morning star or
son of God Is left. OabriH vanishes
as a phantom, ami Michael melts
into air and is seen no more. Take
away the Bible, and you take away
the elect sucresaion of inspired men.
Not a single patriarch, or priest, or
prophet, or apostle, ar evangel ist,
remains to proclaim or record a sin
gle superhuman oracle. Moses and
Why Should We Care
time before
her ; but wheu he found her gone
he went immediately to the meet
ing. where she was on her knees
with others for whom the people
So enraged
ilroad
dom of heaven—that is, the kingdom
to come, whereof we are heirs, and
to the inheritance of which we
shall be raised up *0 enter along
with our risen Lord. This kingdom
we can not presently possess, save in
faith and hope, because it is not
seen, and because it is yet future,
Aud for this inheritance it is that
we continue strangers and pilgrims
in the present evil world, patiently-
looking for a city whose builder and
maker is God. And why should 1,
who arc promised the inheritance of
the earth, strive for one of its fields,
or care, for one of its clayey man
sionsf Aud why should I, who
shall see God, and see him as lie
is—no despised man in weeds of sor
row, but a king in his beauty—care
for the fear and favor of the great
ones and the beautiful ones of the
earth Y And shall I, who am the
Son of the King of kings, and heir-
apparent to a crown of glory, to
“an inheritance incorruptible and un
defiled, and that fadeth not away,”
care for worldly distinctions or court
ly preferments, or aught appertain
ing to the rebel and corrupt vice-
sovereignties of the earth Y Thus it
is the believer, embodying to him
self that future reign of glory which
awaitetb him, seeking earnestly to
be possessed of it in the good time
and pleasure of the Lord, and in the
faith thereof is content to pass all
unnoticed, all despised and trodden
on, through the valley of humanity
and sorrow, which the Lord walked
in before him. One present posse*
si011 only he desireth—the righteous
uess of that kingdom, which is its
earnest, and the seal of admission to
its glory.—Eduxuvl Irving.
of God were jiniying
was he. that he went directly for
ward, and took her ill hi* arm* to
carry her from the place. As be
raised her from her knees, she looked
up with a heavenly smile, aud said :
“It is too late now, pa; I have
given my heart to the Saviour.”
This was loo much for the hard
ened sinner. He, too, sank on his
knees, while God’s children united
in prayer; aud very soon he found
that Saviour whom he had in vain
attempted to shut out from his own
and his daughter’s heart.
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No longer
the I xml Jems Christ
need any dispute* be held in regard
to the nature, person, or office of
Christ, his history, condition, or dee-
tiny ! All the magnificent apparatus
in preparation for hia coming Is gone.
The cross crumbles, and the sepal
chrr sinks, snd the throne, symbol
ized by the rainbow that adorns it,
like the rainbow, vanishes away—
His pre-existence, his current exist
ence, his whole existence, is nothing.
And no of the Holy Spirit: take
away the % Bible, and the Spirit be-
The Fretting Believer
iu Christ is a life of faith.
U8t have faith in him before
i become united to him, and
liently before we cau derive
n him. This life is received
new birth. Itjs, iu most in-
1 feeble at first, but grows
>r and stronger. They that
>on the Lord shall renew their
11 } they shall inouut up on
as eagles, run and not weary,
qid not feint. ,
in Christ
A fretting believer is a daily dis
honor to God and his service. He
proclaims to the world that Christ’s
yoke is a hard one and his bnrdeu
heavy. Be sure the world will take
note of it, and set it down to the
discredit of religion. “See how uu-
happy it makes a person,” will lie
their conclusion.
We can not have the excuse for
it, that it lightens a single Intnlen
of care. It rather bind* a heavier
one, and lays it on our shoulders
day by day. It embitters the hap
pient life, and sip* poison from the
very flowers, where other* find only
crystal honey.
Go, Christian, take for your pat
tern your beloved Master, who en
duredfall his fearful sufferings with
out one repining word. Like a gen
tle lamb brought to the slaughter,
“so he opened not his month.” If
he bore such a heavy cross for us,
can we not every day take np the
little ones he has appointed for ns Y
Not the smallest of them all bnt ia
ordered by him. Only realize this,
and it will be a powerful check to
mtirtnuring over it. And remrmljer,
it is those only who bear the ctous,
who will ever wear the erown.
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There is a fearful imiiort in those
word* ef the Psalmist—“He gave
them their request, but sent leanness
into their soul ”
Mark where the judgmeut fells.
The man withers at the very root
You may talk of his fine estate,
splendid house, costly furniture, bow
fast he makes money, and how ele
gantly he lives. Ah! but if he has
done it in forgetfulness of God, I
ask you to look at the other % side,
and contemplate his lean soul. I
know of no poorer man than he who
has nothing but gold. What is he
but a maguificent shell. What has
he gotten for all his toil, but the
empty cavity of that golden calf
which ho has spent a lifetime in
fashioning Y
We ought to be very careful how
we pray. We are poor judges of
what is best God is never wiser,
never more merciful than in what
he withholds from ns. Many of our
The saints in
God’s Family
heaven and on earth compose this
They are sons of God, be
comes a ghost indeed—or rather less
than a ghost Like a meteor, it
flashes from dark nos* and falls into
the blackness of ilarkneas. And so
of the Father: take away the Bible,
and the Father retires into an impen
etrable seclusion, infinitely more ob
livions than was ever imagined be
fore. And then, when the earth is
exhansted of everything inspired,
and heaven of everything angelie,
and the universe of everything di
vine, what is left f What! is man
leftY Aba! be it so. Bat what
kind of a (nan is left Y A man with
out a Maker, without a Saviour, and
without a purpose, and without an
end. The noblest of feeing*, and yet
family
cause united to Christ, the divine
Boa. “If children, then heirs.” In-
dividual 1 ty and fellowship, liberty
and responsibility, diversity and uni
ty, loyalty to Christ and generosity
to each other, eagerness for perfec
tion and charity for the imperfect,
are appointed characteristic* of the
household. The children may differ
in a thousand particulars, yet they
are a nnit in the sublime relationship:
the unity of the family is assured by
uuion with Christ. Every believer
is a branch, every branch is in the
vine, every member of the body is
joined to the head, and the “one
loaf” is tbs symbol which asserts
this inspiring truth; it is the loaf,
consist# iu entire
nseciition of the whole mail to
* sei rice. If it is possessed, the
Pt ai l run for him, the bauds will
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(fork 1 p- him, the tongue speak for
ai *kthe understanding be conj
stantly engaged in devising plans
l>y whi h his cause may be advanced.
Asstivit r of miud and body in life
service fe a good evidenqc of the
«!Xfeten » of the spiritual life of Christ
humble instrument in the hand of
God ia the individual’s conversion,
rejoices when be sees a soul rescued
from eternal death. Parents rejoice
when they sec a wandering son or
daughter snatched from everlasting
death. Godly neighbors rejoice- The
whole church is filled with joy when
they see a sinner saved.
Sinner, have you been restored Y
If not, 6 stop! ('outrider whether
you are wandering, aad what will
be yoar doom. Remember that ©ter
nai death lies before you. In a little
while you will rush into It. The
Saviour is still seeking you, snd
calls for your return to the fold from
which you have wandered. Return,
Oh! return, and Hvc.—Christina /*►
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pos* »ssor into new relationships,
w co npauionships and new cm-
^ mei » but it fe neverthetaa*
p Me because the safest, the
cctwithe most comfortable and
>«t h< morable. In (Jhrist the be-
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