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[5 50 p ni II 05 p m 16 00 am rer than lnm- r etiou to | West- [checked )ER, euderit t**» 11872. ffteet on 00 a in 30 p m 30 am ao p m 50 p m 30 a ni 10 pm 45a m .1 will merly days. 20 a m 5.5 a m 10 p m 55 pm lent. / SP? m HI rfflr ^ -fu lfil .>< u m T* i-j ki 3SSf unr m ffifil ■ r:aor".i H' • Y0L/5.--N0. 0 m <** ~w i luitiju '" n3 ^ tr ■■r-i mmm “ONELORHj ofe faith. W M* tfrt iMMpi ll —l -- . • - Jl +*t'- '■ 'WT' "’ T * r ** . PtI8ir-EPHE8IANS IV: 5. S-X. m a.ar.i m* . .. HHCOLUMJBIA, % C., mD. OCTOBER 18. 1872. OLD SERIES, VOL. V.-NO. 214. jau. if FP—7 theetf f prtitu never, known to bo Of this after, oa regardless erf all lively geographical divisions, or present or-fiast political difference* of opinio*, aud thus eou- bMitrate their enet^fos tuid re&turces for the prontotihw' of tfje great o4> t jeet so dear to the heart pf every iejpyap- true Lutheran. Hi fa object we have ^endeavored fo keen constantly aud prominently in vied-. In union there is strength^ Oui; divisions have been the bane, as weft as the standing reproach of our Church’. With these views and feelings we hailed the formation of the General Synod fh Sffirth America, with its \va* >JV* %■ be te v# ft ** Cppuuu- »1U ^yubd, pressure action. f ^ere- said i*WWFfo ilhWK ... ... !W».» m (#•» **■ ^nwuc the subject it. A -i*i aden de<i iu his oflieial op on , . . tiofi. sound doctrinal basis and its gen uinely Lutheran cqlt us> a8 a0 uuspi- ^j^side^ l^v, J. K. iwWSS>T» =. . 4 iMife upr^roaed no official ii^ts daring ^ year more Ah^jau%wer- mg3OB»<40k;ial cow»i|Uieatfons frpm Rer. Dr. A. J. Foa, Ghairipau of a W the Ev5m l gelical b#ejfau Teuneasee Synod, in October iajL The otqeet in vjpw is tbe .app .pf Syaod with the Jppiisse© anO. Nprth Car- oiiaa Sjoo^jybea (p pi^te as a whole With the pweral , I h^e lootfcefatyr fyp AW oaitkw, end earBestlA^epoiniuepd the Awga^ ^Ctiou 8 f Synod aesm and gc forwani for the pUilimcut of »biofc.l »eo<l tbe v tba w ^ l ^,flia Synod N< I feel that erp aie oiily enjoying onr reserved rights as specified when the Holaton Synod muted with jthe Gen eral Syuod.’ 7 The majority of the Committee on the President’s Report, after direct ing attention to the abovo recom- ntadation of the President, recoin- uiended the adoption of tho follow- iog resolution : “Resolved, 1. That we as a Synod withdraw from tho General Synod in North America, with the view of iurming a joint anion with the^en- nessee and North Carolina Synods, and with these bodies of ultimately beeoming an integral part of the General Council.” (Signed,) J. 0. Baku, J. Clonifgek, Suck Harman. TT *tSay«—-Revs A. .T Brown, J. LL Wagner, J. tficeuor and 3. II. Tur- 1 oefj and Messrs. M. Harr, Job* Drake and r. Mottercy As intimated in the outset, a plain statement of a few important facta, together with a brief explanation,' may be ueceaaary to present the matter in ijbxtrtte light and prevent misapprehension. The question voted »i>on embrae«4 two entirety different and distinct prop ositions : 1st. The withdrawal of tlia Hols to ii, Synod from the General * Synod in Jforth America; 2d. The mdiority report. ^ e ? the subscribers, a minority of the Committee on the ’^resident’s Iieport, being nuabie to a^ree with the majority in that portion of their report pertaining to the severing of oar connection with the General Sy n- °ii io North America, and the union of onr Synod in joint Synod with the Tennessee ahd North Carolina ^Ptods, looking to a final union wi^h the General Council, feel it to be Wth oar privilege and duty to make a minority report. \o^ B **6 deeply impressed with a ' a f Dte °f the importance of our ae- ll<m a P° u this subject. From doeu- ®®°t8 placed iu our hands and other r '^ a ^ e sources of information, we are aware that a very general deep interest is felt in our ac ton, a U( j th a t it is anticipated with i anxiety, especially by those tomedlately interested. We feel it ^ erefore to be a solemn duty which e owe jo ourselves and all others ent***^ 10 decIare fully our pres- j,. ,' lew ® au d feelings, and fore- all it*’ ^ clear, y as we oan, with #, e ^Shts now before ns, onr policy and course. drm 6 ^gard, as we always have C^h Uivi8ion of the Lutl cious omen, and indulged the pleas- ingbqpe that it would heal unhappy divisions and soon unite harmonious ly’ in one (general Body the entire Southern Church. With this con- vjctiou it^jhad our ay mpathies, and, at what w.e regarded as an auspi- cions time, wo HP%d with it iu good foith, and have ever siuqc given it our support Wo howoycr always regarded it as top limited ,in its actual geographical extent, aud as a merely temporary expedient to pre pare the w*vy gradually fqr a v more exteutuvo and efficiput union of gou uine Lutherans. This is cLeariy in dicated in all the official utterances of our Synod. Whilst we regret to kuow that there is much that is uu Lutheran iu doctrine and practice in individual members of tho General Synod of North America, we are satisfied that it has already accomplished much good, aud may, by judicious management, accomplish still more- But we are at the same, time fully aware that a connexion might be formed, if all concerned could be mado^to see* the \ ^ of duty pursue it, by Vff™* w^ifh much more might be aceom- * ** ipHsifld* This, body lus not only * X^ilpd to unite tb# ; enure Lutheran ,lCh»rch in tbo South, but has lost oqe of its prigiual -District Syuods, so that it is now a pompaeftiveiy ggmii and iuefflUiient body, • Should we, according to the rec ommendation of our retiring Presi dent, sever our connexion with the General Synod iu 'North America, aud nuite iu joint Syuod with tire North Carolina and Tennessee Syn ods, the body thus formed would be equally small and inefficient; for there is no positive assurance that the bodies would unite with us in the General Council. From such a anion no good, so far as we can see, would result to our Syuod. It would only complicate our ecclesius tical counexions and relations, and thus render it more difficult to take steps which, iu our judgment, must be for the good of Uie church. For these and other reasons which might be suggested, we consider the pro posed union with the North Carolina aud Tennessee Synods unwise and impolitic. Iu the General Couucil we recog nize a Lutheran body, sound in faith aud practice. With it, o| some or ganization based upon similar prin ciples, all genuine Lutherans can safely unite, and cheerfully rally around its standard. To immediate uniou with this body we would in dividually have uo objections. We hope and pray that the time, may not be far distant and may speedily wsioM of tip Holaton Synod in Joint last it strikes Synod with the North Carolina and*' Tennessee Synods, with a view to fiual union os a whole with the Gen eral Council On the former of these proposi tions the difference of opiuion w as mainly, if not merely, a question of time. Some niyored im^urfiatr sepa ration ; other^ thought it would bs which has already treated oqr withT&e jno^' jNt)(bund raspect. $m well hicfi has a itb the.mc as to the* 1 chinches composing llolston ^ynod, whose wishes, langh them. uutjl ms They go in r b terearw^tinjr 9^ the ttl. «K‘u101 u Lei ndl i that cojpf w| l>erish 1 pera, go dowifl , { y j the terrible voice, surC, and os the, M b Mil. hi | CIS down, further ktiuents hear or, as baud, 10U- rith finger of [hita sheet of of doom: iu this circle lowuT Clip- iships, go hearing :Uea iu gurgle Wrt Mg, all -'li iu a*r Wtbt* the Ho] *« Lutheran and • 1H c b* tntr y into so many, „ ’“ s ‘ostances, wholly un- ^ >art * es > as abnormal, aud s8$atS\ la,he,lt ^ this state of tarniwn c WVe accordingly labored Shoot ^ lU,< ^ Preyerfolly to bring state nr T te Ut ftirabte a,1( l better is-oar tain 8 s in this respect. It -Roughly matured and firm ibe tllat tbo K 10 ^ of God and P«rativ , arC i 0f oor belove(l Zion im- RutkerU ^ . tnau, i 8 that all professed Knee,..!** ln the United States, who Coaf**! rece ^e and subscribe our Faith “in their true, ^ or&nal sense? should be one General Body, utterly 73707 1• . come, when not ouly our Syuod, but the entire Lutheran Church in the South may sec its way clear to unite with this or some similar body. Such a step would make ns a large, re spectable, influential and efficient body. In view of facts stated, we recom mend that we act very cautiously and deliberately in this matter, and that for the present we retain our connexion with the General Synod in North America, waiting for future developments, and recommend onr ^ brethren to cancel this subject fully Jbetween this and the next session of our Synod, when we shall be pre pared to act more intelligently. A. J. Brown, Martin Harr. It was moved arid seconded that tho 1st Resolution in the Majority Report be adopted by Synod. The discussion of this motion was greatly protracted, extending thro’ nearly two entire days, aud was at times very animated, though charac terized mainly by good feelings. The Resolution was finally adopt ed by the following vote: Ayes—Iievs. J. K. Hancber, J. C. Barb, J. Cloninger and Wm. G. Wol ford ; and Messrs. J. C. Mllly, A. J. Neas, J. A. Williams, D. Puiroan, A. Ottinger, J. Shelly, J. Harman, M. Felty, J. Roller, Jno. Sencker, A. A. Sherrets, S. Borber and W. H. Greer. *fy few frisUnt-os, were ither copsutted nor expressed, and a ted ft) do far more good iu >ting lirotberh ex neit calcula promoting brotherly love aud se curing harmony of action, io defer final action till Ike uext session of Syuod. t The churches were not, as just in timated, so for at least As anything to that effect appeared in the discus- siou, consultfi upon the subject at all. It was cleanly uot canvassed 1>y them generally, or to at^y considerable ex- tent; mid of fkttweuty or tweuty- five congregations cmboM*M in the Uoiston Synod) only four gave any expression of their views and wishes In reference to it On the latter proposition, to form a Joint Synod with the Sfdfth Caro- Tma and Tennessee Synods, 1 thiuk there really wo* but little ulfforeuoc of opinioti. If jt had *been voted would almost certainly’ have been lost. As the matter now stands, odr union in the proposed Joint Syn od, is entirely discretionary with us. Without intending to forestall ac tion npon this subject, I can con ceive of no good that conk! possibly result from the proposed Joint Syu od. It wonld ouly tend very greatly to complicate onr ecclesiastical rela tions, aiul so completely fetter our hands that we could not, as regards uniou with tho Geueral Connell, act without the concurrence or permis sion of one or both the other Synods concerned. I will close. By the kind jicnnis- sion of the editor, I shall have more to say anon upon some other kindred subjects. * A. J. Brown. Selections. € of tb#tn tin (Ter We were allot ion lvf WVI L tejIbrWwl re was one wn* as drrmk, Storm on the Atiaatie. “Aud 10 it came to paM that they es caped all safe to land.”—Acts xxvii: 44. Two weeks ago last Thursday, the steamer ‘‘Greece,” of tho Natioual Line, swung oat into thd river Mer sey at Liverpool, bonnd for New York. We had on board seven hun dred, crew and passengers. We came together strangers—English men, Italians, Swedes, Norwegians, Americans. Two fiags floated from the mast: British aud American en- signs. So may they ever float, and no red hand of war ever snatch either of them down. In the same prayer that we put up for our own national prosperity, we will 'send up tho petition, “God safe the Queen F Wo had a new vessel, or one so thoroughly remodeled that the voy age had arouud it all the uncertain ties of a trial trip. The great steam er felt its way cautiously out into the sea. The pilot was discharged ; and comiriitting ourselves to the care of Him who lioldeth the winds in His fist, we were fairly started on our voyage of three thousand miles. It was rough nearly all the way— the sea with strong buffeting dis puting our path. But one week ago last night, at eleveu o’clock, after the lights had been put oat, a cy clone—a wind jnst made to tear ships to pieces—caught us in . its clutches. It came down so suddeuly that we hail uot time to take in the sails, or to fasten the hatches. You may know that the bottom of tbe Atlantic is strewn with tbe ghastly work of cyclones. Oh! they are cruel winds. They have hot breath, as though they came from infernal furnaces. Their merriment is the cry of affrighted passengers. Their play is the foundering of steamers. And when a ship goes down, they is peace, for tb^y Helmsman, dead at giueer, dead amid the fornaccs 1 (’attain, gangway I Fasten cabin! Buried in the tery of dead steamers,- (Hty of Boston, the ( Resident, the Cm the archangel** the ddeks, In doors, T tbou ( on the seh together might one wing of that cycl< only eight or nine from home, and in I of soon seefog oor was no oOc on board to hare a friend. But if we were to hedlsap .—- MwJf m m iwi m A WlflBi O* »Wr' to die. There were Mght of the |>erif, nave mi English man, ami he aud the other was an Anfcricnn, and he was a fool! Oh f wlffit a time It was! A night to iwak«f oos’s hair turn white. We raWie nnt of the bertha, nml stood In- the gangway, and looked into tbe iitffiw age, ainl .sat In the cabin. While Hated there, we hesn) overhead noaffifhtrrg Who mlnate-gims. It was the’Unstring Of the sails. We held au ’with both hands to%eep onr p! _ ftoor Ttayed came bark bruised and gashed. Cups and glassre were dashed to frng meats: pieces of the tshle getting loose, swung across the room. It seemed os if the hurricane took that great ship of thousands of tons and stood it on one end, aud said : “Shall I sink it, or let it go this onceT And then it came down with such force that tbe billows trampled over it, each mouuted of a fury. We felt 1 that everything depended on the propelliug screw. If that stopped for au iustant, we kuew the vessel would fall off into the trough of tbe sea and siuk; and so wc prayed that of the officers, aud cried: “Do l«t me out 1 I will help you! do let me out! I cau not die here F Some got down and prayed to the Virgin Mary, saying,: “O blessed mother, keep us! Have mercy on us t” Some- stood with white lips aud fixed gaze, silent in their terror. Some wrung their bauds, and cried out: “O God, what shall I dot what shall I doT The ^ime came when the crew could qo lougef stay pu the deck, aud the jSjp the officer was: “Below J all hand* Vfjfty Out, brave and sym- uutil at palweftCDrX^sptala Aihlrews—whose — It grew’ lighter. The clouds were hung iu purple clusters along the sky; and, as if those purple das tern were pressed info peA wine aud poured out upon the every wave turned into jcrfouou. Yomkr, firo deuce, and were never cleft stood opposite to fire-cleft; and here, a cloud rent and tinned with light, seemed like a palace,. with flames bursting frofi the windows. The whole soeue lighted up, mitil it upon stairs of Art, and tbe w ave crests, changed into jasper, and crystal, aud amethyst, as they were tldog was of his infinite dignity and cloth ed with almighty power, who of ail the sons of men gave such a pattern of meekness and homirity as Jesus f The poor aud) despised mmht and W approach him with gthd eowfi at the woman In the! the Pharisee, at poor ibe way side, and at tboc with their little children f “Seettdh not her vwa.”—Here, in these four words, is the great distiu seemed as if the angels of God were - guishing trait in the cbaract-sf of our asceudiiig aud descending upou eemer set forth, rudi, hut for out Mkm that we throogk j “was .very uarrowly with his,life, © ryclone seemed to stand ou the a 1 A W* viu I iu wiu *» “This [ — -—* , t cemo- ihiu is mine! { have captured it! before: “Thy way, 0 Hod, commaml it! If God j sea, and thy path in the great* »it| f will sink it here aud y a thousand shipwrecks, 1 crown* of besv©u cast before the throne of the great Jehovah- I leaned over the traflail again, aud saul, with more emotiou than hr in the the great waters/* So, I thought^ ifi|i be the going off of the storm aud Right of the Hold doom j ©f this vessel T | ChrisUau’s life. The darkueeypdil ^ * torni » b* 1 ‘ta teutsaud s« »>! Thp n foet that it utignt gam additional of the rising mom will com© skip Crash! went the life-bout on j piugupou lh© mountains,tool all the one sUm. Crash! went the life boat, wrathful billows of the umhj’s woe on the Other side. Tbe great booms j break into the splendor* of ©Uw^al s> *JPVhJf? ** with the heft of'joy. a tliuinlerbojl, pouuded the deck And so wc cam© info the luirhur and beat the mast—the jib-boom, J The cyclone behiud us. Our friends tifoddiug tall boom, and square sail before us. God, who is always good hupni, with ibeir strong arms, beat j all arouud us! And if the roll of Uk* awful march aud; the crew ami passengers had boon jnpsic of the hurricau©. called, sci’ea hundred soaks would qoean liecam© phot j have auswered to their names. “And wfiolc soeue looked so it came to pass that we aM like fire. Tlie pater drippiug from the riggiug, there were ro|>es of fire ; aul! there were masts of fire ; and there was a deck of fire. A ship of fire, sailing on a sea of fire, through a night of fire. O my God! let 4»e never see anything likt it again 1 Everybody prayed. A lad twelve years of age got down ami prayed p for Ids mother. “U I should give op,” he said, do no^kuow what would become of pother” Tfiei© were men who, I tirinkahad not thirty years, who then got dow n ou their knees. When a man who has neglected God for his life feels that he has couie to his last time, it makes a rery busy night. Ail of our sins and short comings passed through our minds. My own life seemed utterly unsatisfactory. I could ouly say: “Here, Lord, lake me as I am. I cau uot mend mat tens now. Ixml Jesus, thou didst die for the chief of sinners. That's ’ luto thy bauds I commit my th© screw, r which three times since leaving Liverpool hail already stopped, might not stop now.. Oh! how auxiously we listened for the regular thump, thump, thump of the machinery, upon which our lives seemed to depend. After a while some one said: “ The screw is stopped!* No; its sound had ouly been over powered by the uproar of tbe tem pest, aud wo breathed easier * again wheu we heard the regular pulsa tion* of the overtasked machinery, going thump, thump, thump. At three o’clock in the morning the water covered tho ship from prow to stern, ami the skylights gare way! The deluge rushed in, aud we felt that one or two more waves like that mast swamp us forever. As tbe water rolled baclc and forward in tbe cabins, and dashed agaiust the wall, it sprang half way up to the ceiliug. Rushing through the skylights as it came in with such terrific roar, there went up from the cabin a shriek of horror which I pray God I may never hear again. I have dreamed the whole scene over again, but God has mercifully kept me from hearing that oncjcry. Into it seemed to be compressed the agony of expected shipwreck. It seemed to say: “I shall never get home again! My children shall be orphaned, and my wife shall be widowed! I am launch ing now into eternity! In two- min utes I shall meek my God!” There were about five hundred and fifty passengers in the steerage ;• and as the water rushed in and touched the furnaces, and began violently to hiss, the poor creatures iu the steerage imagined that the boilers were giving way. Those pas sengers writhed in the water aud in the mud, some praying, some cry iug, all terrified. They made a rush for tho deck. An officer stood ou deck, aud beat them back with blow after blow. It was necessary. They could not have stood au iustant on the deck. Oh! flow they begged to get out of the hold of the ship! One woman with a child in her arms rushed up and caught hold of one me self, my wife, my children at home, the Tabernacle, the College—all the interests of thy kingdom. It seems, Lord, as if my work is done, and poorly done, aud upou thy infinite mercy I cast myself, and iu this hour of shipwreck and darkness commit myself and her whom 1 hold by the hand to thee, O Lord Jesus! pray ing that it may be a short struggle in the water, and that at the same iustaut we may both arrive in gloryF Oh ! I tell you a man prays straight to the mark when he has a cyclone above, him, an ocean beneath him, and eternity so close to him that he can feel its breath on his check. Tbe night was long. At last we saw the dawn looking throngh the port holes. As in the olden time, iu the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came walking on tbe sea, from wave- cliff to wave-cliff; and when he puts his foot npon a billow, though it may be tossed up with might, it goes down, no cried to the winds, Hush ! They knew his voice. The waves knew his foot. They died away. And iu the shiuing track of his feet I read these letters on scrolls of foam ahd fire—“The earth shall fo- filled with the knowledge of God as the waters fill the sea.” The ocean calmed. Tho path of the steamer became more and mere mild; until, on the last morning out, the sun threw around about ns a glory snch as I never witnessed before. God made a pavement of mosaic, reach ing from horizon to horizon, for all the splendors of earth and heaveu to walk npon—a pavement bright enough for the foot of a seraph— bright enough for the wheels of the archangel’s chariot As a parent embraces a child, and kisses away its grief, so, over that sea, that had been writhing in agony in tho tem pest, the raorniug threw its arms of beauty and of benediction ; and the lips of earth and heaven met As I came on deck—it was very early, and we were neariug the shore—I saw. a few sails against the sky. They seemed like the spirits of the night walking the billows. I leaned over the taffrail of the vessel, and said: “Thy way, O God, is in the sea, and thy path is in the greAt waters.” «> caped safe to land.” To that God, wfio delivered me and my comrade*, to that commend you. Wait not for storm and darkness, before you fljy to V®- Go to him wow 1 , and seek bw» pardon. Find refuge In Ida mercy. And may God grant that when all our Sabbath* oa earth are ended, we may fi nd that, through the rich mercy of oor Lord Jesus Christ we all have weathered the gale. Home at 1**4! . ‘ Softly we drift on the bright diver tide, Home at lad! Glory to God! All oar danger* sn- o’er; I We stand wen re on the glorified shore. I idbont evermore. Christ stands as tbe map- prourimblr exemplar. “Whan be was revfted he reeled hot agafo, when he suffered be threatened not,” but iw,.„ »i.„ —* —- l: -j With Jsriirti£ contradiction* i neas and uun he stood In tbe firm, unyielding; uncompromisiui aud iutreglff'ltafrifllM of truth and righteousness that ever appeared among men. Amid ail tbe opposition that was shown him, apd wfth all his mOekneis, he ever maintained the dignity, the mhfosty,* the grandeur of bis ebaraotefc. it te a gfoat*«m»d dmimnoting mistake to tiuak of tfee quarrel: his life was one protracted warfare with wicked men ami wiok- edcr devils, with darkness, falsehood aud sin; and most wondeifol of all, Tie passed throngh that awTol battle holy, harmless and XMadeffled. pcay for the men who at tbe Glory to God! w© will i Home at last! Home at last T -Rer. IteWitt Talmndge- Charity. We never feel the poverty pf hu man language more than when pon dering the weighty aud bnrning words of the Apostle, where be labors with human power to set forth that principle which links the hnman to the divine, and which the English translators have expressed by the word Charity—a word which to most minds conveys the idea of benevolence or generosity—liberality in giving or magnanimity and high ness in judging. Hence we have the word often applied to institutions and to acts for tbe relief of destitu tion and suffering. Bat it is plain that this is not what Paul is talking about; for he declares that a man may give ali his goods to feed the poor, and yet be destitute of charity. Some contend that the word would have been lletter translated Love. Perhaps so; but that also is too narrow to convey a conception of the grace or principle here set forth. Love is a single grace; but that which our translators have called by this single word charity, seems to be tbe sum of all graces. Even Faith aud Hope are swallowed up in it, or, rather, so blended with it that its absence would be death to the other two. Whatever it may be, however we may labor to define it, we feel that it is the Alpha and Omega of the Christian spirit aud character. I think the best definition w© can give is, that it is the Spirit of Christ; for it is writteu, “If any man hath not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his.” Now let us examiue its character istics as set forth in 1. Cor. xiii. “ Charity suffereth long and is Wad.” The whole life of Christ from the manger to (he cross is but one spot less commentary upon these words. Where oan we find such long suf fering and kindness as be exhibited f “Charity enrieih notOf him only who was holy, harmless, undefiled and separate from sinners can this be said with absolute truth. “Vauntcth not itself." 1 Christ sol emnly declares that he fCame not to «ek Itis own glory, but the glory of Him that sent hint. Meek and lowly in heart, he came not to be minister ed unto, but to minister. “I am amougst yon (he says) as iiim .that serreth.” *Is not puffed up, doth not behave mouiunt murdering him—“Father, forgive them, they know not what they do” I think these words had reference to the soldiers; for of them ouly could this be made.. It acting barbarously and uattiaiE him to unnecessary torture. Bat wjiieth er that prayw terminated* on th#m or not, Ms words Show that he viewed every wrong in the roost favorable aspect;, ip other words, that he was eminently “charitable’ in bis judgment*. * ft* ** 'iniquity.*—H to to «ay that this is like Christ It is very posable end very common to condemn and denounce with vehemence whatever is wrong, and yet rejoice in iniquity. Pope, in his Universal Prayer, has one beautiful stanza; “Teach me to fed another’s wo: To hide the fault I roe; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.” If we are not inclined to hide the faults we see, then we do rejoice in iniquity, however vociferously we may denounce it. The grace of which the Apostle is speaking, where it is operative, tries to throw a mantle over others’ faults or failings so far as duty will allow; and if the faults of others must be spoken of it is done with pain and regret, and all mitigations which truth will war rant are thrown in. I have often been pained, when the good qualities of an absent person were spoken of, to hear some charge needlessly sprung upon him or her at the mo ment. Whoever will do such a thing has good reason to search his own heart to see whether he has the Spirit of Christ, this charity of which tbe Apostle is speakiug, without which he can be none of his. “But rejoiceth in the truth.*— I think the word truth here is ex pressive of all that is true and good, whether seen in the abstract, in in dividual character, or in the progress of truth and righteousness iu the world. The opposite of this quality is described negatively in the preced ing clause. “Beareth all things—This embraces the grace of patience, of which Jesus was the supreme exemplar. “Beliereth all things*—The grace thus strongly but not very specifically portrayed is simply the opposite of snspiciou and distrust. As Jesus knew all things we can hardly say that he was an exemplar of this trait of Christian character. “Hopcth all things—This blends intimately with the immediate fore going trait, and is the opposite of despondency and discouragement Both prompt the Christian to cheerful and joyful obedience. Both are linked with the great principles of Faith and Hope. As making up elements in the supreme grace of charity, be lieving all things and hoping all things have reference to other sons rather than to ourselves. “Endureth all things.”—Christ en dured the contradictions of sinners, the toils and* privations of lifo, and the ignominy and agony of thfr cross willingly and patiently; and when he says, “Take up thy cross,” whether it be a cross of active service or of trial and affliction, he but invites us to become like him in these things. Thus the Spirit of Christ is finished and made perfect in his people through * suffering. He calls us to endure all things, not because we must, not because we can not resist the omnipotence of God. but willing ly, because it is tbe will of a loving Father and will work for good. It this enduring be not cheerfnl, it not enduring at all in the sense ol the passage. But the subject can not be exhaust ed ; follow on to know mailt M per- itse\f unseemly.*—Conscious as he ' more.—Pres. Banner,