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OOLUVBU. 8. FRIDAY, MARCH 21. 1873.
ology, says, “Our future bodies will
b* in tubetatur the tome uHh the
ptfiftoftt. Let not, therefore, the
Christian doctrine be ekargel with
all the absurdities and fancies which
dreaming head* have sngyeated fw
spotting the nature, form, sac and
use* of the spiritual body; nor with
the actions even of some theologians
respecting corpora pellneuUt penetran
j^Bjiccft, iartribtfi,” ftc. tie says
also, “The simple idea conveyed by
this expression— 1u gtonfif*r—to, |fo»
riou* y excellent, perfmbeS, ennobled”
8t Paul says, “There la a natural
Selections.
The Sabbath.
Ns* Paid Is Chid and Stirar.
1 14 Bat no two of yaw caa qgra* as
ta what Dad aaya la the Ettbto aw
**t thing yew esc wwlih—, thaes
la rmj Utile di^ranea a* ta what
Qq4 ways; indeed, there caa he III
Ma, foe He speak* ta wa plainly aad
aright span the ttibto «1
When Calvin desired to publish
hta Aral work, the booksellers turned
their larks upon bias. .After greet
boh st his own expense. When the
priatiag wae finished, he said t “l’p
‘2; ^^nds that Christ’s “terras
.j iwj*?* wsr MM' Inoicn to be in
dOEfe** »»d<l
d*!tria« of * presence is ab
?lM \ No* it » we0 h ,,0, * u that
star eoutended for such
U ortMOM to the sacramedt, and
rJt LoSer aad the other Reformer*,
dVtf and over again, declared that
^ vm no soch presence, Dor any
^jr CU|>enmitic t gross eating of
tbe body of Christ, and it ii unfair
aachtritable in Mr, Gross to try
w nude the impresaiou that Lutb-
tRai 1 h»d ittisgiued* Then he be remembrance the troths you bef
earns very saxloas about the sale have heard, or to engage yoer a
of it, and said: “I am drained dry, hearts, or the hearts of others,
awd I mast tax my wits to get back admire and magnify God for all 1
from every quarter the money I hare great wooden of providence and
expended” He hastened to the pro deception. Indeed, if a walk be ti
feasors at the capital, end begged improved, it may be a walk to be
them to am his book fa their lee en. So we ttnd the two discipi
tarea, and lost wo opportunity to who on this day were walking
bring it into notice. Calvin toiled Etonians, how they entertained the
hard aa an author, and yet, “at the selves, nod shortened their a
cAeee of life, be had only three bon wll* spirnttiT and btffy dlscoow
dred crowns, his library included. 4 " Luke xxiv : 13, 18. But those w
Martin LaiiWr wrote much which have families to look after will
the Church ft not willing to lose; best employed in seeing that tb
and yet, when he came to die, be who are under their charge spe
anut: “1 have neither house, nor the vacant time of the Babbath
land, nor money to leave behind me.* holy exercises : either reading I
who delighted
wanting the
fltftoiefate hie assertion by say*
iag trit Latberans are an intelligent
yi, In.1 that is refutation enough.
S^lhe foils to prove his poi,nt; for
^ooiy seuiWasce of proof adduced
L gut be “traveled,” “weul,” and
that he was “made iu the likeness of
mhl men.” But was he not God—
tj* God-man 1 As Dr. Lutbfir say a,
H is not at all necessary to a real
practice to speak of his body pre*
riom to bis resurrection; for this is
got the condition in which he Is pres
tat in the Supper; but yet, lio mao
aa prove that he was absolutely
coaled to one place even then.
But oar author undertakes to
p«m that it can not be biA resur
rection or glorified body that Is pres
nt in the Sapper. - I will give his
arguments: He says, “I hold that
the crsciJUtl body of Christ, long
j inCE DECOMPOSED lit TO ITS ELE
MSTAXY CONSTITUENTS, and »up
fleeted by a body to the functions of
which it was no longer eonqieteut,
can have no existence in the! Lord's
tapper 1” Here is “biblical philolo
gy aad exegesis" of which Lfiftber
vag ignorant! I agree with our au
thor, tbst the Reformers knew noth
ing ot sach rules. He says, “I bold*
this. Well, lie may hold it and wel
come to it; for I am sure no sensible
bad will ever want it—Christfs body
“decomposed
listowy offered him the produce
ef * mine at Basting; hut he nobly
refused it. '-last,* said he. **I should
tempt the detd. who Is ford of these
sebtrrrarieott* treasure*. to tempt
The Scout ot Christian Attainment
Whet is the attitude of mind inj
which all ehrtettoas cheuld most de |
■Are to be f How should they re- *
gard |ust e&perieaeee and actual 1
at tain men ta, aa compared with what 1
is to be done, hoped for, and made I
ours in the future 1 la the Christian
a racer f does he stretch forth his
hand and strain the muscle as long
ing to reach what he can not yet
loach f
Near by where the Apostle Paul
wrote hts Epistle to the Philippian*,
was a circus. From it resounded
the cheers nod bravos of thousands
who leaned forward to watch the
leeue of the rare or boxing match,
nod possibly they foil upon the ears
eg the still and thoughtful aj»ostle
mu to the entries of the Pretoriam.
One thing will not be questioned.
Paul says, applying me race to him
self, “I bare not reached it, but 1
follow after. I am not perfect, but
I am to be. Whet ground I have
gone over, I cense to think of. What
etdl remains, that I think of, aud
rush towards. I just do one thing.
I am called of God by a high calling.
1 see the mark. I press toward it.
Nothing will content me bat the
winning of the prise.”
And not only Is this Paul's state
of mind, but he describes it as the
normal experience of okristiatis. lie
refers to some who think, or were
in danger ot thtaking, that they had
attained and were perfect He would
win them to humbler thoughts of
themselves and higher thoughts of
their high calling, by the portraiture
of his own spiritual experience. “I
press,’* he says, “toward the mark,*
not as having “attained,* not aa
bat ns attaining,
perfecting. And then he adds, “Let
ns be thus minded. 1 * “Brethren, be
followers ot me, and mark them
w hick walk so me you have us for an
example.*
He adds, is his sympathy, aud the
delicate courtesy of his love, that if
in anything they be otherwise mind-
ed, have different and erroneous
thought* In the matter, God shall
There
M Id vfeuil RMii ifetfik lift
hare said: and most of out dtScnl
ties In Bcriptare are dtfor allies in
mmAline round it*
awwwws jju v wwwbww^wi was*
«Uttt do vow mews that if 1 switie
yon an the right cheek yen will tnrn
to me ths other F*
ae to what I will do. Nit so to what
God Bay a $ ntNMf dMgg|hMl gpgmg IgMfl
there caa tw su dtaibt as to iksi ths
Lord mfhi me Is do.*
U B«I af that wars oarrisd oat, it
wonhl pot aa ml to war and litiga
tfcau*
“l*racmely so; and theeefora ahno
itSaiia who hova mmtii ai » tkeir mOwla
to ge to war sr to In?, must try to
gel iwhmI it. Hot awawi of them
have say doubt as to what the Lard
said, though they may think that He
ought In have anhl something diflhr
ewk. 1 *
“Well, all I can say ta, that if yon
are guiag to take the Bible In that
way, aad do what ft soya, you will
■mke a strange figure among other
Christiaan*
This fragment of a cow vernation,
which grew out of an appeal In the
script or*! aceowot af e realms*, la re
ported here beennse It euggeeta some
important mtistdrmlinw which ate
informed Him they had own# left, he
mine, whsnh neetdentiy mood within
hie ranch, and gtvmg it to the puor
indnee
n mch
il staaf
«*wint
M, Gee
of God in His promises. Certainly,
meditation in one great duty of a
Sabbath, without which, to hear the
word of God only is but ta swallow
oar meat without chewing it. It is
meditation that makes it fit for
nourishment; this socks the juice
and sweetness out of it, conoorpo
rates it into us, and turns it into life
aud substance. - Leighton.
“Thou will not leave
By soul in hell, uor suffer thiue Holy
One to see corruption.” “But He
whom God raised again saw iho cor
nptton.” “Neither did His ftteh see
corruption.” “And as concerninj.
that he raiseel him from the dead
wnore to tee evrru.pt ion.”
I am uot of those w ho hold s man'
to the creed by force, and d<
aotcry heresy whenever a man disa
pees with me ; but I submit that nr
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Four Impossible Things,
L To tiscape troubles by running
away from duty, Jonah once made
the experiment, but it did not suc
ceed. Therefore, manfully meet
and overcome the difficulties and
trials to which the post assigued
yon by God’s providence exposes
you.
2. To become a Christian of strength
and maturity without undergoing
several trials. What fire is to gold,
such affliction is to the believer. It
burns up the dross, and makes the
gold shine forth with unalloyed 1ns-
tra.
3. To form an independent cliarac
ter exoept when thrown upou one’s
own resource*. The oak in the
middle of the forest, if surrounded
on every side by trees that shelter
and shade it, runs up tall and com
paratively feeble ; cut away its pro*
Lector*, aud the first blast will over
turn it. But the same tree, growing
in the open field, where it is continu
ally beaten upon by the tempest,
becomes its own protector. So the
man who ia compelled to rely ou his
own resources forms an independence
of character to which he could not
otherwise have attained.
A To be a growing man by look
ing to your position in society for
infloenoe, instead of bringing influ
ence to your position. Therafora,
prefer rather to climb op the hill
with difficulty than to be steamed »P
by a power outside yonrselt—Gkrnrh
Ornette.
In osi «M of the Hrnprar**, the
question of inspirathm should font
Of alt hr definitely art lied la 4fc»
715p»
JWpa
550 p*
ristfpa
inspiration, men have lost sight of
Mien into such a gross error. He show that the b
ila » been no wittingly led into it to “exclusively to b
^oatkis theory, and npon “sober, monie institution
*»>Q<i thought” he will “repent and lie* in the fact tl
his first works over.” j because it is a
He then undertakes to prove that therefore, exelu
tlle S^ufied body of Christ ia totally ence.
iflerent from his crucified body. Next he shot
e states, correctly, that the Luther- Lord's Bupper is
*® doctrine is, “that Jesus, though fore, it i* a wena
Goff-mao, possesses absolute Di- quotes Mosbetm
v,a |tjr, and thus continues to be om gunge, “These
•‘^owwipreseiit and almighty, and the Lord’s Buppi
t his glorified body Is necessarily aidered as mere
japable of the most facile and tin- as symbolical rep
JJ^flded ubiquity.” He sal'*, “If also as ordinanc*
. la 8ta t e mcnt were true, it would a sanctifying i
***) to account for the real pres heart and the
under the symbols of bread aud Christiana” No
®«»o the sacrament.” unfortunately Am
* . “\ aa ** tanght that the glori what the author
k ^ ^ ,as st ^ It only show* tl
... it follows that it is has any truth in
®ore endowed with the attribute »P>te of all effort
nbiqmty, than was his fearthly however, he ack
»e'think i7 ’ wl,J K<«W of Sort
Beal p * eas ^ bpliere in »he “every iuntitutii
v^eace. If Christ’s Jleeh “saw ral origin, and
corruption* and ls “»o mwe to see v «»»« **ncfhm, Is
^liere is it* I * live of ti»«. atti
Tlj e Bible . grace*, or bravt
Christ ti 10 n ar ' te;U ‘ ,(S8 t iat and hence the L
with l l God man > ifl iu heaven eve ii acknowle<
his body and blood. The pas “present in the l
^ triumphantly quoted By bur present fa att k*
il,l,erit ," ,C „ kin * U* real, it i.
w . Ood ’ wery intelligent tial, it is bodily.
si . n ^“ows, refers to our natural, Now apply yo
', c,lr »al lioUies. Mr. Gross, iu ,rtWR i y° nr
* l0 “S krgmnent, trios to show that thr “*►*»*.•'
they claim: “All Bcriptnra ia Gud
Intpirad * If an, then every word
and pnrtlkfo In warred aad aigntg
rant. I>ivine wfodom planed It there,
and i t ran not he < it rrlunkd set asia
mww* esp man^em Bumi^ur e^ew we^r wmmmimBmifiBimBfi wmp miBvWBir
placed without injury. Thin becomes
very impresari* to thm who are led
to a minute stndy of the word* of
inapt ration ; Just aa the mternacops
reveals the meat waodefftil previa
kwa of divine wisdom In the natural
world. What hraaty, what forra,
what depth of araaateg, what stca
harmonies, may often ha foond In
ins ose or one prrpaMiMSi rniner
than another, la thr nan or omlaafon
of an article, In the as* of one nnm
her or one tense rather than an
other f
The true question to he decided is,
whether the Hcripturen them ml tea
are inspired, and whether wa have,
not only divine doctrine, hat that
doctrine In the very words which the
Holy Ghoul tanght. If yon tstfw
dace a bn man element at all, yon
place me In altogether a differ*ut
attitude before the Wertpinisa. I
then exercise my renaon and jadg
moot about what I rend. Instead of
yielding naqaeotlontag mtimisalnn to
n “ihu* anith the I*>rd.* Let Fan!
be taught or guided aa he may by
the Spirit, it la a very difltorant thing
! to hear Pawl speak, and to know of
what he wrote or spoke, that If la not
Paul that speaks, bat the Holy Ghost
that speaks by him.
Barely ft would ley n solemn *r
rear upon m* eirort to get arontto a
passage of flcriptore if w# were
thoroughly convinced that it in whet
God any*. And It to worthy of sol
*eton inquiry so to ham for umr differ
largely, he
reread even this unto them
to a condition, however, to thi* rave
latino of God's truth to and iu them,
and it Is this i
Nevertheless, where
to we have already attained, let ui
walk by the same rale, let us uiind
the ssara thing.” The thing is, the
rule to, “to press toward the mark,"
to forget the past, and ranch forth
toward the future.
This than is the leason. Tbs cbns-
tiaa altitude Is one of program, pre*
tong toward the mark; his face to
ward has van, the light of aa ever
brightening fa tore playing on his
f< (itura*. and all part attainment*
lying in the shadow cast by his
rising form. Bo Paul rose, the shad
ow behind him, the light before! So
the sunlight af inspiration has pbo
tograpbed him, nod made him the
model for imitation.
“I follow altar,* press toward the
stork,* was the motto of the great
apostle, long before that old Roman
ward “Excelsior* had its Christian
meaning poured Into it; before it
grew bright on the escutcheon of the
Empire State, and before Longfel
law had tin pearled it in immortal
varan. And whan tie dissevered
head of Pawl rolled in the dost, and
bin eager spirit at a bound leaped ou
high, over bis prone and inanimate
nativity,
Christian activity.
to the abolition of pul pita aad the
introduction of platform*. It indi
cates that preacher and people ace
naming together. It does both par
ties good. It make* re misters mase
manly and laymen into* devont
Saver raven dram purified never sit ms. and to
shows brighter ns It fiawafi from th* ttfo It Will
(lowing furnace than Semi’s high bona* and the
or brighter ths efiran that looked raw h ends f
down on the econo af sach a «ri where tin to H
umph. ths feowaa af Gad, Urn holy itsmar.tm-t*
gregatioaal singing, or made leader*
of the whole oangregntteo, another
Important step will hero bean taken
! Q ». and that wo will not bav©
*Ne body of flesh and blood that
aa ' e h ere, anil therefore Christ
1 have his earthly body, or
lbod J he had while on earih. On
* Object, Hr. Knapp,“ in his The
it can not he ns treat. Be then nil
your troabtoa to write, aad axpanaa
to publish your work, to disprove n
No man to humbled and efoasee
with God, until he is wilting to know
the worst of himeelf. # -
real presence, sr* fur