The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, July 11, 1873, Image 2
THE LUTHERAN VISITOR, COUMBIA. S ('., JULY 11. 1873.
THE lIlTHEM, VISITOR.
Calumblfi, 14. C.
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Friday, July U, 187&
EniTORa:
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Rkv. A. Rs JtTDE, D.D., Ot»h*n»bi». flk C
Rev. J. L MILLER, A.M., Staunton, Vs.
In eeomtitUe, unity; in
liberty; in nil Iking*, charity*
<i"W*"ll l 1 "" " 1 -r-raC...-::.
ol the church " “O, I
Mr. ttoyxard, *1 Wo»| to Rt, PoalR*
Bt. P*U» r*ll* for Hi Pllhl church
book ; it la bcoogh t. hot lb* rmw
k not therr "Look beta,” mjti Uw
apostle thru : M Your mum lo not
here either. You do tot behnwg to
any chart H Oo to your own place*
—and down Mr. Rrjrunt sinks,
dow In the bottooikNMt pit, aod
through eternity ho will ho stoktof
lower nod lower—for ho la • hypo
crite, a Uor, a fowl, sod thought ha
eon Id chooi hoovoo, no ho had
cheated the church
for th» Lastofaff Ytoto*
f * sraciAL uonew.
Remittance* must be made In PMal
Office Onfer*, Bank Cheek*, or Ihwft*.
if poewible, If tlicne can not be obtained,
send the money in a RvaumtasD Lmr-
tkk. AH Postmasters are obliged to
ri'jtisti'r letter* when required.
Paper* are sent to subscribers until
an express order to discontinue i* re
ceived. and all arrearages are paid, so
required by law. Merely return in* a,
number of the paper by mail, la not suf
ficient.
All cormnuntestion* relatiaa to tab-
are old and which are new subscriber*.
Not only the name of the post office,
bnt also that of the county asal State
of each subscriber is necessary. in order
that the proper entries may be promptly
and accurately made.
Marriage and obituary mrtkws,
other matter intended for
HH intruded
should be written
business letters, to
tion. |
—
y,*and not In
proper stum
South Carolina Synod.
The members of Synod, all the
ministers and all the lay delegatea
belonging to the Synod of 1872, ’will
please to notice the President’* call
for a Special meeting. We think,
however, that the pressing neeeooity
ter saek aa uncommon measure might
to have been stated.
The Necessity of a Church Paper.
The interesting and instructive ar
tide of “& a R»,” the Central Com
m it tee's exploring missionary, de
monstratet the Urge field open for
the Sootberu church, the importance
of occupying it at ooee, and the aw
oeasity of a church paper. We have
spent nearly $1,000 on the Vinitmr;
who will do as much aa we have
done! Those who have
least have found the moat fault with
onr course.
Delinquent Subscribers.
lu Virgwia 88 Lutheran* owe aa fittlJt
** W. Viri
On
Md
“ West V
” S. Carol
We do hfpe that every one indebt
ed to as trill act honorably. We
have np to the present time oaly
i.|R « « *f
r, 1 ® ♦* - -
iMI ■ana'
was
i9 g -
list was made oat,
sti.to
i
have paid
lain
unis 1 ha* paid
*.»
4 have paid
11JM
ployed the
against five
We dislike
pay the
services of trial justieea
incorrigible offender
to do it; but we most
iter.
Asked and Answered.
Please answer through the Ffottar
whether the Lutheran church teaches
that Christ died for ell men f
Answer. Yes! the Lutheran Church
holds fast to the dogma of the aai*
versality of the atonement See
Art. Visat: Book of Concord, Art.
IV : False and erroneous doctrine of
the CalrinifU in regard to predeati
nation and (be providence of Clod :
1. That C irist did not die for all
men, but only for the elect.
2. That G m! has created the ma
jority of me i for eternal condemna
tion, and w|ill not that the majority
and saved.
elect aad regenerated
their hath aad the
be condemned, even
commit all manner of
transgressions,
o are not elect, are ne
demned, and can not
attain unto jsalvatioo, even (hough
they are baptized a thousand times,
and daily attend the Lord’s Sapper,
and besides lire as holy and blame
lessly, as it uyiossibta Co do (fumnhnm
unysuitH
are conv
3. That
can not
Holy Spirit
though the,
great sins a
4. They
cessarily
i it iiyKNMubl<!
fieri poeeetj.
3uui Professor.
Mr.
lives about
St Peter's
and knows
of it. Whs
Peter’s calls
tion, he
at St. Paul’s.!
deacon cal
you know I
Peter’s V
grim, the
belongs to church,
same distance from
St Paul’s churches,
the deaoon of St.
him for his oontribu
i glibly; “I subscribe
Bnt when St Paul *
he answers: “Don’t
n a subscriber of St
Beynard dies. Ise-
bas caught him at
last, his coining failed him ; and,
of coarse, big seal is off poet haste
to heaven. He gets to the gats
always open, j is about to eater, bat
St. Peter stops him, “Who axe yoa t*
He answers: “I am brother Bay-
*hard.” “Whint church did yon be
ing it will please St
twers : “St Peter’s.”
gate keeper calls out:
Peter’s church book.”
The apostle examines
rks at last: “1 do not
long J Thin!
Peter, be ai
The heave nl;
“Bring me
It is bronght
it, and rei
your us mb among the supporters
Vi, Jane 24th, l*7&
Her A. It Mode, DJh—My Den*
Mr f Your favor soaloatog Mrs. —
money la ta hand. Are we to tofcf
that the Flitter * will oam with tho
preseat to! a ami If thle ha Ihe eases
j ftJD TWjT mKmwJ. i Nnf “ IPiMPr,
aad am confident It has isea aa k»
straasent qf good. The rsadlag af
it, together with the Book of War
ship, evidently iodueed toy wife to
become a Lutheran, she hav teg b*eo
h member of another church. i *ua
opposed to prase lyttog, hat a thor
ougb knowledge of
would be aofltotoat to
ranks of other
If the paper Calls
are culpable, aad pardoa am hr say
law it our minuter* are Uu> MtineitmJ
enw^a iv% ww* * 1 - wf se sn *■ i wv
offenders A little exert to* <m their
part would have
HMffihmr of so been tier* |o
the eotarpriae. Instead of this, t
have knowledge of parties who help
to saalaio a
newspaper la tha latarcat of
choreh. This mmj ha right, hot It
Skill etJPmmimkfif I la ml IW f ra «m few mm 1 #
ttffilp^Bflffi h soMte ottff jp
mind. With beat wishes hr yaar
1
CL
uni
A Card.
CoiH oan. Sf.
• Jane 27th,
Her A. IL fair, A />
Den* Met Mr. Usnlwis
aa ta say ta yoa (hot tha
matter Ana Geo, P. Mew si ft On. to
nuFwrii to the dUmotikoiiHe of tha
Sewing Machine bom asm la fihm»
sod wishes yoa lo eurrect It. W#
are still ia the *»■ ima, sad have
chine* m ooaoecOkm with the
Shuttle—the Victor.
Yoara Irmly,
K. A. Burxus,
for C. Kl.
Mditmrml—Wm have wnttaa lo
Measra. Rowel It Cm. for aa eiplaas
Moo.
4 (I I IIIS$t gfiNA.
A Prcfiubis tuMim
How shall 1 make a Hr lag I Dali
time* bavg Vbrown mo oat af ssa-
ploy meat aad I am saffian
eomethihffi to do. Maay aad UMsy
d time do we hsmr woaieih
the above frees yuaag aad
of employaieot aad oat »f
Mr. M. M. Til too offices n nee
system for seiUog aa aid aad well
triad family amdfcciae, called Um
Wonder of the World, loaded with
laHmoalsls of Its healiag qaalitiea.
Hia plan Is to give, wlthoal charge,
exclusive right for certain territory,
in which tha person la each shall
have satire right aad privilege to anil
the Wonder of the World. He ska
offers a plan by which asy person ta
sack territory mm have aad aan the
Wooder of the World foes, aad tbas
j|} this gnat remedy withoat
price, aad see aad know for thaot
•elves that it ia all that ia
for it Mr. Tilton is
honest aad raiiabfe. Writs ta him,
gat terms aad go to work, and do
yourself aad ail others a lasting
■kofit *ad blMwiug Tie# bt* big
Advertisement ia thl* paper.
Mr. <1. II. Johnston, Grant Western
Gab Works, 170 ffimithlcid Btreet,
Pittsburgh, Pe
•at has hasa pohifohad hi 1
paper daring the past yernr, is,
have reason to
tnwtworthy ia all hla
annoying error has apfieared in hla
advertisement ia the price of Doable
Shot Go us. The miaimom prim of
mm goods shoahl have been pub
lished at $8, instead of $3. We take
this mttbfH of csl 11 n ^‘attentioa to
the miotohe, sod to ospraao oar eaa
fideace iu the firm.
te tht IbMNPt tffNil AM
oritv t the wonderful demaaff for
Mmamoo’ Liter Regulator Is one of
tha convincing proofs that Ihb ar
tide la appreciated shove everything
else of the ktod. However much its
Sin>rr may throw their
■hafts, truth will prevail aad an will
tin*
GffihffiMMVgMk W Yi
* Jane SH I
/JSwr fkafor ffiadh t Thlnhttffifihst
II Wffi Hr Off Mtlpfmgf, ml spa Mwv
of the rvadem of the Fisttar, permit
am through Its calamus to call the
af the rhurah t# the im
../ uiakiiiR r.»it> ■an" kktwB*
aa friends who m
part af the country aiih a
of their own faith
On the «ih laat. tho urihar eaa
Va ^ tyj tha
with
to prereed forth w ith to
W e*t Y irgiala, aad lahar ta the usual
jfeti
tbe Has af Ihe Phampaohn A (foe
la the raparity «4 hffiHlhig
_ s ante of
of Virginia Hyaml ta Ampdffi ri.
IV | b py Mg ^ % jpFHTI* 8 Idi J A ^ Mi l-fiijflf
iuj. ii*mwiaaifiaaa *i tk dtSkeveyi
paints which I ahsA ha*X
U lh^. a. iL**kn* ** —.A 'AA' h. its im- as at
llPf* vpimlllffiy wm. ww ffiFrlfP wPMnIgPffilMIff
lH|kf 1: .. MMl ftk W iffi'IjNtB f y ' ^
hma4^aM- en a w ■ S am ghasm^ dm^nawim
sMTeme mMeMPm^gg I m Hffiye
unit'll % im ft y
In HmM, ggRg»j||g$g$ Afcjfc
i
hare, j If H he
foi .fominatea iYS i*ett off’ sirsia
** IF ’ ” w m R, mf ft "w* pis
tra# that
| the I.
Ihg» ate m#e wffin caa he
"f meaner, mm
•ho haw nm hither a
lively short Hass aiaar,
srfU no
r«w the Lothemn Visitor.
A SERMON
like eywtem, by rspitl circalatioii,
iwrmeate* the entire l»ody, sud fills
- j every vein and tisane with death—
Mr H’titmr: Tl»e Mtowing rK* »4»t*d<rt#-t«Jlo**,«••(•interactsdeath
was pMmohed at the Geaeml Hyhad, WM , tr0Utrrm physiol life. Bat a re
at ffialam, Va., aad anHeilcsl b) a . . -i»> „re sup
i««W «d miafoleta aad tayaam for not aeceman.t we . i
iMibtiriikui ThaiiUtd for ihe fiat 1 1* 0 **’ * reformation. A mivsi MS
teriag u|*isi«*M eatertmliieil by tbeee take |dnce witbont s reformatioa in
i In h
la or
ii
with other i
of tha
p ■ ' j f !| f i£ !
In the wag of baihllag ap a
hi that
af thtdr ova,
i r4n Then.
Iheti vt|)tms*« ia vwalrihatlag aa
oardtag la Ihetr maaas aad to gtve
(feadf hamfo' aamavatsaa ta aaimfififfi
fisrwsed lb dash. What amre earn
be ask f ar dflmh! aa have (ham de f
If they see i«.f mam aared for thug
will ha tout I** as, as h
Imnnii (Im cm«tfL«uJh Ht4 n
f f . t,, ttym 4
v—vimw ••
tb|| * nauiUrt at ear old
I united with
• til tadiMo to lheir
Uratj that they vmU
|<m1 let threw. I semi tl to )<i«
iwnslasiv with their nqaul.
It II. B.
in
lavfob-Ft Ixxrv
toy
The wisdom
revive us u«i
Hiwn tu thee f
s Hut
m
I left m
I
who wave
m lap* fiat <
ta the durtrOwa at the a
Of Protsataatfom. I
iiiMiy tlNv*
at Oka «*<h
i f, |
me that
I
bbly coaid te get a
In this part af the
Armj* ^ j j|i fj|
knows ta them my
of theca a ait t ^a«i
ops "g att u-u^mqpi
pcwla la lab
than Is aow
•uty hf W ag
S
rival
of <k*d, his heaevo*
:>* end love, we mv
In the adaptation
af tAm piaa af aalvattan to man ia
Ids folks* mole; sad in the means of
grace, suited to his {opacity aad
omodiiiuci, as euaetoat |B* to him ia
Mat* bacoama renew.
luff ill i,.Mwnw(i eir<M#ffi j wit, urivUnQ*
ad, as h« k, Ivy ala, trwtdotkm fn*u»
gk«i ii iMul m i i ifiogit-* amt i®r*
|Mdc*i ta coaatoat oppmfohm from
diiio ■■» M Lt.
mpv- * in *», nt«
will be, mace
The He% tour entoiti* mu slant watch
futnesa sad pmyoc ; aad the Apostle
I’eol folk life a conflict, na isMoaasat
to, lie used in order
m* sir the Christian
full }m nop 1v
srrsiost stl the posrevful
of Im* soul, againut all
the wiles of the devib The girdle
af truth, the send*I* of tbe trust'd
of 10-00*, the shield of Isilh, tbe
bflmrt of aslvat 10M and the sword of
the Hpint, fig u rati • ely sad Itesutt
foffiy espress the pOGMUsious it»s«ie
lot a»«n. bjr » gtscwMc* sod merriful
teud, to sal him tn his weak new*
Hut with all this
from God. man's
* g. *1 00,1, ssmmm t L t o dm
ttma **'" w *vw“s Him * s tti* *»w
(Wsvity, bt* retries* mreleosmwe, bt*
h a f aR r-sl it ** rt$ n , ^1*1 ** 10** V ■, ito^nif k* s> aRritli
nm mi foi iiMlfdrlHY*, IfnpVHMm wtfli lim
kee of wraith, primp, power and
j the (deaenrew of this world, mwistsut
ly expose him to attacks, sod too
Irina bis
He does not
as I’saf say* ; twit he foil* end
Man
la pfofifft fall into
sod into defection from God. in
individual (apartly sloae ; Init
r generalty lie tuvulvea families,
cities, noun trie* and
i Um **lhd oot A «.ham the
ofl Keeub, pwmu * (e»i^*» to
arvarued thing, and wrstti fell
rhst this mnomti j •" *W the ensigregaUkia of Israel t
1 to five Lthernnd ^ |wimhed not stone ia
mutaity.* Hhall •wealence !«•
esdtri” swd God imme
deolroy *11 «Oeh faint lie*,
ctfies, eouatnea or ns
ns he did the family of A« ban 1
d Olercy
s far differ*-nt kwami. lie
m them that die.
bark. He revives
ffhttkxl i ML-s^Mk iE^sm hm I m*mA ax iummiL
mm** YAWP*- mm *m IHW JW I PPMA-*
IlMl rgi |^NnJ|pNAiWi lain tMi mnHsii
of Went Virginia, ahaas gnst sad
rteh niaicar— srv anal ta ha m
* . At
wAI Wsi •
is still
■ Bmg
anaghl la jut to he scwomplmhed by
the eateiiMtac uf ftahar la rhi nlhar
af sat oaaatty. Wth ar
in tha (»iwt
If aohoMCad anas
Rtrie aitn Uaa foam
gross aotaa af
i« tha
free
the n«tmm| rvaalts of tomtom aad £
•vaitohikt| *“—* I*- 1 -. m * wm
laatea may mt oaly
the fognlly IF heang the Mdt
tab hat that which is far Iwthrr,
may he great*4 from far a
as tha meirwfsdi* af the
sad arnaaiamariag toteeests af the
Waal.
CM Rrief. NR fever and Gaatoy
dfverge foafo the Great “ K'
stmMhl PMdffItommm. Am tia^ mu>*> b * 4^,1 ^asjffi
wfe wmffiP fR|<^ mmPwgi
♦ |*d» ttf fo (AF MlMfeMh ItodWMMMfc
wealth to aa* rum sum acmtro aa the
Kaaawha; ar sock ia hsiag the re-
salt, aad «fiK he aadet future dev el
II TO
I deaf rod. Ga th«*
up the m Valley
grnti
ri co
1 can ia IriMhfegtfofel
the * highway* aad
timea I
I
several
sktfi, at
trip.
which I was riding la «wa
af tho hills hatog *o atvwp
wsmaasad the rivet
At one tune ia s
f^vrifcul it oa harar-
I am gted that I took that
I believe that to a ahari lhao
^wrRhfom snhfi a fes sLfikm tma -Sl ^.— .*
9Wm nij li fe»» IB xl irffiN $
--jamaaatoafem w ith ihe mm
f the gfoat—Ip the H eat It is open la
f tha Grinat MhmmsipfS Y‘att*y and tha
• gmwfofo atatm of the N««tk
railway *nd steam
*■»* The f»r»i aarwriMm «d
«»g the aoief* of ihe Jaariw
Kaaawha near* hy * >•*«) k
feMfen 1
Im |Im-
•*»i cvefsiaty g»vo
*oaf advantage* to
» Uadi With the first «%*nwt
A ra|lrm*d -ill mmm tie cwm-
straated from here to Ftudnsrg. ««
other ta ffothrvuhwrg. which will
apes It ithariontaal to the
thor* a very nice filth
jK^sad* gn | m* ani'a
wP$ i m ttitji 11 gfiui
aad traota of toad. They have
threw only a h«
of tt l *
carry
cities
He
•titan asiisn m ■ wonixLn ,**0^ m
R«gl«l1fflg I"*’)”* Iir
ta God. The tootability
of mao. hin depravity
to dcgrncrsry an«l to
the |tore worship of
ho Makar, aa the oae baud, and the
ammry sad gmodocs- v*f (tod townrd
him <a Ihta defect toa, oa the ufhet ,
ism-tit ate the haul*, the snertot) of
•aanala Gad does aal desire man
t* he is the WMV * of death, and man
has an hmtfiMt v e nod eerueot demrv
foe fe tJtf* t Itfr ■ is the ay of
pcetshtog hwmaaity. “I am the
Way aad the Truth and the lAft.
lie that hcfoeietb iu me, though be
acre «to*d, yet shall be trier is the
of tbe Idrsaed Bavtoar.
Id Virgin
March GarnttRs, whteh witTac
give Ihe vafey of the Ksaai
only
do» IritM* Men may deny the jiower
of truib Without denying tbe tratli
itself. They may admit tin* claims
of truth without yielding to tlwiae
claim*. They may be correct in
thoory sod yet bo deficient iu |»r*c
the. A man wny acknowledge s
Just debt, admit the oldigation to
pay, and yd fail to tbe prompt
liquidation.
But Id us illustrate. Tbe great
work of Joaiab, ktog of Judab, was
a true reformatiou ; because the Uw
was oovered in dust aod rubbish iu
aa obscure uteke of tbe temple, aod
the traditions of mea Usd been sab
stttoted, and an abominable con-up
tifw lu doctrine filled the laud.
Alter the acroll of tlie law bad been
foopd, Hhaphati read it to tlie king.
Tim contrast tietwacu purity and
corruption area apymrent from tbe
b*$tontog. Aa be read on the cou
trad widened until tbe good tuan
real bis clothes in grid and horror
at the depth of error into which be
and his people bad fallen. Heim
mediately instituted mean* to renter*
tha truth. Tbe Spirit of God went
with hi* truth and the (icopJc were
revived ami saved. Tbe work of
Hera was a pare revival; because s
defect in praciior, rather than a cor
rapUoti is docti-ine tlemsuded it. In
tbe first instance we bare a reform a-
tion, accooi}tallied or at least im me
diately *«weeded by a great revival,
ia the other we bare a revival
without % reformation in doctrine.
Again: We speak of tbe Reforwni-
tom of the XVI. century , under I/O
(her and hia co adjutors, the history
of which ought to be familiar to
•vary Lutheran ; bat we never «ay
the reformntun of 8|iener and Franke.
We say the rtrienl of Sfieiier, be-
cause tbe doctrine was not so cor
rupted as to call for a rcformatiou;
but religtou* practice was at so low
aa wbb that (lie good mou pray ed iu
aighs and groan* ami tear*; Wilt
thorn not retire me again, that thy pro
pfe aay rejoice in thee f
The aovoa apocalyptic ebuirhe* ia
Asia are generally admitted to be
representative. They represent the
entire ebiircb. either in seven differ-
«B4 mages or ,in seven different
|«eriods of her rxislenoe. or }H‘rba|>8
both. The **aageP or minister is ad
dressed in each chnrch, and tlie myi-
ister is to read tbe cnmuiuiiicatukii to
his congregation. In (lie eounuuni-
oUka itself, the luember* are inclu-
a
(led with the minister. Thus all,
minister ami people, become learners
frvMa a higher authority of instruc
tion. Tlie exhortation is uniform to
alt, “Lrt him that hath an ear hear
whs* the Bfdrit saith to the churches.”
lint bow doe* the Spirit *|M>ak to the
charcbe*! Evidently through the
word of truth, that i*, he imparts life
ami energy to the bearer, by quick
oning or preparing ia bis own way,
the heart auil mind for the reception
of the living word ; jnat ms the photo-
graplier ptv|*an*s the dead card, and
lender* it sensitive fur the action of
the living light, by w hich tlie image
is formed. It must Iw remembered
that the xmrd never dies. It always
live*, sud only man dies sitd needs
reviving. Again, what doe* the Spirit
say to the churches ! Does be ini}tart
any new qMMHuigv, any new revela
tion ! t Vila inly not. Peter says to
the Saviour, “Thou hast the words
A* Ik
#jug ClYfeMR HfH §gq ai |A#iS}bpl
diriaa atnrtoaa kt*. they uoald, of
to ha farmsd htoa o
to tho
mam ocw, which I
km nrgaaisml to
•ooo. From tho aumhov of lari tor-
M M m««a hers ssd ih «*n r ,. la
I ’ikMMRh K«m # IX^iSama fiu.nr mi
i iiiirra p Otti MItw IWrTrf (foh#fn fMttfe
firmed, with whom 1 hats nuavsraad
oa tha sutyoet of hxviag a ahanch a4
thair own, I h»v« nwj mmss to
hops that a wmhnrwhlp ana ha
for mod hovo ami «p tha ritst, whmh
will namber nearly. H mt quits,
fifty , aod ms smash as kassigralfow
la eoastoutly -^poariag in,* there wltt
ha
of et*-1 urtl life.” Has Saviour says,
dtvfaratton* lift maw «mt <d the *‘tlo« belt whoa he, the Spirit of
of death and | truth i* come, Im‘ »ill guide you into
quMkeu Mu «Hk the energy of life, «U truth ; for he *hail not N|*enk of
with his dignity fo j hitouelf; but what soever he ahall
his Imutortslily and hi* ex j hear, that *hall he *qM>ak; and he
ua 5 oRod ttootiuy. **l her r usid St. wyl show yon thiug* to ooiue, lie
ml Pufob tost never lorgeftiug why aod i 4h*B glorify me ; for lie Khali m-eive
bsAr he kited, he s*Whs'**Y«t not I, ’or mine, and shall show it unto you.”
„ ^ .. ^ . - hot < t rial forth i»» use! and the » VI another place the Saviour suvs
££»S5£LTT^!TV*T.'; ;*s -•** i». \u* .u. i 1 .i» h<h, s,.,n,--.b»nu„. 1R ,
otoM sfeMl the Grew! WfoM, Ottw it% * **? ^ to*th of the Sun of God, to your rruuM.ibmttoe, whatsoevor l
to the guide* galas of Iho <si l^aesfoe. »ho hoed omk, awd gar.* htmuclf for | have said auto you.” From those
Othorw sr» ■ffo'W’Ud mi am at sml sgrw-eltoral te
fur they ^gaia alrswd y
It sill thaw
lbs Great
ts wot «mly X great
need *»***»y(M~Ti Tlug
that mop and a tM
with the
•toy
e* ! and similar Scripttuiit is very
Hat we moat rarrfoNy diact tminatc evident that the spirit of life, the
aad HcrimL quiekemng spirit, the spirit of revi-
A e*to...e-*SiaiiSmii Ml -f MtOut It— — M* rinnl-ffW *n
rr IfifMIflkiMMl All |fof HbfePtt | fMWT np
ssrtlou of tho truth j whttui a rrvi
W’tM*W S III* Ida IM .>Tn * I Ml I t A* r,
wRll |VffYF ttttffi|fi|W»fofrp A MrlfTlIOfl III JIT MY*
"J Uor, a foraaktug of “first love,*' a
♦"to*
oyo to
isw, turn
of owr tom
vai ts to be heard by each of the
Mircn representative churches, or, ia
otbei words, by the church of God
in all ages and in mil conditions of
her existence. One thing more is to
Only two of these
on iITStfo
into »b*t hMMhfthty «|»oken of tu*
as “neither cold nor acveu ehnrches an* rejiroved tor oor-
hto.” or a* Ifoat save, “haring the rupttoa in doctrine in connection
ftow* of rndliueas” without Its power ; with a deficient practice, in five no
iu abort wonskipmg hy Ihe leMer allusmu is made to doctrine, sud iu
withoat tbe Spirit. A swformattou two not even a rebuke is administer-
I hat* OUspd the** fart* ta *h»o iortawtos a revival, to-raas* of the ia rd ; yet the entire seven are exhorted
- I w 4 — tfe* thm wi^a^ 4 tfotoiG <u»o iw t ms'* erlstma r*f the owe to the to “bear w bat tbe Spirit saith to the
Bwootoa* f«f> firwqaaally, «a ^ **^**7*'*_ *** . , *!.. ^ tone *4 the fact that churchea.” May not the two church
: ' - , ; # „ : . ■ \ OH IwwHifflfilfi f*mol bib ilbl •««*kNMfor fiofototoa iadootriaa
ad i—fhl
tie
to«
H « RIUI
i'harrch
aad wealth to this rapidly growiag
•ttjr—Want Vivgtotofa putt sag*
tot
Knowing waaetbiog atomt tbm
oty, aad ito bright prusyooto for a
A young Japanese is a
Xt the Naval Academy of A on spoils,
id will graduate this year *» a
middy, standing tenth oa tbe list I dttay, aad stop* takes Ifeifo early
of hia elasa. I satablittimeat of a Utharaa ureh
imrt*
af tbe MtoPth had
IU*I 1 k kl r
tisse, aad I hat awitv i h-so
have spore for, ( a III *4*
report afiXto afVr hsMag
my aow pm of doty — llo* iiaghaa—
am wasca gacas i oxiwvv to «•»
la a foa fe« (U Vl I uoald «a» a
vi n
fotuiu to tha history af* to a toa «!*># fll V
Hbraal Ctttofo* I woudd urge that g *'7*®**/**'**
KStoMriT sSb I ham
doctrine
j mmiaagsriiiit apoa a true iwfonattioo. nqireoeot the introduction ami tolc
The truth, aeparaled foam all aorrap ration for a time of the great Alton
tton sad pemwsicMi uf men, twccifee* heresy in the IV. century, and tbe
the medium for the otwrstton of the corruption Uiat so loudly called for
HfurHafGod, aad ataa lommaea re j relomi iu the XVL t If so, then
rlnwl. C<W*fi(taa aad falo* 4cm- |W time for refwm ha* gone hy, and
triad hid, hat foww truth reanimate*, we live in a purely rrriral age! We
tosiataa, revives, makes stive. Man may learn, ai least, one great truth,
“t 1 Mtovea * for sad he is dnmmH ; he that a revival is alwav* pro}*r in the
wise to tell atlltoJivies tbe (rath aad he hi aaacri thumb, both for t»S- attaininout of a
It. Ik. PL i foed aad waved. Ihaaua taken into * higher chriatife extwrienue, and tbe
cou version of Hinncra,
may tie added to th*
Melt as shall lie saved.
Siwee-thc lieforauuhiii «g Jy
century, the |mtiIlcaUa» HlH | . 3
tion of the Bilde. the
lwU «f truth, together 1
tem* of theology,
most profound inve*ti|
iug and piety, virtuatty
idea of m reformation fa
Error will arise in every ag^i
church uo more emhodfaa^
casts it off, and errortMfo SF
to form little *ecta am)
their own, that eudnre far #J
aod then die. Therefore **
apprehend *nch a cor
version of pure doetriea *
demand a retdrtnation. fogy
disparity between the'
leges pf the church aad far
religious exjiericnoe, aufasc
ever proper, and the bar
[leoptc’s prayer should ever fa,«
thou not revive ns agafa
jTCOple may rejoice in tbee.”
Tbe charch is
as progressive. Her
conquest of the world,
economy is constructed j
Head of the church, fa
cord*nee with her gfariow
Hence .the injunction of fat
ters, **Go yc into all the
make disciples of all natisu."
churcli inuKt be active,
eartMMf. Activity and
every w here inculcated by tfa.
Paul, in hi* cpfatle* to tbe<
and enlorued by hit pow«
amph'. The (w*nl of the
that trau-pired on the day of
cost is at m. e lud and
deliitcalfon. 1 .** results ai
cheering, so eacoarag ; 'T.soj
that we can not for Use :«
a re|ietition of the same fa
“Daily there were added t»
church such a* should fa
that i*. the fervent zeal aadi
earueetuess of the a{
brethren were redkrded fa
conversions, and these daily
si on* reciprocally «
promoted their zeal. The j
all revivals we find in this
tal outpouring of the Sjdrit «f
And we are justified fa
this as the model for all
both from the positive af
of God and the results tb»fcjl
The preaefaiug of the weed %i
mongrel Samaritans hy
the results ia the conrendow«fl
was bat one steh in ^dvafa*
conversion of Cornelias itt
family and friends, or, is
words, the introduction of the j
pel among the Gentile* Betti
great lesson is taught ns, that i
church is revived, and her i
ship become earnest and
tbeu sinners will be coni
the idea of aggression
carried ont. Bat if membendl
church sink into a lifelsss I
lose their intetest in sf
and perform their dutws hi
irksome routine aggressiou, ii
is at an end, and the
hindered iu her glorious
When the fine gold of the i
is suffered to become dim, *sll
precious stones are poured
the top of every street, theu<
is forestalled ; but when tfa{
highly burnfahed, ami the
stones reflect, in rays of jr^ritJ
light of her candlestick, »r»‘'
attracted by an irresistibb |
approach within the cireahiri
(farzling splendor. The
revival is therefore twofold,
mediate and the othef renri^*
immediate .object is the
the .members of tlie eborch. ”1
awake, put on thy streogth^
put On thy l>eautifni
Jevasaleoi.” The romofa
the conversion of siawow-
faml bath made bare his I
in the eves of all tlie »««<**» 1
all the ends of the earth ArfM
the salvation of onr God*
Tlie Jewish chorcb w»
of the Christian church. IM
ing the eocact system, the j
of every particular, in s!l tM 3
Races that pertained to tki
of (iod iu the typo, wees* 1
to seek for system and ordrt 1
worship under tbe sailtyi*
taught the Jews systo*, ;
Saviooi observed it strtfl*fr l|i
life ou earth. It comes to fos
tian as a legacy of fo** 11 *
handed down from a previttM
omy. Every iwrtioa of
to his God in chrwti*»
should be systematic and
We are adntouished to “BMW
be done decently and in
the Jews made a grw*
when they attempted to
conduct and doctrine of
hy an overstrsiaed I*!* 3
called him a 8*bbath^^^
(*ause he wrought tn ’ r *^!* JL1
sacretl day. It was in YH,i J||
asserted his inde)»ende«oo
thority by saying “the 8®" ’
l*>rd also of the S»bb*t*-
could not rise above l' w
Precisely in the same i#*®*®?!
err hy having system
strongly impressed upon
that we presume to sy
, <ff k Of ««' in ,J
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W e va" »“»t
""" ®"
rrn“’
we
ildp
all
\
M'
*
\
i.
„^a «*<!»« m
KL our actions ;
ELgerilieil by
Km* by to-
jZ-iAotti iu »H h
!*. when wc pray -
l£t, «* d * r * " U M
^orprescT.fa <
Zener to o«r |»r ■
|Lfai oc<)uaint(d
jtioiis. men! ■
and inliuim
up bein«. »"•'
^K«(on wit' 1
mmfbt* I* 1 * var "
and work-
^ order w iii him
-J^nmrsnec, has t
Igjjpfaon. We or
. pities in this |
^s»rfl»q«afeto» drv-s. <1 ^
«an»a*l, steam bo* t - '
I irre, and ««*» « ot '
MMqmI df tempi
rtRibited uu-i
ufaucies. Some
!l»lkl inaotion;
ajmJ self possess* *! -tt
I etoty ; energy into
4jti>(vs xiB be Tjkl
Amcpt frantic, perl
than good :
driven to despair.
others to hoj*
ii.these different mu
-froai different temp
ant mental capacfo
l»bysical constituLi<*
*xpeet. to a religim
find uniformity of
action. Paul OODii
gxpectatioii and cn
measure ourselves
selves among oui><
|*ste», on the day of
TU necessarily gi
for tfa apostle* wer
She Jewrs charged i
faaiicss, the 120 \i
JMfi were excited,
excited, in *bort t h**
stored; so ia an ai
day, we must eijn- ]
excitement, bnt w #
mediately cry,
our sober nottou* of >
are transcended by
have been born wit
differing from ijr.r
tnan upou whom txi,
a miracle swooned
dead, insomuch tliw
was dead, and the
by tbe hand and
Other* lea)H‘d and j
ioud voice; other'
tbeir kuer* in teai ti.
astonishiru-ut ; whil<
ran away, with all ^
good news to then
nevertheless, all n m
tbe Saviour did n<|
displeasuie by jH tn
thing to befall them,
the calamities of \r
toeu healed. Mos
|| still and se<‘ the s.d
; v ben (rod works, Ic j
head in reverent
•toie to censure
8avkmr -instituted
toaus of entrance i?
; but if he -1
**lb him into Farad
cross, without V
toiae the cry <»t
<3U,M ‘ he made tb.-
it tor a day .
years or forever, ;\t
1,8 subject*, d;i
••tue lest we sin am
^quences. Takt* .
|tototed and geinui
P®t them into < i
. to one house, an
be apt to ri
infusion. Take, m
tomporary blind ness
,*•*» the bitter te..
i^ il ‘g groans of 1 \
•ritation of tbe tren
E*. the calm n
jjy cr °f Cornel im
I^fatries of the Ktb
Cv dee,> 1
the terrible
l be fierce c<
Jsn, tbe calm.
_ ®tontisl con tern
a
I-
\
I
|r
Ia
R -
DlorK ) and crowd
Chal
P* a <* and tt
J i he v *ri«y wJ
Jr
,i " Sto POIlfttW til.i I
^ Were H gcnnil
wi 1>0Wer toid gi
he 8 ,n owu way
* ^tofowin
U 7 ,ler ^ cause
yjl ? * day* or
k*.' ’ et us never asl
Ki, hat doe «t thou r
w* j u,i g»»ent upb.
l r> ° W; blH
. a >« awe, and Hi, 1
, nri n V! >me 1,0w to
fa ^ ^ or the ml
•CrisrH
a subjectdt si,.,