The Lutheran visitor. (Columbia, S.C.) 1869-1904, November 21, 1873, Image 1
Aude & Idler, Editors
OIE LORD. OIE FAITH. OIE BAPTISM."~EPHESUKS 17:5
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ling, which means nothing' (Chare U
|N»iil, Sermon on the Third Hands*
niter Epiphany), When will our
people follow this honest counsel sod
declaration of their greet He former f»
Thus reeds the “Handbook*—the
Manaal.
Are you getting uneasy, deer mol
er, about our beloved Luther t For
Luther wrote actually these very
words. Yet we, for the better an
ilerstamling of bepBettcel love of
truth, will add a few roesoMMiU on
the text. Let Luther set himself
right.
l. The most simple will we at a
glauee that the gcoUemeu have
treated the first quotation tery no
becomingly; for the qaectiau there
is not at all concerning the person
who is to be baptised, but concern
iug who is benefited by beptiean j
and the language of the "Mend
bucb”—Manual—is not that the
sprinkling of miaul*, who do not
yet believe, is wrong, hut concerning
what gift and benefits baptism coo
fers on the person who receives IL
Luthei^ejs, indeed, here that faith
alone makes the peraou worthy to
receive the wholesome divine water
beneficially, bat be does not at all
say that apnukting ts wrong, and
that children do uot believe. Nay,
be even declares immediately after,
as every one can see for himself, la
the Larger Catechism, "Thus you
perceive that the objection of the
factious spirits is vata and useless.
For, as said, even if children belie vs
not, which, however, is not the fact,
(as now shown), the baptism would
still be right, and no one should re
baptise them." Why did the baptist
uot quote this» Why ? The reason
is very plain aud evident. Their
meinln*rs wpuld then have seen si
once that thehr teachers for their owe
purjioeee had shamefully abased sad
perverted Luther's teaching ; for Lit
tber, in accordance with the holy
Scriptures, teaches that children be
lieve aud should be baptised, and
uot the opposite, as the baptist*
maintain. That would, however, d*
feat the object which they have in
view when making such misrepre
situations.
X They proceed still more dis
honestly as regards the other quota
tion from Luther. fs»t ns examine
this place in its connection. Lather
refutes, in what precedes JirH, the
sophists, who assumed “that the lit
tie children were baptised because
they had not faith of their owo, w
the faith of the church which the
sponsors contra* at baptism ;* mreomd
Iffy tlis fathers “who taught correctly
indeed concerning It, bat not dt*
tinctiy enough and thirdly, the
Waldeusians who taught that tne
children were baptised, "not that
they through it might he saved and
obtain the forgiveness of sin, but
that they might be received in the
church and brought to the Goap«J~
After showing that all this is false,
amounting to nothing, and invented,
be continues: “If wo could not an
swer this question better," etc., as
quoted already. But immediately
after the words quoted by the Bap-
tints, Luther says, “We therefor*
say here and conclude that the chil
dren in baptism believe themselves,
and have their own faith," etc. Ami
lie soon after adds
Coammmcations
»sy not «4leud the holy majesij of
Mod j bat we have altogether a dif
foreot and an unanswerable proof,
aooiaiy, the Bible, which la the word
of Clod, for II that children them
selves believe sad havw faith of their
Lift Trsr Suciari XBgh Abort ths
Warll
The oonsisteocy, the faithfnluemi.
the manifest sincerity of these chris
tlaus spoke silently, bat mightily.
This wss the still small voice, which
the heart of the infidel could not
resist.— Watchman and Refactor.
fwr the Lutheran Visitor.
ef, s. %" Jfitarritwtd.
. >w,presnondent, “V. L>. M
O, pmwiHi won! of God, iu com-
I*anson with thee bow all human
works sink in dark obscurity ! Wlieu
absent from those we love, how
highly do we (xiice a message from
them; bat, as no earthly love can
compare with the sweet aud won
drous love of God, so no message
can compare with bis to man; it is
not the massage of loro to the af-
fiotioiiM alone, but the word of God
to the soul. Through the medium
of its inspired pages, we eater into
that w ithlo the veil, aud talk with
God.
Mere ate conduit* and promise*
for every one. Are any broken
hearted f here is tuUm to heal—the
balm of Gilead ! Are any tempted?
Me promises with the temptation to
make a way of escape. Do fiery
darts assail f “thou shall uot be
burued, 1 sm with thee " Do thorns
in the flesh wound? "My grace is
snfilcieut for thee * Are we wander-
or* and strangers ! "1 sin w ilh thee ;
I will never leave thee, nor forsake
thee* O, sweet words ol promise
which but wait to he trusted, suited
to every toed ; slid yet how often we
walk in darkness for want of faith in
the {minuses of our God. Poor
children of tlfee mock rake! while the
glittering crown of love aud trust is
within oar reach, we strive for
(draws of earthly comfort. How
much trouble we heap up for oar-
reives, how much of peace and com
fort do we lose by uot accepting the
Bible as this living—individual men
sage of God to our soul*. Every
promise Is oars, If we but claim it in
fkitb tor Jeans’ sake—yea, "all are
MR*
Have we a friend we love ? cou
vernation with that friend is highly
{wised, even though he tells us an
{deassnt truths; for we know be
does it for oar good j yet bow many
of the fwofosoed friends of God will
Mftar days to pass without once
listening to the massage of the friend
Divine, as given ia his word. O,
booh of knowledge and mystery!
thou well of liv ing waters; mine of
riche*: gems; chart of life; lamp of
light : compass of the soul; manna of
life; toy Father's will; title to
a heavenly inheritance ; ]*ss*port
through the gates of glory ; oh, Word
tf God, tny iwireless treasure, com
{wired with thee, all books else are
naught-*tb«u only art the Book.
Blest title and assurance of every
joy ; through the medium of thy
inspired pages my soul may daily
hold sweet converse with the "Friend
that sticketh closer than a brother,’*
w ho descend^ com mooes, and grants
to every child of his, his own cares.
—Ckrietim Index.
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." v **U*rt„ lfcl
■“-s^nau!
I n S&reS*
" ;, r. araaa
*- v ^
"for such a |«qnw equal to the
Bible" The palieat, fmthfnl, and
reversal ualy of the Holy ttenp
lures fsrsishos the best, ths OMist
triad mm] proved weapoas against
ail adviwiMrir*. The |*«ed of the
Bftorit hi the ««wd of God. The ham
blest believer has the mrest founds
lower his standard He la never to
go over to the world la order to
win the world over to Christ This
driMO nev er saoeeada. We can nut
reach and impress the anenuverted
hy agreeing with them, or going
their rood.
Conformity to the world will never
win the world to Jesus. We have
got to stand *rparwt» stand on
higher ground—stand with Christ,
If we want to draw the inetigfoas
towards the cross of Jeans. We
must impress them with the power
sod the beauty of a better life, aud
a higher, holler aim than theirs, if
we would move them from their
lower life of self indulgence The
more vompfotely we can feel that we
are Chrtsth, and net this out. the
sooner will suatiers hr led to say,
“We went to be Christ** also." Half
way Christianity wins no converts.
A rferistiaa’s power comes from fall
evreseevalieo to his tsrd This seem*
to be a ha«d truth for many pro
fosstug Christians to learn. They
wish to enroll themselves upon the
side of Christ; to nenr* the brae
fits «f his grace tmth in this world
ami the world to come; nod yet they
cling to the follies and vanities of
this life with a tenacity and prrae
veranre which ore ■ iitnuluhtfif, llll( to
say disgrwwrisg, for say trot dinriplc
of Christ to witness. Feeding upon
the bowk* of the world, it is no waa
det that they go about In leanness at
anal; that doubt and darkness are
ever rhmdmg their minds; that titty
■ridom ever enjoy the presence of
l»«f» rifdrtt! Header, If yon wish
the light of GodV {sresmre. walk in
that light —yes,
"live f«r J* ***, rots Jens*.
baptised." llut Um Baptists, by sep
arating his words foom their trot
connect Km, make him say the very
opposite. What is anch conduct
Every baptized man is, by his oath
of allegiance, a missionary. There
Is not one law for minister and an
other for layman. The gospel does
not bind the pastor and absolve the
people. There is not one solitary
line in God’s revelation which says
that the one most work, and sacri
fice, and give, and the other may
board and keep. Yon may be tied
clod’ll to the doll routine of daily toil,
and yet your life, hid with Christ in
God, may make yon one of the best
preachers oi righteousness in the
world. You may be a very stam
merer, aud yonr life of love go
straight to every heart. We can all
give onr example. A chance word
of reproof, a wayside word of warn-
iog, a loving invitation, an act of
chrietiau courtesy done in a Christian
way, may lead othere unto Christ
It is not so much where we are or
what we are, and it is not alone what
we do, but the way we do it A man
who loves the Saviour must in some
way be the refuge of the weary. If
he speaks, it must be as one tempted
man sjteaks to another who is bat
tling with temptations. It is not
done by fierce warnings. It is not
by assailing sinners as you wronld
beseige a city. It is the old and
blessed story of God's love leading
wean* souls to Jesus, helping them
to grope out of the dark and tangled
wilderness, and cheering them at
every step on the way to deliverance
and safety. There ia no one so poor
that he can not do something for
Christ. Whether it be the widow’s
mite, or the rich man’s gift, God will
bless it-—Hu hop Whipple.
at fiuialies doing this. For be who
does not refrain from perverting
God’s holy word will not refrain
impregnable fortress ol revonfod
truth. i*htfomi|iib«r» may rear their
lucre* the very *kMvq ns refuges
from the storm of God** wrath, bat
”11# that stlieih In the heavens shall
"The Bible ts still a trumpet to
thmr fear*." Bat feou ewert ita
teaching*— bo# previous Its promises
to the beat!* of W* children!
"More to be desired atu they than
gvdd, yen, than much fine golds
••refer slot than hnfrry nod the
ImMMMNMRdh*<e*Jfer rA f¥m
Selections.
>OD
'jam -
ns a mf iSM
The Scripture* should be rend
regularly and aystooMtJrwJlj. He*
times should be given. The hoar of
private devotion is eminently suite
bte. And every day enure portion of
this spiritual pabulum should b»
taken, digested, assimilated, sod
thaa incorporated in the spirt tool
life. Nor should the Bible heopeaed
at random in this regular and sys
terns tic reading: lot *u snare grad
o*l process, either by reading through
chapter after chapter, and hook af
ter book, sattl the whole to aerom
pi idled, or hy reading runner ted
and similar |->etnm* here amt there,
the whole body of tVriptaral truth
may be brought tu lire mtnd sad
applied to the heart. The Apostle
“shunned not to dec-fare the whole
coonsrl of God," and the child of t red,
too, sboabi reek to know what i*
revealed ami declared.
The Word should he read with
humility and a teachable spirit W#
ore ignorant, and nrud the gi»*d*«Mr*
of heavenly wisdom W# are weak,
and need the so|ipiirt of its gracious
promises. Without pwrewnid aw
tfoas af what dmsM hr antieu
there, let a* come as ehtldreu to be
taught, and foam what Is unitra
there NA to prove onr pt theory
or rstabfish a system af divinity, bat
to learn (i«T» will, should we lake
It M a trite remask in matter* of
every day life that fan men jwrm
aide to stand popnlasity wad fame,
and in higher things It would par
haps Ur difocnit to say uhetbet tire
fror or prniae of man In the greatest
•aare. The ronnsnl, "I^H not thy
bfr hand know what thy right do
eth," ts surely as much needed tn
tires# Uustltag days as when first
ntternd by onr Lord, when he taught
his follower* so emphatically to
amnd on trumpet btfnre them, and
when he sorepored lire church of the
new dmpssMutteo, oof- to an "army
of banner*.* but to the musisid reed
cast into the giresi
The hmr Author* of the irespell
h*v« well learnt Ihw Insm n m mi their
Master. It might sin# areas at if
they knew hy rtprraiMrr hew subtle
was the 1 |||1 ligg [ |y seif gforifits
ttea, asd * err r-owstaarif careful to
aired nay measure ha g, cither as
regard* themselves or three to wham
thev wrote. Weald H he iw«snil4r
h#f ns to hs
tire way in *(
the drtulia of rntminn wovk thaa the
tiuspets and the Acts—*o fell in
thetr simpltmj of all i hat conhl
enlorce thmi Ireswu so itee from all
that might r vail the creature ?
It han wftrn ht«» remarked that
even she a luue deed of lav mg thank
falnews was decloivd l»y our load
himself to hr weethy nf feeing told
for an ev*» lasting nromal «f her,
Is euly spekes of as * * nrvtsiu so
mao," sad this is not * solitary in
stoaee.
It atvbiei |aji'laf, Uhn
**| for missi nil maty of Boeleu, that on
woe oneasere, when a misisfeT nas
urging that the
|g re want no false rcprcuentn-
p ii to oar doctriual |>ositiou,
ptw complimentary it may be
gphi Perhaps your correnpou-
§ sb, why so inute during the
ho of that constitution ?—
jpuics rule. The Virginia Syoovl
si decided majority favoring the
jutitotiou of the General Synod,
on ihcQssion would have but
intd old wonnds, and done no
jjd We failed, when it took a
, 23p^8S*tMS
r them.
i> t rci»<m«d byth«WMn
•' a a»y
■ *. ainf rep«Tn tit mm
4 l .' allhy tilnnll ml u*
r i<l -loea accam-««Mt
> rriiMMly mMiim h
r -p«***n ilaWMaU
;h vote to change our con
rRtujjjt JIbbiwitwiiI
th*eur» of 4'hr.-.'.
km -4, u uc.
j *?. D. M.” remarks : “As we are
•mud firmly ou this doctrinal basis,
suticip&te a more rapid growth
IfieLithcrau church in the Valley
fUrpais.’’ The Tennessee Synod
Hms firmly phwited on this bwsis
lyotts, her growth in many re
am has not been most rapid.
MBg ou our table a copy of the
hues of I860, the year in which
nfretrinai basis waa adopted, we
Uto the parochial table to see the
km of the two patties. The five
Nhiero opposed to the change re
in 175 confirmations, the thirteen
mtera favoring it report 111 con
Imfim. Now, I do uot think it
laid be very logical for me to assert
PI God especially favored the five
Piles because they held Christ
F God’s eternal word high above
Ner and the Augsburg Coofes-
N, aod manly contended for tbe
Pfety wherewith Christ has ma«le
Fbe, and yet I do thiuk it would
Ff legitimate us the brother’s ex
Ffoonof a rapid growth for our
pTiaal position!
V'hrn, a man may place himself
PM?ipou the Augsburg Confer
yet be as graceless as tbe
er Complaint:,
OravcI. DUbrm.tfcM*
iBceof L'rint. Srun:'. U
ier b) thick., cluiKy,
^KMSR
HHMits, «ii.) «rl)CB I
when jVhh
Family 'Worship.
Christian parents, Christians at the
head of s family, these words are for
yon. A subject so closely connected
with the welfare of the family and
tbe prosperity and efficiency of the
chnrcb, may well frequently claim
tbe attention. Let me ask, then,
those whom I address, “Have yon a
family altar T That there should be
one, I think soeords with the Scrip
tares and the untore of ths religion
of t bh! Bible, The family is by God’s
onangemeut. “He setteth the soli
tary in families.” In his claims and
promises, He recognizes this relation.
He is the God not only of the indi
viduals, but of “all families of Israel."
It was a peculiar excellence of Abra
ham’s conduct, that he would com
mand his children and his house
bold after him; aud so in promised
blessings—“In thee (i. e., Abram,)
shall all tbe families of the earth be
blessed." In sacrifices appointed, and
the feasts to be observed, families
are recognized. Threatenings are
unde against tbe families that call
not upon tbe name of tbe Lord.
Christ aud bis apostles too regarded
tbe family, and threw aronnd it the
instructions, the iQ6traints, and tbe
encouragements of their teachings.
A faithful on a Met had often keen
•urelj tried bf unprofitable and fn*H»
less debut#* sud diurusefou* a Il k s
iMMuetreg infidel a Ire r» **fod e tthiu
his |«eri«k, and who took urutos to
•swa-ii h*« tewkisjp and doctrines
whenever they met; and the more
puldfee tbe pi***, and tbe forger the
number nf bstenevs, the better wns
he pteased, At length the infidel
was brongkt t« a **rk sad dying led.
In great distress «»f mind he sent in
the night fine the minister In cone at
mace and visit him. Calling U» mind
the many nnprofiialde control craien
he bad bad, and fouring the resnlt
of Mretfeef interv iew wuwbt be at
teoKted with no tret ter result*, and
knowing tfesl the man waa not Igno
rant of the way nf salvation, be at
Ural der ided not tu go. IT pun refiee-
I torn ami slier prater for divine
ss*ttfc sudl meSdMiMS t.. j s ., b fts^re*
gs tfi’WS iu'Wvs w 4 X nu3l
w ith n determ mat tore to enter into
«m» debate «v eontiuversy, and to nse
no other than the words wbiek tire
IMy Ghost tearheih.
lie found the Infidel I* groat dis
from of mind, his reftoge of lies hav
ing hers all swept away, and his
suture*., earnest inquiry tiring “What
shall I do tu be saved r* The answer
au# promptly given. “Believe on
the laird Jean* Christ and Urea dak
he saved." “That is nothing new tu
me," he mM. “I have read It a Urea
read times, ! wont tu kno* what i
am tu do.* "Believe on the laud
Jesss* Christ and then shall be saved."
"I know that presage os well •* you,
sod have know u it from a child; but
t want tu kouw what a poor dying
Winner most do who bos scoffed at
thcoe words, rejected the Ibbte, and
hated the truth." "IWlieve om the
tool Jesus Christ and thon shall be
saved * "Bat that promise was not
idImmImI foe Koeh ss 1 ts 1 want
*t gOMles as
&tt&32iSm
PILLS will fW®MJ
dworitri Prio«,Srei
trK^’ Send oat 1Mf
over ita prertou.* page*.
Dr Brood »*. In hfes e tee Pent treu
Use, /Vrpersiree ond /Sfosry mf far
smnm, make* the cupital suggest tom
to minister*, to rend rapidly large
portions of fteriptare, that tire) mat
be enabled tbs bettor to remember
the connection of curtain pnrengea,
the drift of lines of nrgnment, and
retain uorvert impressions of the
whole. We ettewd the ndviee tu sit
We must tent m*.»*wro onr rending
The Psvnr of Siloct lafintnos.
of the sob
srrihsrs «o an wstituuuo sboutol
I-K fsitdiaifest]i, m order to lorresso
tbe funds., sod quoted tbe aeoonut
of tbe post union and brr two mure
I* last if j this trumpet -eosmitng, be
retUcd tbe question by rising treat
his snot, aud ashing in kts door,
shritt tnhf.il . SI the speaker plores
give asthessawof that poor widow f
This ressark hit* the true scdsiaow
ol thin question of pubtisity. The
account to wknrh ha sllsded may
ms to wnrruut n* In roeonntlog
and puWfohing the decnds of rhn*
Han labor, in so for ns they sill
Some time ago a man st u prayer
toeeiitig said, “A year ago I come
bne oat of mere curiosity. I bod no
belief in tbe existence of God. I
and I Usd
sola. We break tbe eooimalty of
dterourse sr narrative. If say of tbe
historical books ore etroedingly at
tractive when thus read, hot if taken
in fragments, lose ia port their m
forest. Take, for example, tbe gieal
drams, known as tbe Hush of Job.
It ia out s. tang qi sue of llltoih-
spetire’s plays, snd cun be rend at
one sitting. If so rend, it is sue of
tbe must thrilling nod majestic nf
poem*. And on# who has never
tried it in ahnolately mart led at tbe
vigor nod power, tbe deitaory sod
dignity tbnt pervade tbe wbois, snd
rends with nnalmtsd interest sud
admiring piss sore to the very rod.
Bat let uas Inks n passage st tun
item, “Then answered Bitdnd, the
Bhnhits," am! losing its osuneetren
t lags I it IstT-gsiuf 1 iu ir'Muf ihikat iki^rn
I Ml* 111 VHIw’M'W I* MMPkq NMreii hlMlnflrm wTrofi
sees siMist tee iLm SM>iS>it *‘ hi mu Aim I
WF gfilfis iIfevplIC.^ IRg oslqy Fv*|.siy . 4visffiyMuP»
guy book to suck a test, sod how
ass a complete infidel
become so by devoting myself to in
teriigatfons into {diiloaopby. falsely
•oflsilcv! 1 wu* folly content with
my situation. ! thought I bad suffi
ctrut reason to deny tbe being of a
G«d. Bnt in this meeting I felt tbe
InflnetMv* of a supernatural power,
and I could uot help confessing It
divine. I <omr again aud sgsio, s
silent sjsv-istor of all that passed.
But when one day I saw here a very
Urge uumber ol business men, I said
to myself, *Certaialy it is no human
{toner that leads these men to leave
their busitiere to come here aud pray.
This meeting would long ago have
come to an rod if 11 bad originated
merely In human considerations.’
Thus 1 was forced to acknowledge
tb&t throe is a spirit above these
human ►pints, moving them to this
union of action; aud so my reason
was thoroughly convinced of the
Soon I went further,
TanaUted roin the Lutheroner.
tata S-ejsct Infant Baptism as
4sBapti«ts Assert?
,d Scries, l
t, Phihdeljftfa
i,Snp’t. #
* quenteon will appear ridicu-
k risry true Lutheran ; for it
stdoubtedlT a large meas-
fopadence or wickednesa to
ff* that Luther was an Ana-
^ liaptistH have, how-
'j^fopted to jierforui this trick,
have succeeded in their
re* rea< ^ l!** Baptist
fur Geincaudeglieder r —
for(Jhnrch Members’’- page
, **1 ■« follows: “We here
Mks tvpquotations from Luth-
J*7>"hich show us that the
^former saw very well how
€ "pnukliug of children who
l* 1 believe—the Baptist term
* L° faUt ^ a P ti8ln —* s : ‘Iu the
we perceive the
*PnJ!l aa< * e ® <iac y of baptism,
to inquire who is the
fitirn re ? e * ve “ l ^* e gifts and
k ; and this is also
hat _ tfoll y snd clearly ex-
IteT? in words: He
hiq an ,i 8 | Ki |j
%**?** ^ Mone makes
fetoly Wortll y to receive this
t (U u ^‘ rWl Water ^"cficially,”
r b Larger Catechism).
n<>t a,,Mwer tl ‘‘ B
\ chilrJr RUd PrOVe tbat tbo
®selves believe
■ L omn faitll » then i-
^ ** it ant ^ declaration
»<xmer
“We then my
here also that tbs children are out
baptized on tbe faith of tbe chnrcb
or tbe sponsors, but tbe faith of tbe
sponsors sod tbe church invokes
aud obtains for them faith of their
own, on which they are baptized
and believe for themselves. For Ibis
we have strong and established
scriptural passages. (Matt, xix, Mark
x, Luke xviii.) When they brought
little children to Jesus and bis disci
ples rebuked them, be reproves bis
disciples, takes tbe children in bis
arms, puta his hands ii|>ou them and
blesses them and says, “Of such is
tbe kingdom of heaven,* etc. Tht*
Scripture no oue shall lake from ns,
nor disprove with satisfactory prasfife,
for here it stands, tbat Christ does
uot suffer that children are forbid
to cume to him, and that be blesses
aud gives them the kingdom of heav
en. Let us pay strict attention to
this. What are we about to say ?
If we .nay that they did not have
faith of their own, then is the other
Scripture false which say*, “He tbat
believeth not,* etc. ? Who can get
around this imssage? Who will be
bold enough to cootradict it and not
{leriuit the little children to cufiMl Is
baptism, or not believe tbat he
ion Sbcietvfsp
unslste !iii*.JTu
t9 JfT jm
ive alreafr ta***
Contentment and Faith.—Tbe
following true and touching incident
was related by tbe Bev. Mr. Young,
of Jedburg:
One bitter, cold aud stormy win
ter’s day he was engaged in visiting
his parishioners, and among others
called upou an old and teeble man
who dwelt in a lonely cottage, living
in tbe greatest of poverty. There
was scarcely any fire burning upou
the little hearth, while huge masses
of snow bad drifted through the
roof and under tbe door. Bnt there
sot the old man, with the Bible lying
opened upon his knees, to all out
ward appearances the very picture
of contentment, and seeming un
conscious of how cold and uncom
fortable his habitation actually was.
“Well, John," questioned the min
ister, “what are you about to-day F
Tbe old man raised his bowed
head, and for a moment gazed silent
ly at his pastor, and then, with a
heavenly smile beaming from and
illuminating his pallid countenance,
he replied: “Ah! sir, I am sitting
under His shadow with great de
light*
i ill i—liiii » i list It Will lw litl
not nuuecr imisry lo gmoid curefintlj
again*! nock n reltunco on ootwnri!
help sod sympathy as may neaheu
Wm MMi vwpaumbthi) «m
mdeprocteorr wlileh ore so mmeotlol |
sod, shove all, lest any echo of Heir
This sort of reading in noi, bow
crvsr, that by which the chnstian life
Is heat sostatnsd- It In rather hk*
Mooring tbs country, exurntufog kin
I a neat cv*
w elve V
rJ*&
■■*5*
j.ibbaR^s- ^
L» such
being of a God.
and acknowledged that if there is a
God, be must have a plan of govern
ment, and that he must be able to
reveal himself to mau in order to
communicate bis will to him. And
this led me to accept the Bible at
ooee with all its claim* Soon after
this I felt that my mental peace was
gone- I could find do rest- I was
forced to coo fees that if the Bible
was true, l was a- great sinner. I
began to feel the need of a Saviour,
and with all my heart I received
Jeans Christ as the Saviour adapted
to my need. A year ago I was here,
an infidel, denying the existence of a
God. To day I am here to confess
my faith iu Christ os my iaqd
and my God. All things are become
new to me; my wishes are new; my
plan* are new; my hopes are new.*
mjr ywroliar csoe.* "Believe on the
I xml Jenna Christ aud thon shall be
saved.* Thaw the koqnhrfos, however
varied, nil met the same answer.
The day began to dawn, bat oo light
dawned upon the dark and gloomy
soot of the Infidel. At length ss the
nun began to tip the mountain tops
with hie first rays, after a few hm>
meat* of slleoco he saddeoly exclaim
ed, “I are It now? I ace It! 1 see it!
I do believe on the lord Jeans Christ
with all my heart.* Love mm! joy
its outcrops and dtps and softs**
indication* If the ckrlaitao seek*
spiritual riches, he most dig and
toil in the mine. The gems and
gold must bn sough! for. “Haereh
tbe tfcriptorm* It was no excel
lent habit of that lovely mao, D».
James W. Alexander, and mny have
added much lo the forming of so
beautiful a character, to take each
day one test of Bcriptnre, sad fasten
teg is in his memar y te the early
morning, to thiuk of It during the
hour* of that day. Like sum# rare
A huh life in made ap of a namlivr
of small thing* Little words, oo!
eloquent syswrhes or sermons; Utile
oue great her tee act, no
martyrdom, make no the u
lion life. The liltl# roam
beam, aw! the Ughfateg; tl
of ttttawm, “that go softly
“the waters of the river, great aad
many," rushing down in torrent
ii«toSe sod force, are the tro# si mlmli
ot a holy life. The avohtaisne of
little evila, little ninu, bttle ioroosis
teorieo, bttte Omsk nesses. Uttfo fbt
he*, little intjWiiiin HtUe imprn
(toons, little fhfbtea, little lodol-
gvnoe* of self sod of the fiesh; the
srctodsoc# of such little things as
tWii grygmi fur In maku ttf| it trftfiL
“ — - — ss jmxrem vuv vw mewu^ mws%
the negative beauty of life
vraofo
teoanoe, and hfes remaining boars
were spent In preaching the faith he
once destroyed The Holy Bpirtt
had honored his own words with no
nuiMso wi*ooi»i w mu. "ine sorisa
that I speak ante yon, they are
spirit sod they are Hfe."—Aew Fork
the life am) perfume the Mr, aad its
•weetneas would He known whet
ever he mured.
Dr. Guthrie was ooee asked hy u
young mfilur horn hoot te repnl