Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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on tli e wit cotlo* to' were any i tect ami a the barren echo of tbine own lameii- tatiou—tiie precious days of youth will never, never come back to tbee! open anew the leprous wounds in fells bosom which the serpents that dang around him would never suffer to be healed. Ills morbid imagination, wander lug abroad till It touched on the eon does of fretuy, allowed him figures of sleep walkers traversing like shad owe the roofs of the bouses: the chimneys widened into furnace* vom iting forth flames and monsters—the windmills lifted up their giant arms, pray la like trying wings, Prayer gm to have wings, (h ways have a arena Visitor. U in the Lutkernn Visitor, 5 the dedication of 8t. attb. Big L«k. ««nod ^sdea tbe desire to . p*per a few articles on j^iUcture, Mid suggests and autbo^ lives afkh might do you this| Rentes that I do not ) the cell, but at a venture E to comply with “Iota's” rcrtfry that my humble t^is direction may tend to ttamiKdi needed improve sick architecture, ccmptainta are well found meat!? churches, with gfctw, differ in appearance I loin a barn, that stran ft recognise that such an pda is eat apart for the vhlah 1 always thought furnished signs wens true ta, and the carries the design aid none! into •xesation" “Ah P m lawyer, “will you be good inform me, if yon nan, wh%d the towar of Babel r no arobitUt,* wais tbs promp “hence the ooufusion which « The architect la therefor* tb which conceives the das, his build&ng in m—|fl—§ proper rales, and speaifisa 1 building is to be oontopH with thi« bis work la Mlf ye he ought to be engaged It | over its execution, and ess tb carried eat faithfully aad a Saltation it of Christ—“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ* “For there is none other name under heav en given among men whereby we must be saved.” “ S>Wl !• point bleak 1 e» fly aad walk at tiri A hortatory prayer m fifflper praying, si vary tlk« aorUrjr la •Thon 8bait call Hia name Jeans, for He shall save His people from their sins.” He it obit to wire.—“Wherefore he la able to save to the uttermost them that come unto God by Him.* “He U able to keep yon from falling and to preeeot you faultleee before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy.” “He is able to do exceeding ikbandsntly above all that we ask or think.” He it willing to satyr.—“For God so doved the world that He gave His r only begotten Son that whosoever ^xlicvath on Him should not perish, hat have everlasting life.” “Who i-will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” “He is long suffering to us ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” He invitee you to oome to Him for salvation*—“Look unto me aad be saved, all the ends of the earth, for 11 am God, and there is none else.” I “Ho every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and be that hath no money, come ye, buy aad eat, yea } come, boy wine and milk without money and without price.” “And the Spirit and the bride say come. | And let him that heareth say ceme. And let him that is athirst come, I and whosoever will, let him take the I water of life freely.® He pleads tdtth pou to oome-— “Wherefore I will yet plead with I yon, saith the Lord, and with your children's children will I plead.” I “Will ye not receive instruction, to hearken to my words, saith the Dr siae they thought the new enter if things la (Matt kingdom, which they ware dath n* » . Aw bin* fee sat ap, wunld have am new form '>( worship aad devotion. Then oer Lard taagbt them bis weeedsrfel prayer of which Lather esed le say t “I sock still at the Jtofar meter. Mb# y. that there » horrible expression of mattg- that be, bora Mty, and thro mocked hia terror by miming hia Caalurea. (la a sodden there flowed out upon Tbreegh what mother, the pesessnsr while he bred >t 1*0 wvtUu-O tfc. Ea« wl <rf:«*■ »*f » Ihs Weal —and of the trmmaras of > *tream <* tnamc ft came from the both, yet new shoe be was A rti ' of 1he old Gothic church, aaj saaM retain ae mealiest portion of I *ko **•**• snoooaoed the birth of th<^ Iheas J n.., m this matter j **w year, for It was now the twelfth* ib* poorest beggar and ha werr at haur «ademcee Adi with a thrill-1 bmctb ou Vioal irrmi .IrrA^irW fa><r diatiactasas apon the ear and j rfn ,.4 I the heart of the Old Man; and -r-m-m- jatttf tone la the melody, through 7r.« T-vr-rrm af t Wight * the agency ef that mysterious power — j which sound power woes of re-aaaem The teat sight ef the year wasj biiag withie the forsaken halls of ahoat fee expire, the wteda, after a the soul images long departed, day ef alninatests, bed aabtodod tale brought before bis mind aome past slumber; the vktia earth lay oat- aaeas ef bis life, vivid as a pane ip ma lt, like a threaded map, eadar j ramie ptotum. Again be looked the mm; and lannmsxahle stars round upon the lucid horison and arons net fries the rvmoteet abynam over tba fostered earth; and be of ban van, t wink Mag ns brightly ns thought on the opportunities be had though they had but then togs* j forfaited—tbe warnings be had alight spoiled because the architect had no control over the builder! Let ua not enter more folly apoe the ditties of aa architect aad see whether they are of importance or not 1 but before wa cau do su» II is t H God4 My little son, lga it *• yet uncultivated, a jaw th « la But them Isa light and wrong way ef praying, aad a* am seed expect that the Holy Ubeak will do bia week fbr him, aad pot a good, heart;, simple, tender prayer late evil ways, for why will ye die, O, boose of Israel I” He complaint that pou will not come. —“And ye will not come to me that ye might have life.” “I have called, and ye refused, I have stretched oat my hand and no man regarded, but ye have set at naught all my conn ed, and would none of my reproof.” “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem ! thon that killeat the prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not” He it pledged to receive pou if pou come — 1 “He that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out” “For whoso ever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” “And it shall oome to pass, that before they call, I will answer, and while they are yet ■peaking, I will hear.” What the consequences are if we do not believe.—“He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words hath one that jadgeth him.” “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” “He that believeth not shall be damned.” “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before yon life land death; blessing and carsing, I therefore choose life, that thou may- est live.” “Obey, I beseech thee, ! the voioe of the Lord, which I speak | auto thee, so shall it be well with I thee, and thy doul shall live.” “Flee, I save your liven, and be like the heath j in the wilderness.”—Pittsburgh Chris tian Advocate. Great Truths.—How much troth | is spoken that is soon forgotten! A I great many good things are said in 1 sermons and lectures that leave only a transitory impression. Bat there are great truths, such as are enfolded In Christ’s teachings in our “New j Testament Christianity,” that leave a distinct impression on one’s mind all through life. These lead man on ward and upward. The truth as it is in Jesus <xm never die, but is the stone cut from the mountains rolling onward till it shall fill the whole earth with its glory. Dr. Todd’s last message to his church, sent on a Sabbath evening, | contained this passage: “Tell them ! that I have unwavering fiuth in | Christ and His salvation, and that 1 I am waiting and hoping for light from j the eternal world. I want to see that ? light, and think I shall. ‘Though I meet or that earth again Wretched Timed to your ufforttonare affmom »m fern, ia truth, that Old Man, be turns—had I but cboeeo to profit by yomi all paralM aad bryowl all sum the bfa—ngs which on every return ■wlattos far bia grave lay upon for tag New Tear's morn like this your him, as II —mad, by his side; it tenderness led you to invoke on my fpflfl thinly <—id over, safe by the hand ! flowers af Youth, but by the saows Amid ti—e feverish reminiscences at Aft; aad wfe—, bmrttock of the | of bis youth* it appeared to him as they acted on the presumption that 1 architects invariably exceed their 1 estimates. I remember particularly 1 one church which cost about Mb. 1 000. The building committee cou- I tinaally urged upon the architect * “to cut it dowif* on account of sleu der means. When the church was completed, the sale of the pewe brought #50,000, aad the architect was blamed for not speeding more money. Ah ! if »j friend had only known it, be would have spent $10,000 more, instead of cutting down ornamentations, which the style of the church demanded ; but he had discharged his doty—be bad kept withiu bounds! On the other hand, the amount of available funds ought not to be over estimated, for the reason that ti may cause the oongregvtiou aa ueaeoee aary embarrassment, aad the diffi culty cau probably be only overeoese by a sadden curtail meat of orna mentations in part begun, and coo j sequent sacrifice of harmony and ( unity of design. I refer ia both in stances to cases which have actually happened, and against the re occur reoce of which I desire to warn all congregations. Inform your arebi tect of the exset amount of money which, according to your calculation, j he may safely invest; and should any surplus funds arise, let him lay it oat for judicious aad eabetaatisl j interior decorath—, for which there is always room. But against one error—-and K am sorry to say a common cue—I must especially caution every coogrega tion, aud this they ought to under stand. It is this : If you insist upon a giveu area, dictate the style, ia short give your architect foil intorue tions as to how he la to build, be not so unjust as to bold your archi tedt responsible should be exceed your means. From long experience, She has an intuitive and gut—ally correct impression of what your building will cost, and if hu tolls you that he has doubts as to IBs pcesi bility of building your church for such an amount, fodi— him ! Tsl if yon persuade him, or rather try I to persuade him, that be eon do it, you must not find fault with him if qf public prayer as tbs good doaruu did ef preaching; Preaching was only talking oa religion far a half hour or en, and praying, to their notion, fa only uttering en ussy upon which hia venerable father had ! to undergo a change of form, it took first placed him upon the great the appearance of a living young Crum road af Life—a road which, J mao—the same young man that he trodden oa tbs right hand, saadacts j had blumelf been fifty years before, the M imm ulaar the noonday path He was unable to gaae any longer; ef rtrtae inlo n .perfa—, joJpoae Ue covered his face with hi. hands; thnusllsf to bar and, as the blistering tears gashed —to, aad angelic spirits, but which, fe— his eyes, he sank down, power foltowed oa tbs lift, betrays hiss toss and trembling, on his knees— tbroagh Umpires smT miry ways, and again be cried out, as if his tote the rueful adders— of Vies, heart would break, O! oome back to where serpents forever swarm, sad — lost days of my youth I—come pestilence chokes the atmosphere, back, come back to me onoe more! mfal to qorach his buntiag thirst, the j And the supplication of the peni- tiesnsb black rivers yield him but tent was not made In vain, for they 4;" t came bark to him, those days of his Alas! the aanwoU were now ootied I youth—not yet k>«t! He started toe p ml non was rilling from his bed—the bine moonbeams through hto heart! Alas for him, he I were shining in throngh the windows knew too wall whteb rond he bed | —the midnight chimes were an -— l. —I aotinrinr the beginning of a new terries of tbs Lord's day, but If you want warmth to gn out of your prayer to the mooting, you musk have your mtad eh—ly fixed ou oao thing Wfe— s a— tonka vaguely |0 about, US OSes TlfffTlfe* hito) but fat Mm gate fixedly op Into tbs iky or down the etrosi, and oaa after another the pn—rwby will stop aud Ipok with him. it you want to make a— pray with you to public, pray with a fixed, definite purpose. If you want to put tb— to shop, t pray to -plM—l terms about life, Ottiy to |i» Ltrl B_where he wen—and what be ‘ oonnring the beginning of umiergit for eternity foe eier year. Yes!—nil had been bat an I appalling dream—all, except his sins | lb aa aogulah, with aa agony, and transgressions: these, alas! were: « drepeir. that language can hot too real, for oonsoteoce, even in — fist ally portray, he spirited sleep, is a faithful monitor. Bat he i liberal nr— towards heaven, was still yooag—he bad not grown j d hfes hands, aad cried aloud, old to lakjnlty—nod with tears of re-1 IT9 M bask, givt — back my peutaaw be thanked God for having, it O! my father, load — os— even by —ant of ao terrific a vision, | to Iha Or— read, that I —y j awakened Is bis heart a feeling of cnorv nbooets nod this ti— horror for the criminal career be had • wfeth forokaowfeiee! | been panning* and for having re- , rrMS wastofi ihini—hru vented to him in that glimpse of a D r*n tba ft—m air, for his fh | tond foil of sunbeams, harvests, and ■so ao more, aad Ms youth was angelic spirits, the blissful goal in frtrih had attics long, long which, if he ptoeeed, the path of his rrssmhnl never to reappear, txtotoooe might yet terminate, taow tbto, aad he wop*—yea, Youthfoi reader! on which of those ■Iitti—oM man wept; but I two paths art thou ! On the right- •aro relieved Mm not; they baud path! Go forward, then, with Mbs drops of bot lava, for they thotoriossing of thy Maker, and fear lad ft— a bunting brain. nothing 1 Ou the left-hand path ! loiBkril forth, aad ha saw flit j If so, pause t be forewarned—turn lights-wlitoW tba wisp—dan »Mle yet thou mayeot—retrace thy trtf morns— aad lisoimtig stepa—make a happier choice 1 I will gutsbed to the burial grouado; pray tbet the terrors of this ghastly • 1 ^ sol hereafter be arrayed through stop Tea sad what a htoaixi that will be. It wOl be worth oil your toady. Do you not kaow that prayer la the —.—* ni/nw of all rn.-'tj ■*! omsds lions V No coagrogatiou cao fallow public prayer with fervor long. Bat the unpremeditated, aim!— prayer is long bocxM— U hue aa ohjatoiro groping way till it 4too out of goa era! oahanstion Do study to bu brief. Aad If you study to bs dirrofl «ad pointed to your aim. footing that “one thing” you “Mivo fistored of the Lord sad that will” you “souk after,” thou you will Ms abort. 1 have gives a rule to my young men when they ha vs attained a ttuie fluency When yon think jam have ! prayed ebon! half tong enough, atop. S. Oms ought fa etmdg fa dfasma M sod be said. Saab were my riot*— Dec— may not bereaftar oe arraycu days of Arify 1 Hfi agate looked forth, | in judge—t Aftoatt thro! Alfia so<l ha beheld s star fed from brows 1 for thus, If the time evet come walk throngh the valley of the shadow of death, I wUl fear no evil.’ Asd Hik7sfi AMI; *A ass n so I stand at the gate like a little child, waiting for it to open to give me a glimpse of the glory.” away fa j wlpw then shall call aloud in thy » behind, ‘ despair, Go— book, ye precious arl—eod I days of my youfh!—unlike the and is thus torn asunder, not by four horses, as in the barbarous ages. but by two world*” Rade & ICller, Editors. % “OVX LORD, OVS ^jtSTA OVX BAPTISE." ..... .IMIHI, 'll*——— —EPHESIANS IV:6. Terms: S2.00 a Year. SERIES, VOL 6- -NO. 11. J> if* , tt; IF ■ JjW—Bjptill—BLjui ■ - -J- |U>A——Ofiiititttilii i 1 ifiWl»iw*w»i COLUMBIA. S 1 . Fill DAT, N0\ r EMBER !S, 1873. OLD SERIES, VOL 6-NO. 271.