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OFI LORD, OKS FAITH, CHE BAPTISM."-EPHESIAHS IV:5 COLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1$74 Selections. »wuufmriii «n ft* part* •Irwdy will the emit Kiccutiv,- i» m »«iuifr wtw-thy of God *o«l hoot able to govern mecit, than thin In which the asbordination in mo complete, the law •o immediate In control, tli« obedi- to direr*** in it* form, and the wbolo emulated and sweetened by aa affection which render* service a privilege, and duty a pleasure ? Rweh is the family as constituted by God to be the type of all society, and the model of all coromment Let tHe statssmeU aud the patriot, tba aosutot and the Christian hold it ta Urn catimatiod which it deserves, •od at Um ratae which is fixed upon It by the Great l>e*igner.—S. W. still looked at with interest in the registers of that pariah. cfiarasSar aad asodtttai, u*tk the fnU art n*lao htaaasu them mIL Tbe ex wnoi •#» ora brought together. I * ! 1 gvoeratiauu uiaat of tiMMiilv eo-sxi*~oftouUrea, whao tbeGruud arte gathers aroeod his ki>M ti>« childrens' ehUdrou, aad garrulous •M age tails to premia* tafeocj the Aad, moreover, this ia the only forgiven#** which God «ea great. THe porta of this pardon are ail arvaaged. bat Christ made 1 dartnuaed not to know aavthfog -an Ckn - •** Him fbe first thing we notice ia, the rtfderirt of the apostle. Had hie pestered even * a remnant of the natty, to a great extent, peculiar ■tbe situation in which be Nobility of Christian Disdpleship. There ia reason to fsar that some young people in these times are kept back from tbe oomplete surrender of themselves to the teaching and will of Christ by some kind of dim thought that, after all, a real Chris tian disdpleship, while no doubt it may be the eafeet, is yet not the grand eet thing for a young person of a noble and aspiring disposition. Now, young friends, i pray you, think this matter through, and through, sod through again; and then fottew that which is noblest. If tlierf *ia any greater, more beautiful thing, u given under heaven,” or known among but a too* through tbe blood of the everlasting covenant We kata nothing of oar own which God can out all ho Mid hi the subject of thart own death, ami flfriv* with ad diligence ta pvwparo them,ft* Ik its if'M , tf placed at the time this epistle m penned must have had uo small jgmnt of temptation connected with it.^'The writer, a man of giant mtclleot, brought up at the feat of (liisdtf. speaking more tongues iiiUku a people famous for their rtrotion to philosophy, poetry, and tie ta« arts. What an opportunity p preach himself, to display suo- wMfeily»the trappings of intellectnal ffriWoo! The people to whom he ireta were prepared to estimate Mxordtag to its true value any exbi- htim of distinguished attainment he hk prepared to make. The situa- rtshad no temptation for him, or if K had, ho resisted it completely, wd stands before as on the proud mmeoce of a ftuthfol servant to h» Divine Master. W* may represent him as saying, “Though 1 had it in my power to •ms to you with excellency of speech art of wisdom, wad though I know imk style of address would secure m the highest Honor among those a vborn l write, still it is my deter- ■nation to know nothing among pa, save Jean* Christ and Him averted. When I do preach my rtf, 1 preach myself year servant for Haas’ sake.” **•- We trill present several subject* stick must eater into tbe discus sobs of all preachers of righteous- mi, sad will endeavor to see what apromiaeat place Jeans Christ most t&d iu si] of them. L The apostle most have desired a«U his labors to convict the oaooo rased. “I was alive,’' ha states of ■MBIT “Without them once. W fta tbe commandment came, tin arrived and I died.” He would mtign uuatarmed transgressors be ta the bar of heaven, set their sins is ordfer before them, bring all tbe mttmony he could from the word of God and bis own experience to bear ipmi their consciences, that if possi he they might see their danger, and i fly to the ark for safety. Before a aso fetoring under a fatal malady till send for a physician, he most bow himself sick. Before a wound «l inati will submit to the probe of I»surgeon, he most understand the hets of his condition. Before a sin I nr will embrace Christ Jesus as tbe I hvpe of his soul’s salvation, or be ll 1 ** he will seek salvation where I dose God has deposited it, he must I Hderstand that by nature be is dead I* trespasses aud sins. Not every I we that is troubled about sin seeks I ml finds salvation, but Wta cos part with this father of one uf the greatest of Englishmen without a last look of admiration aad respect f Nearly fifty yean ago, ia the la* yean of Elisabeth's reign, we saw him, aa “iageaioae man” from Oxfordshire, detached from his Bmv Catholic kindred then, mod them in rrnmvl n of the valaabi* privilege in question, we see the propriety of the determination he expresses, to “kaow nothing among them save Jeaas aad Him era rifled.* 3. The apostle must have dartnd to confer oa hi* reader* the enjoy ment anting from true religion THe writer know (Hat, leaving religion out of view, we may la* thi* rife la whatever way we can, and it win He proven to oar aetiafection that all ia vanity and vexation of spirit. Am be would communicate all real good to bis reader* la this life, aa ta would confer the happiness which all aeeh and but few tod, bat capo dully, us he would infos* Into their hearts that hope which ia aa aaehor ••dad * each proximity, that a rt* lafluoawv gone tram each, aa a mataot qaaatity, to moaid aad >ape the chanwlaw of art. X Though a* logtcalh ditiiaot am the prosed mg. y* foam ita ao of aorireoorahip, with mask- for hie private taste, aad a name of aome diatinotion already among the meat- bodge Laiverwty went this elder ever storms way beat aad billows roll, he discards the window of thin work!, tbe honor* aad riehea aad pleasure* alma* aaivoroally dapped to “know nothing sure Jean* and Him crucified.” With him la the peace of God that panarw aaderataed Of. Iu believiaf upon him la pea os mod joy. On# promioeac taqwast to the wretched iu^hitanu pf the earth with all the fulness of God. Or, again, say you could be a poet; that you could write another epic like Milton; that you could describe like Shakespeare; that you could idealise common things like Words worth ; that yon coaid, like Burns, take one little daisy of the field mod immortalise it—if this were all, there would still be lacking something deeper, ami richer, and better, to pacify aud parity the moral nature, and to meet the vast yearnings of the soul. A paet! The lives of tpoet of us are prosaic enough. Wc are bound by circumstances, ruled by use and wont, kept hard at work. We are likely enough to pass life in common ways, most of ns achieving no outward distinctions of any con sequence ; but the poorest, prosiest, commonest, youngest among ns all, may sit down every day at the Mas ter** feet aud see eternal poetry sit ting or flitting on the Master's face, sod be lifted by his words far above this sublunary sphere, aud have our imagination fifHd and filled with all glorious things. Yes, you choose— not safety alone in choosing him, bat virtue, dignity, grace, largeness, free dom, heaven. Be sure you choose. Be sure yon are in earns*; and all in earnest. Let your soul and all that is within yon say, “Speak, Lord, Thy 1 servants hear.” Take kindly from me this New Year’s greeting; I wish it ware far better. I am a busy man, and have no time to think and muse over what is to be dene. But these words, so simply and to hastily written come from depths of expe rieooe, and from aome strength of conviction.—B*r. Dr. Raleigh. unto you; not aa the world girotb give I unto jou.” And in him how bright and buoyant and full tor eternity may oar Hope* ho! If nor if* 1m hid with Christ to God, when Christ, who i* oar life, shall appear, we shall appear with him la glory. Our cop of life, stirred by oar own baud*, into which no port of lb* *itntfoo of tho family wilt bo of *t» wdertoa* sod It# irmo wearing if mImmi ; through which tie da tigw Is feMtHwl, os the Normal ftehool. through his loathings, sad of bis ae^ qsired reputation for scholarship and poetry. And so, in the ooantry re treat * Horton, as age was begin ning to some npoo the good father, and ha was releasing himself from tbs cares of htitiness, bow pleasant it had been for him, and for the placid, invalid mother, to have their elder son wholly to themselves, their one daughter con tinning meanwhile in London after her fix* husband’s daoenso, and their younger son also atataly residing there for hu law stodiea What though the son so domiciled with them was growing up to manhood, still without a profes aloe, still absorbed in books and poetry, doing exactly as be liked, aad ia foot more tbe rolor of them than they were of him! Who could interfere with such a son, and why had God given them abundance but that sock a sou might have the lel- asre he dentrnd t All in all, one can not doubt that those years of retiro moot at Horton Had been the moat peaceful an which tbe old man could for thi* parpens, I-aw la eathroasd ia trtn authority at the ff uahas*!, the Parent, the Heater—aad thta am tbarity given tea infer the form of bitter to the very dregs. But when properly managed, aceoriiag to the appointment of the gospel, However unpleasant otherwise, it baenmaa now sweeter than honey, than the honey comb. place, he desired to knew nothing save Jeeos Christ. Is oar pardon and peace wa have a claim apoo aad a prelude to heaven ; still aa regea every one 'htt ever found salvation was pre- noaaly troubled more or less about w. To what record shall wo betake “wolves for a more full aud faithful oaifestation of sin as an eyil and tater thing, a most bountiful source sorrow, sooner than to tbe life wd death of Jesus Christ, the sor- *** of the “Man of sorrows,” * the death by crucifixion of tbe y ot glory. The deluge, a* a j sdjoent, fails; so also the deatruc- I 1 * of the cities of the plain, or any flr* fewma to He taught Is th# lays important streas. Without ho linens no man shall ana tha I mat. Nothing unclean shall eater tho holy of hoifex Among the remark* which the Eavioar made to Nlaadir non», this one occur* r “Except a man be born of watef*—of water. Yfit JhJl to play, it i* cwafrmitad by mi ea- tbarity which Is mantire sod rtspreg aa lita *an**a% m anes feau a i t*i* m* i m wO* JHirwg*# * mBfimeM’ com* to aa ewd. The sod Spring of M3? had ana*; the invalid wife had died, and he bad beeu left in widow hood. Util* in the too years of his life macs then bat a succession of ahtfUaga aad troubles! For a while atilt* Horton, sauntering about tbe ehoroh sod ia daily communion with the grave it contained, his youugvr ana aad th* sou’s newly wedded wife rawing to keep him company while tha elder was oo his travels. Thao, after the elder son’s return, the outbreak of tike political tumults, and the aad convulsion of every ven. uim* or twt wmmmm of the Saviour ran* thus: “Sanctify them through thy troth”—tbs troth of tbe gospel— 41 tby word In troth * In another Scripture the blood of the covenant is eatled “the thing wherewith we are sanctified. 1 ' Also, when tbe blood of Christ la said to cleanse from all sin, ws feel justified in believing not .only that It cleanses from the guilt, bat from the podutioa of all iniquity. Bat as we dare not concert the Spirit’s agency In these important operations, wu must refer to another declaration of tho Son of Man, “If I go oot nway th# Ooas- fortor will not come unto you; bat if I deport I will send him unto you.” Th* great change, raganara- tion, and those indispensable attain •tyhast thou forsaken me!” Tbe ^ of Christ presents the most ^tiiacing aud alarming testimony *7 witness can produce. Hence it apostle was determined to **•* nothing save Jeans and .Him *tefled. all grant that the apostle <k«red that all who should epistle might share iu the Peakable benefit arising from the J**® 011 of sin. The friends of eon- Dbath in Peace. Jsneph Addi son, the renowned author and lin guist, after enduring much physical suffering with fortitude, seat for the young but diiisipqtefl Lord Warwick. He oame, and said s “Bear air, you sent for me. 1 believe end Hope you have some commands. I shall hold them mo* daw.* “Safi, 9 artd the dying saint, “in what peace a chris tian eon die!” and breathed hie life oat like a sleeping infant ' ♦ w» > Tbe time ia short; let the time past troll tag of eU the >»ii opposite the hlmortf by hit vehement writings for tbe Portia mentations. How shou ld aa eM man judge in such a cast f The Horton household bow broken op, ha lad gone for a time with CHrieSoptar aad his wife to Beading, Hut only to ha tossed book to Leo demand the aaferprotectionol John. • • • Hla Bible and music hooka left hi hla room mag have been th* miwncntinrui of his last oocudo- tiooa Ha was burled March 15, 1046-7, iu tha chancel of the Church af 8t GOns, Orlpptogate, not for standing in such dose connect km with the Saviour, the inspired apos tle, seeking to procure these priceless blessings for the Corinthians, deter mined to know nothing among them save a crucified Saviour. Lastly. There Is no doubt the apostle desired to serve men as row trt creatures, and also aa beiaga In suffice for everything bat believing in a crucified, risen, glorified .Sa viour, and standing tost in ona spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; spartungthe truth in love; making increaaa of (he body onto the edifying of Itself in love. For loro is of God, and he ttar. dwelleth in loro dwelletit iu God- and God in him. ' ■ not blessedness iu could aay of himself th*JteThnd the sentence of death within him; Ha was painfully ooascioas that the seeds of death had base mod# to from Barbie*; aad the entry, “John MSltoa, gun Ham an, IV among tha “!tarirtt* In March. 164« * may be If wu can Christ, we can find it nowhere.