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Dm««nm* Policy of Bamnism.
Wkbstkk County, Ua. t
June 5*7th, 1874. »
iUrtir Visitor: I send you the fob
lowinjf estrict from the Deorgia
Weekly Telegraph ami Journal ami
Memngrr. The first m taken from n
fetter of the Milled Seville eorreupon-
dent of that paper, dated June 8th,
l 1874, the other is an editorial:
“Ou yesterday forenoon onr juoas
him! drowsy citiaen* w<tr% startled to
h»»ar« train coming foil tilt at the
city ou the Central Railroad. W«
ate anaccnstomed to Sunday trains—
providence over ml in g the several
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repruvefi Her fbr her look nf himori
««U knowledge, ami I rwleav«pml lo
cottviaoo her of her error; hat the
•till peraUthd la her belief that
ther waa s rory cnrropt man,* he.
oanoe Mrs. '—■■■■" . bad told her to.
Now, tbm Mr*. ——.
ller father w«wht, ** wed a* ia the gfar? of i»
eiwaa
To the hwoihie t-dn-ver, there ie a
aiming eiataatatioM m relkrting that
the baad wa« |>»ere.il for him. To
him, more fully than to the faithfal
tamelile of old, le the enaifort mani
feeted of that promiae la laaiah
allli i l: "Ttena eaith the lain I (hat
ereatml thro, O Jacob, and hr that
marriage, waa a Proteataat, and »n
intimate friend of the family liar _
r»tk. m mnm .rnt mt.1 .Iuh—, M»«l IW. O bred, Vmw mT. tat I
lion had m> won the ullertkma of ibia
young lady, who waa then a little
girl, that aha thought anything that
Mra. — non Id do or mit waa
right. BumUm
Catholie.
rejected her l^mndUgf faith
Joined hie oharrh. Since the death
«f hnahaad, Mr*. fie
ntilway Soi>erintendenta of the linen 1 < l i>et> ^ ^ er tortwor fnrada,
-mlmting” from MiHedgeville to a wk ®> «*ri»oat roeprcttog that they
proper observance of the Sabbath to | coo** to
keep it holy. Onr religions indignation ‘ ki> * ,r
givo *
aad the fugefoiog ta one of the frntu
hart
m
In the
mra esert
dlrertbm wf ehi
In
Uatat wtth GStriat.
van soon appeased, however, to find
that the coming train was not a
worldly minded creature (as moot
trains on railroads are,) bat waa of
* devotional disposition, being sent
oat from Macon to bring from that
dty people heedful of ‘the cbtireh-
going bell,’ who desired to he prr*
eat at the dedication of the Komaa
Catholic church of tliia place. • • •
Multitudes unable to gain footing
inride the building stood around the
building daring the dedication. The
efcarvh is a very elegant building in
the heart of tbe city, and has been
lately completed.”
EDITOKIAL.
14 Dedication of the Church of the
tittered Heart of JctUM, at Mi Hedge
eifte.—About five li mid red people
t Mia riled tbe traiu for MUledgeviUe
Sunday morning. In fact, tbe crowd
was so large that the cars provided
were not adequate, and two extra
passenger coaches were hitched on.
A (all account of the proceedings at
the church will be found in another
column. • • • • • a large party
of ladies and gentlemen from Baton
tan attended the Anti—tinai
uies.”
The foregoing extracts indicate the
stale of the jnipular luind in refer
ence to a church whose policy has
over beeu to monopolize. They show
■a degree of ignorance in a communi
ty of professedly enlightened people
that is indeed unpardouable. Here
is a Roman Catholic church, bearing
the sacrilegious title of “Nmrred Heart
<>f Je*u*, n erected at the ex Capital
of one of onr leading Southern
Staten, and not ouly do the citizeua
»f Milledgevillo turn out ea man*? to
wiuteos its dedication, but an extra
train is employed to bring in specta
tors from the neigbtioriiig cities and
towns. This ia an evidence that the
I'vnple of our country need enlight
enment in regard to the true charac
ter of Romanism. It lisra recently
made great inroads ou the South,
bishop Gross, of Savannah, has
wade several tours through S. W.
Georgia, and has initiated steps for
the erection of churches in Albany,
America*, and other places, and tbe
lieuple generally seem to look u|ton
his movements without suspicion.
Already have the Papists erected a
college iu Macon, which bear* the
significant name oi “Pio NlJto.”
We may next look for a convent and
nunnery. Strange to say, they have
received material aid in the erection
»f their college at Macon from some
'»f the leading imliticians of the
State of Georgia, who ought to be
better posted in reference to the
|N>litico-ecclesi;uttical character of the
l’spacy. Onr religious journal* can
•mt be t(M> vigilant in this matter.
Tliey ought to ex|io«o more fwineut-
'.v the corruptions of tlm Papal
Uliurch, and the dire consequences
that would result lo our country, if
they should gain the ascendency.
Tliey ought to urge upon the facul
ties of our colleges, and tho princi-
* l’ a * 8 «f our schools and seminaries,
the great importance of teaching
history to the youths of both sexes,
» hose education is entrusted to their
care.
Not long since, a young lady of a
highly respectable family, and a
graduate of a frmalc college, re
marked in my presence, her father
ami others being present, that she
“would as soon join the Roman Cath
olics as auy other church; but, a*
her patents were members of the
M. E. Church, she felt it her duty to
lx* identified with the chitjrcli of her
lather.” Ou endeavoring to reason
with her in reference to the corrupt
of hew iafloenee. Had this
lady been properly
M bieci of hiatorv la
of whfoh ateo waa a
she been warned against the
policy of the Cbatwh of
would haw# bean I
repel the false leach log of
|m BfiCM ■ ■—■ ■*-- ——
long since gone to his rent,
ia a lecture to tho graduatmt: dasw
of tho ittsUtaUoit aver which he pro-
sided .* M M) dear youug f* tends, i
can not too oarwfnH.v wmtu yon
against tlie policy of J
Doting my recent tear ou Ik. Om
aout of BurufMr, 1 was permitted to
eee into the plan dovMod by the
1*0*10 aad hie Cardinal* foe the sob
jogaUoa America, and it is trmlg
appalling, hot I dare noe divnlpi
what I saw.” He lattmainl that owe
of the feature* of that plan «aa iho
etnaueipalMiu of slavery * aad that
effected, they* would use the etna net
paled slaves al the ballot box. *««d
ia other waja, lo n»»ty out Iheir tie
Oh ! that I eoald speak iu Iimi** of
thunder, amt eoubl write with a pea | , ^ * . TT. -
charged with electricity! I would / . _ \ L
call sloud to the avowed frinwl* of
civil and ecclesiastic*I liberty, and
say, Awake, awake rauw tom
LKTUAKOT AND FA JUNK Ml’UlTT !
BEWARE OP THE INTRIG I* EH
OP KOMAMH.VI!! I P M
tm m mm wprtag of alt traa ehria
trail exjaerteaea and u midern
preachiag and writing Ctofctf la «n
a»atlally tho greot heart of religion.
Jnat aa cevutuh aa the body an aid
not Hvw without
to tho ehnatiaa i
f 'hrrst. I Mock
from the hrenat 1
ena daae the wound with the akitt of
art, you can
ehiaery of life—It la N
he* rt an auited im their
proper rwtariuue that life ta
—it la aa (Jhrht and tea are met hi
union r that tho life of the soul in
given and mst■«*■■*. I« M oar
wmrwesv with Him that grim as Mb
it la through amt Intimate and sb*
ding union with Chrlut, tho Vine,
that it, aa breach an. have may boss
ty or fragrance—it In
fume** and rout ghat
have any spiritual
yield auy ptrweing frail. The moat
foreihfo and striking dlustfatlon of
this I have ewer mat, I an
a)rue or two ago, whilst
beautiful dsuari|«ciou at
Thom waa a grafted raw tree In that
beaatiftel green isle, of Immense also
and surpaarinf bounty. It lurid In
frill bloom mom thou twenty varie
ties of that moat
from the far *
lie tala of the
drmqnag, tmaoparent dolicacy that
afiartV met was a rone, fJra»d
on alf i
the tfnfiicn, into
graadly lost a red
hoed. He has
virtues, the
hut he
virtues It
it
Jeans. »
virtue and
Straus in
^^m*w —ewang w ws
Them ia
of orb. They
In cvcauent, oa
d up iato real
other they are
lo o full oris
a high centre,
as the eon ia
heaven. He
Ilk* a tree ia
i symmetry of a
royal, mao
tf
ai
well the brow
far oalli
for
the anbury Maa of
Not
velvet
log already rapidly over him. When
I*date asks him, “Art thou the king
of the Jewar he gets this answer,
“Unyeot than this thing of thyself,
foil or did other* ted it thoo of me V
Tu the question, “What bast thou
done r come* the auswer, “My kiug-
dom la not of this worid.” To the
qaastioe, “Art thoo a king then r
foliowrs this answer, “Thou aaycot I
am a king. To Uie end wns 1 boro,
for this rouse enme I into the world,
that 1 should bear witnuos auto the
troth. Beery one that is of the
truth bearoth my voice.” Then ooiue
tbe scourging* and npranr and in
solu and Utteraem of the Jews, and
tho patriot, bat brave and heroic
of Jeans, until the tragedy
ia Maori. The courage to be
ad to toe suit without luting
the oonrage to bo admit with
ont bravado, to be sUU and be calm,
patriot, leader ia broad aeif obnega-
tioa, threatening nothing, making no
baootfal aUnaMms to hiuMwlf nor hi*
works, sporriag himself into oo stifl
aaas of tomslence to the awful juvs
>11 sums at the boor, looking forward
to the disfaur j moodily aad lovingly into the etor
it is nunuuMg and
into
beootlfbl and fragrant; eoJtectivriy,
Selections.
Christ the Creator
“A11 things ware made by him.”
This great fort, declared by God’s
word, gives deep subject few wonder
m« «d.u«hM, *-nW., O* «"*» | lhr , rf ||M .
— • rr “ ,U ,M AikI » I ,
sou of the g lor ions Trinity, the Her
( SUwa^riawsA-ausSli a ■ II ■ Ss jS> tmma
P|fa4riTtv*vs-T t w Mr« kgl jjg nil WI lefw » “ 8MI
delightful perfume. Under the !o«<
orient growth at trove* aad shiniug
How ers, t he a?eat lay h ideten fimm
view ; yet wtthoot it they could wet
live or bloom; from the stem aad
at*-. O s A.. - .1 omii m. * n.. —i ■ Mt aMua ant L m i,«-■
rooi v® f jg " W JnmNfg
p (MW® (M'&MOM H®MNM
1 lM( rich I
mFTmimm. " mmi lOTPMcirwi r hiitp
i\ oral w»o vo (fffiT iniwmoi r *dt,
and beat their tender stems wRh Ha
rode strength, they mold «afy Hit
them op sgaiw, aad moltlagty turn
In the kind ray* of tho son, tfrmogh
Hil
uol foil of Gotl.
tilings created -
were all
beootltnl and n prendre fUastratfon
| of the ehrtsiiau’s unban with l*h»M»,
It atlmitfed me Into the sent priv art
ua men ami for onr salvation, eanm . . ■ \. lt .... ... . M
- a s m am a. m I it# > f T m*! tm ta *• fc IPI
*... Uvm I—vc. MS wmk - ^ lin(n ^ llw , 4**, *
ml,ui|ttKin. « luAuiivl. ,*«»«• to „„ T r . n |,
our so*Is, receives new loslrw from
the oonanlrraiKMi of his work of
ereatfou. lie made, and he hath rw
ikcmed ua. Lot ua not think this
greot ami high mystery a proillewa
or merely a speculative suUfect of
thought. If U were an, it woabi out
hove been so frequently brougbi for
ward, so solemnly announced, so se
tborita lively declam I, by the tnapired
writers. It was a thought of deep
import to Utoae writers, because it
was a truth, ami no lapse of time
can make it loss a truth to tbe cbarch
of God. Thus It ri that tlie suppust
lion of the man of science, falsely so
called, when directed against the
glory of God the Creator, as if the
world and all that therein ri were
but tbe offspring of Wind chance,
becomes a part of that optsaaimn
long ago predicted and foretold mm
directed “against the Lord and
agaiuat bis anointed.’* (1’anlai lit
1-2.) It ri no new or unheard of
thing. The church may expect that
her Great Head should be aaaailed,
aot only becuaoe hie cross ri an of
fensc. but betsanse his rkirv as t'ns
tor enhances the wonder and the
glory of that erase to an exteat
which, while it deepens the devotion
of his own |ample, can not but excite
the enmity of his foe*. Let a* not
wonder that men who believe not
should be found denying tbe
work of kirn “by whom all things
were mode." “He waa iu tho world,
and the world waa made by him, and
the world knew him not.” It ri of
the very nature of that light
It bopr ami joy
give
(tenuity to It. For
WW * ^V IIMI ft*
light, whims j»uls
tea tier t i .wt.
a w at m tear «t
lane,
denty dm;i into
erbansi by its own
and lire i*t« x tebi
ri warm sad leu
of rive. Ills fovu
martial with
him—this Amo of
menis nt ;s* ri < x,^t
tOrim rrifidy hi
ft* not dull, siavrii
Um courage is not
or cebl His lova
seat I menu I
** ‘ - rnt mtr-
rythm of m great. free oast
able life throbs thfwoicb them s!^
And whatever virtue ftecee you ri n
divine mosaic of all the teat. Ho m
tori Me anasarved wifi anbrvArm, so
it hi* fen its hh ilia** and bar-
list now we will bank after some
loatouiwm of Gtorritly
I mJt I a fan tm soai !*« rtww ,
lil el l»-MT nw nwuw isonv xe^xw 1
onmtma I * ^e<tffcso.SissS Ifess
s s wr t, fih ” ft.*
at.
lie dal not
itineai of
l a great
ssrft »• not
the eye of
, Will sod
91 •«*
to he brave,
(1m ounrage
ami iMAlient
freak,
Ho it ri with
AH tbe ele
Ilia
iri cowardly,
t or arbitrary
•oi weak or
thy. The rose-
Of • H« ft
and might v
He
a Ule on
| (ten'l
At*-**-
TniiH-iples of Ronmnisin, and to show | “the darkness uoui|*r«heiiileth it not. 1 ^
*ci the difficulties which Lather had The Lord himself most open the
t«> encounter iu effecting the eaianci- blind eyes and enlighten the dark
IJRrin of the Church from Papal mind, ere it can perceive his hand
thraldom, she replied, “Why Lather working in all the glories of tho
to the ground, and there I read tho
seen* of that Christian humility sad
salimUsbMi that ursm lb#
sf'euvn ahWft ft m i».1 fe t#«4H eestsft»4 s*ff
PiriCIrTi MFm * nlril HIT ifW ill 111 Off
the glad wiffingneos with whieh they
turned their soots to Him who hod
stricken them, and lifted thefr heads,
bended lo grmiefkl humility, to the
face of Him who ri the Son of Right
... .. — i ft.. „ Mll H- lift aukfe li. i^|.|S ft t- — 1ft
w HOIKt vRdl PMrxl
snots in gfoey. Ho, I thought, ri Iho
ehrietian—a thorny, wild pbiot in
bis original state, hat made a pur
taker of Christ 4 * root sad famous by
bring engrafted lute Him, and re
criring nil his soul frugmnce and
chriattuu tovellnewu, and utl the luxo
rianee of hri spirituul Hfb. from Him
who ia “»H in all * who ri ear root
and stork. It k at wo are grafted
Into Christ that we wH! give renown
to Him; it hi as we are grafted tote
Christ that we will give off a soul
frugreuoe, Hri and refreshing, oad
get owrnriven o soul braaty at tmm
pleasing to the eye of Clod and oor
Iwrihreo Ito tho foith. It ri uo wo
ore gmfred into Him that wo run
claim inheritance in these realm*
l&ssa s hsos m-mw f t f BfekSWiifm tMl^Uh
*o*m^o(m' *w
shoubl tuaguify onr Lord f* How we
should exult that union that bus
made us “joint hotel with OhrtoL*
He should he our thecae. Our de
Ofi ft^^t 1 h *1 »x> fii.fi .4 |J j|. j, 4 t 1
I * IJ H wWI VfI Im um “
Ujwtl IlMi wTf pRl lpCNI mm vlpi
with Chrtut hoe brought no pardon
and rrcoaciliatieo, has been the •ootoe
wf HR ohfMMi JHv' 9M |Mii VH
sufttatnod OO amder trial, has tma
oor stxoogth to weakness, and will
be the pndee of Horoity. Render,
to Christ, or uro you still n
thorny plant of the wueidf—
tho street, jaotfied toy the busy tkrasi,
ttemoghl Amo to tow «ith tho wwrhfu
Re peaO'rtee ami deoumgeonroio on
tho other. Urio reel Christ wo
hi the otdeal at Are.
at a thffOlewlog lyrsnuy.
hot etnk down before the wetl-moo
I PHI I ’ HR
Iu
|| | | $ jA
gmtf ksisfe |;|g*
auv hare
IU satire. It will not tie
from hri own vivid and
rrsifebic history of It* to have been
jU aimrill ^temssna u^on
> « p aRr IVfiR
mt lb# Krtl
»*• BpH
A® ##M®I R*# tfe
•ayiog eoly quietly hoi with tfimfr
of the feeder, si
the now seede at ohriatluuRy in the
—tel jmliHif at reihHMHi HteMHlML Idl
at the ftahtmlh.
tho
iheu
q. v . si|*ai.Mi*ik at ft #>l ( 'tf sisfi li itxi fte ~ A a inlA ffkll
OIklA w^ vHHv1* pop umr
Mo inn in ppiqmipminmn ;neutng by toll fhri
W ' J, , , ; ; , If jj,>
(tee needs to
ogata in got thettted wtlh Mo oubbaw
B1 l m aftiiMxi-ndmsm LaxI
11 Ni HA wm#
by one foiled bun. He hi outer
And all the rubble circaumtauccs
at leuut were ouprepiUiias. Helpful
brace a shivering soul
I make a onwards tongue
If cue hoe rich frieads uud
st treig fi wnds. il «um* has great buck
mg of the bverned utni the mighty
it imports Muttrogv. If «mh* bus the
») wpothir* of u nation, «r a party,
or a sort. It M a stay mid shirbl.
But the Christ bus none of three.
He hue u kingdom, but etiangely
it is not of ti*r eosbl. “A
Aioaudsneul* he gave to the
He set uetelr the uhureh trs-
diUous ; hr Mood outside of the sect,
(le «lri|ib»c«d the tTevd and pat him
self instead. Ur fronted angularly
against all tbe popular cuimiU, and,
•riling up hri own kingdom, prom
rird the uudomg and ov nrthmw of
ffmimfet frtefiSri k^'‘ t cbfitofr8ATH hfMrr 1
oo does lie ignore the popular thought
and the dominant orthodoxy *«d rr
UgMW* habit of tbe time.
Um eoorceu of courage thup are
all inward. He ri brave hecaaae of
behest. It ie due to him to set hri
(oor foi ward, and lltuugb tender and
innocent as a child's, keep it there if
all the hell* billow hot into it.
Not ie this all. Bncli courage, so
nAugulsrijr static and unaided by hu-
tnun *\ m|NKthy or lustitutioii, is not
sscftv stubburuness. It giust be
msiutoined >u the light ui infiuito
neetug. No soul ri obh> to set itself
squarely against all the prevailing
taudetuure of iu time, all the organ
ised posers of king and pi teal, church
and state, only as it ha* immense
out tank, ouly os U has the viflfou of
the things that must he, the victo
ries that are to come, the kingdom*
that aft to rule in the earth, the des
times that ore to prevail, the uuarcu
vmtiee that are to Lake authority
and reign. Iu u word, a courage like
< ni i*t a that never bod a doubt, that,
sios forever patriot and sweet, that
nrtt to the dremltul night of the
baling of God's face, still held itself
mwotatrly Iu the purpose of aacrifi
aril work, such a courage must have
been tmoyed by an infinite seeing,
by a oouneksusaes* that env inaged alt
the subalance* and entities. To l*e
brave like Jeans ri indeed something
to prey for and to struggle to resliw*.
Maroi
i»
Sky-Wladowx
ttay siudows! Would to God lliat
our soul* hod more of them! Would
that the dour sunlight at his smile,
and the caressing warmth of hri love
could Hood down upon us and draw
our eyas from tbe taw scene* ou
which wo hove learned to dwell.
Wo hare grown familiar with tbe
narrow courts and confined ways of
this life, while the fall rouge of tho
heavens of grace 4s auketowu to us.
Most of oor windows op*« down
ward, and we forget that the clear
sunlight ri shiuing above while wo
gw so iota tho fog and smoke which
have settled around us! Oh ! tf we
only know how much buret and
sweeter tho Mb ri than we have
imagined, wo would toon no Ume iu
reachiug tho topotovy of oor being,
that wo might get a broader view of
the whole and oro it* wondrous pro
pOftMMM J
Do WO out too often live down iu
the bonomofil whore life reomt too
•ad, too unsxpUtaabri to be borne 1
Tbm rising o Uttta, maybop, we
now* late the oooood story of oor
fright'd um down there were but
burn-to dial low plain und could
have no power above it, Irani a m>J£
Nufliri'Micy «»f trust by seriug that
we are oil a level with our neighbor*.
By and by, m Urn the soul has grown
out ot those earth tendencies, and
tangs through pain and lass for surer
rest, we reach (lit* upjier looms with
the upjier ojienings, its sky window* J
Then how the glory drifts around
us! Below ri the throbbing, rcst-
Iras lifatef sense! Above, the calm,
moosurelcws jk*scc of heaven!
Zncoaragement to Preachars.
God has created us to be useful
sud happy. Helfishness is such a
oomiKMieoi jairt of man, and so
prominent in bin various tratisac-
ttans, that it utterly fails to reuderhiin
happy. The great secrecy of being
happy is to lie good. The way to
hapfiitieMi is to minister to tallow
being* in the time of their sorrows.
Our Saviour went snoot doing good
to the bodies and souls of men (Acts
x: 38.) Sinister motives may prompt
men to preach tin? Gospel, but ri not
tbenmober numerically small f Those
who are desirous of doing-good will
tael no small degree of uneasiness
if their labors are not attended with
some degree of success. Ha* not
many a faithful laborer in the har
vest fields of salvation left them be-
entire he was not in his estimation
sufth'iontly encouraged ? And is not
the temptation general to the am
bassadors of Christ! While they
are praying, and studying, and la
boring, and their Iwtievolent mind*
are anxious to hear of some good ef-
fi*t*t in some parts of their fields, the
voire of disoonrageuient mhiglea
with all the tidings, and disappoint
ments meet them on every hand.
“Let none, however, cugaged fn this
sacred work, despair* While under
water who cun tell u bat the net-con
tains! In the present state no one
con ted or know the extent of tbe
evidence should not Wring littn Wf
the rotH-lusion that bis labors are
useless. Besides, it may not be pro
per for a minister of the Goejiel to
know to what extent his labors have
been blessed. .No doubt God will
grant him tbe eucouragemcut neces
sary for the work, and waiting with
palrioce until the appointed time,
tbe whole shall be disclosed. There
fore, ignorance of the success should
not influence the minister to relax
bis exertions, nor the failure to dis
cover the degree of his usefulness
produce iudiffercuoe iu bis high and
holy coiliug. One or two aoeodotes
may afford encouragement to minis
ters. About fifty years ago, a miu-
feMor of the Gosfiel was called to the
solemn and tm;x>rtaut work of preach
ing the Gospel to hri fellow sinners,
and on ncooout of his limited abili
ties he was extremely diffident.—
Havtug preached for a number of
years seemingly w ithout any success,
b» iraolrml to preach no more. Iu
the midst of a aerniou ou a Sabbath
allortioon. be w as no suuiteacd that
he mate to the inevitable cotn-lusiou
he had delivered Itri last public dis-
courw*. As he was *|iending the
evening with some, of hri chrritiau
friends, he declared that lie could
not attend the eveniug rervice, and
intimated that im had preached his
lost sertuou. The company endeav
ored to repreicut the disapjKiiutmeut
it mu*4 be U> a large congregation,
already asnembiing, mid os no other
minister could be procured to sup
ply hri place, they, therefore, begged
him to make another effort. But
their remonstrance* were all in vain.
Ill* determinations were completely
fixed. At that very moment a knock
was heard at the door, and tho per
son who entered wns a good old ex-
pcrieuced Christian lady. She soon
stated tbe object of her visit, which
wot to request the minister to preach
that evening from a particular pas
sage of scripture. She addressed
the company thus: “I can not ac
count for it, bet I could not be hap
py without coming from home to
desira it might be preached this very
evening.” The words of tbe text
were these: “Then I said, I will
speak no more in hri name; but hri
words were os Are shut up in my
booeo, and I was weary with for
bearing, and I could not stay.”—Jer.
XX : A. The effect prodnoed upon the
preacher by this extraordinary dr-
ru instance iras sach that be resolved
to preach from the word* that eve
ning ; and be experienced much lib
erty in the discourse on that mem
orable occasion, and ban continued
ever sinee encouraged and comfort
ed. arid moodNKffil anooeas tea at-
teadod his Inborn in the GoopeL Thu
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goml woman who was instrumental
iu such a favorable change iu the
career of a Gospel minister, has of
ten protested since that she was cu
tirely ignorant of the minister’s in
tention, or of the preceding debate
between hint and the company as
setnbled.
How mauy servauts of God arc
excrcistHl by almost constant uueusi-
ness that so small a degree* of suc
cess attends their arduous work in
winning souls to Christ! It is writ
ten of the late Rev. Mr. Warrow, of
Manchester, England, that a few
days before hri death, be complained
to some of hri people how uusocces*
ful bis preaching was. During tbe
last eight years of his ministry he
could remember but one soul brought
to the knowledge of the truth. The
reflection of such a fruitless ministry
tended greatly to discourage him.
It appeared to him that after put
ting forth tbe best efforts to epnvcti
sinners, be had “gathered nothing
but leaves.* After ha\ tug preached
two sermons more the Lord colled
him to rest from hi* earthly labor*.
Soon after hri death, between twenty
and thirty jiersous made application
for church membership, declaring
that they were awakened unitar those
two last sermons. Tiu- great truth
that wo learn from this auecdot* m
that the work of the minister doe*
not cud with him. Let him remem
ber that his work is not done while
he can preach another sermon, oi
speak another won! in the name of
Jesus. In the strength of tbe Di
vine Master let every servant go en
couragingly forth. For, “He that
goeth forth and weepeth, bearing
precious seed, shall doubtless come
agoiu with rejoicing, bringing hri
sheaves with him.”—P*. cxxvi: (i.
Tho workman dies, bat the work
still goes on. While the laborer rests
from hri toils, and enjoys his hire,
the mighty work in which he was
engaged goes on still without any
decrease or diminution. Be encour-
e ftAoiflci u M>»
positions until the coming of the
Lord. Servants of God, stand at
yonr jiosts. Like a steady old pilot
at the helm, brave tbe mattering
midnight storm; the skies will soon
be clear again; and the ship of Zion
will anchor iu tho harbor. There
are mysteries iu grace as well as iu
uatnre. Dark and frowning clouds
often veil our skies; the ways which
hea v a has appointed seem hedged
before us; and who can tell us why Y
lu our plaits v hich wo thought were
right, we are sadly disappointed.
Mauy a fair and glorious morning is
changed to shades of darkest night.
Tho friends whom we thought were
most true have proved false, and
left us to suffer alone; aud oor Mas
ter’s exjicrience ri ours, too: “What,
could ye not watch with me oue
hour !”—Matt, xxvi: 40. Indeed it
ri sad to “see truth—bleeding—
crushed to earth;” but we know it
shall rise agaiu, aud tread proud
boastful error in the dust—ah 1 when ?
Iu God’s appointed Ume. What
though we hear the “shouts of
wrong—and we iu bitter anguish
cry,* “How loug, O Lord, how long!”
—Rev. vi: 10. Cheer up! cheer ap!
ye gospel heralds! that which is
now wrapped in shadow’s mystic
scroll will soon be as clear as day,
and the “loving baud of Jesus will
wipe all tears away.” “For the Lamb
which is in the midst of the throne
shall feed them, and shall lead them
unto living fountains of waters; and
God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes.*—Rev. vii: 17.
Bo encouraged, ye ministers of the
Gospel! the wrong which ri permit
ted for a season to have sway shall
be dethroned; and a little darkness
shall give way before the light of a
glorious day. The promise ri to the
faithful. “Be thou faithful unto
death, aud I will give thee a crown
of life.*—Rev. ii: 10. If yon do not
know here you shall know hereafter
for what you Buffered; you shall see
how the grace of suffering brought
you to your heavenly rest; and with
ceaseless voices thank your heavenly
Father that he did what he saw in
hri wisdom and gxaoAtoest for yon.
“Oh! let it cheer you ever,
To know God reigns above:
And to feel, in tbedsfkeM.hours,
That surely God foioro.”
[Luth. Obnerver.
Next to Godliness.—A neat,
clean, fresh-aired, sweet, cheerful
well-arranged house, exerts a moral
influence over its inmates, and makes
the members of a family peaceable
and odnaiderate of each other’s feel
ings. On the contrary, a filthy,
squalid, noxious dwelling, contri
butes to make its inhabitants selfish,
sensual, aad regardless of the feeel-
tefi of others.
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