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covenant it is without any change
•r repentance.- God never regrets
these gifts and callings which he has
made, so that he should change of
repent and turn his'eourse afterw’ard,
and recall the blessing he had giten,
or purposed to give. If he reserved
to himself a people among the Jews
long ago he will bring this people
into the blessings designed for them
and will not altar or annul the
thing that is gone out of his lips.—
lie grants repentance to man, and
leads him to repentance, since man
is corrupt and unholy, but the Lord
is not a man that he should/epent.
The consideration on which it is
given (the blood of Jesus) ever re
mains good, and the callings of God
are based on the merit of Christ and
are yea hud amen to the Glory of
God the Father in him.
Kow there i.s yet a remnant among
the Jews tliat are beloved for the
sake of their fathers such as Abra
ham to whom Christ was ju'omised
as his seed, and in that 'seed, that
all nations, Jew’s and Gentiles,
should be blessed. Now the natural
branches are broken off, and some
wild olive branches are, - coufrary to
jiature, graned in, but such Gentile
l)ranc!ies are not to boast, for by
fvtith they stand, and boasting is ex-
cluded by faith. If the Gentile be
lievers abide in faith which excludes
bo.'isting they will abide still, and
through the mercy that reaches them
(he Jews sh:ill yet obtain mercy.—
The first fruit of this Jewish stock
(Abraiiam, Isaac, Jacob, &c.,) was
holy and hence the lump is also
Violy. God yet has a people among
the literal Jews and w’hen the har
vest ripens they shall he gat,.ered
in. Gentiles cannot boast over the
Jews, the rich olive tree that bore
them; the natural branches also
bear the Gentile hranches-wild by
nature. What a reason for thank
fulness and fear.
We behold the Jews, vet na-
turally a peculiar people, separate
from the nations, literally to them-
pelves, a byw’ord and a hissing among
all nations, having no national home
fir certain dwelling place, yet pre-
Fsrving th.eir distinct, national, Jew
ish peculiarities with more tenacity
than Ihe Gentiles, who are grouped
into great national existences. A
figure perhaps of Spiritual Israel,
separated from the nations of the
world, having no national existence,
hated of all nations, yet so distinct-
resemblance to
eacb other and their head that it
may be said of this mart and of that
one,---such are born in Jerusalem -—
It is a singular, striking and suffi
cient proof of’the truthfulness of the
divine record that the Jew’s so dis
tinctly preserve their national, an
cestral peculiarities under such un
favorable circumstances. What
other people ever have? This was
foretold of them. Prophesy also
declares that God yet has a people
among them. The 25 and 26th ver
ses of the chap (xi Pom.) seem to
plainly foretell that. After the ful
ness of the Genales, Shall have come
in, then shall the reserve of the
Jews be called: God hath concluded
all in unbehef; what for? Surpris
ing to say, that he might have mer
cy on all. Here are depths of the
riches, both of the wisdom and
knowledge of God, that call fortii
such strong expressions of w’onder
from Paul. Here are judgments
how unseachable and ways how far
beyond finding out!
Paul,
who was
the Apostle, sent
far hence to the Gentiles, for the
Jews would not hear him, magnifies
his office by earnestly, faithfully and
revival of their ancient legal or cere
monial rituals, but gospel, new
covenant blessings shall flow to them,
and they shall coine to the holy
mount at Jerusalnm (to true Mount
Zion) and wmi’ship the Lord Jesns,
whom their fathers crucified. The
true w’or.shipcrs, shall worship the
Father in Spirit; not in any particu
lar place or mount.
The character of the w’orsliipers,
and the nature of the return of the
Jew’s to the promised laud is expres
sed in this chapter; “There shall
come out of Sion the deliverance,
and shall turn away ungodliness
from Jacob.”
The new’ covenant blessings of
life and peace shall be revealed to
them, w’hen the vail is taken from
their heart, and ungodliness is turn
ed from them. Whether of one
country or another, in spirit and
truth, they shall call on the Lord in
that great day when the Jews shall
turn unto the Lord. The hearts of
the Fathers are towards the children,
and the hearts of the children sliall
worship in spirit as did their father
Abraham.
unccasin
gly preaching the gospel to
the Gentiles, yet he lias a deep and
strong fellow-feeling for the Jews,
his kindred in the flesh, and would
gladly provoke them to emulation
by the blessed condition of the be
lieving Gentiles and lakes much
comfort in the divine assurances,
that God has a people yet among
the Jews. He reminds the Gantilcs
that it is divine mercy that sent the
gospel to the Gentiles, and the same
faithful God has reserved to him
self a people among the Jews whom
he will yet bring.
If the natural branches were bro
ken off, and wild branches w’cre graf-
fV'd in, contrary to nature, how’ much
more shall not God graff in the na
tural hranch.es, yet beloved for tlieir
fathers’ sake, and if through the un
belief of the Jew’s mercy reached the
Gentiles, how much rather shall not
that same mercy rebound to the
Jewsjthrough its exercise tow’ards
the Gentiles.
It matters not then if the Jew’s
still abide in unbelief, for it exliibits
a much greater fulness of the Gen
tiles than if the gospel had returned
to them long ago.
We do not understand that there
is to be any literal return of the
Jews to Jerusalem, nor any rehnild-
We are glad that the Records ol
the Cor.tcnluea Association have
been oblaincd. It w’as thought they
inN. C., my native State, by way of
renewing my subscription for the lit
tle messenger that bears the marks
of Zion’s Land, prepared^_ by Her
Glorious King, for all His Royal
Family. By the grace of God the
family of the Heaveuly King may
expect me to continue my support to
keep fl'.e little Missionary on his cir
cuit, since he prcadies jtot self, hut
Jesus and Him crucified, the.se ar«i
the Missionaries of God, sent of tl^e
fi-.tlier, the Missionaries of men, sent
of men, preach, self. I haye^uo sup
port for men-made Missiona^|, nor
am I detered from, nor yet make it
an excuse to withold my support
from my Fathers Missinnries that i.s
to them for their love and labor in th«
gospel of the Kingdom of Grace, be
cause of the abuse made liy incn-
made Missionaries, inthi.s liberty in
tliegospel. My very excellent Broth
er, 1 once tried to live with these men
made Missionaries and-1 know wdiat
tliey preach, and 1 know my fathers
cliiidren can not eat and grow’ on
their mixed poUar/e, and since I left
their fold, I have been serely stung
with the two seed heresy coming
from the polluted iijis of men, claim
ing to he Old Bchool Iiapti.sts. Mv
Christian friends c.an any one km w
how’ to aj'preciate the feelings of a
soul thus ljarras.sed and distressei
with the devil’s gospel of faisehood,
save those w’iio have gone through
the same firy or-lcal. A eoldier
ihat will not fight for King Jesig
and Ids cause is not worthy of hi
rn.
d.y»ago, .l,cy [, “ S”.ta t
w’ere di^overed, where they had
been safely put away by our afflicted
hrathev Mi'.Daniel, the former cierk
of the Associtition.
The Church Advocate is a new
paper pubhs’.ed at Gray villa 111., hy
pel to every creature (saint and sin
ner) and leave the event with God
your father.*
Farewell,
W. F. THOMASON.
Elder Sam uel Potter, at 50 per
annum.
So far as we have seen we cora-
me-nd its principles to the enquirers of
truth and wl.-’n it succe.'S.
Appointments.
Elder Wm. IMiicheil informs me
that he sent a letter to th. Land
marks in reply to tlie request of
Elder Vanmeter I regret tluah
not been received. There
office one letter from brother
to be piibl^iMij^ ai^I regret t
one to brotner Vanmeter has uov been
r.’OciVed
lA'^erving their
jHoMMUNICATED.
Lonoke ^Station, Ark. ) ^^l^onday Rost.
Elder L. I. Bodenlnimer has ap-
pointmcnt.s to preach as follows fh«
Lord willing;
1st Sunday in February, 1873 Tois-
not.
Monday Tjower Black Creek.
Tuesday Aycoek’s.
Wednesday White Oak.
^’hurs lay Meadow.
ijday Ty.*^on’s
urday Great Swamp.
Sunday in February Flat Swamp.
Monday Skewarkey.
Tuesday Spring Green.
WednC’^day Com>ho.
Thursday Keehukee.
Friday Deep Creek.
Saturday Lawrence’s.
3d Sunday Tarboro.
ugh-
Dec. 14, 1872. |
Ecdbb P. D. Got.d:—-Tery
ly esteemed and respected Brother
for Christ’s sake, I embrace the pres
ent opportunity to make manifest ray
t. twD c... V.... V.,........... ---J , I unfeigned lo%’e for yonrsclf, together
ing ol the earthly temple, nor any with all my fathers children rtSiding
Tuesday Little Creek.
Wednesday Sparta.
Thursday Lower Tow’U Creek.
Fridav Pleasant Flill.
Saturday Upper Tow’n Creek.
4th Sunday Toisnot.
Elder Bodenhamer wiii need c*a-
vevsnee.