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Zion's .Lainlmafksc
159
( iiZ\'c ^'^v.v to the liesli \ve
1 of tin* r«Ain corr''ptosu ; l)Ut
i. \vi^u',v sluiU of the
fv'ir't reap life ever!ust:u;.r.
(iact of oJuMroii w'lo are
minded, disobedient l6 parents, nn-
ihaiikiid. urdiolv trucc-breake.rs. \\ liat
headv, jovfalh'a.Q'h gratefally Ida Creator in.
tlio iirst (lays of ids Spiritaal v
outli,
'ibn'O” are manv rc'^uests fi’oin
ih'rda-en and ii'iondsfin’ my \-icws oti
n.xvs Cl the ilibu'. As impi'OS-
^eens '.ua.i spaee are e'ivem 1 w.U eu-
'lea. vur to expres.s tiieoi bneily. One
'''.sier from .N'c'.v York wishes them
i;
.(V
Id; A es iitll(»ws; ‘Clemeci-
ber, now tijV ( I'ea.o'r ill the days of
iin.' \'oath, wiulc: die evil days come
I; i, nor the yeans draw nigli when
t'ani shaltsay, I have no pleasure in
a ’poor idea of obedience to law
and
I iumi.
ddie hist verso of tljo pri'ccding
'.■Ii.‘!'ptcr savs, ror eliildlnKid and youth
are vanity Oid is sure to come
wimn alMhe powers of nature will
ihl'.asisso well described in this
atithnrily, wliat little regard uir aged
iK'Oirle, what unwillingness to labor
wo)’!viiK>’ with one's own hands, what
••want of reverence for truth, 'what ox-
travp.o-ant n ations of dress and lash-
O
ion are now' seen in tho.se who irrc the
taught in Sunday Schools!
d’he (rue teaching that loads one to
remember his Creator in the days of
his voutli, by liumbiing his soul unto
submission to God, showing him the
end of alifesh—dust and ashes—ami
the true effect of such teaching, iianv'-
!v—to fear tlis* Lord—wdiieii is the
I
iH'gumm ‘f' I
(A wisdom, is only taught
irrdji bij the Spirit of God.
Manv an Old Bajdist will tell you
llrit from early cliildhood, before the
vliairter, which, .states that at the end days dreov on when old age
-ifftiling, v!
rain,, sutfering hfe, '‘Then
;-]!a;l the diwt return to the earth as
it was; and fne Sfilrit shall ratuni
■unto God wlvogavv it.” Lot return
to be a 5>art of (rod a.s some suppose
the soul will do, hut it is a gift from
G(m1 and shall return to rlie Maker
and, (diver. See Lsiii, 57: 16.
liumau life ends in suffering, dis
ease a!id death, and God vrill bring
everything unto judgment. 'T'or
God will bring every work into
judgment, with every secret thing,
wiiether it be good, or wiiether it be
evil.” Led. 12:14.
'i'iicn is not 'wisdom’s voice direct
ed to Ine youth ? Do the Scriptures
remtiiu silent as to this matter?
In Led. 11:9, the following strange
laiHTuage is used: “Lejoice, O young
ma,n in thy youth ; and let thy heart
cheer thee in the days ot thy yirnth,
and wvilk in the ways of thy heart,
•and in the sight of thine eyes; but
know ili.ou that for all these things
God v/iii bring-thee into judgment.”
if the wild young man is licensed
to follow Iris vain course of life but
I'orewanied of the end; buc it is not
a license to do -wrong but a forcible
keen style of warning is used. Wliile
[hie Sericitures teach tire duty of
parents to restrain tlieir dilldren, to
rule their liouscs well, and to bring
tiicm up ia t'iie nurture and adinoni-
lion of tlic Lord, the teaching is very
different from that of tlie modern
Cuudav Bdiool mel’iod of endeavor
in'?- to make the offence of the cross
to cease, ’oy teaching tlie goodncs.s of
bunjiin nature, and tlie popularity of
-t-cllgion. The modern system of
teaching chilckrcn is not to tdi them
of their vileness and the vanity of
youth, and of the necessity of being
born again, but a system of religion
in forms and fasliions is incuicated.—
Childi'en are aiiur^ieu bv splendid ex-
seined and stiffened his limlis, and he
was bov.'cd clown under the infirmity
and weigiit of years, until the grass-
jiopuer was a burden, he felt the vilc-
ness of his nature, and saw the end of
all fiesli. From youth they are taught
the vanity and folly of Imman nature,
and the fear of llic Lord, and thus re
member their Creator in the days of
th.eir youth. This God requires of
them in his word of truth, and he en
ables them to do this, or he fulfills
his word in them, for what tlie word'
of God requires of his lost people, Jtie
covenant of grace mercifu ly
for them, and the Spirit
thera ; and thus what the J‘i\
out as necessary for them to do or
jiosscss is^oblained for them in tneir
covenant head, and from liii'a de
scends into the body (the Church), or
is fulfilled in them.
This teaching is to be held up be
fore the people and told to mankind
by his witnesses, wdio are to deciare
wliat God lias done for them.
Happy the soul who 'n early life
rameinb^rs Ins Creator, wliosliiin.s tue
path of ruin and enjoys the fellow
ship of God. His life i- spcirt m
s'crving tlie IjOivI, Ant in? coinmoii
notion of man is lospend tlie prime ot
life in serving self and wlicn old age
comes, then, when his labor is woi'tli-
less to liimself, lie will serve God.-- -
T'lic very fact that a ma:i ]'»uts off re
pentance shows that lie does not w'avt
ASSOCIATIOHAL
AVk ciijoyed tu» pleasirre and
privilege of attending the (..'uunt-Lg
j^ine Association a few duv.s ago. 1
met among a sot of Baptists -'vol
krmv/n for their no.-^jiitality and kind
iicss to tlicir .Bretiiren and to string .
ers. Yfe enjoyed the kindness ol
Brother J. hi. Harri.s and Iji’other
Terry who didl their ’part w’dl in en
tertaining large numbe-r* of gue.sts,
and we doubt not,but what they ali
did tlicir part 'well. The congrega
tion was very large a-ud we thought
well-behaved all tilings considered.
It was our jileapure to meet some
of the Bretiiren from Virginia. Elder
Turner of Virginia told us he re
membered the day wiien there were
none of the modern isms (as Boards,
Sunday Schools, &c.,) in the Church.
Those were days of peace and good
will among Eaptisk. Within the
memory of Brother Turner these cor
rupting measures and means of man’s
device liave crept in to mar the peace
of the Church, and rap.ke manifest
tliose wlio are not of tnc truth. The
lovers of neiv and strange things have
run away vrith tlicir pot measures and
left us, but not alone; and -we still
contend for the truth and have the
trnth. Where are those among them
tliat love tlfo truth? Let them en
quire for the good old way and walk
therein, and they shad find rest to
their souls.
We heard Elder McDowell, whose
name was so deiaraed in the Chatham
Tribune tliat it called forth Brother
Bodenhanier’s stunning condemnation.
W e are not surprised that our enemies
should liaie Brother McDo-w(4!, for
lie does most ably and effectually ex-
]>ose their ci'aft. Hence they say ot
him, “We luitehiin because he propli-
esies evil of us.” We love t!io pure
liberty-loving fcarles.s chaimctcr of-these
free-born Y'irginians. . ,
tW” The Union Association meets
on Satuirlay before the 3rd Sunday
n October, 1873, witli Friendship
Jhirrcli, 12 miles Xcsrth of Valdosta
)ii the A. & G. IF R-., Lowndes Co.,
lu.
The Se ivaun oc A ssecia t io n
meets on Saturday bcfoi'e the 4thSun
day in Sfjiteiuber, 187;}, with Yew
Mope Church, Alachua Co., Fla.
The Mt. Enou R. B. ..(ssoci-
ition meets on Saturday' before tlie
3rd Sunday iii Yovember, 1873, witii
Empire Church, Sumter 'Go., Fla.,
20 miles-South ofOkahumka.
The South Carolina Rriini-
tivc Baptist Association will convene
with the Church of Ciu-ist at Bethsai-
da, if the Lord permit, on I-^riday
before the Second I^ord’s Dajg in.
October next, nine miles Yorth ot
Camden, Kcrsliaw County, S. C.—
Services to commence 111 o’clock in
the morning.
We earnestly solicit rdl Alinister-
ing Brethren wlio can to visit nS at
that time and place. ’
hi. McCkawp
Primitive Baptist -will please copy.
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The next Tosnot Union will
be held witli tlie Church at Scott’s
Meeting House, in Wilson Count}',
on tlie 30tli and 31st days of August
next. Brethren visiting the Union
irom the South by raib^ffl' be met,
at Black Creek Depot on Fri Jiyv, the
20th and those from the Yordi at
Wilson on the same day^
The Little River Association
expects to meet on Friday before the
4th Sunday in September, at Clement,
Joluison County, A". C., 9 miles from
tlie Y. C. R. R., at Selma where vis
itors will be met-.
to repent, ff-r what we truly wish to
do we do not wi.sh to postjinnc.
\Vhat a blessed thhig to Ui'c. Uie
life of the righteous, for L.iien our-last
cud Siiall be like h’s. In oki afgr we
shall thus still bear feint. The cud
of the iiiiright is peace.
The Cln'isffan romembe?-; his Crea
tor in tile day .' of his S])i'’:‘raal youth
too. He rcpiombars Id -' .rava
f
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(lelivcraiice, •’oc rrv ''r> foi
h.i;.'.id'on;i of art, a
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by ti.e 1
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i'bons of ti e
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.{'urm an-d ieff er
id dr
gospel are
f lie (1 " - u n
.■nab!e,s him to
t.iuyht, w!;ii(? the
power
of tlic gospei
! 'L b .. k U 1 ik ' g!-
: lo -hi.' lime.
denied. The fruit o
f this, rnon-
even vrlieii he is Ave;; »trk iceu and
.'feous -felseiiOGd,
new S'O
boldly per-
burdene'd vdtli
the infinni"
-oetmted, is felt and sren
,i;i the cor."
ties of old age. Ho
remember s mo-1
Fo-rgiveiiesso is ta'ugi'd to tlm Saint
-',vk('n the M.’i’i thousand talents of - Ids
iiidebtcdncss is frankly? (freely') for
given him i)V his Lord, and it should
be shown by him when tlie small debt
of a few .pence is due 1dm from Ills
brollier, no Vv'orse than lie is by na
ture. AJus how little we show that
we lia’ve bci.-a forgiven -'.vlienwe srrrn-
:v demand that our Brethren should
■ lav us all ihoy owe. A Brother may?
offend ns iminieutionally, and w-e,
instead of fiirgiving 1dm, olnrish
malice to our own, as well as to ids
hurt, or he may have offended us
knowingly, and wo, instead of going
to our Brotiier and iv-eking peace,
’rumoonr malice and i;t-ieehr:g until
we a:’0 tlmov/n inlr tlie nriso.-. of ?,A-d
tiSr The Kehulvoe Asi-'ociatii'm “is
expected to Ik; lield with ike Church
at Cross Roads, 8 ndles from Tarbo-
ro, Edgecombe County, AT. C., on
tlu'-dth, 5tii, and (>tli davs of Oedober
next. B'rethren in .all (drections ar«
cordiallv iivvitei! to attend. T'liose
coming by rail road sliould endeiryor
to be at Tarboro on Friday afternoon
3rd of Octob-er, so as to be met and
provided for by? friends A branch of
the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
extends I'ru-iu Rocky Mount to Tar
boro. • C. B. Hassfxl.
fddr T'ffe Conlentnca Association
is ajipointed to be held with the
Church at Aycook’s, Wayne County,
Y. (h, nmir the ffYilmington & Wel
don Ra'i broad, on Saturday before'(he
2nd c-niiday in Oikobcr, 1873.—
Breilio.a: vi.’’ti-ig by Railroad coming.
iVom the So’-ffh whl be met at Fre-
nionl;, liKve coming tfoiii the Yortli
at Biiick Creek.
ArU)IYTMEXTrf.
.:bcA^;f and. inuebffx-ncss, ralhcr ti an
I
i humble poor old proud self. MM are i tbimv-'-j:
ta-'ight by .God to love one auotlicr,! Tiu-Mlrv. isi SmKky i-y'M
and how carefully' we slioui'.l show
tlmt Ave s'k so taught by loving our
Erethron, and seeking the peace of
Zion,
i;e ;i
It is
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;'w:A ihai: prcacJ.uiig
II the iVm'val -af the .1
lCl Corieiiimou 'ov
G-Iis, as
‘iV
1'l'i
; ; ■
ronct.'.r.
('id '.roivn (d'C".’’ .
I rit'-.'rT.'vr
tvi;
visiting tteso Assoeir-
tion.? c’’c i cqu'-. hV to fill the appoint
ments.
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