I M T
^'n
JZ^ioirs LaiHimarkg*
tiu^ li()us(i‘hj!;i at (iod, and are i reHurreetion.’’
H4JJ—1—M .'iim’i
the tentH of'Kedar was }>crliaj>s he- ing the truth to be evii snoken of hr
bu.lt upon the foundation of theapos-| I should have attempted an answer i cause of the hostile cliaracter of his
neifijhbors.
Mesech or Meshecli was a descen
dant of Japhetii, a gentile. In
t.es and propliets^ Jesus Christ be-| to this‘iooncr but iny severe illne,ss
ing the diiei corner-^tone, in whom , prevented. Even iiov/ I can write
all tile Iniilding fitly fr lined togeth- ; but very little, I will say however, to
er growetii inio a holy temple in the j Elder ('ranfill tliat 1 have no knowl- Ezekiel '27 : 13 “Javan, TuItjI, and
l,oi.i. Xo\s, biotl'cr Gold, let me j edge ol any time since J have had | Mesech, they were thy merchant.s ;
In.u fio.n _\ou throiigli tl « IjA.nd-j a hope in Jesus and had any reflee- | they traded in the persons oi' men
MAUK.s, -md give my love to my | tion upon the suliject ®-f the reMir- am! v(»sels of bra.ss in thr market.’'
am! a;! sour dear children.— | rection, tliKt I iiaV'C for (me moment
\v e h ive tins rreasure in eartheiE do ihted tl!e re.surrcction of these vile
ve>s--is, that the jiower and oxeedeney :‘-hodii s t 'At sleep in dust.” 'fo de-
imiy oe o! tjfod and not ot us; th -re- I ny the resurrec-tion of these bodies,
(or -, .iioriiy Go 1 in yoiirspirit and in ; these r/ui,hly bodies—would he tode-
yo:ir IsKiy w.neh are his. N) it is | stro tiie very id(>a of a rcsiirrei'tion
reaHon of their [lervcrted teachings^
“Tiiat I dwell in the tents of Iv">
dar.”—Kedar is a .so-ri nf Islimaelv
and the word means lilackness,sorrow'
»e, A man mav have a black eon!-
noi oJiinn that wii eth nor of him : it all. ibit it must be remembered
iliat these vile, polluted, earthly bod-
tii u ra.i.ieiiijuac oi God that showelli
I.i S.i, i must aeknowiedge that
1 ’ m-ver i een nine to live as 1
Ge.-u> no, imt do l>eiieve Ids grace vile, po'lnted. earthly, earn:
A Ilian rf pure spirit would not
love sueii a s|M!eiilation as that of
tradiii!, in men.
Kedar was one of the sons of Tsh-
rtiael and black in colorarid character.
.Mesht'ch im'aos drawn In' force.
Ktsim means blackness and soi’row.
A tciie Israelite, in winmi i.s noouile.
ies of the saints, a>e “chariued ’ in the |eom|H‘lled to sojourn with t'ne deeeit-
ivsiirreetion, and do not come forfli
plexioii and a pure whiteprmeiple, of
he may have a white skin and a black
principle. I am not eo itendmg for
this color of blackness, but for the
figure ami its signifie-inee.
Jshmael was fxirn after the flesh
and pers eute-l the eld'd of promis’,
even so now be that is born after tlw
flesli persecut(-.,s the new m-in. Tli-sr
temts of Kedar answer to rhe flc'h
|7rineiple, fi.'sh rebgio'i, and f!('sfi p^a'-
nor
li.i-. •eeii .-iiiji.-.ent mr me all in_i I mortal ; but holy, juire, spiritual and
jx,I.!cy !j.ir,Mgi),:v:)d amolten made to immorfal, fiisidoned like the 'ioi-i-
vi-_\ in .-ieert't io my.itnf: Prai.se tiie
.Eord, Oil., ms .•■.ou; ! Eo the poor af-
fiieuci i-aiid.'. eav( joy.s the world
j^;^o'.vs mulling lUxHU.
1 wiii leii •>on aui! .sister a dream
fill trading-men of Mes«.-h, ■ r doom
mis body of Christ, Phil. 3; 21.
ed to doei! in the sorrowful, lilivk
tents of Ktsiar, wiiere t/ie vio'em-e of
svar is fe t and the filthiness of oiaek-
fpv'uiion. .Every ehri.sri-sn dwe’i-i is
"irtopf
the t(-nifs of Kedar. or in an e
tabernacle ss'ith corruption, infeep-j
with the plague of Icp'-osv, and it
i seems nrrhajts more evident to Idia
, , , , . , ! pcst-hoirse or teMtofhab- | t.^ any other  hristiao that tl.ery
As J am not aide to write at length t itation, would feel some'.rriat as Dav- I : . ,
upon thiH or any otlit^r I iaipe j liinisolf th»* .Psalm. A
orothci’ Craiifili will be able to gather ; frtie Isritelife iia-ti's tiie deccitfu! tri'-ks | ;
I .sin reign in vou'’mortai 'rsiie.s.” I’idi*
from the amive something “definite’ j am! violence of raise n-digion, and the j
mplie*. tfmt sin i.s in tiu'rc, :>fit a«
1 i.mi eoim- ume iast Spring: 1 -as lo my views of tiie resuiTeetion of : black habitation offiltld
owner of tiie tent gr-suer thus
«ire.niieii i 'Was cnanging worios
tnmi,>,et tlie e.id tiad come, and 1 .saw
»: great eo npan/ an-ing out of the
I V _5
oiir mortal l)odi*s.
Yours, in afilietion,
Vy. M. MrrcuKLL.
fcu-iii, an.i -is 1 ,-iioud looking at the j Febnum/ 2(ith, 1874.
► gf I ill(-11.'.(i me 1 lieiu’d the most
fcciigm.ui s;Migmg' tliat c'’er ■ saiutc.i
Hi-; e.irs —rri.w.ned lo be out of mv
6 gilt, wiine i ih'iug.'it I had to go
to iccm. I .uogeit ;) the riglit ami
t.iw mie \\a ,.i.!g very f.st towards
the -pigipg', oiib ! -vtill stood still
■VKPv'ing tiios- ar-)nml niv. Tliev
tfcemcvi io i)c VI ill dartt. and
nv e nark one. : ;...'opIe, and wiiile
tiami.ng tic i’e i eoi.imeneed to sing
the .same wmoa and same tune tliat j
thev were sieging—and it seemed i
mess m-ieumc I | ,,|,j servant t«
; bv the sons of Ishmael, One char- .urvitude,
I aeteristie of Mvstery, PsJivlon the
I great, the mother if li.arlors, is that
How he -at) Idnder and vert tiie new
'■•lan. Kow easily enn lise walls of
I slie trades in i»en, in the souls of men I this black tent (lefiie ns
{„ lirass, fiir she is so descr'b- j
and pollut*
/.t I on'ft iXHMif'OirKs.
P. i). GO'j]), - EmTOK.
WILMOX, .V-: ; I : Mird, 15, 1874
00 PKimANsn.M.
ed in the 8fh of Rev. This is done
our joy.s. EhouM the fieshry Isb-
In- .speculating in tludr religion or I
mivplit.sh nature feign it-ielf athr—o’l’
strangt'r, wmanng ml clotii!
SniisomPTioS
.\'t ('omm ee-'nti.ins -i n I r,
mu'-t lie airwtci] -o Foiror 7i os’. Ijand o'thv'c c'aims on ipcn fi)|- i»j.>n->y is,tint
vr.\KKH. Wilson, X. (’
eatmj
making merchandise ofitand it makes | amahiv breml die., dmermg gt eo-i-
a iira»m shosv of timir work.s. A nmst i federmw, if a treaty i.- mmh-\ow must
extensive traffic has iH-en very skill-i this Gibeeniu-kept under and
m uE a servant. How' deceiitid is
this mocking Ishmneilte, -Sometynes
I iwraj'pears so tuir a.vi ce.awvjv, so.u.g'’
fully xmdnet-d bv her adervts wilh
i vronderfu! success. The gem-'ra! pre-
j^eiv*'> or groan ) mi whiehthc'/ fiottom
E J) I T O R I A L .
tliat every ev(' wa.s on
me
lint
)>emde s’lmiid give monev to send the
times iltv' ile.sn s* ems ;v,i wiiiim
t(l g*F
^ in peace, tiiat we liooe tin; wariars
gospel to the heathen, to edne-Ue men | ha.v'smm the black
to r-rnt'-h, support tlmir ,s---hm)ls, j {,^1,
not one wool was said, mntlier did
tiieysemi to sing. My stature seem
ed to iie aiMc.m three feet in lieight,
and my (iivss was white—so I will
leave tins }inrt of the subject. I do
“Woe is me.
imaeiite again appears,
I preaehe-s %•, enemiraging .-emde to | i.e^viil ,i;v,,ae.
tidnk that tlmre is mneh n.erit in so grows that he can be we med
PX.L. 1-20 : 5.
tint I sojourn in
Meseeli. fhni I dwell in the' tents ('fj «»'sideratimi fbr
Kedar.”
it isasui
( 4'
I
wni'.v)
th *v'
sirin' 1 give is he-iven: that
cat strong meat, miUrnii g evidence
that ii shad inherit aii, a
s tne truK
bej' -ve there rnnaius a I'est
for all
the icde-nncd of the iaml beyond this
Siode • {’existence.
Now, (ie.'.r nephew, if in vmr
Oiiraged brother Mm-het Smith (ami only Imir, this flesh principle tin
n'ljiiests mv view of the ahove jior-
tion of scripture.
Tlic writer oftliis P.s-dm was so-
jnijrning among thosi' that hated peace
not. wirholding it will prevent their liv,s i„ ii.e memlnr-. iliis deeeitihi
s-dvatimi. Thus tlioy trade am! make | irnnks wiier he can
n “i\fI I'l lisa 1:1 the sou’s of -o ‘o or i
(!o
not iiig else, bo seemingiv a,lied ijt
ill men, and m ike the brazen claim ofi Ishmaeiile that -n, '
nv ov i.rui c;u».
Ju igmciit, you see anything in tiiis | ‘
sm'iiihlc that would crowd out better
matter lay it Iw ami all will be riglit
with me, Ivjy love to you and your
family—eo tare you weP.
\y. FoirruNK.
When I was received into the fel
lowship of tlii^ Primitive Baptists I
did not know o-f a kinsman of mine
living that was a Primitive Bajitist,
while all of mv relativt-s were ot the
11 iHsionary order: mv father and
iTiotiicr, all my hrothers and sisters,
niy wife and her parents, &c. Be
hold nyv joy therefore on receiving a
letter, a short time after that, from
iny dear old uncle, W. Fortune, tell-
jji.g me he had been a Primitive ban- '
an
1 were fbr w:ir, which made fiiiii I ‘’”’”3 wondernd works !>y wldeh they I ,viu!e dwelling b. die
iienioan his pitiable condition. | p,. i will i>t> savel or mat men can f) j j .j,,; as thi-
vid’s trials with the deceitful tongm' i "u'ks ineritorion:s of salvaMon. Xow |■■llrtanls of ISoloimm. 'i’iiis i.-^limaeiitfs
of Diu'g, the E lo nite, did not vex ; Israelite ahhors this aiui it is a ; ,,vri|| .isver appear in tlm resniTeutioa,
his righteous soul more than do the | ^i'l will iiave been purged out and
e iiiaek
sleidv words oftliis flattering enemy | f‘>i’ ht“ sojourns tlu-re. „j,,. ehang&l, and fa.shioned
afflict the speaker.
; This bows his head ami
easts down ] |;t;y anto tiie glorious IkhIv of our
He may have been in tlie literal ' feelings and woe is to him. j Jt-sms Christ, and the CanaaniSe
land of Canaan, but was besot and | If Israelite should dwell in | will b(> no more in the Land, and tii*>
hampered with snch enemies that iio i Babylon, unle.ss he makc's liis escape,
revenge less than sliarp mrows of the ' surely be partaker of her pla-
mighiy, and coals ot juniper, (the | Godly men merely sojourn in
burning coals of bitterness) could av- * ''' hi'i'l of wicked traffickers and
euge him. We do not understand lat vexes (heir -«ouls.
by the curses ghieli the P.salmist iin- | For tliese men u.se violeneeand thev
precated on his enemies that ebri.s-| are for war and are ready to defend
dst lor fbrtv-five years. lie feels to i hefh! j their course with carnal weapons, and
«ie like a (lonbh/ kinsman a near ! j to inflict the severest punishments on
kinsman.—[Eli, | them any violence, but they are to I ehnstians. Bloody preseeutious are
— ! cherish good-will and to show kind- lieaped on the unoffending man who
inlmbitaut shall no more say,
sick.”
T ai»
Brother (loUl,—Borne months ago m'.ss unto all men. Tlie enemies
I received a letter from Eider Lsam
(VaiJili, of f)regan, requesting mv
views rhroHgh tiie La.vdmaujcs as
I.o wiietlic" or not our “bodies that i
of the saints, against ivhicih we are
to make war, are sin and wickediu's.s,
wliich are foes of onr own hoiiseliold.
desires peace. Violence is now used
of this sort in our country. The vio'
leiice of twisting and crooking the
truth if they could,and of warping and
The literal gTief of David heeanse turning aside the mind.s of men from
Matt. 24 : 19, 20.
“And Woe inno them that are wilb
eliild, and to them that give .suck 1m
those days.
But pray ye that your flight be not
in the winter, neit'ner ou the sabbath
day
Brother Ijury Yovnxgsometime ag»
requested my views on the abov«^
scrijiture, I will state that many
requests of tliis sort are on iiaiui
which 1 Will endeavor to comply w'ith
AS light aiul time are afforded, and a
slecj; fi) du.-;t wiii 'i.c raised up in the lie .sojourned in Mesech and dwelt in ' the right way of the [xird, and e;uis- ' delay is not out of any disre-rard t»
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