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y Zloii’s LaiidiimrkH : W ilsoii* N. C. I'ifiht and motive. Much iv’ore might: be written but >\r nhort letters are best adapted to rher>nrr>^>’e ofasi-respondeace througii the-LAXP'tAUKES, enough ban bc^en written in this letter tbr onetime. Brother Gold, as indien,ting my ot)n(litioi! I clo»e this cornmunictitiun over tlie signature of G ETIIEK. j past, and hope to contend still, hum- iBsh ever kept this holy . blv vet earnestly, for the faith once ! delivered to the saints, endeavoring I that the Landmarks may point to I the/oousteps of the floeks besides the j shepherds’ tents and contend for j the old paths, wheiein one may find ; rsist to his soul. How precious are the olds paths now to tiie true pi tt- FonsYTU, (tA., Nov. 6th 1874. Brother Gold, if you coukl atlbrd It, would it not be best for youtore- !uee the price of the La.sdmarks to one dollai and a halt ? 1 think you would get more subscribers, and the price would be more satislactory to die po,or i)f your subscrilier.s. Those who felt able, could continue to send you the two dollars per annum. I only suggest thi.s. I like the [)aper, and would be glad tor its circulation to be ciLendefl. Your hrollier in love, Thomas Kemarks: AfterJan. 1, 1875 all Editors or publishers are reipiired to prepay postage on all their papers, and hence mv exjienees will i>e increased to the amount of tile posrage, while those of tile subsenhors '.vil! be lessened to tlie amount of r'li-o-postagi*. i am now seiidingthe Landmarks to a eOii>i'.i'T-.’.b'e number free, and douig it eneeidnliv'. 1 could not well put down the [)nce to 1.50 without a great inorcase d su')scriber.s, that is to D. y im expenses. If the present uumber of subscrib- w»-i>' vloubLd, or Mcsirly so, ^ 1 H'.ould either increase the size ot the Landmarks considerabiy, or cut ddsvn ti'.c price. Tn all cases where -one is nnaiile to pay two dollars 1 send It to !iim (if applied to) for lees and ir.' - e never ret used to send the paper fn e v hen requested to do so, .and to eiubs of eight or morel send the i'lcKT at $1.50 and send it free to tim-'i getting up the cUilis.—[Ed. i). GOIH), Editor. eCni.I.'^IiEO flSlII-MONTHLY -,aC- ‘ “tjOumON, jlOPvTH I^AH^LINA. grim on Zi' n’.s hill. T:To\v sweet the I doctrine that none of Zion’s cords i-shall be loosed, and none of her stakes I ever be reim ved—that riie city lietli I four square—and there never eau be a gallant ship witii oars, nor ever an enemy to enter or disturb her glori ous rest! It is a great joy at time.s to write of the divine and eternal truth as it IS in Jesu.s, in which ill the saint are law, or cov enant of works expressed in the ten commandments, which is a solemn summing up of all !a\v, requiring pci- feet love to God and man. But Jesus, who came in the flesh, but teas dill God then, perfectly kept this law au(i wa:s nvade a came for us. Nor did he tiicn impart to the law anv power to iiieline the sinner lO love it, but makes au end of sin ; how? By ai)o!ishiug law? No ; !)ut hv taking his people out of tiie fleshly covenant, and 'oringing them into a new ;ovimanf of life and peace ; hy taking them out of the flesh and giv ing them hi-i Spirir- if we have iioi liie Spirit of Christ we are none of hi.s When the Holy Ghost quickens united and growing up, and on wnich ja sinner, and brings iiim to thejiidge- they all feed ; and it. is a g.eat jov to | ment, In' sees and fc-'s the ngiiteous- behold their unity and steadfa.-;tne.ss j ness of the holy law,aiui acknowledges in the faith once delivered to the | it to be good. He pleads gnillv and entreats tor mercy. His iieart >s turned thus to the Lord and with tlie heart he believes in Jesus ..nto right eousness, and for righteousness, and realizes an inward circa iieision of heart, whereby lie is cutoff’ from the fleshly CQve7iant, and is anew ereatnro. Now he is cha^iged into the^ same im age of Je.sas, from glory to J^ory In all the Ki-mts, wtiom 1 love III the trnin, 1 m/pc, grace- and peace be muitiplied. “That the righteousness of the law rniglit be fultilled in us, who walk not alter the Ihmii, but alter tiie Spirit.” liom|8:4. We sometimjie^ hear and see tokens ,-r,- ■ - . ... of a spirit that'S-egards Gfod’s holy j changed from the glory of the !aw to law as the eau.se of sin, and that as j the glory of the go,spel^even as ly the such it is despised or protiuied. It is | Hpint of the I.ord. IE is not i;i the true tliat by the law is the knowledge | fiesii now, heiic^ not umic:' tiie Hw , of sin, hue It is because its holy com- for a.11 that are in the li- -ih aie nmlei mauds arc despised bv carnal nature, tliela.v; while those timt are'mV m or because it is spiritual and man but have the Spirit o.’{.llirist IS fleshlv or sinful. It i.s true that ! are m)t under th.e law. ( i).. not-sup- “I had'hof khmfn sin b^tjiv 'the^ i’*^-AhatwJ.ena. man -s Under tlm law,” but it is becauic the nature -at llii' law is as opjio.site to that of sin as liirht is to darkness, life to death, ana hence in the light of the pure law th> vile ehai-aeter of sin is manilEted. Tt i.s true that where there is no law here is no transgression, or vio atiou 'f'tlie law, fill- II,nil tiie law is given is no more life to a Christian in sm tlian there would be to a lish oiU ot Avater. When we walk after the flesh avc reaiize the curses of disobedience, but when we rvalk in the Spirit then w8 rc)oice in the ble.ssiiig3 ol Christ’s obeilieiico, and of our obedience ib Ciirist. W’hen we have respect to all God’s commandments, which are all S|>Iritua!, tlien we live an-1 rejoice. His commaixlments in the Old Fes- tament liave a spiritual meaning, and in tiie New Testament they are all spiritnalized and are glorious and goon. If we love God then wo keep life eonimandmeiits, and his word is iti ns, and we delight in the law of Gol, after the inward man. ^Vo should live bv' everv word that proceedeth out of the mmfeh of God. '['() walk in the Spirit we nm-^t have the Siiirit of Ciirist in us ; S'cn the righteousness of the law is tulfihed i% us. ’Ftien we deny llesli and self when we love God’s law and delight in him ; and if we walk after the carnal mind, we are (‘ajitives of Satati and nis servants .hikI as such shall die. Those that a>e still In the flesh, or I have iK'ver been horn again, are eon- I tending for a covenant ol works tn iielp instify them, and arc seeking righteousness by tlie law, and could no more live in the fellowship of the gospel than aliu'naii lining could live in a liu'ral fire; fw they that are in the flesh cannot plea-ic God, and tlierc is tiorhing spiritual that they love, or walk in, or seek. NO'/EMBET 15th, 1871 l! i t ij r I a I . “ Jiemovo not the aiicisnt landaiark, which thy fAthur.-i have .s-at.” THE EIGHITI VOLUME. Again, under tlie Providence of Al- roighty God, I appear before the read ers of Zion’s Landmarics as s sub ject of tiie long-suffering and goodness of him who chan gas not. In entering on this volume the sympathy and indulgence of my retul- ■ors is craved, and I solicit the con tinuance of their experiences, views, imprc-ssioas, visions, and trials, that have so enriched the c'olumn.s of this mediura of commmikmfion iu the rhero is no pro'iibivioii, sdll thegiv- iuiT of the !-ivv (ini's not create sin bnl tests the mil -vhetliei’ tlicre is sin. “Tneeom -i.;-lieiit v-une, sin revived and I died.” L i- Cue that the enorniiti' oi si i, oi’ its Ieatii-working power, enuc-l not be known but by the law, "fhai ill, oy the conTUHiid mi nt, .niglil heemne exceeding sin fill,” but this serves also more fully to reveal the purity of the law, which oaunot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance, while it makes inauife.st the ruiiious nature of sin that it has not t!ie least possible spirit of obeilience. The law then is the ministration of death, because it is added that the offence might abound. Let no one then regard the law with lightness oc irreverence. David t I hhv’ )h\v 3,nd says, “Oh ! how I love thy law again. ‘Then shall I not be ashamed when I liave resjiect to all thy com mandments again, “Oh ! that ray ways were directed to keep thy stat utes:” and again, Open thou mine eves that I may beliold wondrous things out of thy law.” We do not underst ind that any t , ^sv that he oliey.s the kow ; tins is never 1:110 case; for what.soever the law saith it saith to tlicin that are un der the law, that all the world may become guilty before (rxl ) Does a ehristlan keep the law'? The ri-ghteonsness of the law is ful filled in him, (not !)'■ him) liccau.-'^e Ciirist, who took rh«' likeness of.si'i- fa! fiesh and condemned sin in the flesh, now dwell.s in him. Hence the Christian is free from condemnation, and is justified. Now he loves the law, for it is wo'itten in his heart. For tlie sum of the law is love to God and man, and we find tliat a ehiistlan loves God and has the spirit of good will and right doing towards his fellow man written in ids heart. He pities, loves, fbrgive.s, serves and seeks the good of his fel ■ low man while he is walking in the Spirit. Tnen he hates every false way and desires to serve God. There liiay be a difference between walking in the flesh and being in the flesh. The unrcgeiicrate are in the flesh, have never been born out of it. Theise nevei‘ vmlk in the, Hp'u'it. The regenerate cife in the Sp'irit by a new birth, but tlWse can walk a/to" the flesh, v.'hicli they often do to their .sorrow. If. ye live after the fle-sh yc .shall die. H’hat is, if a Christian, who is in the Spirit; walks .ifter the flesh— the lusts of i[ie flesh an 1 of the world which are fleshqilea.sing—hc.shalidie ~‘o the joys' of .a Christian. There Nottce — L the pre.si'nt fdiliscrib- ers, who are in arrears, will send oil til ir remittiiii 'c-s it will enable me to pay sotiu' debts incuri e.l in publish'iig the Landmarks. All diat are will ing 1 hope will reiK'W'', by si'iiding on the monev, and If any do not feel willing to thus renew', I hope they will inform me at once.—[Ed. Sficrei! the SieiiDry of Eider JO AB COOK. The Fiindtlve Biqitlst Clmr-'ii oi Christ at Providence, LincolnConnty, Arkansas, in conferenee assenililed de^ hereby adopt tlie fo lowing prearniile and resolutions simred to'tiie memory of E'der Cook, who diei AiigA 23rd 1874. WmoRRAS, it has pleased Al mighty Cod, to remove from our midst by dentil, our mueh beloved brother and forme’'!y pastor of fhis Church, Elder j Cock. Be it Therefore Resolved 1st. Tdiat while we bmv with rev erence to the (ii’Ovidence of God, wc feel that the stroke lias fallen iieavy on us of Providence Church, in re moving from our niid.st Elder Cook, and we will ever cherish the many diristian virtues which he p.issesscd. 2nd. We ofler onr condolence to the liereff family and relatives of Euler Coi'ik. 3rd. Th-'vt vve in.«ert a copy of this p"eambli and resolution-s in our Church book, and send a copy of tlu- .same to Zion’s Landmarks, for publication Done i)V onler of the Ciiurch in conference, this Oct. 10th, 1874. J. R. AIatttisw.s Mdr. J. B, OwKN Ci’k.
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