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1 143 Zion’s Landmarks: Wilson, N. C. as I ought for what he had done foi unworthy me. Although it had been such a short time since I liad seen and lieard the watchmen it was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him wliom my soul loveth : J lield him, and would not let him go until I liad brought him into my mother’s house and into tlie chamber ofher that conceived me. That is I felt as though I wanted to tell it to the Church that they might rejoice with me. I .saemedto be almost constant ly talking to the Church, that is in my mind. A few nights after this wonderful experience I dreamed that I was at our dear old sister Durand’s, and brother Silas came into the room and said, Abbic, read the thirty- second chapter ofDeuteronorny. And I dreamed it was getting dark and I could not see to read. i\s I awoke the iDorning the thirty-second JU chapter of Deuteronomy came to my mind. The first opportunity in the morning I got the Bible and read it. It is called the song of Moses, and commences most beautifully. ‘‘Give car, O yc heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: Because I will publish the name of the Ijord : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. He is the Hock, his work is perfect : for all his ways are judgment: a God of 7'^VtIl iUl right is he.” Then I read: ‘^For the Lord’s portion is his pcojile ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderne.ss ; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings :. So the Lord alone did lead hira,and there was no strange god with him.” So uo\sf,at this time, wdienthe Lord finds his people he finds them where he did Jacob, in the w'astc howling wiklorncss, and leads them about and instructs them, and leads them in the path of righteousness for his own name’s sake. And he hath also said that he will lead the blind in the w'ay they knew not and in paths they have not known, he will make dark ness light before them and crooked things straight; these things will he 1,0 unto them, and not forsake them. Sometimes God’s dear children get into idolatry, as the children of Israel did of old ; but the Lord brings them back with a high hand and an out stretched arm, and they will acknowledge him and him only as their God and Savior. I am di gressing: as T read along towards the end of the chapter where Moses told t’.iem to observe, to do all the words of this law ; “For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life : and through this thing ye shall pro long your days in the land, whither ve go ov’er Jordan to possess it.” From this I gather that if God’s dear children observe to do all that is required of them, they will prolong in the Church on earth ; but if they do not observe to do what they are required to do they will be brought under the discipline of the church and except they repent they shall all likewise perish. And then my mind ran over to the twelfth chapter of Hebrews, into those beautiful pas sages, where we “come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and Church of the first born, which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the medi ator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things than that of Abel. See that yo refuse not him that speaketh, for if they escajie not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven ; whose voice then shook the earth, but now he hath promised saying, yet once more I shake not the earth, but also hcaveu.” And so on to the end of the chsipter. "While meditating on these things my mind would be running out all the time towards the Church, it seemed a long time to wait until our next meeting. For I had not the opportunity of seeing any of the members until the next meeting. When I met with them and told I believe that the secret orders and mediums are all members of the same family; the medium power denies Christ being the son of God : saying that he was noftiing but a medium. Can they quicken a poor dead sinner into eternal life? ]Sro;but Christ can by his Spirit. Can they redeem a single soul from under the curse of God’s holy law? No, not even their own poor lost and ruined souls, they cannot redeem, and they have a good reason for it: they are under the same condemnation with the rest of Adam’s family; we are not to receive their evidence brethren; for if any other man, or even an angel [)rcacli any other doctrine but that we have preached let him be accursed. So just lef this nonsense pass for what it is worth. “And I beheld another beast, com ing up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon, and lie exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them whicli dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.” Brethren, let us follow Christ, that is enough to last us all this life and in the end we shall possess eternal life. Yours in hope of eternal life. Lemuel H. Hardy. aadiiiarks. me, for I eyes. I hope I have said nothing that will break tlie peace of Zion, or prove a stumbling block in a brother’s way. Abbte Dodge. LD, EoiToii. ED SEMI-MONTIIDY Greexe Co., N. C., June 1875. Elder P. D. Gold, Dear Brother tl rcir (lavs not in heaven above, but I’^ceived my pa- per of June loth, and as I am unable to work to-day I have been enjoying the sweet com forts contained in it. It is alwajs a pleasure to me to get.the Land marks and to see that the brethren are all agreed and peaceable; but of late there are a few things not worth paying attention to that seem to be stirring up some little strife among the brethren, I was sorry wnien L read brother Mitchell’s communica tion in April loth, to hear that the brethren were letting the Granges bother them. It seems .that the Bible contains enough tor Christians, without bothc^’ing themselves with worldly institutions, ihvas pleased with your remarks on that subject, in one of the back numbers. It is a worldly institution, and let worldly people have it, and let Christians stand separate from all such, Solomon tells us about the Church in this way : “A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed, and again my dove, my un defiled is but one.” So brethren let us not try to make but one out of it; for it we be members of Christ’s body the Church is enough, and we cannot make, neither do we need any other society to keep us in this life. Christ is the rvay, the truth, and the life, and he -will lead us where it L our dutv to, gOs —((it )— ^l-LSOn, jloPxTH JJai^lina. Two Dollars Per Annum AUGUST 1st, 1875. !i i t n t i a I “Remove not the ancient land-\ . mark, whicli thy fatliers have set.” I FORGIAHdNESS—WHAT IS IT TO FORGIVE? Suppose brother A. offends brotli- cr B., and then goes to brother B. and says, “I have done you wrong and am sorroy for it: will you for give me?” Brother A. says, “if you will [lay me all, that is if you will do away with the wrong you have done me. and never do so again, I will forgive you.” I ask w'here would there be anything to forgive if brother A, should pay brother B. all he oioed him ; that is if he made amends for the wrong he had done. If John owes James $100 and pays it all, does Jameshim-any part o/Aisdebt? No, certainly not. In Matthew (18th chapter) the Lord forgave the wicked servant all the dei)t, by not collecting a cent of if. Some people have a lame view of forgiveness. If w'e attempt to collect the debt due us, that is, if we require the man who lias wronged us to make amends, and hold him bound till he does it, there is no forgiveness at all. Is this the way that God teaches brethren to act towards each other ? Suppose the Lord should forgive us by collecting all that we owe him, w'h.en would wo find merev ? If re from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses your heavenly Father will shut you up in prison : Mat. 18 : 35. Instead of waiting till a trespassing brother comes to you who are in jured—to make payment—or instead of your going to him with note in hand to collect the full debt, you should go to him with tlie desire to freely forgive him all—not collecting one cent of either principal a interest. “Jloreover if tlq" brother trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee thou has gained thy brother.” The desire should be to hide a multitude of faults, which the right spirit of charity in you wdl! df> wdien you see an honest confession of wrong. All vou need to do is to get a true confession that he owes you,, and then you should frankly give up every cent of the claim—not trying to collect one cent : for if you try to collect there is no forgivene.ss. If you try to collect part of it this would be like mixing grace and works,, whereas grace does not attempt to collect a cent. This is true in the forgiveness which God extends to sinners, for wdien we are truly humbled to con fess we are vile sinners and beg for mercy he fi eely forgives. This spirit of forgiveness is needful to preserve peace in churches. We are all liable to do WU’ong, and all need forgiveness. I think too those wiio are the greatest receivers of forgiveness f most readily torgive others. My brother, when your sins were first pardoned hjw^ readily jmu forgave your enemy, and how warm ly your affections embraced him? You did not wait until he came and humbled himself as a dog to you either. We should endeavor to live free of malice towards all men, and love even our enemies, and dwell in pity, love and peace- among each other. Some brethren I have thought arc exacting in their demands against erring brethren, or neighbors, or ene mies. Bew'are of this spirit. It is deceitful. It can easily take the form of p-rcat seeming faithfulness in con- o o great tending for tlie truth. The guide is the Lord’s teaching to us. God'teaches us to love one another. and that merev w^e crave and receive from him should guide us i’u our con duct to others. This does not mean that we should ignore wrong conduct, or harbor wickedness. For if we are right be fore God W'e hate sin, as much or more in ourselves than elsewhere, and hate it in all other people too, but W’e love the man too and would se[>- arate them, putting away or forgive- ing the sin, to save the man. THE MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTERS. “And upon her forehead w,as a name writ ten, Mysterv', Babylon the Great, the mother of liarlots and abominations of the earth.”' Key. 17 : 5. This name is written on the fore top in bold letters, on a conspicuous open place, the forehead. Hence it is very manifest and public. There need not then be much difficulty in determining wdio is this mother of harlots, it w'oiild seenij, and, yet the- % S 4'
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