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“TO THE lAW AND TO THE TESIIMONY.”
Vol. ix-No. 3.
Zion’s Landmarks.
P, D. GOLD, Editor.
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BY SUSIE E. NEWMAN.
Full eighteen years'oround did roll
Before I stopped to think,
What would become of my poor soul,
When I in death did sink;
For, I was haughty, vain, and light,
Wbis proud and scornful too.
But, whei. I thought of my poor soul
I cried,- What shall I do?
T had thought myself a Triend to all,
And, that all were friends to me,
.And at a party or a ball
W’as whero I liked to bo.
So, in that way I still lirent on,
W'ith people gay and piroud,
’Til in the Fall of .seventy-three,
I sWv my (Inst dark cloud.
One Sunday morning fair and bright—■
The aw'ful new.s I heard,
That my friends in whom I took delight
Had flown off like a bird.
I stayed away from school next day
And thought upon my foe»
I once had thought were friends to me—
And heavy were my woes.
I s’posc that I was some three weeks
In mourning for my friends.
When deeper trouble came to me
And put that to an end.
So, in the Lord ITl put my trust,
In him relief I’ll find—
For all my worldly friends have fled
And left me here behind.
One evening late I ivalked alone,
At God’s command and will;
The troubles that 1 carried there
Were quiet then and still;
The question tiien appeared to me.
As tiiougli a voice did speak :
W'hv should I so much trouble see.
While others seemed so cheerful ?
The answer then to me appeared—-
Because you have no doubt!
But, God to be your own true friend
VVould cast all others out.
And then I looked up to the Moon,
And thought it shone so pale,
I tliought it was the prettiest sight
That ere the clouds did veil.
And a.s I was returning back
To Avbere my sister was,
I thought that I would be so slack
She’d not observe the cause.
Next evening I did walk again,
’Tw.as from a pure design,
For v/hen my troubles came to me
1 thought relief I’d find.
Wilson, N. C., Desember 15, 1875.
Wliole No. 195,
But,*oh-! my troubles did increase,
The cause of them was sin :
Where shall I go to seek for peace?
Was all tliat I could think.
And cver}^ night for near a week
My mind did lead metliere.
Seeking for (iiy soul’s relief—
Have mercy ! was my prayer.
And the last night I did gq there.
Before 1-did return, I thoAight
My soul was bound ffor hell,
In horrid flames to burn.
I thought that ! was one alone,
And no-one .else like me :
I’d wish that I conld hide from God
’Till I could better be.
I felt rejoiced in the Lord,
And happy in his cause,
And with his peopld wished ,to; live
And so, made another pause ;
For doubts began to'come to me,
And'fear.s were present too,
So Iflid feel unworthy then
To live with folks like you.
iVnd, from that time the first relief
That I did eygr find.
Was in reading the experience
Of a Sister good and kind,
I found that there was one on earth
That had been where I was,
I found that'she did find lelief,
• And so thehe I made a pause.
For some few, days I was inclined
I'C be somewhat revised.
But when my troubles did return
It seemed as though they thrived.
When I’d lic.down at night I’d pray
To iiave a, pleasant dream.
But if I’d have a dream at ail
It would my prayer condemn-
I view the OldBchool Baptist Church
A; heavenly place below :
And though I felt so very small
i fflt indin'ed -to go ;
For duty,'seemed, to le.ad me there,
I could not stay aivay :
I thouglit it was a p’easantthlng
The Savior to obey.
,I thought I ought tOfbe baptissed,
For .Jesus'toldme .so;
And’the very words he seemed to say
I’ll noW relate to you :
Despise me not, n-jy carnal friends,
Ee.sFyou despise my.'Lord—
He bids me in the wutpr go,
And I’ll ohev his word.
They seemed to strike ipe with great force
And made my will so good,
That I made up my mind to go
And join them if I could.
So, on the next Conference day
I offered up myself-^
I had tried to cast nfy hope array—
But could riot the call deny.
So, on the sixth of February,
Eighteen and seventy-fonr,
I had the most di.stressing dream
1 had ever had before:
1 dreamed that I did join the Church,
And gladly was received,
"Without a doubt u]ion my mind
But what I had believed.
To my surprise; I was received
into the Church that dav.
And there received a blessing that
Tlie world can’t take away.
And since that time rny doubts and fears
Have often caused me woe.
Pray -tell me, my dear Brethren,
If that’s the case witli you ?
And of which gospel he refers to him
self particularly; he continues:—
“ Wtierennto lain ordained a preach
er, and an Apostle, a teacher of thu
Gentiles in faith and verit)’.” i'io’A,,,.
a preacher or minister of tliis gospel
must be one called of God, and or
dained; and ho alone can fill tJic
place and office'ofa publicproclaiincr
of it; but t^'pray was another thing ;
any member might pray.
“ I will therefore that men pray
everywhere,” says he, lifting no
holy hands without wrath and doubt
ing ; in like manner also that women
adorn themselves in modest apparel,
with sharaefacedness and sobriety;
not with braided hair, or gold, or
pearls, or costly array ; but (which
becometh eVorpen .profes-sing godliness)
with good works.” ,,4!
“In lihe manner also,” shows thai
women profe.ssing godliness may pray
also; and, in fact, that they slnu^
nfhpT (Ihrll'ch tYriviipo?^® in nnmm/ n
I thought I was to be baptized,
I dressed myself in black,
And had to wait another day,
Because it was too late.
.So I a\vA.o.'m grixu di
I had 1 a,wav i;.: iiav ofgrtv.-
And would perisli i.n the cud.
A friend in heaven was all I craved.
Free pardon of iny sins ;
For I conld see the watery grave,
And Salan as my king—
It seamed like he wa.s leading me
Where all his people go.
Have mercy, Lord ! was all my plea-
While on the brink of woe.
Dear Sisters, all in Zion,
Can you witnes.s this with me ?
For if you can, we all are one
[1 T will leav
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■'DhtroTl*" fiiTSj^ed, few.
other Charch privileges in common
with unordained and private
merabeiA. Soe.Pliil. 1: 7. Also as
example—“these all continued i:*
prayer and supplication with the
C.YNOOcniiE, Emarinel County, Qa.,__
August 1st, 1875.
©Drarainiitatfii. ’
I felt to be the vilest wretch
That this whole world contained ;
I tried to cast my troubles down.
Yet witli me they remained.
I often thought I could nofdive
To see another day,
I begged the Lord to smile on me '
And take my sins away.
The words ivere eft’ revealed to me ;
You are too vile to pray ;
So, with old Satan yon will go,
Yon. haste without delay..
I inl^ig rfidst of trouble, walked, .
And lio relief could find ;
No,'nol> sentence in God’s hook
Would’ease my troubled mind.
Bluffton, Clay Co., Ga., Nov. 5th, 1875.
Mrs. R. Anna Fhillips—Dear Sister
in Christ:—
SEE from the Landmarks you
I think of ceasing to write, but I
Scripture I want your views
upon,
v/hich you will find in 1st Tim.
When tears of grief would fill my eyes,
So great was my distress ,
I did not think God could be just
And-such a sinner blefjs.
Bvit pli'llhe Savior’s pardoning love
One night to me .appeared— d
I then could see that God was just,
And I, it was.that feared. f
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Now, some may ask, What did ^ou fear,
If he revealed hi.s lov e ?
I feared that him I would displease.
Who dwells in heaven above..
All in a wonder then I lay, -
To think what God had done;
For such a w'retch as I had been,
But, ’twas in and through 'his iSon.
2‘; 12,—“ But I suffer not a woman
to teach nor usurp authority over the
man, but to be in silence.”
Now, sister Phillips, sQinebrethren
down here do not think n'woman has
any authority from God’s word to
teach, or write upon any/subject, not
even to write out heL; p^perience.
Therefore I want your ^views upon
this Scripture and oblige a seeker
after truth.
JohnM. Adams.
Dear chiistians, I so happy was,
I can’t tell how I felt;
But like the ice before the Sun
My heart began to raclt.
My feelings then for you were changed,
But, them I can’t expre.ss :
I know the Lord had all arranged
For he knows what is best.
Next morning when I-did awake
All things to ine looked new.
And I could realize myself
As being good like you :
I felt that ail my sins were gone,
That Jes-us was my King—^
And him with all my heart did praise-
Of his goodness I did sing.
Adams:—
i.a^-’ont the views of otheivs
-of tW^lfiect. and to oblige you,
I herewith give my views.
The main object of tliis epistle to
Timothy was, as Paul says to him—
“ that thou mayest know how thou
oughtest to behave thyself in the house
of God, which is the 'Church of the
living God, the pillar and ground of
the truth.”
First of all, when they met in this
capacity for public worship, they
should make “ supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and giving of thanks,’’
for all men. The Apostle gives the
go,spel principle as a reason for tliis.
I,- thniy mu.st receive in silence.
Let the women h-arn in silence wilh
■ all subjection. But I suffer not a
woman to teach, nor usurp authorit ,/
over the mail, but to be in silemx;."
I belLyc this refers exclusively to
the pubiTojirociainatioii of the go-spel.
as from ap Elder, or regularly or
dained Minister of the same. That
the call, ordination and proclamation
of the gospel in the Church of God
in public worship is confined to men,
and never extended to women, is cer
tainly my view.
Hence for women to assume to
preach the gospel in public assemblies^
or Churchsof'Qod, vyould be to usurp
authority, not only of the office and
its duties, but also an implied usurpa
tion of authority over the man, ’vVhicii
is, or would be, in violation of God’s
order and entirely inconsistent with
that law of subjection of woman to
man, and especially to he* hnsbaud,
which the law of God originally es
tablished.' '
So sacred is this law, that even
anything not properly understood of
the iustruction in public, or that can
not be understandingly assented to by
her, she must not cause confusion, or
seem to usurp authority by a question
or disputation ; according to the dis
putatious spirit that prevailed in that,
age; but wait’till she went home,
and there ask her husband.
But for all this, a woman might
not only, “ in like manner” with the
brethren, pray everywhere^ but re
ceive the gift of prophecy^ and exer-'
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