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Zion’s Landmarks: Wilson, N. C. 39 {>eace, when there is no peace ?” I wish veiy much you would reply to these questions through the Land marks, if you think it advisable, as I have reasonsfor this request, and real ly wish information from some one on the subject, and you will greatly oblige one, tried as by fire, to know that within herselfshe is utterly pow erless to walk righteously while the enormities of her nature are made manifest: “For, thus it is tliat adverse hours, The Imman soul lay bare; And show the dread, tremendous powers We never dreamed of, there.” Onl}r through ‘'the word of revela tion,” I have been able to endure throughout the fulfillment of the an swer to a prayer which I felt con strained at the tisue, several years ago, to make, and it was as much in opposition to my natural inclinations as was the prayer of Elijah, that it rain not for three years and six months. But it was in accordance with the purposes of God, and at the time I earnestly desired thatit should 1)6 answered. While the enemies have been made to suffer, in some in stances, marked punishment, I have been sustained and comforted by the true bread from heaven, the word of the Spirit committed unto me from time to time, as by the ravens, often in an unexpected manner, and from an unexpected source. With hope in the Lord that he may be merciful to our unrighteousness, direct our wandering steps, maintain our cause before the ungodly, bring forBr judgment unto victory, and bring to the light the hidden things of dishonestyremain ynnrs unwor thily. V. F. Walden. Ecmarks. We think there should not be a mere show of fellowship. There are no circumstances under which a Christian, or any one else, ie justified in hating even his enemy.— We are to love our enemies. Jf one does us wrong we are never to take vengeance in our own hands, nor hold malice against him. Ven geance belongs to the Lord. Of course, we must not feign love or fellowship, but, where one shows no true repentance for wrong doing, we cannot overlook the wrong and disregard it. “ Take heed to yourselves : If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him: if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and .seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.” Luke 17: b, 4. If he repent, &c., thou shalt for- «'ive him. To forgive is to send off into an unknown, uninhabited coun try all that you had against the of fending brother, and be as though he had never trespassed against you. Of course, you cannot forgive in this .sense without he repents. But the one wronged has a duty—namely to rebuke the offender in the right spirit. Then we should not demand too much. We should not demand im possibilities of the trespasser; but he should confess his wrong, and turn away from it, or turn again in right feeling to you, and make amends where he can,—[Ed. Married,—December 1st, 1875: at the residence of the bride’s father, by Elder A. J, Harrhon of S. C. : hlr. Charles L. Smith, of Calhoun, Ca., and Miss Emma Fain, of Clay County, Ca, (istipliiit. Articles of Faiih —(and)— llules of Decorum. (I HAVE been publishing copies of these Articles of Faith and Enles of Decornni, in pamphlet form for some Cimrehes, enongh for each member of the Church to have one, that all may become more familiar with the order of Busine.ss in Conference, &c. I can furnish them Fifty Copies $1 50 One Hundred Copies 2 50 Any Churches wishing any can send in their oiders—informing me of the names of their Churches ahd when they were constituted.) ARTICLES OF FAITH. Forasmuch as God hath been gra ciously pleased to make known unto us his revealed will and his word of truth, the great privilege of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and hath made us to experience his love and favor in that he hath called us from our state of nature, in which state we were enemies to Cod by wicked works, and hath revealed Christ unto us the hope of glory: Therefore for our bet ter carrying on to our mutual com fort and the advancement of religion to the glory of God, we, who are bap tized upon a confession of faith in Christ and joined together in a gos pel church, and set apart this, the fifth day of May, 1832, and having spent a part of the day in fasting and prayer, give ourselves to the Lord and to one another by the will of God.”— 2nd Cor. 8 : 5. We believe in one everlasting and true God, and in a trinity of persons •the leather, Son, and Holy Chost,4i(t’^'’^'-e remarks on hi? ^ subsisting in the unity of the Cod-TTor i head, and that Jesus Christ did, in the fulness of the time, take human nature into union with his divine na ture, and by his active obedience and passive suffering, made satisfaction to law and justice, thereby providing a pardon for lost sinners'’: that all man kind fell from the state of created in- nocency in, by and with Adam in his first sin, and became liable to the wrath ot God by the breach of his law and in this state and condition have no grounds of hope of everlast ing life, until by the Spirit of God, convinced of sin, righteousness and of judgment, and so made to fly for eternal life to the Lord Jesus Christ by faith—who is the Mediator of the new covenant and alone Redeemer of God’s elect, without any merit or moving cause foreseen in us by God to merit his favor. We believe in the doctrine of jus tification by the imputed righteous ness of Christ, and that believers are the only subjects to baptism and the fi nal perseverance of the saints, through grace. AYe see it contained in the script ures to he the duty of Christians to ad monish one another and reprove each other if need he. AYe likewise see it confiiined in the scriptures that Chris tians are called to “come out of Bab- lyon ; ” Re\^ 18: 4—Eph. 5: 11— Cor. 2:6, 17: and, as far as God shall enable us, perform all duties on- joined uj^on us, and relying on him for grace, wisdom, and spiritual un derstanding and ability to adorn this our profession agreeable to that good ness he in merev hath blessed his church with, through our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be glory through all ages, world without end. Amen ! DECORUM. AYe, the Cluu'ch of Christ, at White Oak Meeting House, Wilson County, N. C., have unanimously agreed among ourselves to hold Conference four times in every }mar at our said meeting house, and oftener when nec essary ; to carry on a regular discipline agreeable to the AYord of God; and, have established a rule by which to be guided, by the help of God. 1st. Conference shall be opened by prayer or praise. 2nd. a Moderator and Clerk shall be chosen when thought necessary. 3rd. If the Church think proper, all Corresponding Letters shall be called for and read. 4th. a Door of Experience for the receptioji of members shall be opened. 5th. The state of the Church he inquired into and proceed to business. 6th. The Moderator shall have power to keep good order by reprov ing disorderly members. 7th. The sisters shall keep their seats in order. 8th. Each person first rising from his seat shall address the Moderator with the appellation of Brother. 9th. Every motion made and sec onded shall come under debate, ex cept withdrawn by him that made it. 10th. Each person speaking shall fairly state the matter and not reflect on him that spoke before, so. as to imperfectfoi be interrupted by any, save the Mod erator, till he gives his light on the subject. 11th. The Aloderator shall be the last that speaks upon the subject; who may, if ho please, give his light before he puts the matter to a decis ion. 12th. The minority shall submit to the majority in all cases, except in receiving members to fellowship, and appointing to office in the Church which shall be unanimous, 13th. No query shall be rejected until thrice read. 14th. No Brother or Sister shall have liberty to break from this Con ference without leave obtained from it. 15th. No person shall have liber ty to be whispering or laughing in time of a public speech. 16th. The Church Covenant shall be read at least once a year, and oft ener, if necessarv. 17th, The Proceedure of Confer ence shall be read before the rise, and iis much as is thought necessary put in the Church book—then adjourn by prayer or praise. ©araraunitalcit. Geeen Hill, Ga., June 7th, 1875. Dear Brethren and Sisters:— R more than a year it has Ij been impressed upon my mind to write out my experience fo* publication, although my hope, at tirae.5, seems so 'small that I ctin scarcely claim a hope at all; hut, I read so many experiences in the Landmarks that correspond with mine so much, it encourages me to write, thinking perhaps some brother, sister or friend would like to read it. I was bom February 23rd, 1846, and raised by Primitive Baptist pa rents who loved the truth and tried to raise their children, I was a rude mischievous girl; loved my pleasures whether it pleased any one else or not. W hen about ten years old I had a dream which I will here relate: I dreamed there was a ladder, the foot of it resting aginst an oak tree in ray father’s field : the ladder reached to heaven and if I climbed it I would reach that blessed place, I started and when I reached the top 1 found that it was restimr against I began trembling with nothing; fear, think ing I should fall, but looked up and saw three angels smiling and holding down their hands to help me up. I then awoke. Then there seemed to be nothing more in it than any other dieam hut I hav^e never forgotten it. After this I did everything in ray power to please my parents, think ing by so doing I would get to heav en. I feared the devil and did not Avant to go to torment. Day after day I AvoLild make promises, that. To-morrow I will be good, that mother may not scold me ! But as often as the promise was made jnst so often was it bi'oken, until I came to the conclusion that I could not he good. Oh, lAvished that I was as good as my sister, who Avas older than I, then the family AVhuld love me as they did her. I continued to fear the Devil and hell until 1860, Avhen, one day two of my sisters and myself had been hoeing for father: after the day’s work AA^as finished I went by the spring to get a cool drink of Avater— ray sisters Avent on to the house. The path from the spring to the house led me through the Avheat field. AYhile walking along looking at the wheat and other things in view, I thought of the goodness of God toward us— and AA^e being so wicked. Something then seemed to say to me, Stop, poor sinner, stop and think I And I did stop about half AA'ay between the spring and the house, and it Avas right then and there that I viewed myself a sinner against a jnst and holy Cod. I then knew that I had sinned all the days of ray life, and saAv that it Avas God that I should tear and not the devil. After it began to get dark I started to the house: Avhen I reached the yard fence I stopped, not caring to go in the house, for I felt coiidemnetl before everybody. I went behind a plum hush and kneeled down and tried to pray for the first time in my life. I w’as troubled very much about my condition for several AATeks. It then partially Avore off foi a Avhile. About this time I had another dream that has made a lasting impression on my mind. I dreamed that all the people Avere collected together beside alaro-e Lxlv of water, and thev AA'ere to be judged—the good from the had. There AA’as a narrow path across the water about eighteen inches wide : the Savior Avas there and AValked across the Avatcr and told me to foL
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