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lluly Ghost in the house, but he was
in them. See how bold they becamo,
ind how powerful in the name of Je-
'Us. They never after this falter.—
W'heie is tliat Peter now who denied
•lt;.sns before a maid—who was afraid
lo own Je.sus once, but was not afraid
to mcenr. When one becomes afraid
to do right he is not so much afraid
lo do wrong..
But, after the resurrection of Jesus
and t’ne giving of the Holy Gliost,
which brings the things of Jesus to
his disciples and teaches them in the.
Spirit, and gives tliem utterance, bap
tizing them with the llolv Ghost and
'vitli lire which burns up chalf they
no more falter.
We know tliat tlie gift of tongues
has ceased and the gift of prophecy—
for tongues shall cease and prophe
cies shall fail—and have failed in
fiiat sense—tho g'l all gospel preach
ing is the spirit of prophecy, and all
Christians have ii now tongue and a
l»are language returned to them, even
the language of Canaan, still the bap
tism of tiie Holy Ghost that impart
ed these miraculous special gifts has
crtised. But the essential baptism of
the Holy Ghost, that cjuickens sin
ners and reveals the things of Jesus,
has in no sense ceased. man can
s.xy that Jesus is Lord but by t ie
Holy Ghost. No man is s|Hritual
w ithout Him. There is no discern-
iug of Spiritual things, no preaching,
no hearing to profit, without the oper
ations of the Spirit. We are chang
ed into the same image (of Jesus)
I'rom glory to glory (from the glory
of the law to tho tar greater glory of
(he gospel) even as by tlie Spirit of
the Lord. The Holy Ghost is God
ami is to be lionorcd as God, who is
all in all in salvation.
As in baptism by water the believ-
I r is buried in water, so tho Holy
t diost filled all the house where they
w'ere sitting and hence covered them
all. This was a baptism. So now
• ■very Christian is baptized by the
Holy Ghost or is under his iiifiuenee
and dominion and is spiritual.—[El).
P. I). GOr.D, Ejutor.
rVBI.IS.lIED REMI-MONTin.Y
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Wilson, jdoRTH jdAFipLu-iA.
7'wo Dollar r Pe r A n n u m.
JANE ARY L)Tii, 187G.
i t D r i ;i I
J “ Remove not tlic ancient land-
1 mark, which thy fathers iiave set.” j
Zioivs Landmarks:
N. C.
the literal, natural death resulting
from the soul’s leaving the body ? I
thiids not.
Death, the wages of sin, reigns ovmr
all. Good men, like the propliets and
apostles, have all died in that sense,
not on account of sins they commit
ted more than others. Perhaps we
are slow to feel that death7i«s already
passed upon all men, for that all
have sinned. No good tleeds, nor
self-denial, nor righteousness of man
can withstand death, nor purchase an
exemption from it. All children are
born undei’ its sentence and cm\se.—
This is no state of jirobation to prove
whether men are sinners. Even faith
in Jesus, and eternal life given one in
Christ, do not in the least release him
from the death of the body. Christ,
who is the resurrection and the lil’c,
gives eternal life to sinners already
dead in tresspasses and in sins, by
(piickening them into spiritual or
pure and incorruptible life, or raising
them from the dead—from the death
they fell into in the guilt and death
of Adam; and just so sure as they
are by nature thus dead, so sure will
their liodies die ; and so sure as they
have been laised with Christ by new
ness of life from the dead, so sure
will their bodies in the etid of the
world he raised from the dead.
ITnder ihe dispensation of the law
that came by Moses, a Jew, who coin-
nutted deeds worthy of death, must
die. If one murdered his fedow his
own blood must likewise be shed.—
bometirnes the offender died at tiie
hand of the liord in snmmaiy justice;
as when the eartli swallowed up JCo-
I'ah and his company; but usually the
officers of the law dealt out the sen
tence of death as the mea'^ure of jus
tice whieu the law prescribed. Of
eoiu’sc, these officers could not prav
for the life of such offenders. Jus
tice said, “let them die.”
Now', while the o-ood and obedient
her of the visable church of Chri.st
commits a deed that is worthy of
death, in the gospel sense, the obedi
ent, living members are to put away
(hat evil per-on from among them.
There is as much righteousness in
slaying those appointed for the sword
as there is in proteeriug the innocent,
(see the conduct of Phinehas in slav
ing Zimri a leading man, and the
Lord's ai'proval thereof.) So, there
is as much faiihfulnoss in keeping
gospel order in the sjiirit of 'ueokness
that loves the Lord and his works,
and that burns with holv hatred
against ftfse w’avs, as there is of fe!
lovshiyping tiie righteous. The tw'o
cannot be divided. He that loves
the truth hales falsehood, and he
that hates falsehood loves the imth.
He that is not against Christ is for
him.
Jew—that is, the one who faithfidlv
My needs are stjcli that 1 must nrge
on those of my .sub.-ei-ih jrs who are behind
with tlie I.ANDM.viiKs to .^ond forward tlieir
(inea as soon as possible. .Lny who do. not
roinemher how tiiey -d.ii.d. if tliiw will send
forward a remittaneo and m.itice the Receipts,
l Ui soon learn. Many owe for one or two
years. Tnto, their anioinits sc[) irately are
• mall—but put tegethey they will eiia.blo me
lo pay some debts now due, which I de.sira
very much to j>ay.—[Ki>..
A EOT TO BE PRAYED
.1A)R.
Kkoh.n', Kluu.k,so.v Co., Texas. Dee. 15, ’75.
Bj'othrr Gold:-
vjLK.vsM, at some leisure time, write
•r vour view'.s on 1st John b : 16.
"If any maii'see his hrolher ,sin a .«iii which
Iv not unto ilcatli, he shall ask, and he shall
yive him life for tlioiii that sin not im to death.
There is a sin until death : I do not say that
t e shall pray for it.”
Is the death that is e.xpres.sed here
kept the law' of Moses—never died
such a death as thi.s. It by no means
followed that he would never die.—
The .sentence of death in Adam would
be sure to reach him.
Wlule Christ boro our sins in bis
own body on the tree, wdiere be was
made a curse for us, to redeem us
from eternal death, does it fill low' that
a di.sobedieiit ehristlau mav e.scape all
kinds of chastening? By no uteans.
We niivcr hear that a disohcHlient Is
raelite was remanded Into Egrpt fiir
his sins, or was made a Canaanite, or
expatriated, in the sen.se that he ceas
ed to he an Israelite; (for while in
Babylon in captivity they wrere still
.Israelite-,) yet we see that they were
subject to chastisements, even to the
loss of life. So, wdiile tho.se whom
Christ redeemed, even to ihe forgive-
ne.ss of sins, are-never finally lost in
eternal death, or wdn)l[y given to the
devil in soul, Rxly and spirit; yet
they may fortran.-^gre-ssioas be deliv
ered so far u[) to sataii that the Jlesh
may he destroyed, in order tliat the
spirit may l>e .saved in the day of the
Lord Jesus. And, as the living, obe
dient Israelites (‘xeented the law of
Moses on the offending Israelites, and
were not to pity, nor spare, butorory
man slay his brother where the crime
was worthy of death ; so in go.^ipel or
church discipline now, where a mem-
Thls te.xt is evidently' addre-^sed to
Christians. The general topic sug
gests that. For John is de.^eribing
those that overcome the world, be
cause thev are born of God and hence
liave eternal life. The other reason
is, if any man .see hi.s brother sin a
s.ui which is not unto death, he shad
|>ray for it, and God shall give him
life for them that sin not unto death.
Now', John tells us that this is our
confidence in God, that if we ask anv
thing according to his w’ill he heareth
ns. If w(' know' that God heareth ns
in whatsoever we ask we know' that
we have tlie [letitions that we ask of
him.
Now', if one sees his brother sin a sin
which is not unto death, the brother
seeing this shall ask of God, and God
shall give him, the one prayinp for
the njf ndcr, life or fellowship for the
offending one, and hence he can for
give them, ami they w'ill still live in
his alfi'ctions, and in the fellowship
of the cluirch. It is God that gives
the fellow'ship. Now', if w'C see or
knowthat ouidx‘‘othe>' hrisdone wrong,
if it is a sin not unto death, we are to
pray to God for that offending broth
er, and God will give as life fiir our
brother that we may not slay' him,
but that he may still live iu our afieo-
tions and in the church. Here w'c
are to bear each other’s burden.s, and
not bite and devour one another.—
How near our brethren .should be to
us. Ifw'C do not observe this law'
our brothei-’s blood may l)e on onr
conscience.
Blit if he sins a sin unto death
John does not tell us to pray for it.—
If the deed is such as forbids our
confidenee to pray I’or him ; if it be
of that scandaloiis category of .sin.*-',
for which one .should be ])ut awav
from tlu' body, or should die; if it
be of that fata! immlier of sins, such
tturtyou with proper bihleeharit'- and
mercy have not the mind of the Spir
it to pray for it to lie put away, you
must put him away ; for it then is
manifested to be a sin unto death.—
It then is your duty' in go.spel discip
line, as the .servants of Christ, to ex-
eento his law, and take away or cut
oft* from your midst such as are al
ready manifest to be dead in spirit.—
It is just as much then your duty to
execute the law', by cutting from
church fellowship such offemlers a.s
have uiado it manife.st that their sin
is unto death, as it is to protect those
who walk in the truth. The cpics-
tion is not strictly w’hether they arc
Christians. But it is this, can von
fellowship them as guilty of su.-h and
such conduct. Have you confidence
to pray for them, and has God
given you life fir them. Do they
still live in your fellowsliip. If they'
are dead in your fellovvship they
should be buried i r put awav. You
may still hope tlnw are Christians,
and even after they have died to the
church, their rc[)entance and subse
quent eondnet may be such that you
feel that they' are risen from the dead,
and God hasagain given yon confi
dence in them, and yon may restore
them to the church and iimnher them
among the living in Jerusalem.
Brethren, how' strait and narrow
is the w'ay' of a Christian. Let us al
ways seek for the mind of Christ, and
grieve not the Holy Spirit. Then
we shall keep the I^ord’s house in
gospel order and live in peace and
kec!) out tlie unclean and dea>l, and
tiie Lord W'ill be tlie Irealth of our
eoniitenaiice and hope forever.-
Instead oftalking about our oft'end-
ing brother w'e should pr.iy for him,
if the Spirit gives us acce.ss in faith -
if not, we should put him aw'ay for
the sake of decency and gospel life
and ])eaee.
In order to have the mind of
the Spirit we should walk in the
truth ourselves,and follow'the anoint
ing which we have received. If we
know' and keep the truth w'e shall do
the will of tlie Lord in his church,
amt shall have praise of him. With
out Christ we can do iiwthing,—
Through Cfiirist who sti’CfHgtho'iSyji.s:
we can do all things.
EDUC.ATiON.
There Is a gei^eral discussion being
helo on the question of‘‘sectarian ed
ucation ” in the United States, and it
is stimulated by party ram.-or.
Catholics tiivor intensely' sectarian
education—that is, they require that
all their secular schools shall be de
nominational.
Protestants will not conciliate Cath
olics therefore by banishing King
Jame.s’ IranslatHUi of the Bible from
tlieir schools of learning; because
Catholics W’ill not be satisfied w’ith
any school which does not admit their
version of the Bible (the Douay) to-
be read and taught. That is, they
always combine tlieir secular and
their denominational school.s, and
write hoiine.ss to the Lord on their
houses, bells, [lots, shovels, axes and
hoes; or the mark of their- religion Is
put on all of their products. If is
very manifest in the style of dress of
their priests, and nuns, Ac.
. Protestants generally have their de
nominational .schools. Their literary
school.s have that hiasiand their Sun
day Schools are deeply impregnated
with their distinctive denomiiiafional
views. Hence their schools arc sec
tarian, or the children taught in’them
are warped in tlieir feilings aceording
to the teachings and views of such
denominations.
Baptists, who by the w'ay are n t
protestants, for they were never born
of the mother of harlots, but as a e’e-
nomination of people w’ere always
separate, (although Catholicism sprang
up by the falling aw'ay of some from,
the true Cluirch) have held, and da