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- . rrnr- ioiii L'P T u a a a i PUBLISHED "WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTII CAROLINA CON FERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. RUFUS 7. I1EFLIN, Er rr ?.. Vol, I.--ao. 21. RALEIGH, FRIDAY, 1550. C H R I T m n JL Jljo p n 1 1 r t . MY MOTHER'S VOICE- My ml'nT'n vohre ! I j: n j-.r I it-.l her hand upon tnv ri-r, At b-n in i.iit f'-it j y SH1 rais-d her -vTiiiig hjn;ti of pr.i A:i 1 called i'i ri l,l--t. .iiig- on t'.e da Of her Ulov-d ho v. My rno'J.'T!, voi'-e ! I i--.r i llr.r hiin i ifi in inv h iroin i now row, A- in th.'it . fi . I v hour AV'!m-h lever t'.ir Vi, ;! in ;iU rny voin. And ih:it kin J J,.-tn l fir.-t aoota'd my pains With h:;tliii power. My wrh-r'n voice ! it wit A ns vrh."n .Sue re t t fo me of h ly loen, Thi- p.ari:ire!:i of old, And iin I !' w.irT in my fa'-e. She h'r.i n;ii inf-irit thought to tra'"9 3Iy blue eyes tol J. J: cornc. wbn th.2H unhallowc-1 thron?, Yv'ovc;i in c t dewpti oh2 And whuo- round my heart ; A wlieri iit eve it ror-e on hih, I he.intnl think !.:it fhe 'a tii'o And they 'I'-part. Thrnuh round my Iinrt :vH, all 1. oxide TiiC voi. o of iri-n l-(';ii, 1 .v', hnd died ; Tli'i' vnii.-r; would linger thi-re ; A wli-n s'.-ft pi'iowel on h-r hre;i-t, It t ir.es fir.-: loli'd my infant ret, Or rtiiiC in prayer. Cummmiirntioun. I'or th; X. C. Chris tian A'lvo'ate. Till-: UOCTIUNK Of the Final Unconditional Perge verance of the Saint considered, and refuted. N U M JJ E It VI. . ?c. ?. r. . I proceed now examine some of t!ie Scripture proofs that ; are relied up-ia to Hustain the p isitions which have pissed in review before us.; If, therefore, the .Scriptures support the, positions assumed, or professeuly drawn lroin them, whatever our in wstitration may , , , t ' . u ,ii ' have demonstrated to the contrary, we shall , , , . i i .i : bj bound to yield the argument. liut is . x, . o t i " i . r . i this so? I think not. As preliminary to : . x. .. r ii . i r .. ' , . i i i Tr.nn n minii writer lmiv ho I rirrai lilted : I r, R J . i i f home of the arguments produced from ! Scripture need very little answer, as being 1 wholly alien from the purpose. As v. g 1 ll i . rp i t .. c, t u " woni. Jieuee. me meanniLr oi i iosa aa- "1st. I hat p tss iL'o ot St. John, (a) : . . . - ,. n . . - i i ir- ,.i,;,i, monitions and cautions we nnd in this Christ having loved J lis own, which were i . . in the wjrld, lie loved them to the end. P's. e" . . L . . , - i ,,. ,. i i o;.,;r,r i-.,f it ! I here was no doubt in St. Paul s mind ior these words only signify, tout lie . , . , . loved them to the close of His life, and about God f work being done, so far as he showed this affection to them by washing ; was Permitted and could do it; but there r . i it , , .j, , was a strong doubt upon his mind about their feet when He was to leave them. , , . ,. . . , . , ,rL. .i ir i . j their accomplishing the work assigned This p issntre therefore can aflord no argu-1 . . ,r " . , , " , . . 1 -' them : and hence his fear lest he "should meat to prove that the regenerate cannot ! .' . . . . . ,r, fall aw.y, because Christ speaks not of;ruiV" ?' f labor ,n Va,D- - ,IhC them whom He hid chosen to eternal life. ! couditionaiity of this perseverance is here but of them only whom He had chosen to j demonstrated, and consequently this text be His Apostles chap, xv : 10 ; not of His ; love of them to the end of their lives, but ! - .. . . ' or His own lire on earth. aiy. Ui Jiiie lmjieriuieuev is iiuil!. ... i J x rr u ti, i ' in the language ot a good writer: oJier pissage, (b,) Those whom lhou hast , . "r . 1 i V i i j , f "To the words cited from Philip, i: b, given ine have I kept, and none ot them! . . r ' r , , , . .i V t-. r I viz., being conhdent ot this, that he who is lost, but the son ot perdition, ior (1st), I. ' , . . . ... ' . 1 . : h-ith hiirnn a fT,iiirl work in vim will rv-r- " 'llir IK li:.-r imnfrtinpnov is rnat Tnit this wis spoken only of -the twelve;. . , , . Tl , . -iii' 4i u i I form it to the day or Jesus Christ, 1 an- Apostles, is evident from the whole con-, , . . . . . , ' , , V.i - . i i swjr, that it is evident the Apostle speaks text, and so there is no reason to extend it .,. 1 , ,, . , , rn, , ....... i not out ot any opinion ot tne election ot to all true believers. (Jdlv). Ihe very, J t , !,-, . , . , ., , r- . , , any. much less ot all the Philipptans, to next chapter shows that this was spoken i J , . - r .- . . . , ,.i C ...i eternal life, or or the certainty ot their ot their preservation from temporal deatn ; i , . . . J , . rw ti j. Ti- i: ;i,, ,,:i, i perseverance to the end; for why, then, Christ requesting that iiis disciples mirnt , , , , . . . . ' , J',-' i -A it i , i,,,, i do'h he exhort them fc) to work out their be pjraiitted to ir ) away when He was ap-; . . J ... i i i ti t' i r ir;, ,.,:v,t salvation with fear and trembling (d), to prehended, that ihis siying ot 1 Lis might: . , T . , " .. j T , s? . i oii,A i stand fast in the hard, and to retain the b tulhlied John, xvin : 8. And (odly), , . . '. , A , nil- t :, i, ? fu' wordo lire, that he luiirht have joy in Ibis passair, tauen in the sene ot tne . , , J J t - J ,i . -,. ti, ,t ......ithe day or Christ, that he had not run or obioetors, is rather an argument that some , , -J . ' , TT , .'.. i i , i i , z-iu : ,t labored in vain among them: He speaks or tnem who were given by God to Christ, 1 , . . . , x . i i : : , tu this tuerefore from a judgment ot charitv; may perish, because it is arhrmed that one ... . . . - ,, -1 r , ,i : . m,; i; l because, saith he, it is just or fat for me ot them w.io were thus iveu to Christ did i e i ti t . , , to conceive thus or you, by reason ot that so. Such, i . . S ' ,J ,,nn T , . i t n I great anection vou nave tor me, auu your '3dly, Is that passage cited from Horn. . . . ... . ' , on Vi t . . ' i ir f i patience under the like sufferings. JNow, xi : J, ihat toe giits and callings of God;" , , . , - . , .' are without repentance; this being evi- l , it , t- . .1 i dontiy spoken ot those Jews who were then , . J K , i i i hardened, given up to spiritual slumber, , , P.. .,r. r t j ! broken off from their own ohve-tree, and; in that state of infidelity in which they i have continued almost 1700 years, and only intimate that God will, in His good time, receive them again into His favor, j ii The arguments which seem to have a greater force in them, are taken either j from those Scriptures which seem plainly, 1 or by just consequence, to assert this doc trine, or else to promise this perseverance of the saints." Dr. Whitby on the Five, Points, pp. 42G, 427. With these views as an introduction, I shall now proceed to the examination of some of the most important of those pas sages relied upon to prove that those who are the elect of God can never so aposta tize as to perish everlastingly. I shall take up these in the order in which I find them used in the "Confession of Faith of the Presbvterian Church," and also the " Baptist Confession of Faith" of 1616 of England, and of 1712, of Ani -riea. 1. " Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work m you, will perforin it until te day of Jesus Christ." Phil, i: 6. "And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish; neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave thein me, is greater than all ; and none is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand." John, x: 28, 29. See also I. John, iii : 9, and I. Pet. i : 5, 6 ; Job, xvii : 9." Conf. p. 8o. 1. The passage in Phil, i : 6, cannot be interpreted so as to prove the "certain and infallible" perseverance of the saints un conditionally. If not unconditionally, then it will follow that these very I'hilippians might fail to comply with the conditions of the "covenant of grace." That this is the proper interpretation of this text, will appear from the fallowing considera tions : (1.) Although they were " in the Lord," and lie had " wrought a good work in them," yet the Apostle found it necessary to caution them that they be careful to 1 avoid a-ocialioa w'-th some of that 'jhurch, j who had f.c-rt jirjlv departed frvua following, j Christ. Hence h't fsvs : " Tor many walk, j lor whom I have- tol l you often, and row , 1 to-'I you even weeping. th-:t th'.-y tre the; ieTien-ies Of the CrOr.S of Christ: Vf ho-C U d is destruction, who-e ( si is their belly.' i and who-c glory i in th'.-ir fdiame, who I mind e.rtblv things." CL' p iii : 1. 10.; i Now. if there was no kind of dog.'-r anr! ng !,,.., .,.t . .1 ,;'r... .r. 1 j here tdlales to,- why caution them at all?! j Evidently, they might be "seduced" from j ! the --implicity utA hope of the Go-pel, by ' j the influence of these fallen teachers, who j" minded earthly things." To the same! ' :rT:'.-t, arc the ."ipotl's words in vt-r.-i"? 2. i I .'J, whero h caution tb;:u jraint "dojrs' j ! ar;d " evil workers," whose influence wuuid j be to lead them to " have confidence in the j i fle-h,' find so cnu.se thein to " fail frooj J ('!.) The Apofrtle exhorts them to f-tend-! . . -i. . r t . 1 l ! "'i''' 111 "-,r pr..eiori anu c-.H..iu-;t, ! and expresses fears, lest, after all Li.-i Li'oor . for then), it would prove entirely abortive. ! " Therefore, iuy dearly beloved and lorred 1 for, my joy and crown, so Htand fast in the Ijord, tny do-arly beloved." Chap. :v: 1. " Only let your conversation be a.s be j co:neth the (jo.-jd of Chri-t : that whether i I co'iie and .see you, or td.se be absent, I j may liear of your all'uii, that ye .standfast j in one spirit, with one mind striving to ! trether for the faith of the Gospel," &c. ', Chap, i : Do all things without ; lnuniiurinqr-i and disputings, that ye may ; be blameless and harmless, the sons of I God, without rebuke, in the midst of a ! crooked and perverse nation, among whom 'ye .shine as lights in the world ; holding i forth the word of life; tuat I niav rejoice " in the day of Christ, that I have not run j in vain, neither labored in vain." Chap. iii: 14-10. I j From these considerations, it evidently ' appears that St. Paul entertained fears lest j these very I'hilippians might be seduced, and finally iniss attaining an inheritance in Heaven. While, therefore, St. Paul was " persuided" that Christ would " perfect'' ! that which was " lacking" in them, and . ,, . . Christ, he nevertheless feared the final . ' TI . y n i c issue, lie knew that a.s to the nnale of ., .. , , , . . . all this, it much depended upon their lL ,.' , . . . f . , " working out their .salvation with fear ami ircmoiing : ior, aunougn urou wrouirm c ..' o . "in thein to aviII and to do ot 11 is own . . ,, ... , . . ?ood Plsur0; 3"f ' ti" depended "P!1 thTr co-operat.on with Him in this '. .F1', "L ,lu , ta,nt-V J ialhbihtj of the final perse vpr:inr'i fT the SMint.; verance of the saint. I close my examination of this passage , . . confidence, gives us just reason to conceive , , y, .. . he knew nothing ot the necessity of their , . tl . . perseverance by virtue or their election to ,v.-t, r, ihn v-0 . -o n"i A FF- my next, 1 shall pursue the course marked out for me, in the order in which the citations are made. Yours, affectionately, PETER DOCB. Normal College, May 7, 1856. (a) Jnhn xiii: 1. (c) Chap, ii: 12. (1) John xvii: 13. (d) Chap, iv: j; ii: 1G. For the X. C. Christian Advocate. Public Sentiment. There exists not a feeling of conscious ness, or there is not found a fact, more identical with our personal individuality, than the feeling, or the fact, of free moral agency. To elaborate the proposition by argument were worse than vain; to at tempt its refutation by reason, worse than futile. To do the former were to produce an argument to prove the existence of our self, or the identity of our individuility ; to attempt the latter were to labor to con vert our whole moral constitution into a living, practical lie. Humanity, though fallen, still possesses powers, or a capacity for the innate perception of truth : it is hot only rational in the superstructure of us organism, Dut most beautiiul in the mode of its operations- Like the pillars of Greece, and the columns of Rome, 'tis beautiful, though in ruins. The linea ments of a former greatness are traceable in every feature, and the systematic move or a once grand organism is discernible in its now thwarted powers. What is requi site to set it a-going once again, is to launch it out upon the sea of life, give it a helmsman, a chart and compass, and the great old ship, though stranded on many a shore, will yet ride safely into the harbor. Now, that is what we want. We want a helmsman, who will steer agaiust wind and tide, by sun-light aud by star-light, through storm and through calm. Much has been said and written in praise of the heroism of our rir ' . I T-aneir.nr- I. re irt tv rerv'C ' , - , i r . tr.e hert- of miU'ioii ; its heart-J-tirrsug , f- d-eds CM.iie dowu to us throa.-h the k ' of chivalry, awl awaken rerT,fi-es in the feoul thi:t fwell from the iwm ef the no, tions like the thunder of sd Alpine storm, j Ther:iiopv!;.e and Marathon nir the jc-! trioti-iu or every the thou-ar;d t-f ,lO"l-ff' v. AtdaL.ot:g! i ve. the r;aa.e : of Arn'U Winklereid will never die. Whil.-t the er.;r!:i-tiag hiiis of Switzerland re.iiain, or the banner of the' free i un furled, his n-inie wiil liv-?. Austria. h:A rjiu-.terel the strength of a nation to criwi j the ri-ing spirit of th'i free. Switzerland air the Horn) of wr more dark and threat- ; ening th-jn tho-e of her own Alf-ine thun-; ders." iJowa, like the fearful bL.-ts of her j own tempest-clouds, it came. At one of her mountain pisses, her feeble band of pitriots breasted this murderous breath of Across that mountain pjss "In arais the Austrian pha'anx stofd, A human w.-ill, a human wo id, A wall where every conscious -tone Seemed to its kindn d thousands jr.itrn, Which, at trie first signs of c-aivng strife, Would startle into hideous life." There they stood, "all horrent with brist- j But one idea, however, n.ay be worthy of ling spear"." and against them stool a fee- j notice at preseut, i. e. the establishing of ble band of patriots, who had rushed to a branch of our "Book Concern" in our the defence of their homes, of their coun- j own Stat 3, in order to cheapen our books try. The odds are fearfu'lv agair:-t them, and facilitate their distribution. The ad They have heard of Thonuopyhvj and of J vantages that would aeeruo to us as a Leoni las : there now is their Thermopylae, church, by the location of sai l bnincb, but where is their Leonidas? B :hold him: i would be many and of great importance, he is there: Arnold Winklereid is there, ! AVhcn our preachers want a lot of books, " in -ruminatiou deep and long." Behold the hero of Switzerland : he leaves the ranks "Make way for liberty, be cried, Make way for liberty, and died." Ten spears he thrusts aside; the eleventh pierces his heart. The patriot falls in that mountain piss, but his compeers enter the breach over his body. " Make way for liberty," they cry. Terror seizes the Aus trian host ; victory flashes along the lines ! of Switzerland, and she again is free. j Who has not heard 0" who does not ad- j mire the deeds of the brave ? There is a majesty, a grandeur, in the very inspira tion produced by their contemplation. No matter how unfavorable the circumstances hell than serve in heaven," has exacted and obtained a greater store of panegyric from admiring thousands, than all or any of the illustrious examples of moral cour age, which mark the age of martyrdom, or l..t J tK n ,.., i.,., ,!.. i Cluster arounu ine viuss. iicAtiiiuui , x, , , V1 ,i n i j .v i hmiifh h.- ilipil n5 the too rfioth PTe hum- : u u,.,i ... j ij ; tk e- i ti i Ul LUU IllllUU JUi;i eliOlIC !.- L 11 rJ UCilU liar:il ., ' , 1 , . . ., , c or trie suuiuue; dui to me mini oi iue Christian, Alexander, surrounded by the blaze and pride of war, with the world for his kingdom and thrones for his footstool, sinks in utter insignificance before Paul the Apostle while exclaiming to his brethren, "God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom I am crucified to the world and the world to me." This is a moral sublimity that strikes the minds of angels ; yea, an gels reach it not : "This theme is man's, and man's ahme ; The.-e, in their vast appointments, reach it not ; They see on earth a bounty not indulged on hign. And downward look for heaven's superior .. 1 train. j " God forbid that I should glory." What a text ! What a lesson for the Christian ! Christian, where are you? what are you doing? What are the motives that prompt you? what are the influences that mould your life and shape your course? The world, oh ! the world, the fond, the fasci nating world. How near vou ; how dear to your affections. The world and its maxims ! the world and its customs ! ! You will risk the loss of holiness, the dis pleasure of the Saviour, the salvation of your soul ; you will press with the ungodly world to the verge of hell rather than CL .1, ,..t iai., ,t T-w.,i7! ,,.t " "N7w unaer w men tney were euacteu, or unto- . ,. . , , . . -' . ... Disciplines for . is young converts, he must ward the associations connected with the , 1 , c - L. , , . ... it . , . , , .i send to another State for them, and pay at actors, still this depreciates but little the , t , - . , rr ' r .' t, ,r.u . ! least one-third their original cost lor trans- moral worth of natural heroism. Milton s, . ,. , . , i-t,r;t , .. . , . ,, i, . . . portation, which is, to sav the least of it, devil, asserting tis "Better to reign in 1 , , ' , ' i,ru , ... ' , , A.u 0 ,r, ' i portance to man That it was necessary what will yen do? Still, press on ? Ihe (;hrist t0 Puffer death. may be seen Spint strives with you, calls you to holi- , , , , , , hXiess ,.ond: ness, points to the example, not of Phari saical professors, not of hypocrites, not of unconverted Baptists, Episcopalians, Meth odists not of a proud, supercilious, God forgetting world; but to Wesley, to Fletch er, to Bramwell, to Mrs. Rogers, to Ann Colter, to the martyrs, to the faithful in all ages ; points you oh! write it on your hearts like the pen of adamant on marble points you to the blessed Jesus ! Now, will you go? will you come out from the unclean thing? will the fashionable Meth odists put off their rings and gewgaws? will they quit the ball-room, fashionable parties, the circus, shows, Sabbath evening chit-chats and visiting? will the Method ists, the laity, or the ministry ! comply with II. Cor. vl : 14? will they pray more, fast oftcner, consecrate themselves wholly to God? will they seek for and live, enjoy and practice, entire sanctification ? will they unite heart and hand, give time and thought, means and influence, to saving sou's ? will they, in order to do thisand as an end, nothing but this, stem the tide of public sentiment, face the frown of hy pocrites, meet the contumely of wicked men ? will they go through wet and dry, heat and cold, prosperity and adversity, sickness and death, to save souls ? Ah ! your heroism, ye sickly sentimentalists ! where now are you? Ensconced behind the pride of life, the lusts of the flesh, the pride of the eyes ? " Ye serpents, ye gen eration of vipers, who hath warned you to flee the damnation of hell ?" You are in finitely worse than the weak disciples: you don't watch at all. Y'ou are asleep all asleep dreaming of peace when there is no peace. Now, what shall we say to you, but tell you to wake up ; put on the pano ply of God; wrestle, contend, run, strive, light, live, die die as a Christian; or hell, a dark, damnable hell, will be your home, and the tome of the ungodly, forever. at end bear the cro?, e&dt Lr-e. tb -h -re vor.r I iri, you i;-y a r-.t out ct drr jrr-..ai J. bavin; her 'to a j.r.-u-J world; co-ie'iL-t-- ? nr beiJij'y of ajparD e. I'v'ui out. nd CHRIST man me y.,u iree'ior the Son tuake vou free, ve thIl Le free ndeed '." ' :iirr ' f Cri-t, aria, And I ut y,.ur ani ! r i n ; !ftr r,g in tt f .rrt-t'gh wf.ieh O A supplies Thr. i;t.h HU Etroa! Sn: S?r-Ti in e ri -i ji-.s. Who n ?! .rr--i.th .f Jeus trnsts r- ir 1 mote than cur quemr." Fv,r the X. C. ChristiaD Advocate. Eeligicas Literature. B"0. IIeilin : In a former article, allu- j sion w made to the circulation of our j church literature 'v The question naturally 'arises, How shall we accomplish so desira- ble an end? What is the bet plan for the people of North Carolina to adopt, to secure a free circulation of the many books ! now being issued by us? In order to an ! swer this question fully, it w.uld occupy ! more space than 3-ou would like to spare. ' thev have to senc" to lachmond, Charles- ton, or even Nashville, for them, and wait patiently until the different railroad and stage agents see proper to deliver them, which is generally long enough. Besides the delay, sending small boxes or packages over .wo or three different roads, several hundred miles, is very expensive. Con sequently, many of our preachers do not send for the books they want; or, if they do, they fail to get them at the proper time, and r.fter they are received the cost of transportation (which is great) has to be added to the original cost of them or lost by the preachers; either of which is calculated' to hinder their circulation. If a revival springs up on a circuit, and the I nr -acher in charge wishes to get a dozen upon of the "Book Concern" near the centre of our State, and it will certainly do much to build up Methodism in North Carolina. Why should North Carolina not have one as well as South Carolina or Virginia? Is i ... ,i j she not as important or worthy or as needy . . - y as they? or is it in church matters as it i3 I in social, political and commercial affairs :- ,,11 - . , t I loosed down upon as it we were made ot upon second-rate material. ' Are the GJ,000 Methodists of North Carolina not entitled to the aeeon modations that other States receive? Nor shall we be content, as in years past, to submit quietly to the above named evils. Poor old North Carolina ! she has for man- long, long years been in suojection to her sister States, " who are hard mas ters, reaping where they have not sown, and gathering where they have not strew ed." " Do the 3Iethodists of North Caro lina foun a part of old "Rip Van Winkle?" If so, let us arise from our slumbers, shake off our lethargy, and put forth new efforts, in order that we may not only stand side by suie witu othcr Southern States, but 111 111, 1 .V ll- 1 ueaa ana snouiaers aoove tnem an; ana I the first sten we should take towards it. as a church, in ray humble opinion, is to ask our next General Conference to establish a a branch of her " Book Concern" in our State. A LAYMAN. Rowan Co., June 21, 1356. For the X. C. Christian Advocate. ' Ought not Christ to have suSgred. thsse things ?" In connection with the sufferings of Christ there are mysteries. Yet, by a care ful examination of the subject, we may find lessons of deep and vital interest and im- tion of man. The sentence had gone forth . - . i from God, that "In the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." He ate, and the sentence was, in part, immediately fulfilled ; but the love of God was so great to man, that He sought a sacriSce, that man might be saved, and still the law be made honorable. Man saw his condition, but how to remedy it he knew not. A cloud had gathered over hiin, thick, and so dense, that, to all human appearance, no ray of hope could penetrate it. Upon its dark bosom played lightnings of wrath, in mad confusion, while deep-toned thun der muttered the sullen anger of the only Being that could render help. Already the storm had commenced its fierce howl ing? around him, and death dread mon ster had entered his mission on the plains of earth. In vain did man seek for help in himself. There was not a particle of matter, not a moment of time, not the smallest consideration, that he could offer for relief. There was naught but a fearful looking-for of the fiery indignation of God. 2. It was necessary for Christ to suffer death, because there was no other being able to redeem man. There is no one among the angels in heaven, that ba3 blood "to shed for man. There is no one that has time to spend in works of super erogation ; for God has made them, their every faculty and power, for his own glory. Nor could " twelve legions" of angels, with all their combined powers, in connec tion with the assistance of the Universe, blot out one stain of sin made upon the soul of one of the sons of men, much less accomplish the salvation of the world. 3. It may be seen, again, that Christ should die because "thus it is written," " The seed of the woman shall bruise the serpent's head," &c But that Christ suffered a great many things which ought not to have beea iuflict- a ULlIlllli UI7U11 lltJtll. IJIIV 113 UIUHI.U ;t fryn .t-T?ral cjn:2-T.t!-.n.. i'Le s-jS.rb.- isfk-ied It the Jews wcr: ' ce -rj to she s'r t: i f f r::, tiA H-r o ight n -t Johrre u5.-7v-4 the a. it. . , - i. i.?c-2u- t.vy baa necesjry c.-r-1 , r.ect. ,n with the .-. .iv;i ,;j ,f tajr. the I ;:-t,TH-!uc-iit of thsr w -rU. If th; -iTering-i i.vi- inS:."to 1 were for the ttone .icnt o th- w.,rld. whv n t -rei;e thc-r -d ;;...) i i:e j-jt tr.st pu'pw c -"rr. endured bv The su"Teri? g5 Iliei, were t !.. Ki L".:J -I he fii ted by God upon the of our JV-us Ct.ri-t that put which c;.;. : i-S'.-tt J by jiun. i But it is said, thit "without the '-r.i l ;d;ng of hlotd there is no reviii iu of ; tins." The shebiingof blood here ine.n. , pouring out the life. But if it be in-i-ied j tnat the passage be literdiy fnlii'de-1. wj'ik ! with me i;:to the garden of Gvth-emane ; : see those drops of bloody sweat rmzing from ; " Iuunanuel's veins." and rea l in thein the my the second death. It may be seen, again, th.;t Christ ought to have suffered thee things, from thjfact that he was innocent. There Was " no wi-j found in his hps. i mjght here nreseut the reader with an extensive ac- i count of the trial of Chri-t : but let it suf fice to give the decision of the juJg- in , the case : "Pil.ite.when he had called together the i chief priests an 1 the rulers, anl the p -o- pie" a full meeting "said unto them. , Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people, an 1 I havii examined him before vou. have found no i f;.u!t in this man, touching those thing whereof vou accu-e hiin. No, nor vet Ile- rod; fori sent you to him, and jo I nothing; worthv of death is done unto him." ! u-r.l .1 . . . . . . 1 . c ...... l .. ! it.u tuese lacts oeojre us, wno can s:iv j - - , c M . , , " 1 thi it tci i-i -lit fi.r I Hn.t 1 i h -l-.. lu'i-n ! crucified upon the Cross, or who will dare sav that this wicked act was nece.ssarv in ! -j, is evi j . t tire great work of the salvation of man ; ; a nam :, if if be not an exponent oi the for it is emphatically ft Ued in God's word j thig s'gtufied? 'J he fact of u-irtg the that with '-wicked bauds" he had been j Union S. School books is nothing to '."crucified." " lliui, being delivered by I the purpose. Nearly all the d'nouii-' the determinate counsel and foreknowledge ! national schonhs in the land use man v of God, ye have taken, and with wicked j 0f the S. S. Union books. i hands have crucified and slain." He was j s to tho s'lr.erinlt'rident bfin - a ."delivered" by the determinate counsel of , p.-esbvrcria'n. and being, soju,tlv hnid- i God. He was "delivered by the lure- i i i " ,i , v i;.,. , r ,i v.v c r , , , r, , . x . A , , i ed by the ld:tor ot the Nes, 1 tia'.e knowledge of God. lhat is, to l deter- , A . T , ; , , .i . ir iii nothing to sav, except that 1 believe' ; mined and knew that He would be given , , r" ' ' . . . : into the hand of the Jews. But it does ! Jr- ?aper.ntender.t and i not say that it was his determination that ! Mr- . the present superintendent, to 'the Jews should kill him. Nor does it be truly catholic in their views and j even say that he foreknew tint they would : feelings, but because of the fact of i kill hiin. It states that " Ye ha ve taken, j their having no church relation in' and with wicked hands have crucified and Warrenton they are the more easily . i slain." But admitting that He knew they , led to give their influence where it per ! would crucify Him, what does it prove? j ia)3 -oul I not be thrown if thev had i ; That it was right? That it was actually , bcen differently circumstanced. "Very; ; necessary ? No. It only proves the pres-, sure am l that had not Mr. (J. and W. i ! c once of God; and His (Gods) knowl- n ,r,.,.,i ;,i. uA T'..t;-' 1 Afiii Tit inriira nt'onra h-is in nrr. T ! . i t with the cause, than my knowledge of i past. I know that the sun shines to-day. ! God know; it will shine, or will not, one j hundred years from today. The differ j euce in our knowledge is, mine is limited j to the present aud past, and IILs is from j "everlasting to everlasting." More anon. " FORSYTH. I June, 19-36. For the N. C. Chnstinn Alvocato. Mr. Editor : The Editor of the "Warrenton News," in his issue of the 17th, has perpetrated an article two and a half columns long, in reviewing a notice which was given of the Pic- j nic and May-day celebration in War- our race may be justly classed the gift 1 j renton, in the Advocate of the 30th j of oratory. True eloquence is a price- J i u!t., in which he ha3 chosen to sav i less and rare attainment. The world' jniany things about your correspondent, i has had its kings, conquerors, phi'oso- j ! and also to throw out several insinua-! pliers, and poets ; but none has sway-! I tions. "One that knows" is not dis-! ed the masses of mankind like the cya- j I posed to protract a controversy with ! tor. Possessed of a magic power, be j the Editor of the News, especially one j moves the multitudes like the forest' j that might to any extent become per-j shaken by the tempest. i I sonal. He entertains for the Editors All nations, all parties, all sects ha ve : ! n-;ne but feelings of kindness, nor is he t had their orators ; even Infidelity, the ; ! conscious of anything unkind towards ; most insignificant of all, lias had its '. I any one of his correspondents. And j orators. Among these last, the most ! ! since the Editor, for them, disavows j distinguished is the individual v.hose! ! any purpose to do any one "an injury, i name and title heads this article. j I especially the Methodists, we must ac-; Gentle reader do you see that gath- i j cept the assurance ; but still maintain ! erir.g concourse of excited people, of that the tendency of the notices was,! all sge?, ranks, sexes, and colors rush-; ! in our judgment, to bring some mea- i ing together around that throne yon- i sure of odiun upon the Methodist ofjder? Do you see that man there,' ) Warrenton, by ignoring them ; or ex-! clothed in royal apparel with flaming 'citing enquiries as to the cause of j eye, manly tread, stern brow, and in-; : their not being in the celebration, j teliigent countenance, approaching tie i wViinh nn- hpinf answcrpfl. would lea vp i ctnnd ? Tie is TTerod. thr infidel nrfi-! luoonthem the imputation that they! were too oigoicu lu unite wiiu uiauis m a laudable social recreation. ! The Editor informs U3 that the Wil-! liamsboro' correspondent is an Episco-! palian. We did not know this before; j j but must now believe it. Of course he ! ! had no design to ignore any one; no J intention to laud one to the disparage- j j ment of another equally respectable. I I must also do the Editor of the News ! the justice to say, that he certainly I would not knowingly onend any of his numerous friends. He is known to! be a man of very liberal views, and of a remarkably facile disposition. He says he is "neither a Methodist nor j Baptist," and we do not know that he is i a sectarian at all. He is certainly apostolic in one respect. He can, 1 1 think, without much difficulty become "all things to all men." J Had the celebration proceeded solely j on the ground of its being what it real- j lv wasa Sunday School celebration of j Iron-wheelites principally, there would have been no false colors. Bnt the writer knows there were a number of Methodists decoyed to Warrenton by the shoia of a Union celebration, who would not have been seen there had they fully understood the matter. He also knows that aftr it bad been determined that there should be a cele bration, the question of inviting the Episcopal and Methodist S, Schools to 1. This i cr-' le - r s , era -v - 1 " : 1 it. wh o t he E I r f the 1 i S ;j - r, . 1 s ' j.i! Clt- Ti.? v.e 1 .T'. wis fir-. ir carr.t-l. lr? invititio-i w i-ivea t.v a C':aTi.::o p poin'e l for the purp-v : but was r : acr. ,- to i;s being a i r-i' i ; S . r s;ch t.rc.iu-U'".'"'- a r.ii-;ake. It was a n -f the s called L n. i w.is a School, wis n the inv! ? f tVft V' -P's.li a-i ri :i I: miiiirc. to be g:ven ta oThiTs w.i not an nfi r th,njh I woull a-k why thv? oi -i-rs and other? undertook to manage the whole tn ittor deterrriinc on their plan, appoint committee, select manag'-rs, if., and then send to let the i Methodists :iul others know, t!rt th y i would like to see then follow in tlo- wake. It would doubtless have helped ; the ruiMnt n lirtlo. P., it the Metho- : ,jvts ;.,, ,,0 ,,f j y, in the mit- tor wlien b" so lo;n fhov won! 1 .ickno .vledj'!! ti;-? rrht of iHiierstoj exe'asive control, an 1 themselves infe- j rior at the same ti:ne. The idea of in- i viting thc'u under such circirn.-t.ane.-'s j I have reu.s-in to know was regarded as oueh.-ive. Hid tho proposition be.-n made to them at a nroner stae of the matter t' have a union eeL bration, in which tho cjinlity of all should bo ' acknowledged, it won! 1 have met a mor(, respectful consideration than it. - i " rtt.itt. . .i ,r t -, as to the name of Ln.on S. School the News about which the K litor oi lna"1 1 "'et usk i.im-re 1 T .11' 1. ..A . :. .1 Union S. School before the Ironwheel was adopted by the baptists hereabouts' thev would not now lend countenance i to any ecclesiastical association that; favors it. i A jhist regard to the position of the 1 Methodists of Warrenton and a fuH statement of alllhe facts connected with th.tt position, SO' m to call for this coin- ' rnunication which the writer thinks will be liis last on the subject. ONE THAT KNOWS, i i rr tlic N. C. Cini.'tian Ailro'-afs. j Ilerod the InSdcl Orator. j Among the noblest endowment of! tor. He is to make a speech to-day to ! t:ie.te eager inousaii' is. iieis ii:e iii.in, who "killed James the brother of John j with a sword," and who took Peter down from the pulpit and thrust him ' into prison, bound him with two chains, and stationed a guard ef "four quarter- j nions of soldiers" around him. Hard- j harted, blood thirsty tyrant ! . j But stop God interposed. An an- j gel.cornmissioned from the bright World! descended the slope of the skies, bear- j ing a key, emblematic ot his power, in h'i3 hand, and unlocked the prison's' iron door, shook Peter s chains from Lis limbs, and in defiance of earth and hell, set him at liberty The angry orator of the day is enraged because Peter is gone and bis blads of polished j steel is not crimsoned with his blood. The soldiers have paced the btreets, j roamed the fields and woo 1, and sacked j every house in search of the prisoner,! but found him not. And now, to glut j his rage, Ilerod has "commanded that i ze keepers snouiu oe put. wucum. j He speaks, and listening thousands ; I bin" enchained upon his lips. His voice, sweet, clear, sonorous ; his look dignified, ardent, animated ; bis ges tures, quick, curved, graceful ; be stands before that vast assembly a mo d d orator. Now, be boasts that be killed James ; then, he thunders Lis anathemas upon the soldiers from whom Peter escaped ; again be pours torrents i !i the p.c o;" h m ,n -v, IV, Nar-- re ; I .'. h s 1 ' i - 1 f.'we-s ; -vi I "i r. .. - s - ;". j :h- :,-;t tvrr of r- l-S ". 1 1 p '" '. r g" n "f ! h ?- or ;,s r ' pt''.'ri. r. t e 1 .V"i it C V fT 2-fV. 1 it'.'.'.'. 1 w ; "a :h-s- i tve i ;: S;k ? 1 :i:i; ;h n ! r rol'c I fr n a I v i i i :h i- !, '? i' ' i i? . tj in-' - i ' a i. " A t 1 l -1 is" !i ei I -.rn 1 th r i! .:ry r h I Cr A of His g! r;-. : ? n ' of th" Lrl nt h -a, " an ! h 1 : ! i d - I t'r .-i the thro.i? a:il"as c it"i of -v -rni'. " T:i. II -ol s wis n in;": Id ori:i,n there cm h" n d eiht ; i: is ex r v sti- 1. ;hr. h-ci i- h" giv? n"t G A the gl-ry."th" 'i:.;a .-f th.- Inrd 'ii Ki:.i ;" it i al ; S 1" 1. :? word ,f 0 1 grc v m l in iViplicd." The cii:o of Go 1 n-'rer aTcrs in a .!i from au i ri ll I-d orati n. T'u's j'i Ig v. vit w.i is'ill a an 1 i'i th v- rv ae f tr iisgre-si ,n. A n vr nt ! " h v; i, b lib 1 as a god by a th vMind v lic-s, n i.v h lie int'icdi-t "s ij tt"u bv tii" angd." hi "given :; th ghost."' an 1 is "t itr-u ..f worm. " Ihi'-n I'y r"-id-T, beware lest yo i h c it djwn in tho vorv aft of tran-g . i sh:r. ' APOLLOS. F- r.h ; X. C. C..ri:ir A l'noi'f Drvr. B.: otiik;; : I am not in t. habit of writing for the public pr b it if you will favor me with a : - ill sp in vo ir rohrans, I will p -ah :v w .rl of intere-r, to every truo M::!.-;-di-t thr ughout the length and bread: it of our beoved state. 1'o ir yars ago when I came vlo-re 1 now livr, and settled near the be pi tiful m ?.md. -ring stream. kno'.vn iiii'-- ; ; - ilution ity titii'-s, by the singular ii.ra . Knapp of I -.! , this whole region of c :in try seemed to he cut off from th -sacramental hv-t of God's elect, as vc-s,ds of wrath fitting and fitted f r d -'Slruct ir'ii. The curse denii'i'-'l agi'iHt E lorn seem 'd to be resting np o l this part of (Jhrist'-t chosen p'op'e, It'ligioTi wis in a cold and lamrui-Ymg sta'e ; and th" sepfratitig line bctwe oi th :: cinin h an 1 the world was s dimly S"i'Il, th it Jc as the Savior was o t u wo n 1 e I in tho hois- if hisfrieoli. Bat within the !.iit few year a v- . y ph-isit change has taken plan-. To those sitting in th? regions and !nd v of deith light his snr'iag Uji : i light beyon I t!i? sim's Tn -ri li m plen 1 r h m di vri' l upnn onr moral existence. And now we miy exalt in thi langnig,' of M irnu i s oar bard L K'-rta-, e sen ta:nrn ri"-p"X.t iw rt'oa R -;)i; tit t.ina, t I'lii i i ut t;nporf: veoiit. The dark forbo ling cloud of igoo- ranee, d.'ith. anl eternal ruin, ih:-!t long overshadowed this part of Go i'ss heritage on earth, is now in a great im a-!! re cleared a way. Now we hav- a beautiful little church called Calvary s.iiTo'tnde l by a lovely grove of oak 4, and here the cli-s often meet, an I wor-hip the true Go 1 in Spirit and in truth. Here w; have a flourishing Ma'e A : i''emy,arid in thi School soan half dozen or more, are studying with a view to preach the everlasting go-pel. Theso will soon complete their cour-e and go forth to proclaim the glad-tiding! of free salvation. And far on ft:..': desert isle, some heathen idiore, or rno ir.tain p i-s, they may rear the ht.vi d ird of the cro-.s, and be instrumental in turning many to the way of righte-ou-ri''--;. An 1 now shoii! i any doubt ing say, :can any thing good come out of Nazareth ''. we wo il 1 bid them coma an l see, com" to Knapp of lice Is, where ;;o recently "iniquity abounded, arid the love of many waxed cold," and yo i will find true Methodists, warm hearted christians, who are co-workers together with Chri.-t in building up that church against which the gates of hell fchall never prevail. Here, too, in our rural retreat, far from all the vexing cares, and exciting scenes of town and city life, we have an excellent Female School, in which all the useful and ornamented branches are taught. And now when we look back five years, an l contrast the des titution, ignorance and vice of that period over which hellish furies in their midnight revels rejoiced, with our pres ent advantnges of education, and grow ing influence as a church, we are con strained to say, what has the Lord not done for us ! He has done great thing:$ whereof we are glad. And it is our humble prayer and trust, that this work commenced here in our day, may move forward with increasing suc cess when we are gone to our eternal home, and that Jesus Christ may havo a people here to pra:e hs name while sun anl moon endure. Yours, Lc. 1). TILLEY. Kt.app of Reeds, Jan- 18th, '50. Signt cf Prosperity. Wijfre pvlrs erow bright, and ills wcrii grow dull ; Vheri i i i are empty, ar.J whre barns ire full ; Where church-path are with freqaeat feet f.utworn ; Llir c'jur'.-yardj woodT. i!nt and forlorn ; Where d:t-n foot u and where farmer ride ; "YV'i -e a'-oond'.arid youth is multiplied ; Whs re these iins are, trny clearly indieat A happy people ao-i a wL2-ovtrod State.
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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