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!Alr:Y A C0MMITTEE F M,INISTERS F0R TIIE N0KTI1 f-AROLLVA CON FERENCE, M. E. CIirRCfl. TuZnVlTS T. HEFLIN." F:
A. J3
o n A T F
VoL Iv X. 32.
HXUEHjU, miWXY, A EG EST ,
IS.
: r
o 1 1 r i .
iii in A-!vanc?,
fvr them, and
y,.: concern!
UOeS.
ig th
r.'A
kr
cha&ge ilk
adoption,
1
lk-
pur-
Ikr the X. C. Chrinan. .Vlrw.':.
to nn: mkmoky or
JOSHUA SOULE SEDEEE2Y.
II irk I .- th.; i-'UllK" Of t
'ihere ;t voics;
br.-a-b.
. . . . . . .1 J
i ly.-ri'ji uoon memo: t-'i-rtihi
; Ji'it the."; tf.ir.--i need more diligent con-
: H. deration. '11.'; Clk'.t of griCVOU- MB?
i OKjNjitte'i agaif;-t the COIti.:.';'-, H the
thou! j co-a--- to
begun i j 3wc- in
i. t bettor j. iij i.
though ; the gi.'i
Ere tho-e wb
Chrkt. Rom.
i to your r.,;r
a He La?
i: 20.
Ikr
.o-ioe tr.e rw.-i o; r-ar d-j fr.;.ia
w-e-.
J Ont&ne-e. Yet or: f-2Tl f-
Go-J, whkh he receive-.
the
II
r 1 -ht f death,
-aV'Ii'i eternal
WToth of ('t il. the Stki;.' f
eternal Em ration. Rat
ri COIiCJe.'iCe,
the THitL oi
nd
God
J-, i tie ioro; l;.0Tf
Strik-
And
i ? !
ir.
enraptured
cannot ho o- i.-kte
fi-T'sri'O to th(; w
time, and in r'.-T.
'i.-t;a:es ti.o rr tir'icr'-s g.v.
" Lkr-'d are ti.o- h:i l" w L o !u li.tj L
lire,
lsjf:Ui tin: fj(ir.t J;i f.f th lv,
rri:f',
Ari'l brings to M.rro-.vlii-; ori':i h-;av':fi'a r':
k-r.
-t with L h jrrsf;' in r--.'iio
th.ri-, at tho r.arf.o
-'rt V the ''iTi.O TK.-r-or:,
-r tir. . t'-:t Ho thouJ-1, in roftre noo to Lira
' with whofii IIo ik iiUrw n th.it Y'-rv wr-.th.
r i ex. ! jet will f-tornal Jifo. 'llo c-ri wiii" to ho-:
! -t'iW on hira certain '-ffoeta f.f "nr-c hv
iai ; which l-cnn ho brought hick Vj a sourj'J
: iiiiij'J, r.Ti'i a-aifj to ho-tow on hioi, thus
i ro.vtorcJ, that '.ruoo- of (iol unto ctorrji! '
Jic. An accu.-irj'.' conscience one re;lk'
, acu.-in cannot L-o coni.-.tent with raco
But '.rily tlio-!? arc ble-t, who to the cross '"'! the jrratuitoiLS favor of (If A unto eter
Of Christ hriv b'fiiv.d their hor.e.jr, and coun- nai life. Fcr, in that ca?e, the conscience ;
ffl 1 would not really accuse. (Jvl doe. not!
AH tliii.-f that are 'n. sink bright jrarb ar- wiil to U.-tow eternal life on one whom His !
r i ' ..it r i 0W!I "-cik'neo testifies, and trulv, to he
for whi'-h the 'l.leej.n-'.s.tenfice was ina'l'.'. , ,r ., ,i . , i-,- , '
. u'jorthv of eternal life; unless repent-'
Such was th character of him, whose bum , an'-'e 'l! "j-'"-, which, of the gracious !
I pay a tribute f.r irMous fame ; , Inf-'r,'3' '""i, removes unworthiness. ;
hn'Jowed with strong an. I iren'-rous nowers of ! ' ' x u'-,es not will Vt bestow eternal life on
liiin
1 1 in aii.i s w
from II. TiKj. ii:
tkerji thnt ir': Ilk.' O'as rot
design, li e Jy r i hn-weth Hi
;f son.e-Uiiever- f7y away from
F'-r it can he s;-i-i that v,l ha.s
jri;s of
iotit'oi
1.
in own them
whkh ik the
;ve r your
own. cv-n
faith,
never
Ui-
own. hv the know!e
har
A A U-ni-Uw; I.
:t- cniKireu accor
tion, j-oTiie accoro!iu" to tb-
and pre Jcstin;tion of God. '
j T
rati..n. The dkti-jotion
he .piied here-: 'Som.c
C:i,-jr to pre-ent ju.-.t;ea-
'.resuowiei-e
You os-tde-r the LedLfJrf
. .... . . i . -
. u i. - cm:.' - u j .i-jB e or na
tive ':-rrciri,:j. r.d you 5iT th;.t kt ci:-t-ah.
..oe in tLe urrf -onente v.zo, wh , is en
tirely c-.r;.I. Thtt, in the reriewc-j ir,,
there i-. at the time, f esh an J sr.int.
Let in Ytnku-. -k--Tees, j tht he i- r'anh
carnal, pirtiy spiH;cai:' froia wLit-h you
cvLclu-ij; tn-t ' c '.nut-is' ence can -ub-i t
with the -jraee of the'iJky Spirit, hut r-,t
r-k:..' I mj.Iy, that thwh I hive littie
or.jvet:or) to that coiit-lusion, vet I
the s
F r;kkrr; :;.;'iaA:i
Prcfeiscr Tork's GrarirDsx Clii.
Ei:c. Hefux: I feel njIf ck
to s.iy ;;.-et:.:r.z :o T--;r nurr
ous rea-k-r?, thron-h the" c-lar .
I .5
A
jour verv mtc-mtsn
j'o:
1 i ; njo-K" f.r 3-?.i', .o;r
ir.-uj-: riot only lee
t.- j- . , , -i , x-
rr.'k ci!.
h;rn, tut because I k.ikv.
:C
th
. v
cynn-
.-tner ar
e tho-e thin-s which t.rc.
. 1 or Hjir t then are not true, j
'titetiient is iir.T-c-rfect.
T . 1 .
it .s" wt true tnat
CO
1 T
CO!.
:r.r;.i;ri:tv wou'-i he
TLou-h Irof. York's ?tav
5 '-1' short, the term of hi
. ....
i-L.i.z or fcorrif.
e'l.-v
an unrf r.ti.'-rsr.-i
iconOarv ''race, you sav. ls either im. man i wb.ilv r-.ml " .i
put,- or inherent, lhephra.se impateJ 1 1 m Lira only the fiesh. For by what
. i 7UI , we 1 ln Il,y fafs- 1 1 IJMl,e shul1 tLat truth le called hich the
have heretofore thought that erace k not
imputed, but imputes, as in Kom. iv : 4 :
' The reward is not reckoned of grace, but
oi debt. Iiihteousness k faid, in the!
wicfj are said to held in unritrhteous
ness (IW i:18)? Uhat is that c-on-fcienrc
which acca-s afcd excuses fllom.
n : 15 !? TVI.st i tl. r i...j,.,. ,r .i .
50 Sirtt-eri or s,-.vfr.r
'.ays, v, ; it has been ufScientlv 3
Cicncy, and supc-riority" over all c
moJes -with which I am acquaint-!
T T i m .
jrcs
ev;
i:- e:i!
an 1 circ-i :.-.':,:;
own p -w
t- lrar..e w..r-s to t
nr.- 1 r . s
(-xr-rc-f a ti:i
thit !. ire
r! 1 hv tho -k
of
( r
n
pi:
i
r.
r
r- mI-m-. ; i. 1.
, Ti.
:i s m--.
t .
P.:
r
r-:v i
r: - s : ..-
!- . - r:. 1 v
. 1
!h.'v
ir I
; C-
. c ,
i v
i. '
!
- V
II ,w
' !aki ur. n
"ci i . now K,,ii;y ir. ir:
i
but
j j .;ui e t n n: thcciri;
: 11 v.v ur.Iikelv i; is
; win in such a rime !
ncr have .o-.-, 'rr, nr., k
i
.(-rs been
waves f f the
y w r
" . . '
- i'.fc 1
jer.cath th
.re firm and
i'-rous pow
vet ever kind.
To liobk- fjii'lliti'--;
"W'l.ere ud'ie 1 th-'.M
(.art,
-f rriin 1 an-l h art,
vhi h f;iiih and hope kn-
A p'rrfe-et in in in holy, i:iind and word,
A perfect '-"iirktiun , by humble tru; t in God.
Ilis wis a living fiis!,
J-at t ne anr
. hitu who has, by Lis sin, merited eternal '
damnation, and ha-i not vet repented, while
I hn is in that state. Therefore, he truly '
. from that grace which is de.-ined to
embrace him unto everla-tin life. But,
since God know that such a man wills, by
those moa us which lie has determined to
use for his restoration, to rise from the
death of sin, he cannot he .said to wholly'
fill from the Iivino grace. But a distinc-,
tion is to be made bore in relation to the
various bk-s.-in-'s which God will h,.-t,.w
v , , , , . i on such. lie wills eternal life only to the :
On!yUl.':'." Z?Tn IT"' i- lhdi( uul penitent. He wills the1
' rvl, h- htari'ls, ar.'I Iroiri the irushinz ,,,, ., . , -,i i
cllIlt, ineain or laitli and conversion to sinners
Of ljf... qi, tfTH the stream of blks and joy, ."ot 3'et converted, not yet believers. And ;
'W'lnle pnis.; to (A his noblest powers en.-; lt not seem to he a correct statement ;'
l"i that 'God regard.s sin, but not sinners,
i with hatred,' since the sin and the sinner!
n- , T'V'1' ! ! tuto of rc-t, ; are equally odious to God. He hate the '
1 11 kZ I Vi -e is-foreror b!ct ; i sinner on account of his sin, of which he i
J 11 strive to rise t, su-.-h exalted worth. I .....i . . i , - , ' , u'"1
And reach that blest abode when done with ! Z .. ., , W1 W,,,C'?' cxcept
faith. I
t's'i o f. -.-. l r. : .1 . C 1 I 1 1
. r- 1' ia.puieu oi grace, . iaw oy wniefi they are convinced of thf-k
without works. But painir by this, let ' sins ( Ilom. iii : 20 ? Ail these thin" can
us examine the subject. The question j not he comprehended uader the term feh
proj-osed was, How far nay believer., lo.-e For thev !sr. r.W; ..,..1 . i k.'
; the e.-h.
r... ...i mi; iioi) r-piru : iou answer,
in respect to imputed grace, which consists
in justification, a j.ai t of which is tha re
mission of sin.-, 'The remission of sins is
not "ranted in vain.' Be it so. But be
lie ers may, after remission of some sins
nas been obtained, commit s:n and
1 c-t 1 admit that the lk.lv. spi
rit does not dwell in the unrenewed "man
The fcutemerit is imperfect, because it
omit, the explanation of the proportion
wn.lc;h .exists between the flesh and the
.Spirit in the renewed man, as the i-kkrit
lis mode of teaching i not only i.vr. e
in everv way a decided irr.rrm-.. OCvan !-how ni.iav lisar.r.oir.t-'l wretch.
ment upon the old ones. The rapid f 3 ;ave ':,',,n bo"n.c to horrible rr,.:ti
' progress made by his pupils, dots not;'tion' eless uis. ase, hoj elt s, enu-
;"iJa-j a fomc Lave supposed, from a
superficial mode of instruction ; but en
; the contrary, from its being thoroth, '
; "lecide-ily thorough. It is generally be-.-heve
I that a sentence must he rnirscl
ry, or perpetual JLgraco, whiie vainlv
ag a victors crown! And even
i r. i i i
J erci :.-
krs, w ho clinib
of the temple
amoig the lew who nre nnn
v nr.- v- r v:
Hi- s
el. 'r..:
who ifu!
t'.o'r e1 i-s
th- 5 r .i,
chers. kk ;h-.
b!e, at. 1 c v,.:..;
-1 Ui w;.ri
EOI:g the SUCCC'
to the highest pinnae!
off.
me, is there one who was :;tkftk 1 ' thev ' e f
w!o -h 1
billow of to.iMa
His sou! outrode the storm of lib;
"lius anclioiel to the rock's e'erla-
ike the rock.
u hack ;
i peac:,
iri ease.
in .- l.,'..i: ! It . t I I . , f -v-.ii-I r. lit II VI SOU, UUU
oush baCKshde. If, then, they should not I because, from the pred.minatinlr element,
repent of that act, will they obtain rem is-! he receives the name of spiritual m-n 4
Sl'"'; ';n a,f,;r,13 the negative. I i that he cannot come ucder the term car-
"t Jtll ut observe, moreover, that vour
rrace ot the remission of their .sm.s. But ! cone nci.m h , k
1JLl- ii i s ' fi'
m order to understand it; but Prof,
lork has clearly shown tliat a sentence
cannot be parsed until it is undersrood
hence, before parsing a sentence at all, u;nPh w;thout a pang ''. When Julius
it is systematically analyzed and .svn- C;C5-l.r arrayed in purple r.he. and
thesised this leads to a thoron-h im- taring the victork eiown, enfer.-l the
viz : v
' they do
the" ch:!
a ?elect
shiilhiv
tl
n
are
n iui:
i.
t - t!
e :.
T I X-s
1.1, 1
th" c;
!--f re
, !f
. .. l . .
..!!;,
An-
i a-
a
t!
hi:
th? s
with his victories. .r who coul ll -k
I'acK unon the r. i-.k:.m h.. -r- .f I :
s tn-
nnperial city of Ik
th
the
lie
!5 Of th
you rej.ly, 'It cannot be that they thou'd
not repent.' I know that this is asserted.
hut I desire the proof riot that the ck-ef,
indeed, cannot depart hence without final
repentance, but that thev who have oner
V,.,... i i: . " -
lr '"doi am in nnal impem-; may pertain to the regenerate. the
v nen you snail have nroved this. -s,-.f-,,n,l nrA U : . i
i ---oj iima-j uue. Jiut lt can
oist;c si.ou
OI f- lis i (. ).,-: ,
st was an hoe.r f f wild
wmch is a quality, while the question r:
lated to actual sin, namely, 'Can actual s::i
consist with the "-race nf tho ir,.i,. s.v
" You refer to ' five steps of tempta
tions.' You concede that the first .o--
ami-Is: the cn
p rulaee. and
d his trill':. 'ks.
e.xei'er;. etit and
ri, ...... 1... 7 I 1 , n .
p.i.i.-uie, i.tii wi.en he thou-ht jjK.
eiglit hundred cities that he had ron.
lion '.fl.k
i shiii!. an 1
.1.
querc 1 and the blood of a mi!
lehovv hcm-rs that had beet
Fayetteville, Juno 20th, 18oo.
And your spirit so meek and mild.
Oh ! help her to bear the taunts and sneers,
That's heaped upon her now;
And wipe away l.u- bitter tears
And soothe her aching brow.'
On the bleeding heart, oh pour a balm ;
Send coin fort in her distress ;
Oil, send o'er her spirit a gentle calm,
And give to the icrar; rest.
O'i, take hsr to the ! lule Iter avmj
from this cull iinjl.liiif -irnrh2 ;
Take her where peace and kiwhicxs sway
Where the banner of Christ is unfurled.
MINNIE E. BAY.
nnininnirnttmt5.
For the X. C. Christian Advocate.
Till! DOCT1UXE
would not be perpetrated
(T .1. . I .
ASP.rnv 1 1,1 uie oi'cription ot that primary
: grace tliere is that which weakens the an-: 1 ou make a distinction in inherent
j swer itself, kit is the favor by which : grace, as 'faith, and the consequent gifts
j -iu(I embraces in Christ His own. He em-; of faith.' In faith, you consider ' theac-t
("y'tyh nooue in Christ, unless he is in i and the habit of faith.' From this dis
i , ii.t .r,ut no "e is in Christ, except tinetion, you answer the proposed qur-s-aoovc-;
by faith in Christ, which is the necessary I tion, thus: Faith, considered in respect
if tr. Ln ... .,,7 ..i :i:. .1 1
ii any uvu, ciuu unuv, cannot ne lost, on ac
ici.ee.
Z . "II .
1 r Tl-l n . 1 .. . . .
distinction of grace, for then you would son, ' complained of his own a ptivi'v ho.
u.,-Hy lose, In, faith and uies in impeni- j tat.on in reference to the commission of
SHI.
V. ".O.-C ' I
m't-: have
Yot tUo X. C. Christian AJvocate.
To One in Heaven.
Come, come from thy home in heaven
i ' i i.. .. ti... : , ,
Come throw uroim.l I...,. ,Z ..r,.... ,,leUtlS With Christ
----- - T w u 1 IIIUlllllJ Jl
; ono falls from faith, he falls from that j
; union, and, consequently, from the favor
i of God by which he was previously em- !
; braced in Christ. From which it is also j
tappareut, that in this explanation there is I
j tlxifi&im'lfML ZLC .question is j
! crac-e, that is, from the favor of (ind. bv
which he embraces them in Christ '(' It
is certain that they cannot, while they con
tinue to be believers, because, so long they
are in Christ. But if they fall from faith,
the' also fall from that primary grace.
Hence tho cpucstion remains ' Can be
lievers fall from faith V But you concede I
that believers do fall, so far as themselves j
are concerned. I conclude, then, that God j
does not remain in them, and that neither j
the right of eternal life, nor filiation, be
longs to them, according to the declaration,
' As many as received him,' &c. (John i :
12.) Hence, if you had wished to make
vnur statements consistent, it, -wnis neeess:i-
Of the Final Unconditional Perse- rv to ,ionv ti.lt lf.;PVprs f.,ii rmm f.uh
vcrance of the Saints considered,
and refuted.
N u M n k it X .
J'er. Ii. T. ll'jlin: In this, I proceed
to give farther extracts from the author
whose views I have in part already given,
lie continues :
" You add another question : ' How far
or, if you concede this, to concede, at the
same time, that they can fall from the fa
vor of God by which He embraces them
in Christ unto eternal life. But, as I said,
this whole subject may. be elucidated, if
the grace of God is suitably distinguished
from its various effects.
Li Let the passages of Scripture, which
can believers lose -race and the Holy Spi-i3'ou cue L' examined, 'either shall
rit V i ou reply that this question can be ; J Puia uul "l "V nana. :
solved bv a two-fold distinction, both in (JoUn x : :-) ho will deny this? But;
believers'and in trracc. In the distinction i'some sav ' lho 'iecP cannot be taken j
which you make among believers, those I out of .the hamls of the shepherd, but can, j
.1 - . : i"' l . i i ii i- ; ot their own ;ii'i'iir.f dorarf frnm him '
count of confirming grace, (though it can
jitr sf: be lost:) but faith, in respect to any
particular act, can be lost.' First, I ask
proof of your assertion, 'Faith, in res
pect to habit, cannot be lost, on account of
confirming grace.' I also enquire, 'Is
-ay apprehend Christ ? If it k "hen a
J.an can fall fr0tn grace, if he 1 a
you say, the net -i- ,
or, raitici, if he do uot apprehend Christ
by that act. If it is not necessary, then,
it was indeed of no importance to have
considered that act, wheu the loss of grace
was under discussion.
" You attempt to prove, both by the ex
ample of David and by the opinions of the
fathers, that the habit of faith and love
cannot be lost. The example of David
proves nothing. For, should it be con
ceded that David, when he was guilt' of
adultery, of murder, had not lost the Holy
Fpirit, it docs not follow from this that the
Holy Spirit cannot be lost. For another
might sin even more grievously, and thus
ror t:o is treatui". there of tin cl
ready committed. The evil which I would
not, that I do.'
"The third step, which is 'the consent
of the will to the perpetration of sin,' you
attribute also to the regenerate, 'but a more
remiss consent,aecoruins; to which they will
m such a sense, that they are even unwil-
"un l,J commit sin , and you think that
mis
Paul
here, how these thinfrslwrmnnl.n t.,,.,,.1.,.
..ii- i.j commie sin and you think that
his can be proved from the example of
Paul in Bora. vii. I wish you to consider,
lore, how these things harmonize to-'-ther'
derstanding of the sentence in all its
grammatical relations, connection and
dependencies, and thus enables the pu
pil to parse it understandingly.
By appropriate and instructive dia
grams and illustrations, the principles
of the science of language are impress
ed more indelibly upon the memory
: than they otherwise could be ; for it
must be apparent to every .one who re
flects upon the subject," that as the
semes are the channels through which
knowledge iscommunicated to the mind.
tlmt the intellectual improvement and
the impressions upon the memory must :
be in proportion to the number of senses ;
exercised ; for as the author remarks in :
, his preface, " he who hears, feels, and
sees an object, must have a clearer per
ception of it than ho w ho hears or sees
i it only."
Punctuation and versification, which j-v hoars of "''Pi''1"
are so much neglected in school : " l" "ecr c ov, we
Ii'lol'i'T
i ... I
n c
in 1 g-..':!ty
i t a
i
t t r w
t t!;em h- i k 1 ;l.
J I
1 uf. 1
f,T s.i;
!i y.
.1 th
; a. 1
::t
1 1
t:
s I;
loo. i was unon his " ino. .,t, it
een a b:tter nil! in his em
of wi .' ',
j v " .-icn c contemplate i
Ciesar. dying by the daer of
sassin ; Hannibal, dvk ' bv 1
hand ;
i . i i i
oiOvcii-iiearte.l ou th
pvriai
an as-
i -, ,
p:ring
Saint
vriads
pitied b
and the great Xa- o!. on -v
rock oi
Helena ; to say nothing of the tii
who have Sunk into the "rave u-i
..ii -
ami unKnown, we f eimll the f.-i!v of
ambition, and h. ok for something more
certain in its attainment and more sat
isfying in its nature. If we would en-
p!cas;i;. s, that
Joe ml 'j s.
brought, b
d- i f r ,i
are a
w hki
th.-v ar- j.-?
w ,rd f Co I
for- whom th
to s i y th it the
excl'lh' t!l'!U?
Ilea vi n, b f r;
from the Lure
Now, I w kh to t
l .
ii'iu-.i. iru-i nice (i.-stir-i
mentioned :is a 1 1:,, - j;, ,.
(' ; at.d if no. it ;,
and n no a n tt.-.m r.iiit v. ho
- e i rt b
:i are
an ! t. e
' : tried
I.ce ;s
from tl,e
thev c.,11
e.xp.
f Hk '
m
A:
te
j.:
-I..U.re. j-;
1
e
e:iei;,.,l (
that
e i n
;a 1 1
a v
feo. ,u uiiisi, ui) .a I UK'
erally, are thoroughly taudit by Prof -: votaries of ambition never did; we mu.st
York. Punctuation is taught upon sci-, c"n'IHi'r our'! re.
entifin TiriTieir.lr.i.- n j ...:,'.,. e .1 Lvcrv man's bosom is a tn, r:.l v.-..
the will or volition may be two-fold, and, : constructive principles of the lan"ne ' tlc""t!'1- wo rn:1J find principles
iuuccd contrary to itself, even at the very : But we cannot communicate an ade-1 f t'ternal opposition the Ommazes
T?? r", "ct is Performed. Be- iquate idea of this system of tenchi I an1 Avimanius of the enigmatical i.hil-
by description; those who would urn I ,S0P,,7 of tlie Persians the fitsh and
e lt-ei no imposition to rJ!1j-' uw-ffy- (n, vf" TJ ilui "u -"J.ult
we feel;T-ir-- - ,C"':ii u :-h,
noii-att--',.
morality, ati s v.;.i (
the Kitigdotr, ( f G., l,
hundreds tha? wi re L.o'i
eons that fu e forevc r b -iii-
i i
i uenev" ) mil v. io n
to tie- M j C Lnrrl
HI (:. .'
i n. -;
lud- m
th. n t
Ik-
an ;
- h :k
.i rr :
d i:;. jh a - i ;
per- 015 crj
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ri:
:. of sai l
wards break th-m, they c
morality, to ail iutetit
i, and ei.do.
hui ( !i, at,
:l :;n l.
1 -
or deal in extra. vnrr.nip.t - vpf-
- - . ' i ,
thnr. we enr, i.....,.-. 1 ..!w gocrn our conduct J-V o..i .--;v.-n-
strongly to all those who aspire to hi-h i " l'pettes, the other, by the subnme ;
.,o,;,.,,,inf m ii,. Tvi:,h m .ilawof rectitude. In endeavoring to
ULlUIIUllLilL.I III lilt: I i I I " I I M I I.IlI''If,ll'f' . j
e t i .... 7- k . t . exercise a " trudcnt, cautious self-e-
! :
lose the Holy Spirit. If, however, I should j over the flesh; cor does it occur that the
f , ..va, j -
fore the act while the mind is yet it. doubt,
and the flesh is Jjistinu- uJi, v-iu..
be amrmed ; but, when the liesh caries
out its concupiscence into action, that is,
does that which it has lusted against the
Spirit, then, indeed, the Spirit has ceased
to lust. The position must then be as
sumed, that the renewed man commits sin
fVr.rn t-it -.oii-.iir.i?-.(in-.A ,. a .. .1
... tuu ii-ii, mo r i. , .,, . .
Sr.? rit in v-.i"n Ineti'nr, orr-In .1... nr, A iith.nildn n r.C .1.,. 1? ; l.l'l li.eSHUggiC Will be paihlli
.r...v ... . ... .v...,..,. uiiiai; At is, : tl.u PIUUV IJ1 LliC 1 . il- ' Till 11
the flesh is stronger than the Snirit .! rrlish Gr-imm.ir vt T fkl A,!!, r'" fchall be rewarded With I
the desire of the'Spirit is overcome by the ! ranted in sayio'" that I have learned ' hl''m when ,I;e vi''t0IT " won
flesh, contrary to the declaration of Serin- : more of the nhilosonhv of the hmm,:, ! yVercome our sinful passions an-
ture' Greater is He that is in you, than j lu0re 0f it3 practical utility durin-r : 4 ts,rof
ne mat is in tne world, 'l John iv: 4,)
and contrary to the condition of the re
generate, in whom the Spirit predominates
i hev
word.
But if
arfi'de o;
an '- !
, 1 1 1 'i
,1 it
the;;- von
and kkifv t! ...
for T n roemher of tl... ,.! , . r,A '. prUdCflt, CaUtlOUS
thnnrd, T bod i-i,.f,i ..:,i.i.i ; tr0N w'- shall have some severe con
n-
7
; but
isaiit '
meeting-,
an in.n.oi
T'hkic.
c are to !,- g.,i . , ,
i age- 122, it cannot be i
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t :
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i lit v. a i
SXiU. V ..Iv-o.l' X.
if cannot 1 c n.:. ! ;
cord!
u-2 to t
lb
i i o.v aie these two
coriciled. -i that inifi.'
but mildly enforcM ih
to restrain our wandenn"
say that Favid had lost the Holy Spirit
when he committed that adultery and mur
der, what would you answer? You might
reply that it is evident that it was not so
from the 51st Psalm. That Psalm, I re-
flesh should conquer, unless when the Spi
rit is quiet, and intermits the contest.
"But the Scripiure affirms (Rom. vii.)
that the renewed man would do good, yet
does it not, and would not do evil, yet does
more ot its practical utility during " 4t" 1 ! .
the sixteen days of Prof. Yk lectured tT-lltlS'.t0 co,"iufr ?'n 'il habits
than I had ever acquired before. Not-1 all t0 lr!nS our V' "'.tenectual
withstanding the class knew compara- i f"'1 suojectmr, to
t;,-lr, lWrl.- . i: 2 the law of Christ these are vtetonc-
, to I ,e-
Mil fin..! -.
,f tie- I;".
O', ' O 1 (!. '
ar
, it" X
I XL' 11-
the commencement of the lectures; vet 1 1 iat swcct 1 '
thev stood an eveelW .v,,,,.;!. ' that will be rememhercd with p.eas'ire
not only on those r.arts of F.n-li.b -.n a.dviri.? Lcd . A 1('f ' nk f believe
Crrammar
ply, was composed by David after he had j it,' I answer, iu that passage reference is but also on
..v,... t.u.sC u.uib, iiuwu- uceu au-1 maae, not to a regenerate person, but to a ! tion an exami
v - ! . .i . 7 , r - r
ii.ouisucu u .uuau. vtou, ar mat, time, ! man under the law. Ihit even if this
according to the declaration of Nathan, re-I point be conceded, I affirm that it is not
stored the Holy Spirit to David. (II. Sam. J possible that there should be volition and
whom you mention first' do not at all de- i of their own accord, depart from him.' , sii : lo.) In re.erenee to the assertions si nolition, at the same time, concerning the
crvc to be called believers; for hearin-I You affirm that ' this is a weak statement.' j j the lathers, I consmer that the case of j same act; hence, that volition, which is
and understanding the Word, if approba" i what argument ? ' Because, when they j f cter is not to the prejudice of the opiu- followed by an act, is a pureand efficacious
: . . m r..i 1.. V... i I ion. which states th.it t;nih mh be dostmr. . a.. .- , i
i k' k " iuiiuuu , mc uiuer is nci so muen volition
ed. l or l etcr sinned turough infirmity, j as velliety, which is produced, not by the
which weakens faith, but does not destroy Holy Srkrit striving ainst. the flesh but
lt. i pass over Gratiaus. xt would be j by the conscience, or the law of the mind, ! recommend all young men who aspire j T'
proper to discuss, at some length, the sen- existing in man, which ceases not to struc- ! to high attainments in declamation, to !
on those parts ot English , k-v , . k "l' ' '
which are generally tau lit. : the !fc1' t0 (JoUim a KePtr v , k "f
. l -7- ' grace to overcome evil with "nod are
n punctuation and versihca-, c t , - , , . , r- ' ' -
r ,-i - ; acts which bring peasant hours on
xamination whicn was in eve- .1. , ? .
i i . ., , , : carta; and the day is not lar distant
I .' ),::;
th:' 1
V V.
il,
. a
in
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1
tion of the same is not added, do not con-! ia" iaikt" - !
stitute a believer. They who occupy the ! "ced, they are taken, when they fall, and ,
second order are called believers in an I u ls not possiwe that it should be done in
equivocal sense. For true faith cannot but i ?n3T otht;r way. For unless the sheep are
nroduce fruit, convenient to its own na- j lu tlie hands of the Shepherd, they cannot
ture, confidence in I lira, love towards Him, '& g?fo against Satan. But the question
fear of Him, who is its object. You dis- i Does not the act of departure and do
tinguish believers of the second and third Action, m its nature, precede their seizure
order in such a manner as to make the ! bJ Satan ? If this be so, your answer is
latter those who ' apprehend Christ the vam and futile. You argue again in this
Redeemer by a Iiviug faith unto salvation,' i uiauu" : Xl ve continue in my wora, ye
' ; . i i- i ? . ,i
which x-ou deny iu reference to the
in the meantime conceding to both not
only an approbation of evangelical truth,
heard and understood, but also the produc
tion of eertniii fruit a. when vii:i mi-ht- in.
deed, to have considered the declaration of I ?nifies e,ither Pre?ent observance of
Christ 'Without me va can nothia--: '-Prists wora, or continuous observance,
therefore, he who continues to be one of
the flock, and does not fall, is truly one of
the flock.' Answer:, In the first place,
there is amtugmty m the weu"d continue
; their instructor. j tue rnoral v' l1 cr'Jfkv :i 11:01 c
I The audience was also delighted with ' tr!u,nPh tIiiU;.cvcr w uncs,-
! the exercises in Elocution. Prof. Yk. ! "l taTtll?l ,or (,l'cec? or, UoiJ-e ;
! mode of teaching elocution bv concert i A'f ri'A J" anft-v-
declamation, is altogether superior to ! f mf ilat 1 . an
Un.tii.f l- i ti l obunuant entrance into that glorious
anj' thing ot the kind 1 had ever wit-; tl , v r .1
I nessed : I would, therefore ctn.n((h.;Clt):- tLe ttropoiis of the universe,
-t a .. . , .... i .. .i i i . i
i..OU KUil'i'.l Ull'a IlldR.Vi IS O'l.
irnmer Moor, Essex co., July 21.
timcnt of Augustine, if it had been pro-gle against the flesh, until it is seared and I avail themselves of the opportunity of i EllRATA. In my first number, for !
posed to present it fully. If, however, deprived of all feelinsr. That stru-de of ! nttndinn. bia l,,tc 1 " fiovd work" read " nrtnt work," and ;
as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
except it abide in the vine, no more can
ye, except ye abide in me.' (John xv : 4,
5.) Can auy one indeed abide in Christ,
unless he apprehends llim as a redeemer,
by a Iiviug faith unto salvation. There
fore, that whole distinction among believ
ers is futile, since the last class only ought
to receive this name. If you can prove
that these canno. fall away and perish, you
fully accomplish your purpose. The other
classes cauuot be said to lose grace and the
Holy Spirit, but rather to reject grace and
to resist the Holy Spirit, if they do not
make further progress ; though the hear
ing, understanding and approbation of the
Word may tend to this, that they should
apprehend Christ Jesus as their Redeem
er, by a living faith unto salvation.
" l.et us now come to your distinction
of grace, and see how you, from this dis
Ntiirik n, meet the question above presented.
Yo' . say that ' grace is of a two-fold char
acter. Primary grace is the gratuitous fa
vor of God, embracing His own in Christ
unto eternal life.' Be it so. You also say
that ' some fall from this grace, iu a certain
manner that is, according to some effects
fcf that grace of which they must be des
titute and the contrary of which they must
xperience, when they commit any griev
ous sin : uot according to that craee, whom
God always preserves Ilis paternal feelings
without defection from that word. Pres
ent observance, if it is sincere, makes one
a disciple of Christ, or rather proves that
one is a true disciple of Christ ; otherwise
one can never be truly called a disciple of
Christ, unless when he has passed the limit
of this life, when defection will be no
longer to be feared ; which is absurd. In
the second place, I affirm that in the
phrase ' my disciples indeed,' there is a
two-fold sense : it signifies either that one,
who at any time falls away from the word
of Christ, was never a disciple indeed,
though he may, at some time, have kept
his word in sincerity ; or that one, who at
any time has kept the word of Christ and
then obtained the name of disciple, if he
jet falls away, is afterwards unworthy of
the name ot disciple. Therefore, it the
relation of his present state is considered,
he is ' a disciple indeed ;' if the relation
of his subsequent state, he is not a dis
ciple indeed, or does not deserve that
name, because he, at some time, deserts
it, unless one jnay say that no one has
ever sincerely observed the word of Christ,
who falls from it. This assertion needs
proof. The passage in Rom. viii, 1 Who
shall separate us from the love of God V is
wholly irrelevant. For it is the ecnsola
tion by which believers are strengthened
against all present and assailing evils.
None of these can at all effect that God
any one wishes to know what was the
opiuion of Augustine concerning this mat
ter, let him look at the following passages :
'De Fredcstinatione Sanctum,' (Lib. I, cap.
14,) and ' De Bono Perseverantia?, (Lib.
II, cap. 13, 1G, 19, 22, 23.) Let some
passages be added from Prosper, who holds
and everywhere defends the opinions of
Augustine, e. q. Ad. cap. Gall, respons. 7.
Ad Objectiones Yincentionas, respons. 10.
De voeatione Gentium, lib. 2, cap. 8, 9,
and 28. From these passages, it will, in
my judgment, be apparent that Augustine
thought that some believers, some justified
aud regenerate persons, some on whom had
been bestowed faith, hope and love, can
fall away and be lost, and indeed will fall
away and be lost, the predestinate alone
being excepted.
' You quote some objections to the fore
going explanation. The first objection is
this : ' Sin and the grace of the Holy Spi
rit cannot subsist together.' You reply,
that 4 this is true of reigning sin, or sin
with the full consent of the will.' But
you deny that the regenerate sin with the
full or entire consent of the will. I an
swer, first, that ' reigning sin' is not the
same as that which has the full consent of
the will. For the former belongs, gene
rieally, to quality or habit ; the latter per
tains generically to action, and by the lat
ter is prepared a way for the former.
From this, it is clearly manifest that reign
ing sin cannot subsist with the grace of the
Holy Spirit. It is also true that sin does
not reign in the regenerate. For, before
this can take place, it is necessary that
vthey should reject the grace of the Holy
Spirit, which mortifies sin and restrains
its power. We must, then, examine the
other mode of sin, and see whether some
of the regenerate may sin or not with the
full consent of the will. You deny this,
the conscience does not effect that the man
should not sin with his full consent, but
rather aggravates the sin, and declares
how vehement is the consent of the will
to a sin, presented by the concupiscence of
the flesh, when not even Ihe conscience,
exclaiming against it, has not power to re
strain the will from that consent.
" It is, then, an injurious and most dan
gerous opinion, which holds that the re
newed man does not gin with full consent,
when he feels the sting of conscience op
pasing the sin which the will is about to
perpetrate. As this happens to all who
are affected by any sense of right and
wrong, it will be very easy for teem to
persuade themselves that, as they do not
sin with the full consent of the will, they
have a certain indication of their own re
generation. Therefore, if the full consent
of the will to sin cannot consist with the
grace of the Holy Spirit, it is certain that
the regenerate sometimes lose the grace of
the Holy Spirit, because they sin with the
full consent of the will, when they sin
against the conscience."
In my next, I shall close my extracts
from this writer. It is because of the
clearness and iullness of his views, that I
present all he says on this subject. His
views sustaia every position I have vet
taken in my previous Nos.
Yours truly,
PETER DOUB.-
Normal College, Jaly, 1856.
An institution of learning has been I for " Pait tirac'3" rtad "J''- ti!"-
recently organized in Alexander coun
ty, N. C, called York Collegiate Insti
tute, wnere this system of teaching
For tbe X. C. Cbritiiii AJv.iat;. '
Pro; IIlflix : There are sornej
: ru.es in our vaiuaoie uiseiMin-". en the
Ivhlv 'a;;f,fl!kk"kfl'trci-'oc-r-ao,, .i cS,ui.,;,.r, y ch,T,!,i
Prof. Y. will be generally found
T. B. FARROW
For the X. C. Curiitian A'lvo
PLEASANT HOUES.-Ko. 2.
BY REV. JOHX BAYLEY.
'. members, which I should like to have
! explained by some of our clerical broth-
j rc-n for my own benefit and that of!
! the whole church. I hope that all of j
j you will not be afraid to come boldly'
m
I up to the matter, with a full explana-
tion
TIIE HOUR OF YICTORY.
" Prove conquerors, for sucb y.u are
That war against your own aectior..s
And tbe huge army t,f the world's desires."
.S'lJAKEsPE AEE.
j I see, on page 20, that there is only
one condition previously required of.
those who desire admission into the class 1
i or band meetings, (more properly, the
ri T7 r i , . ti . .1 ... . . c. . .. r. i . i
i -x. iu. iiuicnj. it ue.su e io nee iroui ; might unuertaKc.
.on,
kr-
lilies of
cipline, which cannot he d e,
as the.-e two article- are- direct!
oni.-tio to each other. One sa
don't attend cla-rs you shall he
ed ; the other s ivs, not -o ; v.
be expelled on! --; vou eon. ..
crime as -sjil exclude vo.i ir
Kingdom of Il.-aven. know
Mr. -ley's d ! -, when tk
expel!'- 1 IVora the- haul or el i
ing-, th'-y fell ha- k i.V.o the h
the church ; hut not so with u--.
for light, and I wish you to tie b : t
that I am a w.:rm frknd of cia-s
ing.-i, an 1 I know, thtongh God. tl.
have hot ;i b! -.. .1 my salvation
far through life.
AN' INQriRKik
The brother who s t.ds th'.- a' . e
a thorough-going Met hod 1st, and it
tends and loves his chv-s-m'-f -ting1". As
the faithful leader of a cla- fr n.any
year-, he has met the difficulty for
which hk question a-.,k a solution. We
have our own views of the matter; lot
think it Mill be Letter for older hr -h-rtn,
with longer experience in the min
istry, to give their views on the q i -;-tions
of "An Inquire.-." Wiil .-otr.e
one of the fathers in I-.rael let u- Lear
from him '; Ennon.
Persevere in Training.
In Lome training tw-- rule-; mu.it be
adhered to, if parent would nc;omp-i-h
great and imperishable re.-nl's. The
first ik jrair, and the second j,rrei ... -ana.
Wesley's home education, under
the tutelage of l.k parents, wa pr u!i
ar, and well calculated to initiate him
early in habits of order, and re-o'uto
effort m aceoroplkhir.g any object he
ir i . ,i . 1 J
.uan was maae m tne imaged Lrod, tvlf vrati. Ut cnTn( nTl,l ,fl heaved!
; and as such entitled to dominion ; and frora their sins." Put wherever this
m the beginning as "lord of the crea- j3 reanv v,d in the eouI, it will he I
tion," he was authorized to sway his sn0wn by its fruits, It is therefore ex-1
sceptre over the birds of the air, the pectel of all who continue therein, i
beasts of the field, the fish of the sea, that thev should continue to evidence i
and over all the earth. As undisputed their de'ire s,u-fttk.n l-eer.- !
(monarch of all around him, he walked j all of tU General Rules. I fully enk
joyer his vast domains, which were arn-j(iorse the above requirements, and 'thev i
i ply sufficient to satisfy bis largest de- j are excellent, if adhered to and carried !
sires, and to find lull employment or!out. t wou!j tere ;ri,,a;re Low manvj
V.hv,
my dear
Drawing away; 2. Enticement: 3. Con
ception; 4. Birth; 5. Perfection. (James i: Ii,
15.)"
all his powers. But since the entrance
of sin into the world, and the confusion
that has been thereby produced, a con-6jre j3 fixed-in the soul, it will be shown
of our membership keeps those rules. '
I know farther, that wherevor this de-
JEgg- Good refreshicg showers, within the
last few days, have greatly revived and im
proved the prospect3 the corn crops in
this section.
stant struggle for the mastery has
been going on between different por
tions of the human race. The desire
of dominion, carried to excess, has be
come a destructive sin, and one of the
most awful scourges of the human race.
No tongue can tell the miseries that
have been produced by the frantic and
reckless ambition of men in whom this
bv its fruits. Oh ! how few that pro
fess to be followers of Christ, Iring
forth the fruits named m the Rules .
The question will now be asked, -'What
is to be done with those who break
these rales V It is a well known fact,
that those who are admitted into our
Church are first taken in on six months
trial ; so they will Lave time to exam-
fcaid his; fdther to hk mother, 'r 'he to
him, (I forget v, nich.; while patiently
teaching one of their children a simple
lesson, which it w as - low to learn, '"r-hy,
mv dear, do vou tell that dull hoy the
same thing twenty time over ' Re
cauie," replied the other, 'nineteen
times won't do. If I t-.'i him hut nine
teen times all my labor is lost, but tho
twentieth time secure:-; the object '."
All cla-sical antiquity 2. a not be
queathed v-i a maxim of more pract'eal
wis lorn- Christian faith imbibes it from
the word of God. If we co-jll teach
knowledge to the young, and make th' m
to understand the doctrine fraught with
life, holiness, and salvation, "precept
must be upon precept, line upon line,
here a little and there a little." In such
a school Wesley's was prepared to a
cLieve the greatest things by d ing
the fmallest, ami whatever be learned
at all he learned wtiL
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