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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA CON FERENCE, M. E. CHURCH. SOUTH. HUFFS T. IIEFLIN. Ei:t:?-.
Vol. 36.
HALEiaU, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, iS5f.
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One Hour with Thee.
One hour with the, raj God, whn daj-light
breaks
Over a world thy guardian care hai kspt.
When the froth bou! from soothing feuinl.-er
wake".,
To praise the love that watched me while
Iflept;
"When with litw strength my L'oo J i bound
ing fn-e,
The fi rnt, best, weetet hour I'll give to thee.
One hour with thee, when rides the glorious
un "
High in mid-heaven, and panting nature
feeli
Life!e? and overpowered, and man ha done
lor one (short hour with urging life's iwiu
wheel ;
In that deep pause my eoul from care shall
Ac-,
To make that hour of ret one hour with thee.
One hour with thee, when saddened twilight
flings
Her soothing charm o'er lawn, and vale,
an i grove,
When there breathes up from all created
thing
The sweet enthralling sense of thy deep
love ;
And when its softening power descends on
rne,
My swelling heart shall spend an hour with
thee,
One hour with thee, my God, when softly night
Climbs the high heaven with solemn step
and blow,
When thy sweet stars, unutterably bright.
Are telling forth thy praise to men below ;
O then, while far from earth my thoughts
would fie,
I'll spend in prayer one joyful hour with thee.
MOLLIE.
Randolph Co.
ftlisre llaucntts- Slrtirks.
Noah's Carpenters.
It was a late hour at night. The
city of N., with its many turrets and
spires, was sleeping under the shadow
of those rocky sentinels which have
guarded the plain since the flood. The
waves of the ocean fell gently and
soothingly on the beach. The moon
waded through the fleecy autumn clouds,
now playing with the waters and light
ing up the scene, and then concealing
her glory, as if to make its revelations
more prized. It was a night for pious
thoughts and conversation.
Two persons were leaving the city
and passing along the water-side to a
beautiful valley, where one was a resi
dent, and the other a guest. Tlie tal
ler, the elder of. the two, was actively
engaged in a work of benevolence." The
work was too heavy for him, and be had
invited his young friend, a thoughtless
lad, of whom we will speak as Henry,
to aid him. Together they had spent
many a weary day in supplying the
Christian laborers who co-operated with
them, with the choicest means of use
fulness, as they crowded the depository
of truth. Exhausted by their toils,
they were now Returning for a night's
repose. Hitherto, not a word had been
addressed to the obliging boy about his
soul. The proper occasion seemed to
have arrived. A quaint but fitting
manner was chosen.
' Henry,' asked the elder, 1 do you
know what became of Noah's carpen
ters?'
Noah's carpenters?' exclaimed Hen
ry I did not know that Noah had
any carpenters.'
4 Certainly he must have had help in
building one of the largest and best
proportioned ships ever put upon the
stocks. There must have been many
ship carpenters at work for a long lime
to have constructed such a vessel in
such an age. What became of them,
think you, when all the fountains of
the great deep were broken up, and the
windows of heaven were opened ?'
What do you mean by such a queer
question ?' Henry replied.
4 No matter what, just now. Flease
answer the inquiry. And you may al
so tell me, if you will, what you would
ur Anna. ; tut ,Wwlfl hnur whpn
the storm came in its fun and Noah's
prophecies were all fulfilled, and all
but the family of the preacher of right
eousness were ready to be ingulfed in
those black waters.'
I do not know,' said Henry, in a
half-thoughtful, half-trifling manner.
Perhaps I should have' got on the rud
der.' This is human nature exactly, Hen
ry. It would ' climb up some other
way,' rather than enter the fold by the
only door ; it would get on the rudder,'
in its pride and short-sightedness, rath
er than go into the ark of safety ; it
would ' save itself,' by hanging on at
the hazard of being swept into the gulf
of despair, instead of being saved by
the provisions of infinite love. But I
will tell you plainly what I mean, Ilen
rv. by Noah's carpenters. You have
kindly and generously given me your
aid, day after day, in building an ark
in N., by which many, I trust, will be
saved. I feel grateful for your help.
But I greatly fear that, while others
will be rejoicing in the fruits of our la
Vmrs von will be swept 'away in the
storm of wrath which will, by-and-by,
beat on the heads of those who enter
not the ark of Jesus Christ. No hu
man device will avail for you. Get
ting on the rudder' wUl not answer ; you
must be in Christ, or you are lost. Re
member Noah's carpenters, and flee to
the ark without delay.'
We reached the house, and parted.
placed
He
visited home during the winter vacation, !
and presented himself to the Church '
for admission to its communion. He
then stated that the conversation de
tailed above had never passed from hb j
memory. It led him to serious refiec- j
tions, and ultimately, we trust, to the
ark of safety. He is now entering a
career of wide-spread usefulness. He'
will never forget Noah's carpenters. j
Though Noah's carpenters were all
urownea, there are a great many ol the
same stock now alive ; of those who
contribute to promote the spiritual good
of others, and aid in the upbuilding of
the Redeemer s kingdom,but personally
neglect the great salvation.
Sabbath-school children, who gather
in the poor, or contribute their money
to send tracts and books to the destitute,
or to aid the work of missions, and yet
remain unconverted, are like Noah's
carpenters.
Teacher in Bllle dames and Sabbath-schools,
who point their pupils to
the Larnb of God. but do not lead the
way, are like guide-boards that tell the
road, but are not travelers on it; or
like Noah's carpenters, who built an
ark, and were overwhelmed in the wa
ters that bore it aloft in safety.
Careless parents, who instruct their
children and servants, as every parent
should, in the great doctrines of the
Gospel, yet fail to illustrate these doc
trines in their lives, and seek not a per
sonal interest in the blood of Christ,
are like Noah's carpenters, and must
expect their doom.
Printers, sewers, folders, and bin
ders, engaged in making Bibles and re
ligious books, booksellers and publish
ers of religious newspapers, who are do
ing much to increase the knowledge of j
the Gospel and to save souls, but so
many of whom are careless about their
own salvation, will have the mortifica
tion of knowing that, while their toils
have been instrumental of spiritual good
to thousands, they were only like the
pack-mules, tha, carried a load to mar
ket without tasting it, or like Noah's
carpenters, who built a ship in which
they never sailed.
Wealthy and liberal, but unconver
ted men, who help to build churches
and sustain the institutions of the Gos
pel, but who "will not come unto Christ
that they may have life," are hewing
the timbers and driving the nails of the
ark which they are too proud or too
careless to enter.. ..Perhaps they think
they will be safer on the " rudder ;
but they may find too late that when
they would ride they must swim ; that
when they would float they must sink,
with all their good deeds, unmixed with
faith, as a millstone about their necks.
Union with the Church.
It is the duty of all to join the Church
because God instituted it. It is of Di
vine origin. If it were a mere device
of man, a mere human society, having
for its object mere earthly benefits, we
miht consult our own convenience in
regard to it. But an institution of
which God is the author, leaves no
choice.
That the Church is a Divine institu
tion, no one will deny. Even in the
Old Testament we find that God had
his Church " the Church in the wil
derness." Acts vii, 38. He determin
ed its order, appointed its officers, its
ceremonies, its worship, and the way
by which persons should enter it. He
blessed those who were faithful mem
bers of it, and severely punished those
who forsook his covenant and his ordi
nances; and entirely cast those off,
who would not submit to its require
ments. In the New Testament we see, on al
most every page, that Christ came into
the world to establish a Church or king
dom. Hence we read of the " king
dom of God." This expression is often
applied to the Church of God on earth
A kingdom must nave suDjecis wuo
stand in connection with it, and submit
to its laws.. That Christ established a
Church is evident from his own declar
ation : " Thou art Peter, and upon this
rock I will build my Church : and the
gates of hell shall not prevail against
it." Matt, xvi, 18. This Church had
its rules, to which all wer.e required to
conform. Hence the Saviour tells his
disciples how they must proceed when
a member shall trespass, or be guilty of
any fault : they shall first speak to him
privately, and secondly take one or two
witnesses, and if he still refuses to yield,
they shall " tell it unto the Church ;
if he " neglect to hear the Church,"
then he shall be separated from them,
and be to them as a heathen man and
a publican. Matt, xvi, 18. Can any
thing be plainer ? The kingdom, or
Church, which Christ established, was
not merely an internal one, consisting
of piety in the heart ; but it had an out
ward form, constituting a public socie
ty, to which persons were formally ioin-
ed, and from which they were excluded,
when they were guilty of iaults worthy
of exclusion.
Christ, then, is himself the author of
the Church, He added members to it
while he was upon earth. He is de
clared to be the "head of the Church."
The Church is "his body." Eph. i, 23,
Christ also loved the Church, and
gave himself for it ; that he might sane-
tify and cleanse it wua tne wasmn
cr At
The winter came. Henry was
at a boarding-school in
water by the word, that he might: pre- j
sent it to himself a glorious " Church,
not having spot or wrinkle, or any such ,
thing." Eph. v, 2-S-27. It is Lis de
sire that all -should belong to it, be
saved in it, and glorified with it in ;
heaven.
Can you doubt whether it is your du
ty to join ? Did he institute it in vain ?
and after he " gave himself for it," can
you say that you can do as well with-
out it .' U, consider this matter again ; .'comprehends the history of between thirty
arid see whether you will not conclude eight and thirty-Dice "years, we hav, in
that as " Christ also loved the Church," one word, a distinct account of the sereral
it is your duty to love it; and that as stages of the Israelites' journey in the
" he gave himself for it," so it is your wildernr-ss, the various occurrences ot the
.duty to give yourself to its service. ' y; tijeir trials, rebellious, punishiaeiits,
Does he love Christ, who is willing to ; de;iveranee., conquests, ie., with several
die out of his Church Christian Ad-: Iaws a"d ordinances not mentioned ia the
vocate and Journal. 1 preceding books ; together with a mti-
i tion and explanation of some others vhich
From the Central Presbyterian. lfd I'"usly delivered. The whole
J ! lormiDz a most interesting history ot the
Advantages of the Expository Style of; justice," mercy and providence of God."
Preaching.
1. It 13 an easy way oi leading to : iae orxjsoi numbers contains a tns
habits of extempore preaching. itorJ cf tn- Israelites, from the begirding
2. The messages of the pulpit are, 'f tLe second month of the econJ 3"car
upon this plan, more likely to be re- 'fte? t.beir departure from E-yjt, to the
ceived by the people, with authority.
J.
riM 11 r s- 1
oun.-ei vi ou'i is,
in this way, more apt to be delivered.
4. " Expository -nreachin?" nresents
i Ol
a strong inducement to keen up the
Knowledge Ol the Greek and Hebrew ; the second and thirty-eitrhth years."
languages. Home on the Scriptures, Vol. IV., p.
o. By this method, the pastor can , - l
bring out points, in practical duty, I TOm tne nature of this book, and the
which he might not otherwise present. 1 subjeets embraced in it, one misht sup-
G. It bring? the mind of the preach- Pose that " .testimony would be found
crand people in direct contact with . Lere. ,t0 -the d.tn now Jer
.i . 1 ixii consideration : but this is rather too hasty
the scrip ures, and, thereby opens o a conclusion. ' In this book there are J
view that inviting and inexhaustible vaHety of L;storical and doctrinal (the lat
mine ot truth. ter int ideally introduced,) indications of
. hy 1 the expository style," the the possibility of good men apostatizing
preacher is less likely to run the circle ; from the religion of God, and perishing
or deal out the peculiar views of a par- ; in their iniquities. This is manifestly ev
tisan and favorite leader. j ident in several instances ; as,
8. The practice is commended by the i 1- On account of the nmrmurings of
example of Christ and his Apostles of;tbo Israelites, because of the great dis
whom we read as beino- " mighty in the ! tance the7 werc caIled to travel- Thes,i
Scriptures," and as "opening
Scriptures to their disciples.
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Screamed Down.
The Southern Home Circle records :
anecdote showing the kind episcopal, i
or rather paternal spirit of Bishop Ear- j
Iv, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, j
South. It was a easo nf nntnVht. d.t
the part of the good Bishop. He was
recently preaching to the negroes in
Lexington, on a very warm afternoon,
. ti iKn 1 1 1 T 1 r 1 .., .1 . .1 1 . , T - - i i
iMwn frpitTnir d crvm"htL8RVhHh i
the great disturbance of thedevotionals. j tbc Lord determined that none oTTne gSQ
The bishop undertook to plead and ar- ! eratlon wh'ch caTue out of Egypt, that
guefor the youngsters. It was very j were " twenty years old and upwards,
kind in him, but they out-argued him. jsave Cfeb and JJua, should enter into,
,J , t.i i"ii ! or see the promised land. .Num. xni : xiv.
N ever mmd friends ; let the children , c red ith PsaL cvi . 2327. L Cor.
cry," pleaded the bishop; "it will : x . q q
strengthen their lungs. I say, this is : '4.' On account of the rebellion excited
what strengthens their lungs. Then ; by Korah, Dathan and Abiram, who set
their mothers cannot 1 eave them at j themsel?es up against Moses and Aaron,
home ; no body to leave them with. : and would have usurped the priest's office,
And you would not have a mother lose aDd thereby have caussl a schism in the
a sermon just to accommodate you. If church. This caused God to bring signal
those mothers were to take those chil- ! punishment upon them, and msny of the
dren out now, they would lose the ser-! P"Ple were destroyed. . Num. xvi: 1-40.
mon ; lose the sermon, I say, to please j Compared with Psal. cu : 10-18. Ueut.
you." The bishop talked on about five ixll Qa accounfc of laini
minutes. T3y this time the little weep- i &c affainst 3Ioses and iAaron, because V
ers increased m number rapidly, and the jnd2ments which tad been inflicted
meir mugs uegau gne nmemt; wjupoD their brethren. ln this instance,
rrVil f
strength. He paused a moment, j
remarked very gravely :. " There :
then
minbt bfi occasions when a noisy child
should be taken out. Such occasions
a rcr fnr PTumnlfi! fnnornl
1 : tt
occasions
s:iprnnipnr i '( as s. iibi
-
was preacninr a iunerai sermon, wmciii
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Uo v. "J
The mother
ana cmiuren biaiupeueu,
i .i:n . J J ! "
and quiet was restored.
-Christian Ad-
vocate and Journal.
t ! mRDyi 'which this book furnishes, demon-
TliE celebrated John Kandolph, j stratic? tue righteous judgments of God,
whose sarcasm was unparalleled, once j Q executing with capital punishments
took up a Socinian pamphlet, in a book- those who forsake Him. In the clear
store in Baltimore. With an inde-; light, therefore, of these facts, we are
scribable look of contempt, and that clearly led to the conclusion that no state
penetrating shrillness which none who! of man is so elevated and exalted as to
ever heardit can forget, he exclaimed, piety, from which he mar not depart by
"What a Christless religion is this!!and apostatize entirely from Ood-
Christianity without a divTne Saviour ! m not. .l? f ttt. tuf h? and C0Q
t . V-, r n 1 v-n 17 seauently perish everlastingly.
It is like the famous play-bill in Eng-1 ' J K .
a j u- v. r..rLo onr,nr,l i The testimony of Mosea to this doctrine,
lUIlU. Ill W I1JCI1 SUUiC ouuiicio auuuuin.v.u
the play of Hamlet, with the part of
Hamlet left out.
A Palpable Hit. The following
item is taken from the Memphis Chris
tian Advocate, and is emphatically a
good hit :
An invalid once sent for a physician,
and after detaining him for some time
with a description of his pains, aches,
kc, he thus summed up : " Xow, doc
1 -i 1 3 1
tor, you have numDuggeu me long
enough with your goou-ior-noimng puis
and worthless sirups ; they don't touch
the real difficulty. 1 wish you to strike
the cause of my ailments, if it is in your
power to reach it."
" It shall be done," said the doctor,
at the same time lifting his cane and
demolishing a decanter of gin that stood
on the sideboard.
A Doubtful Chaxce. When Dr.
Franklin's mother-in-law discovered
that the young man had a hankering
for her daughter, that good lady said
she did not know so well about giving
her daughter to a printer ; there were
already two printing-offices in the Uni
ted States, and she was not certain the
country would support them.
Commtmiratitms.
' . Fur the X. C. Christian Akocate.
The Possibility of Final Apostacy, de-
monstratei from the Holy Scriptures- -
NUMBER XIV.
Rr. R. T. IJfi'u: I now continue ny
course of icveti'.'atioD. by esanasiDg the
teaehi: g of y;c es. as his views are to be
' tethered from the book of
IV. Xumbtrt. "In this book. wMch
Dr. A. Clarke's preface to thb book.
r " V w
:, rir.r:rt,i ,lf t!-rf ur " ' i n:na
:or ten mouthH. fComnnre Num. 1 and
(Cc
pare
xxxvi : i.j, wita jJeut. 1 : 6.) Hon or the
transactions here recorded took mace in
with Deut.
murmurings caused God to send judgments
upou mem, wnicn consumea many or mem.
Num. xi: 1-3. Compared with Psal.lxxviii:
21 ; I. Cor. x: 10.
2. On account of the complainings of
tbe Israelites, because they were destitute
of bread, or something to sustain them in
tbeir journeyings. This caused the Lord
de.stry a Sreat multitude of the people,
D7 Jgments wnicn ne orougtit upon
he brought
I them. Num. xi : 5-35. Compared with
.um. xxi :
0, 0.
I. Cor. x : 9.
3. On account of their rebellions, &c.
when the spies brought their report from
1 1 1 1 ,' "
I9S.JUiP.aor promise.
.because of these
they charrr.d -the. dqath of the
being murdered by and Aaron.
Num. xvi: 41-50.
! 6. On account of their whoredoms with
I the Moabites. This sin and its concomi-
i tants brouo-ht on the anostacv of a crest
j tants brouc
j . - 1 , T 1 II ,. . . U
! multitude: so that the Lord brought wrath
-- -c - . .
. ' , , lT - , ,
upon them, bv which He signally punished
I mth Hm( 1 "twpntv anr fmir thousand."
: y xxiy W8i Deut. iv : 1-3. I.
Cor. x: 8
I 7. These are a few instances, out of
i . . t , , ,
l' 1U 1 11 V. 1 1.. . -J .uuv - - -
view, is clear and demonstrative; cor is
there the least conflicting testimony in these
books, to the views here presented. With
propriety, therefore, we may say, "Where
fore let him that thinketh he standeth,
take heed lest he fj.ll." I. Gr. x : 12.
V. Deuteronomy. " The book of Deu
teronomy," (says a good writer,) "and the
Epistle to the Hebrews, contain the best
comment on the nature, design, and use
of the law : the former may be considered
as an evangelical commentary on the four
, d; in which the spiritual
, nf. - d gi-nification of the different
parts of the law are given, and given in
such a manner as none could give who had
not a clear discovery of the glory which
was to be revealed. It may be safely as
serted that very few parts of the Old Tes
tament Scriptures can be read with greater
profit by the genuine Christian than the
book of Deuteronomy." Dr. A. Clarke's
preface to the book.
As this book is a repetition of the main
principles contained in the four preceding
books, especially in regard to the laws, mo
ral, economical and civil, and the conduct
of the Jews, in regard to their various re
bellions and God's dealings with them, it
may be considered as confirmatory of the
doctrines therein set forth, and, as an in
spired commentary of those governmental
principles by which God was regulated in
j His conda-t tcwsH theta. In th! k-,
j their rebeHwj an the patjshmest r -n-
select man te reej:niil as pr.f t,
th
;r pM-T from the
re;
a wlic
M :. was aathriied to ub!i-h a!Ii..:
item, acd
2 r'-:ecti'.!:
i a the
objeot of their a h-rstioi an I
this liht it i -viv-wel t It-1 ii
Kpistle to the Ik-brew, n l sl-. "1 hi,
Ep"tle to the Kmans. G,i s or, 1 j t ;
evideatly zezm'izi-l by avl
Paul as U-ing the jut"srjd uitir-Ie ad
aicistration of His hws with re ri to
jthem, as trJtory to, and revoher? fr Hi
iv.t.uiiiciii. in- arj inereiore ainn-r-ized
to consider them as apostat-s from
the religion of Moses: not as havinir never
been recognized as members of the church,
but as havicg violated the compact ni !e
between them and Gol. bv the mediati.-m
- ..... , , . .
' ana truien me covenant c: sal -
vation. and thereby forfeited their mem -
bership in the church, and finally fallen
...... ...v, Jl J'J-J, Oll'l IUifj:.Tl.''i
wierajcivcs to tne tust tudmeots ot (iJ.
Their enn.M-f nl &tA in
r . .v -" " i"'--! '-y;u
to be viewed as an example to us of apos-
tacy and its punishment.
With these general views of the sub-
jects of this book, we may proceed to the
consideration of some facts of this his-
tory, which sustain the doctrine contended
for in these sheets. It is proper here to
remark, that the incidents noticed in tbi-
book by Moses, are to be considered -
additional evidences ot the truth oi the
uocinneoi tne possibility ot the ap.-.tacy duce '''litnc immns" t0 " sav. Where-i
of the people of God ; that, while some of tore hath the k.r l d..ne thus' u?ito thi
these incidents are the same found in the laud? wh-.t luoamth the h.-at of thi t:reat ,
preceding book, there are others which an'-r ? Tl;cii men .-hall sav, Iecau.thcv '
doctrinally establish this position, which, have f.-rsaken the covenarit of ti;e Iird
though not entirely independent, are r.ev- God of their fathers, which He made with
ertheless additional characteristics of this
same truth.
1. Deut. i : 2240 contains an account
of the rebellion of the Israelites on the
occasion of the report of the spies which
bad been sent to the land of Canaan. All
tnese, except Caleb and .Jo-hua, brought
up an evil report concerning it; more,
however, on account of the danger to be
apprehended from the inhabitants, than
the character of the country. Thev re-
jected the report of Caleb and Joshua,
and yielded to that of the others ; and in 11-11. I. Kings, xiv : .), '',. U. Ghrvii. ;
their unbelief and rebellion, determined vii : 10-22. j
to return again to Egypt, and said : " Let ; libdiop ewb.n, in ht-j " Dis-ertations i
U3 make a captain, and let us return into on the Prophecies," has some very ju. -t re-!
Egypt." Num. xiv: 1-4. For this their marks on the xxviiith chapter of Deute- j
apostacy, God determined that none of that ronomy, a part of which I will here insert, i
generation should enter the land of Ca- In the introduction he observes : " '1'nis
naan; but that their "carcasses should ' great prophet md lawgiver is here pro-'
fall in the wilderness." Ileb. iii : 7-19. ; posing at large to the people the b!esinjrs !
2. Deut. iv : 1-13. This instance is a lor obedience, and the curves for disobe-
clear demonstration of their apostacy ; not , dience ; and indeed, he kid foretold at!
only as it was a rejection of the religion of j several times, and upon several occasions, j
Moses, but especially as it was a turning that they should he happy or miserable in j
away from GoJ, and turning unto the idols ' the world, as they were obedient or diso- j
of Moab, to whom they offered "their sac-! bedient to the laws that he had given)
rifices," &c., and committed the abomina-1 them. And could there be any stronger!
tion which the Moabites were guilty of: j evidence of the divine original of the Mo-!
tacy and idolatry, GodT'?rwrath''waxelJ tftT'ivroeu'iU'1 .Jl.lhQ jertjysjth,,! I
hot" against Israel, and slew " twenty and ; hie in their good and had fortunes '! and ij
four thousand" by the "plague" which he not the truth of the prediction fully at-'
caused to fall upon them. Num. xxxv: tested by the whole series of their hi-torv, ;
1-9. Josh, xxii: 17. Psal. cvi : 28, 20. i from their first settlement in Can a an v'
Kev. ii: 14. II. I-t. ii: 12-10. This is: this verv day!' Put he is hir-erand mor
one among the clearest instances of final
apostacy that can be conceived; and the '
use maae or tins ease by the i'saiun.-t,
Peter and John, as a warning to the peo-
pie of God ia their times, is a full and ,
unequivocal demonstration that they he- '
lieved and taught the doctrine under re-
view. ; that one part relates to the former c ip'iv
3. Deut. vii: viii. In the bortion of.itv of the Jcvs. ai.d to the ..;,;..
this book embraced in these chapters, God
urges the children of Israel to fcteaifu.-.t-
ness in their religion, by various very co-
gent considerations. As, ;
i. Un account ot the ltniuenecs that ;
Yan'd vnitEerrevkwe! FgtTamf
sess,", &e. From these they could not ';
PTTiprt anv assistance, but onlv evil. For :
thee reasons, they were forbidden to form exhibit, of the state of the Jews at prc-s-any
kind of alliances with them. Cide-s ; ent." Diss. VII., pp. 124-120.
those rirohibitions were regarded bv them, ! I bis elo-ing paragrcph, the leanied
they would become exposed i tne mnu
ence of the idolatry of the people of th
people of the
land, and be caused to depart from the
religion of Moses. Chap, vii: 1-11 i
I Josh, xxiii : 12, 13. I. Kir.g?, xi : 2.
Ezra, ix: 1.2. Deut. vi : 14, 15. ;
9 Cn neemint r,f tb covenant relation
then existing between them and their God.
From this he urges them to continued obe -
dience. inasmuch as this would secure them
in their possessions, be the means of their
increase as a nation, and their wealth as
the people of God; by which also, they
would be perr.etuared as his own inherit-
ance. Deut. vu : 12-20. Psal. cv. Exod.
xxiii : 20-33.
3 On account of the irood things they
had already realized as His people. This,
to them, was to act as an incentive to con -
tinued obedience and a faithful observance
nf"nll the commandments which" He
had " c-ommanded them to do." Deut.
had " commanded
viii: 1-0. Exod. xvi: 12-35
Deut.
xxix : --o.
4
On account of the good that would
be realized by them, if they kept the com-
mandments, when they should be settled
in the promised land. Deut. viii : 7-18 ;
xi
lU-2o
5. On account of the utter destruction
that should come upon them, if they did
not remember the many blessings received,
and still promised; nor remembered the
commandments to do them; and should
" forget the Lord their God, in not keep-
in" His commandments, and His judz-
ments, and His statutes," &c., and in
walking "after other gods, and serve them,
and worship them," &c. This forsaking
God, and walking after other gods, would
expose them to a final excision from the
favor of God, and end in their overthrow
and destruction, like the nations that theu j
;W.itA,1 r5.ns.ATi wrft tf Knffer. Deut J
inhabited Canaan were to suffer. Deut.
Yiii: 7-20: iv; 2&-2S; xxi: 15-:
oq
6." These principles are clear, definite, j trine now under review, but fully and eon
5tmnand cisiY and show most con- elusiv.lv dstmtes truth and
- Tl II
cluivelv, not only that Israel might, under .u " -
C1 , . I ., j Z. .,' i r;-ri teousries, showing thereby His ius-
enr-h lntiunc-fs. be "drawn away ana en- ri--ie-,u-' ' -t r u .
, t - u -j ,f.i ! t'.-" n the paai-kiien: of the ap .state,
tieed but. in the providence oi OoJ, we i -f-- lu- r . -
rceJ'.v I: " i, r ,,r, h,n intiJand Iks mercy U the O .-utile.?, by -raft i a;
nave iiieii iutuit uuuju.v. -
'. n '
J
. ir.
1 r!
rii.
r-s c-'iirt i in Peatef-nr
. h.-ive fr si.T;s!r fu!!k-J
1: .
i- li : Ik I. i : 7-l:
i. i. ;t
Tsxii. T!
"-iv; i.. xxix . in : K'-J
i-.ril-.-n hi- b k
r--h'.r,d 3 vsr.'.tv of h
t
t:
h
to tiie t:-o- t;::t M-k.-. rf-h-ir-f 1
thinj;. Tt.---y were iit-nk- i tv hi-i
im.,t,::; -n If
'h he h.; 1 -iv.-!i
; . -v (.i.-eri. r I the l.jw? rh
them. h-.;
t?
1 tht th--v h..uM
liO!
th' !..P I Ti, :'-. 'v cr.
cee-Jif.-Sr, and pro-r rocs, 1 1' that
tin V r..:;! 1 1 ..rr,. .... ' V .; . l
. J I "'- ''' I''.'-! U .11)1
- the tra-j w:ihit of G.l, eni-T II:-
. tectwn, mer v and fjv. r, ar l" .o A
. people. He," however a dm-. 1 A I
h !v
h-:i, '
II i U t' i I l U '.' C 1 V C T V TC'. t 1 n U
icuvv I'l l
metit if-.ht ih
,J . . . i t-
e:;i, i! ttiev at anv in
uej.ui. u. i..,m i,oj, iy corrupting tiie:r,
ways and following the tu-t..ms 0f the na-1
; tions they were commanded to destrov. cr'
j bow themselves down before the g - is of
; those nat'ons. He assured them, hut ia
this cne, kd would drive the:;, out ofj
their own hud. and would "scatter them'
: among tho nations." j
Mov s a.-.-un-s them, that the
of (i-.d w-.uld he so manifest and tl
mint
j.ir
u.-.trueti..n so comi-h-te. that it w, r.M
in-'
t!
ieui when He hnmht them forth
ut f ;
the laid .f J
iri'l ot J.-vj.t; t,.r tl.cy we:,: and
served other 'j k. and worshipped thorn !
god- wh..m they knew not, and whom He1
had not jjiven u:ito them ; and the anirer
of the Lord was kindled ae-airi-l t!,i kind 1
to brnig ujtoti it all the cur-e.s that ;.re !
written ia this hook: and the Lord rooted !
them out of their land in nm'er and in I
wrath, and in en :it in-JL-ration, and ca.-t !
them into another land, as it is this d.iv " i
Deut. xxix : 24-2. See also Pan. ix :
particular in recounting the cur-es than
the b!e-,-ing.--, as if he had a pre.-eiew.-e of
tbe people s dis .he-!ien-e and foresaw t hat
a larger porti-n and longer coutimi itio.i of;
the evil would J';.li to their share, than of
the g-od. I know that sonic critics maku i
a division of thev: oronheeies and i;'ia -iiic
which they sutler' I under the Ji-.-nan- ;
hut there is no need of anv eu. h di-tine-'
tion ; there i- no re-on to think P it mv
suc-h nas intended bv the author: several
prophecies: ot the one part, as w. 11 as ok
nous, at hey Have i more ampiy been-
tulh-ie-i ;unng tne latter period :
cannot be a ccrf ; lively K-tu--i
I there
i they
J Bishop remarks : "He
are ln-tanees or
propheiks, delivered above three ihou.-ind i
years ago, and yet, as we see, lushing in .
the world at tbis very- time: and wr.ai
stronger praois can we ue-ireoi me uivine j
legation ot Mioses r llow tbese instances i
I uiay affect others, I Know not: but for u.y-;
j self, I must acknowledge they not only!
' convince, but amaze and astonish me be-!
yond expression. They are truly, as Moses j
! foretold they would be, " a sign and a won-1
! der forever." Ver. 4o, 40. Moreover,
all these curs.s shall come upon thee, and !
j shall pursue tuee and overtake thee, till j
thou be destroyed ; because thou hearKC-n-,
! edst not unto the voice of the Lord thy i
j God, to keep His commandments and His
! st.fites which He commanded thee : and j
! they shall be upon thee for a sign and lor j
j a wonder, and upon thy seed krever. :
! Diss. " II., last paragripn, p. Id'. j
j Viewed in this light, .and so they must ,
I be viewed, as the past, and especially tte
! present, state of the Jews demon -trites,) j
' these prophecies demonstrate clearly tne
j possibility of God's children so departing j
j from Hita in their heart;, and from Hisj
religion, ordinances, commandments aud ,
statutes, in their practice, as to lose all the '
j image of. God that has been impressed
! upon their hearts; as also ail practical,
! piety in their lives, which must eventually
! end in their utter destruction. The Jews, j
! there-tore, in this regard. are a living mon- ;
umeat of this truth. They departed from j
i their G ol an d tbe religion of Moses; "be-.
came vain in their imaginations, auu,
! would not retain the knowledge of God in
' their mmds ; aoa tneir "iooiia u-ir .
were dirkeuel"; so that for this cause 0,i
j "gave taein or l-j j
lusts," and the result was that they "w-.
ed in the.r owo cuun. x . -.
12. Acts yh: 42. x.pa. ir: 1, IJ. ,
The present can Ji tion of the Jews, not I
lonlv iuoatrovertibly esub'i-hes the dj
s.t c .-.
th-i !-,:, th -cniTf f-
whi. h tk J - w?r "r.! !-
,h-w f f t":. ? rre'r. bo.'tr, rut V-
t'.f.-A, if :h-j J Tft irrt x.- G -., y r
cfiv'r G,",n-J th r tru M-iii." ml
the a i. kr xt ch.i; ;r v th . f
K .-n. xi.
I bre c,, f n-.y r. -iw of M 'i;c
-: t,ait ; - r:rr j t. the dtirtr.ne ! :kl
T-tMv. II. r- f iron h- ti-:ir. ; ,
i rrf-:-:lKo. r, I rh-ir..ir!r c
ite. Id ir,y fr.tur Ni. I hl! pi":; J
the ame i;r rf iirf?i t: n. .t- I I h
i r,.ay b t c". ia lk iy. twe
t i.'i t r. r v o," .; cr.'ir !.:! . I k
n- pr. t . th w .rdi f f.'-:i...
ry. 1 i th i-r-a. !;;. kadio piocjk'
: :v.j .c i
V j ji.T-vk ..!- f ,-,
i lt; ii p'oi i:
jr ilir vCjiilirni.
The Child Faith.
We had ;i lo:;g, c.m 1 ri-le. and T w.n
verv ti-ed. After a short intor:o v
with the Uitii'Is to whom our visit n
p.ini, wc r tired to ourhambcr. Oar
little son, a lively, restless chill, not
yet throe veirs old, was with in, ,i:el
nor at all helined to sleep. At !, : ;'!i
I said to him,
'Charley, metier ii s-Ick and Utc 1,
and cannot talk to night.'
4 Ma,' s:;id the little fellow, 4 God cm
nuke you well, can't he ? hi! I a-k
him ?'"
4 Yes, my s :i,' I replied. Then tk
little fello v started up in the cold r""?'.i,
and. kneking down on the ' l-lothosf
foi led his littb hnnds and j.ravcd : ' O,
go'd licavcnly Father, pleax t' rn ike
dear mother well by niorniog, f ,i Jc
stis's sakf.' A fur this, he crept Ink
into his bed, and in a few h.uiim nt-t l.o
was fast asleep.
Next morning; be woke with thee.ir
liest iiglit, and, waking tue, s .iJ, 4 An;
you well tiiis morning, mother ?'
4 Yes, iny son, I kcl very well indeed
this morning. '
4 O, I knew you would,' s.iid be, clap
ping; his hands for joy t I knew you
would; fori prayed to Gol to mak
you well, atil Jesus always hears little
children when they pray.'
Often since that time I have rc-al! d
ray little boy's f.iith, and wished that
the simple, child-like confidence in the
word and promise of Go 1, were mine.
Satan's Tobacco Net
In the Apendix of I.'ncle Toby's
Hook on Tobaecf), is a ktt( : from Hi. v.
Mr. Kirk, on this subject, to a " kittle
44 ;VS;.UN ha tc.; To"f;.i:v'' V. 4 S
resemble Christ, he trios t vervtlsir ' in
his power t tn ike them slaves tosoui' -thing.
And you should know . yx .:
lays his pic , for, , as Solomon si j,
4 .Surely in v;iin the net is t-prfid in toe
sight of any bird.' Nov, I will hhow
on his U ' acco net, ho that vou ioav
know it.
44 Vkjcn I w:s a bttle boy, thre ',v
in our .-ohool a bid wlio-ri I ' J, i
Thomfi-on. He was a .k'i;:irt f'-l'ow,
and all the other bovs used to iook ur
to hitn wi'ii re.-; .-ct. lie wore his k t
on one s'-le of (.is bead, and u--d to
.; on the pi ly-ground twisting a
piece of tobacco in hn cio--.li, and i ;k-
irri'-R i.u(-i.iui,i am , ..v. 1 1
and u-ed large words, ami dim was try
ing to be like him. Arid h wool 1
come to school telling bow many rri:k
in an hour bis father's horse trotted at
tbe races. Aril he bad picked up a
great many large words, and s-em-d to
be so knowing and indef nd-nt, so
much of a mm,' that every little boy in
the school thought he could not do any
thing ber.er than to be just a? rnaniy
andlitnart as Jim was. And you would
frequently see them clustering around
hirn when he cau,e on the p!ay-groT -1,
listening to his talk. Then you might
see them in other places trying to look
j ist like him, and talk like him. They
kit larger than other boys whenever
they could do this.
44 Jim, you see then, wa-j one of Sa
tan's nets by whom he caught hilly lit
tle boys. For the quid of tobacco was
One of the tbir. that ma-k Jim titan I;
and smart. And many a poor lutle
fellow would make hirruelf Kck in Ty
ing to keep the nasty thing in hi.- rno i'.h,
juTt becau-e he wanted to be big."
An eccentric clergyman, lately nlbj
ding in his pulpit to th.- subject of f mii
lv government, reuarkc-d tht it is of'-en
said, "That now-a-day-s there U u j su k
thing as farnilv governmer.t. But it's
false! all false"! There h just as much
farnilv government now as there ever
wai-ljust as much a? in the days of o ir
father- and grandfathers. The only
difference is that th.u tbe oil fedk di 1
the governing, now it i3 done by ti;9
young o-c-s .
Mr. Locke's Opixxox. Mr. Locke,
a little before his death, being asked
what was the shortest and surest way
for a young gentlemaa to attain a tru j
knowledge of tb-j Chrhtian relig'on,
made this reply: 44 Let him study the
Scriptures, e-pfccial.y the New Testa
roent ; therein are onta:ned the wor !
of eternal life. It ha God for its au
thor, saltation for it end, and tr r.'.i
without any mixture of error for t.
matter."