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I I A 10 ZION’S LAN I) A II K S I subjoin a lew verses as a kind of synopsis of our faith, tonciiing the union between Christ and Ids ])eopIc. Adieu. C. C. HASSELL. “’Tvvixt Jesus rmrl tuc chosfcu race Subsists a 1k)iu1 of sovereign grace, il'liat hell with its infernal train, Shall ne’er dissolve or rend in twain. This saoved bond shall never break, Thougii earth sheiild to lier centre sliake; Kcbt, doul)!)!)^ saint, assured of this, For God Ua^ pledged his holiness. He swore but ohcc, the deed was done, ’Twas settled by t)ic great Three-One; Gln-ist wa-s appointed to redeem All that the Father lov’d in him. Hail sacred union, firm and strong. How great the grace, how sweet ilie song, Tiiat rebel worms sliouUl over be One with incarnate Deity. ])loyed to Avovk by the Hu.sbandmau liiin^^cir, who .seeing- me idle .said imto jne, Son, go work to-day in im ■vineyard.” Mattlicw 121 : 28, Tiii,s unexpected call upon me from .so re nowned-and lionored a per.’^onage as tlie Lord of the vincy;U'd, -almost startled me, for several rca.sons : first, I delt-sensible that I did not--n-nder- stand tlie business of .such dclictitc and refined liorticTilture; second, 1 ■was of such humble bii-tli and pre tentions d felt that 1 was not-adapted to so liig'b and honorable a -place; third, I had no tools to work with ; fourth, my titfcction and anxiety 'for my family seemed to stand :drrectly in my way. Ifiit as lAst as I eoiild One in tiie tomb, one when hcro.se. One when l,e triumpii'tl o’«r his loes ; One wlicn in lieaven ho took his seat, ■Willie seraph’s sung all hell’s defeat. irame 'iixcuses, the Llusbandmaii This sacred tie forbids their fears, I'or all he is or has, is theirs; With him, their liead, tney stand or fail. Their life, tl.eir surety, aud tlieirall.” IMacovib, Tdltxois., j Atovciuber, 18u9. J k'raginents. Lo. 4. PLOWING. Li’OTJIKR iioDLXIIAWETl;—Ab tidloWed the plowTrom ho^'hi^od u’l til 1 heeame tli.otbled in 18G1, and fuive some praelieul knowledge of the [msI ness, I propose to suggest a few liiiit.s on thtifc .subject through the Laudmurk.s,” if you ])erinit, for tlie eonsitlcriition of tho.se of like oecu- jiation; tlumg'li it is ]froba.ble that they could better instruct me, yet, such a.s I have i .shall briefly :give. The Husbanilman who cmploved would refittc -them. To the first tie said “ The ]>rcparation of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, i.s from the Lord.” Prov. 16 : 1. To the .'eco.nd excuse .IfC said, “ God liath chosen the ibolisli things of this world to confound vhc -vv’ise.” I Cor. 1. : 27. To the third .He .said He things shall be added unto you.”— “ Behold the fowls of the air: for they so-w not, neither do they rea]g -.nor gather into barns; yet yoiiir hea venly Fatlicr feedeth them.” So I plowed on, and though 1 shall not now uescribe tliisi^wonderful and -s'al- nablc rmplement, I shall hfiefiy speak of its USC.S and Low it has to be run. The roAVS of plants in this wonderful garden arc all straight, cvci;y way one can look, each one in its jirojier place and in order, from tire cedar tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that spririgcth out of the-waTl.” I Kings 4': 38. But there w-erc thorns and briars and hurtful weeds continually .springing up from the native soil, a-nd growing promiscuous ly among the plants,-and tliesehad to he rooted up by the jilow aud mat tock. I was directed to plorv straight througli the field hetweendhe ro'.vs of plants, eyes in front on my rew, and never to look hack. To be careful not to hurt tlie plants-nor the vines, ibr they had “ tender grapes,” but to would furni.sh all the tools and im-! stir ihe ground, root up the tivorns ])lcmeuts He would -req-ui-rc me to use, showing me at the same time a plow, well scoured-and bright, (Luke 9 : 62,) a mattock to dig among the trees aud plants, (I.saiuh-7 :,23; irnkg B) : 8,) and to the fourth excn.se lie said, ‘H-Iedhat loveth son or daugh ter more than me is not ^rorih}' of me.” Matthew 10 : 37.. So I went into the vineyard and He .set me to plowing. . How awk ward I ^vas, and how awkward I felt. I soon found that others more experienced a-nd moi’c skillful could plow miuii better tlian I, and my work looked so poor and defective by from Mount Idermon. When the south Avind has blown on the garden alter a rain, O how SAveet the fi'a- granccl Hoav 'delighttbl the lilly and .the r'iise. appear ! Hoav honora ble is the eompany of the Gardener A\’hcn He cometh into His garden of deligiifs’l “Awake, © Irsavenly Avincl, and come, Blow on thifi gaTclen of perfume; Spirit divine, deaceult and hreatlie, A gracious gaic on plants beneatli.” And noAV, brother Bodouhamor, to you and your readers, I extend a Chri.stiau greeting, and remaiu, in Iribulatk-n, A’onr unAvorthA* brotber, i. K. YAXMETER. OriiTTKA, Aha., Dec. 9, 1869.. “ The sirailitada of Adam’s trausg-ressioii.” Koai.vks 5:l-i. me to pIoAV has an cxtenslA'C field, or j tlie side of thcii's that 1 Ava.s.ashamed rather garden, sometimes called ajof my ploAA'ing. I also began to think A'incA'ard, all meaning the same en- j of niA’- Avife and little ones at home, closure, Avhieh He selected for Hi.s i and Avas perplexed -ahoiit tlicir sus tenance and Avelfare; so I plead Avitli oAvu use, not bccan.se the place or ground A’.as originally either rich .or heautiltil, but liecausc it suited Hi,s oAvn taste to do so. Tliis ground He enclosed Avith .Avails of salA-ation, (Isa. 26 ; 1) and hedged it round about, iind digged a A-vdne press, mid built a tower, Ac. kratthcAV 21 ; 30. Xext .Ho remoA’cd the thorns and briars, prc])arcd the ground, enriched it, and afterwards jilantcd it in choice vines and other rare -and bea'atifid plants, such as the pomegranate, eamphire, spikenard, safiren, cinnamon, frank incense and myrrh, inter.spci’sed Avith the rose of Sharon and cedars of Leh- 12-14. It anon. fcV)iig 4 my employer to let me go home and see hoAV tliey fared, or at least to .bid them fkrcAvcll. To t]ii.s, as I thought reasonable re([uest, lie sternly re plied, ^‘ Xo man, IiaA'ing put his hand to the ploAA", and looking Iiaek, is .fit for the kin-gd\'.m of God.” Luke 9 : 62. This almost broke my heart, and -so sounded in my ears and' through my soul that I Avas made to .shudder; but He, knoAAdng my dis tress and solicitude for the Avelfare of the dear ones I had left behind, pledged his honor,'in the rno.st solemn manner, to see to their Avants, saAdnir ibis garden aud vineyard I Avas m was em- aud-nocLions Aveeds. first I Avas ]->u7xled to distinguish some of the Aveedo from tlic plants, as the former .sometimes .shoAved jlajiAvs ami blos- fris r-ascudiliug the latter, and 1 Avas p.ientlv dodghig. the ploAV around such; but the proprietor discoA'cring I'tiy Avant of understanding find expe rience, told me to ploAv up ewnything between the roAVS, and .spare noching tliat Avas not in line, i ploAAAcd on again, ami noAV I turned -up CA^ery thing beforem'..'—Aveeds, briar.s, fhorns, frogs, (Rcax 16 : 13,) scorpions ami .ser[)cnts. Xoav -and then -a ne.st of yelloAv jackets Avas stirred up, and I ■soon began to -.sec that I A'cas at a husino.-’^s Avliieh expo.scd me to danger. The briars and thorns often pierced my sides and my eyes ; tlie bees stung me, th-e serpents snapped at me, and I AUiS cringing on GAvry side. But as I CGiiiplained of the.so difficulties the I.ord of the A'incyard shod my feet and fenced me with iron,” (2d Sam. 23 : 7,) and made my face strong and -my forehead as an adamant har der than flint.” Eze. 3 : 8, 9. As .soon as I Avas seen by these reptiles thus clad in iron, they niek-named me “ Iron-Jacket,” Avdiich name I liay-e borne ever since. But I some times, Avhile ploAving among these graceful and fragrant plants, haA’C al most forgotten these annoyances, for- “ AYur ye hav( Father knoAveth Avhat things ” "ml ‘Yll need of/ these gotten self, and home, and friends: especially just after a gentle rain has fallen, and the dcAv has de.sccndcd In the post-script-of iTiA’- letter pnl> lished in the Landmarks of December 1st, I promi.seil conditionally tliat 1. might ;it some future time say some thing further on the above text. A “ si.militude” is a likeness, and no man c;in sin “ after tlie ;similitude of Adam’s transgression,” beeau.se re man caxt stood as the head and rep- BCsentatiAV of the human fimiily a.-' he docs, neither has any law ever been giA'cn to any man as an “ inin'- e.ent” Hvaturc since the la-yv given .o Adam has been transgressed, d lu; hiAV given by Moses Avas giA'cn to tho.w Avho Avere already condemned by the hiAV Avlueli Adam transgressed, and GAVU axlmitting that the hiAV of Mos(-s had been punetually obeyed, it could not liaA’e aboli.shed the scntcuee of death contained in the huv glAvn R-t Adam “ If there Iiad been a law given that could huA'c given life, A'crih' riglitcousiicss would have liceii by tin; laAV.” Touching the righteousne.s.s that Avas in the cercmonhil I-iaa*, Saul of Tarsus aa'us ^^blameless,” ca'Cu Avh.en he AA'as breathing out tJireatcnings and slaugliter against tlic church of God. His blameless rightco-usness in tlie eye of that laAV could not release liim from the reign of death undei’ th.e first hiAV gven to man. This first laAV is the only laAV e-Avr giv'en to man as an in nocent erca,ture, and the onb-'laAV tliat aficcts his eternal destiny, or that Avil 1 hold dominion OAvr him beyond this present life. All other laws relate to his temjioral or time state. Even admittiiig that men as .sinnci-s could punctually obcy.eA’ery laAvthat relates to their temporal or time .state, and secure -eA’cry blessing promised iu .Siueh hiAvs, they Avould still be undei' the reign iiassed iij)on of eternal all men death Avhieh when Adam
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