s
i’\’e \sitli (iod iind \vitli
('!u’i>t, tii;U i.-; all that i>i claiuu'd.—
J’aul v>as “jK'i’sl’.aded that nrithor
•tl'Htli, nor life, nor ;mp:(ds, nor pi'in-
oipalilina, r.oi' -’powniv, itoi’ thiny;s
course 1 am not qualiHed to instruct
others. Jtesitles, ti)]- some time past
my o]>])ortmiity to write lias
very limited, and this may serve as
an answer t«» some m!u) have enqliir-
j'l'eseut or to eome,
no
heiirhf.
nor
h‘|)t!i, nor :i!iv erca.turc shall he able
iM ^;e>)ai'at(' ns (Vom the love of God-
’\vliieh is in ('lu’ist des’ls tear I/ord, ’
i.om. to ;>‘i. I oime hearil a. man
(orameiniiiy njHHi lliose ',',a'ses,. and
he ^;^d it was not saiii there that sin
•c«)a'd no* ,-eparaU'. ns froin the hive ot
('rod. I (houyht however that d sin
Was not a power, and no ])*rwer in it,
liieii it was not probable that it could
separate' us from liis Ion’i', lint it sin
is a power it is then included in the
Apostle’s catalogue. Aj^aln, if sin is
viothiii”' in the vrorld it will not like-
!\' sc'paratetlu' siints trom the love of
God. itvit. if it he thini>’ ])resent or to
r>)i'.U‘, the fvjx'Sth' includes it in the
ibrea.'***nu,' quotation—i hat thci’c arc
■some passages of Si'riptnre, if eoi.sid-
■ered abstractly, that seem to prove
i na! a’poslaev I (to not vleny, but
Ir is verv clear to my miiul that the
eni'rc'ut ol’scripture I’uns the other
Avav, showiiui; to the eonfirmntion and
comfort ox Zion that her Prophet,
Priest and K'inp; is unchangeable in
Ids purpose and love as he iS in his
uatni’t'. I have m'ither time nor
s’pm'c here to cite the scriptures whieli
arc nsnailv (piotc'd to bolster up the
notion ot linal ajiostacy and comment
upon tiiein, c\en if I understood
Ahem all, ■rGde-h^l do not piofcss, but
I am assured of this—that they who
believe that a saint may fall tinalK,
must lieiievc that wc have some
streuLdh of onr own to keep and hold
ourselxes np;aiid jiistso imxch a.s
we rely upon ourselves we fail to trust
wdiollv in the Ivord—and I should
thiiik that if anything would cause us
to fall it would be that. Since the
Lord has told us so plainly that In
ourselves wc “arc less than uoth=-
ing and vanity”—what could be
more oppressive to us than for us
to believe that we arc both required
and (pialified to take care of grace
instead of trusting it and him to take
care of us, especially considering he
has told ns so plainly in my text and
manv others, that his grace is suffi
cient for us—-by wdiich we should
un ierstand that if striving against
the Devil and sin, and keeping our
selves unspotted from the w'orld is
xiccessavy to ])crseverance (all of which
i.s granted)—tlicii his grace i>s suffi
cient to cause us to war against siii
and endeavox- to ])ersevcrc. And
Arminiaus themselves admit that if
we endexxvor we shall persevere.
Joii:v Eowe.
P. S.—Brother Gold, I have re
quests for my views upon various
scriptures and subjects to be publish
ed in the Landwauks. florae re
quests tlirough your paper and .some
;by private letters. I trust those re-
(questing will not regard my failure to
respond us an evidence of disre.spect;
my attention ha^» been called to some
scriptures and subjects which I do
not feel to -hay^ liglvt .ujP’.ftin #nd
ed -why I had stopped writing Ibr the
LaxdmaUKs.
J. R.
1
nAXClCVVH.LK,
.ilAVWOOI) (A)UXTY. Tkxx.,
May 12th, 1873. J
JJcitr Jjivflier Gold
KdITOU- Ziox’s LAXUAtAItK-S,—It
is said that if ignorant men would
hoki tlieir jicaee that they would not
expose tliemst'lves, and 1 must con
fess that I am ignorant and have not
the language of the day, hut can
s])cak the word of truth if 1
mistake not*, and that I do not credit
myself for it, while some })rofess to
speak the word and say they
(>f themselves know a n
teach it to others and say that it
is the true word. They know not
the word, therefore they cannot tell
the difference in the word, d'hey
know not the truth, therefore they
cannot tell the truth. They liave
cars and hear not, eyes and see not,
a heart and perceive not—neither do
they understand the difference be
tween darkness and light ■'i»r they
know not the ways of the Lord and
cannot comixrchend him. By their
wisdom thev measure themselves
’(# *■
with God and undertake to tell the
secret things that belong to God bv
comparing themsejves._wiii.i-—Uii*’ -
what tiicy have studied up—and have
luid the poison under their tongues
and taught it to the rc.st of the reptiles
and thev feast on it. It is common
that arc'iigainst vou: their miseries
for a buzzard to give a rotteu carcass
to its young
but a dove will not
eat of it. It is common for a dog to
bark because it is his nature, also, a
lion to roar, a bear and tiger to growl
—but ])oor little Iambs, tlicy blcateand
cry. Tims ravenous beasts arc always
lurking about in tlic niglit to see
wlicve tlie slicep feed, and to find
tlicir pasture that they may kill and
destroy them. Tliey arc enemies to
tlic slieep and liavc approaclied tlic
slieep in .so many ways and found
out tliey have not deceived tliem,
they cliangc tiiemselves outwardly in
sheep’s clothing to deceive the sheep.
They do not know that the good
shepherd is watching lii.s sheep and
that he lias them all numbered, and
knows their names and calleth them
by their names, and they follow him.
This is a mystery to them, how the
sheep will flee wlicn the wolf cometh
until they find' that tlicir shepherd
has slain the wolf, then they can
graze Oil the pasture of his precious
boil. Brother Gold, do not be dis
heartened if that w'olf did creep in at
Ealcigh to hear you and brother Bo-
denliamer, and to spy out your priv’-
ilcges, amlto make merchandize of
what you both said. He could not
hear, ho was a dumb clog, and could
not bark, because if lie could have
heard it would have brought forth
fruit of holinc.ss, that is, all that they
can do is to try to prevent the truth
and to try to destroy the words—there
ne.ss. Their eves are shut, there i.s no
life in them, thev are doing tlicir
father’s (the I)evil’.«) own dirty woi'k,
and toll you that yon can save your-
selve.s and go with them in the broad-
wav.
bers, of their
standing,
are lots of such kidnajipers in I)an-
eeyville. They howl and groxvl and
cry aloud, and say that—gfcat is the
God of money, whom all the world
worships! They enw out and ,sav—•
that that would have done in the
dark age, hut now! That the Old
Baptists are one hundred and fiftv
years behind the excitement, and that
a certain Old Baptist preaclier in
bhelb}' Comity was not worthy to be
called human ; he xvas a disgrace to
society--because he said that it his
ehildreii were to join the bniiday
School lie 'would rebuke them. As
you ,say, the stuff and the filtliy
i.s all they live on—such a life as all
filthy lead. Ifthey were to come
on anything sound they would go on
to something that is rotten, and by
their sign you .should know them.—
They .slandered onr Lord and told
him that he east out devils through
Beelzebub. And, brother Gold, it is
a rich boon to you to know that
“what God has joined together let
no man put asunder.” Go on ! and
mav the God of grace go with
you, and may he help you to feed the
little bleating lambs—for he that is
for von i.s far more than they
save his own elect, and deVils are all
chained to a stake mud I'minot reach
them, f()r they are in Christ and
Christ ill God and God in heaven—"^
and they will never find .the way.—
Brethren, one and all, wlmn it is well
with you remember me, a poor sinne]'
saved by grace, if ever saved.
\V. L. Sam.moxs.
will come on them in the night. God
knows how to deliver the godly and
how to de.stroy the ungodly in his
glory. And they sought and ]iut out
spies to betray our Ijord, and it evas
or
pitrse, and it was for money, and it is
for money now. They would cut
your throat and .say that it wa.s a
judgment sent on you—if they could
conceal it. They cannot sec nor un
derstand why the Old Order do not
become extinct. They know not
those people, they with great
swelling wonls .qieak all manner of
lies against tliom and say thev will
soon end, and try to kindle all man
ner of ambition against them. Thev
cannot see the highway that shall he
there, that the unclean .shall not
pa.ss over who have washed them.sel-
ves in their own rigliteoiisnes.s, and
have become clean in their own dark-
Thcy toll you of their num-
xvcaltli, their under-
tlieir consolation, their
Greek, and tell you that yon are an
enemy to good work.Z Brethren, le-
joicc-tho haiTcn that bearetli not, for
mercy—more are the children of the
de.solate tliaii she that hath a lin.s-
band. Thy Maker i.s thy linsband.
ATa ! thy God—but they will never
like you for the same. Bat his lying-
prophets he loved, because lie was one
of them, and if it was po.ssible they
xvonld deceive the very elect. But
in comes the shepherd, and has be
come their surety to God, and he
.says it is finished, and the gates of
hell shall not pervail xxgain.st them,
and that devils may seek and evil
wax warm. But God will
Cliktox, A'kw Mk.Xxc'o, |
JMbruary 18th, 1873. J
EhhrP.D. Gold:-
Dkak Bkothk!;,—The time lui.s
rollwl around for me to renev/ my
subscription. Lneloscdyou wilBfmd
four dollars. Send one paper to Mi's.
IMartha E. bVisdom—same address.
A.ddrc,ss mine to the same place. I
would be pleased to get you more
subse-ribers but this is a new and rich
country und most of the people a;';
trying to build tlu'ir own towns by
getting rich in thi.s world’s goo3s. I
think that time will last hut a little
while longer—I knoxv that it will
last but a little wliile with me, for I
am old and frail and poor in this
world’s goods. I make my living by
my kneedle, and I have to work vciy
hard, but the merciful God has given
me skill to plea.se my cmployer.s, and
I hope to be able to pay for my pa
pers as long as I live, for it is all the
satisfaction that I have for I seldom
meet with the jxcople of God. I
want to he fhaiikful to the o-reat I
O
.V AI, that heyver put iy !.■ tiie hearvr'.
ct his peojxlb to write such glorion.s
thoughts and send them to his chil
dren -who are scattered over this sin-
fid world. Oh, I -was so well pleased
with brother Durand’s communica
tion in the LAX^ntrAUK.s of Januarv
loth. I read it last night; O, how
eon.soling it was to me, and I hope
it will be to many others. O, mav
the Lord reveal more and more of
his truths to his people, to open their
understanding, to edify each other in
pence and love. O, may we be not
denied because we cannot see in all
points like our hrothei's and sisters—•
f(.)r we are not all prcacluTs, neither
are we all hearers. Dear brother, I
do l.ielieve that we know nothing onlv
what Is revealed to n,^, for I ,never
hear children disagree on experience.s
for it is a revelation from God, ami
all that can be taught of the Loul can
understand it in part. Ifthey have
the very lea.st crumb of it they do
not care how large a piece others
may have. They dc not envy one
another, but think that if they had
such a large jiiece they never would
doubt their acceptance Avith God. (>,
my brother, I think 1 have the least
])iece if any at all, but oncthing gives
me comfort—I do know that I love
God’.s pcoixlc better than anything
this earth atfords but sometimes I am
afraid that I do not kmow what love
is. I will clo.se, for 1 know you will
be wearied xvhen you try to read
this nonscn.se. My best love to you
and all the dear people of God. ),
may the Lord give you wisdom that
you may know at all times how to re
fuse the evil and choose the good, and
grant to you many smiles of his dear
face. It seems that I am well ac
quainted with you—1 have read the
JjAXDArAliK.s for two years. Jfiease
excuse niistake.s for I am old and inv
mind is very short. Darew^'ll,
Luaxxa Daw.sox'.
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