Zion’s Landmarks.
39
fiiough he oifenda ag^nst the entire
hiKlvofthe Church, upon confession
tiiev should restore such an one in the
spirit of meekness. But if on the
other hand one runs after or'\>ver'iaJdct
a fautt or persists m a course which
will surely end in gross.wrong against
the whole body of Christ, when he
t^acoin^ guilty of ^he outward act, ',lt
Si«ira6 that it requires.a cutting off.—
As if one should persist in rej>eated!y
drinking so much, liquor that he be-
wraes'^drunken thereby showing by
repeated acts of doing so that he is
under that corrupt thirst he sh.ould
l>e cut off from the Church. Or if
me should love money so mucli that
he defrauds others, deceiving them,
dfo., showing that he is under the
power of this lUat, if the Church
should retain him after she is fuhy
satisfmi that suoh‘is his spirit, "she'
becomes a partaker of his evil deed,
IxxMJUse he has manifested his spirit
to.De wdcked, and retaining him is
«i|)proving of that course. Discipline
ia to save life—or to save a christiiJu,
but not to retain one that manifests
that he is not a Christian. Again
discipline is to endorse Christian con
duct, but to ©endemii unchristian
conduct. If a brother persists in
wrong doing the question is not al
together that we should retain him
l>eeau8e we hope he is a Christian, but
it is this: Can the Church fellowship)
his c-ortductf ■ For instance, the man
who had his father’s wife was so guil
ty of wrong that Paul instructs the
Clmrch at Corinth to cut him off—
that was wiping the blot from the
Church. Afterwards Paul instructs
ix)'restore'tlmriame person, (for
2^th, U873. We hope the paper
may In* of service in the camp of Is
rael in being found prospering in the"
truth. Elder A. J. Coleman, Mill-
■port, Sanford County,' Alabama-, is
the successor .of Elder Burwell 'Teiii'
pie.
Elder J. C.. Denton sends the fol-
* • * •
lowing :
CiiAxaE OP Addrtoss.—Brethren
sending me mail will plea.se send it to
Steward’s Mills, Freestone County,
Texas, instead ofMexia, my former
Post Office.
A. friend has sent'us a’letter with a
request that sister Cheatham arrange
the music of the “Lloyd Hymn
Book” in musical characters in the
margin opposite the hymns. We
send her the letter leaving the matter
to her judgment.
CXDMMHNICATED.
CHA’l'HfM CotT.-rTY, N
December 24th
LC, 1
, 1873.I
other Gald.'-^pf
after he was cut off ho repented).—
'fiiis shows that Paul regarded him
as a Christian, but that his conduct
was such that the Church cut him oft
tijr the first offence.
There are sim unto dmth, and some
not unto death, and we are not to pray
fur those unto death. What death is
that? The death of being cut oft'
from Church fellowship. Church
discipline is neces.sary to healthful
ness: Snuff the candle if you wish it
to burn W'ell and give a good light.
The gifts of exhortation are of great
use here.
Some offences are private. “If thy
brother trespass against thee tell him
his fault between thee and him alone,”
&0. When this is done properly,
usually it stops troubles between
brethren. If not stopt here they
may become transgressors against the
whole Church and thus become pub
lic offenders.
Many subscribers to the Lakd-
MARKS are behind, some one or two
years, and some more. The amounts
are small, individually, but will
amount to a good sum, in the ag
gregate, that would help me very
much. Brethren and friends, will
you send on the amounts and thus
aid me?
The Primitive Baptist has secured
& new editor who appears in a spirited
iittrodpptory in, its issue of December.
^nclosed,fisd| t\yb dollars to pay for
the LANi;M.ARi^^another year as the
year 1873 will soon close, and I have
been kindly favored with the dear
little messenger the past year. I
wish it to continue, and as I do not
wish to be a burden to the cause, as I
am favored with the means to pay for
it myself I feel thankful .to the Giver
of all good blessings. I also tender
my kind thanks to the unseen brother
for his kindness the past year. I
have been edified much while read
ing the many sweet communications
of the dear writers to the LA.isxt--
_ ...--4
MARKS.
Brother Gold, you and brother
Plassel give us a comment on pure
and undefiled religion, before God
the Father. May the ■ Lord bless
you in all your good undertakings as
Editor and in Ministerial duties, and
may the Lord enable you to stand
firmly on the walls of Zion rightly
dividing the ward of truth, helping
to build up the Saints in the mo.st
holv faith, to warn sinners to turn
from their wicked . ways, and may
much good be done by the love and
power of God in the name of the
Holy Child—Jesus.
Yours, in hope of eternal life,
Mary P. Buckner.
We hope brother Has.sell will fa
vor us with a communication on the
subject named by sister Buckner..
,no more. There has not been since
nor never will be agaiii: a universal
heathen monarchy on *earth to rule
over" with despotic sway the true Is
rael of God, and without' any possi
bility of their escape/’ .
Yours ra Christ,
' - J. E. HXrdie.
N. B.—If in your replying with
ray request I should be in as feeble
health as'at present, and ray mind on
the scriptures as it is now, I surely
will havf a Wst in need and in deed.
, .OBITUARY.
A Tribute to the Memory of Alfred
Reid, Esq.
Henderson, Texas.
Brother C. B. Hassell, very highly
and esteemed father in Israel, your
able communication in Zion’s Land
marks of September 15th 1873, has
come to hand and been read over and
over, and by reading it I wish to ask
you for your view.s^on Rev. 13 chap
ter, 11th to 16th ver.ses. Do not.
think my dear father that I ask this
to set up my feeble judgment against
yours, though one sentence in your
communication is the cause of my
requesting your views on the above
scriptures, which sentence reads:
“Thus heathen Rome fell early in
the Fhurth Century, and fell to reign
It becomes our painful duty to
chronicle the death of another bro Ji-
er in Israel who w.as a true and faith
ful follower of the -Lord Jesus Christ.
The subject of this notice was born
July 9th, 1811, in Rockingham, N.
C. He was a first cousin of Ex-
Go venor David S. Reid, to whom
the ■ State has been w i 11 i if g to
pay homage. He was married
August 1st, 1833, to Elizabeth La
nier whom he ever regarded as
“bone of his bone and flesh of his
flesh.” He connected himself with
the Old School Baptist Church at
Hillsdale, March 31st, 1860, and was
baptized by Elder L‘ I. Bodenham-
raer. He was stricken with paraly
sis about eighteen months ago, to
which he fell a victim October 18th,
1873, in hi.s sixty-third year. He
left a devoted wife who has ever been
to him a help mate in deetl and in
truth, and two married daughters
who deeply deplore-his death.
There is another, one who ever
looked upon him as a parent, one
who had been bereaved ,.p£._.ea-rt.bj^
pl’Otec!!eif»'"i!Ml?r"TCTy infancy (his
lovely little niece)—this was another
circumstance in the many that proved
his kindne.ss of heart. He took her
to his heart and home and bestowed
upen her the love of a warm and gen
erous nature and seemed to centre
upon her all the love, devotion and
future anticipations that a father
could have bestowed, although she is
left like a branch severd from the
main stock, or as the beautiful rose
from its stem.. Yet,, she will not
like the branch ©r rose be left alone
to wither and pine, for thank God,
we have on record this sure promise
that,, “The righteous shall never be
forsaken, nor his seed beg bread,”
and she has still many kind friends
and relatives^ who care for and love
her truly and tenderly. In the death
of this good man the relatives, the
church, and the community have sus
tained an ii-repressible loss, and we
now feel as we write: That our loss
in the death of this (to us) devoted
brother has made a vacuum in our
pleasures and company that can never
be filled by another, for ho-was dear
est to those who knew him best.—
Only a short acquaintance was nec
essary to allow one an issight tO’ hie
character, fbr he was one of those whose
life abounded in kind and generous
deeds and especially inTiis^social ior-
teroourse did he show forth many alf
mirable and. estimable qualities in,tJie
entertainment of GotFs trae servants.
As an office-bearer in the Church
he was WIbc,’deliberate and -unflinch
ing in-duty, kind but^'rm and gov
erned at' ail fi'nies by that Spirit of
prudence'which' characterized all hi.s
acts. • He had no ambition to lead
but in acts of chaVity, or the support
of the Ministry in which he was sec
ond to nftne.,and loved „that whicli
tended*'tfdenhanceiAhe glory' of his
Master’s-Kingdom, and "proved his
faith by his jvorks.
For a family, a Gliurch, or a com
munity to ‘ be bereaved of such a
member as this is a loss of no ordi
nary eharacter. "We deplore his loss
for ’tis our own and we would offer
to the bereaved and self-sacrifioing,
widow and all the mourning relatives
our most earnest and heartfelt sym
pathy, and may the Lord prepare his
surviving companion, devoted dauglis-
ters, and many friends, to meet him
in that bright world of light and joy,,
where trouble and bereavement will
be no morej and may they not sorrow
as those without hope but remember
the precious words of inspiration.
“Blessed are the dead which die- in
the Lord from henceforth, yea, saith
the Spirit, that they may rest from
their labors, and their w'orks do fol
low them.” And although he be
dead his virtues yet.live.
J.. M. Harrm.
ABPOINTMENTS.
Elder L. I. Bodenhamer has Ap
pointments to preach as followSj. t3»e
Lord •willing:
Second Sunday and Saturday before iu'Feb-
ruary, Willow Springs;,
Monday, Middle Creek..
Tuesday, S'ellowsiiip..
Wednesday; IlehobotH.,
Thursday, Hannah's Creek.
Friday, Clement-
Third Sunday, SrnithfieidJ
Monday, Pine Leyci.
Jp^jay, CliaiH.d, (Wayne Countj)..
Wednesday, Meifiorial.
Thm-sday, Lower Black, Creek.
Friday, Wilson.,
Saturday, Upper Town Creek..
Fourth Sunday, Sparta.
Tuesday, Conoeta.
Wednesdaj', »S^‘;Roads.
Thui-sday, Spring Green.
Friday, Skewarkey.,
First Sunday in March, Flat Swamp^
Monday, Great Swamp.
Tuesday, Tysons.
Wednesdays, Meadow.
Thurad^,, White Oak.
Second Sunday and Saturday before, Wilson
Ehler' Bodenhamer we suppose^will,
be dependent for a conveyance:.
January 7th,. 1,8741
Brotlier Gold, please publiahi the'
following appeintraentS'for me:.
Bl!ar Creek.-
“No. weary Ministers conld tarry at; his kind
abode,
But were sure te vritneee.pleasurea- in .gifts be
stowed..
A Baptist oat and, out vras he,. (tis true;;
Yet gave to other christiaas their due.
Our loss is great, but cease the murmuring
strain r-
We trust-car loss is his eternal gmn.
And .while we still the pilgrim’s ioumey run,
His virtutst copy andtaU errors shun/'
January 31bt, )
February 1st; i
Febsaary 2hd).
“ 3rd
“ 4th,
'• 6th,
“ 6th,.
“ 7th,.
“ 8th,
“ 9th,
' “ 10th,
“ 11th,,
12th,,
13ih,
Friendship, Wayne Co...
New Chapel,
Kfest.
Memorial..
Beulah.
Meahhy Plains.
Gontentnea.
Best.-
Wilson.
Scott’f'
Upper Black Greek,
Lower, Blsmk. Creek.
“■ 14thandllg«i,.
16th,
“ 17th,
“ 18th,
“ 19th-.
“ 20th,
“ 21 ht and; 22ad/.
“ 23rd;.
21th,.
“ 26th,
“ 26di,
“ 27th,
Adcock’s..
Best..
Naluinta.
Mewborn’s..
Hifest.
Meadow..
Tj-son’s
Tk-ave!.
Hkndtoek’s
Bed Banks..
Galloway.
Travel.
28th, and' 1st- of'Mkreh, Durham's
Union Meeting Creek, ,Bhaufort Cotmty.
lishalii be- dependant upon the
brethren and frienda for converant^..
Yborft'in tribulation, and, in hope,
John L..Brinson..