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h AB M'MWL A W.; DEVO T BP TO RELIGION, 5IORALITY..LITERATUR C, A .VD GENERA r .1 N"TEILIGENC E. T. 'Meredith. Edltof 4;, WHOLE i6 244. VOL. V -NO 42. RALEIGH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 9. 1839. 11C01B11 ii JilllEd . 1 . .-. TIU13IS ' - - . Tiis Recorder & Wirciiis is published every Sat urday, at $i. 50 per annhj, if paid within six months, or 3 it paid subsequently that period- - - Any Lrsoa who vil become responsible for six copies, or who will for fard the names of six subscri bers, shall be entitled 10 seventh copv gratis. No subscription will Ni received for less than one yevr, unless paid in advlmce ; and no discontinuance will be allowed until af rfafages are paid. Persons wishing to dwoatinae will be expected to rive notice to that effect prior to the commencement of a new yar ; otherwise they will be considered as re sponsible lor the ensuing twelve months. Ail communications except those of agents who act gratuitously, to secure attention, must be post paw.- All remittances regularly made t our address by MAiL,shatl D2 atour iiskl 1 Advertisements not incompatible with the objects ot the Recorder, will be inserted on the usual terms. ! From the Baptists Advocate. ANA BAPTISTS! OF GERMANY. FROM SERMON'S, 3Y The term Ana-Bap Greek, with an Englis WMV PARKINSON, N. Y. list (as well as Baptist) is termination. It is com posed ot ana. again, and Baplisles, one that bap tizes, a baptist, a baplizer ; and according to Hedericus, it denotes tfeose- "qui baptismum ite raf," who repeat baptism, 'Or baptize again. And as then baptism, whethjer administered to babes, to youth, or to adults', was always (except in ca ses of necessity) done by immersion, there was a literal propriety in calling the Baptists Ana-bap-iists. Nevertheless, jaccording to their own views of the ordinance the, epithet was then, as it is now, wholly inapplicable to the Baptists; for they, from their origin underthe ministry of John and that of Christ and his apostles, have constantly, as a denot libation, considered the baptism of any person who did nor previously make a credibin profes idn of faith in Christ, and who was not baptized by a man duly author ized to administer the ordinances, .as being no baptism and, therefore, lhat in baptizing such on a satisfactory profession of their faith, they do not re baptize. ' - J 1 r A like mistake, also is fallen into by those who speak of us a3 holding adult baptism. That we baptize adultsjh readily admitted. -But do not professed Christians of other denomina tions sprinkle adults? With us, age is no crite rion. We baptize many; in childhood, as well asin riper years even all, of either sex, and of any age or nation, who apply for the ordinance; provided they give us satisfactory evidence, by a relation of their experience and by their manner' '. ofliving, that they have j'passed from death unto life." : ' i r:.; : ;- . - aWhile on this sobjec, it seems expedient to advert to "the Rustic War j which some, for want (if is charitably hoped) of bttter information have attributed to the Baptists; jnay have ventured to fcay, that the Baptists, ni a people, originated at thattime. This stupid story, however current, involves a manifest inconsistency. For, if the Baptists did not exist before that time, how could they have occasioned thai war ? . To give a full .account of "the Rustic Affray, (which commen ced at Munster, in Germany, in A. D. 1 524, and lasted eleven yeears,) would be wholly inconsis teut with the limits of a note." Suffice hr there fore, to say, j I. "'-That "the .Manster affair," as the Rustic Maris" often called, was j not occasioned by any dispute about baptism nor, indeed, about reli gion at all ; but by the Feudal sytem, the injus tice of which was greatly) aggravated by a mass of papal tythes, which, logether, rendered the condition of the peasants utterly insufferable. To these causes all honest historians Tttinbute the rebellion in question. Dr. Isaac Milner, for instance, (vol. v. p. 319)siys"Thq causes of the Rustic War,-or the war of the peasants, were purely secular And Bishop Jewel, in reply to Harding, says, "The hundred thousand boors m Germany, of whom you speak," (meaning, as I suppose, those of them who fell in the said war), 'for the greatest part, were adversaries to Luther, and understood no part M j the gospel but con spired together, as they siid, against the cruelty and oppression of their lords." The same also is admitted in Dr. Rees's Cyclopedia. That the mnttJiUn JnMirnents neither understood nor regarded any Dart "of the gospel, is very proba sd throughout Germany. This Instrument .. is such asjinight have been expected from the pen )f a plain, honest, sensible man. As such, it has )een highly applauded by every advocate of civ ' 1 liberty who has mentioned it. Even Voltaire ways, 'a Lycurgus would have signed it." Glad jy would I here insert it; but, as it contains Iwclre Articles, setting forth all the grievances," royal addpapal, under which the people groaned, t can only recommend the reading of it. The iusbstanjee of it; with a .Well-written piece on the niunster Affair, may be found in Benedict's His tory of the .Baptists ; vol. i. p. 251, &c. The peasantsl having conquered Mulhousen, an impe rlialcityiof Alsace, as a matter of course, expelled t tie monjes and magistrates, and elected new sena frs, of whom, as all would suppose, Muncer ias one In 1533, they took the populous city Of Munster, which they" held three years ; -when (in a battle fought near Mulhcusen) it was retak en, and ySIuncer was killed. Thus the Rustic War was brought to a close, not by treaty, but bjy defeal and the indiscriminate slaughter of the Rustics--nay. the entire extirpation of the con federate jopulace. i - 2. Th it the whole, affair had i nothing to do lith bap ism. That some of the injured insur gents were Baptists i$ not denied ; and it only proves tfcjat there were Baptists at that time, and that .some of them and of their adherents wefe engaged jiu that war, as there have been in every cither war, that, in gospel times, have been wag ed for cohsciece sake: Besides, if the insurgents had bfeii successful, their applause, no doubt, would have been as general, as now is theii re proach. To illustrate the point in question, w? rjeed onlV to think of the American colonists, ho prompted the Revolutionary war, or fought fir their jiberties, when, as they supposed, they vere. oppressed by the measures, civil and reli gious, cf great Britain. Had the colonists been unsuccessful, they would, doubtless, have been as widely defamed, as, having been successful, they are extolled. But were there not Baptists among trie colonists who thus fought? Yes, many of tnem ; and whose patriotic zeal, as a denomina tion, with! that of others .was eulogized by the im mortal' '"Washington. -. Yet if the revolutionists had failed, Washington himself might have heen treated as was John of Leyden, (whowas re pjoachfiiljy called "king of the Ana-baptists") and his memory, insfead of being as it now is, respected throughout Europe, would have been cqextensively defamed. Perhaps, too, as in the Mjunster jiffair, the "Pajdo-baptists would i ; have charged the whole blame of -the i'asarrection on the Ana-baptists ', and especially- upon such men as Backus, Gano, Stiilmao, Planning, 30TtCXiJ gers, Smith, and others, who, as chaplains in the army, used ail their ifluence to promote the war; ye:',' these" venerable patriots would have been lor g spoken of (not as they now are,' with respect, boih fcivil and religious,-but) as mere fanatics as the mad men of America, and even as the ring lea lers of a seditious rable. i Nor should it be fergotten that persons may advocate immersion as requisite to baptism, and at Uo uorff prrnnpmis in their views of doctrine, and! of the'gospel Church; nay, may be really seditious and even licentious, ucn raigni oe some of those in Germany and in other countries, vvhb were ! call A Anabaptists, But, to charge theBaptisi Church with the sentiments and the codduct of Isuch ; to say that the Munster insur- . .. . . '. i r.-.:.- .....II reclion, (in wnicn some such liapuaia ua wcu perlons cf similar character, in other denomina tiork mihtbe concerned,) was imputable to the Baptists and especially, to say, as some do, that the Baptist Church originated with that iusurrec- tionl is wicked and unreasonable evenasmucn so, as it would be to say that the Mormonitish af frayythat lately happened ip oar we&ternjcoun- r roc nn!iiinpd hv the tJantisls. or mat tne r- ri rh 5t n a snc letworimnaiea vvun me mo rnonites, who, it is said, reject infant baptism, and baptSze all who join them: nay, literally, rebfp tize UcK as were or ;had been members of regu lar Baptist Churches, from which they had been, or hive been excluded, either for immorality, or for heterodoxy.5 Moreover, ! - 3. -That,! according to Ivemey, (p. 16) "it is certc in that the disturbances in the very city of Murster were begun by a Pasao-baptist minister rtf tv uST.ni'hpran Inersuasion. whose name Was ble: nor is it anv less nrokble that thousands ot Bernard Rotman or'Rothman that he was as them were adversaries to Luther ; for while, as J sistetl brother ministers of the same persuasion J they said, Luther's writings, and especially ftis example in casting oflf th$ papal yoke, had em boldened them to seek release from the civil yoke, thev, nevertheless, foundf him in collusion with prinifs nay, favoring their oppressive mea sures, and consequently, His famous Reformation included no relief for them. . v Hence; as their dire resort,'the peasants, in the spring of 1525, (a year after the uproar on . the estate of Count Lutfen) toithe number, it is said, ot three hundred thousand men, ceased from working, and assembled io the fields of Suabia, Thuringia, the Palatinate, ' and Alsace. -Of these, some, no doubt, were Baptists, (always the advocates of liberty, civil &$ well as religious) some Lutherans some papists, and others, (per haps the greater part) were men net attached to ar.y religious denominaticSn ; all, however, deep ly feelin"" the severities of their condition, were determined' to obtain relief for themselves arid families, or to die in thenttempt. This crude host, aware that the Baptists, of all people,' were most advanced in the knowledge of civil liberty, looked to them for counsel, i At thattime Thom as Muncer, of Mulhousen, in Thqringia i,.tho' - bred a Roman priest, and though, fora ; while, a renowned disciple of Luther, had become a Bap tist To him, therefore, the peasants applied for direction. Now Muncer' having traveled and preached among the common people, knew their ' complaints to be just, and jdrew up for them the Manifesto which sets forth their grievances, and which they presented to ttetr lords, and dispers- -ati d that thev besrunto stir up tumults, that is, to tekch revolutionary principles,. a year before the Aua-laptist ringleaders, as Ihey have: Deen called, visited the place. The truth is, that when the project failed, both' Papists and' Lutherans endeavored' to escape the -blame. The Papists laid it all at the door of Luther : "This,', said they, "is the fruit of the! new doctrine; this is the fruitfof Lutber's doctrine,' &c. The Lutherans kne v it would be in vab to retort the charge up on t le Papists, though many of them had been among the insurgents. - Therefore, as all knew the Ana-baptists to be the most ostensible advo cates of liberty, civil, as well as religious, Shey hesi ated not to cast all the odium of the scheme upon them ,vwhich succeeded the better, because ihpu Ins a neonle had less influenceat court, than either of the other parties. Those historians, too, vho have dwelt most largely on the subject, nil been Lutherans, who have labored to perrjetuate the slander as a convenient sling-stone for the iVuorant to cast at the Baptists. We, how- mo-ard t as mere slang ; anu conuuemiy 1 to. the Holy Scrpptures as aDunaanuy sus: ever dressed, and to make ready the bitter herbs, the unleavened bread, ; and the wine. Inthe first Instancethe company who agreed to eat the nassove together, sent their lamb to the Temple, to 'bc there slaughtered ;ior this might be done at nootherplace. The killing of the lamb was no sacerdotal act, but was performed by the per son who brought it. The Temple court vya? general!' full on "such occasions, and no'.hihg could be doJia untess'fifiy persons were present.. -While the slaying was in, progress, the Levites sung the Psalms composing what was called the Lesser-or Egyptian Hail el so named from their beginning and ending with the word "Hal lelujah" in memory of the deliverance from Egvpt. These Psalms were-from the 113ih td the 118th, both, inclusive. This Hallel w&i sung on several occasions in the course of the year, and among others on the night of the pass over, in the several! paschal parties ; arid rthe four last of these psalms probably formed "the hymn" which wad ; sung by our Lord's party before they went to the Mount cf Olives (Matt, xxvi. 30.) The blood of the lambs was sprink led, in the usual way by the priests in attend ance, after which they vyere flayed and opened by the persons who brought them ; the inward parts which the Law specifies, were then laid upon the altar, and the lambs taken away, to gether with the skins, which last became -the perquisite of the, landlord in whose house the pabsoyer was celebrated. - ; The oarticulars concerning the dressing of the lamb being fully given in the Law, need not be repeated in this note in which we onlydesire such details as the Law does not specify. It is onlv needful to remind the reader' that the Iamb was to be roasted whole, that not a bone of it was to be broken, andnhat it was to be entirely rat en on the passover night. The manner in which the Jews sat at this celebration, we shall notice under Johnxiii.; and now' proceed to observe, thatVhen'all things were ready the feast began nvith small cups ot red wine mingled with wa ter, .which every one drunk off, alter thanks had been given, 'h This preliminary grace was pro nounced by themaster of the family, if-there were one, or, if not, by a proper person who, by his situation or character, or bv the choice of others, was appointed to preside and ofliciate. This presiding office," bf course, was discharged by Christ in the present instance. Whether he did and said all that'other persons filling his office were accustomed to do, there is no -evidence to show,! If he did, be also added other thin 8 w h ic h" ce rta i n ly tro ot b e r person ever did or could sav. The thanks before the winevas T J - I . .-.1 . I "-..' f tUa iro " IjOiu, wno liasii cicaicu iuc nuiv ui iiic, After the wine, the persons present washed their hands ; and then the paschal supperwas produced upen the tabled This' consisted of the lamb, the unleavened bread, and the bitter herbs. There was, besides these, a dish not prescribed in the Law of Moses, consisting of a thick "sauce, composed by mixing and pounding sweety and bitter things" together such as dates, figs, rais ins, vinegar, and other ingredients; intended as a memorial of the clay in which the Hebrew fathers labored in Egypt. ' The unleavened bread consisted of two or three cakes, the eating of which was considered of such essential im portance that it was offered even to sick persons and children, and if they could,not4eat it dry, it was sopped and macerated in some liquid, that they might at least eat as much as the quantity of an olive, r ': .:'-;...'" - r ' All things being thus prepared, the master (for so we will call him) takes some of the salad of bitter herbs, and after thanking God, who had created the fruit of the ground, he dipped it into the sauce, or, as some think, into wine or vine gar, and ate a small quantity, the rest of the com pany doing the same. ; '! This singular beginning of the meal was said to be intended to excite the curiosity-ofthc children and lead them to require an explanation. - However, an explanation was at all events given;-for if there was no children, the wife inquired ; and if there were no wife, the company inquired of oneanother; or if no inqui 'rvwerit made' the master undertook, unasked, to explain the circumstances attending the deliv- erance.trom igvpt, wnicn tne rated. t The exp'lanation was'short and impres sive; and after it was given,' the company sung the"li3th and 114th Psalms, commencing-the Egyptian -Hallel. Then a second cup of wine r?5 tnl-pn in tho same manner as before., ;1 he b " " hands were then again washed ; after which the master took two of the cakes of unleavened orcaa and broke one of thern; laying the broken parts upon the whole one; after which he blessed uoa who bringeth bread out ot tne earm. i thanks, we observe, followed, not preceueu, me breaking oftho bread, for which tne reason, vas alleged, that this was the bread of. poverty nd . ' . .1 C. tits, ntku.a afflicuon. The master, imuateu uy then wrapped some of the bitter herbs in a piece th, hrnken cake, and dinniaff the whole in the sauce, gave thanks, saying, "Blessed be thou, O Lord our God, King everlasting, wno nas sanc tified us by thy commandments, and hast com manded us to eat unleavened bread.'' ,.. He then, over ended. " ' , r - i It will be seen that there is much here con cerning which the Law gives no directions, al though pothing, that we can see, contrary to the Law4 or which might not be -suitably introdu ced. We have judged that the statement, might be useful, as such were certainly1 the usages of the Jews in the tim of Christ, and it will be found that they illustrate all the details offered by the Evangelists concerning our Lord's cele bration cf the Passover, and thus supply-means for more clearly understanding the whole ac count. - . - - "I - 5 : , From the London Christian Observer. ON THE SPIRIT AND ADJUNCTS OF FA MILY devotion. . : j appea id minister. .': i ' : " ' ...2. kntt nnrl thp nrdmnnces tainin' the aociriuea .we ttoni From the Southern Churchman, f SELECT 1LLUST RATIONS. . j THE ; PASSOVER. Luke xxii. 13. ' - 'i Made ready the " passover." The- PPara: rrnu red was to cet the lamO KUicu , uuu " k , . . . - - - '"M " Mth ih'p'"ftthprs rats that which he has taken. the naschal lamb . I tt. o llnrr nil ft of the feaSt concluding with thiMhe company again washed their hands; after which the master gave thanks for what had been eaten. Another cup of wine, was then taken : and this was called "the cup of blessing" (see 1 Cor. x. 1G.) pre-eminently, because the final blessing, or, as we should say, '"race'after meat," was pronounced, over it, as nLlnff lhI.nMi . A fourth cup was added; and this uas called nhecup cl-Mallel," because over it was sung the remaining four psalm oi the Egyptian Halle!, being the 115th, iioi i i 17th' and 118th. Another blessmgvas then pronounced, and with this the' feast of the Pass- In the present state of knowledge, and, I trust, practice, amoDg those who profess and call them selves Christians in this our highly favored land, it would, I hope, be superfluous to urge upon voor readers the duty of assembling their families for morning and evening prayer ; but it may not be so, to call their attention to the stale oj in ind in which the family altar should be approached.1 We are impressed with the propriety! of; en tering the house of God with serious and j devout feelings, knowing that "God is greatly to be fear ed in the assemblies of His saints, and to be had in teverence'of those that are round about him , and that our blessed Saviour, when on earthj de signated the temple His Father's house of prayer. We acknowledge the duty pf leaving our )vor!dly thoughts withou. the doors of that hallowed spot, when about to meet our fellow-sinners with one consent to "seek the Lord and his face.", j In pri vate prayer also we felt that we must withdraw our thoughts from the world, and give eurselves jup intirely to God during the few minutes which we devote to this holy exercise. But does the same holy determination the same preparedness of mindattend us in our entrance , upon! family worship ? It is to be feared, too frequently not ; though the Great Head of the Church assures us that when two or three are gathered logether in His namethere is He in the midst of them, i Yet why are we less diligent in seekingto hon or God in our family worship, than in our public and private services Is it because our j family sins do not require family confession our; family mercies, family praise our family weakness, fam ily strength or our family dangers, family pro tection ? Often has ray heart been pained, by, the buriied and irreverent manner in which.I have seen what was termed "family prayer" conducted. The heads of a household, from custom or con science, thought it right to meet their children and srrvants night and morniugj and they were collec ted at a stated hour; but ;here was confusion down stairs, and confusion up stairs, and no signs UfMwMiUa f bean w U ichi, cpmeih rom the Lord" to conduct usfo the Lord. , . i V- Masters of. families are you in the habit of as sembling your households night and morning ? It is right you saould do so. But did you erer consiaer wnai an opportunity. Koa men puts into your hands for bringing your servants into the way oi salvation : remaps tney entered your house perlectly ignorant ot the spirituality lot real religion it is your duty to see they do not;go put oi it equauy ignorant. , x ney may nave been in the habit of attendiag the Church, and hearing the Gospel too. but they may not have had the privilege of possessing a pious master or mistress VVUO WUUIU SpCHtk.. iU iucuu auuui lllCir SUUIJ j dllU i uj-p. this honor may heve been reserved lor you. , A plain, simple, homely exposition of Sciipture has some advantages, which a sermon does not pos sess : and if a master or mistress will question in and explain the sermons heard at church, the plan might be highly useful. , '1 ' . Jfyou study the characters of your children and servants, get acquainted witli their fctrials (lor who has not some trouble, of heart?) and learn what are their chief failings; you cau then judge what are those points upon which tney. most need instruction cr comfort, and, suiting your exposi tion to their circumstances, much good might fol low. Qa the contrary, if you entei upon family worship wholly unprepared, and go through it;as a form, no interest is created; and you may ex pect to see your family, though seated rpund you, with a vacant look, ..-which proves! the mind re gardless of what is going on. Do you ask, , then, how you can manage matters differently ? I an swer, As love begets love, so do seriousaess and devotion beget seriousness and devotion. . If the meaibers of a family perceive that the head; is deeply impressed with the solemnity of the occa sion, iheii'miads will be infiueuced by 'his feel inss, and thus be drawn into a, participation of his spirit." ' -; ' . Let your endeavor then, be to render the ser vice of family prayer a means of grace; let it be conducted in a serious, solemn, devotioaat mau-i ner, and look upwards for the spirit of prayer and uraisa to be poured out upon your little company inuch a measure that your "sacrifice" may not be ''that of fools," but a profitable service both to yourself and to your fellow-worshippers. It is af ter this manner that you should present your selves, morning and eveniig, before the Lord. In the morning you come to. raise your Khenczer of praise to Him who hath "neither slumbered nor slept you come with prayer, ibat you maybe fed and strengthened, by the word of life and the Spirit'of the Most High, tor the business and em ployments of another day ; and you come to place yourselves,' as such, under the ' guidance of your Heavenlv Master. In the evening, you come to acknowledge with gratitude the care you have re ceived fiom Him "in whom. you live, and move, and have your being;" you come to adore your Creator for the showers of temporal and spiritual blessings which another day has put you in pos session of. whilst you acknowledge that "you are less than the least of all His mercies," and confess your own sins, and those of your household, oyer "the Lamb slain befoethe throne ;" and you come to commend yourselves afresh to the guardian care of God: approaching with humility, vet 'with boldness " the throne of crace, fhtough Illm' who 'ever liveth to make intercession" for u0 . Should not. then, our season of family, worship. be pre cious "times of refreshment from the' presence of the Lord," and thus times of spiritual joy? If we make light of these occasions, we lose blessed op portunities of replenishing our -souls out of the storehouse of the riches of God'a grace. ; ' " I Ilatin thus remarked upon the state of.rnmd - r ' " "j ".." ' - v -" i - L wiiii wnicn we snoutu strive to enter upon family worship, I. will nqw offer a few hints as to the season and other circumstances .suitable for the service, ; ( . - . .- -j -i- 1-1. Remember David's determination,! "O God thou art my God. cai ly will I seek theeV An eld- -author, in lecommendmg Chrisiians td giye pray-' er the first" place in, the morning, saysi '-Lei God" have your lime from the top of the heap." It should be before the ordinary occupations of the day commence, in order that worldly i business may not interfere with its regularity. I 2J It is desirable that morning, prayer should not be to long ; for if your domestics bare no re lish to the means of, grace; a .long service is a great temptation to them to "abhor the! offering of ihe Lord," for, their minds will be restless at "the idea of their unfinished occupations. .If' 1 3. Where a family is musical, it is cheering to open the service with two or three vprses, of a psalm or hy mn This tends to comfort the mind and prepare it for the word of God; In jeadinJ which, the master or mistress might make an o& servation here and there, so as to attract the atten tion of the family ; or use a short and plain com mentary, closing the, service with prayer.- If the prayer is extempore, some allusion might! be made tp the passage of Scriptuie just .considejejd. j 4. The hour for family worship at night should never be late ; for if so, the servants, wearied with tneir days wort, cannot enjoy it. Besides, a late nour prevents mis any friend, who may besnendintr the evening with vou. from sharino-in! Uio ri,.;:- leges of ytur domestic altar. 'Some families, froni the fear of man, put off family prayer ti.il; the last thing at nighr, that their worldly! acquaintance 4 may not feel obliged to conform to the rules of the ' house. Where there are children of ted or twelve years of age, an early hour enables (hem to b present. The exposition at night mighf be rather longer than that of tae morning ; not only j because the minds of the servants will be more at ease, but their retirement for the night coming soon a'fter, few intervening events wilt occur, andjtney may therefore be led lo dwell with more profit upon, the passage of Scripture which thev heard. 5. Great iegulanty should be airive'd j at ; and be vefy jealous of any thin which ioteiferes with ' your established custom 1 i 6. The utmost punctuality should bejobserved. . Iffa bell rang five minutes before the; servants came into the prayer room, it would gfiye thera notice to assemble, and prevent their eritring in to the presence of God in a hurried spirit! .i? - i" ' -7. It helps to tecure attention, if each child and servant has a Bible and Hymn-book wita which to follow the service.'; ' ; . ' ; 8. Servants must be led, if possible, to feel that family worship is not a task, but a privilege and. surely it is a privilege to unite with itie heads of the house in prayer and praiseyto Him who , "look- eth not on the outward appearance.'ij" '' 1 would urge .upon servants, as wel is upon masters (particularly! where there is a large es- "iab!ishment,)hat they should guard against con versing together to the Ust upon light, and indif- ' ferent subjects. I have sometimes beerj led to mourn over this,' when passing by a long strin of domestics on entering the prayer room. 1 - How rich a blessing might families! expect if their sacred services were performed irfa sacred manner. If the flame on the family altar burns bright and 'clear, the Lord would b4 honored with one breath of-praise would ; be 'i'mplored witn one oreatn oi prayer; and He who? declares himself "the God of the families of all the parth;" would own such a family as "His peculiar trea' i THE REWARD. A minister in the early part, of th? jseven teenth century, .was , preaching before an assem bly'jOl : his brethren ; and in order to direct their attention to the great motive . from wntch they shculd act, he represented to them something of the great day of judgment. Having spoken of Christ as seated on his.throne, he described hi.ri .'as speaking, to his ministers; " examining hovy they had-preachedj and with whatiview they had undertaken .and dischargedHfie du ties of the" ministry. "What, did you- preach . for?" "I preached, Lord, that I might keep a good Hving that was left tue by my? father; which.if I had not entered the ministry,Swould. have been wholly lost to me and - my fa!mily." Christ addresses him, "Stand by, jhpa has had thy reward" The question'is putto ant other, "And what did you preach fur ?" !Lordf I was applauded as a learned man, and I .preach ed to keep tip the reputation of an excellent ora tor, ;!ind an ingenious preacher."" The" answer ofChri3t to him also is, "Stand by, apu hast also had thy reward." The Judge pub the question to a third, "And "iWhat did yoii preach tor f . '.."Jjrd, j .saith he, "1 neither amea at the -great things of thi3 i world, though t: was thankful for the: conveniences of life whi;c& thou' gavesl aft; nor did I preach that I might gain the character of a wit, or of a man of parts, or of a 'fine scholar ; but I preached in compassion, to souls, and to please and hone r. thee; my de sign, Lord, in preaching, was that I mjght win: souls to thy blessed Majesty !"": The Judge was nowdescribed as calling out, "Let this mstrii come and -sit' with' me'jon my throne, as 1 aim sef'down with my Father on his throne; he has wned and j honored me on earth, and I will bjwn and honor him through all the ages of eterniy1.,':"'.:. EFFECTS OF WITTICISMS IN THE PUtPIT. ... n - An eminent medical practitioner, who Is also a man of true piety, " was " calltd not lorfgtsince to attend a patient on the Lord's dayr ; it such a distas.e from! his own place, of . worship, as to render his attendance there impossible;. jNot willing, however, to lose the benefit, of public worship altogether, he repaired to a neighbor, ing chapel ; but as the service was far advanced and the place much crowded, he could get no further than the door.' The 'preacher waa" a man long and deservedly esteemed in the chris tian world, but of that class 'who are unhappily, prone to mingle oddities and wkiicisrr)sl with their discourse. His text was found to be, "Al most thou persuadest me to be .a christian;? and it ii 4 i 1 I n j Ji i i f V, ' 1U IP li! in 411 ; : v it '!'. - - f , - . ' t I i ? HI m hi -' !H !!' ! 4! fl: i i If
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Oct. 19, 1839, edition 1
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