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' ' Advertisements not incompatible with the objects of the Recorder will be inserted on the usual terms.: From Newcomb'3 Young Ladies' Guide. HARMONY OF CHRISTIAN CHARAfJ- i 'TEH. "And besides this, giving all diligence, add to your faith, virtue j and to virtue, knowledge ; and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, pa ueace ; and to patience, godliness j and to godli ness, brotherly kindness ; and to brotherly kind ness, charity." 2 Pet. i. 6 7. , i In the! first chapter I spoke of the importance of growth in grace, and enumerated some of the fruits of the Spirit. - I revert to the same sn hnw again for the purpose of showing the importance .......Ug ,uv oo,tia, wmioiiu.il graces in Que lc God It is to be V renewed in 'knowledge, uv uuac ui uim,mat created, us " and to iL. I . . . w V . . miaa ln us lnat wtis in Christ AD,s.s tneiruit of that patience which works experience, and results in hdpa, which To godliness must be added hrrtUrlv ,;nA. neS8i ch is but acting out the state of heart expressed godlinefi, which indicates a par taking of divine benevolence. . Mvliien .come thecrownmg grace of charity, which is the bond of perfectness," comprehend ding the whole circle of the social virtues, .,- , rm"eie4iin in duo propor tion, they will form a lovely character, harmo nious and beautiful, as the seven colors of the rainbow; yea - with the addition of aU eighth, of crowning lustre. ;Butr if any one suffers his religious feelings! to! concentrate ion one' point, as tnouffh th. whnl' f ed in zeal, or devotional feeling or sympathy. . .vv p.uuiuuuu 01 some favorite scl ChriSt Jtf n man ntko U. I ------ ."r-- niau nuuuaj noQelormlv WOO IS MmtiloU in .11 k.V . 1 ... .Jl f.: ,7 1 " "t,uwc'i anu all his benevolence, you will find an exhibition of char- ttltT as unlovely and repulsive as though the fovtrucoiort oijne.raiqbow bhould concentrate xa one, ouivid hue. or naleblue. or snmKr '.. as disagreeable as though the sweet melody of a harmonious choir were changed into! n rl.,11 monotonous bass; and as unsavory as a' dish of umy witn outer neros. n This disproportionate development of Chris- From the National Preacher. DANGER OF SECRET SINS. " " BY REV. JOHN TODD. m These secret sins are peculiarly dangerons.- . f 1 uutc ticarts. sear mor nn.inM I 1 .. . . - j'TT? a.na rum more .souls, than do o- He, uay.ugni sins, Shall I teU ycu why they do Why are secret sins mdaugyl' 4 1. - Ckang6fvlace--and eireum not aid you to break away from them. f V j You know that if vou havn TiIIph 'n sins, a change of place may aid you to break irom them, Men sometimes W th; go abroad, rainde.in other$ceries. in othr,r oc cupations; with other companions, for the very purpose of forming new habits, and breakino-! way from old sins. And they are successful too Al man who is tempted to be intemperate, may" j i i. 1 wucreoiners ao not drink and where liquorsare not to.be had. becomM n temperate man. Another uho is in the habit of ing among u' ic s icb is uiscounienanced, break ".uiocii uway rrom tne nabit, So you may, by IT ' k? r DeW Place- easi,y fp violating the w.VWUkUj! ui yvucun DreaK awty trom tempting n7h-7 , captations are, awm. maeea Other -temptations can occur on.y occa8.ona..y. Youcan be tempted to dishonesty only when you are making a bargain ; to slander only when you are in conversation; to dissipation only n FJZL Sabbath. only . .vkutus. vui at an Jimes vou nrr- t -with vn. f -!1 i - ' z.'-J J' aill,I"e you can turn vour ghl wilh.n1.nd iridolge in secret sins.' In waOLB NO. 250, L. "-uine course dWrt,it enti-rapped i ,h J n rre- n : H art - ui peace u-ith none ca ?en. j . T . . t turn whol '"some and heart hh you 8 .t .11 tiie. ou Wr thouffhtS W th n nA tVvl.,!:- . U ,t . - . mumge in secret sins.- In he morniQg you will, or will not, worship God in the closet: you will, or will n a u:F.:T IZJlf' fl11" examine the heart; and tp- eniT7e.u; P1"T"!'X r' Wearied fti j r vwu win lau every day Put or . ' I WW W J t e? 10 VS nnr! a iGonsc.iHh a - .uiiirntinicri - v. . v VI . pursuf.'n leads to hea- . "V"c"t rejoice in hie 1 . 1 10 Who odprJTt V.. anQ. Pro mormnj? sun ""V.?.u ao- -Tnouffh th ""iiimon him iM - m tin lii inn 1 "w it X - ve- one-it overwhelmed him; he sinned: but here pented and recovered. Juda, injJ, 1"a :"e l! 2 S,ns7h! cSrried tbe constant and sin ned constantly , and it made nim so covetous that he could sell fa,s Lord for money ; it turned his heart to a devil, and ft ,nM dl. ' "?0 D1? for that man had he never been born. , h?f s!ns' wbicn return often, destroy the of ?h J ':?a.lf.yoa rfad.theart, the aching heart of the ohnstian, who is striving to conquer his sins you would find that he .isthe oT2eSy fnrTifrWtthKJhMe'ain and habits which he S'Tf bf.fore byconversion. They had so ea- h?l ? VA - , S? beCOme Part of the fixed habits of the man, that he still groans under their I . L . . . I yiupvmvfi, so as to attain a uniform consistency aiacicr ismoreirequentiy seen in youno- '""",v,uo uj soins w anotner place. Young of character. . J converts; especially such as have not received ""ya benefited by going to anoth- Nothing delights the senses like harmony1 a through Christian education, and arc, con- efjIVa ofresidence. They can leave all their Tho eye; rests with pleasure on the edifice TeDily old habibehind them; :theycan easily be2in wnicn is t t . rill ,' . ..w I a. nm (, .vi I I .. I i new Mn1 (Kn.l... 1, . T . 1 llllHW. ; Ii r.t" e- nt.lk . - ' mi -uiiiuiMciuau J to vailS. a."pnrnin( n I -j .ucuiacircB ill u. new worin nnrt ho-1 -w wuu sccrn Sins. ; J (IPSA irM. the laws of architecture; and the sensation of e?m.e so much absorbed in the contemplation carry you ; they live in any soil, thpy floar - delight $ still more1 exaisite,on viewing the tht ne yects ; tha present themselves to L3 h, under clme- - Thy are not destroyed harmonious comhinatinn nficninn' .l:i.':,Lj taeir admirinir jyas-o that than ii-i. i- I Dyigoins' away from hotn- hw rkann-o f in lU U - i3 . t . . I TAT rrof tk.t iL ... t " . . I DPnCP hv fnrmtnrr . . . . oi tne neld. The V & luai lu-X uave any joiner duties to ner-l T- ' f ucuuamiances; tnev s harmony of mu- form .than those which consist in devotional C g t tbe soul They abide with you wher- in the rainbow or the- flowers ear. also, is ravished with the sicai sounds, and the palate is delighted with sarory.diihes. But tak away the cornice, or remove a column from tbv? house, or abstract one oftbeeolors of the rainbow, and the eye is offen ded; remove from the stale one of the musical .sounds, arjdgive; undue prominence Id another, and harmony will become discord; and what could be more insipid than a savory dish without call . ; . . . bo it is with the r Christian character. Its beauty' and loveliness depend on the; har'moni- mi u If n ra nf all tbi.! r!ti.i'i.i,.. tr v wuiuiiau graces..! if one is deficient, and another too prominent the idem of deformity strikes the mind with painful sen sations, somewhat similar Jto those - produced by harshdiseordant musical sounds, or by the dis- proponionaie exniouion or colors. exercises. If these arft ihfprrnniorf ' ...:u 1 ever YOU SO. Many a one has hpn frcoid;nv. r . . t viii.u'.ul.iUCi Willi I . . . - . . :- vv,4iu- iret and worry their minds, and wish for some y PlsaPpomted in this respect THE DUTY OB"rrTAivirfS!-?iTrTTVT. as fresh lDnnrpnr and nrovlcr Which r'rrmUa W. e nani rod, all, ttl has ben Z:ZLV and see - .ui 1 c; grateful spirit on the h,1 , ,k out wltb cenceof AlrnJuJ11?? and benef let him-XV, ?? Panted at this ea- son our own spiritual Dror4 " J," "cm,ve e"e l? . o - uu see WilPt hnr if de6;t;,,eperfeclion;''t fruits shnlf ve5,1 manity, when th : i . M& smerea in nnd k aiue and j . u M -" res cast ar- its tlOD, sented a fmit) i:-.:Y "anuione pre- Unconenial " or ? moral ruin is by ifie-infli:;;; r r.T-er'orated as it "sculturerp mQvT" l lbe raeans of. the one tv&ffyf1 b?d rtronr thai, in tne morning, when the spirits are wiBi-cnes we contemplate, it is dpi; rKinep :ndance anff th truth and holmess which , Jk3f l See?S there may, by the dll S 1 y. aency drc fostered ad d.!Jfaff.ren s be He thought-bv employment entirely of a teligious nature ac?ange ot place he was to change his charac- They wonder how- it is possible for Christians ll r , ,ut no 1 tbe sPots aWde witb lbe leopard, to be so cold, as to pursue their worldly employ the Jarkness of the Ethiop'sskin will not be raents as dilisentlv as thpvi dft -i,.l-: washed out. as ma ofGod ins: he brightness tul chtful to - . s. . . OeaUtV Of thft tvnrlrc i - - . . ... r . . wcttwed. breath" of morn A;trB. I J t V M MAAAUO" w.ijr ouiue, imparts a cheer- w i uiij. i n u r- rops anH .rl. j ;if."a oc5sinr, be so bleak and dS ? Slf ? f lbe wl. blossom as the ros, '' ' :Ty SUU 'rejoice and' nrttl tr oo 1 U ! J l . t . woria lor their , portion : and nftn Vfttl . nri 1 1 hear them breaking out in expressions of creat -You may mingle in'new. scenes, form new ac quaintances, enter new business, follow new a- severity against older Christians, because they musements; but if you are under the habil and do not sympathize with them in these feelings.) power of secret sins, youmeet them alone, fust Their daily employments become' irksome ;'nd they are tempted even to neglect the interests of V "P"yw. wjin the plea that the service of Ood has the first claim upon them. But they forget that the service of God consists irt 'the faith ful per formance"oFeverv socTaTand relative Ant me xorat ana not to men;' n Q irmi klnisna Vaiv A . V . t. . . ' j jf a uuuo,-..i ou nave no nw weapons of defense, no new means of con quering them, and they-jcome like an armed man.-and conquer you, as- ihey always have done. The sinrieras :tae'n His staff and gone away on the hard privilege, but his secret sins find n well n c Ifiar KrnVihr Mfk on aitn 4 i .L .1 I tUC more direct devotional etprrisf'' nnrl'lrtit'ili. i him atr.n U-. - r-. !. " i the apostle gave the exhortation above quoted. ei esla,to the, Christian character as him still. He flees to the mountsins, ahd shuts He was exhortinar to growth in 0 race-)nH De. olDer s. 1 he Bible reqmres us to be "diliVent I himself .dd in the walla of ih rnnB!.fD, j . .. . w - o . 1 ... . .j 1 . -.-w WU'.Wbl.V. nijtf in uusinsss: as wpm n brnt n. ;. 1 ji ..j k....iL.i l. .l .1. n -n . .v the religion of the Bible make us better in all the relations of this hfe.as well as in our relations with God. he would have the newman grow up with symmetrical proportions, so as to form the f'stat ure of a perfect man in Christ Jesus," not hav ing all the energies concentrated in one member! but having the body complete inVall its parts' giTiag uue proportion 01 comeliness,; activity; uupes iai me miCK wails will shot nnt s n - A . las I j he finds that they wUl cae the highest wauauim uim m ine, remotest cell, and there t.v-oo Mi.rvciv inuaDiiant' or f ho . j uuC urc uewey grass sparkles in the first beams U1 ."'-opening oay, and the to larre nf iho i,..,. . 1 ... - . . . - h fiJ TO -y lDe ar,y brees, the -beasts of the field ' significantly declare their joy. and 11 V argieineiraelISt- But V . c. a"lD ' rest 01 lhe creation is -loud and ytaiu , me language ol thankfulness, is man a ione 10 oe oomb and thankless ? Shall his heart wMMuarawMiDe iitewhich reignsaround him? Shall his spirit be languid and dormant, while tuc. lu cauie and the music of the biids invite him to praise? . . " , II h5 eve,nftoo, when -the shadov Stretched nn' ir)Vm;- r , , ' - - vuowu la.propuiOUS lor pIOUS contemplation and grateful praise:--Thouah the nrd ThTr ' M, a raa,ance behind him, and Ihere lingers still upon the world a beauti- hf tht0!!?rl,ra,85ed b"W"s. : If the song ?c Ji u bas died away; there is still a music to greet the ear Themurmur ofthe brook and loe whisper of th hree -1 1 . 1 , v wiu o ineioay;not Am year for weeli not. be amongst the Jewa the was a sa , for the lard, . and to ! Christians th ly recurring. Sabbath?for he oul e lost or wasted, but oGod';Ui' which erinxr oauuaucai ere is a! fiPi It-. MOd S own da r l . and fitted for those scenr y Shall rrvrt.,l (Tn rni ! - . 5,u,r- i nen wh.n !,. . . t tut L the snint rar-A..j await us when the!bod i...ir 4H oe the TP.m0 r -tvit 1111.fi fna 11 ' A';. Emitted into .T' ,,n,ly God, and' e ancelsf - rn?y ave hor.P fn K -.u v . " 'died that w"'rr ,,u.U3PrePared by Him who w ... y it! rro r d I'll, f Religious i-WructionI 4 - . SOUTH; we had i ws are Mr. uurlev. f! SIJ he Church. E SLAVES IW Tntf tUUTH.' . n the Aln..,. -rt . : i mencan Colonini.- .f?"T t-lw-A- Miss. July f-l-h cr7Lff Tforff,, extract: " ";! me lollowinsr - I It is delightful to KJlL ;. cern for th rpi?;.,. m ' greasing con- -"evui"uairucuon Alas i they nestle deep within. Young Christians are also prone to under value a We; things. s The I greater thin trs if rtv f secret sins. j r - . r - mi . .. v?i i i w . . ? t - i . . . . - nn eironni n in on -I 'n ms h. A 7 7 l 1 1 innn 151 ltm ciir n otrnnn nna.cH .r.u.:: 1 innn nn cnnnrninnui ... . 1 1 . L. . 1. rni wi.gii v vuwu. j iuuii, ub says, laa 10 j o ,7 WMW" ;" uooccoiuu ui lUcir S0U13, I y sv-wui giujja iu fcauu inem.' i ne1 sin- your JaWi, virtue. BY faith, I suppose we are inat lheY overlook rrany minor things of essen-l ner. niay toss on his pillow, unable to sleen and nderstand the elementary principle of the I tia importance. : In seasons of special religious they are; not wearied; he may fast, and they totti ai,ici, oa cAuiunt'u iu regeneration! """"""5i "iitiaiaivc ia very coramon jn j v "Wfc vui. .iie may cry, "u wretched wnicn takes hold pt Christ. Bnt we consequence oi wnicn. many important interests f raair tnat; i am;- w iay uiui miii. ne cans ior tne sfourge and the V'w"6"i,a w me sooer spirit of the hour; and iasa ana oy sen torture hopes to drive away these I , . ",c BI,aues "ght are darkehinVon ulation. araofl, nl ;r:Vu? " t&e ve-Pop. rfi.v....k vv- U1 yrisuansihrourthnnt judicious ClSte fefe 01 ro.;d to unde Chrtstiin or the act are not to Tfst in this. We are to add virtue, or strength and courage, to carry out our new principles of action. But this knot all that isr needed. We may be full of courage and zeal yet, if we are ; ignorant of truth and duty, we shall make sad work of it rnnnlnsr headiontr first into this extravagance, and then into that disturbing the plans of others, and defeating our own, by a rasli end heedless course of conduct. Young Christians are in danger of making religion consist too exclusively in emotion which leads them to undervalue knowledge. But -while emotion is inseparable from spiritual religion knowledge is no less essential to intelligent emo tion. Ignorance is Inot the mother of devotion and though a person may be sincerely and truly piuus, wiiu oniy ine Knowieage oi a lew simple fho shall deliver m frnm the suffer.and the derangement which follows makpsl body of this sin and deathT" and the o-manln an unfavorable impression as to the influence of do not bring deliverance. . The leprosy of the 1 e vi vais. xne spirit 01 tne Uhnstian rpmiirp.i soui sun remains, unaoated. nndestrnupH a. gyecrei sins produce a continual warfare between the conscience- and the desire of the heart. j Did you never see men becoming more and morejirritableiri temper, more morose, and ap parently 'dissatisfied with everything: around that every duty should be discharged in its pro- pcfumc. Aueoeauiy oi meuonstian character greatly depends on its symmetrical proportions. A person may be very zealous in some things, and yet quite defective in his Christian character andthe probability is. that he has no more reli gion than shows itself fn its consistent proporv tem The reason in very many"ases is (I do tions. " The new energy imparted by the re- say in all.) that they are dissatisfied with generating grace of God may unite itself with the themselves. They are at war with themselves, strong points of his. character, and produce a Theyjlivein secret sin, and the conscience stings very prominent development; while, In regard clamors ; and having this painful, constant to those "traits of character which are J naturally dissatisfaction with themselves, every thing with weak, in "his constitutional temperament, grace out seems' to go wrong. may be scarcely perceptible. For instance, a Hence they ; are irritable, hence they become principles, yet, without a thorough and compre- person who is naturally bold and resolute, will soured and morose, hensive knowledge of religious truth, the Chris- e remarkable, when converted, for his moral Many a face, which' now smiles, would look uancnaracter will be weak and unstable, easily courage; while, perhaps, he may be very defi- ery oinerently were the soul delivered from the led astrayt and carried about by every wind of cient n meekness andthe one who is naturally dominion of secret sin so that the conscience doctrine. - Knowledge is also essential to a high jweak, arid irresolute, will, perhaps, be remarka- tnight be at rest Are there none here who can degree of usefulness. It exDands and invicmr- ble for the mild virtues, but verv deficient . in Understand what lam say inrr f H 'A 1 ates the mind, and enables us, with divine aid, to devise and execute plans of usefulness with prudence and energy. .... . But knowledge alone is not sufficient; nor even knowledge added to faith. Temperance must be added, as a regulator both of soul and strength and energy of character. .Now, the er ror lies in cultivating almost exclusively those Aunonaii graces wmtn mil in wiin OUT .promi- pent traits of character. We should rather bend I jour energies, by the grace of God, chiefly to the! pevenpnieni ounose pomis oi character which Did you never see men who seemed to be la. boring under a premature old age, without any viaioie cause i ine nair Decomes gray, the eye sunken, the limbs feeble, and the houss of clav jailing mio aecay in eariy maonooa j t. x u rt-usuu is, in very many cases, mat there bady. All our appetites and passions, desires are naturally weak, while we discipline, repress, 13 such a painful, constant warfare between the and emotions,must be brought within the bounds of moderation. And to temperance must be added patience, that we may be enabled to en dure the trials of this life, and not to faint un der the chastening . hand of our heavenly Fa ther. As it is through much tribulation that we are to enter into the kingdom of hea ven, we have need of patience, both for own comfort. and for the honor of religion. Indceed, no grace and bring under control, those! which are too conscience and the inclinations' that the man is - a-v a - - ... prominent. This will prevent deformity, and de. worn out. ' mm w yelop a uniform consistency of character. There is, perhaps, a peculiar tendency to this . r -t I I . 1 m - . - 7ie svaea religion in tnis age ot excitement and activity ; and the young convert; whose Christ ian character is not matured, is peculiarly liable to fall into this error. The mind becomes ab sorbed with one object, The more exclusively I - . - . - m.mug uu me .auuacupe, we can contemplate with profit the splendors of yonder upper world which hreaV torth when this one is enwrapped in gloom, and there, as in the scenes around us ivhiVh Krirri,,,. m the sun-beam, we can trace the: wisdom the power, and the goodness, of Him who "maketh c uui-oings oi tne morning andthe evening to rejoice, and crowneth the year with good- Vhile , the present aspect of nature, and the comforts with which, through the Providence of vjou, we are surrouaded, should awaken grati tude and produce contentment in us all, it should have this influence especially upon those-who are mpre immediately dependent on the soil of nature and.the gifts of heaven.There is some- m ng very sinking in the consideration that the tiller of the ground obtains his subsistence im mediately, as it were, from, the bounties of the" earth and by none of those reflected modes by which Unacquired by the majority of mankind that his stay and dependence is not on the caprice of man, but on the unfailing bounty of God. Unstable are the Droudnnp nf,n JLi.i on their highest elevation, wealth and honor -tt- mt-icai jjusi or loriune may sweep a wayr-and numberless are the inci- ucuw wuicn may, in an instant, change the con- auion. ot tne most prosperous; but amidst the fluctuations which; mingle distress and rufn-a rouna mm, tne proprietor of land and tiller of the soil remembers and can confide in the promises from above, that "while the earth remaineth seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.". And what though that independence, securi tyand comfort must be purchased by the sweat ofthe bh)v, by the unremitted fatigue of daily it among this r i " i me south' !"Pk . . . " ?ome ceptions) are dispose! to encour Yu servants to meet on th k it! cnco,uraA'e their, tive plantains nih'5b h'. 0n their respec ffious snbier,, Y' ' "Auction on reliu. conl C.A- oiaie oi iVlissisSinni ar A.: .i. . " lUB past bee Wd to ffi? fT S,CVeraI ar k j . c.vPy 'Planters who hav, . 1LI- .. "7"". It ,U t)iy , cu I l j . r wu unminaui of the itihhi;,:.. re the benefits of ChrJ."-""". 10 . !e'' trae-heartPd-m,-n.-.. " VV us P reached by "w;u 10 tag pose." P meaf,ur"'- for the . rhe Methodist colored wneans 1 are pur- is more needlul m the ordinarv affairs of life. 1 this object is contemolated. the more its imnor.l It is the little everyday occurrences that try tance is magnified. It becomes to his.mind. the Fr,.nd .the souh In this way premature ths Chr stian character: and it i. in an--A mrni-n. ikinr It U iMonf.'fio miK h;a . ,Mo r irmaDiuty, misanthropy, are brougnt these that Pitience works experience. Many religion. He makes it a test of piety. Then 8? . - BroannS 10 -gony, but still in of these thinsrs are more difficult to be bornel he is prepared to regard and treat all 'who 'do not .1 . . 1, " - man the greater trials ot lite, because the hand come up to his views on this point, , as destitute ui uroa is less strikingly visioie in them. But 01 true religion; though they may exhibit aeon patience enables us to endure those things which sislency of character,- in other respects to which , .vuijrt.nuu.awiia, uui uuicu opiiti, i uc u :t Biranger. ; luis iru.ua iu ucuuiitiaiiuii, to encounter contradictions, little vexations,: and disappointments, without fretting or repining; and save us from sinking: under severe and pro- iracieu amiciions. To patience must be added godliness, "which is profitable unto all things, havin- promise of ma me mat now is, and ot that which is to come." To be god ly, is to be, 1 n a measa re, alienation of feelinar. oittercess and strife. But one of God's commands is as dear to him as an other ; and we cannot excuse ourselves before him, for disobeying one, on the ground that we 1 : .1 mi ". ' e jHttiige auoiner. ine periection 01 unnsuan character consists in the harmonious develope ment ofthe Christian' graces. ; This is what I understand by the "stature of a perfect man in He lives in secret sins. He tries to break a way. his conscience upbraids him with incrrati 1 ...r.L r -.li 1.; ! 0 tuuc, wuii inconsistency, who oreaKing' nis vovvs; and then come .his sins, rushing ' in like a tor rent. driving out thought, banishinf? reflection, leading the soul captive, and making it a sla ve to sin. J The passions subside, the temptationscon- quer and retire, when the conscience begins to old age, on the heavy chains 1 Z. Secret sins return often. Let it ever dwell in the memory, that what re turns oiten,, forms tho habiV controls the sou , call up m the heart In them isean discover is mai 10 oe compared to the labor and weuryuea, io me waicniuiness and anxifcty of tne care-worn spirit and the harrassed mind 1 Whiletheone is renovated by the repose of a night, and rises in the morning fresh as the land scape around him, the other has no experience" of that soothins: balm . but the mind, harassed and disquieted itself communicates its misery to its material companion. And what is there in the indulgence of morbid sensibilities, in the gratification of an artificial taste, comparable to pu.c uuu rauonai uengnt which he enioys who. participates with a li rely interest in those emotions which nature and .vs fcnuiiiits must dred members of the socitV no e0r hun (as I was told by ,heh re?lSr l"01 surPassed ffent white minbter) foMreir a,Ver;. ,DU,,i- mn I 'nil 11 iiTrnnar&E... ly all are slaves, W.hey hab S rtfi . M 1 wtui&uin DeiD"r small ineonTpr ior.f : J 'v"Jo uidu The and e Rev. Mr. Marsha preaches every Sunda v af . , 1 1,1 Cnurcfr' Jrai.on of thecoloreuVeop e viili? Cng? have made a subscription oTabout 000 Wh,t the construction of a i chur-h f ' towards churches, and in the conn o he 2" church fnow well mVh rnmUj v . . r,lscoPal modaiions are made for iheA &iuP - CCm' Good Works. Thpfi.naL . ... ........ .s ,,v uuu worKsi-ooth .olCuk me gospel, and d have diselaim 3 .nd -liiS Ii v 4i jiiik u. niriij. as nppfl. , ess in the matter nf .- d5 D.ea , V -"""Mi:iuere nave ceen . i alike incon- estructive of the - St" and makes the man. It is not the fever fit, which returns once in a great while, that 13 so dreadful. But that which comes so often will burn and de stroy the patient. Let temptations comeupon the soul only once or twice in a year," and it can re cover from the shock; it can brace itself up; it can set a double guard; it can be ready the next time. Buf if it comes frequently, giving the conscience no time to form jiew ana ccntriry more iQAvm nimto contentment. with the world and to gratitude to God, than could all the pomp and splendor which wealth can np read around him. He, indeed, is to be envied in his lot who thus pursues his pi!grimage,l-who Jives secure of the unfailing bounty of his heavenly and guar dian Friend, acd who strives to ensure n contin uance of that care and Jove by a life of devotion to His service Free from the vanity and vexa- omers to eitol and nmtrk .km "JS" Onnst, and the pfHrt A .. whilst the former obstruct that: purity and hi ness ot life which be requires;: St. Paul Z ever account some have rivn nf "fc vuuv.. .u iuii iiiiuuit ucivy cell D'TIh iar irom he earnes i rloz-rwinn. pr"' .wriue5, C0 estlv ins ,Y S00d WOfks' tfaa estly insisted on the necessity of "riffhte. nndtemneranrp." htit - "nnie- ousness nnaiemneranrp-" UWf n "v vastly short nf ii, reckoned them lor that reason to h nn ,t.n,r . " - r uc4ij- selves but only as they were done aron l c pie of faith and in obedience to the laws o a prm fGod. I, - t : w laws oi liod - li is only when performed out bf such ciois di
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Nov. 30, 1839, edition 1
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