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: . : :. : ... ,. i j ,. : ! . i , ! - j . . ! ; I i ; " ! ; v . v . . . , . ; : I ' . '- ' - ? . ' - " V - - 5 I j .: rmiriT r n i i 1LJ.L 1 h - - ' : ' 'lit : Ji JJLM TTlN A IS t iN t h i i 1 1 !,- 1 1 , i . ! I 1 - !-' - -- - . '-V ?: V:lH; i) i: vot i: i) to WCI.ICIOJT, MORALITY, UTCnATURE i AN'II GLNKKAL I N T IJ I, l4 I c R N C 1 RALEIGH. SATURDAY, DECEMiJRU iB.jfjt . u'.TraMiN is pubaishcd every Sat- f:f raaaua-.ii paid thia six months, lr.,an,wto thai period. r 1u) wir become responsible for six f 3 Si frr'arJ lhe nau1e5 of sixsubscri- P HeJ a SEVJENTH Cot-V "GRATIS. ; t I unit be received for less than one f ?1, ! nJcince: aud n& discontinuance Si arrearages are jjaid. ' ' f -Vm discontinue wnbe expected to '2f,ejfect prior to the commencement of vrvre they will be cbnsidered as re-ea-ain? twelve mondiS. v Jtaics except those ol agents who act 'Jfare attention, mus ; be post paid. Vre-miarlv made U: our address by .. v:' niv. I ' ci.f-tao incompatible -vith the objects of W',S ce inserted on tne nsaai lerins. - is TO A YOUNG MINISTER, ; r'nt remarks are extracted from "a :uhti work of Dr. Leifehild, and jnecial attention of those to whom -?s;ei It is true they were origin- jibr young ministers jin Great BriU -are equaiiy applicable to all in the who desire lo excel as preachers J i...- ' " . .-. . PIETY. . .1 . if rr nor r o rri - i 1 1 .-e- l e -- i , The fire that burns on the altar ironist be of no questionable origin : f;nrency and constancy, attest its heav Without piety, a man would M from the ministry -by a moral f His acceptance of it, in such a case, 'aaiaipioas intrusionwbich no human Wid adequately sanction or make val e blind ieid the blind, they shall both Se ditch theone for his presumption, ir,3tc ieii without the Qualification- k bis negligence, in choosing such an s leader. An unconverted minister care ground to conclude that he will instance be employed to effect any Wii, than otherwise. He will em ylibtia vain, and spend his strength ifk'dhave no share in the honor I BueiQ if he does succeed in some ( sees, what will such success be, bat art 4 hofhtsrssxy at the last day T "What ftodo, tffndeelare my judgments, and ; corecam inip thy month V7 will be caJii'" interrogative of the Judsre. 'wrie sinking amidst the shrieks and icfti;e who have perished by their oa bis unhalbwed piinistry, how iii he be renmaplipd fnr hi 5nnnsis- bfenr who havg Veen jStrangely con-' 1 2, and whose feappy condition will r.3j mortifying contrast to his own ! 1 Ly on your guard against the be p:ct to your own piety of the constan- jeness of your official exercises. iof regular and frequent recurrence -ace a listlessness in its performance. 'hj familiarity and ther force of habit, !Ss engagements , without taking any Merest in them, or seeking to asso etn' the proper emotions. A profes f piety, indeed, is .calti rated to save i, but woe to you, if you be deceived test contented with it. Your chief this state lies in the fervency 'devotion. Yours must be a piety )j secret intercourse with the skies. jjffiast derive those resources that will Impaired strength, its fainting spirit Toa must come forth from your closet, I descending from the mounj, or like 3 fbe chamber of the east, to pu rsue feourse with undiminished rigor and jketapid in the closet be content with I -bat lives only in public, but in private f -d dull - and your ministry will soon yrnnfmirmnki.-. : i a KX0WLEDOE. ?lety,the sound knowledge you should i minister, to as to fulfil the ministry, aeeiredjis that to which I proceed to ;r Wention. He who is professedly a -?rsou2ht unauestionablv to be him- 3 "I knowledge. Who can impart not possess 1 l'he master of ofa y pbservtd, that "rio man can be elo- "joject of which he is ignorant. Mto Wever. is nnt tKo rtft of nafnrp fbti us only witlr the ; faculties for yut leaves the attainment to our own "13 the Tesult of the mind's exer- v!or will be ieferredj;to your ministryand viewed .u wuuiuu wuu it ; ana this circumstance at taches importance to certain nolnt in rfrnta a yoursell, which would be comparatively trivial in omers. touch, ior instance, are all infirmities of lemper, ihese will be marked, and appear glar mg in you, because of the elevation to which' yotir office raises you, and the notice it causes to be taken of y ou ; as flows in objects exhibited to public gaze are faoiiliar to every eye. The con trarieuy.of such defects tc the art of self-governi ment which you inculcate, and are expected.' to exemplify, will negative the force bf all your ex-f hortations, as. implying either the impracticability' or the futility ofyouradvic.es. I i j There are certain indiscretions. Into which the very distinction; that oui office confers upon usl and the attention it causes to be paid usrif great care be hot taken, wiil betray usj These arise naturally out of the weakness or vanity of the human mind.. In some young ministers this van-j ity betrays itself in j a fondness for show. They launch out into an expenditure,, anil adopt a style of living beyond their means, under lhe idea, tha this will lead the men of the world to repectthen) the more, in their ministerial character. , ? Thus they fall into pecuniary embarrassments, whicjj operate as a clog upon their ministry j fettering their minds with caies and anxietie3, and brinl gfog Jhemserires into bondage to individuals, who1 may not always be generous or noble enough tti forget it. ? The debtor is servant to the creditor as well as the borrower to the lender.: . But mere outward show, especially when known to be del ceptive; and incompatible with our circumstances' insteaiTof attracting respect, Iead3 lo an unfavorai ble opinion ofxmr prudence or our principle, thai must be detrimental to the effect of our ministry However narrow the income bf a minister maybe' he is bound so to circumscribe his expenditure within it, as to"ovve no man any thing,' and to have something to spare for charity. Should tli people among Ayhom he labors be so poor that they eannor, or so" parsimonious that ithey wilt not, afford him a competency, he is justified in leaving them but nothing can justify him in runnini: into debt. a S PREACHING. x our principal attention must be directed tp that which is the main duty cf tbe ministry, and to which its efficacy must be chiefly owing, the preaching of the w or d. Upon the style and character of your preaching, every thing will de pend. Aim, above all thiDgs, to excel as a preachi er. For this purpose, see that you-iare possessed ! of all the pioper requisites; knowledge, utterance' 1 liberty ot speech, fervor of affection, self-posses sion, boldness. There 13 an indescribable some thing in a good preacher that takes hold of the attention oj mankind, in the nfcsens of which no efforts can raise us to the proper standard. But it is incredible what improvement may be made in the gitt of preaching, by taking pains to excel, and being resolutely bent, 111 humble dependence upon God, on achieving it. You are aware of the- ieeoieae5s 01 uiierancej anu impeuiment ot speech under which he labored at first, who arterwards became the most impassioned orator of Greece, f ' One great rule for attaining excellence "is to be constantly shunning and avoiding defects. Some of these relate to matter, some to manner; Of the former may be enumerated , poverty of thought. little variation of ideas, superfluity of words: of me lauer, tne cmei relate to utterance. The rapidity of some prevents any thing from resting on tne mind to impress it," or remaining in the memory for subsequent reflection : the slow draw ling tone of others is equally unfavorable to inn pression. Nothing, however, is more carefully to be guarded against than a monotony of cadences, a perpetual recurrence of similar tones throughout a discourse, whatever be the change of topics or variation of theme. This is the bane of oratorvi and would render the addresses of an angel pow erless. Observe the methods. 01 diflerent preach ers. Look around vou, and see what is most sue cessful, and what is useless; shun ! the one, cultt vat the oiher. " 1 , 1 r , 1 i - From manner, however, I proceed to offer a lit Je friendly advice on the character of your pre vious preparation for the pulpit. Neither let the memory be overloaded with what is rpreviouly prepared, noriyet so little furnished as to overtask the powers 01 invention and combination at the time.i - j :: ,t: : ' -: v-''-" 1 ;j The-style of composition for the pulpit should be equally free from pomposity of diction and collo quialisms, or vulgar forms of speech. Yet it should beacy and familiar. It should neither be crowd ed with ornaments, not encumbered with pedan try. What is preaching, but an ordained inslru mentality for a specific end ? That end is the conversion of sinners to God by the truth, and the edification, by the same truth, of those already converted. What has a preacher to do with cul-f ling flowers of rhetoric to please hhe fancy, br amassing stores of learning to gratify the curious and ingenious 7 Sufficient provision is made else wheie for, the entertainment of the imagination, and for communicating the stores of Iiteriry in formation. Let the pulpit, be sacred to its? grand object, the winning of souls to Christ, and the improvement of the character of those who are won. - ,.--,r . .jj Without intending! the most distant reflection on any particular persons, I cannot ; forbear to ex press my conviition,: that the general style of nreaching in this country is characterized by? a formal and tame correctness Its greatest fault is, that it aims to avoid faults, rather than to aspire tn-th highest desrees of excellence, It points at too low a mark. Its jblamelessnessj is its weak ness. It were better to commit a thousand blun dprs'in attempting something loftier and upon a wider scale. There is all the: regularity ana , us iiway with it, we snail never power ully setre upon others. ! Our auditors will be at leisure, because perfectly! cool, to'ncnake observa tions on our manner, and to be amused or surprised at our seeming extravagance.fi The reason i$ ob vious : we -cannot carry Uherri!al6ng with us by clamor, and. wo have co hold upon them by syni. pathy. j Instead of hanging on ourlips,wiih breath v s?.fxP5?ctat,on ro the close, they give no uhintel ligible signs of an agreeable sensation, on observino the approach of our labors to a termination. When that.takes place, scarcely any changft is -risible in their countenances or 'attitudes!,' resulting from a cessation of what had interested Jnd absorbed their minds.; They have been suffered toremam in one settled and uubroken stale of frigid tran quility. ' - j. What shall be thought of such a method of stating; Divine truth when compared with the following expressive pen of an inspired apostle, "We were willing to have imparted to you, even our own souls 2" Ab, what is the exhaustion we complain of after preaching t What is it but thai chiefly of the bodily strength or aiiimal fervor ? ' When is it that of the sublime energy of our in telli ctual and immortal nature 1 But tins was not what the rpostles meant, w lien- they spoke of ''spert-1 ding and being spent for GoD,"atul "of travailing,?' as it were, "in birth till Cnriisr'j was formed in the hearts of their hearers. There have been men in this country who hare: carried the art of preaching to its proper height, and shown us th power t is capable of exercifing )?er the. human mind when so exercised. And such we hope there will soon be again. Instances like these are sufficient to make us asbamedi at havinq: been intrusted with an insttument ofulch pdlent effica cy, and haying: by our unskiltulness and weak ness, some of us for manv years, wielded it. to so Utile purpose. Would Goo that the whole power of the pulpit were I again in force through all tne land ! i t. , . : .Llr- '..:h - . . , 1 I - A mtmitm,m, mi iimliln rij ,11 ' "' ' ' w h.mse f as an. object of pjty But not of nuvW eou, or , 1 ad not sfnned.-lt iSfsii & h he is , herebyfhie!ded :against convict.otiah iheoryn, U.be dectrineof the reformation ' Rui ic Conversion In (InA i tirvpnb-d. If thP nrnf,.q. . easy to fl 1 j ' ' i - . MuwHous uec an inns nr 'f .a I CAUSES FOR IT IANK3GIVING. The following document is the Proclamation of ihe Governor of Massachusetts, recently issued. Whereas, through the mercy of our Heaven ly Father, wo "again behold the fulfilment of thle promise, that while the tarth ; remaineth, seed time and harvest shall njst cease I do, with the advice and consent of the Council, and agreea- Thursday, the next to be ob- a day of public sor, can believe that personal holiness is unnbe'esr f'jr inai. as acceptance wjin uoqiS;BUiit whollyj on tho; rigiitcousness of, fnothersuch'. a belief will be very Jiktl y'to riouTish a groundless hoper and make him ,feelcurew Sl n 1. i j S well is t he tendency of a I pre vale nt j h eo r v respecting the native way , of S3 lyatio n ih rough Christ a. t rieo ryt w hie rj is widely spread,, and zealously taught.landi for not embracing whicli men have . recently in'this country been charged with heresy and cast but of the churcru To unfold this theory and ex hibit it to the vievv of the reader, as far as rhav: be m the words of its defenders, and to show that it is unscripturai and absurd, and thus do some thing to guard the minds of menj against being injured by AU is the design of this tract. . , This theory has respect to the doctrine of origin nil 'ain.ithe ability of man: to comply with the terms of the gospel,! the nature apd extent of the atonement, and the way of justification through Christ! ' Is fundamental error j jseems. to be a wrong Iviewl of the 'doctrine of imputation.! It lays hold of the scripture phraseology of imput ing righteousness, affixes to it an Arbitrary mean ing of its own, different from what it has in the bible, and then explains the other: doctrines in question accordingly. , ,,. J "I The bible teaches l that every marl is responsi ble for his own voluntary acts, and for those on ly. It say. ,:The soul that sinneth. 1 shallldie. : - ' . 1 y of the father, iniquity of the hteous shall he uc"eaSlnpr and mnfnrinrr tto i:wlunf f its powers must be untiring r a moderately gifted mind, that is ;!,VU3tnefltin sj stores, and its ih 3, , 10 eh"ect, is,;inmy view, to -de larger acquisitions and more "meat5' lllat remaias stationary, "h'e Sas an ister to s. youag 3tWotraVdtdressin-' !,of "Sowing re llkt afv a pains wniie i'ou live- ""tole!r l whlle Vou may relax:, and !Wf!1 The Scriptures-still af- n Sa who search lhera- Con- Pe'oDWtCaB "ou expect God hies- taV -!t3'r that which costs"! .AWiain'ihe' renatatioii'of beia's chaste and cbr- s - . -- .?.Jir bly to established usage, i appoin twenty-eigth. day of NoTember served throughout the; Stale, as thanksgiving and praise to the Gracious lieing, who has preserved our lives lot another year, and crowned them with so many blessings. I ; Let our deepest gratitude be awakened, while we behiold, in every direction,1 the fruits of the earth, mature at their appointed season, laid up in ample store, as the food of man. Let as re flect that thb annual harvest is the result of the harmonious working of the great syetem of the maleriarcreatiom -Wheb vc consider that all the power and properties of the natuaral ele ments, of the earth and the air, of the winds and the clouds, and the latent principles which gov ern their motions, of revolving planets, and ofthe warming and enlightening sun! must combine. in order to the ripening of a single grain of corn, let our thoughts a rise from these second causes to the Great First Cause! on whom they depend, and who from! the (opening heavens, sends down the daily food ofthe -whole family of man, as in a great sheet knit at ;he four corners of the Universe and letdown lo the earth. j l In surveying the mercies! ofthe past year. while we sympathise with our fellow citizens in! distant parts of the Union visited with pestilen tial disease, let us be thankful for tho great mea sure of: health, which has prevailed within our own' borders.-; 1 : 1 1 ! j Let us, on the day of the j public annual Thanksgiving, express our gratitude to the Au thor of Good for all our public and private bless ings ; more especially. ' J Forthe continuance of peace with foreign na tions, arid tranquility at home.! j ' j! Forthe constitution of free Qovernment under which we live; and laws and institutions favour able to the improvement and happiness ofthe citi zens : j : ; , ;- ; . . ' 1 ..I j -! For the increasing care of education in the community; and forthe rapid "progress of the useful sciences and arts; and of good learning; and. j , v ; 1 . j . ' . ; For the measure of prosperity, which prevails in the Commonwealth, and the share ofthe com forts of life which has-been allotted to the people of thi3 State, in as great a degree, as to any por tion ofthe human family: 1 j jf J . - .' Above all, let us not fail to render our devout acknovyledgements to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that Lhe has been pleased to add to all his other mercies the gift of his Son our Saviour and the hope of pardon and immortal life in his Gospel. . x' ! ' ! ; The! people of the Corn mon wealth are invited to set apart the above named day" from the ordin ary business of life, to assemble in their usual places bf religious worship, farid unite in those devotibnal'exercises which become the occasion. They are requested to abstain from all amuse ments inconsistent with the 'ehajracter of the day. As winter annroaches, let those . whom it finds comfortably bousedclothed, and fed, remember that there are some, both in town ana country, I rigidity of art, but little of the freedom and spejn-v wh3 suffer for the want of the necessaries oflif; Itaniety of nature. ' Natural sensibility,-indeed is And hanJ vhich h rai$ed in thanksgiving- be opened in charity The son shall not bear the iniqui neither shall the father bear the son ; the righteousness of the rig upon him, and lhe! wickedness of the wicjked shall be upon him."- It teaches,; indeed, that God establishes a connection -between the ifirst man and his posterity ; and that this connection issuch,j that they all become sinners in conse quence of bis eating the forbidden fruit. It says, "By one j man sin entered into the world, and death by sin ; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." The ajssertion is.lthat all die, because all have sinned, in consequence ofthe connection which God established between his character and theirs. Two points are essen tial in the doctrine of original sin ; that all rtan kind are I sinners as soon as they are born, land that , they all become sinners in consequence of the: first sin of Adam. In relation to the first the Bible say?, MThey go astray as soon as they be bora''; "Who can" bring a, clean thing out of an unclean Not one." In relation to the second,! beside the passage above cited,; the scriptures say, "Through the offence of one, ma ny are dead.sJudgroent was by one to condemna tion. Py one man's offence death reigned by one " ! We believe that infants are truly and properly sinners, because their hearts are wrong:, If'.'!". i - ana that this appears very early in their exter nal actions. Many, indeed, are slow to believe it, because they cannot see how the heart of an infant can be sinful. And because they cannot see they deny that it is possible. . They adopt the Pelagian notion that the infant's mind is free from any unholy affections, and n itself perfect ly clean and spotless. But because they see in fants suffer and die, they teach tlat they are sin ners byimputalion. !. They think that one who has no sin of his own can be made a sinner by imputation, and then be justly punished for- that sin which he never committed. One says, 'Adj am's sin is imputed, that is, charged in law, to his posterity; The sin of Adani is not reckon ed or imputed to his posterity as truly audj pro perly theirs. but is theirs simply by imputation ; a sin is reckoned to them, or charged upon them, which ithey never comitted, and they are subject ed to punishment for that sin, without being per sonally or really to blame." In a late prosecu- cbj, uuc cimi8 ugumsi int; ueieuu- aht was, "He denies the transfer of legal relations; so that Adam's sin passes over ubon his children to their condemnatinn. and just liability to endure punishment on its account. He ilehie's that'rnan kind are guilty, that is, liable to punishment, on; ascount of the sin of Adam." Another says, "It is necessary that the sin o"f , Adam , in. virtue ofthe covenant of. works, be. so laid, to the charge of his.pcsterity, that on accoun of Abe i 'demerit of Ibis sin, they are obnoxious' to every kind of death, as much, as if they ' themselves in their own persons, had done "what Adam did."-' FAnd he quotes another remarking upon the 'death' of infants,: and saying, "Consequently these are 'al so guilty of some actual sin as appears from their death but that not being their 6wn proper'per sonal sin, must be the sin of Ailam imputed to them by the just judgment of. God." , Another contormity to, thel.iw'ofGod. (1563 i eiii "r.; , ' .. Belgic. cosiessiooi anu corruption of our nature.diffused l'nfn nil nlt v m ne ou h-This iiableness to punishmen U se no :rom he delinquency of another: for when H u sa.d tha t the sin of Adam renders uS, obn?xiooi'a the diving judgment, it is not to be undersWias it we, though innocent, were undeservedly loaded with the Jmli of his sin. Infants themselVestre renderedlbnox.ous to punishment by tlitir fil sinfulness not by thesinfulneh of anoiLf eer lhe esl Assembly, tf Adam T Vr6 uJ,,ran? inherently madelsinners itJfi Jr--UshMa n' noweth hot why it doetb, rior is capable of acts of reason, why lie is bornyet ie l3 properly and formally a tinner ! I hedepu lie. of Holland say, "Tho w"" ndced beitevcd.fnd taught by them that God conderhn eth no onk unless justly for hid own prop"? S " So we believe, and say the scrhlur -Ererr r han shall dier hi5i?n .?n 1 Tlthebry in question also charges it al a hlie sYi to bel.evethatj.il s.n is voluntary. It ,as bfeei made a c large againsttone that ie teaches, "That all sin, cojststs in voluntary action;" and acatnst another, hat he teaches, "That ; ihe depravUi of man is voluntary . The .scriptures saV,! Sin,! is Lv KSK-? o(lheMw" bid if we! IoolSat T 1 iT te iiQ l "T&bu shall love LcTk thtr:h 3,1 lhJ '.b"rti'and thy neighbor as thyselh1' - "Love is the fulfilling of the law1- But love is something voluntary, That is 5r)ot obediencej which is not voluntary, It must involve Ihn cnnti'Kr fill ia niinJ' ;n . . I 1 -rri ,: - u""u' oru to e a comri i-. It is tlieiejerpise' disobedience-! I ti . L w f ! .Ti ance with the divine command, of 'right . flection. : So :, also of must be something voluntary ; it must be ihe e&r- c.se of wrong affeciion. ; And therefore we accord with Purlin aynj Original sin, with Jihe immediate effects that flow theoee, hath as mUch' voluntariness as is required to make them sins wuu HUgusime in saying, "Sib' is so far:? volun ta7 f,T ' hat ff lt Hot oiuntaryM it is no si a all ;". and with Ca.tr in. i n say i nir, ' For we i Li. 1 , 11 r 1 . . j si - - "'i -us biu 'V' ivuM.tu. nut, uc 8in unless It IUtUlllU Mr, Barnes. aa THE WORKING CHRISTIAN. :,j l In an honest and virtuons farming communW it is esteemed an honorable distinction if it cab be truly said of one inthedeclineof life.or one yvho has just finished his! earthly course, "he has been a hard wbrking man," . This distihction'it is true, is not so inuch soufrhf a ft h,ii,M k ;J i' l L ... I. OT, "uuuuiu ill UIUCI iU maintain and man jsi conscience void of offence before God ti " uic murai ieeimns, are -4 ,1 ,nt..lD'l htr nn nnSlOU5 SOllCltUUe f'Ma 'T-"a.it you mav had out ac- I ,- inp,tprc. -! Henco our most tmpassionea er i '. Th-e ;-Jour Performances sniell I forlsware frequently -but artificial bursts, previously p.,,, engage jtne attention 01 1 elaborated, and, ot course producing dui nine voa wnicn is ; ipM . ;if thnu-'wisnest -me to Teeo. - savs A , - : i .. ihe ;':'x "iiw""' 5.aori"t jvith knowledge. ! orator '"thou must weep thyself.. But never tninic ',5thC0ail.lCai the,wandering with 0f rao'vin2 me by the stale ahd common trices " oura.ng v-t -comrorU - i j!nartificiil oratoryi ienn '-no raore be effected . Form "the Telegraph and. Observer. -THEOltY UESPECTING ORIGINAL SIN. e but considera and of coarse un ery thing in your beha- I 1 1 by snperficiatemouoathan l can be, warmed witn painted nre.;) lf.aratnmelled by a solicitude qr the approbation cf the .critical and judicious, jwe Kr never able, at any time, to throw our who?-.' .r r.Mrcjibir!t -to let it tase hold of tluii" Ihed has made for our deliveance. .rron-cn thes. stibjects must be. error-" .f,f-Crr:'j pcsc?i.?:i! impcr The riiin v.r.d recovery of man ore' snbjtcts'bf ! e?ncst interest. "We nved fo. knOw ourtru'ei n bv nature. nr;'d whit provision divine mcrcvi tene'encv. B'tro s:mer ?an vv?w says, "urrginai sin is a want o and actual sin a transgresion of, Infants are under original sin only."' He teach es that infants die as a panisbment for Adam's sin, and that they are guilty andjcondemnecl "ir respective of personal siD, . not yet commenced." This is sufficient to show what tbe(iheory is. . It .teaches that infants have no sin of their own, but are held accountable and punished for ' the sin ot another to which they never consented. And if this is our condition, who can help regarding it as a calamity rather tuan a fault? Who can he con victed of a sin which is not his own, and who can repent of a sin which he has never committed ? The scriptuics reject this theory, jas we have 'seen; and declare Uiat "ihe sou shall not bear the inr quity of the father, 'neither "shall . tht father i bear thelniquily of the son." This theory is built'u'pon a wrong view of the doctrine of imputation The scriptures, indeed speak of the; imputation 1 of sin, but never in tbe sense which ihis jiheoiy supnoses. Sin is imputed tj a'pt'rsun when;, he is 'punished lor it accurdin to ins deserts". But 'it is always ins own sm wnicn 13 liuisTmputeu, and not ihe -in ul aneiher. Sur is ne t. ircpute, when sthe sin- )'jt is Juriy.-ii ; 3,t;d then right 2 iuipoi-d, that is, he is 'treat- not perverted by the! false maxims of corrupt iso ciety, it s allowed to be a. Worth v and ipnvinu distinction. ; The' man who boasts that he-has-nothing 4.o do; and who actually does nbthinfor his own livelihood or the beneflt'of society4de serves, and generally receives the admiration ;of knaves a;r,d fools only. . I The Christian "should consider no "distinction Jfbles thaV of being a hard forking C?n1f?f, t No matter whether his name appear on all the lists of donors, or of bfficers, bf berievo-' lent societies, or of nlatform h reallypn'd heartily a workihg ChriKtian', (the 13 purposing and laboring early and. late." with lift V rongue; to build up the kingdom of Christ, he isi the servant whd Is pleasing tojhia Master. Religion Jwas never designed! to make 'men inefficient butj its effects are to arouse jrhen to- the highest degree of activity. -Diligent in busrness fervent in spirit, serving the Lordll : That Christian who possesses the spirit dft ac tive bentjvolence, will never be at a loss for spme thmg to do. His heart will K Wr 't Mtu. .fuleflorf in the cause of hurpan salvation :!and 11 work t does not tall, m his Way,, he . will beek for It.r J. v! . . ,--. ,A , lj What, nothing todo in such a world as &isl A "work fof -instant and unsneakahl is needed in the heart which could conceive jhch 3, lou?lK; Il;QScertain why it is so' uike VWSjK11? oavlorr wny U is'.so unfeeling to far,e.woes,ar9und;,itia .True, Chnsulike. benevoJence, doesno; waU:ito be invited - i't goes forth a spitor,' willing notionlv to do good unin vited, but to have its offers ejected and scolned. Ingratitude and opposition do! not discourage it. The' aliment on which it feeds is not derived from earth ; uV comes invisible, 'impalpabJej myjfter ous, yet keal, enduring, soul-sustaining from iliea-Vert- '( ' - i . IT; It should be the Christian's consolation' thai-he will be. rewarded acpording td what he has 4$ne not according to appearances r reputation. -11 He may be silently, yet iteadily, even rapidly incleas 'n.? V1?' V s ,nony bv safe investments, while hisneigbbor, engaged jn thtJ wild speculations and noisy reforms of the day, may become bank TTutf . !?,m, n.e 'deceived bappear'afees. Let nim: be m jhe true sense of the word a wlork-' mg christian, not in appeara rice, morel y bill m deed and in truth; and h vKall lc , -a'-. ward. -. t itsn.cnpdi' ion J eousne said u .: RELip.OUS ,I3f TQ'LERANCEN. TDScInUI I ' JoV I I-6 f?II''nS; n'otic4 'cf ih'dei iia ""L: . rc,J?ws' "S'.ved bY thb Lechorn corres- gfh 1-Rr.V.Uer.!,n: urch - newspaper, (July The sa Scoft saleni, t'. rjiemhers . of ,-the deputation 'from ikhe church, who are on their way I to it!ru - inquire jntd lhe state., ot lhe Jews,, were acre lately, and distributed some : religious 'tracts C(nCKrnihg the 'melancholy' moral and religious ! 3 f! S it If rt?cfed 0)1 1 1 - . v ' ! ' , - - '
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 14, 1839, edition 1
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