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t i . .1. ,1,-1,1 " , : . l jj " 0 Is T20MS W. TOBEY, Editor. ) ( 31. A. MEREDITli PaMisicr. I fotroiE xm wa is. EALEIGH, I. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1852. "WHOLE Ml 1091 flllit RECORDER, A Religious and Literary Paper: fished weeWy Raleigh, N, C. at $2 00 per an- All kstters on business should be directed to r arabte ia &tl eases is abtanck, .lisber, Marcus A. Meredith. Letters contain SmttnieaUoii8, of tn any way relating to the ed 'i oartment, shoula ba addressed to "Editor of t no - reference to the Reorder, address thus a ii .,mtniitniMltiOh. to lnsnm n f font ivuu..--r- - " r . uauo to Raleighi N,. C. pest -pa id. - , THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS. i clnliscribersVbo do not give express notice to the "s5rT tT? ceadered wishing to continue their sub- iKtMlliticK.. Ana.!. . . - .1 .1. .... S Jch charges ar paid. , ; . 1 f subscribe nefefecttjr refuse to taie their pn - rg trod ike office to which ihey are directed, they feel'i responsible untll.they have settled their bill, Vorder their papr discontmoed. : I U subscribers remove to other places without in frrff'u:!' the publisher, and the paper is sent to the for- tt 3iwction,'they are held responsible. " , ' pj "Hia courts have decided that refusing to take a or periodical from tie ofEce, or removing and W U uncalled for, . is 'prima facie" evidence of jaaofltfl fraud. f, SKETCH . op A Funejal Discourse, ftts&ei at the BaptUtChurch in - Milton, N. C, on 'jkeiKtmni cf the dkath of Miss Sallie L. Owen, , fouasei Sabbath, November ICtk, 1851,"iy ! liEV. J. S. iiCYNOLDfiOH. Preached Monday, November 17th, 1851. Tr PbUIipians 1. 21. ror to m to lite m flrirf, end to die is gain." SsaHaiy bearers vas tbe experience, andtbe .il- ' .1. t J pjd was but a taan, a true but brigbt 'type of a Cbnstiaa, of every Christian. - Tbe Iife.of.sucb, feierer varying ja trials, lalours, eircum- is sill the same, Cbrist ! Tbe death iob diffcrng ia anguish , or support is jet ntatly, gala j for so bath God the Lord or- diined. Comethen toy brethren while our sister sweet- ljsbeps, before us, consider 1st : The Christian lilt -.Christ, and next his gaia in passing from I.. The LifeChrist. , (1.) The believer is united to Ghrist by Faith. "Fither" said the Son of God, praying " for i3 tiatjhould believe n'him.! ;"The glory vizk thoaihast gjven rae, I have, gia theiD iitiipy XH3J bes one aaie arone;T a; tnera ii toa in me that thej also may be-one in &" fcc. This union is not suppository, but spiritual and unchangeable ; as tbe "branch a tie Tine, the limb o the body the stone to 4e toildin so is the. Christian united to his Jirbar, deriving from him -vitality, grace, nour. sent and support. The bond of i union, FshB, acting by implicit, holy trust ; confiding i sufficient promises, ; resting upon a work al- ndj done, a covenant made sure, promises fliek time can never dissolve, nor contingencies 2ske void. J Such was the faith of Paul Mhe crisd " nwhoml have believed, and a persuaded that he" is able to keep that which liare committed ;: to him against that day." c!i was tbe faith of our loved sister, by Grace iisbe forsaken .all for Christ and fied to him i refuge. For the last twelve months relying on eoyenanted mercies pf her Redeemer, when ie tour .of trial came ; firm on the Rock of did' she stand, secure, dauntless even 3h tbe storms and throes of dissolving na -rt raged around. Be this faith ours, for they 4ai trust in the Lord shall never be,confound (2.) Tbe Believer lives lr Christ by Love Ye are not your -own but bought with a ?tP !-: And tchat a price the Precious blood 'Jesua! Oh can the soul believing this, do lut yield the heart in holy love and grati to him? Sweet is the privilege to love the Sinonr. conferred noon us as a . sealing witness . 4 . ; Gods own Spirit; sweet to have, the affec of the soul, too Vist and yet too tender to feikSed with earthlv obiects, drawn forth to , , . t ' : : . ",rUing bher and still bigher yet, as their vci powers enlarge, ever j thirsting, ever ixiodj entwining arouad " the perfectioas, r-ra tai attributes of God, reread at Love. 4e bliss to say, to know, that " Christ is Sj4n And to be rrivilesed to - shew forth lote, all unashamed, glorying in hu name 'tis th3 Love of her whose form now lies -3J5B3. 13ut a'fow short week3 back, was she rl W'ltk Christ in baptism,' from that f9t & cloud or a doubt crossed her sky. j caring , the present meetings have we noted fJvtin countenance, every feature radiant 1 4,aMoTBi.with its full uplift eye, seem j"4 U tbongh the throbbing, fluttering spirit, burst forth from its frail tenement and r lofft to God. " Oh" she exclaimed, with iptophetie wish, " whenever I die, may it the memory of tjie30 scenes, "now with her on earth, to ba enjoyed no more, but sweet how sweet, tho reunion and brighter bliss of Heaven. Vain is our faith without this light, this Love of God. , . f3.) The believer lives for Christ in works. " Whatever yo do, do all to tho Glory of God." Gracious word I and is God -glorified by oughts that man can do ? Aye truly, the works the ; fruits of faith and Love are ever precious, ever blessed in his sight. The cup of cold prater cannot bo forgotten. s Love will bo active, rile who loves not, labors not. But when we aro t Christ, he works with as, in U3, and by us. Happy theaiau whSsa faith bears fruit,' whose love is still an all constraining motive. There . is a sphere of action for every Child of God, and he will find it if his love be true, surely as water finds its level. No ; work Is too humble for tht Christian, so that God be glorified thereby, he is a follower of one that was 4 met and lowly inheart.?, Allow an illustra tion. The Sabbath School, God's own nursery of souls, connected with this church was lan guishing; here with a firm and faithful hand our Sister took her place.; It had been tho custom to suspend its operations during winter; for want of regular attendance on the part of teachers. " This"said she " I cannot do, no, in allweath-? ers, come what will, life being spared, if but two or three will come, there will 1 be." Just so: let our light as Christians shine, in dark places, just where it is most needed, not roman tically going forth, or sentimentally' deploring that we cannot heal, but acting where we can for Jesus' sake our works will justify our faith , will prove our love, as humbly, gently, faithfully wo follow- in the footsteps of him who " went about doing good." Th us are wo one with Christ by faith , the Union cemented by undy ing Love, shown by our works in him, and for his sake. To live is Christ." II. Dsath is Gaia.- t- 5 i IT. .si x l revival. t rise un from scenes like these 11 9 X. I e to heaven." v- :&al DuDila were Vet enauirers. and at Soon indeed was tbe Spirit's 5sh realized.? Many of her young . , apathies , and prayers were enlisted on :, "-aiuf w"en w tb speaker was conversing , . cf these, some ten days ago, she stretch her hand to her friend ( now departed ) 5 i behind her. V " Patty?, was the breath 7 .. do you clasp my hand because "t.c'alated era bounding from her seat. loved for Jesus sake in a Ion ;,L'f fcs"ilcs zzl tears epake unutterable -:,::T3t-lEjr:rathy. Sweet i ( 1 .) A real gain ! for however strong our faith on earth, fears and doubts will assail the soul, leaving ' a painful' impression but death nds the trial, faith has been fully tried, purified as in a furnace, it has come forth more ' pre cious than the finest gold. . Hope. distant smiling hops has realized a full a glorious prize. Poor weak mortality drops its painful: load, and caning on the aria of God, every doubt is, now dispelled every f orrow lost in the f-possession of certain ana euuaju. uuss. jcjmt vau iru xyager find a place, cannot pass the portals of tho grave, can never enter heaven. No, all . foes are left behind, the last arrow of tho enemy has sped, the last conflict has been endured the victory is won. The remorseless, cruel power of Satan, that followed on though oft repulsed, is cow etarnally foiled, his arts are now despised, his might is gone, not a single assault shall ever break the peace, the rest of heaven. Death, the ast enemy, would have seized his victim but as be clutched the casket, Christ took' the jewel away, . notning but crumbling , carta remained withia the monster's grasp the life, the soul had risen, our sistei lives, triamphant over death, with God. Oh, is not this a gain indeed, ife for death certainty for fear the joy of vic tory for tha pain of conflict immortality and an eternal inheritance instead of toil and cor ruption ? Surely it is "gain to die." (2.) u Death is gain." . Thio race is run. Ziook lachj here a sin was left, there an infirmi ty passed, yonder especial grace received, the weary panting soul refreshed by Ioyc divine, now a distant glance oft heaven obtained, again a foe avoided, a temptation distanced the body kept under, earthly propensities mortified pressing on day by day, "looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of Faith" sometimes painfully and wearily was progress made but as the end drew near, partaking more and more of Heaven's spir it, lighter are the' footsteps, innumerable and hitherto invisible witnesses most deeply mteres ted. wait, vea come with open arms to meet the pilgrim hallelujah ! The goal is gained, the prize is won, Christ with his own hand bestows the crown He has claimed his own, the pur chase of his blood, the chosen of his lovel united to him on eartn, now witn mm forever, ior ne said (and ever is the Father pleased with his re quest) " Father, I will that those whom thou hast given me be with me where I am, that they may behold the glory which thou hast given me." And " to hint that overcometh will I""giv6 to sit with me upon my throne, even as' l overcame and am set down with my father on his throned" " A Gain." Is not the loved too weak to. tell of dory, immortality 1 of Jesus' throne and love? . .1 1 A (3.) Death is gain. " 1'recioas m tno signi of the Lord is the death of bis saints." : ?Ti said of one, " he slew more in his death' than in his life." When the holiest Christian heroine of modern times had escaped from v Burmese bondage, when her tears of sympathy, love and anguish for her Judson had ceased to flow, when Hvin" her martyrdom was ended : who, bu thought that years of peace and usefulness would follow.- Deep and mysterious tne jfroviacnoe, which, during the short absence of her husband, so soon, so very soon laid the infant Maria with W mother Zow beneath the Hopia tree.- liu maVfl ' it rtin : she had lived for Christ, she had prayed for souls. And while the story of her sorrows and her sufferings were Tet scarce told at borne, wnen una was, waum- and darkness brooded over iiis3:oaTrcsPuuu she died. Her parting voice was L r: ' ' rough f ;a UnA and bv this nrovi- , t, fresh uu tuiwt j ,i , , m the United SUtes, that fifty years of ordina ry labour could not have effected. Dead yet speaking. Tho Missionary yet is cheered by tho record of her sufferings and triumphs. ' And who at home would not wish to be like Ann II . Judson, would not wish to aid the cause for which she suffered, loved and died. There are times in which God brings eternity peculiarly near-when its lights and shadows flash or dar ken around us; so is it now with the well known to this community, the triumphant end of our sister, shall not her death be to us a gain?; ' Her late and puro example, her' fearless" passage to the tomb spcaksto yon in lender words than we eaabtter;'. Lay: it to 'your, hearts,' Oh, be 'the gamers py.it.. : On last Tuesday , night, from this pulpit an anticipatory funeral sermon to and for the liv ing was preached the funeral of the christian and of the unbeliever. Who then could tell how soon, and upon whom the blow would fall it bas-fallen. Who next? . Let your light be trimmed, your lamp burning. Be warned j in structed, for God not man has spoken. Watch, and her death shall be year gain a gain to all of us. : It was but a week ago on yester day, the Sabbath morn, together in the house of God, sweet was the melody to which we listen ed, sacred was the song in which our sister bd our voices to the Saviour. Now she is gone but is the voice now silent ? No ! hark ! a gol den harp now sounds, before the very throne of God she stands the new song is hymned, and with saints, angels, and archangels, our much oved sister joins in holy, endless notes of joy and praiso. Then even to .ourselves, strange paradox, our loss is gain the gain to her how great, and in the courts above each one gained from a sinful world to join the ranks of heaven calls forth a louder and a higher note of iov. And now a few short words of application. My own heart weeps and smiles, conflicting tru iy are its. deep emotions. 3 had learned to love. much to love our sister, was delighted to see her countenance warmed with holy grace; both in he sanctuary and social circle j : tears will not be restrained viewing the lifeless form although we: do rejoice in : her; eternal gain. Sister, we shall meet aguri. Could I be permitted to en ter the tacred sanctuary of a mother's grief, to whisper consolation to the bruised affections and the fresh bleeding heart, I wojtldt say : i Peace be whh thee, fear not, , the hand ofiovat that smites f It to A little, uhile yet must your sorrows still be borne ; but let joy mingle with tho grief," yours is the happy lot to have children hero on earth, and children too in heaven Some to love you here and. some to meet you as you near that-better land Does not the sainted spirit of your dauzh- er, even now whisper to your car of Faith and Hope, "weep not for me." Pcaca then mother. Gpd's peace be yours. Great is your gain. To the brother bowed ; and blighted, to the Impulse w&3 given to tho t-yeivo the efficacy of tho little word trt. He therefore preachejd a missionary sermon, and invited the contributions of all.' Immediately an elderly gentleman, not a member of the, church, ap proached him. " Well, Mr. V- ," said the pastor ".how much will yon give me in aid of this great object ?" The reply was, "Mr. C , I'll give you an even sum ; put me down $50." The pastor was so greatly .surprised at such a result, that ho hesitated to enter tbe subscription, and looked inquiringly, but with no little emo tion, at the venerable contributor. He found, howeTcr, Ihct there way no mistake, that the $53, s:!vrfn!i more would.be forthcoming frgrti i;i)Vers, and that no pastor can know how muclibe can do for the cause -of missions un- m w.'. ... , til ho tries .Macedonian. - nion, etc., which may beguile and undermine " T v. For the Recorder. - v Christian Union .. Three qualifications are indbpensable to chris tian unioity and a fourth must be added as indis pensablo to christian communion! In order to christian union, there must be one Spirityon9 Xard and cue faith ; and in order to church un6n there must be in addition to this three fold cord, the one baptism. Epb. 4 : 36. 1st. A vital, spiritual union can only bo effect ed by the Holy Spirit-r-iTcTfJy ice know that we dwell in J101, and lie in as, because lie hath given us of Bis Spirit. . This is . called the unity of the Spirit, which is the bond of peace. The spirit unites -believers to Christ as branches united to a? vino where the sap communicates from the vineto the branches. See John 15:2 to 6. Without this union to. Christ, christian union cannot exist. 2d. BelieTers being made one with Christ by the Spirit, are secured by the prayers of Christ. As thou Father art in me, and I in thee, that they all may be one in us. That the love where wilh thou hist loved net may b.e in thtm fand I m them. 3d. The bne faith, is that which unites its subjects to Christ, whereby they lire called - the children offqd, the household of God, and by wbich ChnsWiceZi in their hearts. When chris tians are brought togctlier ancf built' upon this LMttu, ik 10 wija c tinuy v toe jaiin. - x nose who attempplio build :xip eburches or to form unrcas witln t Buch materials, ois to mix. hay, a ui 4? .Ci.fc wxl such materials wht. tried then varies will be uesroyed, ia dcUance many of the Bar tist churches in America, as Papist and Pedo-baptist Arguments Con- they have done in England. O, that the prayer . partd of our Lord for his primitive disciples, may be Some time last year,' we published several ar-; extended to his disciples in the American wil-tides under this caption, in the Herald, laey derness -Sanctify them through thy truth, thy j were to the following effect. Many Protestant tCVTtl l VTlLUUUb UJU iUlCl UVSilULUJ VI I VYriWJJa I Lift 111 V UCUAltUII! ujvung. . Christ, the gates of hell would prevail against of baptism, upon tho plea of its dimculty in soma the church ; but with his intercessions, we need climates, and its danger to some constitutions. not fear that the man; of sin, all the seducing jSa Papists excuse the denial of the cup in tho spirits, not the gates of hell, shall. "ever prevail Lord's Suppery to the laity, on the ground of . againtt the church having one spirit, one Lord, the scarcity of wine in some countries, and th t 'il. 3 t - ". . . - . r.f .... .. 11 1 .. uuo iaiiu aau ous rapusm, go as to exunguiso ouensivcness 01 its taste or emeix iaj bwluo jj her; although she ; may have ; to passy through sons.These different arguments are applica another "bloody, but short persecutionj before tions of oneand the- same principle; and thosa who embrace tno nrst can consisieuuy rejew wi latter only in view f considerations drawn from expediency ; which is to say that they cannot. ' reject it in the contingency' contemplated by it. Since that time we have met with strong con firmation of the foregoing reasoning. . An abl Protestant writer, embodies .both of these argu-. mnts. ina sinrrle ; narairraDh. as his own. To . 1 a . a o a sister sorrowing, yet not without hope. Go on. Take for a little while the weighty charge upon yourselves ; she who helped you to bear it is gone. Jesus has taken her to a better, wider field, but He will help you to sustain your charge. Give up youf sister cheerfully to him, who gave her to you at the first, and He himself will fil ho void in your affection, in your circle. - Each tie cut that binds us to this earth, but brings us nearer to our homo, and binds oar hearts more firmly thera. Speak we to the fond friends' woe. Loved you our sister? Jesus loved her more. " He walked into his garden -to sec if the pomegran ates budded." The fruit was ripe, the flower was fair, and he took it to his home. - Shall we address tho young heartsf sorrows. Your teacher and your friend has left you, soon must you follow. We would - not rudely check the flowing tear, let affection weep, but let faith 00k up, and see her gain, follow: her as she fol owed Christ, so shall your death be glorious. Whenever amid familiar scenes you gaze around, almost expecting still to see those kind and well known features remember Christ and Heaven and her abundant gain for all his family in Heaven And now a; solemn moment of appeal to all. " Prepare'? to meet your God." Watch !? tis the Lord's command, lest coming sudden ly," he' find you sleeping.'? Who among you all will take our sister's place here, in the church of God ; here, in the Sabbath School. Oh, may he grant that for each servant taken home, ma ny may arise to labour in the vineyard, for soon the day of labor will be o'er. .',.":'. 1 Then let trf all seek here to prove that " to live is Christ"in confidence, love and purity. . ..... So shall we surely find, that faithful are bis prom Iscs, that " death is gam.!' YVe leave these walls to commit the sleeping dust to its parent earth. - May grace, mercy and peace be the lot of each one here below, in love may we walk till ; each receive his- summons to his rest above; Amen. ; j , ? From the KeUgious Herald. her millenary glory. " What though the gates of hell withstood J Yet must this building rise, - ; - Tis thine own work. Almighty God, - And wondrous in our eyes." .... ' Vigil. From the American Messenger. I am Lifo that Leaf. . In the village of H , a laborious pastor was 1 him, a common basis cf principle seemed to sup-. standing in his place on a beautiful Sabbath of port them. Hear his words. "Sacramental ao- Ofitnrjpr. and with 1iftiy:KA4rt wa.q drtlivfrm I t.Ions Viav Tin virtne ;-in them, as 'charms tied his message to a people Hhat seemed indifferent either to elements, ".or to words ; they are only to all utterances. Behind the pulpit there was good because commanded. 'A different stae of a window, through which could be'seen a tree things may indeed justify analteration as to wnose iuiia?a ,naa Din ffhanAii nrnmTiai icircnmsLances x ine aan?cr ui u- vviv frost. A young man in a remote pew, whilel climates, may be a very good reason for changing gazing listlessly m the direction of the pulpit,lthe form of baptism to sprinkling; and if xu- saw a leaf separate from a twig of the treei and (mates were inhabited by Christians to which with slow vibrations descend to the ground In Iwine could not bo brought, we should not doubt stantly, he said, as if the leaf had a tongu and but that whensoever God makes a real necessU spoke ttf him, the reflection arose, I am" ixe ty of departing from , any institution of his, he. that leaf. My hold on life is just so slender. I does thereby allow of such a change, as., that, ne- I may sooni be detached and fall like that sere J ccssity must draw after it : e'o we do not condemn leaf. Then where shall I be ? One considera- the license ! that is said to have been granted by tion started another, and ' thought piled on I Pope Innocent the Eighth to celebrate without thought, until his mind was stirred to its lowest J wine a in Norway ; nor should ' we deny a man depths, and ho was in an agony of solicitude res-(the - sacrament who had a natural and un con- pee ting his prospects for eternity. God's still jquerahle aversion to wine or that communicated small voice in tho leaf spoke louder to him than I being near his last agonies, and that should have thunder. s ; I the like aversion to either of the elements, yvnen But this case stood not alone in that Sabbath I those things are real, and not . pretended, mercy, assembly. Christ had his eye and his heart up- lis better than sacrifice.": (Burnet, on ihe Arti- on another precious soul of that .company to Iclcs j pp. 453, 454. J whom the anxious pastor thought he was preach- :- ' According to Bishop Burnet, then, the substi ing with little effect. There was another preach- tution of sprinkling for dipping in England, and er and another sermon therein a form.wHch thelthe celebration of the Eucharist without ,wins minister knew not 'of. At 'theclose of e scrjin Norway, $re parallel cases ! I ! We.cordjally - singing, v T (agree with htai in this opinion. Not that wo "do Try A letter was sent a few weeks ago from tho Missionary Rooms, to a pastor in New, Jersey, stating the necessities ef our . treasury, and in quiring whether he could not induce ; his people to raise and remit $50 before tbe close of March. He has since informed us .that when the letter was received, he doubted whether it would be possible to obtain the sum which bad been nam ed,'biit after some reflection' and rcadicg the Mtecdcciaa for Filriiry, L3 received to tc:t by Sre of all the waer engines or water regenerations ever inventea by the papal fatbers or - modern artificers. ' auch builders.. might as well exnect Christ and Bfclial to dwell together, as to cstab. Ibh a union i amongst professors of Christianity wunoui iac cme iaiiu. -. , 4ta. In ordor to organize the body for churchj of which Christ, is the G reat Head , it is indis pensable tbat the constitution given by Christ and his Apostles should be strictly observed. The materials bavlng one Spirit, one Lord, one faith , must also, as written, have the ' one bap tism. , Not tho baptisms which sunnlant faith. ...... sr 1 or precede faith ; not the baptisms wbich Popes and bishops have invented and which destroy the figures intended by the, great Head of the church'; but the one baptism, wbich Christ and his Apostles' taught nd: practised, andiwhich symbolizes thtr glorious plan of salvation. '' The church? which i has the one Spirit, one Lord, one faith and one baptism, may hope and trust in the promised intercession of their Lord Sanctify them through thy truth, thy word is truth. Baptism, with other sacred institutions bas its sanctifying influences, after tho Spirit has regenerated the Bubjocts ; and it affords the an swer of a good conscience, if no other blessing, which is above all price. ' These four ' qualifica tions being indispensable to the constitution of the christian church ; it follows that all those who attempt to form christian unions 'and com munions contrary thereto, act the. part of schis matics, ralt?r than' peace-makers, towards tbe church of Christ. To cry union, union, without those qualifications, is' like the prophets that Let Jesus beyour lifericdjeacjptaceen therewas no pec.ee. -en and earth are oneJAnd totuf.finrerve agamst those who refuse a union wlricy makes a sacrifice of gospel princi ples, is llketh prophets that bit with their teeth, "an Scried -peace. All who attempt to coerce a uniformity by secular power, instead of the powcx of truth, partake of the spirit of , the man of f b, if not sealed with the ,mark of the Beast : It is the dernier, resort of Satan when ho cannot force a union, so as to sacrifice gospel principle' to' raise the cry, chqrily; liberal-ty, etc., in order to destroy the church by false doc trines. In this fruitful age of new seats, it would be easy to select half a dozen sects, amongst whom, all the fundamental doctrines of tho t pel were directly or indirectly rejected, by one and tho other of those .sects. A general union r communion, therefore, 'would be attended with s general delagaover the church of Christ with false doctrines and thereby enable the gates of bell to prevail against her ; but this Christ has interdicted.' ; Let those, therefore, who'' cnoour- age unions or communions at the sacrinoe of gos pel priaciplOf take heed, lest they be found abet tors to a conspiracy against Christ and bis church. If tha completion of a general commvnion would deluge tho church of Christ, as the necessary re sults ; it is time for the watchmen in Zion, to sound the alarm ! Whilst sounding the alarm of the papal emigration to tho United States 1 they may overlook a mere foarful evil, the ee- : i t. 1 . .; . ' . . ., , line coecjes oi icing f pints ;i work in the camp by the seven jan yei rs cf elarit t l'JStraltiyt union," cpen cczu-1 tho husaa U ducic EC . r -i1". Almighly God, thy grace impart, . . " Fix deep conviction in each heart, . y another young man, who was looking up at the singers, observed that a pious lady, as she sung those lines, unaffectedly raised her eyes heaven ward, as if uttering an earnest prayer, Perhaps she is praying for me, was instantly his reflec tion, and yet I have never Sprayed for myself. Wretch that I am,, to live so prayerjess and mindless of God and the future. What can J expect from the hand ofa righteous God. but everlasting destruction ? 1 .t ; ITie train of thought thus started by God's sermon in the leaf was pursued under: the direc tion of God's Spirit in the heart, and : ho, too, that very morning became intensely anxious to know what he should do to be saved. ' ; r In the evening, both of these young men were found at the prayer meeting, and thera. they ex pressed a desire to be prayed for, and to W guid ed into the way of life The effect upon the meet ing of such a development was electric. The pastor himself and most of his church were taken by surprise. Thimpenitent were . startled and awed. It was a time of confessions, tears, and prevailing prayjrs. A revival of great power en sued and the fruit thereof were eminently gra cious. . ' . - - . "'. wThoujh God thus manifested his own sover eignty in these instances,' by so choosing means as, in the words of Elihu to Job, to hide pride from man, and that no: flesh should glory in his presence;' he so exercised that" sovereignty as to honor his own appointment that ho will be in quired of by the house of Israel to do these things for them. V It subsequontly became known that a few members of the church had-quietly met for tho same on. Saturday evenings, in a private house, to implore the influence cf the re viving Spirit. The young menf too," were Jn God's place far improvement, the-, sanctuary i God, we have seen, heard and answered,'-but in hhQwn way, and blessed were the 'results'. -How seldom perhaps never, docs a revival occur, where earnest prayer in one portion of the church or another, in one family or another, iroot the necessary antecedent. And how sel- c m does a revival commence just in the line of human expectaUotis. The sovereignty of God, while it is a sovereignty of grace, is always ex erted in his owndivin order in answer to pray: en And the practical lessoil to be learned by Christians is, to give ourselves more and more unto prayer, and to be willing that God should answer as he sees best1 'Trost in him at all times, "ye people ; pour out your heart before him. .;. "Lo, all these things worketh God of tentimes with man, to bring back bis bouI from the pit". ;The fall of a leaf, the upward lifting of an earnest eye, the twitter even of a bird, may be used by.the Spirit of God to bring back a soul to himself, when prayer b made for that soul with fervor and faith. Then the reflection, i am like that leaf, may. be the soul's first step iu its return to God. , '. . I j . . .. , i not' condemn" them ; but that if we approve either, our approbation must be given to both I In fact they are equally without excuse ; since "sacramental actions are only good because com manded," and the one is as1 destitute of divine authority as. the other , . , : - In both instances, too, "the necessity of do-, parting from the institution," is pretended and not reals:. No one? surely, will contest this po sition, so far as it refers to the Eucharist in Nor way. And so far as it refers to : immersion in England, we support it by the testimony of two Pcdo-baptists. Dr. Wall ; "Our climatd ia no colder than it was for those thirteen or four, teen hundred years from the beginning of Chris tianity here, to Qneen Elizabeth's time, and not near so cold as ; Muscovy, and some other coun- tries, where they do still dip their children ia baptism, and find no inconvenience, in it. (Hist of Int Bap. vol. 4.) WUsius .'That immersion may be practised in cold - countries without any great danger of health and life, the Muscovite?, prove by their own example; who entirely immerse their infants three times in wa ter, not believing that baptism can otherwise b rightly administered." (Oecon. Foed. I. 4, o. 16.) - ' -' . EXAMINER. ' Alcohol was first invented and used to stain the checks of the ladies of Arabia, nice hundred ItvUu reddest portsu of rs aro. face. -, - ; Baptism of Spirants ' . -: - The correspondent of a; neighboring Presby terian paper says i ' ; -' " . - - : " "The law of Christian baptism is precisely the same with the law of circumcision, and extends to precisely the same servant-members of Chris tian households as did the rite of circumcision. to the family or household of Abraham of the Jews, and of all proselytes to the' Jewish faith ; abat ing only the difference between the genius of the Patriarchal and Jewish" dispensation,' and the Christian, dispensation.' i- ' , - .. y"To illustrate and establish this positon, wa make the following remarks: And here we be speak a patient hearing from all those in particu lar who have not examined this subjects -i.-r .God ws pleased'for wise purposes, an! per haps' not tbe least,, to teach us our duty 'and our responsibility in the! present ' day ; - God- was pleased, J say, to set up his kiagdom or Church apon earth, ia an extensive slave holding family, where the system of slavery was substantially the same with that whieh now exist among tcs. The bond-servants of the family were comprised of those who were born in the house, and those who werebought with money of the stranger. If baptism cams in the room of ciresmcisicn,. then nothing can be more evident tbaa that every : Presbyterian ; ought to , baptize all his servants, young and old. So Abraham did He had on the day he rst administered circumciclca, quite an army of servants, not less than ihrse hundred and eighteen fighting men born ia his hous, -all of whom," together with these he had purebred) he circamcised simply and solely because, they were bra ia his house ajd bcughi with is money. If cur Presbyterian , treiLrea he Abrthaa to - their fatber," they should do tLa deed of Abr&hanz, aad baptise all their slaves, old aad young, wiiLouS regard t? thci? rzcr-l chajracUf. Witt, Jlt I X A t ii 1 ? t -Ii'
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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