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A Call to the UnconTcrted
Stop but for a moment, fellow mortal, And
let us reason together. - You are now.: on the
stream of time gentle, breezes, it may be, are
wafting you smoothly onward, whilst ever and
anon you pass beautiful, flowers and shady
groves that grow upon the!, banks . Sometimes
jou are delighted with the sweet songs of birds, .
and with the aromatic fragrance of flowers waft
ed by gentle zephyrs. And above, the sun
shines so beautiful, and far in the distance
new scenes of enchanting beauty loom up before
you ; and onward you glide -"with - a- bnoyant '
heart and a cbereful countenance.'- Oh how :
beautiful are these things I r How charming to
the. sense ! .; j What a fair prospect ii for a . long'
and prosperous voyage ! - . . -. -;
But let me tell you these things are transito
ry. Dark clouds maysnddenly arise; fierce
winds howl and shriek around you; the storm
lashed waves run high ; tho decp-toned thun
ders roll ; and the livid lightning leap and blaze
and play around your head ! The angry waves
may threaten to engqlf you ; the gaping whirl
pool open to swallow you up ; and the mighty,
rocks stand ready to strand your bark ! AVhat
will you do when these calamities overtake you?
Have you an unerring chart on board,by which'
to direct your course in these dark and stormy
times! Have you a faithful i pQot,.who 1 can
seize the helm and direct your, foundering bark
into some haven of rest, where in . safety : you
can outride the 8tonnl-Jf-.jouhave. laot 'let.
me persuade you to procure them. Woulayou
have the best of charts ? Then take the Bible.
Would you have .the best of pilots? .Then
take 'Jesus Christ. ' '
Now whilst jou have" "a convenient season;"
whilst reason liolds her- place in your mind ;
whilst jou are possessed of health and strength ;
and before the troubles and storms of life over
take you, let me earnestly and affectionately
pray and beseech you to "remejnber your Cre
ator.". . ;. .-. .- -v-; -
Consider how kind God has been to you,' He
has placed you here, in a sphere exactly suited
to your residence. The earth is spread; out
before you. , For you it . is .? diversified with
mountain, bill and dale ; for you the mountains
raise their towering peaks amidst the clouds ;
for you the rivers, flow" through fertile ' plains ;
for you the ocean rolls its waters from "clime to
clime ; for you the. trees puton their livery of -green
; for you the flowers bloom and shed their
fragrance- on the morning air ; for you the dews
distill at night and. sparkle in the morning sun ;
for you the gentle showers descend, and cause
the earth to bring forth herb tree and flower ;
for you the golden harvest bends its bead to the
. sickle ! Oh what kindness ! ; Will you not re- -member
such , a beneficent -Creator, as y this ? .
Will you not let the 'goodness of God lead
you to repentance ?" Oh seek God "while he
may be found ;" and Vcall ye upon .hiui while
he is near."- . - '
' tJut God has done ; still- more than tn c for
you. Your. soul,' withput redemption, -must
forever perish.', Man i was .lost and 'mined in
sin.; There was no eye to pity', and noarm
to save.", It would have been but just jto nave
left him in this deplorable condition 5 but God,
who is rich in mercy,, and whose thoughts are
not as our thoughts, provided a way: for hi3 rer
demption. Oh what a mighty sacrifice it cost,
to redeem poor, sinful man I .'Oh; what, love
moved the maker of heaven and earth to - we.
his only son to die for sinners ! ' 4 What news to 1
a sinrur world: ''God so loved the tword, that
he gave his only begotten son; JLh&t whosoever
helievfeth in him, should not perish ; but have
everlasting lifer V Think howjmuch God loved
this sinful worldthink bow much : Jesus suf
fered, -"to, save yowr BoulOmanj if ypu wUl but,
- receive salvation at his hands ! ti ;
Consider how much Jesus , suffered for you,
oerore you drew, your preatn."v oee tne jua-.
ker of heaven and earth the Lord of ; Lords
wd King of Kings; cradled in a manger ;T see
hiuxdispised and rejected of men ; a man of
sorrow and. acquainted with grief ;" see him in
the garden of Gethse mane, prostrate upon the
cold, damp earth writhing in agony; whilst He
; sweat as it were great drops of blood ;" see him,
jiore nis raise accusers, and penoia mm, mougs
lDDOCPTit fthT)(?amnw1 trt ?m Sf6 the'erowTi r of
thorns, the purple robe, and the knee of deris
': on bowed in mockery before him see him led
1 way to Calvary -bearing bis own cross j? see
wat cross taken from his shoulders, aaid upon
. lfle ground and the sufferer laid upon- it: see
His hands and fast extended, and the nailf driv-
en, one by one through them ; 6ee" the cross is
reared pn.'hfgh ; see the Saviour of sinners hang
ing upon the tree" whilst above the smiles of
His Father's face are bid," and all around ia a
concourse of k ernel enemies, save a' few" faithful
- oiscipiea standing afar off ;" hear Him in deep
aguish of soul exclaim; 'my God I ray ;Aoa
wny cast thou forsaken me ?" Once more near
nm cry It is finished !" apd then see Him
how iZs head and eive up the srbosfc t s Hia body
is now taken down and laid in , the sepulchre,!
ua liomaa cuard t-laced around it Uom-
- c,c .-g tueir fcanLsd spears c.:;.en 1a
t.ir-
-:a tla tlird dzj rclli rc--i,
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and the angels of the Lord comes down, they
are like'so many dead , men.. . Jesus bursts the
bands of jdeath, leads MpUTity captiTfl and rises
from the dead., For forty days he comforts bis
disconsolate disciples,; and . then .from'Mount
Olivet ascends to heaven, there to intercede for
Oh, bow mucb Jesus suffered that poor .wretcbi
ed and unworthy sinners, just such, ,0 ) man, a
you and I.might be saved ! ;. O ! will you seek
such Saviour as this lr Will you bate era-'
cified; risen and ascended, Savour to be youK
believer ?. Methinks it is not in your heart to
refuse f Eveniiow, methinks, your ey w mois
tened with theorising tear j even now your heart
begins to feeleven now you begin to lfall out
with yourself for not seeking this Jesus sooner."
Oh, do not suppress the rising emotions ofy our
heart ; dry not the moistened eyes ; nor restrain
the heaving sigh. Tis Jesus calls: Well you
; hear. his. kind voice ? ; fASon, daughter give me.
tbyTieart ! . 0 what tender' calls ! . "Never
man spoke like this man.?,, O can't you. yield,
now ?; Don't your heart prompt you to pray ?
i"G Jesus, have merey upon a poor sinner 1"
; O begin to pray now.; j To-morrow may be too;
Consider the many calls you have had. How
;many they have been I. Where shall we begin
to reckon them up ? -All day long, through all
your life, to the present moment, God has been
stretching out His hands to you.? He .has sent
His Holy Spirit into the worldK and time after
time it has knocked at the door of your : heart.
. Have you forgotten that night when sleep fled
from you ? Id vain you tried la compose your
self to slumber Your! thoughts in spite of all
your endeavors run upon eternity and the judge
ment to come. You thought of the solemn
hour of death, when weeping friends and kin
dred must bid the last,? long farewell, and your
soul stand before, the, , Judge of all the earth.
You thought of all the sins you had ever com
mitted Oh what a "miserable nteht ! ' That
night you resolved to seek the Lord that night
you attend a prayer to heaven. ' It was the Ho
ly Spirit calling you to repentance. But alas !
with returning day you forget all your prom
ises and resolves, and still you are not saved.
' 1 And then the providences' of God have ' so
often called you to repentance.'" Do you re
member that time when; sickness laid its hand
upon you ? You were laid low upon the couch
of affliction. Almost you stood face , to face
with death. u How cold and dark; and 'dreary
did the grave look" then ! ' Have you forgotten
the promises you mads to God in that hour of
anguish ? You promised if He would but raise
you up to life again that you would serve Him.
1 our: life was spared. . But alas .f with return
ing health you forgot all your promises. And
now; God is not in all ydur' thoughts. -; "
Have you forgotten the time when that loved
ona wa ta ten from you? . Have VOU faraatt&n.
toe aay wnen you stood around tne open grave :
The coffin was brought--the last farewell look
at the now cold face was taken the coffin was
lowered to its final resting place the cold sods
of the valley were thrown in ! Oh the cold,
cnuiing, snuaaenng sound as tney ieu upon toe
hollow wood ! O don't it still ring in t your
ears ? It was a, call to you from the very bow
els of the earth J , Have you forgotten the risrog
sigh, the heaving bospm, and the t warm . tears -
that fell from your eyes on that .grave r All
these were calls to you, to seek the Lord." And
still you are not saved. ' , '
The people of God have called you from
time to time to repentance ; tiow affectionately
they have wept over you,! How earnestly they
have wrestled in prayer for you ! Their prayers
and sighs and heart yearnings - for ; you f have
gone up ta heaven time after time, and are
there registered against you. And if you ? die
unconverted, will sink you deeper in hell ! .. .
And than the Minister's of Jesus have come
to you time after time and earnestly called you
to repentance. AThey have4 bU adieu to the
honors and wealth of earth j severed the tender
ties that bound them tahome and friends and
kindred and gone forth amidst gain-sayings and
' Oh how earnestly have they warned you to
flee from the wrath tfrf come ! Alm6st,4 if 1
may so speak, they' have drawn aside the vail and
introduced you to the miseries of the damned
Almost yon have seen the vrrithings of the lost
amidst the flames of Jehovah's wrath-ralmpst
you-have seen .the lurid lightnings playing
amidst the awful thundering pf ( eternal , ruin
almost you have heard the f claukings of this
chains with which the damned spirits are bound
almost vou have heard the . deep-toned wo
is me," wo is me, echo and re-ecno mrougu
thtf 4rearv caverns of v the dark damnation !
f And still ydu are not paved: V ; ' - -
a. On the other band, now earnestly ana auec
tionately have they persuaded you ; to come to
Christ. Almost' they hayei taken aside the cur-
. tain, and introduced you to the joys of heaven.
Almost vou have seen the- regions of eternal
I bliss and joy almost you have seen, the spirits ,
of the just made perfect almost you nave seen
the robes of spotless white they wear; almost
you have" seen the palms of victory they bear ;
almost you na7e seen toe crowns 01 giory.wuu,
which5 they are crowned X almost you nave seen
I the'river of life in which", they bathe" j almost
you nave seen me rcOj U jo, uvt Mmu :
have heard" the loud hallelujah to , the lamb
forever and ever'? And still you are not sav
ed.' -'Once more consider the fearful condition
in
which you this moment stand,- The . Biblo
ha, that believeth: not is coniemned al-;
ready.' "Already damned Snap but the brit-.
says
7 tie thread of life, and your soul must maze me
awful plunge. 5. DownVdown, .striking s from
'rock to rock, until it lands n the 'firey galph
below ; whilst lhe cry of u I'm lost, ,l Iost'
wiU echo from rock to rock;, ahd from precipice:
to precipiceVbut not in mercy V ear'IThelre
in that awfuf lake' to' burn for -millions and miR
'lions of ages ; whilst the smoke of your torment
will rise up forever and erer,1 and on each black
1 curl . methinks will be written in letters of fla
iming fire, forever damned UV-.;And:now I
-add onemore all - to all youthave had.JOb,?
Met ma earnestly pray you to turn now and seek
the' Lord. - Don't wait for. to-corrow's sun, it
: may rise upon your corpse 1 Don't ; put . off
-your return for, a' moment! There is danger
f11 aronnd vou. ' Rise and fly. for your life 1
Death is close at jour heels ! the grave U ready
;to swallow you up ! ' ;0 don't tarry; one Tour
fall raav be over an! your diimtioa !
all rsay.be ov
Cc ne-co now.
"Nc-7 13 tl2 tc::-tel
Now the Father calls; now Jesus says, coma :.
nsw the" Holy Spirit woos ; now, the people of
God are ready to - receive you ; now angels are
waitingo say, V Behold, he prayeth" now
devils ro trembling lest you beed mercy's call!
O canH you begin now ? Can't yon, let go the
earth &ow? Can't you pray now ? sO for
God's sake begin now ; for your Redeemer'
sake,' begin now , By. all. you, hold .saored in
time or eternity, let me pray: you to begin now I
Cast yourself upon the. m ercy of jGod, go. to
Him in Jesus' name,fesolvo never togiye up !,
O may th God of heaven and earth 1 for Jesus'
sake help you to 'come ! Alay He draw youf j
by the influence of His Holy Spirit f AndOj
may you; and I at last meet in heaven, is my
bumble prayer;?' 'Tos. LanspellI "
3 Scuppernong, Jan., 1855. ' ' ". ' "
For the Recorder.
Wakk Forest Coliboe, N C, ) .
- Euzellan Kail, Feb, 3d, 1856. : :
- S ?
Whereas, In the inscrutable dispensations of
a Wise Providence, it has seemed good in his ,
sight to close the earthly career of one who was ;
knitted to us by all ' the ties of 'membership :
whose active ' loyalty and 1 amiable character
ranked him rainon the Society's best and' no-4
blest sons, whose kindly ways and genial heart
won for him, whithersoever1 be went, friends,
whose love was passing that of the world. " .
Thereore Resolved, That in the death of Dr.
W T. M.. Outlaw, we have sustained as loss
which fills us with sorfow'and that, with his
afflicted relatives and friends, we most unre
servedly sympathize. . ,
. Resolved That, as one of the founders of our
Society, whose youthful energies were consecra
ted to advancement whose ' after life has been
marked byan affectionate interest in our wel
fare and whose character And attainments thed
a lustre upon our body, his name is invested
with a peculiar interest to us and that we cher
ish hia memory .with brotherly devotion.
: jRettolvedt ihati as a man, he walked blame
less a gentleman and; a . christian, seeking no
man's hurt, living for eternity. w' r,
Resolved, That we enter upon our records a
testimonial of our grief. . ,
Resolved, Ih&t . we send these Resolutions to
the' Biblical Recorder, and request the Spirit of
the Age, Raleigh' Register and Tennessee Bap-
fief rt . rfKvr -
' - A: J. Emersox,
1 t J. D. BocsHALt, y Com.
'l - KC. Brother
The Law .of Forgireness,
Our Savior has taught us Ho pray "For
give us our debts as we forgive our debtors ;"
and he added this significant comment, " For if
ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will
1 1 core u lj- Fat hoy Wctw yomr- i cepaa.'TOo5 J.
Math. 6 : 12, 14, 15. There is not a precept
in the Bible which run3 more .strongly against
the depraved disposition of men, than this ; and,
therefore there can bono clearer evidence of
piety, than the cheerful readiness to forgive in
juries. This subject is one" of the greatest
practical importance, not only because of its
intimate connection with the peaco and the
growth of the church, but because an unfor
giving disposition excludes U3 from a throne of
grace ; and if there be piety in the heart where
it is tolerated, it withers at hs touch.
There are two classes of cases to which the
law of forgiveness extends. 1 1. There are ca
ses in which persons designedly injure others,
and when remonstrated with, make no acknowl
edgements, profess no repentance, but perhaps
add injury to injury. We are not required to
place the same confidence i in such persons as
in others, nor to feel the same complacency to
wards them; for to do so would be impossible
and even wrong,"- But we are forbidden to en
tertain towards - them vindictive feelings', or to
indulge a disposition to do them injury, by word
Or deed.. Nay more we are required to che
rish; towards them feelings of benevolence, and,
as opportunity joffers, to do them good-. But
I say unto you, love jour : enemies, bless them
that curse you, do good Ho them that hate you,
and; pray ; for them wh ich despitefullyuse you,
and, persecute you ; that ye may be too children
of your Father in heaven." Such is the teach
ing of our Saviour ; and when hanging on the
cross he gave' a most affecting illustration of it. "
Father, forgive them," he prayed for his cm-
. cifiors, "for they know not what : they do."-
The same heaven born spiritwas manifested by ;
Stephen, as the enraged Jews were stoning him
to death ; ",.And he kneeled down and cried,
wita a loud voice. Lord, Jay not this sin to
thy charge.'? i Phu!. inculcates the same spirit '.
4 ' Dearly beioved, avenge not yourselves, but,
1 rather give place umowrath; ior it js written!
; Vengeance is mine'; I will repay,, saith the '
" Lord. .Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed
? him ; if he thirst, give V him drink." He who
undertakes to avenge1 himself, impiously steps
into: the place of God,' and forfeits the Divine
I protection; it Watch yourxspirit and ! your lan
guage, Christian j , with regard te those ;: who
have injured you, and who refuse to make any
reparation.- Do not inflict on yourself a great
er inj ttrvy, because they i have wronged ? joq.-J
Forgive ; return good for evil."' p i
2. J1 here are cases in l which persons! injure
others ; but on calm . reflection, or when reas-;
oned with, confess theirein, and profess re-.
pentance. 1 In such cases, the gospel requires a
-hearty forgiveness, and that the -f offender be
nenceiorta treated as a iriena, ana 11 ne oe a
vnrisuau, as a Droiuer. m vv nen voa rorgives a
.penitent sinner, he receives hini; jntd favor ;'
,and the "apostle Paul says Even as Christ"
"forgave you soalso do ye.':' Even though 'a'
brother may have offended repea ledly, still on
4 his profession of his repentance, ho must bo for-'
?given. On a certain occasion Peter asked Je
' 8us, V How oft shall my brother sin ; against .
' me, and I forgive, him ? seven times Jesus
'saith unto him, i say not unto thei nntil seven
times, but until seventy times seven.".- And ,
-then he spake a' parable mostslrcngly cnfojpjng
the duty of forgiveness, if we expect forgiveness .
of God. Read it in Matt. 18: 34. . We some-"
times hear persons Bay, 4 y'euk'forgivetbnt
fT cannot forget? ' 'Doubtless they deceive
theicselres. ' ' If such langua means anythirlgi
'it mcina that while professing to forgivethey
retain, unkind ' feelings, towards the v oHeoding '
' brother. They really do not forgive at all.'
The la:r cf f jrivcness reaires ts-to go. still
farther. If a lrctl:r Lave ipjured-rs, wo are
required to go to.him alone, and tell him 'of
bis fault, and try' to bring him' to repentance.
" Moreover if thy brother trespass againsf thee
go and jell him and his 'fault ; between tEcqf; and
him aloneY If he shall hear : thee,-" thou;:hast
gained thy brother. But if he wul not 'hear1
thee; then take with' thee'one or two more, that
in the mouth of. two or -three witnesses every1
.word may Je established! a If at any fetage of
this, process, th e brother ; profess ' repentance j
we must cordially, forgiye.him. t It is not on-;
til the: threa meaos here prescribed have failed, ,
that we can treat him otherwise than as a broth-,
er. .' And eren then he must be forgiven in the
sense "just explained., 'jThat is we are. to chei-''
ish towards! him feelings of benevolence, and,
as opportunity offers, ao him good. - ?
Christian reader, the honor of religion, the ;
peace and prosperity of the church, as well as
your own spiritual interests, require that these
directions of our Saviour be sacredly observed. .
If professing Christians were accustomed to re
gard tbem,nioe out of every ten cases of difli
culty betwepn members of the church would be
; f rivately and kindly settled ; and many church
es that are withering and dying under the purse
of such difficulties, would prosper The'gospel
law is uumqiiug 10 lue prouu uean, uut muso
vho will not submit to it cheerfullyought not
to call themselves Christians. Pr5yferia of
the West.
" Final PcrseTcrance. j ;
'The difliculties which beset the doctrine
which denies the Perseverance of Saints, are
certainly of the most formidable character.' "As
one has well observed. Let us try to conceive
that a man hould be a child of God to-day,
and a child of bell to-morrow. That his name
should be written iu the book of life this week,
and blottedi out the next ; then, re-written, and
again expunged, till the scarred page, it may be,
13 blurred from top to bottom, looks in the
highest degree improbable, i That a man should
by faith be incorporated into the body of Christ
as a living member, and then . be wholly ; and
incurably cut off, exceeds all bounds of reason
able belief. p-Christ, the Head, will not , suffer
bis own limbs to be torn from him, and his
mystical body to be maimed, sacred, mangled,
and curtailed of its fair proportions, to all eter
nity. Thajt the Devil should be able to pluck
one of Chhsts own sheep out of his nands and
thus insult and rob, and triumph over the
Great Shepherd, is an abhorrent thought. That
angels should rejoice over a penitent, who shall
yet deeply disappoint and mortify; them by his
apostacy, is to paint them in a very precarious
heaven. . . -K' ,. . . "
Such suppositions are inadmissable. YVhile
we know that a sincere child of God may be
surprised and overcome by temptation, and fall
far and foully from grace received, we cannot
rteTlerg"lPaXjugoray run auaxij uua wwij; rt
a professor Of the highest character,' and most
saint-like seeming were to" become an ' open
opostate, it could not prove that he had fallen
from grace, but only that he had never had any
true grace to fall from.. No matter how loud
and positive his assertions and professions may
have been, it is comparably more reasonable,
to believe that he was utterly deceived as to his
spiritual estate, than to suffer . his example to
make us think meanly of God's work of grace
in the soul, or lower our estimate of the suffi
ciency of the promises and faithfulness of the
Most High. Christian Advocate. ' i
The Title Pilate Wrote.
There hangs the bleeding, dying . Saviour !
According to custom, a title, or an inscription
is to hang up over the sufferer, to announce
the crime for which he suffars." And Pilate i3
to write it. ' ! " ' ! '
He was in a fit state of mind to write j some
thing. He never seized the pen more prompt-"
ly and earnestly than now. ' The malicious and
impetuous Jews had urged him on to- a crime
at whicl? his own sense of justice revolted. He
had been overborne by their clamor, and gave .
up Jesus to die, and he was now smarting un
der a 8ernse of the wrong he had done ; " and
this self-reproaclTwas mingled with the deep
est contempt of, and hatred towards, those who
had urged him to do the deed. ' 1
Yes, he will drive the pen ; but it' shall be
dipped in the gall of bis own bate for the Jews.
He'll write a Title. His turn. has ceme In
r letters of fire shall they find it ; fire to inflame
them with indignation and nil them with shame.
He takes the pen. "Who knows waat he will
write?1- And; if he follows thenbwbittsr ex
citement of his mind, what will he' write ?' "' ' '
, . The pen moves, and the words appear,' "Je-:
' bus of Nazaretb.V. Thus far, no objections The
Jew has nothing to say. -jBut tbe pen:; ;mbves
on. llje heart, stung with self-reproach, jwilt5
' now sting its seducers. Pilate will finish that
sentence. , , He. will give a poisoned point to the;
- before harmless arrow. A' .The smitten is now -
the smiter ; ahoVthe pen moves : "(The King of
the Jews-" j Never gleamed there ' on Jewish
eyes words to awaken sucht burning scorn ' and
indignation he- writeri Pilate meant the
arrow should not miss' its mark And it ' did
not. It was as if Pilate had said, "YesV there
is your Kingthat; poorj forsaken, : bleeding,
j'dyipg ; malefactor he .-is your King worthy
King for such a contemptible peoples o v:.
c -That be has not failed of bis purpose to make
I tho inscription an occasion of eontempt to wthe
Jews, is seen in the fact, that at once the (Jhief
Priests of the" Jews raised their "yoices 'against
suoh' an : inscription saying t to " thet writer,'
Write not; the King of the Jews, but that; he '
said,' i am King of the Jews ,, 5 But not a word
- will be alter not a letter. Vacillation' is over
Iwith Pilate. --Now his-will is iron. Exulting,-'
.beyond question, that 'he -J could 'thus ' avenge
4 himself, be will not touch aj wdrdt lit is just
the tbing tq pour contempt upon the hated ; na
i tion. :.."Vbat I hayef written nave -written,,
Js arespftnso that shows .the. adamantine pur-;
pose of the. Roman Governor. :'. ;
; To folate there was no troth ja' thalias'crip;
vtion he wrote.',; Jt was the last of hia thoughts,!
"thatTthere hung the King of the 1" Jews." Yet
never leaped there -from human pen a more
precious' and glorious truth." He wrote in bit-"
tcr and malicious irony and sarcasm ; yet gate
he forth a' doctrine in which all heaven rejoices; 1
and in which all earth shall yet harmonize with
.heaven.,; - J -
'I Pilate writes t.:vcr; moved human' pea
J "more freely. ? Ju:i vLit the Roman Governor;
chose, he wrote. But was he not the .penman
of Infinite. Wisdom ? In; executing his , own
spite and contempt for the Jews, did he not ex
ecuie tne purpose 01 uod's external pro viaencer ,
Let him write! Write it in three lan2uaees'-
scribe of thine own wicked heart, yet scribe of
the Infinite ! but in the wisdom of tne Most
High shalt thou write it. ' Set it high upon the
Cross ; and God himself shall tft , itlhigher..
or ail the world shaUread' lts'andall thec
world shall thus be i taught ; that the invisible
lieing moves, at bii will, the complicated web
of human affairs, and never fails; to : make-; the
wrath of man: to , praise him. Puritan Rt-:
coraer. . 1.
... . - 4 " -:: -
. From the American . Messenger, I
. T The First Frijer In .the Fanlly.li '
On the' banks of jH resided an interest-.
ing family consisting of father and mother, two
sons, and three pughters li Was;a beautifuI
spot ; '' the mansion was spacious. and elegant ;
the grounds around it were ample and tasteful
ly laid out. "Every thing without was enchant-,
ing,' every thing within. was pleasant. . u ,
xne cuurcn in inai piace was visiieo. viia an
extensive work of I grace, in the progress of
which there is reason to believe that not less
than two hundred -were added to the Lord.
After the work had commenced, the two eldest1
daughters, who! had been hopefully converted at
a boarding-school a . ..;few -years before,;, were
much exercised in mind about their parents, es
pecially their father. He was a sedate man,r
had been brought up in Xew England, but had
given ' his whole heart to the world. , Being in
easy circumstances,; he had leisure for reflect
tion. His daughters Were affected to think
that there was ho family altar in that house.'
They 'conversed and prayed together on the
subject.-- i f y U-f' r-s: ix- ;v 5 v"
One evening, aa the " familjr were gathered
around a cheerful j fire,, they expressed their
feelings, and proposed to their father to set up
family prayer, j , He was taken by surprbe, but
gave bis consent. One X of them, immediately
opened the large Bible and read a-chapter, the
other led in prayer ; it was a - solemn time.--This
was the first prayer offered in the family.
The effect was great. " There was but little
sleep in' that house that night. The father" was
powerfully awakened ; for several days he was
borne down with a sense of his sins ; pe was at
length brought to the feet of Jesus.; Salvation
came to that house.) ' Several f th family were
hopefully brought to a saving knowledge of the,
truth. Great results were connected with that
first prayer in the family.- ; How.interesting .
when children -become instruments of good to
their parents. Here is encouragement for all tq
be faithful. We are told that " he which con-,
verteth a sinner from the. error of bis way, shall
save a soul from death, and shall hide a multi-
tuue vr cms." -j- rr;: -" " zf.
IT
Wicliff the Bible. '
Fuller in his Church History of Britain,
tells how the bones of Wicliff wore burnt to
ashes, and then cast into the Swift, a neigh
boring - brook, running hard by. Thus ;lbis
brook," he continues, " has conveyed his ash
es into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into
the narrow seas, and they into the main ocean ; :
thus the ashes of Wicliff are an emblem of this
doctrine which , is nowlispersed all the world
over . " This striking remark Wordsworth ; has
finely embalmed : j j ' ' : v . ..' :
Once more the Church is seized with sudden feary"
And at her call is Wichfi disinhumed; ... , . 1?;
Yea, his dry bones to ashes are consumed, . j..
AnH flung into the brook that travels hear, : ! f .
Forthwith the ancient voice which streams can hear,
Thus speaks, (that voice which walks upon the wind,
Though seldom heard by busy human kind,) t; 1
f As thou these ashes, little brook, will bear, ; U 1
Into the Avon, Avon to the tide . ' ..i--
Of Severn, Severn to lhe narrow seas, ' ' T?
Into the main ocean they,-that deed accurst
An emblem yields to friends and enemies ' : ' v
1 How the bold teacher's doctrine, sanctified . h g
. By truth," shall spread throughout the world- dis
, - -persed."' - - ; .
In allusion to the above extract from Fuller,
one remarks :, 1 will I not call it conceit.; it ps
one of the grandest conceptions I ever met
with. One feels the ashes of -Wicliff eUdins
away out of the reach of Summers, commissa-i
ries, officials, proctors, doctors, and all the pud
dering rout of the executioners of the impotent
rage of the bafiled council into the main ocean,
where they becamo.ani emblem of the doctrine
dispersed all the world over.? . . , - H ' -
. , ) - m jj Word prevail , . ; ' .
, O! let thy Word prevail to take away s -f ; 1
The 8 ting of human nature. ) Spread the Jaw.--: m ,
f As itis written in thy IJoly Book,-,,.
Throughout all land i let every nation hear " r
' The high behest, and every heart obey. ' "
t ; 1 1 t-lr-'Ji -; :i Wobdswokth.-
From flie' Mothers Assistant
' : 'Now orSeTer.M
BY REV. WM. U. TUATER'
: f, No w or . never ,17, exclaimed n old divine
as he was discoursing with a mother about her
. fractious boy. j There was a weight of meaning
in the. words; , HisHeea glance, saw the spirit
of the unconquered -youth, and he trembled for.
. his 'welfare.' He felt that bis stubborn will must
be 1 Subdued without : the fdeaj of single
' moment. v' The crisis in history had come.' ! The
"turning point of character was reached.A'nothef
dayand his destiny might be Sealed.'- Unsub-f
"dued to fday-j-and hia haughty spirit -might
aei ail ' resiraiub in iuiure.u-,oureiy me sagei
adviser w correci mere was no ume w lose
,--it was "now or, ne verj: j r.-t K ' W0.
Au i excellent' writer ( says,, "You may jbeno!
the aappling, butIyout.caxwoilend-...th4 ,oak-
. You may mould the clay, but you cannot mould;
the "pottery. "Your seed will germinate if cast
. .t .-! 1 ;: ' 1... ?n '.a
into ine geuiai tap ,01 ennug, ,uut 11, wui get
.no sustenance, irom uie ruttuj(uwwm 01 , vin-2
ter." If there be" a is period in ;the growth
.1 .! " II.. .... i . t . ' :
; 01 tne sapung,:; a iavorawe uue 01 puaney in
Hhe tnoistened tslayand a season specially ad
apted to the sowing 'of teed, . then there is a
time more spacious than all ouxcra for. moulding
.' and deciding r.ihe character, n At : the present.
iinoinent we may have reached it. ;-The . scales
may be about to turn. The weight of a feather
may .send up, the beam. .A single correction,"
'one word of authority, ona thoroughly executed
cencsnd, n3y set tbs sed- cf :ur:-U:cd virtue
upon the soiL .The saving act must be perfonn
ed, "now or never - ? - 3 . - - "
X Parents profess to believe' lhi$ truth, and yet
us
endeavour to revolve it - as
r a matter of great
practical importance,
, ffVfm. - m m mm m .
;-Do you eve think, children, how great a- "
T blessing it is to live in a civilized land, among;
I Christian people? When you Took out upon
itne nne roaa wmcn passes your door, haveyouv.
(ever thought what it would be to live far away ..
; in a Western forest, with 'nothing but' an la- :
'dian trail through the dense woods .? '-t
I have beetf reading several letters from mi3 .
1 sionarieslamong the j North-western ; Indians,,
j and have thought; you , would be interested in ': '
I hearing something, :-;ef Cthe children -of ona of ,
1 their families. I have seen some of the older, .
children, about whom 1 am trtnntr tn tflll xrnn ;
and have for many years .been, , acquainted with.. .A
their parents " u 1 ' , . .
,1 When these people first went among the In- :
dilns to instruct them in thfiarfa ftfriviliratirtn
and to preach to thlm salvation through Christ,' ' . -
it required three months to go from Cleveland; s:
Ohio, to their forest home. They experienced '
many hardships on their journey. Sometimes r
they traveled in one way, sometimes in anoth-f
times when the ground was so marshy that they ; ,
sunk Tjip to their boot-tops. j The ladies "par- '"'
ticularly, found it exceedingly ?wearisome.to
puroue meir way mouga au luese oiacuiues, .
far ' thv haS rMn'tiTia.ftftnBfftmwl t.A firTt liar?- rk- -
that they might teach-the heathen about Jesus. - '
4us imuua iiuuugu nuwu iucj juuojcu were
" infested, with mosquitoes, which . added greatly $
to their sufferings. . I heard a. rentleman who-?
had traveled over this' route, say that he was so - "
troubled by them, that one day he hid himself r v
under a canoe' toescape from" them, but even
there they found "bim and made him very un-.
comfortable. " Little Susan .as carried in the
aras of' ber friends much of the way. SheV
wrta hrftf (wtan hfi.ilA tin.hrmTisl: 'anil-Mil r
. f. . W. w WV w J y w V m V w W.U VMM VW W.MV. f , W
but these annoying insects, notwithstanding all 1 ;
that could be done to keep them off so stung V, r
Ka tiftiw fvaa nYAfAiml tirif Ti ViTAr4 : . .
Uvi - iiuah uvi 4uaa, na vavvwivu fiifcu utvvu
i 'About a year ago Susan's mother died.S She
was from home, at a British settlement, where
she had been taken to eonsult a physician.
When it was found she could live only, a short 4
time j a friend; was; sent . for the children, as
their! mother .was exceedingly anxious to seevj -
them once more before shej. died. -But the i"
journey w-s -e lonig 'that she did not live till '4 "
they arrived. t , I" r
c i-vuii.. w-.tt.: via Jilji ' !it.jf-
ther went to meet themlj His heart overflowed ' M
refrain from tears. -.They feltfat onco that they ;r"
should nevei again- hear their mother's voice.
vi 'O.u .ab Avxuig iu ivio ujMU IUcUIj"11 s
They too wept. Their father's i first ? words to
them were. tk Your dean mother is in heaven Mi
Soon they inquired, If we are good children, vi,'
and love ....Gody shall we go to heaven and. see v '
mama ?'4 It was a great consolation to 4 them 1 ; v
to be assured that, If they were . good, they ;
would bo separated from her only for a short "
time,- and would then live with her forever. ' '
The poof children had almost perished "with"
cold in crossing the plains," before their fa-
ther met them. The ground was covered with- v
. r i ii. it ; L - . .'i . . j
j . ; , . ( .. ,
. - The children 'remained among th eir, ne w
friends at the settlement tillisorinff. and: then
win. w will, iiih WMSi nnr uiuh .iu .rum - - . ... . : . " -
their father started with them, to come-to the ,
States. For a. few 'days .they, were tble- to', t
travel with a horse and sled Then they chang V
ed their mode of conveyance and for several ;-, t
days the children and the baggage were drawn ..s
WJ wWq. . Wg. w. W MW A4w IUm 4 f J 1,
the country in the winter: Thev are harnessed A'-
fore another. ; A i dog train is an 1 oak ; board,'
three eights of an inch thick, ! twelve or fifteen f
' inches wide, and ten or ; twelve feet long."1 It
is bent up in front, so as to run easily over logs
la eevjurcu uv veuig urwiy labuvu. r. i - cmi- -.'
:dren iWefastenebV ,bn intthis jway. , .They
found it Jvery fatiguing to be confined rin'one':
position , besides, the path being rough, the (-.
- 1 1 niii.i utijt'u Lunieu 11 r: . aitu lukv wkth. iiniwn .
in th& tsnnvr. Thflir fathpr' Iravplisfl nn fnnf
duu nos - cm gvubuiuuj . wuoj, cuuiiiug iroux
; one train to another to see that they were right
side up; and to place 'them so when they were
' not.' They often suffered with cold while cros
sing those large plains where the winds have so
1
free, attd? Wide awf weep; and: frequently were
- obliged to continue their journey in the -night, 'f- X
in order to find wood with which to kindle a :
' After our tsavelers dispensed with .'the dog
train," they embarked in a bark-canoe.' From ,
that they changed to a row-boat, such as many
of you have often seen ; ;'then a wagon ; after
f ward - to a (steamboat y and ' last of all, to rail-;;
road.i?sThev wire abont r threa month tnaVinrrV
; the journey, owing to various detentions from dif- -1. :
; causeav.; sAt Tone time : they - were obliged i to
wait for the opening of navigation ; at another ;
Bome4oftthe .family were too jilt? proceed ca... 'i
Z their way. r-,',' -; ,t
Thaye often thought 'of these, children, and
the privations to - which they have been subiec-
f ted; because of f the devotion of,, their parents .
'to a. missionary"' life. I trust Godwill bless .
them and prepare; them 'for His ' ertice oa1
earth,1 and a happy eternity in heaven. ' 4'
.sionaiies, but there is enough for every one to
do iwbd has : a heart to do ' good. -' Sometimes
people think they would like to go to the heath-;- -enjtwhen.they.;
feel little inclination to benefit
those about them, j, The poor; as our Saviour u
said, we have, with ns always, and whensoever !
Wjb will, wetmaytdo, them good.! .Vre can do, -:
much for the comfort ; and ; happiness . of those
immediately about us, and itbouM ever tjrd r '
;US pleasure to do 'so. ; " t ' ' ;i
-even children are exposed ia cncivill::i c:-a-' -tries,
it should-make ns more pfatcfjl for tLi! -
vcommtm blessingsribf ,lif3 which we crjej. '
They are many : of then to coc:atl:t tr3-
.fcrget to tlzi Oci for,tbo2, r-!::', by ,tc:r k
deprived ,cf tl:n i for a t; e, rs cr3 t-- '.t
tLeir true
v-I-;. . In a scasca ct c:
learn to
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