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If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their pa-1 pers from the office to which they are directed, they, are held responsible until they have settled their bill, -"and order their paper discontinued. ;.'-,. 4. If subscribers remove to othrr places without: informing the publisher, and the ft per is sent to the former direction, they are held responsible. . r '; . ! 5. The courts have decided that refusing to take a , 'paper or periodical from' the office, or removing and 1 leaving it uncalled- for, is prima facie evidence of intentional fraud. . - ; . 1; ; ; .. For the Recor Jer. . Notes Upon the Mode of Baptism. - NUMBER THREE. ' - 1 ( Continued.) - We shall now proceed to show that, bad oar Saviour used the English word dip, ; Pedobap- . tists would have ; used identically, the, name ar guments that.are now used . to prove that Bap tbo means zuj application of water, to sprink- . fe, &C. ' f .' '. . ;' ; " . ' ; . -' They often say to us, 44 show them dip o. t immerse in the Ncw.Testament, and they will be with us.' Neither sprinkle, pour, or im merse, is to be found in the New Testament where the ordinance of baptism is to be found. In its proper place, wo shall show why this is the case. , '''; -.' ' .4" X:'-"'"' Oar position is this, had oar Saviour spo ken the English language, and used the Eng lish, word fjj, Pedobaptists - would have - used ' .. 1 . 1 A X 1 ioe vcrj sauio arguuieuia mat tuey now uo in ; reference to Baptizo yet every : body' knows that dip no more signifies to sprinkla than it does to fly. - Baptizo is defined in the Isxieons to mean to dip, immerse, to plunge, to wash, to', purify, &c, and one oat of twelve, as quohd by. Rev. J. L. Chapman, a Methodist, on Baptism, gives ictl as a meaning of Baptizo. It is argued that as baptizo is s lid to mean i to purify, to wet, &e., that it may therefore mean to sprinkle, as an article may be wet by snrinklin?. Now let us aDDlv this mode of icaauumg vu ut, wu beu wuu uju i uouiw will be. Webster, the highest English authority, gives the following definition. to the word dip, to plunge or immerse, to put into a fluid aud .withdraw. To , engage, to take concern, to , mortgage, to moisten to wet . From which it U W W ' . - - - will be soen that Pedobap tists would have said, Dip cannot always mean to put under water, for Webster says it means also to moisten or wet Therefore it means to sprinkle or pour as an - article can be moistened or wet by sprinkling or pouring. Again it is said Baptizo in its ec clesiastical tense, means to purify, which may be done by sprinkling, therefore it means to spriukh.. ? - . , v v . . ' - Had clip been the word used by the Saviour, ' it would have been said, dip in its ecclesiastical tense means to purify, and therefore may mean to sprinkle.1 Again, it is said baptizo is ap plied to a partial dipping or immersion; and; thereforo does not always mean a total immer sion. :' ; ' T . ' '. Had dip been the word used, it would be said, dip does not aiway? mean a total immer sion, for it is applied to a partial dippiug, as 4 dip the finger," 44 dip the pen in ink,' &0. It may therefore mean to sprinkle. Hcre .it is ; evident the reasoning would, bo the same, had . our Saviour used the English word dip. A gain we would be told , dip does not al ways mean a total immersion, ;for we say of a mineral vein, it dipt, of studious or learned men they dip in books, in science &e; of the com -'pass, the needle dips. All this and much more would be E&id to prove that Vtp does not al ways mean '..a '" total immersion, and therefore means to sprinkle ! .- -'''' - - ' . - - Again, it is said ' Baptizo is from Bpto to dip and to" dye, as dyeing can be effected by pouring the coloring fluid upon- an article, it . may mean to.pour, SiC'Ji:!:: -f'S-h 'f ' Now let us subject dip to the same reason ing. Women, who .follow dyeing, frequently call dyeing dipping. .They frequently eay to each other, . have you dipped tbat is dyed) your cloth yet." - Had dip been the word need by our Saviour, Pedobaptists would say, -pip means to dye, and as dying may be done by pouring the fluid on, therefore dip means, or may' mean to spriukle. We find in Pendleton V Three Reasons," the - following appropriate remarks upon this sub ject. All English dictionaries give immerse, or its equivalent as the . ordinary meaning of dip. It would, therefore, be very unreasonable to deny that dip ordinarily means to immerse. Greek; lexicons give immerse as the ordinary meaning o baptizo. . Is it not, then just as : reasonable . to deny that baptizo ordinarily means immerse, as it would be to deny that ; dip has thb signification ? ? Indeed, ther3 b no argument employed by Pedobaptists to divest loplizo of its usual meaning, which may not be plausibly employed to divest dip of its or dinary import. The truth is, though dip is a .definite and specific term, baptizo is more so. t We speak of 44 the dip of the magnetic needle," and 44 the dip of a stratum in geology. Pope speaks of 4', dipping into a volume of history." And in some places there is a practice which ' the ladies call 44 ptB JittfJf." If Pedobap- - tists could find baptizo used in such connec- ons there would be rejoicing from Dan to Beersheba." p. 89. : . . - Milton would te quoted to prove that dip does not always mean an immersion. He says, A cold shuddering due dps me all o'er." . It would be said the idea of immersion is ex cluded here. Had our Saviour and the Apos-t-3 cs:d the English" word dip, as I the Scrip. t:r:3 re-i r3 LIIcts: "He that telieveih s dipping in Eanan, &cj " And they went' down into the water, both Philip and the Eu nach, and bd dipped him, &c," It would be . said, dip doe? not always mean a total imraer ion, it is used under circumstances that forbids the idea of immersion. We should bear much about the 44 dip of the ' needle V44 dipping in history" 4 a! cold shuddering dub dips me all; . oVn'&c. "Mm-mx, -)fyM "- Rev. R. Watson, in his. tract on Baptism, published by Ihe Conference, would have said, ! I44 If the Eunach was dipped, ' Philip ; was ? also '' dipped, for notching is said of one that is not said of the other.",, vitiY?-:-ife To show how. easily Pedobaptists could make : frp,j)lunge or, immerse mean sprinkle or pour, . we will introduce some . testimony from - their j standard writers. ,t YVe ' will begin with Dr. ThosI O. Summers.' On p. 9SJ in his book on ; : Baptism, be says, 44 The derivative baptizo may ' have primarily meant lb dip ; but; ai things were frequently dipped to bo washed and puri- IS - J . J.-l . . f . 1 .1 1 .. . . ueu, mu term reauuy acquireu mis lauer mean- ins. Such reasoning as this, would make din; plunge, or immerse, mean tprinkleov pour All who are acquainted with "the English lan guage, know that they mean no such thing. ' If the reasoning of Dr. Summers be' correct; these words man, what every English scholar knows they do not mean! V J r Again, the Dr. says, 44 Suppose the word . Bapto originally meant to dip, ihow easily would it take the meaning of te, colur, stain, imbue, from. the fact that articles were usually dyed by dipping, or saturating them in a coloring fluid." 4-.?7v.;.. . z,. i . : Let us apply this reasoning to dip. 44 Sup pose dip originally meant a total immersion, how easily would it take the meaning of die, color, stain, imbue from the fact that articles were usually dyed by dipping." Had our Sa viour usedthe word dip, Pedobaptists would 'have put it to the rack, until they would get it -to mean sprinkle or poar! And that too by the same reasoning that they try to make Baptizo ; mean to sprinkle or pour. " ' ; Rev. Leo Rosscr, A. Mf of the V- C. says, ! " But admitting (which wo do not) that in its original primitive classic use, (baptizo) meant to immerse, even then the meaning of the word ! in its scriptural senso Is to be divided from new evidence, the new facts, new circumstances con nected with its scriptural use." p. 42. ; Had our Saviour used the word dip ,' plunge, or immerse, thiaj mode of reasoning would make a dry sprinkle out of the whole of them ! ' I Again, says j Kosser, p. 42, 1 he laws of association, habits, manners, customs, and new. circumstances have (tb effect) of modifying the original primitive meaning bf'a word till the original ide t lost, and a secondary sense sub stituted. V, Such . rcasobing as this would (if true) raise Pharaoh aud all his host out of the Red Sea, and place them, all on dry land with a little water sprinkled in their faces, and all alive at that ! if this reasoning of L. Rosser be true, we tnaytrctort upon him! and say, if sprinkling was the original mcaniug of baptizo, the laws of association, manners', customs, and new circumstances, &c, may have changed the original idea, and immersion may now be its meaning ! j. All such reasoning shows tbo weak ness of the cause, it is introduced to advocate. J Rev. J., Paris on Baptism, in a book pub lished by the MctbodUt protestants, on p. 30, says, 44 Whatever the prim iry meaning of the word 4 Baptizo may be, it is of but little im portance. : Hence it became necessary in applying an old term to a ncio thing, to make the word conform to the thing, and : not the thing to the word.'" p. 48. ; " Was such nonsense ever uttered upon any other subject ? Is there a : single article of the christian faith, that would survive the teit of such . criticism ? j ; Would not . a . Catholic be able by such reasoning to provo every article of his faith and practice? ' ; I -'. Vi This reasoning of Mr. Paris would soon make dip, plunge or immerse, mean sprinkle or pour i ' Yet as before stated every body knows they mean no suib thing. : Vv' !l 4i : Again, Mr. Paris quotes Dr. Kurtz as fol lows : 44 Words J. . , frequently depart, from ; their primitive ideas . . .'. The ? true question is not, what was the original signification of Baptizo f bat what was, and is the . meaning of the term as : used in tbo New Tes tament . . i .Words change their meaning in all languages." pp. 49, 50. A p ply this reas oning to dip, and the result would be the same as when applied to baptizo. 'Had our Saviour and the Apostles used j the English word dip, plunge or immerscj the result of such -reasoning woald be the same. ' It would be said, 44 :The true question b not, what was the origi nal signification of dip, plunge, Tor mmerse bat what waa, and b the meaning of these terms as used in the Testament. Such, reasoning as thb unsettles the meaning of the entire Word of God. - . - . w r .-.j; ; -,; i Again, Dr. Kurtz as quoted .by Mrf Paris, says, 44 So Chrut and-hb Apostles when they applied the word baptizo to express a religions ordinance gave to the' word ' new shade of meaning, conformed to the thing which I it was vow intended to express." J. Paris on : Bap tbm., p. 51. ' ' - " " v " ! ; ' ' Apply this reasoning to dip, plunge, or im merse, and the result would be the" same. Had ' they been used, Dr. K. and other Pedobap- 'tists would have said, 44 Chrbt atd his Apos tles when they applied the word fp, ptunge or immerse toexpress a religious ordinance gave a new shade of meaning t conformed to the thing Iwhich it was now intended to express." It is much easier to assert that" the Savior and the Apostles gave zneio shade of Meaning to baptizo, than to prove it: 'V-.ff Again Dr. K.. as quoted by Mr. Paris, says, 44 It b preposterous, therefore, to determine the precise mode of thb ordinance from the pri mary, or previous meaning of the Greek word used to express it. The .meaning, of nu old word when it b used as the name of a new thing, must conform to the thing, and not the thing to the word."- p. 52. . T . ij If such reasoning as thb be correct, it b im possible to establish the meaning of any pas gae whatever in the New Testament. 1 1 makes the word of God a perfect unintelligible jarjron, to be interpreted to suit thefuney, or prejuilce cf every man. An all-wiae Gol nev- er delivered lib will to can ia thb ray. If cldv:crds Lcn applied 3 tha ns: cf new things roust conform to the thing, and not the thing to' the word ; it follows, that all old wordt used by the 'Saviour and thb A postles, have a 44 new shade of mcaning,4,Kand the sense must be determined not by the words t but the thing spoken of, mast decide what - the new meaning b! Tbe'cause which demands such defence cannot be of God, ! rt , , , : VVords in living Jangiages may change, or take an additional meaning, but dead langua ges never changed The sensd of a word is to be ascertained from its i known meaning at the time it is ujei, and not from any new meaning which it may afterwards1 acquire, )v$hJ''4 ; Rev. J. M. Pendleton; in hb admirable work, entitled 4 Three Reasons why 1 am a ; Baptbt,"- which should bo read, by every sin cere enquirer after truth', aays, ,4, Bat some say, though baptizo in classie Greek means to tm merse, it does not follow that it b to bo un derstood in thb sense in the New Testament. They discourse learnedly on the difference be tween classic and 'sacred Greek.' 'They insist that- ba pti za has in the 'scriptures, a theologi cal senso. : In short, they feel quite a contempt for EirnestiV " Principles of interpretation." They forget that 44 when God has spoken to men, he has spoken in the - language of men', for he has spoken by men, and for men.,1, For the special benefit of these wise critics, I quote from the ablest Methodist work I have -sgen, ( Watson's Theological Institutes, vol. 2f p. 153.) ; fTbe author; b; showing, in opposU tion to the Socinian view, that the Apostles employed terms in referenco to the death of Christ which convey the Idea of expiation. He (Mr. Watson) says: 4 The use to be mado of this in the' argument is,1 that as the apostles found the very terms they used with referenoe to the nature and efficacy of the death of Chrbt, fixed in. an expiatory signification among the Greeks, they could not, in hones' yt use them in a distinct figurative sense, much less in a con trary one, without due notice of their having invested them with a new import being given to their readers. . In like manner, the Jews had their expiatory sacrifices, and the terms and phrases used jinf them are, in like manner, employed by Ttbe apostles to charac terize the death of their Lord ; and they would have been as guilty of misleading their Jewish as their Gentile readers, liad they employed them in a new sense, and without a warning which unquestionably tiey never gave. " pp. 102,103. ! I (To be continued.) "! Frojv Defence of the Eclipse of, Faith. Eloqnent Extract. The brightness of the brightest names pales and wanes before the radiance which shines from the person of Christ. The scene at the tomb of Lazarus, at the gate of Nain, in the happy family at Bethany, in the 44 upper room" where he instituted the feast which should for ever consecrate his memory, and bequeathed to hb disciples the legacy of lib love ; the scene in the garden of Getbscmanc, on the summit of Calvary, and at the sepulchre ; the sweet remembrance of the pitience with which he bore wrong, the gentleness with which he re buked it, and the love with which be forgave it ; the thousand acts of benign condescension by which be well earned for himself, from self righteous pride and censorious hypocrisy, the n.-iuie of the 44 friend of publicans and sinners": these, and a hundred things; more, which crowd those concise memorials of love and sorrow with such prodigality of beauty and of pathos, will still continue to charm and ; attract tbe soul of humanity, and on these the! highest genius, as well as the humblest mediocrity, will love to dwell.'., -:--; ... These things Ibping'infincy loves to hear on its mother's knees, and over, them age, with its grey locks, bends in devontest reverence. No, before tbe infidel can prevent! the influence of these compositions, he must get rid of tbe gos pels themselves, or he must; supplant them by fictions yet; more wonderful; Ah, what bitter Irony has involuntarily escaped me ! But if the last bo impossible, at i least the gospeb must cease to cxbt before infidelity can suc ceed : -, .-' ': . . . ' I , ,, u i ; 1 '.- Yes, before infidels can prevont men from thinking si they have ever done of X Christ, they must blot the gentle words with which, in the presence jof austere hypocrisy, the Savior welcomed that timid guilt that could only ex bt before; infidelity can suoceedVf 'jf :i':.-Mv nt Yes, before infidels can prevent 'men from thinking as they have ever done of Christ tbey must blot the gentle words 'with which, io tbe presence of austere hypocrisy, the Savior wel comed that timid guilt that could only express its silent love in au agony , of . . tears ; they must tilot out the words addressed to tbe dying pen bent, who, softened t by the majestic patience, of the ' mighty sufferer, detected a' least the mo narch under a teii of sorrow, and; cast an im ploring glance , !to be 44 remembered by him when be came Into hb kingdom ;" they must blot ont the scene in which the demoniacs sat .listening at his feet, and 44in their right mind;" they must blot out the remembrance - of the tears which be shed at the grave of Lazarus notsarcly for him whom he was about to raise, but in pure sympathy with tbe sorrows of hu manity for the myriads of desolate mourners who could not, with Mary, fly to bim and say, 44 Lord, if thoot hadst been here, my mother, brother, sister, had not died they mast blot . out the record of those miracles which chirm us, not only,as the proof of hu mbsion and 'guarantees of the truth of hb doctrine, bat as they illustrate the benevolence of bb character, and aro types of th; spiritual cures bb gospel - can yet perform ; they most blot oat the scenes of the sepulchre, where love and veneration lin gered, and saw what was never seen before, bat shall henceforth be seen to the end of time the tomb itself irradiated" with angelio forms, and bright' with the presence of him 44 who brought lifo and immortality to light" they mast blot oat the scene where deep and grate ful love wept so passionately, ana foundjntn unbidden at her side, type of ten thousand times tea thousand; who have ' ? sought thd graVe to weep there," atd ! found joy and con solation in him, 44 whom, thongh unseen, they loved ;" they must blot out the discourses in which ha took leave cfhb disciples, the maje's tio accent? cf v.M:Y lave filed so 'many de parting souls willi r-t'ence tnl with triumph ; they xzzii tlct cut tha yet Eutliscr trcrdi..b ui"i u if. 1 .v,',' i,,v 1 . f'l - it., i " which ; he declares himself 44 the resurrection and the life' words which have fed . so many millions more to breathe out their spirits with child ike trust, and to believe, as the gate, of death' closed behind them, that they would see him who is invested jjrith the 44 keys of the in vbibllVorld, who opens and no man shuts, and shuts and no man opens, letting in through the portab which lead to immortality the radi ance o( the skies they must blot out, they . most destroy these and a thousand .other : such things, before they can prevent him bavjug the pre-eminence who loved, becaose ho loved us,' call.himself the44 Son;of Man,V though angeb call him the 44 on I" of pod-". 4 - s iu It b in vain to tell men it is an illasion.' - If it be. an illusion, every variety of experiment 'proves it to be in vcterate , and it will not be 'dissipated by a million of Strausses and New- mins i jrrooaium est 1 ;s ai ms leet, ; gamy humanity, of diverse j races : and nations, for eighteen hundred years, baa come to pour forth in .1 faith and love its sorrows, and nn(b there 44 tbe peace which the1 wcrld can neither give nor take away." r Myriads of aching beads and weary hearts have; found,' and will find re pose tbere and have invested him with vene ration', love and gratttude, which' will never, never ne paia to any outer name tuan tm. : . .. : j ;? From tpe Americas Messenger." 44 The Eternal World !s Dark." : 44 -Mary b ' dving, and wbbes to see you, im-: mediately j" said one of my parishioners, ai 1 I Cutered his dwelling one delightful May morn ing. The earth was beautiful with returning life, and the air vocal with the sweet melody, of birds.''1 I' V;'. .., ' - H :- t - There was nothing that looked like death' in the world without, for the winter was over and gone, and nature waV crowding the spring with preparations for a glad jand glorious summer.' Yet death had conii to our little hamlet, and wa3 claiming one of myj flck, whom I was loath to spare- Mary, whose : sweet voice ; so often had thrilled me in the jsongi of the sanctuary, the light and the life ofj that pleasant home en bosomed among the green hills, was about to leave us, never to return. . ; ; , ' ; i Hastily summoned to her bedsidie, 1 followed the weeping father to the room where his 'dar-' ling child was struggliri' with disease. Alas, it vi&s too true. 1 saw at once that the golden bowl was breaking, and that tbe silver cord would soon.be loosed. U' what a change had come over that young and beau.itul forin da riug a few sad days. - 1 scarcely knew her, so worn and haggard. But the eye bad not .lost its brightness, nor the voice its sweetness,! tbo the bloom bad fl d frc m the cheek, and the ruddy lip was swollen and rough; j : : 1 u a tone that startled, every one in the room, she exclaimed, 14 07 Mr.. B , 1 am; dy ing ; and what wili . become of my souHV I took her cold and clammy hand, and pointed her to Jesus the Savioiir of sinners in words few and simple, opened! to hrr the way of sal vation. She heard me with fixed attention, throwing her whole soul into her searching gaz. 4 O," aid she in reply, 44 these thing- and the eternal world arp so dt".k to. me." i I prayed witht her, commending bef to the grace aud mercy of God, and soon she sunk in to unconjciousne-s, and! 1 saw her ni more, But those words will long be. retnember-d, I thought of them f as I itood by her coffin, iu which the sinking and decaying body contras ted strangely with the bright and fragrant May flowers which her companions hud plucked, from the fields and, the woods for ber burial; and when the earth fell heavily upon that coffin in the deep, damp grave, these dying words rung iu my ear, 44 These things and the eternal world are o dark to me," - i ; r . " - M ary was tbe.cb'ld. of pious parents, ; and was instructed in the truth, but ber. heart was wild aud wayward, and she put far from her all ser ous things. She intended to be a Christian sometime, but . death came suddenly and she found hei-selt' all unprepared. Thick darkness gathered arouud , her ; soul, .and . she seemed plunging into an eternal night. How awful, when light is most needed, to be in the midst of gioom so thick and dark. ' ; - The fearfulness of such a condition is self imposed. The Lord Jesus "hath brought life and immortality to liglit-' Through faith in hiui, ihe mists that hang about the grave are broken, and eternity ; glows with ' the light of blessedness and love. The ; humble believer may instinctively shrink from dyings dark films may creep over his eyeballs, but hb inner vis ion will be unclouded, W that be wilt grasp with certainty the things eternal : of the king dom of God.. . , ; i , . , ' My dear friend, art thou without Christ in thb dying world I O come to him, now, lest darkness steal over thy soul wh .n thou sbalt die, and the hopes of this life perish in the despair of ft wretched eternity. , Sacco. . , From the American Messenger, A Son's Dylo; Tcstlaony. Mrs. of the city of; was the widow of Esq., a prosperous merchant ; bb life, after he made a profession of religion, conversion could ? be dUtinctly .traced to the rayers and v faithfulness of bb ; wife. When eft a widow, she .devoted I herself with great earnestness to the spiritual interests of her fam ily.. She had two sons and a daughter. Her influence was also felt in the church, she was a mother in. Israel. :' Many, it is believed, will rise up and calf her blessed. : Her eldest sou b now a highly respectable and useful minister of the gospel ' : r y The younger son became a merchant in the city where he grew up."5 In a revival of reli gbn' be became a subject of grace and " united with th church. He settled in life under fa vorable circumstanoes, became eminent in bb ' calling, and filled a large place in the commu nity, il is respected mother lived near Urn, and never failed to aid him by her counsels, for she was endowed with great good sense as well as deep and living piety. , : Ciu f rZ iV--:;-- Some years ago she was called to part with thb her soungest son. When she saw that he must dio, the trial at first seemed too great for her to bear. He had an interesting family. But she was enable I to roll her burdens on the Lord. TLb sea had always tcca eober-nin-ded aud n:rJ. She bad ,rc-on to hope he was pioua ; be had been man of prayer. But when be. was visited with hb last sickness the snxiAus and faithful mother - did not feel fully satbfied.: . She took her seat by hb ' sick-bed and held the following conversation with him , " My on we.may fear fori the result of thb illnes. Are yoiu prepared to? exchange Worlds? . H e paused to rcflecL and replied,'44 1 fiopcT ' After some veniarks upon the ' solemnity' of dying, and the? fulness of Chrbt she ;. said to ' him with "great seriousness, "J,- 1, have never. been : quite satisfied with your ap , piaranee as a Christian: I fear there b some thing wanting. . You do not seem to have a lively hopeJ a joy in believing.' There has not been enough of Christ in your experience ; you do not seem ta make enough .of Christ ; he is .all in all, the Chief. among ten thousand.;: I want yoa to look into this matter I have '.found no fault with your outward deportment, your external duties ; but morality cannot save you, you must trust iu Chrbt alone.'" -;V' He said he understood her ' and would give attention to the subject.- She -withdrew and poured out her soul in prayer in her closet, that .Jesus would reveal himself to her dying sou: .Early the next morning she was called into hb . room. . . A change bad - come over - him hb countenance no longer.:bore the marks of gloom; .the dark cloud had passed away. 44 Mother," saidrhe, 44 you were right. ; race there was a great deficiency. , I have been enabled to give ? myself anew ;'to Chrbt, andhe has revealed him self to my souL I have a - joy- I never knew before, 1 see a glory in the gospel that b new. Chrbt b my all.", . v , ' ; After a pause, he said to hb mother, "When I was young I used to think vou were too strict with mei I was kept in at night against my will ; 1 was not allowed much spending money, and was prevented from mingling .with rude boys. I often complained, but I see you, were right ; 1 knew 'you were at the tie, but was unwilling to acknowledge it. ' J thank you for your faithfulness ; if 1 have ever done any good in the world, I owe it to your, prayers and fidel ity." Placing his arms around her neck, be - exclaimed, 44 O mother, blessed art thou among women !'v These were among bis last words. - -. - From the American Messenger ; "I Have Notbin; to :U?e For." I These words were uttered by a widow,' -' who had buried her husband 'some years before. r Subsequently she followed a beloved ' son to the grave, who bad died in the midst of life and usefulness ; and now- she bad been called to part with an ouly daughter, the mother of two children, i As she returned from the grave of this loved daughter, she went up into her bed and lay iown to die. Why should I desire to live r she said to herself ; 1 am left alone, my family are taken from me; what have I to live for?-",; j :X?. . ' While in this despairing frame, she was aroused from - her repinings by the voice of a little granddaughter, who could not realize the; greatness of her loss in the death of her excel lent mother, but was atfeted to find her grand- mother in tears. , 44 Don't cry, grandmother ; I will " take care of you. ". . This tender voice Scattered the clouds of grief, and brought her. to her right mind. She felt the reproof." She realized in a moment that she had sinned ' against God ; she fait that she had something to livo for. - She arose from her bed, and on her kness humbled herself before God, and like David took food : and addressed herself to the work of life.; iXXSiXU-. i, -' "V " .Those two motherless children were to be trained for God; In a few days they were sent to school, and when some ot . the ; children ; iu the school desired the eldest to remain and play with them, she refused, and said, M, I mut go . Itome and ake care of my poor sick gvand mother." . When- thb expression of love and : gratitude was mentioned to her, she could not "refrain- from! weeping ; surely, jsho thought, I ; have' enough to live for. If I can bring these dear lambs .to Chrbt and 'place thcuK, in - hb arms, I shall hot have lived in vain.'' . . , . She was permitted to see them grow up in the fear ' of . God. Tbb good woman might have! adopted f the words of David, 44 Thou, which has showtd me great and sore troubles, -shall ;quicken me again, and sbalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.";. Pan. 71: 20." , . . . : v Many, in the midst of bereavement, stripped of frieuds, are ready to exclaim, We have nothing to live for ;' bat such language is nn becoming a christian. Nothing to live for ! Is the glory of God nothing 1,41 the church of Chrbt nothing is the salvation of soub nothicg ? Is I prayer nothing ? Nothing to live for ! It we were on a barren rock, or shut up for years ia a sick-room, we should ; have Godt ixthe fwnactof ejjUciion ? True .Christian submission springing from confidence : In Gud, and love to hb character, promotes the i divine glory as much as active servicer' Let us feel, whatever be our circumstances, that it is a blessing to live : it b a privilege to suffer, as Well as do, the will of our heavenly Father. i-'. 'f j jt i ?' r f i v . . . ' " : - .. si ., , , w in s - " 1 ; Newspaper Facts. ' J There are sixteen million fifty thousand four hundred and sixty newspapers printed in the coarse of a year - io tbe city of Albany, New ; York. K Thb ik -: 321 toieaeh : inhabitant or more than one to each person every weekday inhe year. Tho people of the , Union spend ia year for : newspipers $15,000,000, , or would if they all paid their debts. , , The .news papers that they read, if all put together in a contmnous string, would . reach more than ten times round the world, and weigh seventy million' pounds.' If they were spread out to dry," they would more than cover the whole Db- . trict of Columbia like a blanket. The origin of, newspapers b traced to Italy. , The Erst :iar England appeared daring the . reign cf good Queen 13ess," at the time of tho Span ish Armada. "It was named 44 Ye Englbhe Mercurie," imprinted at London by her High nccs's ' printer, 15S3. Frankline's 44 Boston - News Letter" was the first ia America. It com nssccd ia.1704. A hundred years erro there 7ero not ncre tlaa trtcnty-fivc pulILhed ia Aaertcal Alha vy JZven inj Journal, -y - LcrdKcrii. ; 1 nis gooa-numorea minister was always; rcaly with a joke, and always appreciated one, evea. through itvraa.athb,expense , One night he rose. to deprecate the great read . tnj.i j 'i.er. - ; j ' ?uv v give auaiajti oueuce huicu prcvaucu ia. the House. .- .440ne member.'for eximrle,,, said f bet , called me thit thin balled a minister!". " ; ;.ww, w w Bure,Mpauin2 ; dw pon.iv siaes, 1 am a tains wnen, therefore: too gscUra an call- : . U flin Wm LI 1 1 liv. I1H Kl III- W 1 1 r I..! B .. r I 1 1 a- .nn'l ' could not bo. angry 'with bira.. But when, bo " suueu, 'iuiu!Dg canea a mmister," ne.caiiea .JJ.J lil.ill! tl-J ... j"i ; 'M l!:'? me the thing which or.au others he biraselrmost, ; wishes to-be;; and, therefore, V took it for a compliment " t " - " - A crosincr old sailor, well known for hb - lensthy' orations.' benrt to sneak on an admir alty question.' Lord North said to onsl of . hb "Xi snppoTtra,j,s . fllll 11I1U UO UMtUI I .Vl ftU UIO ,-r .- -mt. TT , ? - - Til T .: I T 1 lt i a.V - naval Datties, trom. that of balamis to that ot, eeis uear our own umcr -i$ ? ; j , ? - "After an hour's infiiclira! the friind rm(ir& My lord, my lord, wake up he has got to -; . 9 i- . -; ' . - v . ;- 4Oh dear,? said the sleepy- minister, 4yoaY& " ;S waked mea Aundrtd ''ye'drt'ito.'s'fimVJ ? 'Hf On his last nizht in ofiice hb antatronbta had coueuteu ur a rauti panic; lora lortn rose : irt ti? r1ai.A mni IaaIsi-.J? iVia mt;s: 4 an lend. ! Of course the House adjourned , im-. ' mediately. - Jt Was an awful wet nisht. and in. :- those days cabs were not known: the mmtrs: expecting a long debate, had ordered their car- iiiji o ai vuv oi HW& m me uiuruiDg; ana T -LJ fcT.A.L I. . ...... . .r 1 ' mm . owh chariot, bowed to the right and left, saying; $ with a smile,"Adieu, gentlemen; you see it b an v. yviivun iiug u vfi iu vuc BirviCt. I ci Si - A gentleman of eonsidirabTi fnrf un Kn. ' ou ;.! cuuer , jwi Buuai ur. tamuy reilglODj V " of hw groondsl He happened to come near to a mean nut. where a . nnor man with nmvmna family lived, who earned " hb bread by ;daily I labor, file heard a voice'nrettv loud and cnntmV' ' i . k r - . m wtui w uo - : ucd. if! Not) knowing; what it was; -?curiositv X il'-j a t:.i. . ft J uiuuiuiv-uuiiu iu: tioi-cH.; j uc rnan, wno was- t.w-u., uvitv.. t r " s- vjl n tt li Ycr Wllu : ip :i ei- ..-lv iiii j-T. . .. ; . . J - : wiHuui;uigu u - , iiuiub, ucuwru uiu j:iug; iubuks i wiio great . affection to God, for the coodncss of bis nrovi- Aantn in mnnir dim tntiA tt ant nJ . . D n w . w u iBUUCUklQ. . putj on, with supplying jbem "with what was?1 necessary and com fortable in thblife XX :Xt: iju wa lujujeuuaieiy erruca. With :'8Ston. isliment and confusion, aud said to . himself, ; lwjcs iflia poor.man, wno nas notbmsr but the . nieauubi tare, auu iHai purcnasea oy severe laoori ; L:.i t j .Hi - .r: 1 1 " , . ; j give thanks to" tod . for his . coodness to ttiniseu, ana lamiiy, anaV2 1, who i enjoy caso , auu iiuiiur, auu jvt ninz inai is STateiui ana HoctraKlA tisvA Ksrfllv r. Imn( m. ,wwk...., ....... - J - v . . - X jtovntii .; p-jnru. wuu : HJ l! : pro Vl Tor t IM 1 AiUHlrnmAa'ttMlIlM) t.A f Jura to V real and: lasting sense ot. God and r religion, -2 homat lJufc. '' .: - : : A Fallhfal Girl n casa :i wodisu s -ucviinoa ; uas recently iihcii uiffu"ui 1 ij fiur KiiiiwiiNitrH irnirin itaiAiniH . L.Lk'Al t. 1 . 1 T " m . . . jt vuuaw uiwtu tutt uiio ever ujci fug . t(an( nnrrf1 5n tliw .f-1 " ll: ant ncnhM4rI VTliTa tta n..U - rajnnff nere a lew weers atra : a rnnnir tnn om. ry'jc u 's.uio Mjamc iijvuij TfnS 64?1Z U - Vfitb the; disease It was of urse Improper JVI, myj' iv il VHJfiiu . MJI c ul j 1UC JVJVf,llj Yii til whom ho lived. ; who wpre diatani' rTat.fi f ; tup, (ciuai-u m ptrriutk iiiiuto etay m meir U0US0. .1 hf result was, that be was taken to the neaUi . i ouse. , '7i... v : . ' , . . . : f4 I !3 .!...t l. ' iiiai i itru au m uimii rni iiiimljiit hiiii 21 1 rrii r.in wnnnw. l IV. - IWf mA 1( IIIHT fllll IIIH aiTI r ill. Ilia nVI1 1 9 ASS.U vnau duu j uca'i umucu it. vuud tun MJO wOuJd; nurse ? ; hiiii. t one underwent ;vaccicahont an4 in pti wpnt Rncra inn iin Tnirn hr' hot.nn..4 ; tn the no'st honse: .Here nho fnnnd Kim " '' . - - - j - v. vvtiu,mluA r t. r , . -iuuy. , sick, wreicuet, uL-iserieu oy au tne woria. Ana uere sne r?mamea, nsea ministerm an-r kcii allium uvciuq iim uuu Ui uaiu. - BLRJLUinrr 7 - I . B - . w liut now consolinsr must nave been his last him, she! whom be loved better than all the wnrlt ' ntinainori faithfnl in 1 hA lacf -' I-i A U was that soothed bin-ttillowt her pup T11 beamed unon him with mournful but unabatm) . affection; into her ear he poured hb last words of ?loveVof; sorrow snd of hopes that in thb 'world migh never be fulfilled. ' f It recalled to our mind when we heard it, the ; words that Bnlwer puts in the mouth cf one cf uiSiCiiaraciera : ; . io w wawoeu ana tenaea. by tbe one we love,' who would not walk blind: bunt, March 6. ; . - . . .. ...... ;f The yirE- Some one offers the following: . Hnw man mpn " arrraiht ilir 'i ' ftanftTtds nnnn th" riTai 1 wTiJti AIotr memrrmm": to the wifeJ If she makes her husband's home- ' cheerful and respectable, by her intelligence, " i j j . . . i . ..t . . . . giaues auu inues, luueeu a pieubaufc j.iace u -Tiisit and to 'call.- he reeeirea tlie beneLt f cullv. of her disnitv and crood manners. Thcs ' a man may marryjinto.a good social pcsitlca, cr; of tht hnaband mav be. or the wart t. -rnf if 11 ftbl ft4V M.. W. w. .... ' -4 L L U k .WW common iaea, is noae uj ci:u3 j jrrc;ccuca ; F fnnlititiaTl. ftnrl thA tncf r.t r.r " It b said to be an ::t t-it.r: takfcg the. whcls United " Stst:s tr:: . trora nc"?y' b .cr:--- rr:-"j-, f.r i:r-!3 :.rtlc!3 cf ctl - ;r t!l tl : : :r; cilc;!s ia'tl.8 Ucioa.,-, T ;., J :. - : : a - -
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 26, 1855, edition 1
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