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iVOLtJME XXVIL NO. 6. (
i BIBLICAL 'RECORDER,
-k.K.eiisious and juiternrr Xnper
. - , 1 V -
PuUisW irwk!t t Kalelgh N. V; f pot
itS? All.Iettcri on business r eonsmnnlcatiortft
for Uiia jvrT should b Jiresed to ditor Bibli
eal Koeonier, or Ue J. D. Lit rnAU. i
4 -
kFor thtf Recorder.
the OWTcstantw jlie Nw,Testat-
Brothkb IIcfdam well .meant
thoiisrhV front a weak' teiiuL'nmr. et a 8trb
miK3 u) nc)ion."7 Aiid Ihangli'I'majnot in
struct the readeraof bur excellent wwklv,
yet I majj' tonehTi spring "wluclitmaj come
to ua ?m ifio double blessing of IWo3r to
Uier ndhfalth td ihe wuLrA'thbuglrt
Eke ; this sPis jiij pen m fnotion, wLcre elsy
olti qnills -woM dry to cracknels. 1
defir and complete ' discrimination be
tween the- Law 'and "the Gospel, I'considef a
rar gift ; ' and I snppose U is becoming dai!y
moreTare. , 1
Bewildering and slilt tnbre beWflderiu,
the -'notion, peril's ps the confasion","grow
ing qut of. the Old Covenant andthe New
Covenant How itrange it" is, I that: these
wo Intter phntses": should -convej to ; jnost
roinds, ideas so Sifferent from those suggest
tiH bj those' of-Old Testaments and -New
Testament. - 'i-'
AU the liereaies of doctrinal theoloer are
probably referred to some, startling point.
,If this be. so, ..then I think,: we1m$y locate
that pint in the question Raised from the
Old and New Covenant"," J- , . ;r
? Covenant : a wron .definition results in
great Vrror,
, Covenants mistaken comprehension pTrw8.thooH Hence, oar greatAuthor, never
duces miechiet- - - V; cal1? promises men sJeRfamenU, "but
"kvenan t r erroncoualy limited i in ; time,
multiplies evils ... V, , j j, . .
The definition which by common consent
fault. From the6th to the l$th rentnry hf
business ot construing was: entirely-;: inthe
hands. of Roman Catholics. From the time
of the Reformation .nnder.-Maitiuj Luther,
the Episcopal -church appeared to have, , no
idea of any necessitv. to stop .and-examine
therapist's Bible Lexicon. From Cal nV
time the Presbyterians found no difficulty in
adopting the current meaning.. t ?.
Bari.istathone:h strict in creed, have found
it convenient to regard the pieauin j of Cov
. - s ' ' . - .
enant as established they have. w;itlr: little
objection,' adopted tbe.Pedobaptist : aitdam
, ti-baptist sense -of iW " ; . , . t
The sense universally given to it; now, .
A contract or bargaiff between two' or more
parties, on certain ferroa." ;. J
""Wjtj'l
. But I now remark, according to the above
definition, , there .is, na Covenant between
God and men,, which has any reference, to
grace t or sal vation. And. according to the
Scriptures, there is ' no Covenant of grace
between God and man, as made with ,man.
Furthermore, there is no Covenant of grace,
in the terms of which-mau was ever made'a
parfy.:f-;,,-V-r-. '.
Unknown to tlia "English 'readeruirthe
fact that the terras covenant, and testarnent
are in all places the same in the Greek ,Tes
tament. .The term,: testament, can be inva
riably used, aad raake & correct' translation,
but that of .covenant caa.not. - At tlie time
when thft Nfcw TftStnmrit wna inariVit.1 Kt-
inspired men, the signification; oi the two
: terms' was too . remotely duTwent to be used
;But the corrupt creed v and rereraonis of
tne xtoraan Cattiohcs, .ta rind countenance,
ora.; semblajie oC aufJibrityuin the Holy
Scriptures, forbade the .use o( .testamentum,
testament, a. will-or Jast will: and, forced
into the yulgate, the terms pactum and feed us
oargam and covenant And ta Henry VJII,
'Z.r. email inoment wbelhey testament
or covenant ,rere nse provided be should
?. - 1.we akei covenant und
covenant in marriage as freqnentlv
5Vr" , w l,lrn t way. Indeed,
. no inraiiUmember t church, , can digpense'with
r Ihe Latii vntgate 'translation if ,V.'nV
'. and admit the true one, that ot Testament
iz ' But to' the' Bible use'of the terms." Abra-
Y'iiam and-Abimeleph made a covenant. Gnl
xxi: 27-32. "But between them tTiere was
-' -V 'v i.f.i;.',1' . 1 . . 1 . .1 - ,
.... no- testament. God gave. a .testament ,to
NpaJvGen. ix ;. 9-H. But there wns no
COFeJian.. Noali'wa's not . asked to- propose
any, terms j nor was he inomred of to psy
whethe he accepted God's term. ' The fiu
. thejteatament,.(iii6 bow'in the cloud )'
was above hia reaciu Ncali's will a-d c'-t.
-5act 'tt no T?X atfected its pertiiacency, nor
3-
changed the" -testament, "ihuvit waiGod'a
testament,' or God made - promise to Noah
but not. made a covenant,', A ' -i
:? God . g ve promise" tfvAbrhnv and im-
poted obedience 6a. him "Gen. xni ; t2, 7,,
9, 1 0, 111 3,' 1 4, 1 9, 2 1. bntlhere was- nor
covenant Abraham offered no terms. : His
will ...wai not consulted.' The coirmatioi
of the promise was not suspended on hu con
sent. -, Tlte promise wa esiablisheq r circum-
cision was eiuoined upon the same princnle
wun me ten commandment!1 : ana Abram a
name . changed', all as absolutely asHhe'Jawt
of mnrder. .Circumcision was no voluntary
pledge oT: Abraham' to ; keep the prom we,,
but it was God a lawr to Acep that family
separate .from other ; families I tc?i make..
Grn. xviu- 2. '- TIk; Att lerpSy shall
ffjj.;. Gen, x t 9 1 0. ; Ye .sha U arcmi
ctse, II. Whoever neglect it, was to ue.
put awaj.rom tliat fmilr.-14; not for
toary."; lielK vil;I6, if. 1, i 0. Circum
cision, instead of ' releasing "one frorn7 law.
waa designed to .how' to IsrnerL and to ihe
rest of mankind the indebtness otthe cir.
cumclseu1 to keep all theAeremoniiil Uxt ;;
that to them' Gl.ris :Va3 bt no effect: thev
were falieh'from erace. GaL v. 3. 4. -
- Tne Sibbutli, ten cbmmsndments, an4 the
priest nooa . were jestaments, wills,, or promt,
ses . not covenant!. ' 'Exodus' , xxxt ; 1 6 :
xxxtv ; ,28. Num. 1 xx r s 13. But meg,
were no party to the testament of tlie SaW
bath ; iione to the "decalogue ; ; none to the
Hi, my testament?. ' .'
.: J.t now becomes us to mqnire how rouel
the testament with Abraham had to do with
the"Testameut of ;grace, otherwise the New
Testament. K - - - - - . , f -
. - 'tj.'t ' ? 4 -.
" Tt.es testament of graced or Covenant Ot
grace, was made or civen to no one man
more than to another. 'As a. coveuaut; it
was as much w)ih the serpent, a with Abra
ham ; and stronger than with trie latter.--For
herr fwo parties are proposed : . but God
appoints the terras, and ends the contests .
It is worthy of note, that no penitent be
never, or JNetv lestament writer, call Christ
tne ixm 01 voranam. ,.vna wny is nus r
W hy was he called the Son of David , i&
prefrence"ta the Sod of Abraham ? -Wheo
men beg in faith fur -merer. tnej. call on llie
Soc of David. ' AVas'not this; because' it
would have made Cnrift to appear no more
than' a pharisee. WJic claimed to be the seed
of Abraham ? LFor w pharisees founded
their church in Abraham., . - M. B.
:' Sycamore 'Alley, N. C-
Coming to CbrfstV
Under tKe divine 'Instruction men learn
wonderful le'stonsl' The sinner has been con
vinced that he is; guilty, he now sees that he
ia filthy. His eyes Are turned inwards npon
his heart,- and, he is made acquainted 'with
facts of which h had not the least suspicion.
When lie was toIdby the divine word," he
would. not believe what is proved to be too
true, that he 13 all as anVocTean ihing; that
his Very! righteousnesses;'' as he bail sim'pl
imagined them,"ara as, filthy rags; that his
heart is a cest of abominations, Vn cage of
unclean and hateful birds.': ? His loathsome
ness in his own sight, and fn the" sight of a'
holy' God, who isi"of purer eyes than to
behold itiiquitvV ' added to : his. danger, fen'
aers nun aoaoij miseraoje..,.. lie gets a
glimpse of the , infinite evil of sin. '.. He is
sensible that nothing 'fihort of a spotless obe
dience to the divine Jaw.? will be accepted, by
the ; Lawgiver.,; He is sensible, loo, that a'
.sausiacwon rnust,oe niaae iortne innumer
able instates in whidi he Tins .''.violated its
precepts.' ' . 'What'can he do 7 Were'he to
obey perfectly.hereafjer all his 'obedience ia
a debt." There -is ho surplus to - satlsfv for
past offences. But inslea of. giving perfi.-tt
of his purest offeriiigv are a smoke in 'Ji-lio
vaht nostrils: And to, put. fhef finishing
stroke to his self-confidence, .JiH-t obliged 10
subscribe the humiliating doclrine.whit li tells
him, .that the broKen htw spreads its broad.
curse1 ovef his very-righteousness. Jn the
angiii3iiwliicii4hce vieu s mast -exciter no
wonder that he despairs of helping hirrtself7-:
no wonder that ..he ia troubled and terrified
with tW apprehension of a God absolr.ta and
nnreconciled. " He can enter 'into the'fpirit
of that passionntc'exclinnatiAn;TT Ao7"
do : to be lVed? , The- b!iir.eV however,
13 - r ot finished. The Lord - K arir ? him
from theold root, lit Ims not. yet .ingrafted'
hi. a "into Christ the living Vine. " ll" ras
IvCi'n L.iadcJy a.t;(ehtoh Hl'.L:ii.i
God's law, and his own tinwonhiaeas, weik
breaking Abraham's cotenanr. but tor vio- ' J"4" i','-iviium u
I,,;.,, n. " .j , j ,11 ;- - : I God by the vld cjivenant 7 He is told iliat
iating,uoa a; command,, , tins,, too. not . : - 5-n j . - 1
, . I;., ', ) Jesiw Clirtst is the niwr and living .way to
through tlie child a unbelief but through the tf, Fat her.- . Does h need a 'juattfnng
parent. neglect: for it was uiustituuon of righteousneta? Ha i told "jthat ' J'hww
u carnal ordinances'? with ' a'worl Hv sane- Clirist ha 4 brought in an'everlastinff richt-
.K'ja(TeptaUe' action,:- Sin U ;po mifg!ed?ith
AS lnflt 1 nit i.ii Art a ttiaf. fiiu itt tiff (lis 'flu h'npprivtH
': i -Raleigh, : nJ:c4; 'Xvednesd January..
nessand vilenessj but he has hot looked at
tbe Llfsaea Mediator .1 IS
1 -Coming to- Jesna Christ aupnosethenti
viewcf At as .that mry Saviour iehom ? .
ikcu. ' r hcii uiu bvui ta siukiii" uuuer vfio
vweight of piilt, and every tnoment fears thai
the black- cloud tt divine- wrath will - bant
over. las ,dvoted headhow transporting the
Uionlit that thntv)( of Sau Christ clan
$tth.jrom oltiin, - This precious truth U the
nly' thing whk-K;canivire'ihe dying hope
of convinced rinnetvi A'Sariour,1 delight
ful sound H .A'.Sarjottr ,who .has made 1 an
atonement for sinners y - May I depend upon '
this4 hnvenlv information ? V Yes,' fr his
llobd cleansttX !froiAlX.iint iYhal, froml
ositi? Will tt vleanse from my sin.? It
will. Ins thtfv'nTingled emotions of jVonder
nd joyt a sinner, cartnol but langln.be bet
teacqnaiiit.with this celestial Frieud.
Il onj.nv the' volume ;of inspiration, j and :
theri tuB obtains'all . llte tntelKgenoe he can
wislC't He told -I hat hi h glorious Re.'4
deeper therfe is a fulness- relieve 5 every 1
want. , ioe lie hna lumrlf debarred by Hit
eou3ness.M -ar, that Ihe is himself the
Lord' pur righteousness.1 Does' he need
strength t- Ho is told that 'Jeans Christ is
the Lord . our strength valao'i Dues tie need
to be purified from hi pollution ? -; lie is told
that by pleading the. merit of Jesus Christ
Iie.mayveipect the accomplishment of that
gracuus promise,' ;rWill sprinkle clean water
upon ymv and yon 'shall he clean ; from' all
your-nhhine, ind from alj.yohr idols will 1
cieanso you. 'f, Oli, nyn bretliren, bow doea
a sight of glorious Christ tarnish all other
glory. ' It sickens a man to the covenant of
works :t it makes him say of the covenant of
graced of which -Jesus Christ it 'the Surety
and ' the Head, s It - is , well-ordered in all
things, and sureVit is all my salratiou, and
all niy desirer But as a bare sense of jA)t
suitableness of the Mediator is different from
surrendering ourselves up to fcni. T'Y
- .Coming to, Jesus Christ is, further, the
rolling oj our guilty tcul with all their, vile
ness and all the4rjairortbinesa, upon his rich
sovereign grace. AVhen a mtn into whose
insight Into thrlorionsr-Go?p-t, looks at
lumself,jand isce nothing.' but death; there ;
when be looks'' at he law, , and sees nothing
but death there 'when he looks at the
creature : and ices t noUiing but emptiness,
and barrenness, and death, there t when he
looks at Jesus ChrUt,; and sees in him light,
and lifeyUnd grace, and all the fulness of
Deity, he cannot but say, in (lie prospect of
going away from Christ, Lord, to whom shall
i goZ tho.it Jiast? tlw word f eternal life.
He, reasons as the lepers bf old:' "If I ait
here' I , die if v I 'go back, 'I shall die ; if, I
push 'forward aud make aii experiment of
his grace, T can but die. These - exercises
are; ihe suggestion of trie blessed Spirit'-
They terniinate upon whole Christ, upon
Christ inrall his offices, t "With Uiese exerci
sea, and, With; the. everlasting arms? under
neatb him, the sinnef "casts himself down at
the feet fcf rJesa ? Happy,' thrice nappy,
they ,whosi souls are exaitJd into such Jiu
roiltywho willingly lay their honors in the
dust, and set the crown upon the Redeemer's
head." Nor ia th.'a the cliaracteristic of a
few H is the common temper, of all God's
children-f-a temper which yoo ttitwt bave,"if
6ver yrti.8ee :a his face, in ' peacel Dr John,
Christ' Teaching on I nlrersal Salra-
i. - , '
r I ' Ham . . - - i.
. i- - - r-,- .- , , ..............
f On me occasion during our Saviour's min?
'istry'the '"question was put to himj Lord,
are'lhere few that be saved ?' If Christ
had been preaching the final 'salvation of 'all
;men, it i$ trange that sneff a qtestion should
have- .been; proposed 5 td him.' L Yet her maot
felted no surprise at it.. . He..did ,not reprove
t correct the inquirer for bayingdisbonored
the'goddness'of God hy the supposition' that
ny would be finally lost. "He did not refer
him to Ids 'past" teachings "fo'-learn- that'slf.
would be saved.-, .Nor-did Clmsti then ad
vantc the doctrine of universal salvatioit'--.
jNevcr ; had he ,a;better opportunity. The
rquesifon wai' directly to h.i poinL' Are there
few that be saved ? ' Whnt did he answer t
Did he .saif slt metr shall be? saved? - Did
he even, say, 3tzflwy-the. great fmj6rity ; of
mankind shall J paved ?v Diddle; say, a
jtiPt and benevolent. God wiU.-rtjver.'pitninb
uny after lhii life?;; Hii answer was 'Strive'
to enter in at the' strait gale-- that l 'ago-
nize lo enler1 heaven by u mcewint warlare
wirli sii-j-'fQrmafiy IjBayujifo yoo, will,
peek 'to enter in,- and shall jiioV be ahle."
tocver: nafiy' preach .universal -aalvatioTV
nd-.uponwhafauthorilv, cerfain it is that
Ci fist ,f reached no inch doctrine: ' ' -
4( Cln
Actfan."
a.
: WI.cn' the fleet 'of - Nelson ;was bearing
'down 'o:pon the -enemy, near the' niotit.). 0
ho Nile; tliat gillant cniLr cried out to the
jofficer in charge of the eignnl-, Wliat Pig
nal hive you flying!"' "Closfj action, nij
Lord." yjveep.it br, to tho la&f' he
c!u.-' s-.iou" lii the. fclgnal of the t.
I'in-rS
:of ti
a v!
i c. ar.J Jvt ii ue 1 1 t '.
,nT" r 'ia'r itT deceive z ir.
mora glcriou3 than that cf the Nils, vill ta
th.e:r wward. -P. U. LluU-
For tholncbrder. J
How much shairi Pastor this
ye'at?' Thk question is donbtless receiving,
thexatter.tlot of imaify 'a churchmerober at
the'begiunlrigof tlaa yeat'Xlan, It-may be,
are tohsiderlng it with a view of paying lesa
thVo they 'did list year ' anj "will criui avor
to excuse themselves on the ground that the;
times are harder. But will this" plea jutifys
fthera ? I Le itrs! see, A great many pastors
whto 10 reiy;eniireiy ior a suppori, 011 wieiri
salaries CSappose you ' wake this less this5
year than usual hofcr is ha to IivV? AVTien f
every' thing - was . cheaper it " was" barely;
enough to fiimish him with such necessaries
as hei was otllged to harev :tf 1 ou reduce;
his salary bow is he to ' live, now he has U
.pay lanmcli tiigher for every thing he geia ?.
Thei merchant sells hi I goods far nearly :
double the former pric; thfr' farmer Yells hii
pork, bacon and butter, at a greatly ad4
vanced priceH-all - who-' hare any' lling to'
sen get mora ior iw miow men is your j. as
tor to live who has nothing to selt but all
to buy, if Vott curtail his salary?' vTheeV
ler is getting a much higher prico than usual
for all he cel!s and. yet he 5s thiuking of
paying for bt pastor less, and thus putting
hini to the necesiityof pa'ying an advanced
price fr the becesianes of lifey with ii gf eat-1
f ieiluced jialary.' Ia lb;t right? Can
your Pastor I snftaJn himself ? What ia he
to do V Hi salary Kill not cbrer his exj
pensea, he cannot get credit, as that system
is stopped One of two tilings most be done.
You must cither support : htm,- or he must
quit his pastoral -dntiea and -go to work.
Can: jou not co the former ? I know the
times are hard : but is it not better ta make
an extra euurt for a, good cause, than Jo sur
fer it to lauguisK r and di? - - If there ever
Was a year when the. Gospel should be faith
u'ly sustained, this: is. theyearDuring
tliia. ytarrTwbile we are suffering all the ci'
amities of wmrwe need alF the" consolations
aI. tlm fwnei-.to tauoaort ' tts.TAnd what
but tho blessed jnuoences of the Gospel can
keep in checfc, the - demoralizing influences
.which always attend a protracted war ?
i But if. you! force yourPastor lo abandon'
his appropriate work, what will be the conse-j
qnencea ? - Ayhile he labors for his own tent
poral food, the churches must suffer for spir
itual food. ; And cut off from the aid bf'their
best spiritual adviser bavo to stem the strong'
torrent of corruption lie t loose upon them
by the dreadful war ? in, . which we are en;
gaged. . And. who can tell how' many of the
unstable may be swept away by Una dange
rous torrent, that might have been 'warned,
restrained and saved from plunging' into the
gnlf of eternal ruin; by the instrumentality?of
a faitblul zealous i'astor Are you then wil
ling to do without the services of. you? Pas
tor tliis year I if not will yon make the ne
cessary effort to support him ? -a If you have
not already,, you must soon determine what
yon will do. t y -, - J.: A.' S.
Marion, N, ,C. ?. , 4". t -f tA ;.vu
A Royal Lesson on Uonanlty,
a' Queen CaroJme, .wife o (George 1 14 being
tniormeu tnat oer eiafstuangtiter, Afterwards
Princess of Orange,, was accustomed, at go-
ing ,v rest, enipioy- one ot me iaaies 01
the court in, reading aloud to ner till she
should drop asleep, and that on one occasion
the- princess suffered' the lady, who was in
disposed; to continue the fatigtiing.duty, un
til she' -fell down in a swoon, determined to'
inculcate ' 00 ler 'daughter a'lesson ;of hu
rnanitr. s;Tlie next niehi: the oueen.hvhen
jti bed, eent fut tho princess, and commanded
lier to. read .aloud. , After, Some, .time Jier
royal Jrigliness began to be tired ol standing.
htio pauseu, in; nopes 01 receiving an -order
to be seated. " Proceed,1 said her majesty.
In &.short liaje'a second pause seemed to
pleaii ' for rest. jRead 6n,t. caid the queen
againV The princess 1 again, stopped, , and
again' received an order to proceed, till at
1englhr' faint .and. breath) e??, she .was forced
to. '-complain.-. Jl hen sard this .excellent pa
renVVlf-yoit.tbuii feel the pnin of this e.V
ercise for one 'evening otilj, what rnnsf y6ur
atfetilants feel who do it every night ? -'
Hcncey learn, my' daughter,-never.to indulge
your own easey whilo you tvutx. your
uttciw
.uants to endure unnecessary fat
HgtlO.
-The Infidel Ccsf.McJ.
. A pious tnottier who was, in the habitf
catechizing her children on Sabbath eyen'm,
had catlitred them aVout li'cr iulhe nurserv
"I 5
for that purpose,' when an infidel phyeicir.n
,w no . y-as iniauenaancO' upon hfr; sick htls'
band, rntercd the room -rii-1 srntej hiunelf
by the beside. lie heard her lit'.le children
repeat answer nuer answer to t Tie questions
i;i tlits cat tcii i.i, xit, 1 athuth interrupted
her wilh tha iriquiry, Madam, "why do vou
t'1! yc::r chillren eudt UiJT?" Tix'in,;
her te;Tfcl -eyrs cn .him, the said,- "Sir, thnt
it may prcccrve them frcci ec?pt!c;:, rave
thcuj, aal nourish their souls when I ata
4
f
dead.liSlIe left the room Iremblmgibeforei
the ppVitr other fattb. r ;
t
1 '1
. t.t.' Sfj? J - v th 1xuUij Paptt.t.s 1
-iis'Br LCTHA'roi'TBLtE.' ;j
ItStNcrthrojie; ' at sixteen, was the
s'eit'ower tliat. bloomed in tho "greeii;
vaHej Aristan. Tall and; gracefuVher
littlo-iiteiy-. robed gure soemed4h ,m-j
Codiejdal of an artist, tt wasVf the Great
ArUHef soft golden brownhair: was si
fittir.aine .for the f sweet o'raT face, and a
true msie spirt shone brightly out from its'
mirrftrtif clear deep blue. ' " -v V ,
41Ttnow her.was to Jove her,?'andfbe4
fore yyere aware,she was nestling quiets
Jv inijtfs'rof the warmest, recesses ofryour;
hearty ) 'BhcT was truthful. -Wordi, never
Ml frjir ;her lips with tlie fale UriHIaucy of
speciJiV gtms though men paste 1 they -were
genuIo-pearli"8beT' was'sffevtiouate, and;
love ef dWed harfunselfisbi'and considerate. i
' Life twd given : to her. to render olliersj
nappy, fna in uoing uu, sue iouiiu, uie a j"j.t
T' But'be thiiigwas-wanting; A fragrant
flower her friends,' a stmbeaiiiit her own
family?cry where tenderly-? cheris'ied,he'
oughi satisfy the .deep cravings of beri
naturt&l the love of earthly objetts.": f
Buw Metim.es in the midst . of endear?
raerit!j!$ sighel that she ' wasrroorta and
iter ch. paled as she thought of the great
ureaicf pa wuom sue gave ao 4ove, to wnom
she retired' no "Worship.', He seemJjto
her a fm Judge, condemning all her inno"
cent f a?ure in tbe rich gifts He1"' had be
stowedt fjth awe inspinng Deityt who could
re'calUfiny: tnomenVthe "breath thlt :ni .4
;mated; tg' frame, or convert life fair garden
into a; Iert waste by f moving tliose she
loved.?f so 'slie trembled as she thought of
Him, fairing; but unable f to . love Use AH
loving I ather whom her blinded spirit could
. Dum; a vacation, she rreceived from a
dearly ifrtved teacher a letter, which preseo-i
ted theayoided subieH from a new point of
' - -:. w.. .. .' ':.. ' n ; .'i 1
view. MPs win give a lew paragrapns uom 11.;
' Deaf obali, you have a kind heart, and!
the depi of. it clear fountain,' are .often;
aUrrediith gratitude, by ther sweet assn-i
ranees M inhuman affection.L .But there is one
"whoeingvkindnessvism'ore free, whose:
"venptnits nniijjrjii-Biw
knew. ?i s has cast the warm sunlight over
roar. rw tne raaiant manue ct nis uany
ove : . mk the richly : blended hues, off the
bow ofpe that spans your azure sley,He
has n6ts36f bitted ' to'fadeJ t Caii you" whose
bosom ;fobs with answering emotion to
friendsha every glance, and deeply appre
ciates tfriche of natural affection, be un-.
tnoved b!!such unvarying , love, such 'tender
guardiaiHSip? Can you be indifferent to!
me . 1 eqreuieiiw wi tuo gracious rauier w
wham s?fd tie your supreme affection, the
free wiM offering of all jou have and are 11
y , Jio piu are not regardless of His infinite
.xriety condescension : ; but why deUv to
place yr heart-offering oh Hii'holy altar?
vv ny n4j80 . to receive uie priceless weaitn
Ha offeifn return ?-? Why ahnt out 'from
your i sjljvtbe deep, full perfect-joy ..which
can be?found in llm; alone?- . Why; by
withhol5g earthly gifts from the high Giy,
er, depr yourself of the Pearl 'ot great
price w L'wbicli other thtugs wilt be added?
: Ogii tourself now, unreservedly to' Him.
Then y&wiU enjoy the light 6f His recotr
ciled cfcliteiiance,f the purifying, elevating
Dresencte&f His Spirit: be shielded by, the
pure afr of the Gospel from evil ;"i rid
behold honing before vourj clearer vision
the clot Af the Etertial Home. f V
ff Mayrf love reach your heart and His
continuroodne8S lead it to repentance and
oinu it ,'Ta.i3 service,
TMiL 'her hart was'tnurhpJ.
and sheif. the enormous mtilt of- her un
cratefulrfiflfference. With the letter in her
hands, scnelt in eeP 5 humility snd te
pentantltfrrow, and gave herself Jn child
like trusiflhe Savior. The next mail bore
to her fi?f33 and teacher, the first pulsations
of the blft2v washed heart, 1he hew song thai
made li je vocal wuu a wonatous weiot
that ta4 undertones of fear, - . ,' .j '
-". A feii&nths glided by,; filled up tvith
loving dMi wi'.h holy thoughts', that gave
a strangjMtfiarrn to her sweet face,; a subtle
power tfr sinlplt, earnest tt'ords; and then
the: tendKalher gathered this fragrantbud
before oJl?af had taded, to bloom more tz'
tantlv b&n the Kiverot Life, . j - :
But tf i influence of her brief Christian
e3roerienftiremained. " The . irool seed
her hantlM j scattered irr. soil tendered nicl
low. by hourly lovedeedv watered by
I lie tear,itl, or ner low, : ?prang np .an;
bore prefitf5 fruit., Het sisters and ahool
males, ot
fter another, gave their hearts to
Christ u
lier years of wandering, her only
brother
W tin proud imu a; iho foot c
th Crosi
He h
qolized Robah,
llislove for her
f;ivo wi
0 his ambition.
1 f i wrWi)A slif.
round hwjlSlfltri honors and luxury,, and her
IBS'?" ' v ...v.-. .
beauty sl'jpfJ grace his growing fame. ' But
audJrn vVUiJa ru t jseparalcd them, and he
hard, tie I? ia heart against the timid plead
in" of hct Pmcf, arHin!?t th thrilling lesson
of her I'jLfy t blanielefs' life- He told me
ot.j ilay.f "fe'.i ti. 3 i..cmory'of her hunl!-
Lvi.. -. hc-r l.re, had been 'a 'cor.j.-!.t re'
Lulv8"anJPct in hij wildest revels a voice
cf h(ri.ricty r:crrl .wlisjcri"3 in Lis
c;.r : ' iJWa away to Jccua." - ;
22M8G2; h :r
For kad. not wept even at her
t
A:
gravehe'9hed no teaf,-though., all his" bxrpes
seemed-withered But wh,en Iiis.heart was
melted by divine love,bia tears flowed i"ree
lyUe became a devbted' preCh'eVof the.
Word,' ana has won many fo righ'te6tiiaess.t
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If there is one lesson we would impress ' ' -v
upon parents, it is thi : don'4 rJe' your -
cjiildren's desire at proper times (0 aslcqnes-- '
tions,y JThu involuntary felf educr.iinj jpro4 - -i .
cess bft hVcfiild's .is of more iifipvor fa nee; to ' ; I '
its "future than "many- parents "are.a ware of.
It somettmesfDayj often xosts iif effort -?H '
break op a train ofthonglirioswhich -yoii r
may be interestedly;occupiedV.bui it iw51' -payvLike
the sticks, and utraws which the
winged bird v bears long distances' in ItsbriK
to construct its'ffest 'these slender tWlgi r f
1nfurmattontiiay be WorlcJ into a'slrucfiir- -tohtclft
will aiWd com
'fPf'hfstprmr-awte;retrw
flectioni. whea (fie spirit '( Je vif is prowliag
' afout r for careless stragglers. "who are beat -
Mtig lheair because tfiere is nbthfng eWTeft
for them tdorDpn't tnrn your child "ff
.w)iU,5a lary; fibbing,,. abstracted, t? I dobs
kww"i-&wk.-jwne and give Jam food -for
thought in j our answer, or that spirit , of "
evil may take' possession bf: the apartment
which "you are too tndolent'dpehuTioas to '
farBislt-ji'i ni d.jti sJrsi x -tU -
t si,
' - Lire 5 lor boiaeibinr.
.TlioiisandH of ;men ; breathe,, rnovf, ;and
livepass off the Btage bffife, and are heard
of no more.- - Why ? f None ; were blessed
.bpthem 1 i, none - could 'point ti lhera as -tbe
weans of:theiijredemptioii ,nbt: a ..j'ns Jlbej-'
.JWW :, epoke4 couldhV re
pealled, aou so; they, perished ; .their light
Vent out icf darkness; andh'ey were toot re-r
membered more than insects of yesterday.
. Will you thus live and die, O man immor
' !l-7 f ',? 1for. onetjiingV t Do good, land
leave behind .you amonument ,or, virtue,
that' the stormsWTlIme pan tiever 'destroy. 1
?WriCe tyour ; name "by" kinddes love,sand;
mercy, on the hearts of thousands yon come
jin contact; with year by yeaand. jqix will-
ney er-fe lorgotten, t!Sr c yonrnameypur
deeds,' Will be as legible on tthe .hearts-you
leaVe behind, as the stirs on thebrqW, of the
evening. ",.;Good "deeds will shitifir as 'bVlghtly
M'dU.UftlLt.jtia'. mT nT liaJli 1 r -1 g
r A Godl flloncnt An Eternity.'
itow sad it is that an eternity, solemn and"
ever, near us, should impress us so slightly
aS it: does, 'and' be so much forgotten ti v A
Christian traveler fella Jai 'that (he sawf the
'olio wing religiousadmonition on Jthe subject
of eternity printed onX,f(lio sheet, and hang
mg a puouc room 0, ar inn in csayoyy;
and tt was' placed, he nftdenstobd,' in'Vverr
t. .''... . j. -.t ..4 iiTT..'j rr-. - t i
nousc in tne pansn : - unaerfiiana weu me
force d of the words-- ; God, a moment,?. an .
eternity j a .God.' who;. sees.-thee a.moment
wriicu : ntesirom mefiVnn eiernuy t wptcn '
awaits thee: a God whom yoit'serveVo U!,--
V moment bf 'which T'you so liUieprbfi'an
-AfAvnrt t A. Yvttlh. jri tfK eV1 M ; "! -t
A Pfesbyteriart .minister; once labored to
convince a Baptist colored !man t!;at baptism-
ft;.-.-. .i ":--: A -it -s - fe-- ft--- - 5" ,-. t- -'I' s- - s-
.came n .ne piaceoi pircumasioii?. ne
.darejljstejied in -
had "got through ) his .arguments j andthen .
said, jaassa preaQheij(jour side qutrear .x
fiurccnt-our aont nire ijone. '
' ft!;SplrItnai Cocsccratioa.yi (
?'j The essential glory of Christianity,, as Tf-;
Tiessed on earth consist inv thewtrsecration ,
ofGodVpeaple W bs eTcg.;TOero thi
consecration , exists,? thra is 50 difBculiyof
maiivtaining all the enierprisea of the Chris--tian
cluirck 'Len'disciple'ardentlylovo i
his Lord and Master and it?wilt ,be !hi d-
Jight' to serve. Him. Self-examinatioiuwill -j
not be neglected. becret prayer .vm be
soiritual least. ' ihe nrcacbi
Vf.: : . -Ml
ot the Gdipel will be .Spiritual manna to tlie
"redeemed sbuU ' God's word Svilh yield ,n
failing xsupport uhliven:, withncortLinnally
.bnglttening, hopes, , and enlarge the Chrls. V
tianV increasing and triumphant, faitlC He,
roes, And Statesmeir'c6hcraie;tlieruseives
fo.an e'atthly poiehtate! -h Privafe Icitixanl
deVote themselvei,tct a beloved leader,s;W,f ;
haye - a glorious X plain of , our Salvation "
let us with' the opening newvyear'coiisecrate '
oureelve8 afresh to his glorious cause.'. JesuS -nnly;
J esus in" li fe Jesus hr heaven, J esus ,
in ' efcrnitv." Jesus ouV leader in alt learthljr r
; concerns; Jesus our deliverer, fromdeaih .and
! hell ; Jesus to crown us with iinmorlal glory.
r; Hfply to Atnelsa
" I desire no gre.itef certainty in-rciisbmr'
thait that by ,whi clinch ance is etcluoed fron
'"the present dispbfttion.of the natural worldk v
Universal experience's apainst .it. "'.What--.-,
does chance f ver do for us 7 In the tiuoiaA.-.;
body, for instance, -chance, i'tPc'tbe-opefatioil -of'cauicj'
witlior.t.dwdgnJtnpyrpToJQc?
Avena wart, a ?.q 'pir pie, .bu' never ry
eye. Among inanimate substance a cted . A
a pebble, a l;qnid drepmi?ht b ilml never
wns'a watth, a telescope", an 6r-i.nized Wf
d"any kind, nusweniig.'a vl-.ble Ij'3 -.
tU' -a complicated .c.cchen!ai.,il:3 fv.'cUO
c)r.nC.,tIn.r-J;r;;Sin: e.' ) ;
a thing existed without intention focaeWKcre. , ,
rPillty. . ' .' ; t ,
fond;y,maintained. . ramily.prayet ,wiU be
a duty delightfully performed. -' Public pfay-. -ler
wllf be a Sofritu'al feastir".'rhe tifeacliinff
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