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VOLXJME XXVIL .no. 20-1
BIBLICAL 'liECDRQER;'
A Ilellslom aiidXitcrarTvJPaper
13? All letter on buslncssor eommiinlcHi
ir tius papr, iioald ho addressed (o utor tsiou
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'-r.-;' ; ConplabiEg' J '
Some Christians aro. al-jrajs' complaiain
oFtUe burdens of religion j others are always
boasting of their raunillcent donations 'and
abundant labors." '1 Now" some christians do
bear tieaVy burden bear ier than they ought
to bear, and hearier than would be necessa
rj, if others ould do their3ttjv!.?.!The world
over,- a few are tne producers, the many are
the consumers. Not" more . tliarf " half the
members of sopietj, add any thing to the
good things of life, .wliile'the'; most manage
to subslsi upon the frmiof othert'toil."'; In
the churcb tliere 'are not Vfew tdrones.,- Ma
ny are: heroes l at boasting comptaining or
, growling orer olbers doings orr rnisdoings;
i bnt miserable to; do CUcmselres. T But we
liare noticed that those Safhottoast" the most,
usually da the least, and thoso who complain
tEe most of thoif burdens,' havo the least
reason to f complain. The most penurious
persons usually thmk themselves! the most
benevolent: Uie most uoaoieni, imagine mat
tbey are most laborious. The covetous soul
is induced to gi vV few dimes, and he mourns
over it,' dreams about it, talks of it, reckons
it up, turns it bver ia bis. mind, bragsabout
it, and really thinks that he hasone won
ders; wbereasti be had been realfy beuev
olent, he would bare ; given tea times as
much, nd really not mistrusted that he' was
doing any Jblng worthy of jremarki Itis a
bad "sign when a person iso much affected
by his donations. It is vindicative - that 'he
girts grudgingly, andfter all has. not done
his duty in the matter. Just so it is with a
hij man., -He isla most eases a great brag,
or his poor body is all wearied an4 worn by
his wonderful labors, w But the really indns
trion3 man seldom vboats of his migbf y
deeds, and as seldom repeats the painful tale
of his hardships. The same is true in reli
gion. Christian? soldiers should wait until
they have fought the good fight andawAea
their course, before Jthey Stop either to "glory
or complain. The true prayer of piety is,
" Lord, what wilt tfiou have me to do ?"
" Work while Uie day lasts," is the Chris
tianV motto. ,Think, brother, what yoa have
engraved upon your tombstone I V; f Beneath
this sod lies an idle christian ?'.' A great
talker, but a poor worker 27 . A shirk.from
the responsibilities of religtbn 7" s 'i Ajwhi
ning complatner that he was obliged to work
so hard and do'so much for. Christ Vi A
brother whose little gifts appeared enormous
- m his 4)wn eye3 T No f ; No 1 1 No 1 1 f
A jt one wants such an epitaph:' The pros
pect of having such would fill the dying hours
with nautterable agony. -But if the truth
shoald be writtea, such would hethe lot of
oiany. r.--T.' J.:.NAPP. ;
Camp Mangum, April 14th, 1862- v
Ta iSabiath-Scboof TeaclrcrFIre
Lessons for the Children. . ..
I The; following suggestions to Sabbath
is. School.teacherv niay be read ;with profit
j They are taken from Spurgeon's sermon on
Psalm, xxxi v : 11.;. The author - says that
the lessons which he urges, are found iu the
i verses .which follow the text j "
The first thing to teach - is morality.--
HWhat man is he that desireth life, anu.tov
Uth many days, that' he may see good?
Keep ' thy- tongue from ' evil,1 and thy lips
,fcom speaking guile. ;; ' Depart from en! and
do cood : seek peace, and pursue it The
. second is godliness mid & constant belief, in
Gods oversight '. ' Tut eyes of the Lord are
- opera the righteous, and ' his ears are open
v unto their cry.' The third thing is tht evil
".The face ef -the Lord is against
wem that do evil, to cut off the remernbranci?
; oi tkem from the earth. ; The righteous cry,
', and the JLord heareth, and : delivereth them
: of all their troubles." :. The fourth thing
u , m necessity: of a broken heart; " The
i , jora is nigh unto them that are of a broken
' t"? a&d saveth such as be ot a contrite
plrit, The fifth thing - is the inestimable
' ttesednesi bfleinv a chili of God y lManv
the afSictions of the righteous, but the
frd delivereth1 him out of them all. lie
: f ?epe:th all his bones : "not one of th em 13
hit
of
servants and none of them that trust in
-uxoe nesoia;e
-a t V a ' '
him t V
a haye given you these divisions, and now
- relet to them one bvon. Upt tlien
!. . V - f , '
j.ttfBiodeJ lesson for rou: uCome vo cliil
le tear'.v.'of i!m TW.I i'Ti--l ;vimmi,.
; -vu uie, 1 wm it'Htil you
...'.11 ;
- . -f - " " - - - - a la VV'llllH,l."
withan lnterrofrativfi ? WTfat mn.lj !.
lat dpsireth. life apd loyeth;. many days?"1
The cluldren, like -Uiat thought- they would
like to live to be bid."' With this preface be
commences aud teaches them morality i
Keep thy tongue!; fiom; evil, tad thy lips
frorn speaking guile , Depart from evil,' and
do good ; seek peace, and pursue it" -ixow
we never teach morality as the way of sal
Tadon. 'Go'l forbid that we should ever mix
up man's work in any way with he road to
heaven'; for, we are- saved ?by grace thro'
faith, and that not of ourselves, it is the gift
of God." But yet we' teach morality, while
we teach spiritualitv t. and I have always
found that the gospel produces the best mo
rality in all the world. ' I would have the
Sunday School teacher take care of the mo
rals of the boys and girlsj speaking to them
very particularly,, or tnose sins- wmcn. are
moit- common to' youths lie may hon
estly and conveniently saylmany things to
hia cluluren which no one else can say, es
pecially when reminding !tliem of the ,in of
lying, so common w;thvchildren the sin of
little petty, thefts, of disobedience ta parents,
of breaking the Sabbath da v. Jl would have
the teacher be very particular uf mentioning
these things, one by one; for if i of. little
avail talking to them about sins In the mass:
you must tike1 thymine by one, just as Da
vid did. First look alter the tongue : ,"Jveep
thy tongue from evS,";' and- thy lips "from
speaking guile?;; Then look after the whole
conducts .- Depart from yvil and do good
seek peace and pursue it It : the chtlds
soul is not saved Ay other parts of the teach-
mgt U1 part-may nave a veneucjai, eueci
upon his life ; and st far so good. Morality,
however, is icomparatively a smali thing. .
r The best part of what TOuteach is godlt-
a constant belief j in Go6r-I said, not
religion, but junessiv Many . people; are
religious, without being godly v. Many have
all the,extefhalof godliness, al) the outside
of wletv such men we call relieibus but
they haveno thought about God. . They
thmk about tueir place ot worsliip,- their
Sunday their books, : but nothing' about
God ; aud he who does not respect God,
pray to God, love God, is an' ungodly man
with all hi3 external religion," however good
that may be." Labor to teach the child al
ways to have an eye to God write on his
brow. ".Thou, God, seest ma;" stamp on
his books. Thou. God. seest me:? beseech
him to'rccollecf tint,, , j - JjV ' .
Witltla the enexrcKn'f jtiiw of God, r
JI orennore doth dwell;",. , . ,
that the arms of Jehovah encompass pim
around, while hia every act- and thought is
under the eye ,of God. 1 No Sunday-school
teaclier discharges his duty unless lie con
stantly lays stress upon the fact that there is
a God who notices every thine. U I that
we were more godly ourselves, that we talk
ed more of co-tliness. and that we loved it
better! ; -
The tluxd - le?son is the evil of sin. ... If
the child does not learn titnu ne win never
Z ....... - - . . - "
learn the way to heavenV None of us ever
knew what a Saviour Christ 'was, "till "we
knew what an evil thing eiri was. If the
Hoi v Ghost does not teach na "the exceed
ing sinfulness of sin," we shall never know
the blessedness of salvation. j Let us ask hit
grace,' then, w lien we. teach, that we' may
evermore be - able to lay stress upon tbe
abominable nature of - sin. " The face, of
the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut
off the" remembrance of them j'irorn the face
of the eartk"- Don t spare ;your child; let
him know what sui leads to; don't, like some
people, be afraid of speaking the consequen
ces of sin plainly and broadly. I have heard
of a lather, one of whose sonsy a very ungod-
y young man, was taken off m Isl very sud
den manner. He did not. as, some would do,
sa to his family :r " We hope; your brother
has gone to heaven." .JN0 j but, overcoming
his natural feelings,, he was enabled, bv di
vine gracy to assemble, his cuildren, .and say:
" Aly sons and daughters, your urotiier is
dead ; I fear he is in hell you know .bis life
and conduct, you saw how he behaved: God
snatched him , away."' Then he .solemnly
warned them of the place to which he be
lieved, -and almost knew be was gone,' beg
enne them to shun it ; and then he was ; the
means ot bringing tbem to senous ' thought
13 ut had Jbe acted, as some would have done,
but not with honesty of purpose,' and said he
hoped his son had gone to. heaven, wha
would the others : have said ? ' If he has
gone to heaven, there. is no need :for us to
fear, we mayiive as we like." No. no : I
hold it is not unchristian to say of some men
that they are gone to hell, when we have
seen that their lives have, been' hellish livei
But it is said i fu. Can you judge your fellow
creatares ?".y No, but I can know them by
their, fruits j I do not judge them or condemn
them : thsy iudge tiiemselves. 1 have seen
their sins go beforehand to judgment, and I
do not doubt, that they shall follow alter.
m But mat they not be saved at the eleventh
hour?'' I "do not know that they may, I have
heard of one who. was.'-but I do ,not,know
tlint there ever was another, and lean not tel
that there em will be. ; Be " honest, - then,
with your children, and teach themy by the
help vl God, Hint evil shall slay tiie wiCKecu
r But yoii will not have done half enough tin-
less you teach carefully the fourth point the
absolute tiece8xity of a cJiar.ge of heart. V,
may God enable u. to' keep this .constantly
before the minds', of the taccrhl that, there
must .be a broken heart and a contrite spirit.
. ' ' . .... . .... " .
that rroou worK's will he of no avail unle?3
- 'there bo" a new ;' nature, th-tt tho tiif-st ardu
. M10 inti(:;4tlrt liif infifif f arnitf nrnirnra u.-
t
nil W-nolhiri'?.. fiulcss there -1; a trno and
M c . :- - - -
tlmrou'rh . reptr.faCce for sin. and an er tire
forsaking of it through the mercy oGqd.jjia he, Vviap jn Jegusj .tllii book spy 1 hj
Dovked'to, ReUffipn, , Morality,
RALEIGH,. N;;C;;:WEDN
Ahl bo you sure, what yon leave out that
you tell them'of the three, It's, Ruin Re
generation, and Redemption. Tell them that
they are ruined by the fall, and that if they
are redeemed by Christ, they can never cau
know it until they are . regenerated by the
Spirit- Keep before them these things; and
then yon will have the pleasing task of tell
ins tuem
In the fifth place, ,the joy and Ikssednes
of hting a Otristian w "Well, I need Jiot tell
you bow to talk about that, for if you know
u ue wiunsuau you wm never
be short of matter. Ah I beloved, when we
get c his subject, our mind cares not to
speak, lor it would riot in its iov& and te.vtA
in iu bites. Oh I truly was it eaid i Bless
ed 13 the man whose iniouitv ia "forfriiren.
and whose am - is pardoned.' Truly was it
said t V Blessed is he that trusteth ' in ' the
Lord; and whosa. hope tbe4 Lord i. .Al
ways lay a stress npon -.this, pbin that the
righteous are a blessed people-that God's
chosen family, redeemed by blood and saved
by 'power; are-a blessed people here below,
and will be a.; blessed people above. v Let
'. -V t 3. . ' . ' . ' ' - -
your cuiiureu see to at yoa are leased, it
they know yoa are in trouble, come with, a
smiling face, if jt be possible, so that they
may say: "Teacher is a blessed man, al
though he is bowed 'down with histroubles."'
Always seek to keep a joyous face that they
may know jreligion to be a-blessed thing ;
and let this be one main point of your teach-
righteous; but the Lur5 delivereth biraout
of them all .He keepeth all his lonesfhot
one of. them , i broken ? The 'Xord fri
deemeth the soul of his servants f and none
of them that trust in him shall be desolate."
Infidels la Trouble.
i Many-years egcv a pastor in one of the
counties of Lower Virginia was) sent for to
attendf a dying ted, suca a one , as ! can be
cc-atempUted only with'agdnyi ajThe farany
was.au irreugious one, apa one oi its mem
bers was a young man of noble endowments
and weU-CufUvated mind. During several
years spent ie Europe he bad imbibed scep-
ucai principles, irequer.uy spoke jeennly of
toe itoie, anaoiten expressed doubts even
of the existence of GoA So snbtle wa be
id argument and so firmly had he entrench
ed himself behind this refuge of lies, that
many humble,' earnest Christians quailed be-
ore nis-zaise- logic, leeiing - tnemseives une-
. . . r
nual to f tne contest: and event ministers.
lopeless of convincing one evidently scrmad
m uis iniauiauoo, aYowea an allusion to iue
8UD1
His only sister, tiie cherished - idol upon
whoser altar were lavished the priceless stores
of his heart's best affections, was centle.
ovely, and accomplished, but like himself
immersed in worldly pleasures, and like him
- -- r - : - - -
estranged from God, and the enemy of his
aear ooH. , x us sister was aeizea wiui sua
den Ulnessj! her disease threatened to' be
come pulmonary, and a lengthened stay at
me w nue ouipuuj opnugs was prescribed,
ai most hkely to prove effectual in averting
the threatened :' danger.-. She went accom
panied only by this brother, and for a Aime
seemed to raliy"so that the hopes of botli
were sanguine for ber complete recovery.
But one day, while he - was sitting &t. her
bedside, she complained - of . sadden pain.
which was followed almost instantly by a
proiuse hemorrhage of the lungs. The phy
siciac was summoned, and bis skill taxed to
the utmost, bst all in Tain ; her hour had
come, and Death was waiting for bis beauti
ul yicUm. In the evening she said sudden
ly, and as if terrified at the thought, "Broth
er,! am dying: I know I am dying, and
have no hope in Jesus'; nothing to smooth
the passage to the tomb, vt shelter me from
the wrath of - God. . Oh, who will - be, my
refuge now?" , 5 -
;lhe .agonized brother sought to drive
away her ftars and his own too. but he read
too plainly' the marks of the destroyer, the
icy grasp already upon her," and tbe fearful
tokens of impending dissolution bedewing the
marble urow.- unable to restrain hi agony.
Be teu on, nis Knees at ner oeasiae, and Wltn
sobs of languish exclaimed. " Oh. ra y 'aister:
ujjr uear eiater, ufc jour uusi iu ' esus; DC
is able and willuig to save yoa ' even now."
Then lifting that tear-suffused i countenance
heavenward, he - the infidel, he. who never
itau jjjajreu ueiure, wuo uaa saiu tnatne aid
not even - believe there was a God, broke
forth'm agony, O God, save my sister in
tnis lasr, exireraity: give-ner tny presence
in.this dark hour, the hope ot ? salvation to
cheer her fainting -spirit,, and a seat at thy
i tui uyu. u c ci. - AU..WUU means tnis i
What but the admission in this hour of ' air
ony, this honest hour when the heart speaks
out iu true sentiments, that the rock of infi
dehty is a crumbling rock when ; the storm
shall arise, and the billows of sorrow rol
over the trembling soul. Truly," their rock
is riot as our ;rock;"our enemies themselves
being judges. . ."Who would, build his hopes
upon such i fbundatibnwhea Jesus, c" the
liocic ot Ages, is ouerea to ms acceptance?.
A similar instance occurred in the case of
a sceptical husband.. The wife of hia bosom
was laid suddenly low, and fever was quick
ly followed by delirium f but ac every. lucid
interval the would piteously bemoan her un
fitness for '"death, and her dread of the eter
nity to which she was rapidly Easting.
minister was summoned : and when be en-
tercd the room thnt ir.Gdel husband was on
his knees' at the, bedside, holding a Bible in
one hand, and with the other .clinging fond
ly to that of hi3 dying. wife, y; "Un, "Mary,"
Litoraturo and aenarall-
t te
is able U save unto the uttermost, and I he
ieveit; trust in him, believe on him, ana
he says here", you shall haye eyerlasting lifei
Ob, trust him: trust Aim,' if is your only
Aoe.M Strange advice fox one who did twtf
believe that there is a God, a' heaven -or f proaucedand for constant interposi
helh . ; t This . guise might , do for Jifef and $ P 4ut .behalf; vh'en the doudt were heat
health and prosperity ; tbe bark of infideljiy's wrf.tanrf ccmedrady to $urst upon In
might sail well ori a smooth e but when;
the billows arise,- and the storm rages fierce
Ir. j a refuee for ; the naked soul must be!
sought, and thai he know can be found OtoVyarting-from ut. In this will I confide.
ly in ChrisV the sinners Friendj the Sayiopr . Julyof the ensuing year lamenting
of the lost - i- -v j v We little attention which appeared, to have
- f r
record of the past will be able to trace the
era are familiar with the story of the celebfa
teu rench KevDlution j ; the bloodiest 'and
most terrible tragedy, ever enacted in the
world s drama. u The following eloquent-ex
tract from the writings of Robrt Hall will j f
miuw 0:1? ui . lie important lessons wnjcii it
teaches to mankind:., .; - , , 5 . ,
It had been the constant boast oMn6dels,
that their! system', more liberal and generous
than Christianity, . needed ' but to be tried to
produce art immense accession to human
and Christian nations,' careless
and ; supine, retaining, little of i Christianity
wa4 ue..)rofefsipovy.; and disgusted withjits
restraint?,! lent a favorable ear to their pre
tension, - i God Ipermltted ' thel trial to be
made. .In one country, and that the centre
of Christendom, 'revelation underwent a total
eclipse, " while atbeism, performing on a dark
ened theatre itsistrange and fearful tragedy,
founde"'" thel :'first elements -jpf, society,
blended e vety a' "rank; and sex, in indis
criminate proscription.; arid ttrjasaare, arid
coQ raised all Europe to its .centre ; that tiie
imperishable meborial of these events might
lead the last generations of mankind to con
sider revelation as the pillar of societyf the
safeguard of nation., the , parent of social
order, which alone: has power to curb ' the
fury of the passions, and to secure to every
one his rights r to the laborious the reward
of their industrif', 'to the rich, the enjoyment
ot tneir weaitn, W tne nobles the preserva
tion of their honors, and to princes the sta-
oiuty 01 uieir tnrones.
War and Proviience.
There are indications, in certain quarters.
of the belief, that reliance on 1 Providence is
neither statesmanlike nor soldierly. . Not sol
thought Washington, the first off Virginians
iu some respects, the first of mem, A few
quotations will show, how wide a ranee be
assigned to the interpositions of God tn times
01 war. - ;f'':i"-.r.;jir,;E;;i i-
Providerice supplies provisions for an
army. XV nting totipy. Dinwiddie, in 175,
of the scarcity from which the troops at
tircat ileadows were JiKely to suffer. Ay ash
ington saidiif 'Once before we should have
been four days without provisiona, if Provl
dence had not sent a trader from the Ohio to
our relief for whose floor I was obliged to
pay twenty -one sniyings ana eigni-pence per
nunarea. - . , -
Providence averts attack where it would
prore laiai, in a later letter to the same
M - ,.iT . . .
unctionary, , Washington-- announced ; that
certain troops; with whom order regulari
ty, circumspection anu vigilance were mat
ters of derision and contempt" had acconr
plislicd & bazardona march uhy the protection
if Irovidencs. without meeting the enemy"
ruinerwise. 'i nei added, "we must have
fallen a sacrifice, throu rh the indiscretion of
tnese -wnoopiag, ,uauooing, genuemen sol-
..'."'.. r - -fi: .n il T.
dier8v"'v-M''4'i4;r
Providence controls the movements of bos-
tile forces. The . Evacuation of New Jersoy
by the British army, in the summer of . 1777,
was characterized by Washington a .
peculiar mark of JfiroviJence, since it placed
m iue nanaa onot innaoiiants "an opportu
nity of secaring their h&rvesu of hay and
grain, the latter of which would, in all orob
aouity, nave nnaergone : the tame fate with
many farmhouses, had it been ripe enough to
taKe nre.: j ". ;ii - ..."
providence attempers UisasteKu Waauin-r
ton wrote, in reference to an ill-managed ex-
.icuinuu BgRiuni. run, griMjn-11991, V int
troops were divided, which caused the' front
to give way, ana put the whole into confu
sion, except the Virginians,, commanded by
uapt. jouiutt, wno were, in tM hands of J-ov.
Ucne a meam pf jprevehtiri'g aU bur people
awiaa waatM n WUilUVU e.,-- f-:. :
Tl Providence arrests victory Witfireanee
to the1 battle at GrmantowrS Washington
wrote If it bad not been for a thick foo-
which rendered it to dark flit times that we
were not able to distinguish friend .from foe
at the distance of thirty yards, we Bhould, I
believeV have made a decisive arid glorious
Gay 01 it. . juui iyovuxence aestgnea it other
wise:
Providence preserves .life. .Washington
thus recorded his of n exemption from death '
at the defeat of Braddock: "By the all
powerful dispensations of Providence. I Kave:
been protected beyond all human probability,
or expectation j for $ had four' bullets through
my coat, and two horses shotnnder me. yet
escaped ; unhurt, although death was leyel
ling mycompanions oa syery ai of me.",
Prov?-i !iAriftBr!l n i'nr, ftp irrpnt-
nana pi vroo in every great reromuon, rb W-vr - - .- '
1 - i i ' 1" 1 . .. P "? Waaliingtoji f-wrote, -in relation to a
straining the wrath of ;mao and making the. IbposedatUckon'the enemy at Boston and
remainder of wrath to praise Him Our read E Jsxbury ,"-Tbe success of -such an- euter
lUffenico. ;.; ;? rT! llr'-V
glooa. Jn iMayn 78,1 Washington
Froieir z JTroviaencenMajustciarniio my
Jjumble and grateful thanks for its protection
direction of me through ihe many Jutri;
to "d aitucnlt sceces which this contest
Ppcember ofv the same year he, wrote;
ifrovidence baa' heretofore Uken us up
ether means -and1 hoxs ietnUd to be
en paid to the finances of tbe country, he
n ' I .fPiint ura .chol! .tia Toil
tveni m
l.The'lssue of battlesmpaigns-wa w
j&ie I well know," r2?eriif upon -the All wise
sQmer of events, and it , is not within the
fich pf human wisdom to foretell tiie result ;
tlif the prospect is fair, the undortakirig is
f15able. 4 xln Jariuary,1776, he wrote:
f:Qr more' than two months,, I haye scarce
demerged from one difficnlty before I have
en piungea into anotner. jiow u vnu ena,
lid ih hi&'great goodness will direct:
And
March. 1779 : - Zu TTnaniinlty in our coug-
s. p'disinUrestedness i ia our puruits, ;rid
at -roy perseverance iu our national qui r. are
u i only means to void - misfortuHef.k?If 1
come upon ns after, these, we sliall have
. I consolation " of knowing that we , ha ve
Wowf 'he&tTZU rest it un&Vod? T
tttiofr art Pwii!nA tyf & i Vv-r ratv1i
w W&Uzimii inconsistent with wisdom 'of
t . ai mi aaa tk tt w iuvuvvi visvvasjs vr su.wu
cf'fisel and ?vigor of action. Ia his. Circular
to Vie states, J an 1 784, VV asbington said :
r7 i4ough we'cannoV by the best concerted
p 44 absol ujtely com mand success ; al t hough'
thace is" not always 'to the swiftf Bor tne
bailie to tbe stroncr ': vet without Presump-
tuy wiitm& Jor miracles to be wrought
ip;'fir, iaYer,f5 1 ks out muispensaoic amy,
wri tiie deepest 'gratitude to Heaven for jbe
pal -p. and humble' eonfUknce'initt smQeson
pik gfuwi-s ncrafons,' make uie of all the
mf in our power for our defence arid aecu
fay : those who fight tiie battles of
co1;try'may derive, their loftiest inspiration
frovihis trust m Providence. In July 1775,
vv? . tningtort said, in an Kjrwr vo me iroopa ;
ti feTfate of unborn millions will now de-
pe$ $ under God, on the courage and cou
du. of this army. Let us rely upon the
got iess. of the cause, and the aid of the Su-
pfiJi Being, in whose, hands victory it, to
ate ana encourage us to great ana noble
ac
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f tmtl'.1 en fV folliof rtf"kv -Wtnnf rf
Wf ican well afford to bennstatesniaiilik-$
and soldierly,' in tbe esteem of those who
nrio Jralue or contemn tbe doctrine of Prov
ide!' I, if wo may thus be Christian, .with
hinf a whom the voice of the world accords
a ghljk Maboveall Greek, abovp all Roman
fani tl . Oh, if the heart of our people.- were
as 0 ? heart of Washington in tlris matter.
LiiJ' SL 1JI ill! Tl."- It 1 -1 J
up.Tn ?vuiu uie uuw ui pruuiiiMi smiie.ouwn
froinf u sky upon . the fiool of Northern
afarf 'ion, until its Waters should roll back
ana ikv the'greeri earth joyous iri' the light
of 't ice God'a' peace I- RcUgtiui llet'
It 11 Tn Cl 4 " - '-
llSfitT WA8 NEyERCOSQCtRKn.
lirecorded of X)rJ rP
3 fc -r -- - , - -' ' .-- - .- T .
'aley. i cne of the
bngf ist prtiaments of the Chriitian Church
that &ejn College he" was Inclined to dis-
8inaun ai-i luieues-s. muraintr a ncu
.. ; Jt fc-L--. .- 11 st - - r- - i - ..' . .t
ana fpipatea ieuow-stuuent came into nu
th this singular' reproof' raley,' I
haveen thinking whxt a tool Dit are.-
.- )'.' C1-
1 nar tre . means 01 cissipauon ana can an-
ford I should make nothing if I wer-j to
ppll.lnyself. You are capable Of rising to
an e? iaence aud impressed with this truth
1 na toeen Kept awaue aurtng tne.wnoie
'i 'Si 1 1 .
nigh gnd hare now coraO-solemnly to ad
' 'it lettect ot this remarkable admonition
was I stimmediate reformation; and the final
resuif that' he became one of Hheguiding
mind? fhis own and succeeding ages. die
becafi f an acute and powerful reasoner. and
CHirisl'tnity found !a him one of its ablest
defeni ri The reprover is dead, and his
(reformation and 'these" results : pf
shed, under God. by a resolution
deiibeaMtejy formed and t which never' for a
m'ome. waycred.r 14 s .
Pr &s tbe .eye of some youncr man al
readyil pmed to dissipation may. fall upon
. 2 ft s. . . ' i - 1 - -if'.. .
umbo. jiy iiqcs ana win they not be m
duced3 stop - a moment and count the cost
of idle fss and vice, and calculate,4 too a few
of theM vantages ofi industry and ? uutiring
persevl ince in well doing ? The example
of rale, should never be forgotten by such
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II I iTcrslofl that ccicr Tires.
ask mel niv children. writes Mar
hess of Alencon,' the favorite sister
I. of France, ana a aevoiea vnris
do a very diScult thing to mven
Iri that will drive away yenr cr.r.n
sen seeking all mv life toelTcct this;
but I$N e found only one remedyj .which is
name;-:aa pewsnea out that ot raiey will
lire.r: t5-'' - ' 4- . .'..-:'
j She last period of recorded tuW - '
Th
comrl
gareta'J
of FraT fa
nan. -' b.
adive
r;OTOLEN01344;.
reaaing, ifcrj holy, empfuru: la pertSlO
toem my mind experiences its true and per
feet joy, and firou this pleasure-of tbe mind l
pyoceed the repose'ahd health' of the bodyw" , '
1 If you desire me to telTyou what I do;.
to be lap gay : and well at my advanced age, 1
i U becaase. as soon -at J get up Tread tbesevT:
sacred books. There4I' see and contemplafca; -the
will of God, who sent his Son to us on.
earth to preach that holy wordj. and to anv ' i
rionnce'the sweet tidings that he promises to- ,
pardonjour sins and; extinguish enr debts, by
giving ws his Son, who loved da , and whow;
suuerea ana oiea lor onr saKes..? 'l'4ii3 ides ',: -so
ddighti me, tKat I lake np the ' Psalms -and
sing them with my hearty and pronounce" . "
withmy ton'gueas-hnmblv a possible-the r
fine hymns with -which the-HdljrSpirit .in-
spired David ind.tbe Tsacrf d authors. The-. :
pleasure I receive frgnr this exercise so trans- 1
ports methat ii,oonsider ail the evils which i
happen to me throbgh the' day to'be J
blessings"; fof I'pTacW Him 1amr heart
by faith, wh& endured, more -misery for jokH
Before! sup, L retire In the .samd manner v
to give roy soul a congenial , lesson. : At. ?
niehrl review all that X" have dont in ' tliA -
thyt- t implore pardon 'foir'my faults; T
thank my God : for In';4avW:aivliiel-
wno'iiiiiuj luviu oir iear,.ana- in . Die
peace, free lroni every worldly anxiety.
The SalcMal Act f LeaTlsg Ctrlit.
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,ATSrB. T: HUP803T.
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tTt7f ye, also go away tf- .
' Do yon., my reader, in these timet of. sin .
my friend, of yourileplorable condition if yon-
leay Christ ;.- ! - -
. i Christ is our : kind Shepherd, leading us
. . 1 " ..... .". f ' . T., mmm !
mio me creen: pastures 01 eternal me. io i.
leave him (s like the silly sheep vwandenng- i
avua smv uuim smv tr-aa -9 mvuiuoa W UUC1 j-
nesey where the devil as a roaring lion prowls j
about to devourV V" - 7,:$&' tv,-
The Lord is a tvi -Tpr leave, him' is to-
grope in midnight darkness among pitfalls of
deep destructions He is a shield to- cover tt
lrom the nery uarts ot the wiCKed one. To i
leave him as nnw theBoldlewhcrf
ihrows away his hfcpreserving shield when
tbe fatal darts of tW.enemy fly. thick -ndHi
fast around him. To-leave him Is as silly as- j
it would have been for one to have left Ibe !
roomy-Ark V when? the rising floc begM to'
flow over all earthly refiigea and sweep into f j1
a watery, grave all ;outsidn of that) Ark.-
Chrtst'is the vine of eom-municating, justify''
ing grace to the souh To leave him is like f
the branch tearing itself away front the life. ?
giving trunk, and railing to droop and wither
into hopeless deatlu ".Without rse yrcan- H
do nothing.'V To leave Christis te Wapinto
the eternal burnings -ef; hell: For w oat of ?
Christ, God js, a conseming fife." ,To lear
Christ is to go xhlo ' damnation? 3 There ia j
no other name given under heav'ea whereby -A
we roust uesaveu; t , v 111 ye go away with 4
sucn consequences attending your departure
t cca cy jueBauyc.
tJ-"t
y-'- ' A Boy rs Religion.
I "My son,w Tsaid Leigh Richmond." "re-K
mem oer yon must die---and. yoa i may , die fc
soon, very soon. u
we mast look for
knowledge, a boy
boy
dolatry;
tliisu and beware of sin, dread the - sinfulness' &
of an unchanged heart and pray for a new-
one, pray ior grace, pardon, and a soul con.
ormea to the image of Jesus Christ"
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Christian Cheerfolaess,
The5 persons wha indeed and truth do berf-
efit the world "by their Uabor, who here re
move al weed and there plant a flower, ' are,
and . must be; cheerful and : tbey must and
will take happy views oflife.andtaconfii
gencies.! As Christians , they e, and mourns
auu Rumii its evus : .Dut every sign and ev
ery tear7 that does not issue in exertion,' they
regard as wasted K li --?-
"f.i.'-Ci 'I - i' "FT ---- -.
urigtir r Tarrixg an Fetttcrlr, , ;
you are to die a bor.
a boy'e rellsrion. a bov'a "i
'i faith. - a boy'a Savior, a 1
8 saltation : or else a boy a jgnorance, !i
boy obstmacv.: a boy s unbelief a bov'a
: a boy's destruction. Remember alt
t In a. "History of -Great .Briuin dnrino J
the administration of Jxrd North," publish- "J
ed ln Dublin in 1782, it is said of NewLori-'i
don; situated on the nyer Tliames The ;
people of. this town are aid to have been the u
inventors ot-the practice ot tarn rg and feath? '
eririg which was first used .as a punishment-
for heresy, and inflicted upon Quakers, and " v
Anabantista.'' ' - ' 1'f tr --
; Lying, Ktto God.
The Holy y Scripture?- record an in-sn
stance of the diTiuevengcancaagaiss.(L"
Ananias, because he had "not neo nn-,.k.
to men. but onto God," , Ananias "feir
down; and gar up the ghost. : .
" iWe may not, m these latter days,"
look for such direct manifestations of '
the jndgmeata ot uoa ;-Dnt sarely the 1
sin' of; rXiincolniS In : appointing thank??!
gyings ia. the ortnera churches for ?
the alleged Northern "victory", at Shi-,..,
lohr Is of al piece! with that efAna-
nias.f IX ia? "lying unto 'GodM--inak-
in'Hii. cIiutqIi the instrument? of L
tbul deception '-npbfi-f-''th'd;TO6pIe'bf tba?"
North and Of Europe. r-We taVelfaiti
tHat' tho 6in will la totssT-tray .ca. xistetj
ted npos the wrekk.Tl-P ths3i)rcfr? u
the temple of God, jT-aycei Obssr..
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