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JrD.nUFnmi, Editor and, Proptietof, VOLUME. BimjBBaiU, HI I i 1 1 ! BIBLICAL" REGORDEK; A Religious and Literary Paper. published week! d weekly at Kaluga"; N.O., i SS 00 per , payable In advabcs. r For the Recorder. The Power of God. BY T. JUDSOX KNAPP. It ;is common for men to speak ft general terms of the power of God, and represent as passing all assignable hunts; but the ideas of many on this point are' far from being definite or distinct. But Sgrr experience emotions of sublimity on 'witnessing the ef fects of divine power, and the reason is that they early learn to4view'it3 greatest exhibi tions as something spontaneous and not re quiring foreign aid. A person views an object as it rolls down an inclined plane, and without inquiring the cause, concludes that it is the nature f things to do bo, and he gives it no further thought. .Suet a person feels no emotions of sublimity when beholdinga mighty river, as it rolls onward to its ocean home. Unmoved, he can hear .the roar of the tempest, the thundfr of the cataract, or old ..-can's dirge, as she throws her billows at ins feet. He beholds the sun performing Wr daily course, and knows, not what im mense power is exerted in' bringing about what appears to lim one of the simplest (because one of the most common) event3 m nature; In selecting examples to illustrate the power of God, such an endless variety pre- nt themselves, that it is difficult to select. N otwithstanding the mult'phcity of objects w hich manifest the power of the Creator, different mind,s are so- differently affected that what excites admiration in one might not moVe another. Hence it is difficult to select any one class of objects calculated equally to impress different persons, whose tastes, habits of thinking, and modes of as sociation differ from each other, and perhaps from the writer. But if we entertain suita ble conceptions of the character of God, we can not faiL to discover manifestations of his power in every object with which we meet. The Tact that God created all things out of nothing, is calculated to fill the mind with amazement. It was a maxim among the ancients that, 11 from nothing, nothing can proceed." But they knew not the Scriptures nor the power of God. It is impossible for man to work without materia la. Supply these and he can mould them into almost any conceivable shape. Deny him materials, and his inge nuity is useless. He ran not call the least object into existence. But the objects we behold were not made out of pre-existing materials. He who said " let there be light i and light was, called into being the count- les3 worlds that fill the universe. "He spake,,:. and it was done. He commanded, and it stood fast." In contemplating this act, th mind is filled with amazement, but if we attempt to consider the power necessa ry to continue in motion the worlds that are rolling -with inconceivable rapidity through the vast reg.on3 .of space, imagination ner- self shrinks back astounded, The attraction of cohesion, which binds together the particles of matter, illustrates the power of God. "Were it not for this immense force which is continually exerted the world would crumble into atoms. The attraction of gravitation consists in the mys terious exertions ot power, applied accord ing to fixed, laws. This, together with the projectile force, keeps the planets in their orbits, .while- revolving around their respec tive centres. W hat powef 13 necessary to sustain and keep in motion the planets, that compose the solar system I The circumfer ence of our globe is nearly 25,000 miles, and. yet" this enormous mass is. hurled at the rate of 68,000 miles an hoar. - The velocity of some planets is even- greater. Bat the solar system is a mere . point among the worlds that fill the. illimitable regions, of space. It has been discovered by astrono mer3 that the solar system haschanged its place, from which it is-inferred th&t it moves around sons other centre far remote. . Nor . is there anything unreasonable in this suppo sition. - Let us then turn and trace these stupendous movements. The earth revolves on its axis as it 13 borne in its orbit around 'the son. The other planets have similar. motions, whilst the satellites revolve around their "respective primaries. Thus twenty- n:ne worlds are rolltng around toe sun as their common centre, to which they are chained by the attraction of gravitation. Here we ' might "pause and .adore the 1 matchless power of the - Almighty, but the sun itself, with all J ts" 'Worlds, is carried aranttd .another centre,, and' that, perhaps, aronnd another, and so 6a to infinity. Who 'does nat feel kis littleness as hecon-4 templates the mighty work of Jehovah, as! displayed, m the creation 01 the-heavens ? - But we. need not appeal to the discoveries of astronomy fr "examples to. illustrate this attribute of - Jehovah. Oar one globe far - tushes instances of the exertions of might which fill the mind with awe. The ravages made by the slements of nature afford numerous- exhibitions of , power. Volcanoes shake (Tie earth, tornadoes desolate its facet floods, sweep over its bosori bearing away the world of - art. ana the Doits or, heaven shatter alikisihe mountain ak And tko flinty rock. . But these, are. wily the messengers of tiie Most TBe his fottsteris aw ' heard ia-the thunder and een urina iigjutaing naaa,- lq NO.-2o.V ' Like, well trained servants, theelemeilts obey oiV call ; nw, angejs of "mercy dispen sing blessings'; now messengers of wrath executing vengeance. There, was a time when the earth was filled with violence. The JU mighty uttered his voice, and anon the fountains of the'great deep are broken np and the floodgates 'of heaven opened. The voice of mirth was succeeded by the roar of the tempest the groans ofthe dying, and the crash of the world. Are the- chil dren of God persecuted by impious foes? -The sea affords them a . passage, their ene mies a grave.- Need I speak of the light ning and the earthquake which consumed and sunk the cities of the plain? Shall I mention the pestilence which, in one night laid in an eternal sleep the flower of the Assyrian army? In contemplating such acts who does not acknowledge the' power of the Most High? And who will presume to assign limits to the operations of Him, who spoke the universe into existence, and wno uphoids all things by the word of his power ? . For the Recorder The Church and the Ministry. The following propositions are considered, by many Bapti?fctt, as axioraated truths : 1st. A church of christ is a society of be lievers, baptized upon a profession of faith, and voluntarily associated together under the law of Christ, and it is independent of every other ecclesiastical organization, hav ing our Head and Lawgiver, which is Jesus Christ . . . ' . 2d. Every- member is held accountable to his own church, and to no other, for his con duct. The church, and it only, receives, tries and excludes its members. T 3rd. A regular Gospel minister can be qualified only by the Holy Spirit and the church; y tae Holy Spirit, because He. bestows upon him who is called to the pub lic ministry-, the requisite ministerial gifts, and by the church, because it elects and, through it? presbytery, sets him apart td the work of the Gospel ministry. 4 th. All ministers f the Gospel should, according to the teachings of the New Tes tament, be qualified to rule and administer the ordinance of baptism, as well a3 to preach ihe Gospel. 5th. The preaching of the Gospel and all other religions objects should be supported by voluntary contribution. And it is equal ly true that no organization has the right to place a minister ver ft body ef men without consulting their minds. It i3 my purpose now to present some views which, I think, are fairly deducible from what is laid down in the foregoing pro positions, and to show that some of us, in some things', are drifting from the ancier.t landmarks ofthe .New Testament. 1. In the first place, I remark, with refer ence to the 1st and 2nd ofthe above propo sitions, that if these be true, no man or body of men, except the church oPChrist to which the member belongs, can receive, try or ex clude a church-member. I confess it sounds strangely to my ears, to read, in the army correspondence of a religious journal, of a Conference of men whose membership is scattered over the Confederacy, receiving candidates' to baptism and restoring penitent backsliders to what ? Church-fellowship, I presume. Why does not the-missionary, wben-he has satisfied himself of thft fitness ofthe candidate, go and baptize him, as Philip did the Eunuch, without the author ty(?) of a Conference ? What need is there of such a Conference? If the backslider. in the army desires to be restored to "church fellowship, let htm make his request known to the excluding church, satisfying them of his penitence and reformation. What right has any other body to. restore htm? But I am reminded by the Recorder's half sheet, that brevity is an excellent recommendation to its crowded columns. 2. I ask, with reference to the 3d and 4th propositions, . what is the proper method of induction into, tne uospei ministry f An swer ; When a believer and the church of which he is a member, have, become mutual ly satisfied, by fair trial, that if his bounden duty to enter the Uospel ministry, the church should, without delay, appoint a presoytery to set mm apart, oy tne laying on or nanas, to the blessed work, clothing him with full power to preach, baptize, &c. Christ com mitted this business, to the churcliy nd not to an Association. ' ' - A "licentiate" is something unknown to the New-Testament, ifby the term is meant a minister of the Word.- If the "license" mea'ns simply & permission exercise "his gifts, then, I say it is, at least, unnecessary ; r every man not only has the permission 01 unnst ana tne cnurcn, out ne is unaer obligation to. both, to use the gifts of ptayer, exhortation -which1 lie possesses. He needs no written approval, unless he ts about to eo among strangers, and then, he needs such an one as would be given tetany other nrother. The church can make known its approval of hia course without any official praceedura. . Bat if I mistake noV toe church and the people generally consider . the "licensed'" brother to be a minister 01 vuv ruspei, auu otefir to' hia name the title of " Kev." Bar wa ling than, tw vrders in themirffsT try,rthe one to preach, :. and the other. tQ Drcaoh. Tulfc r bant.i re &o: ? s Does "the New Testament .'give its sanction, .to, this t..X khink )ioL -"The New Testament ministers wcr6 all qualified to Baptize" disciples after they tad mad them.". ' "'... ' . . ' ' -Th church can try . brother, and when Devoted to Religion, Morality, . RALEIGH, Nv Cm J-BaU.J-il'gCWggWHtfW -.111X11-. J1 ll - m' - tisfied of hisoalllo tha minfstrv. bv fai satisfied of his oall to tha ministry, bj fair (rwV'H can and. should set him apart to the work of a regular Gospel mi nisten A church can do all ..tliis, without giring him "license," A part of the above remarks will apply, to the deaconsl)ip. Jhe clmreh should fc y a brother flrs and then "it-should elect and .ordain him to the deaconship. NoS elect, try, and ordain. - 3d. Lastly, Xcome to speak with reference to the 5th proposition-. Christ did not com mit the work of evangelizing the world to secular governments. Individually, every officer of the Governmeut. should have enough to do with religion' to be a. recipient of its blessings and promoter of its' interests officially, fehey should have but little to do with it- Secular Governments should not become Missionary Societies to have the Gospel preached. This duty belongs to ec clesiastical organizations. How are chap laincies filled? By appointment of Govern ment. Are the wishes of those to whom the ohaplain is sent always consulted? No ! he is forced upon them. How are chaplains faid ? By the Government, out of the pub ic Treasury. Not by voluntary contribu tion, but by taxation, the salaries of chap- , Fa,u. , en uu.u u trOVmment wnfilii unm rum ttin hli-irtil . .. .. j history of the past, to let rensrion alonw. Church and State, united by the powers of darkness, should bo eternally divorced. Let so much of the tax as is requisite to pay army chaplains, remain in the hanJs f 'Me people, and let the seiigious societies in the land send forth missionaries to the army, in accordance with the principles of civil and religious liberty. 1 have now submitted an hone.-t expres sion of. views and matters in which I fed a deep interest; and however much opposed to them may be the views of others, I can say of them "I meant it for good." MARCUS. June, 1863. For the R'Corder. . ministers and Deacons' Meeting. The Ministers and Deacons' Meeting of tfie United Baptist Association, met with the Church at 'New Hop, Wilks county, N C, commencing on Friday, 20th, May la-t. Friday being a rainy day but few were in attendance, consequently the meet ing was not organized till Saturday. Tray er was made, and. the meeting adjourned un til Saturday, 10 o'clock, A. M. Saturday Momiuy. A Sermon was de livered by Elder I. Oxford. Tiie nieetii)r was then organized by appointing Elder 1. j Oxford, chairman, and P. El'er, Secretary. ; 1st question discussed, h it consistent take charge of churches which have rent off from us on account of our temperance prin ciples? J Answered in the negative. 2nd, Should every Baptist church have a Sabbath School ?. Answered in the affirma tive. - 3rd. What are the Scriptural qualifica tions of a .Gospel preacher? All the above questions jyere fairly and ! . o1ltr '1!ominll TTUi Wzl u;..:tu present, Elder Oxford was appointed uuT , i r-r preach a Missionary sermon on Sabbath atloe as a general. of, rare skill, resou llo c ockr Elder S. McXei gave out and . ,. , Sunday. bAder tJxtord preached a Mis - sionary sermon as was previously appointed, to a urge and wett behaved congrvgation. After 30 minutes uiternTinsion ne again preached an able and interesting sermon to the pupjls of the Sabbath School. After hich Elder J. McNeil published an open door for the- reception of converts intc the New Hope church, when a young Lady came forward ane related her faith in Christ, -'i - 1 1 p 1 anu was receiveu :uio tne cnurcn ior Dap- tism. After which the congregation was dismissed. V. ELLER. Fr the Recorder. Receipts for Array tolportagc, to JUifE 20, 1863. Dear Bro. HuriiAM: The. following sums are for Army Col portage : Rev. Wm. Turner, $5 00 ; Enon church. through pastor Elder M. Baldwin 11 00 New Hope church, through pastor Elder W. T. Walter83L75 : Wake Forest church. through Elder W. T. Brooks 57 00; "also through Elder W. iJrooks 43 40 collect ed at a Union meeting "forr the distribution of the Recorder in the army. : . Bro.r Brooks writes: "We are making an effort to get the churches composing the Central Association to send up funds regu larly to each Union meeting" for Colpor- tage.' Mi This plan possesses the advantages of sys tematic combined effort in so glorious a work as this. t The, country feels that if the army ia purified, our country is ; safe and one of the greatest triumphs of. the cros3 of Christ will thereby have been achieved". .' How graoigius is God. to bless our armies with victories, 'how ... much greater atiil the glorious wonder, that the cross is working ita victocs.over stubborn sin in answer "tq bur 'poor; efforts, "It is.a-miracle that he blesses us after we have prayed and labored to the utmost degree of earnestness, - Yet he is doing it wonderfully. Oor Col porter's xeport'most eracious re- vivals. bun more laborers are coming into advancement -'lie therefore did not fall ml the field. The colporter. is making. wonder-Jto the ruinous babita of our gtnerala; who5 ful sacrifices. 'are always neglecting to do the things that . . . O . . Literature and Qeng Intelligehce. ":.Y", WEDNESDA W m24 1863, mmimtmimmmmmmm -lta-ajesip mi:n. '. ; i-: 1 """ . "'"7 Jr The Colnorters trials are "creat in id. Just let me quote a few words frofla(jjHetter ftVS All the diffureace it can make wiSrMie is that it would give me $5 00, whirls an item of some importance when I laat a much reduce salary and have o pa twen ty times as much for what I eatanitifear. lt would feed me two or thre days i'''n I might lie like I ara.now, without aid ;or a mouthful to eat. 1 ought not to ha jsaid this much. I leave it with you and T'd the'r Cobb." . :,'..,... 4 ;g.?i:;; Bro. Cobb is beginning to pay h i jpor- teura monttuv m advance. It evef . i la bored faithfully they are doing it; . etl-. T I' . ...Ml II .1 ! ' ' ". rcu x Know 3011 wiu-noia tnem un. ; iti N. B, COBB, Gen. Sup. Army Col portage for N. 0 By P. D. GO:R Goldsboro', N. C. For the Recor General Association of VirglfT?;. This AssociatioR, during the last acja tioual year, raised over $60,000 for LSr'roy jCop0rtagtt a!ld fought 25000 BibI f and r w . ;. A?- i iTestamenta for thearmy. But they oi . 3 .1 r, 1 . ;ted i to send the Gospel to soldiers' wive? ; and children. This they intend to do DOMESTIC BOABD. if The Domestic Board had 150 "evanjsts before the war. They riow have 40 pWich era in the-army and can sustain G0.;v fere are 40000 soldiers beyond the Missipni r.ot cared for. They will send some aT,tter them. Brother Sumner in 3 weeks f about $S0OO. He is one 'among the? est agents in the Southern Confederacy, :.$' E. DODSQj: Uenrf Ward Beeeber's Opinio of Stonewall Jackson. v f.; ' - i Under the heading, V The Death oQ- ;k-i sun," a lare number of the Newc"lirk Inde2wdent contains the following : : r;. " A brave and honest foe has falle'j Thomas Jefferson Jackson has diftHof wounds received in the confusion of the! t tle of Chancellors villa at the hands otfih own men ! There is not left another in in the. South to take his place, and, $l&r mond papers scarcely exaggerate when1fv say that the. Confederacy, could ,bjetvter Is lie lost htty thousana men f uooa m coixfofi, hi pecaHar excellence was in the fiefdL .i We know cf no man on either side that nurjifcia- ' 1 . 1 kim il 1. Y xt AnnallaA -m h o Tin! mf kr army. u We are in some respects better j jui -since we ieit trie oiows wnicn mey omyw uealr. It is certain that no other manf fe iinnressed the imacination of our sol?s and the whole community so much av An unknown name at the beginning ofe ie war, save io his brother officers,, arul tajs classes in the military school at Lexingj, Virginia, his footateeps were earliest inie field frorii which now death has withdrO .But in two years' he has madeS8 r. :?-- L.. ' 1-.,.l it-'., , c l " "S o otfi-r ceneral of-the South cou hv the iervid nismratiCi, a .'r . - nn min.j . T-,ifaon. ' H h, i oule of hU men, seeming ftfM to fascinate them. He drove them throife i marches long and difficult, without resdur feeding th&m'as best he could ; he delfvew I battles as a thunder-cloud discbarges bo:4 and, if the" fortunes were against him,; thS'( with even more remarkable skill than in vancing, he held his men together in retrei and with extraordinary address and coura eluded pursuit, sometimes fighting, '. son0 times fleeing, till he brought off his forc ; safely. Then, almost before the dust v,V laid upon the war-path, bis face was aM towards his onemies, he was ready, for fCi newea connict liis.wnoie soui was in ivs work. He had no doubts nor parleying within himself. He put the whole force JK his beinc: into his blow for the worst causS mart ever fought for, aa few of our generi 1$ have ever learned to do for the best cause. in which trumpet ever sounded. Henceforth' and the. murderer are under God's curse. for we know himTno more after the Sesb. i 'T8 they have broken with impunity, two great is no lonner a foe. We think of him nofe'ommandments ofthe living God. All those as a noble-minded gentleman, a rare jh mg?, my'deiw children, 1 want jou to, re-eminenUChristiao.- For years he ha; bee nlember, for my life is, fast ebbing away, an active member of the PresUy terian Churcilnd I shall not be here Jong to chide' and of which he was" ruling elder. He neveffersuade you to keep the. strait and narrow in all the occupations ofthe camp, or tempt 3wajr. I am almost gone I Come', Lord tationa aCampaigna, lost the fervor of hi'f p$u8 ! come quickly, and let me , rest my piety, or remitted his Christian duties. S S4veaTy 'head uponlhy loving breast Thanks V'We know that before 'every importan?e to th Ijiave fought the good fight, I move hespent much time in . prayer. HCave.-kept the faith, and henceforth there is had so put his soul in the keeping or hxtti crown of rigateousness laid up for. me. Master that he was relieved from alt Uiojghw-ewll, dear friends, I am going , home.' bfselft and bad 'the nhole power. of Tits lifi tfhus died uncle Jack Kerr, in. the oae ready for his work Officers.; of FTemqnU jfiunired and fifth year of bis age, exhorting army who pursaed him in. his famous Bhentia children and' children's children .to keep anaoan v aiiey, iouim uioi w oo greaviy ...Define ?om mauu meats oi vrocui-. KSw ? loved by the' common people, among whomlj He-retained his 8trengtli of -ruittd.;tth in joriuer um".. o niv 1 meetings, in temperance every Christian word and; ilar Ha fourrht well alone a pogrophy-he had mapped down with pray- iJ -ZuUtott and Chriat.iori UKac :$ -1?, ""He wasAneelfish ' He fcught - neitherHi. AA beloved aid lamented by many who for renutation now,' nor for future' nersanal .... '.-. . ... T 4; J -.- n' &li . 7Z U cauoe aone Because they are small, but squanaer time and men ahd nati.n i W. fting ready for greSt battles wJiich elude them or deieat them. , He incessantly struck on the right and.on the left, and kept alive tie fire in the hearts of , the ilLclad, poorly-fed apd overworked men by. the excitement of enterprise and the constant relish of victories small in detail, but whose sum was all-important. . - , . "Let no man suppose that the North will triumph' over a fallen son. with insulting gratulations 1 Nowhere else willthe - nkme ef Jackson be more honored. Not fn b adhesion to thecause of slavery, but for-his uuwtrinniiea personal Character, for his de yout piety, and for his military genius. n En&Iisirtfcr ot Stonewall tic&oi. I he news of the. death of the. earnest christian and brilliant commander, Gen.- Jackson, has created a sensation in 'Eng land. The following froth one' of ;the Eng. hsh paper?, will show what was thought of I him across the ocean. Add tolhe splendid valor of a Murat the fervid faith of a Cromwell and ibe unbroken success of a Havelock. and we have a cap tarn whose waving swords and fearless voice the Southern whites would have followed "to the pitC" That He never lived to ex change a division fof an army, a flying corps tor the massed columns of th field of battle, may perhaps have been crood for his fame; but ihe leader who could find the weak place in Hookers line at-Chancellorsvilfe; and hurl bis .twenty-five thousand troops opon it so poon as found, as Jackson did, wguld snrely Jhave ripened into a renowned General Assuredly the most? fatal shot of the war to the Confederates, wbetheffired by friend or foe, was that which struck down the life of 'Stonewall Jackson a soldier every inoh of 11m, tor wnatever canse he contended. From the R C. Advocate. The Old Soldier. Many suns have goop their annual rounds, since old Jack Kerr, or as he was most commonly called, " Uncle Jack," satin the- corner by -the'big blazing winter-fire, and told us soul-stirring tales of the old ' Revolu tion.' Uncle Jack war one of - Geueral Washington's body-guard, and . bad fonght many a hard battle by his side. Ah! well d I remember the flashing- light of ancle Jack s dark sunken eyes, while ne spoke with love and admiration of that great and good man- " the first in war, the first in peace, the first in the hearts of his country' men." Uncle Jack was not only an old soldier, who had fought bravely with lead and steel to sustain his country's rigbts, he was also an old and brave soldier in Christ He joined the Christian Army in the 22d year of his age, and fought the devil and "his angels with .unswerving rectitude and unfail ing strength till the one hundred and fifth year of. his eventful and useful life was clos ing above His hoary, head. Then he "gently lata , mm aown upon ms oea ana waiiea calmly and resignedly lor ms summons home. Many weeping friends and relatives stooa .a round the old man e bed, and atten tively listened tb'Catch-hiV dying whispers: and although his voice was low and broken,- he delivered many faithful warnings and pions precepts to his friends. His conver sation 'was principally as follows: "My children, -watch and pray live as you would wish to die. Swear not at all, ' for the Lbrd'will not hold him guiltless who tnketh his name in vain.' It vas against our good General s order to use profane language and manys the man of a wintry morning kwhjJ had.a cup ot icy water poured down Ins -sleeve for breaking this one particular order. Bat, oh I my children, what a slight punishment in comparison with the Mure the eternal future, where you will be immer sed in sulphurous flame by that arch fiend, the. devil, who has taught you to drink and swear, lie and steal, ana penorm witn ef frontery and impudence all the sin. -that cao-! possibly be crowded into me me oi a poo? t mortal ! - The iora n&tn ueciared tnat . all liars shall have.tbeir portion m the lake that burns with brimstone and fire j and the thief umbie and secluded - life,; there ,were;maay l.'u. t. Mhtldm. in. bit retirement; and fltranaeMto him in bload, and honored, Vl . -I gloved and lamented by hia, aamerojas.'jrelai jyea, tie wen uwwu w uo-.mi TERMS : $3 jer year in ldranct. - Bidden Beantvfn a TFord: Trencht liafiis lrke&iteti? of words, exhibits the' hidden- beauty of the? is affliction anmiab. armw Mn .rv against and shrink from x to $f Ibrere - v siu. Aut tut meaning ,ia -calcu lated to calm the unrest of iUie?tned,4beart: It is denved from ' trOulumJ ihm Ttim name oftha threshiBg.infltrnment ort roller, wnere py ine. nandmani Tropt t Sep arate the corn from the husks ; andv.M trtbu lotto signified.the acof Veeparati iTrit ing of the inner : man,; "whereby it is separa- tea irom me nusin and cban, which would unfit it for the garner .of beaven. . ' ' What thra. are afSictiana Imt am f h. ly and faithful love ? ' Onr tTftavmW Fatli. er loveih tia, and because, be loveth-us, he lases away our.precions things. He. deala with us 8omewhat afef the jmanner of an ancient painter with hia pupils .The young artist bad geriius;vand producedVpicture of great merit1 which was mach admired1 'bv all .'His voung heart now--swelled with vanity." He laid aside bia palette and pen cil, and, sat before- bis reaseL admiring the offspring of bis own genius. 7 One mornin&he found bis beautiful crea tions expunged from the. canvas.- He: wept bitterly : His master appeared and said " I have done this Jor your benefit ; ,the picture was ruining 70U,". . , " HowM ?" demanded Tifs pwpIL, :v Because, in tae a'dmiratioa of yaur own talent,4 yon were losibg your love of the art itself.. Take your, penciV and try agajau" K The youth dried bis teara, seized bis pen cil and produced a master-piece, which, out for-this severe trial hfl -wonM in T! nrnW bility have never executed And thus, when we are .vain and Haughty', in our prosperity, when we Worship the gift" ana forget the.Giver,. -whemveartblj. aec tiona7like bmis of gram, inclose our hearts God, in pureTove, applies the flail -of trib ulation. Ha submits us td tomTJOTarr Dain that be nayaave na from ruin, Ob .this is true love mdqed and blessed are they who permit .bent ' trials to accomplish tbia loving From th, Christian OhcAnrw StrikinsCclnddttices. - Thursday the 30th of April, observed at a day of Fasting and and Prayer through out the States sustaining the Lincoln and Sewardgovernment for the suppressio of what they call 41 the Rebellion.? On the same day the rebel Gen. Forrest met the Federals at Moulton. Ala. n? routed and pursued thern. . t - .Un the next day (May 1st,) the. Yankee:, forces assailed the " Rebels" at Grand Gnlf, and after a day's iard fighting, were repuls ed and driven from the field - ; On the same day,XJoL EdgarV battalion uic vuc jl-vac;iM vaiouy. uiiq WiOuaailB strong, at LewisbnrR Va, and defeated them. "- -:" On the 3d otll&j, Geii.' Forrest, after five days hard marching and fightilg, captured sixteen hundred ofthe enemy and took their horses and arms. - - On th- 2d and ltd af Mair ilia A nmr f ' 7 wuw -A.. J Northern Virginia acbei ved; " a" great vic tory" over the enemy, took a large number of prisoners and more than' fifty cannon, and drove their hosts over the Rapnahan nocRr - ... On the 3d of May three of Lincoln's boats were sat on fire in' their attemDft to run' tha Vicksburg batteries, and burned to the wa- 1 ...-. ter seage. ;( ; " . On the jBth of May Gen. Lee announced the retreat of Hooker from bis fortified po sition on the south side of the Rappahannock. II appears that he fled. for bis life, durin? a storai in the night ofthe 4th inst; and cross- ed .ne river and toofc shelter behirid his bat teries on its Northern banks? Thus: termi nated the most decisive victory of the war. We do not presume that " those eighteen upan cwhom the tower in Siloam' ell and slaw them, were sinners-above all men that dwelt in Jersalem but we believe that a re tn butt ve providence is often aeen amon g men in the present Kfa ; that " pride goeth before destruction ;M Tthat Jod often' :. takes those who think themselves ".wise in their own craftiness" that " the counsel of the froward is carried 'headlonp'.'' and that hm r who diggeth a pit for the righteous ' shall taiu therein hubseiw . V " ; ' 1 Wortfty Example; The RichrioBd correspondent of 'tbftiC. Index tkvt: - "'r!Yi7'. " Active ' rjarticiriation in war: doubtless. it eftftti'iinfrWdlv' in 'tifetr '.Btit tberd are instancerwliick prove, that baweverrnatn. ral this? result may eeni,1t.ia by no means necessary..;, vv oue some iwumierp rm , ue . nnrir to have forgotten thehf higher calling under the pressure 6f dutfes imposed hv theiTresponse to thecall of .armAX-'Gen. - Pendletbiv vioctoiivjbt divinity, in tbeProt estaat Episcopal CfrteffijrJiQ ; einca bis'en- tr ane mo the service earl v in fl I . Ti ' n. proved himself aa dne; 6f f on mosfr! active and-' efficient officerat-.bas 'never fcflad to' preaca uu a&uuaui, xcept wncu me. army was either in battla Or on the mareb Such ' at "example . f iUnflaggirig Christian jeal, amiclst the toila arid.jCares,:of 'mtarytife, administeri X 'relJuk Wbibduld Jibe felt ' by tnose wno nave uo mccu vneu irom tne " walks af peace. but whose labors ior
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 24, 1863, edition 1
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