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'4 T '-DEVOTED 0?O : EMJIQTVXORA.li,X TY, 3LIT ILiJ"- - " y:v a. sxys or.iS, " : V;;; ini ! ii ' fi v.:-, J1 JJ . . . v i yk r y i i J .; " : y -i U . ' V. - "rtrTf ; ! -; 1 ; ' .'' 'i . C- ,t r ft ' - .1. i , 3... I I I .1 . f II I i.!-.-. i i I : r. I I It. .11 rill I .."'" I , I I . W . I .-J ' t U4 ADVEETISIHG niou MwipMf will U iMetfe at th IMtovtbs WM, i:' i.-::. r - vs. r:. r1 S 00 10 00 of wtj dscrlpUu xetd tq Mat bulomt o reaaoa atui PartievUr tteUe to orders from MhooU far jriBtlB.!;'. ,11 rt ! SOME OF THU REASONS AND FACTS " WHICH MADE ME A BAPTIST. .BTRST. T. B, KISQSBURY. KO.12. . lag tlt ti vjTptr. Kwmiag of BapUto it ot Immerio Tltoir lasguago Qiot4. I have already renjarked that bap tise has never been translated. It was merely adopted into bur lan guage. The termination was simply changed and haptisd became baptize. If the meaning ef this word can be found,; then ihe controversy is forever settled. How can this meaning be ascertained ? Vbout any other word, you would say, t he . , d irec t way wiil be to ctinsult the various Greek ! lexicons. Why not then .; resort to them in this case? Let us then turn to them that we may ascertain WHAT GREEK LEXICONS SAY BAPTIZO MEANS. ntft consume the space allow . ed me with quoting what i really th'ey all Bayl I will give the sum of their evidence. The celebrated . Presbyte rian, Dr. N. L. Kice, gives us the re suit of his researches . among .Greek dictionaries, in his work pn. Baptism, andFin;.his' debate with Alexander Campbel I . He quotes t iromitwclre? dip or imnerct.muii -v, that it.means our r sprinkle - -N or do any. of the twelve assign to baptiso any meanicg that doesnot admit of I immersion. ? The thoughtful reader i will say very good thus" far for the Baptists.!1 But let ds pursue this in vestigation farther.' The following are' the authors quoted by t)r. Rice :; 1 Scapula, Hedericun, Stephanus, Sch iensner, Parkhurst, llobinson, Schri Vellius". GrbvesBretschneider, Suidas, Wahl and Greenfield. I propose now to extend this list... , The follow ing. Lexicographers unite, in giving to 5cfso the. .meaning of to dipt to vlunael to immerse, whilst none of them say it means to pour or sprinkle. viz: Pasor, Donnegan, Dr. J ohn J ones, : Prof Host, Bass, Pickering, Stokius, Robertsony Saicerustieighllichard- son , Passo w ,,f Cast el 1, Constantm, hoahgeniusTrbmmiiisjMinley Bagster, Michaelisr Schaaf, Guido Fahricius, Schindter, Buxtorf Pas chal, J Auscher. t Mekitar Vartabed, Alstediua, Wilson, t William Young, Bailey, Bntterworth,-Ash, Leusden and Walderus. .: These added to those Quoted bv Dr. Bice, make . il . .... ,'. ft- , .., '.; i . no less than forty-six .standard lexi CoX8,madej in'different agesn differ ent coiintnes, by the learned of dif ferentdenominations, and stulagree lng in giving" to baptizo the word always" used in J the Ifew, Testament to express meaning and none of them indicating lyLthatl it'.ever'meani to-potlror ja s 1 saa.v . u j M v , , t1ia."..wiir'stilllsDi'nA;2.adults't an anlpmnlr that' thev- hav'e Irnlv baotized them. Withnhe learneiof the'earth on' the side of thekpti.'ts they Wafford 6, bef taunted .with ignoVancer--:t ; syv ThVr ;V still two other -Lexicons to be consulted, . which will.;complete th.;LM on this head, t; - .... the idea, of-baptism the preieu .oi.Bsperaicm, uu iway ui of 'to, immerse, or ' td plunge, tmmerston, r:) xh , w u'S-n s ,t . m.. " 1. Liddell and Scott.Y This is the 'f properly signifies to, dip standard Greek .lexicon offthe age; in, to washby vnmersiontii r It emanated from Oxford,: in 'Eng: JL .pwomifLD,, ;i " The .ensj of land, is; constructed upon . the plan of the great' German 'lexicographer, plunged nto ..r. i. 1 - v " 0 - i.a' Aiii- 'nthPrB 12. Zanchius a t The proper signi Passow, and ranks above all otners. , i::: rtt..-.lin'Sfi: that fication of - baptize , is to tmrrse, uuibia r .rrrtint sen there is scarcely .au .important - sen ; "tenco in the whole range of Greek ' literature that it has not weighed. In the first edition, the learned ,'au tl.crs (Uplscoalians) : gave , among r 1: :t m ni n 33 of laptizoy to steep. vxt;povr vpon;drtheh a" 'But Fin the second; edition, th'ey-baYe cxpungtd these definitions!' Why5, this?! ' It tuu&b ye very piain lo every one tnat inese meanings would never jiave beep .withdrawn, if; within the. range of. UiGreekfiitelitury, ' ond,' solitary jxusagic cpujd hYe ben found-, which would justify tAetKfitentfon As hop eat and learned .ment' these authors have obliterated these meanings, and now to this greatly controverted word they give only the following tMltTo dip repeatedly ; of ft ahip, td I sink them : passive Voice, to bathe. 2. To 'draw V ate r73?Td t) ip tTiyig wf f j'By bathing we are to suppose 'they mean immersed tn water, as the with drawing of the' other sense's would -. . i "5 I V " prevent the . supposition that they meant bathing with water. , It is nec essary to mention in this connection, one fact attending the publication of this great work in the United States. Professor Drisler was the editor a Pedobaptist. Instead of giving as the meanings of baptiso, those of the second and revised edition, tie chose to give the definitions of the first Oxford edition. This, however, was soon exposed, .and in the second American edition, tbe Professor did not add anything to the meaning of that wor 4 , as gi ven In ther second Oxford edition. This in itself is very signi ficant. '2. Dr. Charles Anthon. This J learned lexicographer is the Liddell and bcott of America. He is an Episcopalian and Professor of Greek, in Columbia College, New York. " In a letter to Dr. Palmley he says r ' ThejpWmary meaning of baptizo is to dip fir immerse t and its secondary meanings (if it ever had any,) all rt: i fer, in some way or other, to the same leading idea" i.: e. immersion. Sfrokus ac, ark i entirely otrr OF THB QUESTION." ! ' ( - -i - i Professor Stuart's rtile of !nterpre- !tiiAtiUau iJiai ;iulii- cation must be taken always unless the context obviously demands a sec ondary signification." The , context at least can never demand that baptizo shall take the meaning of to pour or sprinMe-2k meaning which it never had. - Are the Baptists then not right when-they t contend that the com mand which our Saviour gave to his disciples to baptize (baptizo) was no thing else than a plain; easily under stood, imperative order, to immerte f , I now, invite the reader to the fol lowing: PEDOBAPTIST . WITNESSES WHO TESTIFY THAT BAPTIZO MEANS TO IMMERSE. 1. Beza. " Christ commanded us to be baptized, by which word it is certain immersion is signified. , , 2. .Neandkr. . . V In respect to thq form, of i baptism, ,it was in conformity with the original import of the symbol, performed by imrriersionz' j v s ; 3. ALTTNorDs, For : baptism is immersion ' the term baptism is never used concerning aspersion. " -J 4. 1 Hospiniancs. " Christ com manded us to be baptized, by which wora it is certain, immersion is, signi fied."' 4 V" : : : ' ' ' ; 5. 'Gurtlerus; .'" .Baptism is im- mersion, aippiyig. i netnipg com manded by "our Iord is baptism,; im-j mersion in water. V 6. Buddeus. -4'The words bapti- einnd baptismosm nottct beinter- the .whole body is ordered to'be tw- or M understand his com- Pand ia o other mannerthan as en joining tmmer,' ? - f:JjOTf,ft " nf , JF? ptism is a' Greek word ; it may be rendered into Latin by memo, when immerse any thing in water." r ' 10 KnaPp ' 'Baptism', frorao - Plunge. under, overwhelm in water.' - F o i n..' 4- mersion J and was administered ' iu former titaeS according to the" force and meaning bt the word." I ' 14..Acgustl "The, word bap- remote-1 .SisMXsxavxa in. paptism tism,: .according to;, etymology i an nsage,'ignifiea to immer$ttSU m t .15. .Brsnsxr,! UI he ;wotIj Correk?; ponds in isignijfication with- the Ge -man iavfent to iink in the deep.1 16 ' PAtJLLVs. " The word haptit'g signifies in4 Greek- aometimes ' to m merse, sometimes td submerge ; ' "T AipVHuuc. ".uapusui wuuwn j-i-, the water.' -' - . v'V'''!' "" T?H. re generally, de ; Ikenius. ,The Greek, wor t J ceived by ihemV IHat thf 18. baptism denotes the immersion1 frJ rv. & , " UASAVBOK. To Daptite is ui n gi bps 22.. Sir John Floyer. 'Immersie ;, is no circumstance but the very act . baptism." . . . ,.u 23. POOU5'8 CONTINPATORS. , 11 To I t baptized is to be dipped in water.',' 24 Yalefius. ; M Baptism proper! signifies immersion.01 - 25, Coleman. " The primary sip nificatioa ' of baptizo is to dipt plunge to immerse. ' The obvious inr port of the noun is immersion:9 ' s 26. Edinburgh Review, says tha . it is "a fixed, point universally ac mitted that baptizo means io dip. 27. Wetstenius. "To baptize ' to plunge, to dip." f 2$. Barrow; . The action is baj tizing or immersion in water.?' 29. Burmannus. Baptismos an baplisma, if you consider the etymo! ogy properly signify immersion.'" 30. . Richard Bentley. t Baptismos baptisms dippings.' -r 31. Beckmancs. " Baptism, ac cording to the, force ; off its etymology. is immersion and washing- or dip ping." : :Vv " O UTr, ' . . 32. Bccncs. " Baptism that ...U 33. Yosi Gerlacu. ; "The Gree" word baptizo) . properly signific dip.' i In addition to this long list of . au thorities, I refer the, reader for, simv lariestimony to the extracts given i t previous numbera ? from Venema, . Prof. Frit8che, Porson, Uogers, Jere' my Taylor, Dr. G. Campbell, Lon don Q. Review, -Vitringa,' Prof. : Stu art,' John Calvin, Witsius, Dr. Chal mers, Melanchthon, and, indeed, many others. These witnesses 'shoM most conclusively that the Baptist" , are right in the , views, which thev hold with regard to the ordinance o' baptism.-; s-,- - -: .a , ' Let the reader remember that' this brilliant sarray of witnesses,, were- all the opponents : of Baptists. !: They nevertheless tell you that , the ! mean-.; ing of-6apttsois to immerse, and that too in the very j teeth of. their own i" practice. In my next; I iwill give farther evidence upon this subject. CONSULTING FORTUNE TELLERS- r t Broth eb Hufuam; It is astonishing to what extent consulting Fortune Tellers, as they are now called, , is carried by both the .church .and the world.r It is rpraeticedpby manyofs whom better things might be expect- ed by some who are regarded as pious and intelligent Thist should Every member known, to ' apply to( diviners7or, fortune; tellers 'ought to be dealt witb as i guilty of sin equal' bidden'in the, Bible .than consulting those that hare familiar spirits, nows '"j ,,6u,ufwu vuc wurufaj is only ai newtBL no t for t divinatibnl Reimports to dip 1 t sorcerjr, familiar birits &o.,-) iV ex 21;toEB0Rcn. Baptism ;c6r . pressly forbiddeL in the Bible;: ".A sists m washing or rather Jmmersi wizard shall bo Welv put to death, the whole. body in water, as was cui Beut.' 18 : Hi 1 1"" Wj!a.P l SayaGod:; I rillbe a'swift 'wjt- generally called4.fortune tellers. In feared thaf; .some of -them have con many communities, if a member of the suited . these persons, and are not as family is sick, especially i the ? dis- wellinformed upon the subject as they ease is of a lingering nature,if a horse ought to be.--" ni-; ',- or a cow is stolen or strayed some rgome who -have consulted1 these' member of thefamily is sent to J con- suit s"ome old woman or Old man that professes to tell.the j?rni? and they couldVnotjpossihiy know any fulurel They "at once put their cards' thing about J but' by :,theirl peculiar vu vuvik, uiu a io w uiBivaucss: i-uey declare it a case ou poison, prescribe aciir ihat generally kills. The!, ad: vice of the attending "r physician hnd nis meuiuiuo ttf rcgaiueLtaajtvervuiu - death :if continued..; ,The( mischief ground to : be . .walked- over, or who stole the missing property, : is given ; suspicion rests at - once .1 upon some aoes not stop nere. j ine size, color ot .the persou consulting them c&c."' 01 tne.nair, eyes ecu., .yi. vua persou ; .: iut n suppose r tliey : can "doJ ; all wVr tr vfl t riA nmsnn. nr nnti't iiindpr I tlot tV,a irmnrant ' ' . ' " ' -; f yv-1 " ! tt . 1 w iiiu4i4.t wivuuiuuj; ana. su i ionocentrncighl come nearest; the .'ho, happens ttol! -ription given; it 'a 6aspected the lies is; bVokeii ighborsTetiderod hiafsbf 'frequent 1 . . - .-t . ' . ' t . - soon leaks, out tv friendship of", i up, relations and enemies for' ever. ioccttrrence?1,:.i': X : We have' neve i aownany good .to result irom these nsultatiQns but a: u;i '$inl an call fjr "the disci pline MipuuM, 5;erdent from the word of GodL ' - firfoelyxtstei 4' and, the .practice ness against the sorcerers.' Mai; '3 5. " But the feariul and nnbelievinfif and the abominc Me -and murderers and whoremongt and sorcerers and idolaters! and; . I liars ; shall have their part iu tlu lake;which burneth with firo and bri astone,? Rev. 21 : " Tliou shalt t of suffer a witch to live." Deut.,21: 18. ' - "A man als. . cr a woman that hath a familiar''; nfrit. or that is a wizard shall but 1$ be put' to death." 'These shall otbe found ; among you, one tnat;fUJ til divination a oran observer of time or an enchanter, or a witch, or a civ mer, or a consuUer with familiar iy ifs,or a wizard, or a necromancer. J or all these are an abomination un the Lord." Deut. 18: 11, 12. it being "wro things,itisequn Those that prat those who const : to practice these soto consult th'emJ V these thin gsahd them are ex ressly iu abomination io declared o;be the Lord 1 cannoV be fit fo. mrcb memrship, ?sly forbidden ,,tp 2. ,We a'roe? consult those t5 ave (jamjar spirits , " Regard not thein that have famil iar spirits, neither seek after wizards to be defiled by them. I am the Lord thy God." Lev. 19 : 3U "And-the Soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people." Lev. 20: 6. "And when they shall say unto you seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto wizards that peep and mutter : shall not a people seek untotheir God?" :" "Hearken hot to your diviners, your dreamers; your enchanters, your sorcerers. They phrophecy a Zteunto you. i Jcr. 27: 910. i ' s w ' "So Sauirfii for his transgressions &c.. and (also foTasking coimseliof one that had, a familiar, spirit to in quire of it." l;Ohron. 10; 13. -; Manasseh "provoked the "anger of the "Lord' because he " deal t w i th familiar spirits and wizards &c' 2 Kings 21: 6; ? f"'l' :u "For - these 'nations' which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observ ers of times and unto diviners : but as for thees the, Lord, thy God . hath not sufiered thee so to,do.' Deut.' 18: 14 . f! , L i: : From the, evidence , above submit ted,'itis evident that those who consult those now. called, 'Fortune-tellers,' ' (which is but a new; name for "famil- iar spirits' &c.j) are dolng it in defi ance,of the clearly expressed will of God, aud Should be dealt with bv the churches s as if guilty of swearing, LSomewhoconsklt these persbns,dbit , ignorantly,? not knowing it is forbid- denby tbe word of God, "their at- ought to enlighten the minds of their people upon, the ? subjeqt, It is tobe persons believe that tney'can' and db tell them! things that'ara &al anArlln f , , Kuowieuge us lurcune tellers. , n. ; This is a mistake tfor ! .God, s.iys, 'They prophesy, a lie unto you. Jer. , 27: 9. O.. This is easily doneibv a - peculiar manner oi ue9n: that they' have, and, watching. -the couhtenarico perstitious claim that they can; We are positively " forbidden 'to- consult them as we have shown; r -io inoseicaueuioi une leuers, ( tor it s AU then, ; things, are au abpmina- tion to the Lord ."Deut. 18 tr 10-12. i . l ,this i communication ' serve, .to i uuucef our. m inisters . to f NDr V&sPr,t htif. VhdteaQhl.their peopleproperly anjl prpmptly8 upon mii Rupjecc, 4Tfe, uave. i gained auf point. .p ;G. ..WJP.'ii nror tBftt!al Bdrb!& ; .... YOUTH. TUr & Uma -when iaeJow, rov laad 'ThVetrth, nd'ovcry comroon ilglit, .' ""''t ,i- s!;, Tp ibo did eom.f-V t -.'t Jf.'. j Anoarelled. in efilMtUl IttrhL . ' Tti glory and th frtshneas of a : dre m.' ti It U n?t now, It- htb .boerf of jort ; , s ? , f Turn heresoe'er L may, i - ' By Wa ht of day, ' 1 " ' S v 4 Tbq thing wUIch 1 bate een,'I noirfan: see t "no more." , . , , , , , t iu.' J-.7 t; , ! , WoEMWoaw.' ' Happy '" seasohv 4 when the 1 future was " all ' radtanty when 1 1 heard not even the rumbling of ther approacb ln'g storm1 "the marks of whose deso lation were ' to lie scattered as wrecKs around my pathway! The, friend- shipsf were So sweet and ardent,, tho.iome circlo so complete, save that "one j broken link,; fastened? by the Master of. assemblies t within the walls . of - His eternal tempW The tears evoked by 'fraternal grief were swiftly chased away by the merry smiles of buoyant youth, wheni 16 J " " a little cloud like 5a maha hand,' darkened the norizoh .increas ing -''irntil it covered' the ' zenitt ; wugpee it .pourea us iury, naii- stbnes and coals of fire, '" upon - my heart. . f " ' , : ; , .; About the 1st of Deccember 18 my mother, 'bad a, presentiment . of early death,, and commenced, to; put j herhouscj in order. ,7 A. shade of sad- ness settled upon her hitherto plao- id fac?, as she busied herself in-pre-' paring clothing for her husband ahd childrepf whom she felt she should. soon leave. 'The intervals of '-labor scui. ouw wumu vuiuu irum retire ment, her face wet with tears iRea der, God bottled these tears. I feel assured that already many of those prayers : are answered. Sickness came soon ; it " was Unto death' She shrank' from the open" jaws of the grim monster until near the time, of their closing, when she verified tbe promise, " As thy days, so shall thy;8tregth..be'V hyu, iyA .: -ft,v; The ties binding her to, earth, one by one, , gave way.. The. last one snapped, was the love of her chil dren... " i leave them in the; hands of the Lord," said she. Then turning to mer(the eldest,) said, " Meet me iu heaven." She asked the family losing) ; - v '; ' . 7 ' ;' -' What's this that steals upon tny frame t Is it death?" -.- With streaming eyes, and faltering voices, we complied as best we could, while she united in the chorus,- ! "All ia well; all is well. 'Twas ' on christmas' eve, and a Sabbath day which she began on earth but closed in heaven. , .When the sun went do wn,she passed gently, .. As the expiring day," to that land j j ' " Where Sabbath's have no end," r - ThoM who have lost a mother'a lore, K 5' Can tell the pain of my sad woe." i Could I bnC call her back again, :l V : Ancl kmel down once mofe by ber ilde, I would lore her better than before -4,1 z IBt loaely alnoe my mother diod.-f s1 - O, yon who hare a mother dear' ' ju -Let aot a Word?actgie pfttrf 's But therish, love her with vout life ? ; v- You ne'er can hara her like again. ; - . . . .... . r ! Then, .when Kbe called from you Away, ' 1 4 ; Across death'" dark and troubled tide j ; u. '' In pain with'me, you need not say, ' , t "3 t'm lowly; slice rny mother died -: Bemorsd nbw-likea dagger,thrnsts keenly to the ' centre ' of my 'heart,' when 1 remember ;my' 1 disbbedierice and unkindness to my 'sainted moth er i Jesus forgive me t' Mother' can not. wiAo. ; . I M it uan., 4iin..ioo. ! i Trom Morning by Itornlnft. .' Jf ' ' PARAGRAPH BY SPURQEON. ' ,J ' iSb to wdh evert as'1 he - walked"!. Johtf ii.f6., ' "J-" "5 Why 1 8 hould !r Christians i imitate Christ ? V;They ehould' do it forir own sake. It they desire -to benm a healthy state of soul if .they' would escape the; sickness of sin,, and enjoy the, vigor growing pf grace? Jet Jesus be their inodeL -Fortbair own.happh ness' is sake, if they would drink ...wine '. r-.li?'!.Ut.' t -" 1 ' on theiee8i' well refined ; if they would enjby hbly and happy comrau-1 nion wun oesus , 11 nicy, wumu ub lifted up above: the caTesand troubles of this world; let-them walk even as He walked. There is nothing which jean so? assist ybuVto- walk' towards' heaven with gobd! speed, asllwannir v the image, of Jesutrouyour heart;.to.o i-uU all its .motions. Mtr is .when, bv f1 the powerothe 4ioiy .Spintj 70U are enabled to walk' with' Jesus in1 His-" very 4bbtsep's.- that 'VouVare "mdst1" happyT-and most kndwntobehe'7 fldns of God; . Peter afar" off fs"'b6th 1 unsafe end uneasy 't Nextfbrs relig-'tf iQn7.ake2 strive tobe likeJesulJ Ah Ispoorreligion,. ithou.iihast rbeerti sojely shot at py ernel oest ?bu$, thou hast 00J been;, wouuded tone half, so r uauiiciuuoir uj iuv iuvo as uy ,IUY 4-:l?- T 1 lUtfi' S'li '1f ." the fair hand of godliness?' The' tro- iessor who tiscd the dagger of hypoc-' risjr.ttTho man" who;-with pretenceSr enters thefold,vbeing nought but a& wolfia sheep's . elothiuci ; worries theJ flbekjeuore than Ltho jionA outsider 'I here, is no Veappn Half so deadly as &o uu-Kissinconsistent protessore injure "ihe gbsimbre inaVtheeer- ing critic or the infidel. u Jes'pe- cially f6t CI&isfot)ww& His: example7ii j Christian levest: thou ; thy Saviour IJa .Hisjhamefiprecious;; ii it1 i)' T Tt.-:' 1 ' . .r ' m iuee r is xus. cause near ia meer:. Woulds t thou see the " kinoms Cof j the world become" nis ?l ' Is ,it thy, ui. -i'ti -V ."..1 j 1:1 i;!tri'';,'W neaixe mat ulb suouiu ue giori Art thdu1 IoVjiintf hat; sbu!sissl be wobtcHliin PUmrimUateJeswsV be an . epistle of uhrlst'kncrw and1 read bfieJmen'L ? ?s.s-?i - Our. heart sh.trejHe&dnMim' uo rjialm;xxxiiL?2U Tjsjrnky blessed is the fact that Christians. can rejoice, eyenjnrthe deepest dis tress ; aUhoughtrubiejnay sur round them-they stiltsidg; and, like many birds, they sing best in their cages.13 The 'waVes 1 ' tcfaf roll oyer them, ,but tliir,:souls soon riso to the surface, and see thel'ghtJ.pfi ahcy "about them "! ! Vbibhk'eeps''t thejr ' helps the rlt to sing amid the "tempest " God is ?witb me still.' Td whom shall the glory be given ? Obi ."to Jesus-r-it is all by Jesus, fiTrouble does not necessarily bring consolation, wun it to tne oe never, out tne pres ence of the Sn of "God 'in" 'the fiery furnace with'him, 'fills KTlieart with joy. VrHeis Rick ahdsufferingi Wmi Jeiw visitsf him-nnd 'makes hi' lied chilly, waters, of J ordau are feathering about him up to the neck,tbut. JesuStf puts Ilis arms around him, and cries, " Fearnot,;belovedf id diepHot!be blessed f the wgters of death 4 have their fountain-head in heave'n they are not bitter;. they are sweet as nec-" tar, tor they-now. trom the. throne of God." As the departingsaiut wades , through the stream, and the .billows gather around him. and heart, and. flesh " fail him, the same voice sounds in his ears, ' ' Fear - not : I am with tnee : do not aismayea ; i am tny s .1 . ' . . t t - ' - . I tiou. -' As he bears the borders the infinite unknown and' is almost affrighted sh your you en afraid to die : nay,' he is eveh .wilhng w ueimri. ior hi nee ueuas Been uesus as the morning star He Ibhgs " to n gazeupon1 nim-as ine sun -irr ms -strengths Truly- the presence' of Jesus is ?all -the heaven we desire." He isat once? fv- sni- m ? ; " Thegioryof our brightest days; H v 0j n' Thetomfortof Our nights. .. ; . - t " The sweet psalmist of Israel.1' 2 '"'7Samnel"xxiii.''I. ' ' ! -Among all 'the ''saints whose lives . ' are recoraea m rioiy wnv Aiavia tor enters the-crealm; of ness, and sloth, but look for it, with ades, Jesus says, 'Fear-UOtiVit is.?coniidenW, ask for itrwitltlnlpbr tuhi- 1 .fathers goodj pleas ura;to s gfvef', ty, and labortor ' it' with diligence.' ' the kingdom." Thus, strength-,, So shall- her Head eacbf tfs tl hbw ed and consoled, the believer is ..not 1'one darmarsiinice ifor tshastise possesses an experience ; of theomos n- Ial w,!i ena' as w!sf 8triking,-varied,,--3and ,'instructive3 Md adieu to earth J shairwe not r re character. (. In hiahis.tory4we-meetr Jcelike as;the tempest-tossed mar with trials "and ; temptations not .to , rinervhoonce again beholdjr his na; hft'HiRPnrPPPrl. as 11 whftlft! in nthp? tive shore ?, The Christian ! Will not :ta 'f !;v1;an'ffm' oUri viUv.o r.o' is'all'the'more isoggestive sL type of our Lord. David knew1 the triala -&r Kings have theit-tmnbles, and David wore ajcrowu u he,,peasaa uasTnis oMO irTAMawM n.dAl ahpnbpril'a crook : the wanderer has many hard ships,5 andfDavid 'abode in the "caves of Engedi ? "the4 captain has hTs?difii-J culties. fend David fouud the son1 Zeruiah5Jtdo.i hard .for himv Thei psalmist, was als- "tried in his;friends;c his counsellor; ,Ahithpphei f-forsooks him j.; .-1.!? that -pateth .hread.. with me,' hatn lifted, up hia heel .against , me.'r-",' His worst foes,w.efe .they? of, nis own nousenoia: nis cnuaren were his redtest afflictidn'.V'eemp'tatP ons of poverty and wealthof h'ohor and reproach,' of health and weakness; all-' tried their power dpon himivHe had temptationsirom wHnoutj;aisturu--his peace, and from within to inar, his;. joy. " JJavia no sooqer' escaped irom one trial than hetell into another; no sooner emerged from lo'ne vseason ! of despondency, nnd atarm ;x thaif he was againjbrQughtiiinto .-the i lowest. depths and. all God's wave 3 and b'U:-- i .... Jj - j - . ! Ti 2; i..ti.. lows jryueu ovex uuu. 4. is yMvaviy from this cause' that Llavid's. psalms . are su uuivursctuy iuq uuiiiu ui t-x- i i; -n' 4t' J --11. 4. -.4 p'erienced christians!'; Whatever bur frame of mihdj Whether ecstacy"1'br'1 1 depression, David has exactly' des cribed our emotions. He was an able roaster of the hutnan iheart,becRUS9 he hacL'beeh tutored" in'the'.best1 of alt; schools the school ofheart-feiVperuvt 8 fi n al expe r i era cer""A r-wc jreiu . 1 i . it. . ;. .1. : :- strocxeai in n nxusame :scaeoi ,1 Raxwjaa grow matured in grace and in years, we" incireastagly appreciate? 'DaViiTa psalmsfahd Jnd thenvto be.; green pastures.', juy soui, let AsavQ:&i experience eaeerice-nvi; u;ouifBei : iuco THE COliOP&OSEIiXTT.IPN- 1 1 iilsioVtntelay : irapatielice, that darkens. the 'prospects i of Zion. j Evenih'th season rof re- 1 verseV'which: chastises' bur reins -add. 1 disciplines, vyrlf&ith? we jnaj? Teelo that the hour's of night,' with their? 1 weepingsare numbered, andhejjojrifj blithe imorniugkesjhast Tbe ..word of pTQUiise mVre 5sel,, r lrpossible. than . the .simple fwprd ofpbfrifllb&tbt . ne8avbeariii: 6TJnefrmg Fdrsighff ; that pled ges ivi tlr ft; wbhdef work ing of :,AlmightyJ Poweft 'How,? theii, can'J we "give f places ton despondent a though ts, as thoughaGododiad; ,'for- t gotten fe ihe. gr.acjeusj andHis 4merw cea were, clean, goe foreyejr j PJhesej, : long and" weary years ajj lie, summed. up in .41 is lu-uAi , nuwiien ji.is re- len tin gs are kind led together-, oh? ' , hearts sbaU'shiUetisfoy barf weekly ' questioning,' becVuse the Sun bid'his' . face from us for a little moment.1' whether ' 'darkness wus theuni verse." ; , J!)uringt the captiri tjbinBabylon rKiei,;nnderitae:aighti ot inspira-4 tiwuexclaimedfc t'U.mountains oL Jucleayfe shall:, shqot. forth f your ih brancbes and , yield your fruit to m ; people ot Israel i fbr'theT are dtmnd.. hRvefejielled'islexfatft c ifas' 1 pitiless irbny.At hahdio come f when -bnly twelve?yeatr& oftbear apa pointed iexil&had elapSed,and.ftyfl eightmoraereyettmrgbei8lpw length alongbftudAta . when the generation that heard these,. words must make the unblessed land of the Gentile theif graveand ano- ther generatibntahd,ittHneir!tlofeJlt ; inheri tithySi jiiyjpujavredictionfiiYea 1 a ToArue trnst,yes.jsil 'Beloyed,,bo.notji .ignorant pLthisnfl.thingthatone:t da sbairilb 'liid'VorV of Whbiis-atiil yearahI;3whb shallmyfJAinF, toor? i's-tionefthni thb thousand yWr ! ar&lost;(becauseHifl.haQd .while the;f were passing (. wasoo plpckedjOnti of is.bosqm PWW eye," shall not overleap, tlie 'dreary interval and rejoice 1 though it were. ' Brethrbh; the iiif nfulnesbf God 7 abides 'throughout 'His seaSoas pi s d- lay, ;tI H.is, promise is IforderedjauU'i ment and discipline--hbw the rewards ioiriQur -fOiis, tne. answer -Ol .OUr: Bupn. faith require' but "one dav' Qi o,, the steadfasf trust that "w.earies notln. , t w g or in waiting i w nen tirtt. i pre vai Is ' atnbn g . UsV the God of our. ; Balvatiohrwill "doind tiefefBhbt.4 andBaptUf.. SrAH n,, - - - : v THE LAST- OF EARTH. vi ...... v i There is, restyfor. the i. weary. 4The . ; sigh as lie casta aside tbiV cumbrous; Vc1h? to j2.lnK.thMh-?A,?.w the- last of .u T.ie dlsciplea ot the Crucifi-. not sought their rest:y theif ' amding piace nerej w xnem, xne ia8v a 1 v . ... 1 .... L . it fit of :earthi8 but an introduction to their t eternal home. J.-.v eternal honie- J. t r'c rrl u iBut'tO' those twho havetlaid. mp. their treasures, ons earthiwhot-have minded? earthly tthjpgs the ; last ;?pf4 earth. jsuth.e.1)egiani).&i9avrJ(' 1 and fearlul. night. ''vfTbey:. sought 0fpr:8 happiness in the things of the world, abd lived(asi:ih6ugh they.' thought their hbusesI'wo'uld 'abide mrover.' But the last of earth' eomesTand' al5 thought they clin'g tenaciously to'lifeV ' aud&inrwould tarryi'hefeyHthe' des troyingiangeir pRSseaUheminotliby,! while. 'the last of earth, W the: sbpgptrs 1 Victory j to j,tens;vpfc.thausaods founa the throne abbje', is but, the.requiem,4; which in sad!'and 'doleful numbers , till the' w&rldJinir that all' isJIbsf. ' i. .yj.r.-r.'i ; -rv-.p.i. iUn CosmcTroF FAiTn.fe-'flf Satan and 'i I ever did strive1 for any wordjPCiQQdi i in all my lifeo V jvas fp'r this good word ot Christ :ciimxJhai cometh unto me will I in -no wise cast out , heat one end andll i atihe other .?0 what work we madewt.:Jt wasibr thisjt " that we,. did., so tng:. and,' strive ;he.'i pulled and pulled; but God. be praisa ed, I-overcame. hina( vand ( gotsweetj ness from it'Bunyan. ' thingsnAsurefjIhe prpsiMerityij of lZipn is "at hand , to. com e.. Let us, ? '1 iibt put it.off by unbelief Iprajrlejs-It
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Feb. 13, 1867, edition 1
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