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PRESENT SUFFERINGS AND
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PJUUCKEX) BEFORE. ;TH N. C
bStit tfrXTH OonTEimoa,AT Haxsao-; tartainlyjcriew whattU"nffering w4a.?
! f -or compared . with ;i objects with
jjiaeat of thV fancy; tli 'very
linage of ttie brain," the' most un-
Irthly creation oi our areauis must
H alwya ivmade tip of Wy ojmy.Roynticeptp,
. which we have :seen with "sufferings of, this present time,
rariaiti . . it... - -
our bodily eyea
.a-.... j - t .
ence 9f the intul raob, nd, ,,on five
everal occaaioni, ireceived thirty-,
nine iashet onhur bare 'hack."3' He
ly well, prepared; ; to calcalata .the
glory to be Tevealed, One, of our
poeWJ after pintingv tertible sights
till the' reader haVupped full with
,tnlCkon that the Bufferings of thit prev
8re sot worthy to be compared
-hi s,017 whIch haU 1x1 revealed-if
' ,onu VIII; J3. . -,j -f
nTiA nible describes, heaven by
''r ,jon. 'There is a reason for I
e?. jhe constitution of oiir minds
ach,at weican a,e nq'appre-
Iseen, unless ,they be -Composed I tmutterabie; to6 glorious for human.
i'Wilmaii1 ? horrible aad wfa'
1 Which pr'tto eamq -red be pnlawfo
bat riaul tells us iof being .caught
up into heaven and hearing things
teri and which' it was Punlawfut , for
iim to reveal. Ko, other maiiv had
so "trod thei wayf of glory, and
sounded all the depths and " shoals
of honor.' ' l.l s
I may dream of a
yjBgel "uO , 6" , t -1
if iUi"-;
horss ; but I have seen a horse, and
I have seen wings ; and the imagi
nation combines these familiar ob
jects, and the result of the combi-'
Bation is the winged horse of my
dream. .. ;
The whole frame-work" of onr fig
urative language proceeds lipon
this principle. Men . first gave
names to material objects, and to
phisical actions, and then, as
thought expanded, and , new ideas
ffere born, they transferred these
names to objects, and to actions ' of
an immaterial nature. Thus we
speak of the 'point" of an argu
ment, or of "leaping" to a conclu
gon, or of "arriving at" a result.
Judge Rowan of Kentucky used
to say, that he would not care much
for a heaven which a man could
describe ; but the heaven which he
desired was one of which even a
Paul must say, "Eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard, neither have entered
into the heart of man the things
vhich God hath prepared for them
that love him ;" and while I can
not endorse his interpretation of
this passage, I can still fally sym
pathize with his state of mind. I
do not mean to aitempt a discrip
tion of heaven, nor do I pretend to
be able to give any adequate con
ception of its glories. Neither do
I mean to ' institute a comparison
Between the saf&ringaherelad-the
glory there. My business shall be
gimblv to develop the thought of
the text, and to show that there, is
comparison between earthly
pains and heavenly glory. The in
conceivable nature of that glory is
Krongly presented in the thought,
that the sufferings-of this life,great
as they are, still bear no sort of
proportion to the glory which shall
bo revealed.
We sometimes fail in our at
tempts to console a suffering- saint,
because we erroneonsly suppose,
that the sufferer will bear his bur
den the better,if we can make light
of it. But the true plan is, to make
it out just,as heavy as the facts will
warrant, ' and then impress him
with the thought, that, notwith
standing its crushing weight, it i3
ai a mere nothing compared with
t&e glory which his heavenly Fath
er has in store for him. This will
make him look up J and .the ema
ciated face, even now; bathed in
tears, will be wreathed with smiles,
m the San of Righteousness shines
through the clouds. ' ' ' " L " ;
But let us now- scrutinize the
language of the text.- We find that
Paul says he "reckons. "There is a
world of meaning to be found in a'
careful study of Paul's uords. He
Mea them with wonderful discrimi-;
nation, and the very aroma of-his j
thought often escapes - us through
oar carelessness in handling1 the
package in which it is put up .
Sbvin this passage, he ' does not
saj he guetses. ' He doe3 not say he
He does not- say1 he tup-
or hopes, of believes f hut ; he
K..-T. ' -r- ' '.' .l il.-J
axons. - lie uses a maiueLuon-
term. . The Apostle1 tells ' its
wre. tKat Ka li'aW mhtlt'a, cdLcuLaiion. i
he'has taken certain : amoaiits
M set them down,' and footed up
columns as, : the. school toys
that he has worked ;put the
Vknd the 4 grand result, Rafter
the additions' and subtractions
ebeen made.. i& triven in
remembering tthat- the 1 worse ;,wp
make; them out - to be, the more
glorious by comparison will appear
the rest that remain eth for the peo
ple of God. ) One of the sources .of
suffering in this world is. 4 !
;r'J,; POTKETT. . 'J :
1 -This is a. dire e viL Men may
philosophize as they will about the
dangers and evils of wealth and
luxury, and about & virtuous pover
erty and its attendant blessings;
but with all our philosophy, pover
ty ia stilt a terrible calamity.: - I
hava visited the widow with her
six helpless children, and found
fhem.with only two sticks of wood,
when the pitiless . storms of snow
and sleet - were beating upon the
ice-bound earth, and when there
was not a morsel of food! in the
house, and not a cent with which to
buy. Do you . ever think of the
poverty of many, a struggling, toil
ing minister of Christ in these days
of darkness and of trial? Have
you not known such men, who had
been reared amid luxury, men ot
culture and attainments, who were
often compelled to hear mortifying
remarks made "by strangers, who
would refer to the shabby and iri
sufficient dress of the preacher's
little children ? His little ones are
running upon the pavement with
their feet bare, cold and blue, "and
some well-meaning stranger will
say, "Poor little things ! They are
bar t-footed, and so thinly clad 1"
-Ancf'thete tbe"tati wte! tip 'front
the depths of the father's stricken
heart, and in an agony of soul he
lifts his eyes to heaven, and says.
"God bless the little darlings !
God knows I would provide better
or them if I could." Bnt he sti
fles the rising sob, and turns his
troubled mind and stricken heart
to At work, looking into the recom
pense ot the reward. Brethren this
is hard hard to bear. God help
you my toiling brother 1 The God
of Israel help you to attain to the
grandest height of human heroism
to labor and ia wait !
I have sometimes pictured to my
self the meeting, between Elijah
and the widow of Zarephath. The
nronhet has reached the. outskirts
of the city, and he sees a poor worn
an picking up the broken sticks and
little bits of wood which are lying
neglected in out-of-the-way coro
ners. He accosts her, and asks her
at first for a drink of .water only. :
She looks so poor,: that' he has not
the heart to ask Acr for bread. But
as she goes off to bring the water,
stimulated; by hunger,-he asks her
to nring him a morsel of bread too.
This last request pierced to the core
of her sad heart, aud broke lip the
fountains' of the great s deep. - The
mother's rrief burst forth : "As
, w
the Lord thy GodlivethI have not
a cake, but a handful of meal in
barrel and a little oil in -a cruse;
and, behold, X anv-, gathering two
sticks, that I jhay goiA and dress it
for me and my soap that we may
eat it and die? 'There-was - sufer
ing tiered How muchof just; such
suffering i2nows existsamOng -the
widows and orphans of this stricken
But" another eource of great suf-
tering is-o v
norniolw" that thi'' BUtter-
gwncs of heaven. . ' 4 .
, "robably no man ever lived, who
Niuch matrialsjas aurhfdS?r
a calculation? Fe w: men ever
r. 80 intimate a personal icqtiaiat
race ith the, various ' forms of
ttaa suffering..! A.xnanof.. keen
aibiHties, a high sense of person
7; ?nor, and great national pride,
8was driven about from . pillarto
Pt hooted at hissed, reviled .and
C4st off by j his ? on countrymen ;
aen,-after, going farlwayfttc;
e wntilas. he was . still pursued
relentless hatred from city, to
'lf. pressed leyond; -measure, . so
JJ N even desparedSf Jife A
;.' : -sdculti vsted jeSned'gen
BODILY PAIS.,
hand was' thrust far in the", mahgl- who (God bless herl) hai nobly keit! ' :.ABH0B4 H AT 'WHICH ts'vnlj t
ed flesh; il has made me thant.God herwofdt Shall we' meet with'aji; " 'f f It'iP
thf tWi; . -o . -f . , - v. . T6! f.n When a"4nan abhoral a .thingrt he
forever in the sunshine oTour Sf, U lMbm
vumr a iuve 1 luere wilt uo Kiury--1 . Ai r vr u.S.,.U,.1a
ru,uWui;,.iuc s soon -us j in tiiat meeting. -v" " UiA.i. . - j.v-aI
they eo beyond a certain tbmt'.ot Rhlt T W '1 .Tl?l'ww
now grey, who years: ago called e, k hhnJ, u ; .nn tl (r '
tancrht triv ' fnfant I - -: i: X '...4. :iJ. il-iii
-i i rmm ir n nn mAr a i Vrnnnin na nm vn
reform. f These sufferings,- howev-
ever, are comparatively slisht fin
agony, they wear out the organism."
Exhausted, nature seen reaches the to her side 'ana. taught mV
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limit of endurance, and then ref lis- hands to" clasp,5 and my child lips: toJ . ;h-y ,jh 'fc
es to rebel againt the injury of the' li8p onr,Father V .Shall I e'et hil J!
r :. t,-4t k-uj -.1 a- 't, 1 Tl1? bnthatftlsdwhlfchJiiasthe.
u buic. awi iucu (Hsiu veaevt, . iuui i nuu t,uiicu luug uv4- uaiu, vuiyu", i i . '
kind, is necessarily limited, too,jdn j mer'a heat' that his boy
point of continuance. -Death, atthe at least.' some preparatio;
worst soon comes,and sometimes he up and plead for Jesus.
IS a We I on m a mpflsenwr' gf rfitpasn." I hia nnnfwnrn ' rnk" vkr
the better land. ; We mav here cive' oatheTrlirnthand of the Jude. anld;! it tnatt &
the fullest play to the imagination ; see him gathering his jewels: !fro;.raf4
for, Iiowever glorious the realms of j those whom -JEle allowed
bliss may appear fo ns'in visions of I poor weak one to lead t
of f it!" Solomon ' Sal, I
' .v, t,'a 'a' tone oerore raui-s day,' "iunrer nor,j
might have J , o, s t ilAiV-, t -I
n f P&U1 OI XnO WICiBU, BDU K
!" Shall T I " P88 V5 oy inrn irora it, noui
lonable' dancmg of our flay vu'mkij''i!rfYP?0OFTBS,raaL
as'aftythlnJnidirbCrcWelW KfSfjrt
it kaidloy Pttindredand.' chtircX j ;f ; i,: 1 virA
STf I.AKC&iCAN jBIBLS VKIOS
ffOhjl-there. bb no real htm init I ,. , , . f v ju . . ,
:Ut is only an innocent iiiu$ineiU . J,, Thb opessnessof th prpjecj;
7?ltnuistJ seem riffhtof course, to. uniting all denominations .ia.:tie
guwt jroiwmwuw 'uuwij win. l wyrV VM pjyifiing. IDC iHgUUH. OCriP
iunuw, iu Biign uywo it w in iuft, larcea us to sneinquiryTwneui'
oeen a way ot tieatn, ana is stiu a i er the work is reallr j needed and
wayiof deatnitoiliundredaana thoil- 1 80, how it can be successfaUr accoix
o0t;2t ruiirwr .'iiitia .
tothe Cross I f Ia our coiry ro-aay, musirsee xaai
blind, but what dan see that '.there
eloquent' An- are 8re 'r? 'spul-kflling,
t. I never did" Boul-damning ' eviUin1 euV yeW
are eating a way in the very heart' of
enraptured thought," we are notified What a meeting then will be bf aavice is gretir fiwaM ai wj
hpfnrphftnd tKat nnr liiwlioot ncflrw . f.ot.'.j i,:; i ' I time. There isno ma ffwho is nqti
tion of the glories of the npper I I have often wished I could have
world must fall infinitely short of I heard the "old man
the grand reality. 1 cannot conceive drew Broadus preach
the utmost capacity of human suff- J hear him. He died before my day
erinc Awv and vAt tha ia nnfhin irl Bnt in ft.liA rlftrinna WArld a.Knv.
: o j -a i , . , , ,-. y. , ,
as ftomnarAd wifli o uv tW0 mav . T not Tumr tVSt vnW wMnh society, ana aestroymg .t&at nign
, jl'-- e"j . -I . - . ...i . ;..-(
We may therefore feel safe in pictnr- enchained;, the . gathered thousands tonea 8 f nse ot Honor say notning
ing lo ourselves the scenes which we here y and will not the thoughts 01 religion tnat nas neretotore been:
may think will delight us most,. and : breathe pare, and the ;words burn' characteristic orthe'iiectionjjniv-
brighter under the genial w;armthof lTl lo w tDii
the '. ffreat Sun of Rii?hteousnes8 "uia e an earnest enort, tnere
But wejnust briefly notice
TUB CONTrxCAWCE OF THE GLORY.
Fewpereons here have any defi
nite idea of a million. I have asked
many people what was meant by a
million. . They would say "ten huri-
in accordance with our various tastes
we may revel in the most exquisite
dreams of bliss, feeling confident
that the highest reach of the most
poetic fancy will sink into nothing
when heaven itself ehall blaze out
upon our astonished view.
Some of you are fond Of music,
and are delighted when you hear
sweet voices discoursing the charm
ing songs of our Sunday Schools.
But what are these compared with
the song of Moses and of the Lamb,
chanted by the pure voices of -.the
general assembly and church of the
first born, redeemed, regenerated
and disinthralled from all the dis
cords of sin ! Some of us love to
gtuay; ana as we wors on some
deep passage of God's word, as we
strive to look into the mysteries of
God's ' sovereignty and man's free
agency we may teei hko saying
with John Foster, "Never mind ! I'll
fore on the part of j'each' individual
to shhn all manner of evil, firstj , for
his own good, then for; the good
of others, and also for .the good
of the country at large.' " Far it is
evident that the example anci in--
nuence oi tno present generation
dred thousand ;" bnt this mereljr wiH be transmitted . to , the next,
gives it another name, and throws nb
light npon the question. I have
then put it thus : "If you had a mill-
ion silver dollars in one pile, and
were to count them one by one into
another , pile, how long would it
take, counting at the rate-of one per
second, six hours a day?" Some
would say , a few hours; others a
day ; some few guessed a week ; but
when Unformed that forty dayt
would not suffice to do the work,
they seemed amazed. It is doubtful
whether any human mind ever had
any definite conception of a million.
find you out in eternity." What Bnfc now tnink of million of Jmill
floods of light shall there be thrown
upon the questions which divide
Christ's people here. My Methodist
brother, you And I shall .not quarrel
there over Gods sovereignty and
man's free will. We shall see eye
to eye in the pure, clear light of our
glorified Saviour's face. We shall
i - j i i ii
oe ainazeu w see now small were
some of the objects which arose be
tween our eyes and heaven, and how
i l'.ii . .i i i
laese iiiue wings ooscructea our
view, and hid the glory of God from
our signt. You have sometimes
stood at a distance from some grand
building, and you have seen how, Dy
placing a single finger immediately
in front of your eyes, you could shot
out the whole massive pile from
sight. But you approach the build
ing, and the finger seems to become
smaller, and the building grows
larger, until you reach the beautiful
ions ot centuries, muiupiiea by
millions of millions, until the figures
themselves refuse to perform thei
office,, and. then. thinJc jenioying,
supernal glory during all these ages,
without in the least diminishing the
time during which this glory is still
to last, and. you must agree that the
word itemity expresses not an idea,
bnt the fruitless effort of the mind
to grasp an idea absolutely incon
vincible.
My unconverted friend, how can
you afford to throw away such glory
as this? You love honor among
men. What anxiety young officers
display in seeking military glory I
A lieutenant who fought in Mexico
said that when Longstreet fell des
perately 'wounded there was not an
officer in the regiment who did not
envy his good fortune, because he
fell in a conspicuous position and
structure, and then the finger seems his gallantry was seen by his aupe-
to be a mere nothing, and your eyes nor omcers, ana was sure to be no
are filled with the sight of the mag- ticed in the official report. -nificent
monument of architectural Alexander Hamilton, perhaps the
skill. So shall we find It in our pro- greatest intellect that America has
gress to mansions in the skies the produced, after serving with dial
house not made with hands, eternal tinction in the Revolutionary war
mthe heavens. "It doth not yet and showing signal ability as a sol-
1. 'a. 1 11 1 l . . . - "
appear wnas we snau De ; DUt we dier, allowed himself to be shot
so that it may be said of them, as it
was said of certain ones in the na&tj:
"The fathers have eaten sour grapes
and the children's teeth, are set on
ge-" ' t .x :
But few, however, seem , to take
this view of the case. ; The majori
ty of them seem to have caught the
infection of the age, a reckless.
don't care, dare-devil sort of a spir
it, going ahead regardless ot the
deplorable result. which; must inev
itably follow. Now this a terrible
state of thin gs, and so long as .this
state of things continues, there
must be a downward tendency, both
in the scale of morals and religion
A demoralized country cannoi
possibly be a t happy, prosperon
country ; for 44 happy only ri J
that people whose God is theLord.'
Gh 1 that I had the power ' to reach
the ear of every- young man in out
country to-day, L would say, abhor
evil, abhor evil; for though - .-
'Vice it of so frighttal a mien,
That to be hated needa but to be seen ;
Yet, seen too often face to face.
We first parley, then pity, then embrace.
Yes, I would say, abhor every
species of evil, and oven the appear-
ance of it, andVkeep yourselves from
contracting any evil habit which ini
the end, like the fabled monster,
must destroy you both in body and
in soul. There are some evils,'
some very great evils, which the
world looks upon as respectable J
and, tor this reason they are the!
more dangerous.'
They decoy the unsuspecting and
unwary oiienumes irom the path
of rectitude, and lead them in the
path of folly and crime. '
One of these evils is the fashion
able dance, made respectable by its
introduction into fashionable cir
cles,and by its having had the counte
know that when he shalL appear, we through the heart, lest some fnnl 1 nance in two many cases of profess
shall be like him ; or shall iee should call him a coward. He Wi ed christians. It has thus become one
him as he is." "For noSv we see ed reputation honor glory. It ia 1 'of the most , fruitful sonrcea of; fiit
through a glass darkly ; but then hard to give up the cood opinion of in all our land, because it u, the
our friends here. It was a wretch
ed outcast and suicide of whom
Hood wrote the lines,
face to face; now I know in part;
but then shall I know even as also I
ami known."
. ; But even here I can think of some
scenes which may bespecially glo
rious in heaven, I stuod one night
by the cradle of a little boy, a lovely
child, the son of one of the dearest
friends I have" on earth. .The little
one was sinking fast. . . The physi
cian . approached ? the cradle, and
"Sisterly, bretherly,
Fatherly motherly, ,
Peelhigt had changed :
Love, by harsh evidence,
Thrown from its eminence ;
; -; Even God't providenee
Seeming estranged.
Now can yon cheat your soul of
the glories of heaven, and cover
leader, the great leader,,; to others
more dangerous and destructive. It
was characteristic of : t he dancers in
Job's day to "say unto God, depart
from us ; tor we desire not a knowl
edge of thy ways,' and to ask-, the
questions, What ; is the Jimjghty
that we should serve him ! and
what profit shouUwe have, if? we
pray unto him ? u It y6characteris
?JA plished.
-. tviiji;Vut ti!t ,i
sands. ;i It U an: .evil then,
great enli aniahoald bel abhorfed., , . ,Th need of the work, is , too rfrtv
by eyery on lclaiming to be a Chris- uenUy taken for granted
tifamt:$& MamUutS fb4, j f f gumbyTOajiyJthatiitaatmi very:
inejicu w any mipg m undertaking for sckoUra tabor-
atnltifies theaensesand produces ia J w -ii thA .mn f innl. h. &J
diitfiistefof serions thought TahpVl fects of tha CtommoaiiiYersicaland3
Hawaii . Km4rA'.m 1 !.-. Jt -4. J r V -..J f
f - . I aieiyrv-a.nu- iao' same
conxinuauy,. anashoom be shun- are sometimes used for a' faithful
ned as an enemy to the best inter English version of the Sacred SeripV
eats-oif one's soul; ; Another great turesV as would employed od3 W
?T6aa".thof; halfofafaithful4)ubHcatioiiofcJ
W6 mer'elliad br-Virneidr3it
always been in all aires, a atrnnir I mtJAJ. ji4rn:xid i f
.ti-. '-.f tt i"i 1 it. - '-4 I . j . r "-..
u i"o .ttance, nine ana . tne if the Bible were merely . a n text-
dance usually go .together. It , is honk of reinort WmoiitvJreasina
truly , appling; to see , h6w; this abound for preserving 5 it ai it is.:
miserable vice of drunlcenness is Suppose that it does differ far numef-'
iMMHHiiiK in.im ina ; numg our f nns inatftncea from the-Herrrftw and
jail8" nitentiesVaihow Greek ' original"; Wte'am it
"7' ry'T1 ". f?TP, J! a! agrees with them. - If a doctrine' is
" V' wT," V. wwy.;ttrT.cwM im some places obscured by" an' im-
ot the Pt of;.oaing ,caii be perfect translation, ih!uothir'f places
done it seems .toetoniifiery- it shines "bit ' cleailyv4 'If "errors ' of
flood, as it , moves ; on. with , steady fabt exist, truths f ! superabound.03 If
ihe book - a doctrine .inmnrtnnt
'mfrfltearyrevealea Tn fthA
Original is dearfe?rV-of1 obscurity'
perverts VSjonceath&fh1 frpm
the-ndinary'reader: -He may slumhle
anfaltorfi&.trVnlla.
. m J -
thtert deretrtie. - trausl
' . fNor tfrsAteeit tMesbmeV-ora-
naryihtfy3pIaiA;th rfanlt-and
farnishithb prOrjteerideririg; Jle
may erferse'd sf o5nmentaty "the
Hpndrj,ds Jiave 1 lived ;i dni ibrrbw
?4aipaiftbn'aa5i)tf.tha
word "damiiatioir?. yilQotixWS.
Ii 'nJfymJmf. hce,n?ejn.fidelg
A
JftCimquenoJe ranaUfns
; -t Hstyru .baiiuiiuip-.iuq muuence ot
llier'prinpiples0 involvedHin 'retuon.
w fcimi hero .introduce some of the
I comparis6hsbetween Vran'slatVnsin
fthd Common Ve'reton and in thBe
VlsEd?T,lfenV:and Genesis d '
Uniofil2 'iJ J''fioi
ia-irf tWM.iHi iWYCKOFF)
BBOTBjsaMirsjiljii hayeibeen a
regdlarreaden oftheLRBcMMior
about sixteen years;' It is a welcome
visrtof o pVl have' received tt'jich
vamao
and redoubled force,sweepiug away faults are apparent? ' beauties fiare-
le, information fronv it. .and
.been mg!) fact
Idanot see bdftIQuldda witnbnt
it. I rwould loveta see its'ci Frtil
tion increased' f it''oughi to "n e In ev-
psj; vw.hwv,i9.iv$ ptaKu-and
iuaoT.ou.era nos Japusta;
inits onward march some of thA f mnlHrtied: j - 3 oii v;&vq J
most gifted in the land, and . brine- And the version is 'now5 establish
ing thousands oif f, others , down to I ed.5 Millions read itJ l The cht&ches
penury,, wretchedness and absolute lot the saints are edified, and sinners
. i -j- - t ...... m . - W Y . J
want. Even church members who ! are converted, by its tehlngs.1 To a
should set themselves as barriers to disturb it,' excites prejudice and dp-
the march of this mighty evil are position, and may, in some ' instan-
helping it on. Abhor it, i says the oes, unsettle the faith of weak minds,
word of God ; , but no says the dis- Why not let well enough alone and
titter, the wholesale dealer. the re. do all the good you can with the
tailer, 'the Jar-fender, we'll help it
on, and on it goes, regardless of
the wreck and ruin that follows in
ita track.
Oh 1 Christian men and women
can t you do something -to aton. in
measure this wreck and I rain ?
ssik d$epy fiifi when rea-
ding tprtMdngaofthe?Assoda-
ii lii-ld
book as it is !
These and many other arguments
could, with a strong show of reason,
be urged in the ease supposed. But
the real case is of another character.
The Author of the Book, and bur
relations to Him, must be regarded, J
God calls upon you your country The nature and character of the
calls npon you, your kindred call communications," and their value to
upon you ; and every agonizing cry men, must be taken into ' account,
that is wrung Ifroicn . the heart and The effect of the errors and' im
lip of the aaniard'a beggared wife -perfections BXistrag-can not be "Overt
and child calls, upen yen. Will looked. : " :' "'"i
you not help ? Will you not heed J ' The influence of the principles in
this cry and abhor this evil f It volved in the work of revision, bood
rests opon you. It rests upon ' the
Christian church to effect a reform
in this particular. Z tt
It cannot be done in any other
way, permanently and efficiently
The church of Christ must do it if
it is ever done at all. Temperance
societies, though they haTe done
much good, have utterly failed to
accomplish the desired end and ob
ject. The evil still exists and con
tinues to increase with fearful ra--pidity.
It is said that in Waldeck,
Germany no man is , allowed a li
cense to marry who is known to be a
drunkard. It would be a good law,
it seems to -Vme, to establish every
A - x
th6 minds of God's people and of the
world.' r .. . :
The results of revision already
alized: and the prospective results
among ail nations.
All these and many other subjects
of investigation are naturally sug
gested. To pursue the examinatiod
of such matters at length would in-;
definitely extehd these articles. Let
us glance over them cursorily.
The Author of the Book is the
Same Being who made all things an d
by whom all things subsist, through!
whom alone we know anything andi
on whom we depend for all things
In it He reveals himself. Suppose
I have seen a man with a leg and
an arm shattered by ; bullets, f i .tie
was lying npon a cp with his shat
tered leg bandaged and snppurted
by a rope -which -hung- in ta1 noese
from the ceilinff. He Would" lief in
jone -position nn til hevicbuld Nendure
it no longer; ana-? nen Knowing,
atany I movemenf bfhid ?bbdy
might make e theehattered ' -bones
crack and rattle5withini his ! torn
fleshy he would try tb mbve his poor
sinking frame jost an inch or " two
at a .time, and, as tho bones meved,
it5waa terrific to .iliesa hil sdfefi
in fesi His whole frame 1' seemed td
Jbe racxeu witn $agoHj
ouW )corjugate,andJie would
niter a;suppfessedvaAV iJ 't v;; J3
I have, seen the surgeon using his
instruments, in the -terrible ropera
jtisnrbfiwsebtibnl
blood t spurted,; and . the" muscles
fiuiveretzi d:l::-3 ccrrci
I VT" f"tTJ7Zl X .T. : t "-1 ' $rTw.!"3
tin of dancers in nnr Hav nnan
cian .approacnearna craaie, and- yourself with shame and I everlasting 7' -v;t,
looked upon the dear little face, and that day when the ele T!
as he turned away the infant breath-' menU shall melt with fnt n!aV! , Pce- the same effect now tha tit
ed his last.1 It was the sixth infant '-a v. j- .v.n . . , L ' ( inin- u&isztitv
, . , 1 . 4J ' . , , , -1 uw oub . Buau dq ronea w-
that had been . snatched from the aether as a . BGroll Jr ' ' i
household ; and, as the pure spirit J " ' M,mtm ' ; h", .
toofci wmg,tAe agomzed ' mother - :
piteona,wair,:and hrrlrVf nhri A winm J
where; or at least, the ladies imight' thafthere was only one ' mistake in
I establish it tor themselves, by re- the book, and that mistake conceal
fusing to marry any man whom ed or obscured His Godhead. Take
they know to be a slave to intern- for instances 2 Peter i, 1, where oe
perance. Some young ladies think curs in the Common Version the
when the heart is deeply interested, phrase : i "God;and our Savior, . Je-
that their influence will bo sufficient sua Christ."If any friend of the Ile-
to effect a reform.;, but itfs a fearful deemer knows, as all scholars know,
risk, and one too, that has brourht that the original Greek says : "Ooe
many a fair form down to wretch- God ad Saviob, Jbstts Chbist:
edness, want, l and a premature would he be willing to conceal this
grave. ; : t ? ' i fact from all who read the Bible' by
Abhor such an evil, young ladies, I Tetaining the old erroneous' transla
shrink irem i an never let ybur I Hon! Would any argumenti of 'r-hand-He
igiven to one whom yon j foncy-satisfy him thus to 'dislhbn
iaye Teasbn te believe is addicted tb 0rHim who had cbmr from his
;thd vice of intemperance. rs . '
,Uis a growing evil, and one, too,
that will have no mercy on 'yen,
I youf tears, yottr" entreaties, your
., ... :n 4!ma4-. r
uarcosco, win a van uud iiiue Wlin B
man -t besotted' by strong : drink.
Hence, of all the pitiable spectacles beIs, Testored ns tb favor, called f ns
Hence, J.hesitate not to say .that
that these professing Christiana who
engage in the dance themselves,-or
Vsend Jvrtk their little onet'.lto do
the same, are unworthyKif the name
broke forth xn a . piteona wail, and
said. "O mv husband I, will this I HUnnva u 1
haty know mrother ibabies Jwhenl tionmat alcohol topens a series of ,unristianj and. onght to renounbe
he . meets them V The sad father, ceils in the brain, which 1 never afJ &$ Mny a, young manyand many
could make no reply i but ? we lmay! t&rdsholly cbjlapse iln the( ayOungf womanp notwwishirignd
besurbofonethingwhich oughtto iy!.!!!!! tk em ngnlar notfeliaviag m
satisfy us-e sAatt know Jesus.- be effected in cahdwnl mml to' tehrptatiob
:C Whatprecioueetings shall ,we1 kenness. ahd that the bnlV aafetv id I Md withalvhearinrJlomey Worldly
.i.i ''-',-- i ; j . . 'ln... iky."rk-(tTrpi,illi ! I -!nAA ..r....; vivj'i.V-?ii I
navo ineui x nave laieiy. lauoreu i uuwut ' vura s mor- r ixiwi iuicbsui jtJk-iiig viavuxa-
. , vm .
uuus lakut nmui uosicu iv lUIDJ
te i an -rinfamy: . worse than i death J
Oh 1 could all tha falr'formg; which
bnce had within themhnsuapecting
lovmg hearts, rise up and tell their'
experiences rtell how those! hearfi
had been crushed hopes i blighted j
and how the dance; had beento
them a d ance' of. death, 'men' would
indeed abhor u tti'lhere' is fe " wav
...... - - r ( . . .1 "
which seemeth right unto' a man,"
of are ths wyi of death-,"
jDjjvauj wywwx.. fi I tact, if it oe suchf anaiye jcaii not
andoften have X longed tq pe;Withil dispute it. should cause every vounir
man so tase ine cap, aireaay raised
todrinkr from -his 1 lips and tnt it
same IprivatidnJVf ;Butin Jieaven those who allure the nnthintinwi
jfbl essed oe God I) we shall not have tthose who cannot lay nb,to taste' the'
to part;.;-: Shall : ! meet ner. mpon cup mac wme w xnem ana thetr:
whosehand l placed the ring some u"i. ra,iSa,J.
. -: , S j ' t: "S Ai.: shame and de&th.-jStaitdard' !
five years : ago, and whose 'young - i
heart: then ! promised ; to share'the - ruwht uvxi n-J
toils, the , privations, the struggles, tist Churches in " Richmond, ?tnm-l
tha pevertyref .thzz lastjears ct i tcris T'.ccfl : r.li? tacz:atl
throne of glory, assumed our nature,
suffered and died for ns! " :
-: Our relations to Him ' are ioF ''the
meet mflueritialhrHcter.tWe ar
his creatures,1 his ebjects liis re
deemed, He has pardoned us as ' re
in-'onr- worldi a draakard's wife.va his friends, adopted us into his faro
drunlrard'slittleone'aw ily. We owe 'every thing toHim.
pUiibleLet me sayto" allJ;ttieiii Shall we hide his greatness and his
abhor abhor asucri anevil4 lun "l glory from' rthe5 world Tu3hall' we
reveal thern more clearly f stwoidf
. What directions does HeiveTin
tions, which1 tavei recently hn
pnblisn?d'irftKPBibTO
.some
little interest is manuesttdTby e
pf;theHiin., regard, the'irpnlation
of the Ilecorderhk ffL ci)ivi mention !
is - made at lall ; 'tnav be thev have
not so much as heard whether ihere i
be. a; Recorder- In,sdine. Associa
tions, 'resntcoeg
the Recorder werg.pussedir bnt Jhey
really seenij aajftheyere.a, mere
compliment .to the iaiented -Editor,
Such. resolutions aire : not worth the
paper andnk it.tooklo ,wre them, -
as pastxperiencejhjastaugh us- ,
,.rOther. Associations, .the Editor
beingT)f esent, an bpportunity was
given him at the . very tost momenta
of the session tot present $ne claims
01109 ztecoraer. , jpeaian aiat Very
weu, re Jjee very well, ,f he jEditor
being 1 present niia&iiaa pretty fair
showing, we trust it will teil well
in future: But Chowan Association
1iafc excelled -then ilU ThirAsio-
ciatioh recommends' that an active 1
effort bb!i'made to extend its circula
tion fTbii Is what we want,actibn;nbt
nlefr resolutions appended' fcd our
f -. (
-iSWarrentbb; i?N;rXX
. A clertTTman - in Jvansaa mats h I r
has , married t but " one couple ina I suchi. casesltAlf thejjdosejjbfithb
yeari and that they paidt nim nothf I BereUtioni He aayg JiI teltifyv. -to
ingatoiditb dinned a? ;it -was st ver- ona that hearsicthet worda-of
M nV) t mTiA ihl I - . . . . . .
aaaaai j wsi - wtinngu aa AST
haab;;;Vm oneahalladd tothem,God,will add
Iqhobascb.-- we ought not to des- i !,,. wv ? -f.nWn' aii
piaeithosefwltheii-orance.twho 7
late hdrnd edncation; Jmte: Jf
who iave habgoodeducation,am4 book of; this4jjropheeyGodf wilh
negleci to improyo by, it ; No ,one take away ni part rom the ;tree,of
trv- .wa ---ii. " ' j " .::. i.:.i.
minutls read'bhiy.!'.byJjfewreme
bered by fewerttd"pnt1niQr prad-
ice'by how many)'0!' WMabdutto
say none, bnt I will not.I Will leave
it for the reader to guess the" nura
ber. 1
I was about to write a resoltitibn
for you' tb publish in' the 'Becotfteri
with a request that the AssSciatibns
itf this State adopt and act fiVont
Thef whablf ail Have meVJ oefetb
this time. Yet Twill send he yes
blutibn, Jperhaps some who takeHhe
Recorder majf riadlt? i
.-WtowsWbgb'f"
worth mbre 'thari inati igbdd
thettghts andesotutiobsiTnerkbre
be it mi! ''huh-g tti tmttm ,
e'Reedlve'diTh&l' every Tne tobeV'bf
this by r become a permanent sob
acriber -o the'B.scOBDitB,' and sult
mg action iotbe words,and we will
Immediately send bu- namei td the
editor acebmpahied by the money
and we will do all in our TOweH to
increase its: ; circblation;ai beingTas-
sured ttwea5,qnld,.in.no;.ther '
"wayi ' more t successfully prosecute
bur Telfgibus purpose in extending
heTdeemerViihgdomiJ -. h
In the Biblical BEcoRPsawehave
an expododer of onr principles, and t
an1ioWerenaer.bt.Jth
deliverer to the saints., It is a me
dium through which everyv facility
offered ns ofJT holding, conyerse
witnS mef ou'distan
isetdesmetol of ascerlain
iug the Necessities of Ine different
Boards, and the amounts of labof
performed. It acts, favorably ft by
giving usaew imwtns, hwben -
hearing o thet gbbdi.accomplished
pliea to-itican uong ne IgnorantT .HnAf'iw;ifc"'i
vr- y ; wmniunications conyeydjo,
.Aeed)tooftheJJpippa1jChWi !ourmfc'thetW
oraan at ChicaffoJ aavas ITiidee,AAn I KtAilkJ .tf.Y-
i .- eolnmna n 1 . -i ,i,'-i!S ?i:"
opeiV td discus, any official act of I0?
any..Bishoblinthe Chnrch.br any render it jnorempor, at.
eiprcssibn-.of bpinipntwhicH a B.)sh-: jmen wipuld stndyfand,. jbelieve ithej
op, mak'esbf any advice whichv-bel, words of VeyeiationTneirTmmbr
gvAllUhopV. taimlefestaependnpony
above, any judgment of purs,orany Aik
other man's . - - ILt ii lir.i-YriicII
Do nit think t
vt,.
k y4 ri
he Devil ' "alwavt I riav ha etunal rnm. , It is not a.cer-
byiothersVf tit rovbkes trsftb love'
andodaiwbksliklfa-M
courier, t informs ns of the .battles 5
fpffghanTjcJpneej
l4ihJfdirjBf aly
so iniornmgr b? fthe-michinatibns
of tbe-enenly of ulahherV c
filvVBleWfe bnallciy
iehjlnMt?fitiTd3,iift
effectually warded offh&iassa<ju
ItTiaiS ncHsity.-erhosb wh do
nfttkeifaWasTeioitfieif1
eeot
ibtetVfthurbhe?
fisbofoxRlsteabV they payj their . !
1 lfumM
fare, niora.heatUyi
jejangeli4atipnjof
ministerslkpnjda.l!, m bisipowerj :,
(totpdlrcnlAtl0rr "ryfjQT
ofonetellcie n ;U2 'er.
fort to inoreaio iif elreulaticr:. -'