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Qrpt of t Ucrifi Carrjlta SJaptisls) Stbotrt to giHt tlijioit, Onrattan, -pttuiin; gricnltur ei ml-itUUtsrartk i do ... 85 OOI 60 00100 001 Obituaries sixty -arorda lone, are inserted fr f charge, Whea they exceed this length, one Cent for each word must be paid ia advance. Volume XXXVIII. RALEIGH. N. C.,5 AUGUST .20,? 1873. Dumber: 5.: Special Noticea charged 20 cent per line. " Registered Latter. ' DISTINGUISHED NORTH CAROLINA BAP TISTS WHO HATE LIVED AND LABOR ED IN OTHER STATES - . '-- -i ,. ' i SILAS HEBCEB., " It was my purpose to begin tliis Reries of sketches with the name of Jesse Mercer, but' in 'reading the life of this great man, written by the sainted Dr. C. D. Mallory of Georgia, I find that Silas Mercer, the father of Jesse, merits my attention first, both on account of the force and influence of his character and because he was more identified with North Carolina than his more distin guished son. I am indebted for the facts, and 'in part, for the language of this notice of the elder Mercer, to the enter taining book referred to above. Silas Msscxr was born near Curri tuck Sound, IT. C, February, 1745. He was a ' serious, thoughtful child but did not profess religion . till he arrived , at manhood. - Previous to this time, he was devotedly attached to the , rites of the Episcopal Church, , and as violently op posed all other religious denominations, especially the Baptists.'; These were the people he had been taught to dreadabove all others, and he carefully shunned them as a company of deceivers, ; and a people affected with absurd and danger ous heresies. . But preserving , an inde pendent spirit and a clear and discrimi nating mind, he was soon led beyond the prejudices of education, ..and according to the rubric of the Episcopal Church, which enjoins ' immersion, except when the health of the child might require a milder mode, he had two of his children immersed. The eldest, Jesse, was bap tized in a barrel of water at the house of his pastor, and the nextya daughter, was immersed in a tub .in the Episcopal Church, r where . he was , accustomed to worship. His father was a bigoted churchman and did not like these strange notions of Silas. He did everything in his power to prevent him from having anything to do with the blind and infatuated sett of iiaposts. xmi in spite 01 ma owu juup athies and the opposition of his frieids, he gained his consent at length to attend a Baptist meetings This presumpturas sentment, and as. the tears of grief aid anger gushed from his eyes he exclaimel " Silos yon are ruined. But neither th tears nor the rebukes of his father proved availing. Eemoving to "Wilkes countyjiand like Cassius " seldom smiled," and Georgia, sometime after, he was baptized by Alexander Scott into the fellowship of Kiokee Church,in 1775. He rose;from the water a;ministerof the Gospel, for "before be left the stream in which he was baptized, he ascended a and warmly exhorted ' the .surrounding multitude. . Having - been' formally licensed by the church, he at once entered upon a course of ministerial labor which was distin guished, for its zeal,-: ability and useful ness. ; - - " - - - : "During the Eevolutionary war, Silas Mercer fled for safety to Halifax county, 2. O., where he remained six years dur- Ing which time ho was incessantly en - gaged in the work of the mrnistry. It appears from his journal that he preached upon an average ofiener than once a day,ri so that during his six years residence in his native State, he delivered 'more than two thousand discourses-:' AbQHtthe close ,of the war,, he returned to-Georgia, where; he; remained till hia death, i He.iWas justly regarded as one of the most exemplary, usefol and pious ministers in the Southern States. Though m " fir, T Z T- t distinguished for his terary attain- ments he" was the devoted friend of edu caCojv especially in'the ministry, and to promote this noble object, he established a school 'neat Ida ; bouse, 'and procured an' able teaser to take charge of it, V He devoted muchrtime tostudy' and wrote . several;' pieces .on important suV jects, one of which entitled " Tyranny Exposed and True liberty Discovered," wwpqusneji ja i t eight pages. He was,- however, more distinguished as a preacher than a writer, - : f . " r r For 13x6 Beoorder. .. Xfli te OF TRANSLATION T02I SPRAGGINS. .. ifn Editor ? t 'w r - - If- there Ir'any ; ; time :' whenv a' grave journal like yours can be -excused for en.f tertaining its readers with a little spice of fun, it must be at this, when the com bined rage of the Dog-star and the Sun enfoebles the system, both of body and mind, to such a degree that any reading beyond the flqating news or a comic nar rative is ' unwelcome and 1 burdensome. It is while the'rprcsentr writer is in that relaxed condition, that it occurs to him to sendyou thd-fonowingilacconmOai to hoiae dulce Uquentem aud whoso Queer trcrdus such as Providence some - times eccttcrs here and there on the earth1 tUe improvement of our health : and of our good nature. V- ' - To those who have known anything of the internal Iristoryof a certain college, not a hundred miles from 1 during the last Quarter of a century, the name of Tom Spraggins cannot be unknown, nor ciuj. ii iau, wnen mentioned) to relax the countenance with an immediate smile, if not with a broad vector of a new species of wit and pleas- antrycwhich might : be called the icit of tranil&tion, consisting in a humorous ap plication of the text of a classical author to familiar objects and characters in his reqitationsj forming illustrations so ifre-. sistably amusing that, not only the class became ungovernably uproarious, but the Prof., however stiff and even" Saturnine, could not, for, hia life, escape the infection. It has been quite the fashion in England for the, wits of Oxford and Cambridge to maite ion ior the undergraduates by lu dicrous travesties of the great poets Vhich were their daily, companions and tasks, not in their public recitations but in their fanujiar howIt was reserved for Sprag- gins to spread out the text of his author in his public performance in the class, so as to associate with tiWtrue. rendering of the text, comparisons and allusions taken froni all' familiar objects and occurrences around, , so that his class would prefer hearing : Spraggins , recite to going to a circus. To have neglected the interpre tition v of - thes original entirely ; would havp been to turn the recitation to a farce, anlthe Prof, could' riot have allowed it Butl;Tom was too shrewd for that, and he kas scholar enough to understand and exjress the sense of his text-book. But hekad such a lively fancy; that he saw reCtoblancea and contrasts of his author's ideas, with the topics most common to a Collegian's leisure lioursin such a rapid ajid:Tivid flash of thought that he could not ibrbear improvising these funny addi tions to the meaning of his text I will giveNthe reader a specimen ; of Tom's modus operandi, in a recitation . from Horace, and we will take our sample from that famous ode of the Yenusian Bard: "Integer vitas scelerisque purus, ; tc, which our hero managed after this fashion. "We must however, prepare the reader for an adequate idea of the apparent au dacity of the translator and the electric shock of: the occupant of the Chair by informing him that the occupant of that thair at the time was as grave as a judge, When he did smile, A smiled in such a sort as if he mocked himself and scorned his spirit that could be moved to smile at inything.'-In spite of this awful dignity f the . presiding offiper, Spraggins thus hegant I Integer, vitae ? Aman upright in life. J ! scelerisque purusf and as clear of crime I & John- Jones "was of ringing the bell 1st night, for I know the man that did ! jVo cget maw jacuits neque arcu. 0)Ktenenatis gravida' "sagattis, Fusee, jarretaPi j HStands in no need, my dear Fussy, 1 1 Sharp's rifles, nor of a quiver as full poisoned arrows as a freshman' pock I are of, pies-and parody on poisoned ynces and candy after a short trip to B. iJVanique, me sylva lupus in Sabina, Dum V m canto Zalagen et ultra Terminum tagor expedite ' Fugit inermem ; vtNamque 6c" - And as a proof of it, jien I -was taking a - stroll in . the X)oasr tne : otner r aav. k numminsr a praises of Lalla Gee, my aSrt SanV Urron's bull, a danger- animal came upon me by surprise, bt instead of bolting at me, as I expected, fist inemeniyha turned tail and ran off, alio' I had nothing in my hand but my pB-stenu: ualeportentim k i neque . : J)aunia Neejubae tellies general leonum Arida metrix : v : Such a monster as not Daunia, in betnici jungles, can show, not Africa, thury nurse of lionsf as we used to call Att Dinah,' when we met her taking an evung walk with Mr. Jjyonit children. bne me pigris ubi nuUa campis, . . h ylor astita recreatur aura, doJ1-' . lace me in t those ; frozen regions wire a tepid breeze is as rare as good bter or good coffee is on College tabje. Pone sub curru . . . Solis tn . terra J di'ibus negatat de. Place.me in one of our swamps where tl mosquitoes are so : thick and fierce tit all human habitation there is impos- sie..,. : -' " Duke rideiitein'Lalagen amabo ; - . .JDulce UquentewP - - Still, I will sing of Juaiia uee, my I clteier, smiling as sweetly as Jim Dibble I wti the President has given him leave 1 hpare as sweet as Dicic luompson s, 1 wh ho had plenty of molasses for his Bv this time, the reader mav suppose tbaf. tbA rfosH. nffAf fpAnnPnt OTnlnfrirms I of . irrepressible cachinnation, ' became entirely ungovernable, and even the Prof., in spite of the most violent efforts to the contrary, had to cover his face with lus I handkerchief and discover his emotions J more by convulsions of his body than change of features, while Spraggins stood with a face as imperturbable and a man-1 ner as careless as if he had no conception of what was the matter with his audience. ' As soon as the Prof, was able, to recover his gravity, he administered the follow-; ing reproof ; f'Mr. Spraggins ! I advise you to confine yourself to the strict interpre tation of your text book. You give en tirely too much scope to yourimagination and you observe that such translation gives rise to very indecorous levity in the class." ' -' , v -i . Spraggins. MWell, sir, if it displeases you I can go on in the usual,' humdrum j way ; but I think instead of repressing you ought to encourage the flights of inv: agination in your ; pupils, and that if I can improve upon old Horace, by grafting upon him some' modern ideas, it will be so much the better. r. To this the Prof. made no reply. The next recitation the cla&s attended, it may be supposed, with Intense curiosity. The Prof, was ' evi dently uneasy. The ode for the day was theone beginning, "Otum Dicosroga&e.', . The train of thought Is that peace oj mind is the universal wish and pursuit ; and that the rich in vain strive to escape care in their splendid palaces, or sailing in their painted barges, or mounted on their .rapid steeds. Importunate care will pursue and overtake them. r - iAVhen Spraggins got to the words: I Post equiUm sedet atra curatn he gave it thus : iC Black care sits behind ' the horseman, like the little, darky, behind old Mr, B., when he rides into towu every Saturday, to get his black-smith work done." The tumultuous scenes of the last recitation were re-enacted and even surpassed, only the Prof, having braced himself up for the occasion, was able to eommand hit countenance sufficiently; to tell the contumacious humorist that if he did not quit that, he would have to report him for disorderly conduct. , This sketch may be sufficient to alle viate the exhaustion of one hot afternoon. If the hot weather lasts and the present anodyne proves successful, perhaps you may, command more of the same sort from Lentus in TJmbba. - Far the Beoorder. CHURCH ORGANIZATION. The act of organization is the formation of the instruments, pr officers of a body. These instruments or officers are ordained and appointed for the .management or government of said body.' Church - organization is a something which remains, in a large degree, un known. Eespecting the time when the churches of Christ began, there ia very little agreement Tho Moses heads the list of believers with Abel's name, yet none pretended to say that the churches began with Abel. ' Many suppose that the the churches took origin with Abraham. But the Few Testament disowns his peo- pie down to Christ as rnembcrs of Christ's churches, v If one we owned in l the be ginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as members of His churches, except pen- itent i oenevers Daptizeu oy tneir own choice; " Some believe that there was no church till sometime alter our Lord's as cension. , - Now, . if it is not agreed when the churches began, it follows that it is not known hou they were formed." - It we leave the question just here, then it is not credible that anybody is know ing enough to tell , us what a church of Christ is. .The most confident expound ers t of the. Scriptures, disagree as -to whether the churches of Christ and the mngdom of God are .one and the same thing. Christ measures the Kingdom of God from John's time, and - the law and the prophets to J ohu's time Luke xvi,16. But many, with this passage to the con trary, place the Kingdom of God between the .Baptist's time and - that Of the law and the prophets. . , - X Now vsheri, and Koiet and where, did the1 Boman Catholic Church begin 1 And where were organized the Episcopal, the Presbyterian, the Methodist, the Baptist and .others, and-when,' and howl; Did John the Baptist organize Popery T or either of the others f Did he organize the first Baptist church 7 - li we auswer this last question with Xo, then, without farther controversy, there is no church organization which was not the mere voluntary work of man, unauthorized by God. 5 God, by His prophet, declared, (or Christ declared,) that John should pret pare the way of the Lord. Isa. xl, 3 j Hitt, iii, 3 ; I, ZtLi iil, 4. Jcha was to " mane straignt in tne aesert a hlffUwaV tor OUT UOU.". "1U tDO WllOer- ness," where John began to baptize. Bat simply baptizing people did , not prepare the way beforo Christ. This was a way ior tne vapiizeu uui nuw a nign way for Christ And u John did not organ- ize the Church then he prepared no way j but if John organized the Church, then the way for Christ was prepared. and Christ Himself did what all His people do when baptized j He'was baptized into His Church. " ' " - - rOf John's being bapti2ed,'we have' no account And of the particular organi zation of the first church we have no ac , count. -Bat of this we are sure r the or ganization was completely made "out be fore the first soul was baptized. This or ganization consists of Christ, the Head Governor and King ; Christ's word the full compliment and government and law of His churches ; and His churches, each alike and for itself, not to legislate, nor to execute but by obedience to Christ law, servants to Christ. There is no distinct functionary, no deputized officer, to exe-" cute law on the chufefies' -"members. Ministers are God's : teachers to preach and instruct, but without any authority to govern or control the members. Dea cons are servants to the hurches,'to serve tables. Every member is Christ's watch mau to detect disorder and report it to the churches, and the churches have no power except to judge ? of disobedient members, and to withdraw from the un worthy, and to continue fellowship with the worthy. 5 The church -;- of John the Baptist exercised all this, when the Phar isees and Sadducees' came for baptism. Matt iii. 7 j 1 Cor. v, 9, 13. ' 1 All church organism beyond the fore going, is of humau invention, as its ten dency is steadily "mischievous. The choice of a pastor and of deacons, it they are needed, are the acts of a body alreadyt organized, Baptism needs, no other ceremony I. to ; organize a "church One member, three members, twenty, or a hundred, aro a church by the act of baptism, - Mark Bennett- Enfleld,N. C. ' , : 1'. a. iiisnops ana overseers are ner tants to the churches, and not prelates. Their power in the ; churches - is as the sentinels to their army. Whatsoever i3 claimed by ministers (more than this, cometh of evil." - : BEULAH ASSOCIATION,',, , Meets with Bed Bank Church, Forsythe county, Friday, Aug. 8th. The house is new, roomy and well finished. Elder F, Hi Jones preaches the introductory ser ¬ mon from Amos vi, 1- "JVoeuto them that are at ease in Ziou'. The Lord converts a man that his own soul may be saved and that he may labor for the glory of God, The Master, has bidden ns go . and preach' to all. men. -But the text implies the possibilitv of. neglecting this duty, of being ." at ease in Zion." Many are. 60 -A man mav. lose, not his religion, but the enjoyment of his religion. -And the results of being at ease are fearful. ' It' results - in' great injury to the man's own spiritual "eondi-- tion, a It destroys ' his influence among his fellow-men, so that he can not benefit them." It is displeasing to God.- Mav it npt be that our late war,'freshets, the droughts are chastisements to bring us back to duty! The Lord so dealt with Israel, Shall it be said of us, as of them j thatnotwithstanding these chastisements we have not returned unto him. , After : intermission : Moderator Kerr calls the Association to order." 'Most of the, chnrches aire ' represented.rv"The let ters report the churches in a prosperous condition. : The statistics are generally full, y Most of the churches report acces sions by baptism.' " Bro. John Kerr is re- elected . -Moderator; 1 and Elder ; H. A. iirown uierK. . juoaerator Ji. err makes a brief speech,5 urging that this - session" be one of much prayerfalness;, ' ' Messengers and visitors are invited "to seats.'-Various committees are appoints ed. i A letter is read from Elder F. M. Jordan, who is detained at home by sick ness, il is the first time he has been ab sent in Bixteen years. Dr. Wingate leads in prayer in his behalf. , . ' -' - SATUBDAY.-V"' f ' - ; A Devotional exercises for half an hour. The Committee of. Arrangements report ed. ; A. committee .submits a form of blanks for church, statistics, which ' was adopted and ordered to be printed and sent to the churches. -The report on ed ucation recojnmends to patronage Wake Forest College and Ealeigh Female Sem- inery, calling special attention to the ef fort to endow the former, and urging the Association to renewed exertions in this work. After some remarks 831.05 were raised for the Board of Education, The report on State Missions was road 'and with it tho rcrisrta at tha'DiisiQa cf the Association, Bro. Brown has labored one-fourth of, his time in the. western section of the Association, and Brother Richardson three-fourths of his time at Greensboro. A collection is taken to help build a church at Beaver Island, where Bro. Brown has been labonng., . The report on education . is resumed, and Moderator Kerr makes a ; very, able j Spirit ; It is said " not to make ashamed? y au that is good. In this realm of ho speechbn education, Dr.'Wingate"fol- that is does! not disappoint its "posses- JdlightChristians expect to spend lows In reference to the' endowment, with characteristic'" ability. After other speeches,' subscriptions are taken to make up the quota of the red Bank church. ' 1 : The report on periodicals tells of the change in the management , of the Be- cobdeb, and, after , some remarks, lis postponed to Monday morning. , : - ''.'" J SUNDAY. - ' - 'V . Moderator Kerr t addresses a large au- ience at the arbor on , 'f The Missloii of the Baptists in the Present Crisis of -the World's. Affairs- " We should -.be glad to present a full report of this speech, if we had such a one as would do justice to it Sermons were xreached;by four roinis-, ters, at the arbor . and in the house. :t v J - .- monday. j n l After?devoti6nal exercises' other .re marks are made on .the report on Periodi cals For kind words for the newedi tors from many brethren to-day and Sat urday, we return sincere thanks, 1 . . X Tne report on Sunday ; schools is read and Bro. Cobb addresses the Association explaining, the " work of the Sunday School Board, Moderator Kerr,' and oth ers make speeches. The report is amended so as to recommend the plan of operation suggested by the SJ S. Board at Char- Llotte.' A collection is also taken. -r r The Report on Foreign Missions elicits an interesting discussion in 1 which1 Dri Wingate,' Bro. Cobb and" others took part ; ,.-f-; . -.. i Other business is to come up this even ing," but, much to our .regret, we have to leave before the meeting adjourns. . t ; IThe'session has been pleasant and we believe " profitable. , The speeches have been' interesting and "stirring,' the scr-. mons good. The "Beulah" Association seems wide awaked and trying to' do its duty. y . .-" - r Wo are indebted to Bro. Marshall and family and many other ; fiiends for mak- ing our stay so pleasant . -4 - " G.' IGItc the Best to the Poor. - vr" I hold that every church which wants to do good 8houldgive,not what they stingily think thev can spare; to the boot. That J-which you give to the poor ought to rep-1 iesent tnat wmcn ioa joas aone ior you j it bught torepresentthefreshness, beauty, and sweetness which prevail mine house holds of the givers .. When, therefore, we wanted to build Our Bethels when application was made to us as a church to take the school ohT trom the hands of those who had been carrying it gathered the -people together," and said to them : " It is to be determined to-nighi; by vote whether you snail take this school and care for it i but if you do I want you to unaerstana ; wnat you muse ao. l wiu not consent ; to the taking of this school must build for them better quarters than you have for yourselves, and must treat that school so that' they shall have, in the very offerings you brine, to . them. some sense of the richness which Chris- tiamty has orougnt'to you. They as sented to it. Jsow.our own Church is not to be compared, for beauty andembelUsh- ment with r the Bethel. That , building, wiia xne groHnu, cost - s some su,wu. The free readins-room is filled With pleas ant pictures, la th appropriate. rooms we have all the elements of housekeeping that are necessary-' The teachers, one a month, have their tea there together.: Every quarter, the schools have festivals there. It is a complete little household in all its appointments. . Every part of it is fine in taste, ample and excallent in the quality ana quantity or tne tomes provt- ded..; We spare nothing for them. ; We have given them as good an organ as Mr. Hook- can build. We spend $5,000 a yearfor the expense, of ; running that schooL , It is entirely a free-will offering. Whatever they contribute goes to mission worn in so lar as the school is con cerned, we have made it no second-class car. whue we are ncUng to heaven in the first-class. We have given them the first and take our chances 'in the second. Rev. H,. W. Beeoher. : " v.- r -s Baptismal Regeneration ' In the General Synod of. thst Protest ant Episcopal Church of Irelandj , when the emendation of the liturgy was under discussion, Mr. Saunderson, M. P pro posed to strike out the declaration be ginning, " Seeing now, ; dearly, beloved brethren, that this child is' regenerate." He said, " I belie vo it is the great veil which has been spread , over the pure Gospel of Christ i I beheve it is the great extinguisher of the mighty truth' that a man ougnt to settle in lus : own mind, between himself and God whether no is regenerateu or wnetnor ne is not: "cr ho is not : and it 1 la because Baptis mal: Itegencration causes men to blink this question that I look upon it with ab horrence." These are wholesome words. and deserve to be printed in gold. Indsjs THE PTJRIFUNO INFLUENCE OP CHRIS TIAN HOPE. - . . " f ' BY JM. r. There is much said in the New Testa ment about hope the hope of Christians. It is referred to in connection with faith and love as an abiding grace of thoHoly scr.- xt 13 aescnoea as "an ancnor or tne soul sure and steadfast enteriner within the vail.'?, .It is declared to be a "lively," or rather a "livine hone.w becaiif?ia it nx. ists in union with spiritual lifev and an-1 as a " good hope through, grace." The j epithet goodis not misapplied. The foun-1 dation of the hope is good, its objects are - .t A t , jny. . "i . I guou, lis enecis are goou - xnis nope iff-1 rr- ' i : ' . .'. -1 uorus iiumuu mcriE, - ana is tnereiorei through graCb-". There, is one passage of Scripture which directs attention spe ciauy to me puniymg innuence oi nope. It ia found in , 1 i John 3 "And everv man that hath this hope in him puiifieth nimseir even as. ho ig pure.", hi assume tnat Kim m. tms "verse refers to Christ ; as ArchbishoD The IIUUW BU1U j Wl OjjUl - XI I Cl jfJUau that hath this hope on him" that is. on iiirisx, ior, mere is reierenee to uimst ln tne preceedmg. verse. ; its is a blessed truth that the Christian has hope in his soul, but this is . not the truth taught by : tioan. : lie teacnes tnat tne nope rests on Christ as its foundation. It recognizes his mediatorial work." It is mv purpose. uuwcvcfy w uweuuu , uie puixr.jmg muu- . - - 1 ... f n ence or nope;. : Tiy. uoesr it possess this influence-,,, . , - , - - s X," The basis on which it rests exhibits most impressively the evil of sin. Stroner arguments in tavor or the evil of sin mav ne,aeriveciL npm-ine . expulsion oi rebel ? 3 At - - -m. angels from heaven, from the exile of the first pair from Eden, from the diversified miseries that have in; all ages crushed humanity to tne-earth from the ravages of death in every clime, and ' from the ravages of death in every clime, and from tne: iearrui torments ot. neu ; . but it we would have the strongest possible con ception or tne evil of sin, we must look to the cross of Christ What a lesson we are there taught ! Sin was not and could not be the obiect of God's eonnivanr when charged by imputation to his be-1 loved Son. - Instead.. his wrath fell unoii I it and hence it pleased the Father to 1 Druise me oou ana out mm to cmei. ine sworaoi jusnce was caiieaTO"awake,w and- it-was h bathed? in 'the sRedeemers blood. What an evil must sin be when in order to its expiation the Lord Jesus must bow his head "in death : low the Christian's hoperests on Christ, on his atoning sacrifice, and is cherished and sustained by the blood of bis cross. It is morally certain,' therefore, that he who is animaxea, wim mis nope, seeing tne ? j a t -A m m - m evil of sin as displayed in . the death of Christ will purify himself that is, win diligently nsO all theavallable" means in I pursuit of holiness. He will practically I endorse one or meroDjcts , Jsus had in 3&&y.Va&r. for himself a peculiar people." Hope exists m the regenerate heart and regeneration always inspires love of Holiness. it is cnaractenstic or unre newed sinner3 that they love sin and take pleasure therenx. : Their moral taste is so vitiated that they relish and;enjoy the aboniinable thing which God hates, .Re generation changes all this. It renovates the heart and - transforms the character. It implants the germ? of holiness in the souL and wherever this is done, holiness becomes the object of intense love, r "Old things have passed' away: behold "all things nave become new." , it is the God and Father of our : Lord Jesus Christ who besrets us to a Uvincr hope, and as ttushope is pecunax "to me regenerate who love holiness, it follows by a blessed necessity that they will purify themselves. under the impulses ot the love of hob ness they strive to be holy as God is holy, They wage a war of extermination against sin. The influence of their hope is a pu niymg innuence. 3. The hope of the Christian contem plates his ultimate conformity-to. the im age oi Christ it is said, " we shall be like himj lor -we shall see him as he is.7: What an object of hope is this I Likeness to Christ i Christianity proposes to con form all its votaries to the image of Je sus. The'day will come wnen the follow ers, of Christ will be like him in soul and in body. The last moral stain will be washed from their souls by the- Eedeem ers blood, and they will shine before the throne in heaven in all the loveliness of unblemished perfection. The omniscient I they. ceased to. be its victims. -They sup eye of God will discern in them neither I posed that they were joining aBible class, snot nor wrinkle. ' nor anv such thinff." The bodies of the saints are" to be con formed to the body ; of Christ : . Our vile body" is referred to in contrast with MS glorious body y or. more nterauy, "the body of our humiliation,9 and " the body of his glory.'' The glorified body of Christ is doubtless the most magnifi cent specimen of physical perfection in the universe; and : the- bodies of the re deemed are to be made like it As we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also -bear the imago of the heav- Vunly." . Burely if the hope of Christians contemplates their ultimate coniormity to the image of Christ, it will stimulate mem to tne use or au means wnereby they may be purified. They cannot ex pect ere long to see Jesus and be like him in his holiness without striving to be as much like him as possible before they see hint Hope will make itself felt in the consecration of all its activities to the work of moral purification : ii Hope directs the attention of the Christian to lieaven as his eternal dweUina place, ueaven must oe a gionous place, tor it is the select locality oi the universe. Its attractions are unspeakable and among them - holiness stands prominent. revealing its superlative beauty; We are accustomed to think of heaven as a happy place, and this is right j but we c::: izx tilt ita t:;i3 rciulta from its holiness. It. because it t is a holy place. Angels are uappy Decause tney are holy. The spir its of just men made iperfect are happy because thev have hApn mAa rJ,i - uod himself is infinitely happy because he is mfinitely holy,4 Heaven is the realm of perfect purity from which sin is for ever excluded, distinguished for the ab sence oi?au tnat is evil and the presence everlasting years. It is to be their ever lasting, home. How ? can rthey indulge such a hope without purifying them selves llow can they move heaven- vara V" " stxagghngs earnestly to A PR element in Christian hope 80 ftial that there can be no ra- u?na aPpe wjthont it f Blessed are those - x y v wjuui nuuws im gen- ti in An ao a rm- . Willi llftVA'tha Jiata .n)...!. - ix - rT, - J. wums iU pwaeajjons w uu- Tfcves evea Christ is pure. ; - wn ni IUUUU UiTiJlV - " - ' - : May trials well endure,' J. .' May purify oh eonla from sin, ' , A Christ the Lord Is pure." -;, ' - . - WaUm Recorder, ... Brilliant Sermons. Sir Ashley Cooper on visitiner Paria. was asked by the surgeon-in-chief of the empire now many times he had perform ed a certain wonderful feat of Surgery. He replied that he had performed the ; operation thirteen times, 'a - Ah.v' but monsieur, I have done him 160 times How ; many i times ' did ' you" save life life V , continued the curious French-" man, after he had looked into the blank ' amazement of Sir Ashley's face. ' said the Fmgbman,' 'saved eleven ont of the thirteen. How many did you save out of one hundred and sixty r Ah, mon sieur, a lost aem all j but the operation was very brilliant? :--': - ? Of how many popular ministers mitrht the same verdict vbe given t Souls are not saved, but the preaching is very bril- uaui. xnousanas are attracted and op erated by the rhetoriaan's art, but what if he should have to say of his admirers. x lose mem au' i Dut me sermons were very brilliant Spurgeon. - ' v ' . Power of the Press. Kev Dr Stone, of ' San Francisco, speaks truthfully as follows: The news- paper is more feared to-day- in Congres- i jwub uu iuo miiu. uiaces ot cor- I "i'V'1" the stings of conscience, and ; the thun- uera oi jjiviiio wram. ijoa is a great 1 way off, and the judgment waits: but the u ubiquitous reporter thrusts his sharp gaze into all covert and hidden schemes, ' an unerring detective. The pestilent spy .i will tell all he sees.tell it on the house-" tops, print for a nation of readers Good ! . Uive us more? of .this t, Lonsr i live the re- - porter 1 'Let every pubho man who med - iuu.es a uiue piece , oi gainroi rraua un-; -derstand he is shadowed' at each step , by this unbought espionage and though ' he inay not be converted, he will be re socameu. ' , - - ALook was enough 1 Therethe teacher sat in me midoUe of a large class of half- : grown young rnen; He -was one- of the 1 ; truest and best informed CShristian men- in our'congregaition everybody respect- -' ed and loved mm - But he could not keen I a scholar for more than - two ' successive - , Sundays, They j disappeared, like - the wicked, and could nowhere be found. . At f , every session some new faces were added v ; to the circle, but it never grew ' in cir ' cumferenc&Whafetculdrbe -the" difa- cultyt It puzzled the pastor. .. The Su perintendent was hopeless. In any other -classit would have been less important -:. but $hese younganen: ought to be reain : -ed. At last it was determined that we : should investigate the difficulty in per-- j son. - We opened the door; and. a loot '. Y J vas enough 1 The man - was' a preacher. had a congregation, not a class and a . congregation ofyouths Tike Eutychus had. ; A more drowsy collection of bright, -shrewd, jolly young men could hardly be 3 ebneeived. He had gone throu&rh his hitroduction, announced his plan, devel oped his points, and, just at the moment when we took our look, was making his ; - appncation ana appeal. i?rom that moment we did not blame the truant scholars. They had. done just what we ' would have done under similar circum- , stances.' They had been cheated, and : as soon as they found out the deception, " but behold a little church. They expect-: ed to study, but theyf were compelled to listen. They looked for a teacher, but ' v they found a preacher, i And. yet, this, good man was unaware of the true did C cultyA ; He mourned over his unspiritu r ality, when the trouble was in his method' ; " He prayed over the perversity of the un - ' regenerate souls who rejected his minis- ., try, but his own pride of preaching was greater than their lack of interest Ho wondered at his failure to interest, and gave more time and effort to preparation " but the reservoir was full enough, the . trouble was in the pipes. - He - tried to fill narrow necked bottles with dashes of water, rather than drop by drop. - j ' f Moeal Don't Preach. :i Question tho lesson into the scholar's mind and then question it out Make the class do the ; greater part of the work. Be suggestive J rather than declamatory. . In so doing youi will not only attract' but truly " in-' structed and permanentiy - retain the -members of your classes.-Examiner and . Chronicle. ' f r::S-yM-'H'Mk. v-J: A certain successful teacher, who had been greatly blessed in bringing in and retaining young men, was asked what the magic spell Of his influence over them wa&'-He'K-rplied,-'w-Pitti my arms around them? It was tio power cf a
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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