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YOLTJHB 441 RALEIGH, .IT.'; 0., WEDNESDAY,- JAOTARY; ;f j ;1880;;;. ; ;!;,' 1 A ;-ilSTjimEa:;2.6; Letter, Post-ofiit Order, Krpress or JJraTt, pT$le to the rdz of the Publishers. . )' .''..- . .' ' ,1 V ':'- ' " " " - ! ...''-. .':.'. j '. . '.. ) : -'.:',;; '. - . . ....... j N i i 1 .-is-K-..i IignaM Mai School ham;; FIRST QUARTER, lSSO. fLESSON 1L JANUARY 11th. -.JU BT EEV: J. B. TAYLOR; - ' 'Wilmington, N. C. '' ITllE FLIGHT INTO EG1TT.: Matt, tl: 13-23. : toaunit to memory Yerses 16 to 20. ; ' 13 And when they were deputed, bee aid. gel of the Lord sppeareth to Joseph in the dram, saying, Arise, and take tie young - chii; a and' And his mother, ana nee into .Egypt, thou there until I bring the word: for rod will Beek the young child to de stror.lni,. was r ir&rf; 14 Wbea be arose, he took the young ad his mother by. night, and departed in6 l -Cnd was there an til the death of Herod: .that might be fnlfiBed which 'was spoken of the frd by the prophet, ; saying, Out of E have I called my son . S f n Jierod. when ne sas-th aw, waa of the wise maarwas exceed in e and, sent forth, and slew all the cbil at weM in Bethlehem, and in all the Hereof, from two years old and under, ng to the lime which be bad diligent ired of the wis men. .- 'i hen was fulfilled that which was by Jeremy the prophet, saying, . . Bamt was there a roice heard, lam- and weeping, and great, mourning, pme for tier children, and would omforted, because they are not v when Herod was dead; behold, aa the Lord appeareth in a dream to aying, Arise, and . take, the young nia mother, and go into the-land of they are; dead which sought the he arose,- and took . the i young his mother, and came into the land t when he- heard that Arebelaua did reign a Jndea, in the room of his father llerodie was afraid to go thither s nolwith sundid, being warned of God in a dream, he turad aside into the parts of Galilee : ' 23. d he eame and dwelt in a city called Nazarel: that it might be fulfilled which was spfn hy the prophets, lie shall be call ed et Kaareee. :-?a - v r:T" ' IlDEN TEXT Matt, ii: 13. . Fletnto Egypt, and be tkoa there until I 8 tog thee word." , - Outline. '"--' I-; Flight ii Sahtt. t. 13-15 Sosbow II t. 16-18. ItETCRS TUX EgTPT, 19-23. Comments. ; I. Tbs FiioiT ron Satttx. Wen they were departed, &c. i e. the wise i4 back to-the east from whence , thejr "v """"" 1,1 r - The a ngIf the .Lord t Here the original leada an sngand not "Vifi angeL " Id' Verse 19, the eame ipression occurs, and is prop erly renderec Perhaps the same, angel of . whom we rea in Matt 1: 20 ; Gen. 16: 7, 9 j Ex. 32: ; laiah 63: 9. Possibly he was Gabriel.' SaeLnke 1:11 and 19 .also Dan. .8 : 18. Angel are used by God for the wel fare of his pJe. 'Are they not all minis tering spirits, ent forth to minister for them who.shallbenirsof salration." . Dr. A. B. Brown once gmdly said : "Even devils may be God's chsigang, to work on the chris tian's road to havea." . : j. ! Joseph. Hejrss the husband of Mary, and the reputei father of Jesus. He" was a good man (1:9), descended from David, though in humlo circumstances. His call ing" -was that c carpenter or worker in wood. It is pibable that he died before Jesusreached Bmhood. . ' x In a dream, God had often epeken to man in' this ws j as for instance . to a Joseph: who lived ages ifore. - Tie young 'cJ an&'Jii mother. ' A re markable expreijou to show that Joseph was . only the 'child's aarJian." $ Flee. The eency required prompt ac tion. J,'. r - .. . Egypt. The londcrful country in the N. E. comer of south ; west of Judea, attcTfceaching o 'ery border ; the land of the Kile, ' of p Moses, etc Many ; Jews were livin eroat this time, and Jo- ; v seph perhaps d find employment in his trade. It n aecessiblo refuge, ' and Herod had no torify there. "Egypt the , land of tixeradU of God'B'people. r it. for greater secrecy : it V. 14. i was not nsnsnal t journey by night in east ern countries. i f , ' . V. ti; Tfo&jtotf He died of horrible disease 1 Josephus Antiq., Book 17, chaps. 6, 7 ajj of aj, death after the flight not certainly known. It has been T wious estimated- from a few weeks to three yeat 1 Ti -- ThatXtmtgnt &32TC; Hosea n- V Instead of ly the ptophit,' it should read " "through the-Tircjet". . So -also verse' 17 should be rendered 'through Jeremiah," and in verse 2V' ttwi the jropheU." Out of Egypt, Thi prophecy, like so many in the Scrfptie .posBessed a two-Iold significance.; m,nUancB was to the exodus of Isr4 fa bondage In Egypt ;The fulfilled In the caliot. God's S out of Egypt The Old Testamea is .. o Ciaistt , befleA tbe wonderful iuilyVoid and the New f v II. Sobbow nc H.1M8; l. Mocked, tsjoa "wHb, made a fool ot 14 ; 0Jea, by Matthew that the Magi, intended to I16 the King, but the expression indicates jU yuw which Beroff ' took of the conduct 1 1 ; 1 - r " AUthcchitarmj&e, .Greek, a1l thetno children!; ::: 5;:r?. l MAJ1' Vrii ComU.:- The-neirhood. The word " coasts' here, has no reference to the sea. from which Bethlehem Vaa comparatively re mote. - Tko yean cidartdur Bo as hot to miss the right one.-He wot tjij rgther than fail concerning the one, Bethlehem had some 1,500 or 2,000 inhabitartj, Eitto fiays, " It would be extravagant ta expose more than twenty-ire childr - perished on this occasion.". Their elac' would not attract much i ly llat tl:3 t'.rocions act ; ta?e tea recorded,. c r - el V 3 Ufa of C r in those times .ice, end it is like U::zl Tcs'Itct ; t that it is con- Irjlsiesr-Uta find out th time of the birth of Jesus, and slew all those born about that time. , V. 17. ;Tkm wtfuVOedi ds. Jer. J)l; .15,; as typical prophecy. Jeremy, the Greek form of Jeremiah. i ' V. 1& 2&um. A small town about six mUea north of: Jerusalem, and ..ten from Bethlehem, -belonging at times to Ephraim and then to Benjamin, of both which tribes Rachel was mother. 1 - -; . Rachel weeping,' Ac. : TUchel (Gen. .29: 10-Sl), was daughter of Laban, wife of Jacob, mother of Joseph" and Benjamin, and 'the representative of the mothers of Judea be reaved of their infanta. She was buried near Bethlehem; and is poetically . represented as looking from her grave and weeping for her slain chadraa so loud that bar lamentations are heard at Kama., HL Bzttjxx nox Eotpt. t. 19-23. V. 19. Bespeoting the death of Herod and the ; appearance of the angel, see notes on eraea 13 and 15. ' . - 1 t - V. 20. Tkejf are dead, Ac. There is here a vetbal reference to Ex. 4 : 19 ; proba. bly designed to remind Joseph that He who had protected Mosm was now watching over the young child Jesus." ;- ' $r M'Z I rr Y. 2l. Jle arote, &a, t 'e. Joseph, who, as Lange aays, is " the model of all foster fathers." ..fV V ' Vfk .- - V, 22. Arehilaut. The elder of the three sons, among whom the kingdom was divided after Herod's death.. To Arohelaus was given Judea, Idumea aad Samaria.' After a wicked reign of nine years, he - was banished and Jodea reduced to a Soman province. V Then ." the sceptre' entirely departed frem Jndah. JI was of raid, Ac, knowing that Arohe laus Was almost as wicked as his father. - ' Th part of GalUe. The regies of Gali lee, h This division of Tales tine was north of Samaria, and reigned ever by Herod Antipaa. i Y, -23. Nazareth. An obscure town' in Galilee, about equally distant from the Medi terranean sea on the "west," and--the sea of Galilee on the east Hie first reference we have to it, is as the home of our Lord's mother. Like 1: 26. Here Jesus lived til! 80 years old. ... .'' ' .- Spoken by the propheU. The spirit or jnb atanoe of their testimony ; not the very words of any one prophet . - Coiled a KazarcM. Jerome was of opinion that the allusion here is to Isaiah 11:1 and Isaiah. 60 : 21. " There shall come forth a rod out of the Btem of Jesse, and a branch (He brew, Favor) shall grow but ' of his roots. There can be little doubt that tlis branch or Nazer, to whom Isaiah refers, denotes the MessialiHAia-Ja-JPamjor urahch of J ssse," g an humble, despised desoendent of the once kingly house of Judah. Now connect this With tho fact that Hazel (Netser) s the proper Hebrew name of Nazareth. "Another explanation is, that the people of Nazareth were everywhere looked upon with disdain and contempt (John 1 : 46). , Hence there would be a fulfillment of the prophecies that the Messiah would be despised and rejected. " Jesus of Nazareth was tised as a title of contempt Galling Jeans a Nszarene was the same as calling him "despised."? We will probably be justified in accepting both explanations as legitimate and coinci dent with the declarations of the prophets. ' SiiRgestlons Concerning tbe lesson. - 1. Try to get the scholars to memorize at least the -Scripture suggested in each lesson If not 4he whole passage. New interest will be added to the study and recitation of the lessons, and who can estimate the advantage which will accrue mentally and spiritually. for tune and eternity, xrom storing the mind with the predows words of Scripture. ; ' 2. Familiarize' yourself with the geography of Palestine as it was in the days of . Christ, to that you can draw a map of it youref. A good plan would be to prepare an outline map, with simply the divisions, and Jerusa lem, the river Jordan and Lake - Galilee ap pearing. Then as each place occurs in the jesson, mark its location on the map. . Every one ought to know the relative positions of Galilee Samaria and Jodea. I, Ask questions about the map, so that -after a while the scholar can tell the position of Hebron, Em maua, Cteoarea, Nazareth, Damascus, the Dead Sea, eta . There la a wide-spread and an increasing' interest in the knowledge of God's -word. "More people ' are studying it reverently, lovingly, enthusiastically, than' ever before. , Let us join them, and gladly avail ourselves of all the helps we can get v 3. tray zor we uinmmanon 01 we apint. If we have God's blessing on the truths taught learned, then will our eyes be opened that we may behold " wondrous things" in His law. , - - v ; ' In the 2Tew Tori Evangelist Rev. Theo. Oojler says of tbe ! Book; of Who first wrote oat on papytus leares this wonderful- bookwhicb. is biography, history, theology and poetry- combined' in one nobod y knows. Some claim that Moses was the J Inspired compiler of the work. Others hold that aboat the time of the captivity some gifted J e w col lected it into its present shape. The skeptic school of critics declare it to be a profound parable on a large scale, or a sublime myth. Amid the dim mists of antiquity which hang around its origin, we can be sure of a few facts. We are sure that the hero of the work was not a native Jew. lie did not live in Palestine, bat somewhere on the vast plateaus that skirted the river Eaphrates. He was a Saeik or an Emir of the old Shemetic race. He owned vast herds, and was a great lord of the manor among the wandering tribes of the East. He and bis three most inti mate friends were familiar with run sic, metallurgy, military aflaira, and to some degree with astronomy. And to them were revealed (by some mys terious dispensation) the profoundest thought in regard to human suffer ing and sin, in ; regard to the diTine governnient, in regard to thesa deep things of God which no tnaan philo sophy has everfAthcned I ' Traly this patriarch of theclcicai -poerza Elands ithcst a nodcl and K'ittct appears vritbent any krown uzo era cf i::" hcrr.a . itt-3 B: .---V. .' '. '. v: ; 4 Bo .h Beoorder.- ReMnisceiicesVra im Missionary Life; t. BT MATTHEW Tt TAXES, P. Bv i Dear Recorder : .7.-' i ' I deem no apology necessary for consenting to write a series of letters about myself and work, which must of necessity contain much of auto biography, for my sole aim in doing so is to promote the glory of God in the extension of Christ's" kingdom among men of all nations. iM f In pursuance of this design, I shall take the liberty, to pursue trains of ttoaght , that were suggested, t the, time, by tbe various situations in which 1 have been placed, at home and abroad and to animadvert free ly upon whatever I may think will be of service to such as may be in similar situations in life, increase the efficiency of the churches of Christ, and promote the glory of God, to whom we are commanded to present our bodies a living sacrifice, which is our reasonable service. WhatT shall have to say of the Jncldents of jny life before I sailed for China, in 1816, was written more (than thirty years ago.: ; ; .1 '. ? 'vr, . . My parents4-WilliamIand Delilah Yatea lived and died (my father In 1860 and my mother in 1867V in Wake coonty, North1 Carolina, 18 miles west of Italelgh. They were members of Mount Fisgah Baptist church, of which my ! father1 was a deacon from the time of my earliest recollections. They reared to matn rity ten children, five sons and five daughfeiaj all of whom made a pro fession f religionl and ; joined the Baptist Church." Ilwas' the' second child. VfTi'T'.-'..''', The neighborhood ' in which we lived was not celebrated for its wealth, refinemen t or educational facilities.-" It was, however, free from sinks of vice and temptation to the young. The schools, in my school going days, were' restricted to what wero generally known as "old-field schools probably so called because the booses in which they were held were generally situated in, or near, an "old :: field a. Tbe houses were rude structuresunhewed log huts with split board roofs, a log chimney seven or eight feet broad at one end of the single room, for log fires at the other end of the room' there was a crack; formed - by cutting away part of two logs, to admit light upon the writing bench j? and a door on one or both sides. The furniture of these school houses' consisted of a chair, a lock-up desk, a femle and a long hickory switch for the teacher, and long benches, without backs, for the school children: These "old field schools" were generally in ses sion only daring the autumn and winter months. - All that was taught in any to which I had' the privilege of going, were spelling in Noah Webster's spelling book and Walk. er8 dictionary, reading, writing after a copy set. by the teacher, and Pike's arithmetic, to the doable rule ot three. No attempt was ever made to teach the meaning of .words or anything else, except to find tb6 answer to the sum 'given in the f arithmetic, the whole work of which, ,when it was approved by the teacher, the pupil was required to copy in his cipher - ing book. ; ' :' My father delighted in keeping an open house for Baptist preachers,' and in fact for preachers andreligions men or ,au denominations, wno cnose to seek or accept 5. his hospitality; Bobert T. Daniel was the fi6t preach er I remember,and about all that I re member of him is that he had a white head and. a red face, and that he and my father seemed to love each other very much. . A few years later I re member IS. I. O. Howell, 'Tom. Armstrong: and Turefoy, . father of Adison, George and James Pare foy. ,; I remember well father Pare- foy putting his haad on my head and saying, "May the Lord make a preacher of ;i him. This blessing made an impression' upon my young hearty for his manner was kind and his tone of voice serious. " At some time subsequent to this, he asked tee it I ever prayed i to whicn 1 re- liedrI:did not know; bow to praAV e looked kindly at me, as I held bis horse for him to mount,and said: I will tell yon, say Gad be mercifal to me a sinner.' M 4 This.; short prayer has remained with me from that day to the prsentltime. It was the first intimation I ever had that I was a sinner.: And i 'Toui?t Armstrong's thundering exhortation to sinners in which he was considered to :be very powerfuw.biS:TofFasr like the roaring pi a Hon--kept it before my mind by day and by night I thought, however, that he was talk ing to the grown people, for he never talked to me at ; my ; father's house about my being a sinner.v4 At a sub sequent interview father : Pnrefoy asked me, when there was no one else present, if I had prayed as be taught me. I replied, I did not know where to-pray. And he said.-'Go into the woods where none but God can hear you. God s every where. That was my last interview and con versation 'with that man of God. He has gone to his reward, and his works do follow him. His was em--- inently a practical Christianity." His labors were cot conSaed to the pul pit. i-I have ever felt that his words to me were words epeken ia season. I wa3 qtnta ycaar. est wfcr; ha said ive dircctica to ay vhcld life. I c:i r::;ua;J itzt, cir.utcra cf U8 C parents i r " f fA n r.3 L3 u i. u t:. 1 f the children of their congregations I mean personal appeals to them to love and trust the 'Lord Jesus. They usually ' have a high - respect and reverence for a minister,' and, judging- by my own ! experience, a solemn word spoken to a child Of ten years, when there Is no one present to distract attention, leaves a lasting Impres8ion-an Impression that may ultimately be blessed to the salvation ot the souL It is what we learn In our youth that remains with us through life. Then why should not the youthful mind be guarded against the evils which beset the paths of the young by a knowledge of Clod's power and' love in Jesus jurist, which ,IH be given to an who luye and obey him. ? ' iTobt Continued.) . , For the Beoorder. 0 ."WASHINGTON JOTES STOPS WITH OLD ; BB0THEB HOLDOUT.f-HIS LIKE MAI BE FOUND AGAIN, etc. &e. Dear Recorder : I 'neglected to say that I am travelling on horse back, riding a nice sorrel pony ! that I have owned for some time, and with which ! am closely identified. If my readers shall hear of the sorrel pony, they will remember that he, Js -that takes me to see the strange people and things in the world. L , . .4 . In' a narrow mountain hollow, in a snug cottage with many comforts and the beauties of nature about him, I have found old brother Asa Hold-oat. He is advanced in life, but is still vigorous and full of. vi tality and bids fair to attain a ripe old age. He thinks that he will be sure to:go to heaven when he dies, and regaras nis gooa neaitn ana oia aee as a special mark that Le is one of the Xord'a .favorites. . Bht some are mean enough to say he is spared to earth these many years, because heaven wishes to be rid of him as long as possible, but X . have no opinion in the premises , ana. can i only say that he is old and, is very strange in some things. ; ! X Brother Hold out, is rather small, with sharp feature?, blue eyes and though he Is 65 years bid, he has not a dozen white hairs in his head. He professed religion at the age of 21,- was baptized into Mossy Hollow church, and continued a member for many years. He is sot a : member now but attends church and appears to have interest in chnrch work. He would pray in public when called' on, but was not forward. He de clined to serve aa'a deacon because hft said he knew that he was un worthy, (and be says now that he knows that be was never called to preach. He has a nice family and is evidently proud of his wife and chil dren. :! v-.r ff.-V'K: .. He "got out of the church in this way. Some 20 years ago he was a candidate for sheriff, and was very anxious to be elected. . He canvassed the conntv very faithfully and at the election, his opponent defeated him- by fa large maiority.. He expected that all the brethren in his .own chnrch would tote for him, bat five (5) of them could not see his fitness tat the office, and they did not ex actly vote against him by name they voted for the other man - This gave him offence and he complained, madly to them for their failure to support him. They thought that he was excited - and would soon cool down and be the same. Bat they were mistaken. Bra. Asa Hold-out never IcoolS' down when 'he once warms-np, and if he is crossed in bis plans, he is certain to wara-up. , n " He talked ' about the bad treat- ment of his brethren to everybody! far: and near, and refused to attend all his meetings ; and also refused to, pay anything to the caurcn unless these brethren would apologize to him, and ask his pardon I I They felt no i sorrow, made no confession and let him alone, a -Thus it drifted from bad toi worse till tbe chnrch took it in hand and sent a committee to say tor him that he most attend -chnrch and bear his part of its expenses. : When the committee called . on him; he was in a fiery mood, abased the church, tbe committee, the pas tor, the brethren who voted against him and the man who beat him ia the elections The committee repor ted bis conduct to the church, but the brethren 9 were unwilling to go hastily to extremes.' It was decided to wait with1 him and win him Vlf possible Tbei church sent to him to come to the next conference nod lay his complaints before the church; ;? This -was a lair proposition bat brother Asa Hold out cared little for fairness when it ran against his vio lent impulses, it is his nature, creed ana practice never to yield to matt church or wife.; After several vaJ attempts to win hint he sent word.'o tarn him oat and it was done. Ie now says that' he was not expend, but; "quit ott his ewn . free wiU and accord.''. , . 1. . ' . - Two of the five brethren bsfj died and. the others lie himr':f, are growing in years and in gr'.a alsOj I jadge from what I ear of them. He has never offered to rt 'am to the church.! He how says iliat be is really glad that he was'uot elected, yet the treatment was Xs same "it wr.3 an e Cert to keep ! j down.' I reached his hoc . ca Taesday, p. m., and iatende " to leave early next day, t-t the ;.ia detained n3 till Thurciay. T tic 3 tare!.:::;? and ct.tlia tai: p r.rt ta Lin lit ive Lin arap!a t . 3 ?.c3 m.i.cr ;,18 for ne 'to ira cry s.iTj cnl 2 wit!i cc-:!-::-L!3 ll3l!T2y3f..' emphasis and never lost sight of his own parpose and interest..; His ex-; ample, growth in grace; religious happiness, peace of mind, influence and usefulness, - never seemed to enter into, the question. It was usually "what t have decided to do for my own interest," &3. ' 4They did me a great wrong and they mast repair the evil beforeI au t fellow, ship or : forgive .them,,: ,&c s.'The Church was ;wroDg, &c. ,It was a sad; eight to see. aq old, saint thus I out of joint and on the verge ; of, the grave, apa aimosc in neaven with such a snirit I ' I remonstrated ith him and urged hlra turyli all forever!' I referred tot tfaja'death of those of theat and to his own age &cv ''I am' Asa Hold-out4-be never yields to' man, chnrch norlrife, was bis lwply.fty-itF - lspoke to him bn the subject of forgivenessand.I got the concord ance, ' to find and show what - the Bible teaches on -the subject. ! ? He consented to hear what I could find in the Bible, for . he as a. Baptist had i great respect for that book ; but he believed that hi mind was made up already.'. I read him among others the following passages. TFor thou Lord art good and r&ady to forgive." Pa 86 i M This shows God's char acterand We who need ! forgiveness ought to exercise it to others. For give us osr debtaas'we forgive our debtors. Matt. 6: ,Xf:s (AlsoflA-S).; 4,Forgiva and yerfhall be forgiven Luke 6 $37. Mtd be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's I nt. TiatVi fnrerivan' "SlnK -'A.' ?t r Forbearing one another and "for giving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any ; even as Christ forgave you, so also do'ye, Col. 3: 13. ,''-!- -c- ' t He. listened te these 1 passages calmly bat without any Impression. I sought to impress it upon him that this was God's word, and we . ought to heed it Yea, yes brother Jones, I understand all that better than yon do my mind is made np, for i am Asa HoldHrat, and I never yiejd ,to man,church nor wife. J ' ' " 1 I said i But yield to God and do what he Bays forgive fas his word directs. "Ah P yea1i,lf'8ubmir to Oodam ready to dba'nything be says. I urged him td exercise for giveness towards- those - who had wronged" him that is what God commands in tfhia. word.,." AM brother Jones, those Scriptures have no bearing on my . case at- all your Scriptures are good, but they do not suit me. The church ought to hear them And I do wish that' too woald preach . on that : sabjeot. at , Mossy Hollow church.7 I saw that be was Asa" Hold-oat and a pitiful man he was and I also saw that I could not move him even with the Bible before him: -: . ,j ' "i'' i'j r-- I then referred to his children what influence he waa exerting on them; and that two of them were not christians (i and.u.qaite wnd:-How could they.. ever respect much i less? desire the religion of i Jesus wbfr tbey saw it in him as only bitterne i towards those who opposed his. t "ires, but l they understand it Ad tnev nave connaence in me. ' x.?oia i him that they were not Christies were far from it,' and he here wtisg n's time fighting old ': battlei vthat ought to - have ' been forgofan 20 years ago 'He had 'bettertook to his: skirts, less their blood e ..found on them in the day that th perish 1 Hef paused moment andf Bald with evident - satisfactioriJ 'ilfro.i, Jones, ifcia not I butMossv HfiSow churcb- tbat. st anda n in. tneil wsy-t&at cbureh will be called tta fearfalae- count if my childrererisbja; their sins H Thus he shitt'd the quilt , to others and acquittal himself and added tn a half ucfer tone, t -I am Asa Hold but,I ffcrer yield to man, church n6r wife.f ' '-""'. His amiable c.i wife wept freely and said to hirniAsa yod are wrong bdu orpiuai tfuico, . '6"t- woui - way of returfi. ' ue gave ner a smile of contemprand said, ? Peggy, yon know me pu enough why . talk to ne in ,.ttril mancer imy minu . is made upf-I am Asa Hold-int aid X jQcrj ieid to man,, church nor wife.,.; vi snows my -oearr, come Peggyf it is well t for you : to weep, but 1. cay, weep over your own sins and rot over mine.". Jiiien appealed to. him in behalf! t:s own ieenngs ana Happiness. iiiiU uiui aun uiuvu uouci iv wumu to go back and tell the 'church flat be -was willing to forgive and Wished to be forgiven; and t6 take a part in the Lora's work. 5 He said hesitatingly. ' ul am nite 11 happy and feel that lam better and doing better than many in Meesy Hollow church. If iay peace of mind de pends on my going to the church and doing what you suggestyand seek ing a place in that body. L will surely die without any peace of mind. When will you learn brother Jones, that 1 am Asa Hold-out and never yield to man, ccurca nor wue r When I asked him, if he felt that he was a converted man. he readily replied. MYes, If there ia a coo verted person inr this region,? for I do not find" any. here better than : I am weald net swap chances -with any crtne-a.7 Yr Lea asked whether La believed that he exhibited the true christian- spirit; t3 answered. ' 'Nct 3 1 ccsbt perhaps, buc lcomeaboct 5 r-ria ic r.3 cajecjy ia z:c::y uLc..ar -.tizr-w i :czz:i Lat fsel tOTT t;:C: :.l ira nay tree I ial;:r.;i tia that I ti'.vci Lin 7rcj-r;:iy vnczz lzI La needed repentance.'' I closed by re lating an incident In the experience of a Presbyterian preacher, as told to me by , himself. He began his ministry in a town in the State of New Tork,1 as 4 pastor or a small chnreh. ; An bid man was very regu lar, for . a few .Sundays and then stopped cqming. He inquired about bimj and .found that, he was sick. He visited bun and in conversation with. blra learned that his mind was very dark and hir state- very r un satisfactory. " The preacher told the friend who directed him to him and the 'friend f Hold him that he had hadu trouble), with f sonie men and wonld not forgive then no wonder, be was in the dark.-: He visited him againand introdoced the subject of personal troubles and spoke ot their evil Influence on tbe heart and mind. The man frankly confessed that -he was at variance with some; and told, all abbot it. 4 He urged him to "for give them as the Bible directed. The man promised to think abonUt . -? The preacher made hint the third visitand. .asked - him,. if (he had thoncht nriT that matter and waa ha willing to forgive those men. "Well,' said he, nayej tnougnt it over j and I have come to this conclusion I will forgive all now but Clapper. I intend to wait till I get to the judg ment day, and if God forgives him. so twill IV and if God does not for give him neither will. I." I said brother Hold-out, you seem to waiting till the great day before yc i 4We know h6w it will be with. and ail like tou then, for told us.. J'Forif ye forgive their: tresspasses, , your ;bl Father will also forgive : ye forgive not men their tresspasses neither will your Fathr ; forgive ydur tresspasses.'' Matt6 14, l&V And ' again: For judgment without m6i hewed bo mercy," Ja i t It will' be'a terribl who1eto there nnforiiving in spirit; for; God will neve rorgtve tnem. Header; is that litely to be " toar t'-M- Or. W QTON 'JONEa - Tot the Beoorder. ' IISTMAS., "1 T While the fa and the young' are thinking abt the ia- holidays, it may bo interesting and beneficial to inquire int thert origin and history of thisfeivaLlr.;t .K.Tbe nafue Christmas, is composed of two a(irdsv Christ and ihass. The latter derived from the phrase with- fbich the early : bishops dis mi88e their congregations: Iu mU8fe8twnoiOfLG go, the assem biyjN rdissoIved. 4 The term, wiira (hdce,.7t) gradaally came to be apUed to the forms of worship, and teerby pre-eminence, to the cele- btation, of theEncbarist; Christ frtoi mean?, men, me special service fin bondf of Christ, performed at the supposed date ot itis nativity. C j - It is surprising that the dlsoosi- tion to commemorate the prominent facts bf ; Ohrisf S5 history 1 b verlooked for Several cebt&ries his advent.' The observance or master mav h tnuuui ho the' age 'immediately succeeding I thaof the' Apostles ; while the in stitutiou of the fesUval' of Christ maS barely antedates the middle of the fourth century. As late as the year 386 Cbrysostom saidt Antiocb T . . m ,1 5 . i t . . mat it nsu.uiB uecoue kuowb tuere less! than ten years before. But it wis introduced into the East froar tbe,West;where it 4 first appears as a feast generally celebrated in the Bom&n church, under the bishop LiberiuS (352-366J. ' Its t institution is r jattributed by some to bishop Telesphortts nfl2ol30) ? The time of be year fixed hpoh for its obssr- vance corresponded With the period of tnany paganHfestIVals???The Sat: 1 urnklia were celebrated on the 16th ot 17tb of December. "Next cain6 1 ine iesiivsi w tue " winter soisttcet hary whieb festival was the prioci-f pat! one "among we1 Xiomans. ' The 23th of December was dstermined as the date fXhnst's birth by'men appointed, tor mis purpose by the Koman bisaop Julias 1. (337-352). Befoie this time the feast of the Na tivity was observed; if at all. on the Cth of January ? Neander says "It is very, probable that, in the Bom an chnrch, tbe date was settled by the authority of eome historical tradi tion, iounuea upon apocryphal re cords." . ". ' 4 , .. -- Although" the object of the feast was to call to miud the "star in the east,; the' choir of angels and the Baot of Bethlehem from the first it was marred by many of the follies ana censnraoie practices which-prevailed tn the pagan festivals bf the 8a4e ' 8ea8on. Thanksgiving nd worship have always been subordi nate i to cessation from bnslaesa. metry-tnaking anl revelry; Daring the! middle sgea a prominent feature in the celebration was the rude dra mas thatairaed only at the fantastic ?uu groieaquc. xae ceremonies were Jt a - . mi mjuumyauieu wua music ana aanc ing, in which the staid bishop aad clergy sometimes joined the, popu lace. It was ia Ea -rland a custom. discontinued after-, tbe E2vcritc?2t!i century, to appo: at at the m:crsa "lord cf disrale,' or "abbot cf un tzzzontn ct"z-z!-s cptfina cf ci3-c-lztsS as La vrz variously called, vrLOoa tern: cf cZzi cii:zi iVcn tta Cist cl October "to Via cf February, caJ Lc:! dcty" it ' v.-3 "ta ci'ia tie rare:: r-:'.i-:3 to da 1::!:S tL3 cja ct t3 teL.Ier.' TLs larder was 'crowded with eatables ; and there is an Italian proverb which testifies this fact? -He has '-more business ? than English u ovena at uartstmas.' -. "England was merry Enland whea m Old Christmas brought his snorts strain VIS -Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale Twas Christmas told the merryiest tale ; A Christmas gambol oft would cheer A poot man's heart fhrohgh;half the year -i - t t was believed upon tradition that Christ was born about the middle -ox the night y and hencift tha i practice which prevails ihrougtjout Earope, of ringing all the fbel at midnight, followed in Catholic churches by the mass, for1 which1' they are adorned with . evergreens :$ -'jy yi,z - The Christmas tree seems to have been originally an institution of Ger many and the north of Europe. ' It is there" erected ' on' Christmas eve, ana is substantially the same as ours. There Is this commendable difference, however; the tree being generally a home festival the parents call ( to gether the members of the household, ana- review before them..- what' has been praise worthy dm eacb, as well as! what has t been-dipleasing,i so M-ia " pioouc.-ax?8t. maa in England is not sd boisterous once was, its principal features . beine the makincr iof nresfintai rhily reunions and evergreen deco- ations. . Thia last practice - la sup posed to have been derived from' the ancient 1 druidical ' belief i that" the spirits ot the wood found ehelter in the evergreens tUl a miliierj season. -- There are many superstitions con nected with Christmas., Of J them may bar mentioned1 that one 1 which' affirms that at midnight all the cat" tie fall on their knees, yeariy- repeat ing the adoration of their predecesT sors in me staDie at uetnienemr- rihaTcspeare refers to anotberuound-1 ed, upon old tradition thatghosts for Sake the earth, and "uo witeh hath power to charm on the eve of Christ-. ; T'- -I -;-. i -ii1 if , 4i- ''So halSjowed and so gracious is the time,. ilt is said that the' season is more generally observed m the Middle and the Southern States than, in .JiTew. England. . With as Cbnstmas some times seems to be the feast of Bacons rather than of Christ. ' Yet it brings mncb, innocent amusement j old and young conspire to increase the sum of .happiness;, and' domestic, jojs bubble up from a' fresh' fountain, which flows all the year;'-But the generous will remember the desolate homes which even Christmas cannot brighten, and, the . hearts that ache more sorely in the surrounding glad ness which they cannot participate: A - i fu -, : j - - W. I POTEAT. - December 191870. i. .L..C This, article . was nnavoidabty crowded out of onr last issue. Ed, J -For theBeoorder yfUO ABE DISCOURAGED I : it I have often been, impressed with the hbpetalneas of foreign' missiona ries ia their wort. InHheff betters from 4he field,vln theirBpeecbea at our con ventions, in ; their : conversa- tiqd at our firesides, . there is a faith in.the success of Foreign Mrsslons so uniform, so nrm; tnat l aiwayr won- V there is any reason to defepondy theyi are the persons to see it to feel ft. IA large proportion of them have been Intelligent: educated inen and women,1 competent' to appreciate the encouragements Utahd discourage menta; of : tbe, enterprise .iini which tbey. .are engaged "They contend withj'.hg. difficulties ; 'ihey know the converts. ' Bat while wel whd' scarce- Iy-1 touch the Turden with" one of our A i 'Ja . J a. 1 a. jangecs' are ones saesponaanc aoous: aaccess, they, who; 4o the work jr . DrfJ adon,lns(eaif of beipg warm Ij; encouraged :! by the 'churches at rhpme,i had need tor 'years,tO' 6eg I desnair And thonffh he waited six vears for the tirst convert- never to have faltered in hid cdnn denj.Wsmcices' tth:'! vrin'rvlzagapatam ihihe Madras Presideucy, mlssiouaries of the Lbn don Missionary , Society labored 30 years1 without a convert but they were not discotiraged enough to quit,' and finally mey succeeaedfif f in the ; same . Presidency, -the fa- mous mission to theTelegoos, after 10 years of labor, was about to be abandoned by the American Baptist Missionary' Union. It was continued only at the entreaties of Dr. Judson aad Mr. Day, ia wsionartejf the lat ter ntterly broken down by labors ia that very mission; "After 25 years of labor the converts' bambefed 23. I n 18G3 the brethren at home, dis4 cooraged, . were; lebatbi g the uvea tion ot giving it up ; but Mr.. Jswett, the1 missionary, was emphatic in his purpose never to give up the mission. In 1873,10,00 Telegooswere baptized.-; r:vCtn,j rf y,Mh -'" At Fuh-chau, China, the .mission kries labored 10 years without a con vert f in Otaheite, 20 years.' :Eat I u0 not find thatthey were despoa-. And now. alter 85 years of labor aad .experience m the foreign field, ralsstonariea' are, almost withoat ex cep-.ca, Lcpefal---u:i ef jaxU ia lua Wcrk, willing to labor la if, anxious to return to it, ready to die ia it. Pron cc-3 of them da we Le'rr eny evilrfr-i"tcf tLalard," that we .. k L w lki lul Vuit.ii L.t Loiter rc-. cc vr3 Lavs ti.a: tliero u- .al;anaaat rc-:a icr tzz:":?"'":.:. ia this vrc:!:f C:r. Ubly T73 tzzzll t3-ezc:u:;r-d to farni;i tLs neney, wLi'.a ccli la- boreiw have faith and enthusiasm to do the work. v. " f f Xet we have better proof. " Mr. Jadson; writing from-the-field, says: K.tixey aeK again, What prospect of I oltimate success is there t tell . tuem b uiuuu no mere is luai mere 7 is an almighty and faithful God, :whos tui periurui 111a promise- uo more. If j thisdoes not satisfy them; beg them' t& let ; me-stay and make the r attempt, and let you come, and give : us our bread. Or: if they are un- " willing to tisk'their bread on such a forlorn: hope as has. nothing., bat the - word, of God , to sustain it, beg of . . them at least not to preveat others from giving ns ..bread. And,- it: .we 1 live -some-twenty or thirty i yearp,- theytnay hear from ns again.f 4 . , Thanks be to God, the missionaries -do not doubt the success of Foreign Missions. ' I believe it is a sin in . any man to donbt it. Whitfield. For the Beoorder. DroBaUeyz tu. , t - " I thave just returned from a con cert' given by the young ladies of Thoma8viH0 i female College on ; Christmas Eve..' The general im pression K was that it equalled if not : surpassed any ever given there be-" 1 iore4;Tbeexecntion of each one's part from the little girl Of only a few insurers td the ydang lady of many -tens, whethei- fcingipg, playiag or : . acting, was so perfect that not tbe least failure was detected. .y, 5 Thft Quartettes, the vocal and 3 a- j: strfa mental Solos and Trios, and the Amateur Drama the ' Greatest ' JagujaifMUfer-ofthe young ladies were so artistic ana yet so easy ana natural that one could but admire ;habit bedomirig second nature." . . . i w But i. iti was in ?; the - "Christmas naBfAta-'Santa CIausw--tbe de riiehted"aUdiencef could realize- how thoroughly young ladies and little girls can be taught to themselves 1 thop'gb; ictang-5 before the large con-"----." gregatioM iTbe large and apprecia- , tive audience . were interested and . delighted for bear two hoars, retiring ' with loud praises of Misses Brewster : -and Browning, the teachers of music, - who were the managers of the enter-', -tainment. i Of canrse many lingered for I awhile to catch the last notes- of , : , the? rocaZ utterances otth happy 1 evening, ' - . - From &a intimate i acquaintance t with' Pro&Beinhart'is School, I can i sayl tbe proficiency of -the young . . ladies in this concert is but a sample -of' the Gaining given ia-all the de- .. partmenta of instructioa. W itb the accommodations of the new building t about completed, 100 pupils can now . j be 1 boarded in the College. And , everything is being fitted up, so that, no pupil can have an excuse for not study ingVIIn truth, bro B. U labor- ' ingf tAy mateJt In -every rermect -second to none in the State. We ... had -just as well rally around him and givfehim the desire of bis.heart, as when be shall have, as soon be musC woii the victory, he will have ; all the rt-joicidg to himself. : 57 1 . 1 mgii mm jSf.v:-? BEPORT OF TREASURER OF ESECTJ- r " . Tit is . jw aj u I Hid Barrx, Treat. Ex. Board of South Dn. Riser Auoeiation, - 1878, Dec Mbont Elam,.....-. - 10 05 Salem,..,. ...'...,.- Ebenezer,. ......... White .Oaki. . . ; .. Baptist Chapel......... .'.... Spring Branch, ; .' ...U... I. . : jfablio CollfiCtknL...... 1 SO 2 00 2 00 1 88" S 75 ' 'it turn: ' ' . ,i " - - . ... . - 4 ... - -'-- no ' Jjong Branch, ,....t....... 2 00 Spring Branch,.'. ... 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The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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