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YoLiraiB 44. i jtf 1 ; i " . r -I f RALEIGH, 0., 'WEDNESDAY; :MAT19, 1880; Ah- i "J i I Tlie Biblical Recorder. PUBLISHED EVEBT WEDJTESDAY. , bt ; !; t i EDWARDS, BROUGHTQN A CO, '.,';'. !ir;; ' j "V'- J,jr . '- " i Interiiatiaiial Snnlay School Lesson. SECOND QUAUTEHV 1880 LESSON IT. HAY 30th. C j ; BY BEY. J. B. TAYLOE, ) V Wilmington, 2?-CL '"-: GITHMMANE. . Matthew xxt! : 38-50. . - Commit to memory tcfscs 3S 41, ' S6- Then'cometb Jesus vitli them nnto a place called Qetbsemane, and saith 'onto the disciples, sit ye here, vhile'I go and! pray yonder. . i-'. ' -tiijs---.' rZ3..Xu& he took..Uh ixa. I'eter and tb two sons of Zabedee, anU began to" be. sor-y rowfol and very taTy. k: -: . i ,e S3. Then saiib ha onto them, My soul la exceeding iorrowfnl, even nntodeith : tarry ye here, and watch with me." - ft t 39. And be went a httle farther and fell on his face, and prayed, eajiog, O my Father, it it be possible, let this, cop pass from roe: nevertheless, not as I will, bat as thou irilL 40. And he cometh'onto the disciples; and findeth thera asleep, and Baitfc onto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hoar? 41. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation : the spirit indeed it willing, bat .the flesh u weak. ' -.,. --v.-;- . ; 42. He went away again the tecond time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink i, thy will be done. ' j 43. And he came and found them asleep again ; for their eyes were heavy. ;u s 44. And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third lime, saying the same .words. -...:;.-'-- . 45. Then cometh : he to his disciples, and saith onto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest : behold the hoar is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. . ..;:- . v 46. Bise, let us be going : behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. 47. And while he yet spake, to, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. I 48. Now he that betrayed him gave them a eign, saying. Whosoever I shall kiss, that ' same is he'; hold him fast. 49. And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Master, and kissed him. 59- And Jesus said onto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him. . GOLDEN TEXT. . "Not as I Trill, bat as Thou vrilt. Matt. xxtI, 39. Dally Readings. Monday, Matt 26: 3G-50; Tuesday, John 12: 37-50; Wednesday, John ch. 13 ; Thursday, John ch. 14 ; Friday, John ch. 15 ; Saturday, John ch. 16 ; Sunday, John ch. 17; Matt. 20: 36-50. Parat.i.et, Passaojb. Mark 14: 82-52; Luke 22: 40-53; John 18 : 1-12. Preliminary Note. After speafcing the words which constituted our last lesson, the Saviour met with his dis ciples, in Jerusalem in some "upper room," -where they partook of the passorer. Da ring its observance, He instituted the Lord's Sapper, after which lie washed the disciple's feet, and Bpoke the wonderful and comfort, ing words, which we find in the 14th, 15th and 16th chapters of John, and offered the prayer recorded in the 17 th chapter of John. Then, at a late hour, Jesus went forth with the eleven disciples to the garden of Geth semane, where He was to be betrayed and arrestee and from whence He was to be led to trial, condemnation and crncifixionJ With what tender devoutness, should teacher and scholar enter into this solemn and interesting leesoa. :- - .-. -r'J0 V. sa. Oethsemane. ; We teiun from John (18 ; 1) that it was across the brook Kedrorv He calls it a garden. 3 The name O"" semane means oil press,' and iodic8 11' it was used for the manufacture V a PTOb ably from the olives which Knnled in the - neighborhood.- "The spot pointed i- out as Gethsemaneliesonthe Sn of P to , the Mount of Olive 4 w4 har been restored. , Eight oe trees remain,' all of them very old, 4 scarcely"of the time of our Lord, sice Titus, daring the seige of Jerusalem a&d aQ the trees of the district . ea fovSchaff ' f Jp the dueiplea. j tJnto eight of them. Syye "here. Bemain here. ' Probably at the entering of the garden. Go and pray fon der Some part of the enclosure, which was further in and more retired, which He pointed but to them: "Christ went . to- pray alone, though he had lately prayed, with his disai plea. r Oar prayers with our families most not excuse us from; our secret devotions. . Henry. "Yonder" was probably some spot ' deeper in the garden'sshade: It Was almost on the same epot that Abraham's faith ;was tried, as to the sacrifice of Isaac, Gen. 82 ; 5, and he uttered almost the same words. Our Lord unites in himaalf, Abraham's f aiih and Isaao'a pa3snoiStdr2:Lyr Y. 37. Peter and J&e two ton of Zebedee The utwo sons of Zabedee were' James and John. These three were present at the rais ing of the ruler'a daughter, (Luke 8: 61), and at - the transnguratioa (Matt l?i l .Began. Mow -was eoromen clog the awful struggle. (Query May it not be that at this -:. , time the Devil, who beset our Saviour in the . wilderness, etc, renewed 1 his I attacks and made a mighty onset against the Son of God. Bead and compare, Luke 4 : IS "; John 12 :31 ; . -John 14 2 80; JjUke 22 : 53.) - : V.33. My ' tout . it exceeding torroteful. Surrounded and overwhelmed with sorrow, - et ' f a m lal " ' s lie was acquamiea wiin gnei,- cut new - and accumulated agonies, such as even He ' had never felt before, sow press down upon - Him. "We feel ourselves," says Hanna, ' shut up to the conclusion that Uie agony of the garden was inward, mysterious, impossi ble to fathom; the same in iocrce, in ingredi ents, in desicu. in effect, with our Lords spiritual sufferings on the cross; a part of the endurance to which, as our spiritual head and representative, he submitted, and whioh sprang from our iniquities being laid upon him in a way and manner that is not open to to us to comprehend. ' Unto death. : He would doubtless haver died before crucifixion had He not been strengthened. Luke 52 : 43. Tarry ye here. Whilst he would not undergo His awful agonies, and offer up His 'prayers and snrp'.is&tions with strong cryinar and tears," in the presence of even His three fa vorite jc:;-!c?, yet it was some relief tut they were near. ' BenaelJ says f1IaJ isreat trials, solitude is desired; yet that friends be within reach." Thev mieht also watch and guard against interruption. ' SO., Went a Ulle JVirtt" ; V About a stone's cast Luke 22: 41. F3 Xk'fae Luke states that he kneeled down.". Proba bly He fellj forward upon his faoe, from a kneeling posture, aa was not unusual In very earnest prayer.'. : Cup. This word ? here used to denote trial, suffering ; as we now use.the phrase "cup of affliction" to express adraught of bitter experience. Jf a be po&U,'c Mark : " AU things are possible unto' thee." Lake If 'thou be iHing "The three thoughts doubtleas were Ineorporated into the petition.' He desired to have the cap pass .fw.,a 5llF 8"??0(fcJ plish the diyina purposes in any other way. and only if it '( were in acoor dance with his Father's wl'to to do.' Even in his agony he. thinks first of his mission and of his Father's will, and will not ask anything inconsistent with either.1, 1 thoa wiU: John 6: 30 ; John 6: 38 ; Bom. 15: 8. i' - ; , ' ' aY. 40. Tht disciples. Yeter, Jamea and John. Asleep! Luke says, eha . 22 : 45,' He found them sleeping for sorrow.' It was late in the night, and they were overpowered with the fatigues and excitements of the past day, as wall as by 'the conduct of 'Jades and the offerings of their Master Exeessive sorrow often brings on sleep.'. Saith unto Peter. He had made great protestations. See verses 53 35. What, could ye not, etc. The Bade Union version renders this, " Were ye so unable to watch with me one hour 1" ; ,V.'41. Wateh' and pray, etc. Geikie para phrases this thus : " Watch, and. pray as ye do so, that ye may not expose yourselves to temptation to be untrue to me, and to be of fended at me, as X have said you would. ! The spirit indeed if willing tb' stand by me- faith, fully, but human nature, with its instinct of self preservation, is weak, and if you heed not, wfll make yon fan.1 ! . : Vs. 42-44. He went again and prayeiL Three times " was -this . done. , Luke' says, " there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly ; and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down, to the ground. " Luke 22 : 43, 44. V. 44. Baying the same words. Whioh were, "Thy .will be. done." The prayer was an swered, and the victory gained. They are hard words to say, bat God can enable as to say them. Kilpin speaks of knowing an in stance in which the minister was praying over a child apparently dying : "If it be thy wiU, spare The poor mother ex claims, ''It must be bis will ; I cannot bear Ifa." The minister ceased praying. The child, contrary to the" expectation of .many, ;recov- ered. 'enMther, after ;suff3iing terribly, from his course while young,: lived to see Lhim hanged as a criminal before be was two. and-twenty. It is good to say, " Thy will be done." V . V. 45, 46. Sleep on now, etc "Thediwer. tion : to ' sleep on - is, uttered ; in . emi- soliloquy, partly in bitterness, pty In re proach, partly in a kind of irry, partly in sad earnest. The direcUonBise : let us be going, is a . practical ooDsmand, uttered di rectly to the disciples, arouse them to the danger at hand. The gentle reproach for past neglect the the? is a kindling oonv mand for the yrfesent exigency.' -u!Mfc i , rY. iiJjvfa called Isoariot. He had been the trerer of the apostollo family, and be trav 3e Saviour for thirty pieces ol silver ; M afterwards hung himself . Cfln. He, knew where to come. See John IS: 2, A great multitude. ' " Composed of a detach-; ment of the Boman cohort stationed in the castle Antonia, of the Jewish temple watch, of others, including servants and dependents of the high priests, and, in all probability, some fanatical-chief priests and elders also, who wished to witness the captore." Steords and staves These staves were clubs. How useless such a multitude, and that armed, to take the Lamb of God! John says they also had lanterns and torches, i V. 48. Gave them a sign. Had told them beforehand how they: might know which was Jesus. . - J - i ; - V. id. Kissed him. It was the sign agreed upon. h -. V. 60. Friend. ' Bather, eompanion or as sociate, . Why did the Lortf call Judas friend a term of civility, though not nec essarily of friendship, and not a villain, or a; traitor? and why did he not turn away ia holy indignation from this Judas kiss, the vileet, the most abominable piece of hypoc risy known in history, which the infernal in spirer of treason alone could invent ? : To give us as example of the utmost meekness and - gentleness under. - the greatest provoca tion, surpassing erron the standard whioh he holds up for his disdplea.- (Matt 5: 80 Laid hands an him and took him. That is. arrested him or made him a prisoner by force. John says they "bound him." We can imag ine how rough and cruel they were. '. They oould not have taken Him, if Be had not given Himself up, and been delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. Acts 2 23.. Precious Bedeemer ! How He suffered, that, sinners might be saved through a blissful eternity. Shall not such love as this, touch erery heart ? -' , . Lesson of Gethsemane. ; Wouldst thou learn the depth of tin, All Its bitterness and pain ?' t What It eost thy God to win - Sinners to Hunselz again r - . ' Come, poor sinner, come With me Visit sad Gethsemane, f 1 ' "When His tears and bloody sweaV ? -Ms, "When His passion and His prsyer, : "When His pangs on Olivet, - ; :. Wake within thee thoughts of care-- ' Bemember, sinner, 'twas tor thee t i He suffered in Gethimane!i;ii5;.;jv7: h . 1 '.' Wi mav sometimes wide-sore ad evil and wish we bad power by one fell stroke to do it away. But if God gave us the power and we i-till had but human wisdom to wield it, we should find our triumphs but disap pointing things. O. P. Genmg, i Tn ordinances are Christ's own preachers : arpointed by his own lips to their high ofSoe ; Bionfbut which iiaelf is to abide witathe cturch to the end of time. Thomas S. Bar COmiUNICATIONS,: ReEinlsceDccsof a Ichs Jlissiosarj life 4 NTJMBEB 20. V : 1 t4 BY BEY. M. T. TAXES, D. D.-:-A , :o StiftnghaCCbba. X:Jjlh?filvlt KelellIoii. J I If civil war in any coontryi is a diru calamity, wbat nu8t in not bo iu a country like China, with a repu ted population of 400,000.000 f A true history of the late war in China, tiese to throw off a forekninolbi originatioeiksiit Wi in Hwang-Si,. 1 an interior 'Provineei vill r probably aerer be written; ' In its extent and magnitude, extending over , a terri tory 'equal ! to the ' whole .' United States, and affecting ? a population equal to ten times that of the United Srates,ic has not been7 equaled in modern times. There has been much dispute as to whether it originated in a religious or. civil idea. .As re gards its origin, I have had except ionally good opportunities for arri ving at the truth. In 1853, a short time after the fall of Nanking, Rev. I. J. Boberts of onr Canton mission. came to tsnanenai, brtneine witn him two young men, aged 22 and 17 These young men. who were eye witnesses of and actors in this, at that time so-called rebellion, were in our Shanghai mission for about a year. . They were waiting, in the strictest incogbito, for an opportu nity to rejoin their father, Foang, the Southern King, who was then with the rebel chief at Nanking. ; i The elder r young 1 oang, who was a pupil and one of the first disciples of Hung'Sii-Ghuen, the . rebel chief, j gave me a detailed account or tne Fai-ping rebellion in its origin. He stated that in 1848, his teacher, Hung-SiiChnen. was in Canton at tending the provincial literary ex amination for the - second literary degree; that while there, Rev. I; J. Roberts met him in his chapel, be came interested m him, and offered him lodging and accommodation in hishou8e,which were accepted. While there he attended all the religious services held i by Mr. Roberts, and also the services of other chapels, and received religious, books from all. That sometime after Hnng-Sii- Chuen returned to bis' home and school, he had a dream, in i which M he was taken np to heaven, where he saw the Heavenly Father; the Son, and the Son's wife, who treated pirn hindly, and by whom; he was ordered to return to this world and destroy the imps.' He awoke, and thought much about this dream, and about what he had heard in Canton. He remembered, too, that he had read something about these things in a book which he received in Can ton. As soon as it was day, be search ed for and found ; the book that he hoped would assist him to interpret his dream. It: was ai portion of the Old Testament, in which, on a closer examination for he had not yet carefully' read ' that ; booh he found strong denunciations of idola try, which made a deep impression on his mind. Taking . the imps to be. the idoishejfelt impressed with the idea that he had received a com mission from heaven to destroy all the idols in the land. Foang, who at that time was Hung-Sii-Chuen's pupil, said that his first act; after he was satisfied in regard to the nature and extent oi his commission, was to remove aud destroy : the picture of Oonfncius which was suspended in the examination hall. ;? ( Que of these wood cuts of Confucius is to be found in every Chinese school. Students on : arriving at school, first : make their obeisance to . this Image, and then to the teacher.) urThis .inaaue movementv caused much excitement and gave great offense to the patrons of the school. . They came, together to inquire the reason of this rash act. Hung-sii-Ghuen explained to them his dream, and the reason of his ac tion it was the will of heaven--and they ail became his converts, The head men of the. villages and of. the adjoining districts assembled to re monstrate with him. 'He expounded to them lhe:truths he , believed, and the reasons why he believed them: and they too became converts, and teachers in their villages, of the new religion. In this way the new reve lation was: rapidly dinased, . Sabse quently the officiahi were notified of what had transpired, and strongly protested against the cause of Hang. Meanwhile the, destruction of idols in all the surrounding country was pregressing bravely. The head of the titeraft, to whom tiung-sn-Uhuen was subject, and who had the power to degrade him, called : and remon strated ; but Hang was unmoved, and continued to teach all who called to know the truth of . what they had heard. tJ y C'J , j - ThUB the new doctrine spread from district to district When . all in a village became believers, and had no further use for their village temples and idols, they destroyed them. This wave of war against the gods, caused an intense excitement in the border districts, for it was generally under stood that any one who dared to offer an insult to aa idol would meet with instant death; ! The new religions party continued to teach and destroy tesplea'iahd iic'.y diflitirs their faith over rapidly increasing ereas. The remcstr2C3 cf ttz tc.l cf ths literati fcayir 3 f;:I:l tx crr;:t;tl:3 oovenjeat, tLa . lccl x 0113 -vrera tI.J.:! to, t3L:.Te tia I:-I;rc tfila ! sacrflefflonar wr 1 afxestedl and punished. "'Ilang-SH-Chuen' i&be-, reais reaoivea tnac no suoma not uo arrested, as he had violated no: law, and Chinese worship what they lifee. So the police had to return without him, -6 A "larger force was then Bent," for the authorities were? aware that the v matter was i rapidly epreadih?; and: must be stopped. Ibey gave strict orders that stead oviaUte, the leader ox. this innoTatioa s mnat De bronght -to them. Besistance I was offered,. .and: a conflict; ensued, in which many were wounded, and some killed. ; By this jUmeIIung-Sil-- Chnen'e adherents numbered many thousands. They saw that: serious trouble wa8 immtDent,forthvvhad resisted the officials., .Not thai they .wished to have any conflict with the government ; tney .oniy wisnea to De allowed to worship .Uoa according to their own consciences, and m their own way. in a short time this new movement grew to such proportions that the attention of the Provincial authorities was -called to it, and a colonel was dispatched with a force deemed sufficient to arrest the lead era and crush the whole movement. Hune-Sii-Chuen and his followers at once began preparations to defend themselves.' They made swords and spears, but did not rely upon 'these alone; They drew, up, on a sneet oz paper six feet by four, a declaration of rights, setting forth their tight to worship God in the way they deemed best. . This - declaration : contained the first commandment, and a strong; protest against being forced to wor ship idols, and claiming the right to worship the one true God," who had been revealed to Hung:Sii-Ghuen,:i When, the attacking force, drew near, Hung, with all his leaders and adherents, ascended a very high hill or mountain, spread their declaration of rights on the ground, with a stone oh each corner and one in the center, while the whole body knelt around this declaration.. Hung-Sil-Chuen stood, and with uplifted hands, ap pealed to Heaven to defend them in J tna right to worship uoa as sec forth In that declaration. At the close of this appeal, the1 whole ' body rose, marched past Hung Sii-Chueo as he stood, clasped swords - with his, and pledged their lives to 'defend him. and their nebfc to worship ttod as set forth in that declaration By this time the pursuing force appeared on the plain below, when suddenly a thick cloud enveloped the mountain top and concealed them) from ! their enemies. N They descended' by "the other Bide of the hill, and in a short time they were engaged with the enemy j and, wondertoi toj relate, not on or their foes was leit to ten theetory of their fate.' Hitherto no other idea had animated the minds of these men than the right to wor ship God who had been revealed to Hang SiiCbnen, and cod firmed by the books they, had received.. It was strictly a religious idea, and they had acted on the defensive. Now that they had successfully resisted the Provincial authorities, they knew that the force of the whole Imperial Government would be concentrated upon them. To remain on the de fensive was certain and ignominious death." After consultation, they; re solved upon aggressive measures : they 3 would conquer religious s free-: ddm br -die 'in the attempt; hey raised the standard JFai ptW JV'm- quoh (the peaceful - and heavenly I reign.) They resolved to march np- on in anting,- destroy the Mancner dynasty and - reinstate the- ancient Chinese dynasty, ' the. Mings." Scores of thousands flocked to i the standard of the new -government, They speedily, organized a military government, with Hung-Su-Chuen as chief. Fung, the father of my in formant, was called' the Southern King, and other kings were appoint ed. From this time forth , the Man- cbers and Imperial offioersand 'poW diers were classed with the idols for destruction, and were all called ?the imps." and their mission was to de stcoy tne imps. It was at this juncture that young Foang,my Iniormsnt.was sent to Canton to. place his mother and other members of 'the .family in a place of safety, from which place he came to Shanghai by steamer.! He had been with his father and Hung Su-Chnen from the . time- that! the imager bf Confucius was removed from the school room, and was fa miliar with everv movement and the reason why. 1 : - - Imagine, if yoa can, the strength1 of " their 5 convictions, the- bravery and heroism they displayed, in re solving to oppose and overthrow an organized government: and that too wmie tney were violating the most sacred religious ideas and prejudices Of the people lor ages, without organization,- without trained soldiers, Without; arms, save ras they extern- penzed them, without raouey, with out commisarat, and without friends, and the one idea animating them being the resolve, formed cn f the mountain top, to defend' and estab li8h their right to worship the true God. There was a sublime reli dons herot8ciin all this movement " And I am persaaded"that Ifrforeisrhers cad kept their hands c3, the idols of Uhma would ' to-day ? have ' been among the things of the past. - - Th s law holds a very import: -1 position in Faul'a doctrine ot Bin, being that by which sin Is reclbnei as guCt, by v.hich the teansW tion Is eSectad frca iccoceace ti ctulk and condemnation, and by which la some' form or ctheT, men are Jaf iai - And la a.l these relations, the1 enderfjirs . rc-i'a M tjiat. , tie taow'.af - of ti.a law ' creates ' resonsi- t:::ty. c. p. govii. .... NOTES OP TRATtt; -si is G. Washington Jones Flo di a1 Gloomy Household They hare many Comforts, liuinotaii, Chc. i Dear Eecbrder - IK It has fallen to my lot to visit a gloomy household and I am to-night afiiicted with a sadness "that haDgs over my weeping - son! like a cloud. ua last Sunday i went to Shallow Hollow '.church to' meet the Idear brethren their organization 4; iiany came heath the roof of brother Jacob T. Fowler. -In many respects it- Jwas a dellhtfolplace fct. aitavelinsr: preacher to 4ialtlorithe night at leatet my sorel pony found itjsoi f i .jJeacon. Fowler hat a . excellent wile and; two quite sprightly isons and three daughtersr-ral) now among the young. people and grown.f f brother -b owler has many comforts in some particular&'.he is a .capital provider tor his family. I His family is above the average in intelligence and I have hot often found a more af fectionate household. " The deacon has a good comfortable housed well furnished, a good far mJ well supplied witn orcnaros ana vmeyaras. ro visions 3 for4 the body f are Abun dant and his table wgroaos beneath Its load.9 2 Seldom ha ve.I seen' nicer beds for a weary body to rest upon. His teams are among the best and.he boasts of a good carriage, a strong top' buggy and a Jersey ; wagon . He and his wife dress well, ahd his' children make considerable display with their finery and fashions.- They are among the "leadings member 8 of Shallow Hollow. Church, they think, and 'they would be u they only cnew bow' tu lead,,) . - i l -: They are a .healthy family land their physicians cannot find any ex cuse to visit them, except that he may wish, to have ' a . good time with clever people, jdut X was made sad by my visit to that family,' aim ply because they do not take, any re ligious paper.' .They know t what is said and done in Shallow 'Hollow Church ' and that community and, they suppose everything is done ev-! ery where just as it is' done there. They read little and know nothing of their own denomination and. its en terprises for advancing the cause of Christ. They get aVcopyofi the minntes of the Bald Knob Associa tion annually, and that is the source 1 ot their Baptist knowledge; . J - : : in was eau . near loem uooiess that they do not know the number of Baptists in their own Stated nor who is President of the Baptist Col lrLe. They supposed, that It was a man named "Wayland, as they j had beard that he was a .President pi some Baptist College, and : they, reckoned : that it was in their" State.' -V- : t ' ' " : : c I . -r They did not know Hbe name pf the College, and do - not- even know exactly what a, college -is, but. they , nearly know they said have an Idea ot it. When I mentioned some able ministers in their own St ate and in other States they had never heard of them. I was bound to .feet sad there was no help for it, 'They said that they read their Bible,t4 but at . worsmp tnai nignc tne muie gave no evidence to me that- it;' had; been ; thumbed or was more free from dust than the Bibles of those : who take papers, r-.iit - They Know tneir own.neignpor- hood for a radius of five or seven miles and hear and respect its gofisi p. This is the world to tbero. . and out- Bide of that all the earth is no m ore than a - big swamp t to .that family. They never hear from) it. t The mail has very tittle format nousenoid. The, result is, they are. in.trouble with several iamuies among , ineir neighbors, because . they- must have society and have a very r small stock fn trade, and in attempting to repeat ill' the Abating rflmofs they;faiLto repeat aright and war results They spugoc to enieraiu -me ; witn .ineir troubles, and I was bound io ewifre, but I felt no interest ion heir little personal controversies and disputes. l spoke to them' 6f jmission8,.min--; is.tenai education and otner use en terprises , ot . the .Baptists, and .- tney were-as blank on-t'nese sobjejts as if I had asked them to tell me the color of the centre of the sun.' They did not know what the words i meant, though they are "Miesionsry Bap-1 nsts and turn op their precious noses k lheKHard8hellala This was a Strange family and rare,. and I . must report it. it is not strange, however, that they do not know,--these q words, for they neverlhear;rithem at home for at. church.,;. When I-told them me great baptist nosta in inis country : and, the great v worfeaj an which they are engaged, they opened taeir eyes with" amazement and said tlat they, were very glad, to bear it. When I ; told Deacon ipowleT about .the Recobdeb. and its aims; he" re plied tbat be nad beard OX It and had seen 'a copy or two,;bdt;rhad never taken it i;l Ehbwed,hina;a copy; he read it and was astonished about What Dr. Yates skid about that first dinner in China.:5-!-c'igd 1 hira "to subscribe for its papcr-csly C2.C0 for a whole year and we pay the poa tageSet the type and larnish news and paper. - Uq lacked. &r it' jand asked the price three timesy&ad fin ally said that he could cot nowl He made several excuses for cot: taki2j it. r Tte first excusa wes ha was a little in debt he had boaht4 land ;sd til net r.t-jr-i-r it. - And then r: nr- i ti :.t C. I i.it have 3 to rezZil 1.3 r?::' -3 Lit 1 in t-3 y er 3 r ;t t V ct r. ; : ;. I cV.lci in the annual celebration ol 1 occasionally,- ouran togetnenaurnoir ptejhtwf tiii-i Hlspena tnprothan $2000 for dtinlE T P and mv home was be-' I 1 nusnea, groaned 5 in eptiit as l his attention to his children, but''he declared : that they . ! were , well j em ployedalways busy or in company. And they nave a hymn ,book . and the minutes of the, Association ,and al manac and they.cau read the:n.l ".' ,1 changed the . subject and waited i a tew .boors and then asked him how .mneb'did the 'tobacco of his family, "cost ai year. He replied promptly, atlea $i0,00; ;A'nd when I referred -to the vetpen8e of "drinklnghei said that ' he and his. boys . drinkJa;littlei looked: upon - a nice Babtist famllv 4hat.oatfpeed $60.00 every year for" tobacco-an dlwbistv aod -yet nave' 'notllie pitiful sam o42.00 forthelr church paper 4o keep them informed tnjbaptist matters. The time came than I could command, and persuade them, to take some , good religious paper, or that family must always be behind, the times.'. .riW j .r rfl O. .Washington Jonbsm ORIGIN OF THE DIFFERENT SECTS. ;J tvr.4 .vaJ!Ol . ..The i Roman Catholic .Apostacy commenced in A D. 250j but it was not f ally established nnul :oti In order to give A j oat view' of - the rise of this: anti-christiau Hierarchy it will be necessary to give a brief ac count .of 4the eatly propagatioh'of Christianity id the, Roman Empire. When Christl'anty was first introduc ed into ' Rome,'the' Roman; Empire, was in its ' full glory, and4 governed, not only' Palestine but a large por tion of the world. The Romans were pagans, and their religion was so in timately connected with the Govern ment, that the progress of the &ds pel alarmed : both their pagan ! and tneir political iears. it is prooaoie that the Gospel was first preached in Rome in A. D, 34 ot 35, and a Chris tiaaCbarchf formed there Boon after wards.'' The : management ' of f jthe Jews was committed to Roman Gov- ernors; therefore Caligula'and Glaur . dins . fufferecL i tbem to ,1 persecute christians, by theiastromentalityjoi. the Jews. But when Nero came to tbe .tbrone, A. D. 54 he .took the sword into his. own; hand and frpm the time he set fire to the city, of, Rome, and - charged it to the Chm- ATI At ri thHmkT.i fAol eafed rauTrAT'TXranaBaiQf np to the time or, his death in f, he .continued, to imprison jand destroy C hr ist ian s. . Here ' began the -pagan jertesutims -Passing over the icon doct f:GalbapthoyltelIaa; tres-r pa8ian'and,Titns we fihd'Domitian,' tn the fourteenth :year of rhls reign, engaged in a merciless persecution, in which the- Evangelist John jwas banished, to . the Island .of Patposi where he wrote the book: of Revela tion. (iThe .short ;rejga,of Emperor Nerva t was mild,ibnt:wben. Trogan came to .the throne..: A. D. 0SJ hia edicts drenched the earth wiih Chris" tian blood, and .; Adrian,.: although i petitioiied by j Qaadratusr AristiUes sndr Serenun -t Graniamest ; to j bave mercy on Christians, made' their jcon dition bnt little better. ..Daring the reign ci oioniusi jriua ana jaarcus Ahtonius, that is, ' from". AI D, tl43, to 180, there were great persecutions in Asia. Here Poly carp, the pastor, atr Smyrna; suffered martyrdoniA. D, 10G.'! Towards' the close of: the reign' of Marcus Anqnius, say 177, the persecution began jn ; France: Lyons, Vienna and other places jsnft fered -inhuman tortures -and blood- shed. Passing -by the s reigns of Com mod us, Peattnox, JnliannStHiger ahd Albinuswe find Severas,' A D. 202, waging war with ChiietiaQg in Africa, and soon? after," Alia; ypt and most of the nations of Europe were' fields of slaughter Fromj the death of Severns, A.: Pi-2tL,td the reign - of Deciua, Christians Jhad a little, rest ; bat trota 230 to the close -of the Dioclesian persecution in 311, Christians were' hunted and killed with -greater i eagerness than j the worst of wild beasts.. The mischief done in this persecution will only be knownSat the lasti jadgmentj lit consisted in burying the books? and writings of Christians; in banishlog Jnd EiUing, lndiEcnminately, men, omen and children, beyond alt; ac. count, Godean, a French writer, Bays that not less than 17,000 wera'pht to death in one ,montb, and within! one year 150,000 Were slain in Egyptj be sides all that Suffered iu other places. ' Thus the fair churches which had been planted in Palestine. -Bsrvot. Greece, Africa,- Italy: Spaing Fance and other places; were scattered by the ' hand of the enemy. - At the. death of Canstan tinus, " A;t D. 306, Constantine became Emperor or the West, and at the death of Maxim! nus Galenus, A..D. ; 311, MaxentiuS be- came Emperor of . the .East. An edict was now , published , which equally, tolerated .Christianity land jfcuiBUj. ouua nuer mis wvu waroegao oeiween ine iwaxiinpe- Tonrv" in which ' Maxentius fell 1 at Rome, in 312,"and Constantine be came the'sole ' Governor of" the Em. pire. ' While he was5 marching his army from France to ;Itaiy, he pro fesssd to have seed at' midday a la minus cross in the skyi with this in scription on its ' By this co0qo.e.', The sight so affected his mind that, it resalted ? in his conversion! , to Christianity, and soon after he? was carter pf Rome, he prohibited pa- atz and i used everv landibla r: 3 to gatuer asa establish! tha cr. V -v - ilT ntfv tn 1 Aavk.4 anil riirt , nri Itofv' I arai Hi AIohali.M 4r ' .a.4j..4 I . never ?see tha like i again.,!, If any possibility of salvatioh-iand that in tSffA7eSt reader knows ot snob a family, I.do good sense and judgment Christ had and was. therefore, fully competent it ' Passing over the Veigh'of Constan- tine, and other Emperors, we !come to ; the time when Leo's ships! were; wrectted in ' the- Adriatic ' Sea.- an this hour of calamity, Gregory !seiz ed the imperial -power, and 1 com menced acting in all respects, Bathe sovereign of ; the i peoples -The Pope Pontift ; Prince of ' .the ' Apostles j Prince -oyer . all nations and king-; domsj Master of the Universal world; .His Holiness: God oh earth; Light of tne world; JUostHigh: King of Kings and Lord of Lords ; Most . Holy and Most Blessed ' Lord God the Pope ; and declared that " Jesus Christ had granted - a, two -fold power (q the caarcb; that is,' the spirit ual. aad the temporal of the Roman Pontiff and whoso t uviv u uujcui iauo iu LLC BULUUXllV tbe Pope; the powef of making that to be sin which was no sin, and that which was sin to ba no'sinj for the Pope holdeth the place on earth, not simply or man, but of the tru& God.9 Thus he had power as God on earth, hoc - oniy . co mate and pardon sin. but to dethrone kings and emperors; to make and change eharob ordinan ces; and to change the church Itself into another thing andi bind her members under a terrible anathema to believe that it was 1 not only -lawful, but 2eveh praiseworthy, tq de ceive and to ' use the expedieitjof a lie, in order to advance the caheFof truthtM&pieiy - 4yiTM EDUCATION AND LIQUOR. , . The great necessity of oat country is cultivated brains f bnt our people sayp theyf?aretoopbbr?ttopeddca their childrehl' Wr know one man who- has an intelligent 5 boy "of 18 years, anxious for an education,1 who would not let him go when another offered to take the boy, clothe -and educate him; without one : cent s of charge to the father. ; Many of those 1 who are too poor to educate, in the midst of poverty, go: to. liquor deal- ers, andin a few days spend enough money to - send . thei? children to school a whole , year. ; Qne sad fea- tare of this is, that church members and eyen Baptists,! are (engaged in the manufacture, use and sale of this destructive ; evil Men who profess to love the Lord Jeans Christ, make the devil's turn .to; Impoverish, their neighbors, and to .sharpen the wait of sorrow-stricken wives and home less orphans I. - Still another feature darkens this cloud of sorrow ; ; and that is, that so few of. our brethren have boldness enough to take a firm stand against ; these things. ; What is to be thought of a man what has not backbone enough to assert his 0 wnrights f f Then what is to tie thought of a Christian, who1 floes not love his Savioar ' enoagh tq as-t eert1 his-eause tat Ther XJhristiah 'ia the 'salt of the earth ,: bnt if thejsalt has lost its savor if it doS not pre serve,' op wbat nse is;r.6 butto be cast out and be troddeit' under foot of man ? The Christian. exerti am influence for good.' . Then how shall we judge those who drink liquor,'ahd even? imanafactareB;thisgreaitest scourge i that ever, came upon fany people I Oar heart is paipedwithin us aa we write and hear the Macedon ian ctyt Come over and help jus,!' coming from, various parts of (onr own State, and; .from the millions in China," knowing -that j many of tour pledges have not' been; redeemed, and that fAey were far too small.! . If the love Of Christ has' reaohed the soxtVisurely ;': itwill reach the pocket.- Oar people are neither too' poor nor too stingy, but where! thej heart is there is, the treasure also: Oat motto, and jpractice', should be; pray. muchg hope jnrocbv o niuch iOar. syatem of free schools jhaa been a subject of mnch thought with ,os. for several.' years, and - iadging fromu those lhat have' come under our observation,' they are absolutely a curse to our tMmntry: K Why'? I via the nt Bt piace, no' one can alt down in one of our old field school nouses with it fnrnjfare and te.ach 0t 50, or CO -students,?, who only $ attend about one-half or three-fifths of the time. In the second place, the.cheap est teachers . are always proenred, and ibey are unqnalified to teach, even if they had a house and school furniture The object with many of them ia to -kill: time -and? get the money."5 In these schools children are taught habits of . Idleness, land anytnmg eise put good manners; Another thing 8, tharj teachers are compelledrtei teacnPike, Bmmerson; Davie, Robinson and Sanford's afith- metics, and "twenty" grammars that some of our best scholars never saw. Suppose 'our people were to act thus with! reference to -their1 farming!, What would "be 'thciight'of a farmer who would hire the cheapest laborer be could procure" and give him an loij re3pnooa,.maae.pf yeara, ago, i.anqa crpw-oar, and send Otm out to cut jWheat w He, is , expected to do as much as anybody else, and to haul that wheat in. with thesame lnstru nfeae; :s.o3 $wQ&it.- t ' - Again,tbe pupils are'tausht wrcrj in these schools, and it is harder for them to understand than to learn. 'Then at the close they mast have sn exhlbitioa they call it a co.T.rteacc jwcnf Vin -;this. eountry. vThese i are most demoralizing. An? eld field school exhibitiouTi3 the grreat rca dezvocs for drunkards '.'ezd t -htera. Tl:'3-esj;rc:::3r3 fr;-::.t!y Vw!ir and hurtful to the ccr-lj cf czr pcD- pie. " Oar idea of a school is, .hat it ought to improve the people in intel ligence and in morals, and inspire theryoungl with thoughts o. noble -ambition. A school that d es not' do this, is more than a w tste of -meana,.- fEducatioa and religion should go hand ia hand. We can-; not plant the one successfully with' out we spread the other. .1 '! 1 O. A. RoarufSEE. . Dear Brother Bailey : 'A1 letter inf the Eecobder from Dr. . Burrows, In connection with some other things, ! nave neen in the papers recently, has "relived a subject upon which I have been very deeply exercised With y on r per 'missioail.iwill state a few .facts aa they present themselves to my mind: 1st, 1 have always thought (and so carry dom of Jesus Christ. :.- 2nd. That a Baptist Church con sists of a regenerated " baptized membership, a corps of deacons and "a Pastor: r. - - -r .3rd That the regeneration (or con j. version) of a sinner was exclusively the workVf the Divine Spirit,through the truth: Or in other words, that the Spirit ot God took the troth as de livered by Hi8 ministers, or taught by any Other person, or read in His word, and made it 4(the . power of , God unto Salvation." If my views are correct, how does it occur that in these latter days, we can rarely have a revival (as they are called) with -bat sending for aa evangelist or re-" vivalistf -,, K 1 Has QoiFs plan failedl or has human wisdom foana oat . - a better way, because a faster way t Or is it be cause $ the pastors don't preach the truth t Or is it that a stranger has more influence over the Church than the pastor and can get the Church to work better, &c. Why U if I ;If my heart does not deceive me, I do re joice in the advancement of the Mas- ter's Kingdom, whatever; the iostru ment used. 1 can understand bow a pastor might" be over-worked and need help,' but such help is always near at hand. ' I have stated the facts as they present themselves to my mind as briefly as I could with the hobe, that some one better pre pared than I, and with more time, may ventilate i the subject' fully. I don't know what others may think, bttttOTnritlookS"to be- eerioua matter.: If it be a necessity (as it seems to be) in order to have a revi val to send for an evangelist; if the pastor and his church can't ! do th at kind .;; ot - work, ; . another trouble present itself, viz, who is to train the new members 1 If so it be true that the Spirit is sole agent in re generation, and He uses only the truth, and the Pastor and his church have so failed to present that truth, that sinners are not; converted, it canthat pastor" train the converts! And do we not need another order, tizi Trainer f .,- Z ' . , ,JR."R.Ovesby. A IfORD FEOX BED DODSON. We have bad several revivals. ' I hope we shall see the fruits of these ' revivals-;-; Many subscribers for the Becobdeb, Kind Word and Foreign Journal should come from them. David had per&nd'fculaf and Kori zontal gratitude. ' He ' remembered . that God. had - preserved his life in many battles, and he built him a house;' that -he had had friends in troubles with Saul, and he wished to reward them.' After these revivals, will not the Baptists 4o- something for the Recorder, State Missions, Home Missions and Foreign Mis sions t -t .v-1 '- t' -i ' E.Dodson.- " : .V' ... - ... .: Wa&E-in. ''. ' 1 " '; ( . r v . j . . 1 mmmm ; . .. . ' - . ' .... .'. ; ;Daring a recent trip in the coun try, I saw beside the way. two rustic cottages.; Doubtless very plain, sim ple kind of folks Jived in them j yet very -opposite must have been the complexion of these characters. The cottages were m oca ante in shape and size: in T building respects per haps just the same, yet they '' were vastly unlike. One had a trim fence, a neat garden, a , pretty banch of honey-suckle; clean, white window blinds within, and afew flowers on the window sills without.' Toe other was h; well the opposite fence- leas, cartainles8, comfortless; to live there, aojourn there, or spend a sum mer day there, would be a test of temper and a trial of endurance. The little cottage landscape became impressed opon my memory, and all the journey , on in that soft air and under, that summer sky, ."Making the ' best : of it" was the subject to which this simple scene invited my reflection. p l think the subject has a wholesome teaching in , it forns all.;! How many dismal and fretful moods; which darken "dally lite, re sult from the neglect of -this self same maxim, . Make the best of it. - The days are running STriftcr than tie livers, swifter than the traveling clouds, stora-blown, STfifter than the eagle's flight, swifter than the arrow; so if yea have anything to do, if there be any service that you havfrleft uaperfcmeJ, if i asy -5 cStnarbl .that ycu vrczld bear ia ycur baud when yea zo to t3 HciTcnly city, th era is no tine tattler.." on and advance the Ktng- - I. 1 1
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 19, 1880, edition 1
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