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INTERNATIONAL S.S. LESSON
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EOUIITU QUARTER, 18 S3.
Lesson XII.Iecember 30. I
QUARTERU REVIEW,
- , bit-, :i c V PARIuW ' , ' ;
,.;GOLpEN..TKXT. , '
"Gn?at . pttyerance .gtveth. he , to his
king; and shpweth mercy .to his anoint'
edv to David, and his seed forevermore.'?
Ps. 18: 5a r - - ,'
; HOME STUDIES."
; i:- ... . ,. , : i
Lessons I.and II. and Con- ,j
text,, .. JLS.am. 4: 5-1 3; and ch. 7
T. Lessons HL and lV.; ,
... - - "I. Sam. 8!'x-io;'io: 17-27.
W. -Lessons V. and YI. And Con- .,.
text,-: i . .'. .1, Sam. 12; 6-25; 15: 10-35.
Lessons VII. and VIII. and . J
Context,'.':!. Sam. 16:1-13; 17: 3-53.
Lessons IX.; and X., ' ' ' -v .
I. Sam. 38:1-16; " 20: 32.42.
lesson XUand Context;.. I. Sana..: ch. 24.
Lesson XII... . ; . I.Sam, ch. 31.
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LESSON Sam. 4: 10-18.
KU'S DEATH.
Israel Smitten (10, 11).
EU;& Punishment (13-18).
LESSON TL I. Sam. 7: 3-17.
; SimUJUtHRJCDGB., J
L Samuel's Sermon (3) . ?
2. Israel Puts Away its Idols 4-6).
3. The Battle (7-12).
4. Resilts of the Victory (13-17).
LESSON III. I. Sam. 8 : 1-10.
ASKTSQ FOR A KING.
1. The People Demand a King (1-5).
2. Samuel Prays for Direction (6).
3. A King Granted (7-10.)
LESSON IV.--I; Sam. 10: 17-27.
SAUL CHOSK5 KTSG. ,
1. Samuel's Speech (1749).
2. Saul Chosen (20-24).
3. After the; Election (25-27).
LESSON V. I. Sam. 12 : 13-25.
SAMBEIi'S FAKEWKLJj AO0RKSS.
J 1. Obedience the , Condition of God's
Favor (13-15).
2. God in the Storm (16-19). f 1 f i !
3. Exhortations' to Serve God (20-28).
LESSON Vi. L Sam. 15: 12-26.!
; SAUL REJECTED. ;
1. The Accusation (12-19). t
2. Saul's Defence and Excuse (20-21).
3. The Rejection (22-26).
. LESSON VII. I. Sam. 16: 1-13.
DAVID "AXOIXTED. ,
1. The Lord's Command to Samuel
(1-3)., r" v.- . ' i
-Sr-rWho is to be Kmg? (4-10).
3. The Shepherd Lad Chosen (11-13).
" , LESSON VIII. L Sam. 17: 38-51.
DAVID AXD GrOXJATH.
1. The Young Champion (38-40).
2. The Giant's Boast (41-44).
3. David's Reply (45-47). , '
4. The Battle (48-51). ,
LESSON IX. I. Sam. 18: 1-16.
david's estemy saul.
L David Honored (1-7). r
" 2. SACi's Jeaxocst (8-11). ! .
3. Saul's Pear (12-16). . :
LESSON X.-I. am. 20: 32-42. H
DAVID'S FRiESD-ioNATHAir. i
1. Jonathan's Fidelity to David : ,'
(32-34). , , 4 ;
2. Jonathan. Warns David (35-40). i "
. 3. The Separation, (41, 42),t . n
LESSON XI. I. Sanu24 lrl7f '
- DAVID SPARIX&-HIS BWEmV,
1. Saul' Pursuit of David (1-3). i
2. David's Revenge (4-7). )
3. The Heart of the Wicked Touched
(8-17). - .
LESSON XILi. Sam. 31: 1-13. .
. DEATH OFTSACiAXD JONATHAN.'
1. Saul Wounded (1-3). s V
2., Saul's Death (4-7).
3. Saul's Body Dishonored (8-10)).
4. The Burial (11-13):' ( ;
IVhat fire the Deacon Doing ?
1
f T. II. Mills at the Green River Association
' selected front the Minutes.
What are the deacons of your churches
dome:? Are they .simply ... handing the
bread and wine; and is this all? If so;
the office should be abolished. The
pastors ean do this, without much addi
tional thought, time on labor. , ' , r t '
Let me suggest that one be made treas
urer, three to look after the inside, .and
three the outside poor. -1 believe a dea
con has the right to preach. Stephen
preached a very good sermon once.
knew a pious widow once, but she died.
Her little girl does not attend Sunday
school now. She " has not1 sufficient
clothing. What are the . deacons of
that church doing! ;j I hired a man to
chop wood who did hot attend church
because he had no coat;'?"? v
. If your poor toiling 1 brother has nd
coat get him one.-' The. rich are met by
the usher at the door and conducted to
the best seats: the poor are neerleeted
at the xhuTches-and on thetreete;-Job?
made the widow's heart sua.
I knew a man by the name of Bell
who kept a mill. He was very popular;
buthediedv His family -iie,w-are veryj
poor 1 J.' went to see tnem once, and val
ued the furniture at one dollar and fifty
: cents..;,; They do not attend church now.'
What are thel deacons 'of that church
.doing? , , . '
I knew a stinffv - Baptist, once . who
charged Dr. sWinate, two; dollars;' for
riding a few, miles with him in his bug-
1 gy to an association... In lS7o he and
his wife were both dead, and ilia grand
' . . .children are now in ,the Orphan Asylum
c. at Oxford.;" I took iour children from
is! the families of rich church on the"
?r- Chowan River to the same asylum k AH
. tney inew 01 religion was that " A man
' : prayed t when x mother: : was - buried.!1
f- What -were -the deacons of that church
'l doing?- I was deacon of a -church my
self ,onee: r have many. things to re
gret with reference to my action rath
. er my inaetiorir during this time;"' Hunt
. xnp , your poor vand ' provide for' their
, wants. : We . are, crazy, ovef numbers.
! -We need' more .workers, more piety
-. more liberality, more zeaL 1 Heard
- Jewish llabbi sav in a speech that, tThe-
r Jews don't . travel . on . Sunday, f , They
-; give a tenth of all: they have.". .They
are ahead of us in. these matters. 'But
' I cid not intend to talk so long.
PRACTICAL DISCOURSE.
BT C. H. SPURO EON. : j
A month they were in Lebanon. ' and two
months at home. I Kings t. 14. - j f
It was right that: when a temple was
to be built for the Lord God of Israel.
the7 Israehties ' should take their fair
share in the building of if "-.Therefore
a levy was made,." and a certain number
of men were chosen to work in Lebanon,
t was. however, most fitting that work
for a gracious God 1 should be iovful
work ; not the bondage of slaves, but
tne deJigntoi sons. ' - Solomon did not
demand that any Israelite should toil In
the mountains and quarries for years to
gether, and ' leave his own ' fields to lie
waste but he; decreed that the work
ers should ' have one month in ' Lebanon
at work for the temple, and two months
at home .'. for their own affairs. Our
God is not a.1', taskmaster." and sacred
service should 'not sour into forced" .la
bor Self -sacrifice is the soul of true re
ligion; but We xhust not demand of oth
ers that which would .turn religion into
slavery. ' Solomon knew: that the com
mon people would grow weary of work
mgeven .tor Jehovah himself, if they
were taken away from , their families
and inheritances altogether; and there
fore in his wisdom he put it so "One
month in Lebanon,' and two months at
home." ' ' '
t am about to draw from this text two
lessons. Theyare these -first, that
you and I ought to be rendering service
to the Lord our Hod, and assisting to
build up his spiritual temple; but, sec
ondly, that while we labor abroad, we
must be doubly careful to watch over
our own households and our own souls.
First, then; wk are botjnd to do
service- "for otTR KiifQ service for
the living temple of our God. It is not
enough for us to say: "I believe in the
Liord Jesus Christ, and therefore I am
saved ; that Is not the end of it all, else
religion were a grand piece of selfish
ness.- Our souls may not be hooped in
within our own ribs. Absorption in
our own safety and 'neglect of others
would betray a spirit directly opposite
to that of Jesus and his true disciples.
JNo, brethren; as the Father sent his
Son into the world, even so has he sent
us into the world, that we may be made
a blessing to our fellows. Our life-work
is to prepare living stones which may be
built upon the one foundation to be a
habitation of God through the Spirit
We are' to be hewers of timber and
squarers of stones for the house of our
God. " f r
Lay home to your hearts your obliga
tions to the Lord Jesus Christ. ' "Ye
are not your own, ye are bought with a
price,' therefore no man hveth unto
himself Your own salvation is of the
utmost importance to you; but an es
sential part of It is salvation from sel
fishness. 11. you begin and end with
your own interests,, you are the servants
01 seit. , and not 01 the Lord Jesus.
We owe our all to the blessed Lord
Jesus Christ, and henceforth his business
is our business; and what is his business
but to seek and to save that which was
lost? We are now the life-long servants
of him "who, though he was rich, yet
for our sakes he became poor." Shall
we grudge our month in Lebanon? Nay,
rather will we not see to it that the
whole twelve, months of the year are
dedicated to temple-serve, since he has,
called ns to be priests, and therefore we
always dwell in his bouse ? i
Remember, also our obligations to
others. How were we converted ? Was
it not through the instrumentality ot.
some christian man or woman ! Direct-,
ly or indirectly, it was so in every case;
for those, who have gone, to glory long
ago have left us debtors for the knowl
edge of the gospel whica they handed
down to ns. Most of us were blessed by
direct agency ; a good book was quietly
placed in our,: way, a kind word was
gently spoken, an : earnest sermon was
aimed at us ; a holy example was set be
fore us: by such things as these .we were
drawn. By the tears and prayers of
others we .were.brbught to the Saviour's
f eet'' 1 Some' oWv"theirr conversion to
their parents, others to Sabbath School
teachers, others to preachers of the
Word:' the bulk of us were brought to
Jesus byf some .one, instrumentality or
another. ': Pay ybur'.debtj then. You
also are to bring another to Jesus, as a
recompense to his servants.
This work is most beneficial to our
seltes:,yThbs6 christian people who do
'nothing are ' usually troublesome;' 'for
they are at leisure to "nnd fault with
those who are doing their' best. Many
can see exactly how it ought to be done,
and , yet do ' nothing: They discover
where the worker fails;' they detect .the
little 'crotchets and peculiarities 'which
reveal themselves 'far. his 'service. The
minister would preach so much better if'
he did it in the patent way which his
critics have 'invented..1' Why" do' not
these fellows attempt the' work them
selves? ..No they lare too fine for that jf
their high vocation is to review the de
fects of their brethren. VI am : sick of
them. , Is not their Lord weary of them
too? .'. . '-' - . 1
': Working -for the Lord necessitates
prayer, and this is a great blessing to us.
ii a man wnony ; gives nimsen to soui
winning, :he must be much in prayer,'
for(,he will be all at .seal without help
from heaven. If he , tries, to" comfort
the downcast penitent, how readily will
be be .baffled! How soon will he cry to
the ; Holy Spirit, the Comf orter; ' to do
the work" effectually. . ' Every grace
which a christian: man possesses is bet
tered ' by its use in ; heavenly service;
The practical value of the gospel will
soon, strike' you," if ' you labor among
the fallen,' the', ignorant, the ' infidel.
Does iybody "know", how "precious the
crospei is till he. has seen it heht up the
.eye that"1 was'.aim ''with despondency?'
sound of the name Of . Jesus can charm
a heart till he has seen the smile of new
born faith? -I do not see '.how our com
ing memories can minister to ourveter
nal happiness unless we earnestly labor
tof bring sinners to the Saviour. ! , Let us
up in earnest and win ''Jewels for 'Jesus
and happy reflections for ourselves Will
it riot enlarge' our heaven to see those in
glory who are saved by our word Was
Rutherford wrong when he 'said,K " Ob,
to see the people of An worth in heaven
shall' be seven heavens to' mief' 1 can
truly say of "my hearers that the beaver
of each one shall be another heaven to
me. i.For this joy let us each one gladly
take" his month in Lebanon. , Let those
who bAve begun to loiter to arouse them
selves. ''; It' ill. becomes anv of us to be
hearer of - the : Word ' f or ourselves,' and
never publishers or it to others.' v
:" It renusins that I now remind you
that if 'we-taker our month in Lebanon,
in 'active service "for the Lord's house,
XD6 tnust take special care to spend our
two months at home. Our own" house
holds must have special attention? .The
first duty of a christian man is within
ma own heart, the second is wiuiin ins
own house. Teach, children t Yes, by
all means;, but begin with your own.
Convert sinners? Yes,' but labor to win
those who. are round about, you, .Reli
gion must; begin at home. . The Apos
tles were to begin at Jerusalem, because
Jerusalem was their home. If , we care
not for our own households, we shall be
worse than heathen men and publicans.
Rest assured that all our talk about re
ligion, and all our publio labors will go
lor very little, if . our own families run
wild. It is a horrible thing in Israel
when the children of godly men are the
sons of BeliaL , Such cases do oocur,
and then they say to me, j'JJt is written,
' Train up a child in the way. he should
go, and when he is old.be will, not de
part from it ;' bow do you make it out
when so-and-so's son is such an open
rebel?" I answer, whenever I have
been able to lift the veil; I have inva
riably found a reason for the children's
non-conversion in the mismanagement
of the household, or in the inconsistent
conduct of the parents. I suspect : that
we may generally say, , "Is there not a
cause?" I will not say ."always," be
cause singular things do happen; but
yet iff .God gives his people grace to
walk uprightly before him, and they
pray for their children, and instruct
them, and set them a . godly . example,
the children usually follow in then
father's footsteps, ..
Take heed, then, that you spend your
two months at home. Dd hot offer to
God the sacrifice of public service
smeared with the blood of your home
duties. Do not diminish your care in
your own house; for the neglect of do
mestic piety will prevent the acceptance
of your, public service. God , forbid
that when you talk to outsiders they
should reply, "Look at your own chil
dren." Our own Offsprings must be
prayed for; and we must do more than
that we must correct them for sin, in
struct them in the Seriptures, and pray
with them personally till we weep over
them. Family prayer must be main
tained in a devout and Interesting man
ner, and our young people must go to
the sanctuary and be trained to treas
ure up what they hear. I know the
Spirit of God alone can renew their
hearts, but. he is not backward to bless
tthe means.
If the Lord helps us to be earnest
with our children, what a blessed re
ward awaits us I " I have no greater
joy than this that my children walk in
the truth," even a christian parent may
say this ot his offspring. Oh, the de
light it is to look upon sons and daugh
ters all in Christ! to hear and know
that they are as earnest for the Redeem
er's kingdom as we are! All the honor
must be given to the Sovereign grace of
-God: but the comfort is ours. I am
sure that when my mother pleaded with
me' she was doing better than if she
had addressed Jarge assemblies. 1 am
equally sure1 that when my father knelt
down with me alone and pleaded with
God for me, and besought me to pray
for myself, he was doing a better day's
work than when he was preaching,
though in that he, has had great bless
ing. Who knows what your son may
be? Who knows what usefulness God
may rive, to your daughter I
, Lastly I change the run of thought
to reach another point, There is a home
that is nearer home thah 'ourown homes ;
and that is the state of things within
our breasts. If we give a certain care
to the service of God publicly there
must be double attention to the work of
grace within. , ; We must not neglect
the cultivation 01 our o wn , heart.
We must watch our, own growth in
grace, our own communion with Christ,
our own faith our own nope, our own
love: for if we do not, we shall be in
great danger. 1 fear that many Chris
tians are busy here and there, and
their own spiritual life is withering. 1 If
you neglect your own souls, and hope
that you will get right by periorming
christian duties, you are grievously mis
taken. If you try to shine and have no
oil in your vessels with your lamps, your.
lamps will go out, and you win die in the
dark. If you try to tell others what you do
not know, and speak to them of a Sa
viour in whom, you have never trusted.
you life will be a dreadful failure. , You
will preach and teach your own con
demnation; what;-'else can come of it?
Do-' see to it that if yon go up td
Lebanon the axe is first laid at the root
of your own sins.' ' ' ' - v v
1 Supposing the' professor to be a real
and true Christian, ' yet, if he1 is always
active and never contemplative; ir ne
spends much time in working none in
prayer and Bible reading, it will be very
weakening to himself and damaging
to his work. A weak hand may wield
a good tool ; but it cannot do much with
it. When yon are sickly, ailing, out of
sorts, as to body, you cannot do your
work welL It would be a foolish thing
to put a poor consumptive man to labor
like a strong nawy on the railway ? ho
would weary himself and do little with
great, pain.' ' irussywork that - is -done
for" Christ without' communion with
Christ comes to nothing, ' because it is
not ' wrought in the strength of Gad,
O my brethren," nothing can come 'out
of ns, if it is not first wrought m us by
the Holy Ghost.- It is essential that a
christian worker should himself ; be the
workmanship of God. If we would
heal, we must-ba healthyr'- If we get
-out ot jteuowsnip, with. Jesus, n will Jead
to innumerable, evils; and the more we
try to do, the more those evils will show
themselves. r,we;. shall grow -proud of
our doings, and we shall censure others
till-we grow unbearable. s. We shall be
come self -confident; and the mora we at
tempt,, the more self-confident we shall
become.'.- Or else we shall take to mur
muring, and- grow displeased 1 because
Kioa does not -prosper our: .work; and
feel like Cain when the Lord had no re
spect for his offering. You must walk
in the light, as: God is in the light, if
you are . to enlighten a . dark world and
gioru-y.your juora, v j ;-iu-
. . . ..... w -
Especially let me say to you, dear
friends, there must be the two months at
home as to prayer. 'Do not forsake the
mercy-seat. Be in the frequent practice
ot praying, andwhat is better be in
the spirit of prayer always. : May the
Holy Spirit lead you to baptize every
duty into the pure stream of grace, and
to do the same in every lesson in 5 the
school, every sermon you deliver, and
every tract you give away," f Pray over
the whole business. Prepare for the
one 'month' to Lebanon by 'the - two
months at home spent 'in" pleading1
with God for a blessing." ' : 5 " ?J s
ji luucii in jjivie reading. wtr ao
not read the Bible half as tauch as we
should. Look, how the Puritans search
it from end to end. -"How-familiar they
were with every book. What blessed
family prayers there must lave been in
the household of Phil.? Henry, since it
led Matthew Henry to write that famous
commentary. , Oh, that we had more
Bible searching and Bible preaching.
Talking about the Bible is well enough,
but searching the Scriptures is better.
Feed on the Word yourselves, or - else
your teaching will be tmn and watery.
So, too," as , to self -examination-
duty much5 neglected; let us not fail in
it. How few there are that look over
the actions of the day,' before they fall
asleep at night; bat how well it would
be to revive the practice.
Repentance, .too. that sweet grace
with the diamonds in her eyes sweet
tears pf holy grief for all thai has been
amiss, is not this pushed on one side?
This must not be.
And faith, also, the constant trusting
the Saviour should we' not exercise it
more continuously? Oh I to have times
of quiet for the exercise of faith and the
growth of love t
As - for communion with uoaoa.
that we lived in it always! But we do
not get time enough. "We do not take
time enough to get near our uod. we
are like men who eat their meals in a
hurry, for business calls them away. If
a man has no regular meals, but gets a
snack ' here and a snack there, he soon
gets out of sorts. He needs time for
regular food and its mastication and di
gestion. ; We want the same for our
holy fe.ts upon the heavenly food, and
to this end I would urge Solomon's rule
one month in : Lebanon, but two
months at home. A word to the wise
is enough, and therefore I say no more.
'A Testimonial.
Whereas, our aged and beloved pas
tor. Rev. Johnson Olive, whose earnest
and faithful labors as pastor of Mt. Mo
riah church for the past fifteen years
has been signally blessed and honored
of uod in the conversion of many souls,
and the building up of the church, has
been impelled by advanced age, failing
health and the great distance from his
home, to resign a charge which he has
advanced from a weak and inefficient
one to one of the most prosperous, be
nevolent and zealous in the Raleigh As
sociation; no less than two hundred
having been added to its membership
during his pastorate, among whom are
many of the most zealous, active and
useful Christians. Therefore
Be it Resolved, That while we believe
it to be our painful duty to accot his
resignation as pastor, yet It Is with the
greatest sorrow and regret that we sever
a relation which has been so dear, pleas
ant and agreeable in all respects, and in
every way accompanied by such happy
results.
Resolved, further. That ML Moriah
church tenders him a hearty invitation
to visit us as often as he ean do so, as
suring him that the prayers and best
wishes of this church shall accompany
him wherever he may, under the provi
dence of God, be called to labor, and we
pray that the pleasure of the Lord may
continue to prosper under his hand, and
his pathway may be as the shining light
that groweth brighter and brighter until
the perfect day, and finally when his la
bors are ended, he may hear the wel
come, Well done good and faithful ser
vant, enter thou into the joy of thy
Lord" Thos. J. Johns,
R. H. Oower,
Troy Poole,
Committee.
SOME VERSES,
Selected, composed, and arranged by the pas
tor of Mt. Moriah church, to bo sang on his
taking leave of the church and congregation,
after his resignation:
Farewell, py dear brethren ; farewell for a
wWle. . . t . s ,
Well soon meet again if kind Providence smile;
And when we are parted, and scattered abroad..
Well pray for each otne,r and trust in' the
Lord. ::
Farewell, younger brethren, just listed for war:
Sore trials await you, but Jesas is nearf
r--t-. m . .:?L j t.. . l
11c s lull ui cviupassi(7nl.mnu mieuij lu stc, -
His arms are extended, your souls to receive:
The world and the Devil and si all anite,
In bold opposition, your souls to affright;
But Jesas, your leader, is stronger than they.
Let this animate you, and march on your way.
farewell, loving sisters, your bounty is large,
In love and friendship your duty d'jxharge;
Although you. like Mary and Martha of old,
When Jesus is coming, your sorrows unfold.
Your homes have been lovely and pleasant to
me, -
When sharing your bounty and friendship so
tree;
And when I am travelling, -and lonely do roam,
I'll always rejoice to think of your home.
Farewell, younger children, in Sunday school
bound, .. ...
While some of your numbers the Saviour have
.. . found;
Although you are young and so tender in age;
King Jesus is coming your souls to engage.
Farewell, friendly sinner, for you I must erieve.
To think of your danger while careless you
live, 1
The judgment approaches, Oh! think of your
- -noom, - - '
And turn to the Saviour while yet you have
room. : . ' ,
Farewell, .Mount, Moriah, the church of my
., ;care, ..,..
My love and affection you ever shall share;
And when I am absent, and traveling alone.
I'll pray for this people, who seem like my own;
. . . v.- ,i ..... t s-.
Farewell, congregation, farewell all around.
Perhaps we'll not meet till the last trump shall
-- 4-,j 1 sound; . ? .-y.t-.V - . , t,
To meet roe itt glory please bow take your
j - - 1 stana, , . 1 1 1 -,
Our Saviour to praise m the heavenly band J
' ' Cataubd Iiiver Union. '
- i The next session of. this body will be
neiawitn the cnurcii at Iklorgantoo, in
day before the fifth Sunday in Decern
ben 1883,-: r. 'i uy . , i .
.Introdnctory by Rev. X S. Gwaltney.
- - - 1 PROGRAMME:' ' (? fi I
1-' Should the work. of our Associa-
tional Missions be enlarged ? If so. how
ean it be done? , Rev. I. K Bennett;
z. .The blessedness ox giving liberally
to the spread of the gospel, , Rev, M. V
Makamson. . v t - - ' f y ; .
s Resolved, That a consecrated laity,
is one of the most effectual auxiliaries to
the nreaclnriff of the Word. . Vht. nn
w do to induce greater consecration ia
our pounds t , lie v. . W. Harmon. i
: .f t'f. f, 'nr.' s -'X'A.'P0E. .... - .",
' .;.-, tiWi Jf ,1L IIOKFMAXj i
:i Af'T li i, J i A. HECTOR, - I
. . . . CommiteeJ
V i. V.' -,.'. , '.: :'!: i
We all cari set bur daily deeds to the
music 01 a gratexui heart, and seek to
round our lives into a hymn, the mel
ody of 'which will be recognized by all
who come in "contact with us, and the
I tower 01 wnicn suau not be evanescent,
like the voiceof -a sincer. but berennlal.'
like the music of the fphere Stlerted,
love to gojo axd maxi or
ciiaritx ... - .f '
iW.r. MOORE, OlrQBE, N. C,
, - It will consider first,' In my weak way,
our love to God, when and how it came ;
and, In the second place, I will say somer
tiling about our love to each other. ,' ;
As I have stated before, God is the ,
origin of love; all pure Jove must come
trcnt him, and it will to him return.
"We love God because he first loved us."
I will say if we now love God, that there
has, been & time in our lives when we
did not love, hima time when 'we were
at enmity with ' him even hated our
Creator and Preserver.' "".We did not even
retain' God in our thoughts,' but were in
open rebellion against JehoVah and were
traveling the downward road to hell in
nanscnuence of our hearts being filled
with the spirit of Satan, and were his
faithful servants. - We had no disposi
tion to love God, but on the contrary a
disposition to love sin, and that we rolled
under : our tongue .as a sweet morsel.
Our hearts had no room for God's love,
as they were filled with all manner of
uncleanness which originated from the
Devil in consequence of him ruling in
our hearts, and the works of our corrupt
hearts were manifested in different ways.
such as idolatry; adultery, envyings,
re veilings, drunkenness, hatred, profan
ity, lying, &e. But if we are followers
of the blessed Son of God, there was a
thue.wherrGod, 'by bis grace,rsent his
Holy Spirit 'to pur; benighted hearts, "and
by its illuminating power " we were ena
bled to discover how, foul bur; hearts
were TOrnrpted 'byf srn-ur heartS ' a
dwelling place for the foul fiends of helL
we could see nothing but wounds 'and
putrifying sores from head to footi-a
mass of corruption; . .We saw sin in its
destroying nature,' and the ruinous con
sequences ot it in our eases ; and we saw
how we had broken God's holy law, and
that it condemned ps, and that Justly;
and we saw the sword of justice drawn
ready to strike the fatal plow, and we
also saw eternal hell ready to receive us,
andiwe Mt that that was the only place
for which we were prepared to exist
"In the regions of sorrow's doleful
shades, where hope never comes that
coiues to all." God enabled us by his
Spirit to see our condition in its true
light We saw the heinousness of sin,
and also how we had trampled upon the
mercies of a great and good God ; we
saw how gracious and merciful God had
been to us that he had not dealt with
us after our; sins, nor rewarded us ac
cording to our 101008; we saw how
ungiateful we had been to God for his
tender mereiee toward us, that it was
through his infinite mercy alone that our
souls were not tormented in the fiery bil
lows of bell In tins our lost and
wretched condition, by the help of the
Holy Spirit we turned 'from our sins
with a deadly hatred toward sin; hated
even ourselves -and we were given a
deep, earnest and true sorrow for sin
a "godly sorrow for sin that needeth not
to be repented of;' not a worldly sorrow,
sorry for having sinned against a just
and merciful God. We felt the load of
sin and guilt pressing hard upon us,
deeper and deeper, nearer and nearer to
wards hell; and in despair we cried unto
the Lord and threw onrselveti upon his
mercy, and we . unreservedly gave up
ourselves into his hands; and I have no
doubt that many of us exclaimed. - "Let
thy name be glorified by imv O God, if
I sink to helL but ? in mercy save me a
wretch undone, for the sake of thy dear
son." God, in his grace and infinite
mercy, lent a listening ear to our cries,
and granted us faith in Jesus, and He
was revealed to us by the power of the
Holy Spirit, as our" Saviour, our substi
tute, who died to save just such lost,.
rained and helpless creatures as we were,
It might have been, and I venture to say
it was so,' that Christ was revealed to us
when we least expected it when we did
not see a single ray1 of hope of receiving
God's nardoninc- crrace.- Faith in Jesus
might have been1 granted to us when we
were not praying,- when we felt that "we
could not plead any longerfeltthat'we
could do nothing; , felt entirely helpless,
and we were waiting for God to do some
thing for tts that' we could not do." In
any ease it was a complete surrender of
all Into the hands of God an entire sub
mission of the heart without the love of
a single sin reserved, but all submitted
in humble contrition before God; and
when this was the case with any of us,
God by his Holy Spirit turned our eyes
toward Calvary; removed the mist from
them, and we .were enabled to see Jesus
as our rifirhteousnessi as our justification.
and by the quickening and renovating
powers of the Holy Spirit our souls were
washed from all their sins by anappli
cation of -the precious.- blood of Jesus,
and we .were; made new, creatures in
him, created unto good works ; our souls
partook of the divine nature of God, and
God took up his abode in our hearts in
the person of his Spirit in place of the
Devil who , had formerly occupied the
heart When this great' chance was ef
fected, we were brought back or bound
back to God through faith given us in
Jesus, made Sons of God and joint
heirs -with Jesus. What love 1 vWhat
mercy toward us I What grace I - Our
souls then were .filled with love which
came from God; theft it was that love
rose out of our hearts to God in conse
quence of God i implanting lihis; love in
our hearts.;. There was no original love
in our hearts; it came there by Divine
implantation. .- When our souls received
this love in them we were, capable of
loving iGodV and love, went: up from our
souls toi him. as the vapor goes up from
the earth on account' of the falling of
the genueraux. ?' The soul that once
loves God will love him eternally; that
love can never be extinguished, it is
part of. God ; is : it reasonable that God
will allow a part of himself to be de
stroyed. though' in finitely small?' -
would say not. , God is altogether per
fect and eomplete one'rmlliionth part
of the essence of which he is composed.
which is love, can neither be added to
him nor taken away, ' ; r.t -
- We love God,' then, because we are
bora ox him, born ol incorruptible seed,'
i. the immortal' principle, and have
partaken of his holy nature, and we are
maae to dwell .m God by dwelling Iri
his love ''And we have known and be
lieved the love that -God. hath to' us.
God is love and he that dwelleth in love
dwelleth in God and God- in him." (I
John 4M6.) - When a soul is born of
God it is just as natural for that soul to
love trod as It is for the sparks to fly up
ward. Many t bines mav hinder a f w
intercourse of that 'love; the flesh and
the devil may stand in the way to some
'extent, but away back In that soul there
wiu arise a deep, : anxious and immortal
yearning after God that earth and hell
combined cannot quell.. Perhaps Chris-
tians sometimes think that these stronsr.
I anxious and deep desires that they have
to love and serve' uod is an evidence
that they have not .God's love in them,
and that they are . desiring something
they, haven't in their possession. My
brethren, if you have these ardent de
sires to love God it Is strong evidence to
me that God's love is in your hearts, and
Is ascending to him on these strong de
sires. For the more a Christian loves
God the more he desires to love him.
and the more he desires to love' God the
mofe he strives to love him. A person
that has no desire to love God certainly
does not love him. An impenitent sin
ner has no desire. to love: God, hence
these strong and burning desires to love
God is a sign we do love hhn. We'll
never feel that we love God as'; we
should, and in the soul that dwells this
love of God ' stronger and stronger de
sires ' will arise to love God more and
"Till that soul is hast in love,
In a brighter, brighter, world above." . ;
"We. love God because he first loved
us" ; love him for his great condescend
ing mercy toward us in redeeming our
poor souls from hell through the merits
of Jesus. Love to God, love to Jesus,
love to the Holy Spirit love to one will
be love to all f vice versa.- We are saved
by the Father,' Son and Holy Spirit. In
the language of Bunyan, "Saved by
God's grace; saved by Christ's righteous
life, death and blood ; saved by the
Holy Spirit through its illuminating and
renovating power.1
'Praise Father
Son and Holy ;Ghost shou shalt
love the Lord thy God with, all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with
au thy mind,' and with all thy strength;
and thy neighbor as tbyself," The soul
with, God's love in it will approximate
nearer and nearer to God until it reaches
the ocean of God's love above, where
peace and joy, forever dwell, and one
eternal strain of praise to God shall
greet every heart throughout eternity.
II. I will notice, briefly, love to the
brethren, or charity, which is a . pure
motive of love to God and man. "Be
loved, if God so loved Us we Ought to
love one another" (I. John 4: 11.) If
God's love is in our hearts we will love
those who love God, and if we have no
love to God's people it is a euro sign we
do not love God, We cannot love God
without loving his people; neither can
we love his people without loving him.
"Beloved, let us love one another, for
love is of God, and every one that loveth
is born of God, and knoweth God. He
that loveth not knoweth not God, for God
is love. (L John 4: 7-8.) By this we know
that we love the children of God when
we love God and keep his command
ments 5: 2. If a man say I love God
and hateth his brother he is a liar for he
that loveth not his brother whom he
hath seen how can he love God whom
he hath not seen 4 20, 21. We know
we have passed from death unto life be
cause we love the brethren. He that
loveth not his brother abideth in death,"
John 3:14. Of course brethren here
mentioned alludes to. none but Chris
tians those that give 'evidences of their
love to God -which, show their faith in
Christ by their works. "By their fruits
ye shall know them.' ,j Jfot brethren
of a wicked or worldly society, neither
wicked brethren who might be in the
church 01 God t. e. those who give no
evidences of the love of God shed abroad
in their hearts. It strictly means those
who follow in the footsteps Of Jesus near,
as possible. 11 we nave genuine love
toward such brethren it is an evidence
that we love God and have been1 adopt
ed into the heavenly family, 4Let -all
your things be done with charity." -In
Christ 'our 5 dear Saviour we have a per
fect example of divine charity. He left
the glories of heaven the untold riches
of indescribable joy and happiness in
that blissful region of blest immortality
to visit our world of ; deformity a lost
and ruined world caused by sin. , He
came on a mission of love ; and mercy,
He came to seek and to save that which
was lost He sought our eternal welfare
by sacrificing jus own happiness tot a
season. - "He was rich yet for our sake,
became poor that we through his pover
ty might be rich.- Jesus lived a life of
perfect self-denial, always going about
doing good, in the language 01 Kev.
Holmes, "Beaming with love, melting
with tenderness, niied with benevolence,
on the wings of compassion He flew to
our relief." In Christ we have "the ful
ness of love divine" a perfect pattern to
be imitated. His chanty . teaches us to
labor for another's good, for another's
happiness, to feel another's woe though
it should cause us rand it will cause us)
to make great sacrifices whenever neces
sary.; If we follow Christ' we must de
ny ourselves. " A Christian life can' be
no other than a life of self-denial. "De
ny thyself." '."If you have not the
spirit of Christ you are none of his."
r Charity gives us a spirit of prayer to
God for our enemies- even for one that
might seek to take our life, instead of a
spirit of revenge and hatred. It is chari
ty alone that causes l God's ministers to
labor so earnestly for poor lost sinners
who are careless of their eternal welfare
that they might be 5 instruments in the
bands of God in bringing precious souls
to Christ- Charity alone moves! them
to endure so much in, 1 he Master's ser
vice. , "And above all things have f er
vent chanty among yourselves for char
ity 6hall cover , the multitude of sins
I. Peter 4: 8. .The following from Probe;
1 consider worthy ol our careful notice.
"Charity ia the foundation and capstone
of the climax, of all Christian graces
without it our . religion is like a body
without a BouL our friendship shadows
of a shadow our alms the offspring of
I pride or , what . is more detestable , the
ottering or nypoensy our humanity, ' a
mere ioeberg on the ocean of time. ' .We
are unfit to discharge- the'-duties of life
and derange the design of our creation.
What says Paul . the. . inspired ' apostle
about, chanty, and a person s condition
without it! "And though I bestow my
goods to feed the poor and though X give
my body to be burned, and have not
. charity it proflteth me nothing. Chari
ty never faileth. but whether there be
prophecies they Bhall fall, whether there
be tongues .they shall cease,-"whether
there be knowledge it shall vanquish
away. " And now abideth faith, hope
and charity, these three, but the great
est of these is charity. Now, the end of
the commandment is charity out' of.
pure heart and of a good conscience and
of faith unfeigned, ' Let brotherly love
continue. ; - - -4 ,. .v-
May we all possess more and niefe Sof
genuine charity love to God and love,
to man, until we reach our great Exem
plar above where there will be no sin to
binder a free intercourse of .God's love
but all will glow in perfect love and end
less joy throughout eternity. j - , ' '
J" - - -. - -.. m , rj r
';" Character is ' the - diamond that
'scratches every other stone.: Battel.
,.lfo man , is so Insignificant as to be
sure his example can do no hurt-Xor
Clarendon. . . ; . . . - v - -
UiCome Home."
A poor woman lost her only, daughter
in the vicious whirlpool depths of Lon
don life. The girl left a pure home, to
be drawn into the gulf of guilty misery
and abandonment. -' The mother, with a
breaking heart, went to . Dr. Barnardo,
and telling him the story, asked if he
could help to find the lost one. ' The
genial doctor said : "Yes, I can ; get your
photograph taken," frame a good many
copies, write under the picture, 'Come
home,' and send them to me. The doc
tor sent the photographs to the gin-palaces,
music halls, and other places .which
wretched outcasts are in the habit of fre
quenting, and got them hung in conspic
uous places.- One night the girL1 with
some companions in sin as she entered
one of these dens of iniquity,1 saw her
mot .her a, carte. Struck with astonish
ment,"8he looked closely at It, and .saw
the invitation written beneath. 'To'
whom was it addressed? To her? Yes.
She saw by that token that she was for
given, and that night she returned to her
mother's amis, just as she was.' This is
Gods loving cry to every wanderer,
Come home!" and there is a loving
welcome, full of sweetest- forgiveness,
for all who cheerfully respond to it -Baptist
Weekly.
MINISTERIAL SUPPORT.
The following article first appeared in
the New York Observer. It was after
wards seht us by its distinguished author,
xr. John nau, tor publication. : -
Dear Sir': rl am a regular reader of
the Observer, and I see two articles in
last week's issue, the interest of which
hangs on the poverty of nunisters.
You, Dear Sir, have been allowed to
preach on the fiftieth anniversary of your
ordination, and, through God's great
goodness to yoivmany more years of
active service may be expected from
you. : You know the country; you know
the ways of the press; you know more
than one denomination : ' you have al
ready rendered service to many a good
cause. Forgive me if under the force of
feeling which I cannot repress, I venture
to request that you lay out your strength
in an effort to remedy the state of
things, out of which this pathos cornea
We are a people growing in wealth
more rapidly than any other. We have
our largest church served my a ministry
with an average income of about $500 a
year. We have thrown away the princi
ple and the burdens of - an "establish
ment," and we have a clergy in whose
straits and pnvations the wnter of
touching columns finds the readiest
material for rousing cheap sympathy.
We in the religious world are lament
ing I had almost said whining over a
deficient supply of candidates for the
ministry, and we are making things arti
ficially and unhealthily easy for such as
come; and side by side with our joy over
ten millions of communicants is the piti
ful tale of domestic distress and pinch
ing poverty in the homes of those who
minister to these millions. - 1
We rejoice that our Protestantism has
set us free from the evils of a celibate
clergy, and re-echoed the Bible assur
ance that 4 'marriage is honorable in all;"
and we condemn a large proportion of
those who are looked to for examples in;
model Christian homes--the wives of
our ministers, to a life long struggle with
limited means.
The salaries promised are all too often
ridiculously small; and the churches and
church officers, whom the word teaches
to "owe no man anything,? are at ease
with even these salaries, irregularly,
meanly, sometimes dishonestly, though
technically paid, or paid after the labor
er has had to mortgage the amount of
his poor hire to get the necessaries of
life.
If We require in most cases educated
men for the ministry, and we demand
the service of their Uvea in a majority of
cases for incomes lower than a New
York postman or policeman receives.
And even the obligation' to make regu
lar payment of such incomes is all too
often , forgotten. :;' . ' "
We require ministers to maintain a
eertain social standing as indicated by
residence, dress, surroundings, habits,
xnodes ol travel, fc by hospitality, by
courtesies that cost, something. And , by
money contributions. - The people , fix
the standard, and suspend the ministers'
usefulness in a good degree on their
coming up to it, and yet with combined
folly and cruelty we make it impossible
for them to maintain it il 'f - ;
We require hard Work from ministers
work that wears men and when ia
man's hair has grown gray, we think it
would be better for the interesti of re
ligion,' or for "the cause," to 1 have I a
younger man. We magnify independ-,
ence, and glorify those who "get on" fi
nancially, and yet we compel the ma
jority of the younger men to toiL on in
comes that' forbid the making of ade
quate 1 provision for ' unemployed ' old
age. - : i-'r--i- r.
All this we do; and we do it while
holding that our Christian system em
bodies -; the . loftiest -ethical principles
among which "to da justly" ir, by com
mon consent fundamental. : i 1
iiIn many,; instances church officers,
trustees, deacons and others are at fault
In many instances the "evil is , wrought
by want of thought" In many, in
stances the denial rights is loosely justi
fied to the conscience by overdrawn pic
tures of;, eleemosynary . interposition,
which ought ne ver to come into the
case, and men neglect ' their 'ministers.
that Providence ' may care for' them.'
It is nqt a "donation party," or a box of
promiscuous valuables that is -needed.
It a "hying income."1. . .- .?., '
. , We invite the sons of such men as can
educate their boys at. their own. cost, ;&s
physicians, lawyers, , artists, engineers,
sometimes sending them, to Europe for
, greater advantages-r-we mvite: them to
the ministry, practically telling them ;in
our literature .and our life that we shall
reckon closely the minimum' on -which
they carf five, and "retire? them without
pension when they; have ' passed . .their
prime. And. we, wonder 'that they" do
not come to our, seminaries. Ve-tmay
teu tnem, inaeea, mat the disciple has
to take up his cross; but the' average
American youth: has sense: enough ; to
know that ministers, are ,. x)t , specially
singled out for the cross;- that 4 js, for
all ; and. that it is possible to- serve' God
faithfully without being in the ministry.
And so they stay away, and we have : to
adopt .exceptional methods to , draw
good and educated men into this profes
sion.-u " ;;"'.-' j
i Now, Pear Sir, justice, truthj loyalty
to God, regard for our national repute,
and even a wise church policy require us
to correct such evils; and I earnestly
commend the cause to you for your ad-vocacy.-
The time is favorable for call
ing attention to It Our churches gen
erally, under the various names, are full
of hope;. and -a j growing ; missionary
spirit implies a readiness to learn, and to
do duty at home.; . . -
1 on will pardon me for bringing this
to your notice, asking your Insertion of
this plea, and copies of it which I shall
take leave to send to all our religious
papers, in the hope that though the
ideal of ministerial maintenance be not
reached, some fresh movement may be
made in the right direction. - Many a
time as I have mused, and studied the
condition of my brethren,.. the. fire, has "
burned, but the recollection that ' I was
anew comer and liable to be cnucised '
for seeming to find fault, has suggested ,
silence. , ': - . - .... 4-
Having spent over sixteen years here,
and been allowed to speak on other mat
ten, I may be pardoned for pleading
this cause: and if only a hundred minis
ters such as I have the opportunity; to
know . of in connection with our, f own
Board of " Missions should reap - the ' :
benefit of the discussion, there would be
ample reward.- - Many a mora -. forcible
Voice than mine is silent on ; this matter, '
lest it should be thought to be raised for
selfish objects. So placed that X nave
no need to plead my own case, I shall
be credited, 1 hope, : with honesty and
disinterestedness in urging juster, wiser,
better provision for the church's ser
vants; and in help to my brethren there
will be glory to Christ, "their Lord and
ours." - . - 1.. i 1 n
Iam, dear Sir, 1 -,
. Most truly yours,
' , j.'HAWfc"
- Usefulness. . .ru--, , :
life is weary and irksome to many pf
us because we live too much in idleness.
One of the great ends for which we were
created is, that we should be useful, and
all those who drag through life as it ;is
given them only to endure, are enemies
to their own welfare;' and are like the
senseless Nero who fiddled while Borne
was burning. ;
Young men, look with contempt upon
the course of all such men, and "Be
strong and show thyself a man." - This
last exhortation of David : to his' son,
when about to aseend the Jewish throne,
is well worth the attention of .every
young man. ' Do not wait for great op-
port unities; but remember the power of -little
things. Lose no time. . : Work with
a; will, and you work welLy,,Howeyer
humble your sphere in .life may be, ypu
ean have influence somewhere. ' For it
is not to high colleges alone we may look
for great and good men.' .f ;r I .pr ..
To all the youth of the land 1 would
say, there lies in your path through life
' many a gem that is passed in idle pleas
ure. It may . be a word of sympathy to
the sufferer, a prayer, for the erring,' or
only a cup of water given to the stranger.
Do not grow weary ii you cannot seethe ,
fruits of your, work at once.;' Ah; it may
not be' until you stand, upon the borders
of the dark ocean which separates hu
manity from immortality;' that, you ean
see them; but continue to look up and
you will soon see a divine hand reaching
over the battlements ot -heaven to help
you in; and when discouraged 'remem-
ber the Divine promise to all God's peo
ple, , !TVwill, never .leave ' nor'' forsake '
thee.n Lw "I" LM.W.
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MUZion Union Meeting. '
The next Union Meeting of the Mt
Zion Association will be held with Yates'
church, three miles south-west of Dur
ham, commencing on Jsxiday before the
5th Sunday, in December, ; ' ; r
7:1 iK'i'y' programme :'-
Introductory Sermon Friday, 11 a. m ;
Rev. CT.E. Gower.- ;;( V, . "
Mlssibhary gettnon Sunday, 11 a.vm;
Rev. C. p; Newton. V " " V T -
Sunday School Mass-Meeting Sunday,
9 a.'m; The Pastor and Sunday School,
Superintendent will prepare a programme
for , this ; meeting and announce lit on
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subjects for sxsoussioir.
1. The- BiBLiCAir- Rbcokdxr.
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, 2. Temperance in any of , its, phases.
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A regenerate church membership. The '
Bible teaching on the subject.:: The lm
portance of it; ' How can It be secured.
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. '.Ministerial 'support' .The amount
of salary: ; When should ' it be made
payable. 1 Promptness in payment K.
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5. .How . can our ministers become
more practical in the choice of texts and
pulpit themes and in the manner of their
treatment?- By thelaymdn present.flrst
.then by the ministers, i--;'j is.j-j
,j6- Our mission . work. , Its present
needs. Its. future prospects.' "By the
missionaries first,' then by alL '
-'- i-We sincerely hope that the lay breth
ren; will study these, subjects, and , be
prepared to speak upon them, v',
' Let us have a ' good attendance and
begin the Work of our hew Associational
y ear in good earnest.. trAs;-,
W. L. Wright,
For Com. on Programme. .
King's Mountain S. S. Institute.
xiaifiw. Aim 1 , j fi f. -The
next session of the Sunday school
Institute of the King's Mountain Asso
ciation meet with the Sunday School at
Mt , Pleasant, ca Saturday before, the
5th 'Sunday in December." ' ' :
, r.:..'v.,.4 f "...programme:. .
To preach the introductory sermon on
. Saturday 11 o'clock a. m. : J. M; Bridges.
. i ' To address the children on Sunday at
Ifta. mi; JY: Hamrick, I) jt-
-- To preach Missionary Sermon pn Sun
day at 11 a." xo, i G. W. .Bllins. , '
' . . " r" Scriptures:",' . w
, Amos 8: lLBpeakers : A. M' Lati
more, J. E Green and C; E. Hamrick.
i Hebrews 7i 12.-Speakers i J; L. Wray,
L. N. Durham and James Hawkins. ,'
, Luke 9 : 62. Speakers T. D, Scruggs,
JA A.' MeSwaih and S. L.' Gillespie,
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How should a Sunday School be con
ducted? Speakers: - J.- M. Bridges; R.
N. Hawkins and P.: M. .Holland, i - s
. : How can a church ruoa Sunday School
when there is no one to act as superin
tendent? Speakers: E; J. Lovelace, J.
Fi Blond and Ai A. McSwaim: ' -
Can a Sunday School be run Success
fully . without-, weekly ... contributions !
Speakers:' IV A. F. Hamrick, B. H.
Bridges and Li 'N. Durhanr.'J' " - 1 J
vdi u, Durham, Ch'm'n.
j JB.H.: Bridges Sec'y. .. Si. - .. -
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'ty'Xti'eTV Association.
1 The- TJnion meeting of this Association
Will convene, with the ehrch at Warsaw
on Friday before the Eth Sunday. .
, "- The .introductory sermon will: be
preached by Rev.- Theb. Ytliitfldd.
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