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1 1 TKf Biblical Recorder. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY"4 i ; 1 ,.-'::. ' Ji . J! EDW AKDS, BROUlli ITON & CO, -' " RALEIGH. N. C. v r. . --"Ice; Vomer HargeU and Salisbury Ets. Tkrks or 8TJBscRirno; iJ4,-; One Copy, one year,,'........ 00 One eopy, six months, . :. : . ,.v 1 00 Clubs of five, . ; . ;.. ..... 1 . . u . .' . .. 10 00 Clubs of ten, (copy extra to Bender), 20 00 , Remittances mot sent by Registered Let tr, Post office Order; Postal Note Express or Draft, payable to the order of the Publishers. .v SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON. July 4th? I8se; From tkt AdvtautJ Quarterly.. JESUS AND THE BLIND MAR.' Joha 9:1,-17. INTRODUCTORY, -,...v- The event of this lesson 'occurred ; at the beginning of the. last tlx months of Christ's tuuiUtry; on earth, i It .wu at Jerusalem, whither. Jesus had gone to the Feast of Tabernacle: it was alio on the Sabbath day, (Ter. 14); and pro- ixluij buluo mo would aiter nia con versation with the Pharisees,, reeorded in Lesson XII, of the last quarter, though some pot It on the Sabbath fol lowing that conversation. 1 GOLD EX TEXT. "One thing know, that, whereas L was Joha e. 35. blind, now, l - THE LESSON. - J i. And as Jesu passed by, he saw nua whica was blind trom ius birta. v.fj8 - a. And his disciples asked him. saying Master, who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind ? ; 3. Jesus answered, ; Neither has this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest In hini 3i 4. I must work the works of hhn that sent' me, while it is day: the night ' Cometh when' no man eajr work. f-Jv r.-::'!?. tmi 5. As long as I am in the world,. I ass- the! light of the world. . - , . f 6. When he had thuspoken. he seat oa the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and . he anoinled the eyes of, the blind man with the clay. . - ..A ,. ,ri 7. And said unto him. Go, wash in the pool of SQoam, (which is by interpretation.. Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed and came seeing. : ," . 8. The neghbors therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said. Is not this he that sat and begged? 9. Some said; This is he: others said, He is like him : bat he said I am he. : . jC - - - 10. Therefore said Ihey unto him,' How were thine eyes opened ? r: 11. He answered and said. A ian that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me. Go to the pool ,of Siloam, and wash, and 1 went and wash, ed, and I received sight. ' ' i 12. Then said they unto him, where is he ? He said, I know not. ' " . ' ' "' ' , " ' v 13. They brought to the Pharisees hint that aforetime was blind.' " ' ' ' 14. And it was the Sabbath day when leans made the clay, and opened his eyes. 15. Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. - He said unto them. He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. " - , 16. Therefore said some of the Pharisees. This man is not of God, because he keepeth -not the Sabbath day. - Others said. How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them. 17. They said nnto the blind man ' again, What sayest thou of him. that he hath opened thine eyes ? He said, he is a prophet. '- - L At Jesus passed by. Or, watpaasing, along; not necessarily referring to the time indicated in 8: 59. Blind from his birth. Hence,Incnrable by hnuian skilL See ver. 32. The man was probably a well known begger, who proclaimed his blindness to awaken 'charity. 2. Who did tint The Jews regarded every special affliction as a divine visita tion or punishment for special sins. See Lake 13: 14. Some afflictions war so (Mark 2 : 5) ; John 5 i 14. Their error was in (apposing this to be universally the ease.'- 3. Neither did this man tin, etc. Jesns does not deny there being sinners. bat only any connection between their sins and this blindness. That ths work cfoQod, etc. This man's blindness gave occasion for the display of God's power and was the means of grace to the man to give him spiritual sight. ', ' ' . 1. 4. I. Revised Version Jesus as sociates his disciples' with .himself in working. Must. It is a necessity Dap. The time of life and opportanityr sY(grA. Death,' 1 when we cease from earthly labors:- i,! T ' ' '' ' '"' "' 5. Light of the toorld. Just wo tsa tut Christ is accepted by the, world, he " be comes its light, intellectual, moral and spiritual. As a- proof of ; his enlight ening the world, he gave sight to to this blind man. ...'"!'-v"v' ' - t'j; Vt 6. Made clay,' etc'--Chrlst nsed means so as to awaken ' expectation' and faith in the blind man. . , . r- " '' ' 7. Go wash. Tms reminds as of the ease of Naaman (2 . Kings. 5: 10). This was also to test and to strengthen the man's faith. f i SUoaTU.-8 Ken, 3s 15. A Dool in the deeii vallet. southeast of Jerusalem, ty-tfiree ieet long, .eigh teen feet broad, and nineteen deep. Came seeing.- That . Is, , came; to I bis home. " r'".: "K . .. '..'r 8. That sat and begged This shows that he was accustomed to beg for his living.' 1 ::"iJ-'t -I'j'-.j'ff 'i.-iijrt Z "t 9. XfJfee !.; Ttie ' opened eyes had altered his looks ahdl whole behavior. Thus too 4 with ; those whose; ..spiritual eyes are open. ' 1 ' Z, ,.."-! :v VL 'A ian.-:-Revised .Version,, ffts 12. Where is he J Asked Irom a natw nral curiosity.' I know not. Jesus had; not waited fo, the Jeure, but had gone his way,": '"a 'k'utr'i.i:. 13. 2b 'the Pharisees; Not tthe" San hedritt in Res8lon,.but a company ot the, leading : Pharisees, tha ioes j.o Christ. ; ' "' ;..r'i.':4u-ii,k. It. Keepeth not the Sabbath day: The Pharisees interpreted ; the Jaw. of the Sabbath so as to make it a burden rath er than a blessing. ";',:7t ' trZtt" If. That M.JiaVt; op"jfa!-rTb Revised Vertion' makes this plainer by inserting in before that; tit : itiv that he hath, etc. Prophet.-He did not know as yet,' that Jesui wafl the .IJXessiah; bdt the miracle proclaimed him a onesent; - LESSON PROFnfQSi? it SyliereinlM Tht acUonsarenot necessaruy tne result bf personal I slns ; 2. That God hss a wise nnroose In afflicting his peo ple t S An Incentive to earnest work for the Lord while we live. 4. .That Jesui is able, to give sight to the spiritually, blindr 6VJTbat" faith " and obedience bring heaiingt; ; ; ;; J"CT,t . . :r - APPLICATION,' y a !i U There was such a difference In the - man spoken of in the ' lesson," between when be was blind and when he ;a eiired, that '"bis ; neighbors' all took notice of it, and were curious to t know how his healing-was brought about.' His' changed conduct spoke 4oudly of the crace of Jeax. T7hen boys and girls become Christiana and live like Christ- - "1 -I ' IT 1 u - 3 , ..line Organ ofl lana; they too recommend Jeeoe by their . Ante ouna man Kew that he wae healed; he was not In doabt, nor did he Mess at It." He did not -deaire to- go back "to ' blindness. ; Strange that one wnose splritnal eyes Chrkt has -opened uuuk oe m aoaot aooae it, or ever think of going back to the darkness of sin.6 . ' . .s , ..1.; v $umdufff Seho0tJPaperm for. Third 1 Qttarter. PKind Words Weekly, Semi-Monthlpi Xesson Papers, Quarterly jid The1 Gem have twen- printed for th third 1 Quarter and are - being mailed. ! The ofioe of pnbocatlon has been remb vch) tO'Atlan ta and the pabUtbem nave brosght out theirThird Qaarter papers 'with new typaj new pletriif well-prepared lest sons. " They are determined to make the new publicationB equal to the very beet anywheres The Southern Baptist Con vention and the 'various Baptist State Conventions have endorsed these-'pabtt' cations said warmly commended them to the support of the denomination all over the Bonth. This Is done beeaoee these: papers are the1 property of the Southern Baptist -Convention and beoaua the publishers divide their proQts wKh the' Home MtesioD Board. 1 " When Baptist people pay money to Kind WorOs they pay; money to themselves that i to their misslott work which Is the same' thing, . 1 . , . - t .1 ll The Weekly Eind Words is as ' pretty as any Sunday school paper we have ever seen: It has three pages' of inter esting reading for the children with les sons for all classes . and ? helps " for the teachers," on the other pages ; the ' price : is mty cents a year, in clans or eight or 1 more; the Semi-Monthly is the same size and general appearance as the" Weekly, ! with two lessoni in it. Schools having meeDngaov aiteraatoSabbssUM will nod It the very thing. . The price is twenty : nve cents a year in clubs 01 eight or more. ; The Lesson Papers' or Leaflets contain each' one leou carefully .pre- pared. These are exceedingly popular t and are- printed by teu of tbotwands ! the price Is only ten cents a year., A school caa get one.huudred copieaof : the Leaflet a year . or ; teu : dollars,- two ' dollars and a half for each three montha The tfem is for the very little folks; and ' Is a great pleasure to tbent. : Rev. Sam'l ' Boykin, the editor, has letters of appro ' val from all sections of the eonntry, for tne excellence witn wmcn ne prepares tols little paper. TDe price , is twenty- nve cent a year.- Hubecrtpuons received for all these publications," if desired,; by the quarter; fbe printed for- only' one more.-quarter A. U If .Wf ff AM A0 AA VWAAA AW AM V. AAA (the 3rd.: 7 After that it will be discon tinued and a graded series will be" sub stituted. In sending-subscriptions for tne 4.worwrir, tnereiore, send lor one quarter, five cents eeeh, ten for fifty .cents. We are explicit in giving -: these facts. because wc wish to encourage ; tne , sew publishers by having; our readers send large orders. It is our duty to- sustain our. own literature, u it is as good as any other, and we think it is better, j Send all communications to r Knn Words, Atlanta, Qa. The Candidate and. the People. Once more the voice of the candidate is heard in the land, and the patriot with out number are-ready to serve tha "dear people- and enjoy , the emoluments of office. All this is well and good, but there are some tilings i that, the -people want ! to know, especially, ofL.tnose, who are so anxious to legislate for the good of the commonwealth, Ther want to know lamong other thing, If It Is proposed to use the people's money to foster the .State College at the expense of the de- onat colleges, r ius people. are- earnest in this matter, , and v they do not intend to be trilled, with. ; They do inot propose for a moment, to surrender 'their church; schools, baptized ' as they have been by the prayers. 01 so mauy arodlv men and ' women, and .' sustained as they are by thf voluntary offering of as true Christian patriots as ever trod the soil of South Carolina. Wofford College will live as long as Motbodism lives In Sdutli Carolina. Furman Unl- rverslt : will grace the hills of Greenville and bless the SUte as long as the Bap tist church fulfills her mission. , .Ers-' kineand Newberry are- here, and they are here to stay so long as the Presbyte rian and Lutheran1 churches are true to their trost.' The" denominational col leges cannot be legislated ' out of; exis tence, either directly , by the repeat of their: charters.' or Indirectly, by the starving process Incident to the unfair competition Of free tuition."' The friends of these institutions are largely and chiefly the State.:' With 'unparalleled forbearance they have stood by and wit nessedthe attempts 01 tneir servants to do this wrong to their church schools In the name of the state, xney nave ar gued and reasoned and "petitioned, but all In vain. . They hoped that; a linger- lnir sense of gratitude tor wnat tnese in tituttons had done ' for the State in the pas MireU as toelr sense or r tneix respect zor wxm iaw oM it stooo. on the ' statute- books,' ' would soon f put an lend: to this injustice.' But in this they were disappointed."' Free tuition is stilt joffered in the State College to rich and -ooor alike.' " while the poor Children: In the 'common' schools must be satisfied with only a few months of Indifferent In struetion' in the course of the year. $ i The friends, of the 'denominational colleges are 'peaceable "and law-abiding eltlzens. ' TbtJ-r. have TOUered this un- Ji-eombelrittoii'n4erv-sover lof lawf feont nrvolt buti witK'inany. btiL ' 1 Uey prppQsw to nraeni no long-, t U ThA time is attamd when their can Invoke the'-powsr of"the tbaUotHboxin Uieir OetMUi, AUU ttAMVJ JflVWW UWUA A. flirr-deDMcate"ther' necesSAt-r of this course,' but since thr necessity .is upon ihetii.-theyTWopoee totneetlfairfy and quarely; If "any.-kblnk that' this wlU toot be a question in tnB -election tnisiau thev are very much mistaken.' In some hnontiesr It will be fHiUdsUon: and tn all it will be an toprrtant factor In de- Urmmifig1 who slmU represent ns tn the fiace ijpBmifc . . . . , Ealetthe Candidates be Interrogated. rt them lie imade to understand- that khe soverign' people mean to' take this bnestion in band and settle It most effect Sihr" And ULtn' this settlement. they are- net as considerate in the inUrestrof the State CoHege as the friends pf that Institution desire,, let ? those friends hlAme none but themselves, who have Koon too blind to see and too deaf to hear South' Carolina Christian, Ad- locate, June 17, 18S3. " ' . -' v.. L ..' ttl ,"'iV ,5 .iVi 1 the - North .Crohira' BaprntSiVDcilrotcd to Bible.. Religion Education, Literature .v,Wita,ttti!miItirtur.: ,-!(. --n -At . -M,f.. 'u?si-i -'.ni Some Thoughts on the Communion This is an exceedingly fertile subject and anords a great many thoughts, ! r -: lite me ask yon gentle reader, to lend ma yon unbiased, attention. Fo this Is a very important ) snbjeett .whether I can make it interestiag or no&qBo : J-u Carat has given His churches two Or dinanee,vis : Baptism and the Common km of d the -Lord's Supper, both t rkh in Mpirttaal sJsmifleaUMteoli:)''':' .di4itl ul t-The Lord's Sapper has been yariously esticnated, t , ny men otroca aim esaenuai gfea-to-nothing' more than t siiri 'rei past that may oa ooearved or neglected as one may cbeods. flomn saein it noth lng more than m coa tin nation of ! the paschal supper under the' sawl1af leU "Jjet me say here In passing,-:' that we as christians are ..bound to observe this ordinance in its proper time and plaee and way, 'for incomes to US with all the commandlcgTOTce of the nature, person and authority tof the Lord Jesus Christ' He taysVDo thlaft Do it then we must or! fail to d iwhat Ha bba Bldaii!t;isti'.'il ..U :t Jjy.H Uts. J-4:;t-. It Is clearly : not- to bo put upon an equality with asocial repast, i For tho bread is the commanion of the body of Christ; and the wine 1 is communion -of the blood of Christ, and 11 the tpro-f eal pleasure 01 friend: with friend,' .bot obey ing a eomioiand of 1 -Jesoa1 in i which. numan ties are lost, i tAad an obises ln- finitely above aR i this should fill every soul, thatP Is, to ehowi forth the death and. snfumnsr of the blessed Saviour As to the) Lord's So pper taking, ?un der the gospel dispensation, the pJaoeox the paschal sapper under the law I am not agreed! i Far v4Chrlst is . the end of the law to every ? one that believeth. w "Christ oar passover has been sacrificed. for ua"? .01d things are passing away,; behold, alt 1 things t are become, new.': The paschal supper reminded - the Jewst tnat tney , naa - Deea . savea irom. neatn This ordinance' reminds us of the actual death of Jesus, land shows this great faetrtothe world-s. -,. .. ..;-.'e t; That this ordinance i a grace,' I rami not agreed. It may be, and is when pro perly observed, a channel tnrougu wnicu grace flows into our souls, and is to that; extent a means of grace, But we shouldi never mistake a means of grace.howevei potential, for grace Itself, - n There are diOerenee of opinion as to the nature of the elements used in this ordinance. ; AH admit that bread abd. wine are the original things taken.; But some claim that in a mysteriou way the- , bread and wine are changed In the eonser crauun ty uie uiiuisier, mw uat actuaii flesh and blood of Christ's personThist they, call '"Traos-sabeUnMatson." , i, , ,: Others claim that in toe oonsee ration 1 the actual flesh -and bloodif of Christ comes to the table and in soma mysteri- oos way mmirlM with the bread and wine. This they call "Cou-enbstantia-i tion." To neither of these views are we agreed. Others hold that the elements are and remain bread and wine that these are em blems of the broken body and shed blood of Christ's own choosing and in stituting we show forth from bis death till he come. To this view we hold with all the force of our being. To whom was this ordinance deliver ed? And who may be permitted to par ticipate in its celebration! ..; ih, I suppose all enristians wno believe in the literal observance of the ordinances will agree that this was given by; Christ to his churches, and by them it is to be kept, guarded and observed till become. ; In regard to tne--second j v wno, may be permited to participate rin the cele- . Af J Ii 11.:. 1 ji u 1 ' orauon u iuu uruiuMixt, ; ws nave uoi quarrel with any one,, , 1 But Jet us de fine pur position arid, attempt to prove it rignt in - scrtptnra. and. logic.: it in aaj tnat tnere-are . certain prerequis ites to admission ; to tne Jjords table, -S A. XI A A o wnac are snese prerequuntesi , n I supposeit wul not be traversed that baptism is one., j And there is a divinely established'' relation between the ordi nances of baptism and-the Lord s Sup per; and this relation grows out of their nature and design? -nud is necessitated by their mutual, relation to. another divine Institution, that Is to say, church metnDersmp. it is important tnat this institution be ; bald 'up, for it- forms a necessary link. ; A great deal has' been said and written about the relation of baptism and communion, as though that relation were direct and immediate, ' losing signt-oi tne institution coming oe tween, vit i " Church .' membership,: but this sh6uld ; never be done," for it Is' through and -on account of this the re latlon exists and is. maintained between the two ordinances,' Let me state.' it thus : Baptism , was designed and ' estab lished as a rite to be I administered', to: ipenltent' believera; preceding and 'pre requisite to. church memi ershib. The Lord's Supper was .designed ny Christ, and to established as a church .ordi nance, folio wing ' church membership.: It follows then that baptisui and church membenhlp .must, 'precede the; Lord's Ibership hardly needs pr6of ' for It is nni- o obeerre the ordinances r of VCbristl' however they regard the relation be- tween the ordinances, that baptism must precede church memberships "And all require some act they consider; baptism inecessary before church membershin.J; j The first record of the 'gospel under the apostles gives, this order of church l)UAldingT They that gla4iy received his (word werebaptl2ed. Vand the same da Iwere added nnto ? them, ; aboht: three.' idusand' souls. AJtjd ihx -Contihtied wAiTasci v in. tna a -wst. km- : n vt if n a idf ell6w8ii!f andlnVreallhg df bread." . -Thl.1sI1-aprjst6 rery reference to! this AntheNeWTes': itient i-Ton the fame Im. 'Recelvlrti?tri' wora; naptisin; aacraon wrtne -cnoren. reuowsnip, .Breaking, pwadV Which" last ll' MlaalT f hd T srCTTsj. fnTAakw s Wtiw' ia ArtSfViiA artttmsm fiAiVai a. AsVa id nTW a V wj s utuif wi rvfvc- msojArt VI f yuM is lo inejora s tapper j ::xm is. tne -tuming point '; For this is '.hot like the preceding thought,' universally admitted' (but n il equauy : susceptible of ! piywt tabMshlng thif our argument becomes AMMMB.AmVvl'A.Wj M4i. 4mi.A.Ia. J.lril SUUW.IMU. ouu yw wuuiuuuu auuu, yr apostolic; example ;and ibj' "by:i clude an unworthy member.' Tbe' prac-. tice of the' first church shows that thfi Lord's Sapper was demed-ahdL'irae-r ticed as a cArcA' ordinance, wit hi ii the' church, by ohurth members. ; The plan as we nave already seen in Acts 2: 42. 43, was eonversien; baptism, addition to the church,"-chtudj-feUow8hIp, breakfngj pi DreacL Tfiey vcontlnued eadust' le-ti r Vi A ei Tvrsxrf 1 ami ' rT-u.fwtriA - s-i -I fniTrrmoMM aa iraav earvsv-sys -swimua cwaava aomv v OkXif -1--,.- I .:'."! ' t. if ts $ ',- r rf j f, " - , . , ; . i . . . rr S and In breaking of bread and In prayers. Again we are told in Acts s 20: 7, that : "Upon the first: day of the -week, the ! disciples came together to break bread, w showing that they observed the 1 Lord'i ! Sapper in their church, as a church or dinance. " The words 01 raol, " wnen ye come together ; therefore , into one -niace, ''Uespue ye tne cnurcn oi uoa, ; IAIVtCAVIV . V i"MVH ; jm come together to eat, tarry one for anoth er,", show , very clearly, that . the , disci plea regarded this ordinance as being in the church, and for the church, the same being previous v baptized and at .the time in fellowship. . i,, ;.,,... , 4,I--.-n Christ granting to the oburch the righ t, and; jpower.i to , exclude , an , unworthy merniW.. proves clearly .that this oxdf? nance is peculiar to . church fellowship, and that those eioluded shall not parti-i eipate in its celebration, r Jesus , says. Matt 18:' IT. 'If an unworthy brother will not hear the church to treat him as an heathen man and a publican; ! How could he. be treated , thus if he were ent titled to sit with the church at the Lord's, Supper after hia exeiasion r' : But Id this we sure not left in doubt1 For the Holy. Spirit declares explicitly and unequivo cally through Paul that they shall not come to the Lord's Table. But now I have written unto you not to keep companyr If any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, 1 or a Tailor, or a drunkard, or an extor tioner, with suoh a one, no not eat" Not to eat what t Why clearly, the Lord's . Supper. It cannot mean: in worldly th'ngs for then must we j needs go out of the world; but if in church mat ters and that eating is especially men tioned And this proves that this ordi nance is peculiar to church fellowship: The power- to exclude a member is not conrlned to cases of Immoral conduct. It j is extended to all cases of departure from the truth. For it Is written, "Now I beseech you brethren, mark them hich cause di visions and onences among 3 you, contrary to tne doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them." i "A man that is a heretic after the first and second admonition reject" "Now we command you brethren, In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye with draw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition (or doctrine) which he received of oa" Who can doubt but tl ese who cause "divisions and offences," and are "here tics" and "walk disorderly and not af ter the doctrine received of Paul, were to be excluded, and therefore denied the privilege of comiDg to the Lord's Sup- per. ' . : . . ! . , -Then a man need not necessarily bave belonged to one of our churches and been excluded to keep him from - the Lord's Table in our churches. 1 Though I think, I have proven logi cally and scripturaliy tnat sncn a one is excluded ; out ii ne noids views, lor . 1 f 1 1 V . 1 ? A ' iwnicn views, me ieiiowsnip. ox our 'churches would be withdrawn from him, he cannot be invited : for cnrcft fellow-' hip is prerequisite. Such a brother may or may not belong to an organiza tion admitted, in common parlance, be a church, be may or may not bave been ; baptized after the mode we believe cor rect, but still, if be bold views or prac tices which would exclude him from our churches we cannot invite him to the communion of the Lord's Supper. For the command is, "Withdraw from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the doctrine of Christ" and "Dot keep company with, such a one, no not to eat." Now, In the face of these Scriptures, if it be true, as we believe it is, that there are many about us, in whose piety we have the utmost confidence, , that have In some particulars departed from the doctrines given by Clod, and are to the extent of their departure' heretical from the Word of God, we are left no discretion; we are bound by our con sciences and. by loyalty to Christ to ex clude from our church-fellowship, and this as we have shown excludes them from the Lord's Table. j But one will say. "How is it that yon .invite members cf other churches of your, own faith and . order, to the Lord's Table, if church fellowship is necessary, for itis implied in the invitation that I answ T,we do not. invite tbem.thdngh the words carelexsly used sometimes. might leave such an impression. ! We spread tne Lord's Table and tell all present who are one with us in doc trine to show forth the death and ! suf fering of our Lord Jesus . Christ -And if there Is a brother present, " who because-of distance, or that be may1 the better serve the Master' belongs to an other' chnmh. one with nM'ln drvtrin and practices; and but for these or Simi lar reasons equally good be would lie a member with ' us. ' Such a brother' has the right to come with ns to the Lord's Table. " It Is hot then an Invitation, but an announcement that the Lord's Table tie spread. .':";: 7;";r; U"T .;."'' i ! The same kind of reasoning which ex cludes a "brother from this ordinance for holding Tie ws and practices heretical ifromus, although he may never have ibelontred to our church and been ex cluded, admits a brother of rather let us ,say gives a ' brother who; belongs to an other church, one with ns In doctrine iand fellowship, the right, and anreqdal Iright,1 with 'n-t,' td come with: ns to' .the Lord's Table when it' Is spread. i I ; And further, no brother has the right to stay-away; trota tney Lord's Table iwhen spread by his brethren' with whom a is in ieuowshlrju"-';. :',, f ;," Whenbe fails to show forth the death and suffering of his Saviour, if an op portunity Is offered, he does wrong.' For Christ's suffering and death' were the crowning giones or nis worn ox redemp- Hour 'Lenoirrir, C.: Deat j&eeorderiYonr; notes ott' the i i Eiecessltypf religious1", education in' set ling the negro problem ' has -beenvread GhJhttresfc"' " '4- " ; he consideration' of .a fewnfac.s''-s itl' rgest to those who thlnkVol'fPhly ie importance Dut4 tne duty imposed pon 'the white' face ltd took f after the foligious Instruction of their colored brethren. They are in our ; j inldst,ln ivass numDers, and 'are here to' stay. They are free with;: the ! ballot .box in hand' arid for the possession of which. j luer are uufa rveponiuiuo sua . luouta A V. -.'A rA. A . . . hot be so held." They came not of their pwn accord, they made no effort td se cure their freedom it came to' them they did not seek the ballot It was givt en tnem. wnatever 'may ne the right Or.tne wrong involved in these facta; tney are not in , justice to be neld ac countable: "".' ; - y " r ! Bnt beinor her In inih nnmtwn nn, eontrolled, with the right to vote, ;they become a most momentous factor affec ting for weal or for woe, the dearest In terest "of our - eommon .? country.1 " As f -i f, .'.-) i a.'-', i fA f" ,iJS'i.i laborers; ,al thought tini many . respects very deficient they 'are the best that the South has secured. .They touch us in "all theVrelatlons of human 'effort The bales of cotton,'1 bushels of corn' pounds 'of ' rice; In 'fact ;the .' general material and financial prosperity of the country Tesults1 very, largely from their labor; while in our homes they" contri bute greatly to our domestic comfort of discomf orti ,h Jo our political life; . their influence.!: no kittle In- making presi dents,, congressmen t and State . )egislar tors,,! They are overwhelmingly in ; the majority in.; many districts, .andawhen they, learn ; to consolidate - and h control their strength, they will represent them selves in the, various offices of, those district" Even now their; vote deter mine, whether cities and' counties -shalj abolish tbe liqoor - traffic, 'abd whether the " no fence law " shall be enacted j To the facts of their presence and power we must not close' our eyes. i ' - If all this be true and if the religion of Jesus is the grand agency for ; preparing men for all the -relations (of t !tfe does not patriotism Ldemand . that ' aa dtizns of our common eountry, we nse this agency in qualifying , these people .for citizenship Wi .h& .tuuls iU-it ",.'td But above and beyond this, they, are -human beings, possessing f,lmmortal souls,' included In the " every Creature of the cotninission, in' our midst, speak ing Our language, anxious to receive the' gospel from our haud----what reason can be given for Ignoring aftd neglect ing them, Tin giving' the gospel to earth's mUlionstfr"v:? ,;!''' v It is gratify ing to know i that the bar rlersia the, way of '.religions, efforts, by the whites, among :tha-oolored people are yielding as time jpaaaes1 audi the pious among the-; whites are- asking the question, how caa wt, given the pure gospel to the masses of the negro raoe?, This was done before the war bj.y white pastors and preachers in the same bouses and under the same ciroumstances that it was preached, to the white race; But circumstances 'and1 the conditions of things were, ' changed.' 'New While the' blacks hear with pleasure" the ' 'white prvacberf and value their ' Instruction, yet for general religious' 'services, they desire, and very properly will have, teen of their own race , to dor then work. There are well defined limits and bound-, aries therefore to the effort of white, preachers among the blacks. . To disre gard these limits is to forfeit, the .confi dence and respect of both - races in i the jnan who does it, . and to injure , the prospects of giving them the, gospel., In some cases this has already, been done. ,- ; 1 ! -: , What can the whites do for the blacks. iand how can it be done? are' questions' of importance. i!;t''ii'y The fact should ever be recognized that what is 1 done for them' must be effected largely '! through 1 channels- of j their own selection which are their own colored preachers. ' The best that can be done then in giving the colored people the- pare gospel, i to prepare their -- ministers and leading christian' men as instructors,-! and ; to contribute to the support of these men as mission-' aries. The colored ministers Is the grand agency by which the mind of the mass of the colored people is. moulded. To fit and qualify this class of. men with the truth and to encourage them In their evangelistic work is the most' effective way to impress the colored race with the Gospel. ,, , ; Their ministers need instruction.. Most of them are very ignorant-. Their Institutions of learning are gradually leavening the lump. But the men 'now in the field the- present pastors, . who are now moulding the public mind are conscious, many of them, of their ig norance. . They ' cannot go to these' schools and hence if left to themselves must grope in darkness and be ; blind leaders of the blind.. It is Interesting! to see their anxiety for instruction abd like . hungry . children they, feed - upon the exposition of gospel; truth.:. ; The Home Board, in connection with our State Boards cannot prosecute a more important work, ; than, that inau gurated In Georgia, by which . Instltu-: tesare held in dlllerent parts . of the State, for the instruction of the colored' preachers and deacons in the doctrines and ordinances of the gospel. . . , A few days spent In studying the out lines of the doctrines and church polity of the gospel, as drawn directly from the t Bible, with simple, .short printed explanations will do more good in pre paring those men to preach, than caai be secured in any otner way . - r - a The statement ; has been : made by those who have had advantages of theo logical training in the .schools, that they -have received more benefit froth those Bible studies than they have received from, months of study in the schools. ' In the minds of some , oi bur. people, there is a prejudice against , this work. This is to be expected. But this antag onism Is fast giving way, and, yet it is strong enough to crush the work and the man who is engaged in it,' unless he possesses in himself forces of character, and the confidence of his brethren ; suf- ncienuy, to sustain nun. . ; ,, . ; i. . ... . ,,. - j j4vr every gooa t preacner , wui,, maae a good iufctructor of the colored people. He must have dear' cut views of truth, and be capable in simple terms and yet with the warmth of a loving1 heart of presenting the truth in A peaceful man-f Should ' your? State -engage in this work, i select your best, wisest ; most I udiciocis, and ;tnot influential man-; one who can condescend ' to men Of low estate," and lift them up without lowering himself,'-' q -t G. BM." j Griffin. GaWW f-fi'-.u.-i i-:i v i 1 Let'me poF be ashamed ..ottinjr hope! Putiti A-rT 11R ; "...,. : ' i , wnoeoerer tnereiore snail confess me before men him, 'will I confess also, be- Z,J W-h? t Reaven., Matt, x: iW. t -t , . . band,' saying unto thee, Fear not: Twill ; thr laaiah xli: l'fa i iueiioiuuiujieeper. jrsauucxxi: a. I - Nowi unto him thai Wable to-keep you Sti-om talltngi .Jude 3U ..TssaAt-oit Who wilt not stuXer-you to be- tempt ea aoove tnat ye are - aoievi cor j xt ls.aty t&rMWit: "dtM-S.! -::Jlf, hlXB j :He nimsalf hath suffered,1 being tempt-t ed e He is able to succor them 'that are tet-roted.ii Hebi- fl'Sf:-lBUia-al lii'i'i I If any man sin;' we have an i advocate Isltb the Father, sjesus Christ i the rlgh teons.i HJobn itr-Z." J.9sts-iirio-'-$i t If we confess our r sins," he is- faithfal and just to forgive us - our , sins , and to Cleanse us from all , unrighteousness. . 1 JohnI:9. : 4 , , Yet will I not forget thee.Laiah xlix: i l. will' never leave thee nor forsake aV- ir.t er y en a - UUVtx. aaells JUlli U. iJCrCUW A rCwCe. , ! . . I i .'.;! b.ti fa 'AailuS- -U. orfy 1 j J;-i? il'-l ' S. 3 if Agnculture and General -InteluEfence d .,, t 'Bay State Latter, i'T No. 2.r t a '-Deor J2ecofdffr.--i-There' no question bdt that' the stand-point of the f'A dover School , is regarded by many-a prominently,; If not pre-eminently rep resentative of 'New England! religious thought"' The 'jdftfwer Review which champions the progressiva orthodoxy, seems as. a. matter, of fact, to be on a firm . basis of popular . support ,Tis S noted from; and quoted against, some' mes1 in lively fashion but never so far asr we have seen.o with i other than re spectful reference Mechanical execu tion,, eldlled ability, and, effort which one might style" prodlgiohs, pombine to give thi periodical a ehabceIn-thei struggle! f or eadatoeant-JI. Voltalrewa4 Vufftatedf1?iJtiei declared, ftV with:,, the; rosea, of applause." Every new moon sees a fresh Issue of this, stately 'and solid production; and the wbhder is how devoted -rreadsrs keep jUi srithueh a rapid pace, and are not simply dismayed and overwhelmed In the rolling tide. , .' The' confidence,' positiveness and vig 6rousioviement!'to!the front of what elaims to! be ant Improved: system of in iestigation, cannot fail vto be: of some, iterest to Baptist lovers of the truth in this region, and elsewhere as well. s The new theology affirms Ub mission to be that stripping i from sacred truth i tha trappings, r, the cerements, the hinder ances and disfigurements . which ages,! and false conceptions; &6., have thrown about it,' to present; in a wordthe old faiths in the -new light of modern elajsei-; fled christian thought If this unbiassed! and pepet rating gaze may have disclosed some "new 'and ' startling developments of doctrine,' well and good, at the same timehe thonghfe suggests itself, that if a teacher or class in "Wake Forest" or ' Newton should come put with the announcement of an expanded 'proba tion l," and that Dr. Watts might have said, vj .'ifsiiij; 7i,--''f i.-v.i.-ty-i-- , ; " And when the lamp has ttd to burn, ' r .,i;Th yilest sinner , may return '. -: t., ; , , H on ' certain specified T conditions. We' opine the .bomb that scattered, the.por. lice in a Western , city hardly created a, more real consternation . than would be: excited by such an utterance0 1 But the point we now make Is, What is the result of the latest and best eriti-: cism, Andover theology being the avow ed exponent what the best scholarship, the keenest clarified " Christian thought as to- the Biblical ground of Infant Baptism r- Should jit be thought by some that this subject is of too small importance to demand, the scrutiny of the 'modern- school, 'we' reply; It " Is brought distinetly forward in the public examination of the young men. When now the revolving, concentrated, light " of purest ray serene " strikes this ob-, ject what shrivelling there wlU"1 be of every; the last remnant of superstitious appendage I Now for the voice of Ger- many's best scholars, , her historians of tbe Christian ages, her exegetes. Now scriptures which have heretofore been forced to do service ' for sv man-appointed rite shall be shown in a dry light and in their native purity.-: Neander's his toric testimony that the tap root of In fant Baptism is traced to Its origin in a' profound " Christian idea," in the se cond century, this shall.' tell ; Ah ! Baptist friends, the : keen " Mephitic blast" of the newest criticism which should seem to sweep into oblivion all and sundry, the excrescences and man made addenda to the sacred text touches, these points as the gentle zephyr, or as the sunshrne falls on the noxious flower. Such verses as speak of the' '" children brought to Christ,? of ' your children being holy." of ; household baptisms," which we verily believed the sound exe-- eesis of th; 19th uentury rad nronouneJ ed dead and buried, so far as being wit-: nesse for infant baptism ' Is concerned,' are, positively,: appealed to " on ; these heights," in sustaining the old supplant- era ot (jurist's own rite. And baptism " lu the place of circumcision " Is made, still, to serve as a staff to which to pin this "rag of popery ."saNow we suggest, and is it not a fair, question I . , If the progressive principles are potent to the extent of resurrecting and butting on a new probation the testimony for baptiz ing babes in the above named scriptures. to, what feats of startling interpretation may .tney pot be competent ? : Mr. Beecher, the papers state, "bap tized a number of Infants among the in cidents of his recent temporary good-bye to his people. This .distinguished preach er owns the absence, of .New Testament tftftAhlniy fin thla nractiftA: " Tt 1 fnnnd to be useful, is his plea, ' and is there fore an ordmanoe 01 tiod;" should say an ".ordinance ef obligatory. ? Tbe singular, position , of Andover w Is, that' while ; Infant Bap tism M scriptural, 'tis M not obligatory 6 3.. New Testimonies. BT H. 8. OSBORST, IaIa. D. . What a , wonderful . resurrection that ie(bf Nineveh how transpiring upon 1 lie nan as ot tne Tigris, m , Mesopotamia. Tne Dunai ox tnat city was in a grave which the Lord made: 'Twill make thy grave (Nahmri ' 1 i 14).4 This Sprophecy was made about 700- years B. C., and the burial took place one hundred years alter out) u. u. ! ninevsn was m Deautiini and ' power ful city wben its last kin shot himself up in ita walls for two. years before its destruction by Cyaxares, the king of Media.4 ? At fhli time Media' covered a trrftoryfoXthe1 east of f Nineveh,6f only about the area occupied by. the States pi xork, rennsyiyania and Virginia, or little more than twice the alze ofNew" EhgUind.":"Bu the . Meads , were mountaineers and a 'hardy 'race,' and cei tain testiuiouies, Jrum tnrman nmeBts.-how- that ;the. Assvrians. had been growiDg effeminate for many years "before tbe destrucnon 01 their capitaL iTha last i mention of Hioeveh in tbe Scriptures la in the prophecy of Zepha-i to lan (Z: is j, wno wrote m tne da y of Josiah, king of J udah and Nineveh was then prdud, Voluptuous and weak, i j -'It has been' only within the past forty years that anything of much value., has been known of Nineveh, and It is less time stoewr the-monument,' inelading thousands ot tablets, have revealed to tis i the: history -of that's ancient 7 and splendid empire. - , j Comparatively speaking, very few of those' who read, the , Bible are aware.' bf the fact, that' at the! present, .day Vlni- mense numbers of these historical tab-' lets and monuments have already been removed from the clay hills and mounds bf Nineveh to tbe museums and private eollectiwua of, Europe and of this land,; and great numbers of scholars are trans lating the Assyrian and other languages found upon them, and marvelous testi- -" -'..' 'I fir .t fVil 2 XE,i-i I1 monies to the siecaraey of the OldTe tamebt are yearly discovered, v.; ij.'l (.t . An ; interesting fact ia that the clay, which was packed dbwn'npon these re mains,' sealed them from' both' air 'and water, and that so" tightly that the let ters, where the slabs are xmbroken, are as though they were , fresh from the writer's hands. . Let us imagine a finely lettered clay "slab, ft little more than a foot square and about an Inch thick; and this makes one of some 11,000 now in the British, Museum., .which forms what may be called the pages from the library of Ass-arbanfpal, king of Nineveh. Twelve of these little slabs formed what is known as theereati6n 5 tablets,1 be cause that they contain some record of the Creation, and particularly of the Del uge. . This last mentioned, king reigned from 667-647 B. C. So that these tablets have 'actually survived the burial of twenty Jive centuries, t . One of the most important facts learn ed from this tablet history, Is that the' belief in the'One God prevailed In those earliest ages, long before the tfnte sf As sarbeBipaL: for these tablets assert that, what they narrate was copied from . far earlier tablets .fount iq the sacred city of ' Erecb; ' ninety' miles ' southeast ' of Baybylou, in ancient Chaldefc'"1'-' i On these tablets we read that the one God explains to tbe newly created man his duties the phrase ''God and man" 8ometuf.es occurs, '"God and the king" ia veir vireaent'The Evidence Ii clearly developed on i these! : tablets, : as translated by Mr. G, Smith, that in the: earliest ages the doctrine of one supreme" Godwastaught It is vei-y" interesting to-learn from other1 cdnelform ' tablets,' now-in the British' MuBeunV dated ' in the reign of several ancient Greek kings and found at old Erecb, that tbe doe trine of the one God supreme was taught toa late period the only name of a deity found on these tablets; and this is many times repeated, is "God One." Now, this city Erecb. mentioned.' In Gen.' 10: 10, was an old city several cen turies . before Abram left Uri' It wa only fifty -; miles ; northwest of , Abram's native place on the opposite side of tbe Buphrales, and It was the seat of learn ing for all Chaldea and, hi after centu ries, lor Babylon and Nineveh. It IT probable that both Abram and Melchiz- edek received their early Impressions of the Host High God from these tradi tions descended from the time of Noah;'- tne preacner or ngnteousness." Notes of Recent Trips Continued. - ' - - -"No: ; : ! - '- ;' During, our, stay In Oxford, we bad the pleasure of visiting the female Semi' nary of rrot y. P. Hobgood, With' his 140; beautiful7 youag" ladies!; 'a; school that the citizens of .the plaee might well be proud of ; and that they, were, ia evi denced by the large attendance dally from the town, as well as the house full of boarders. But ft is vacation now; and before the next seasion in August tne wnole buUdingwui. be remoddled, and additions made in front, which will be quite grand and imposing; thus mak ing the Oxford' Female Seminary an at tractive and i delightful retreat for the fair daughters of , Granville and , sur rounding country. , : " The "Horner Military and Classical Institute " at Oxford is ' also an honor to the place. , By invitation from the erudite and genial Principal, Prof. Jas. Horner, we drank tea at the long tables, where In perfect and gentlemanly order, and with most charming propriety the young cadets, over 100, matched in, tak ing their seats quietly at the well-filled board, presided over by one of the pro fessors' fair daughters, an accomplished and graceful young lady; wno-' did the honors of the table as composedly-and as fully ..aitfait tin all the mysteries. of tne tea-table arrangements, as the mother herself, who bleasantly informed us,' that it was her custom to teach her daughters thus, to preside, and to take their .turn, each week, at the head of the table. The 'idea is "good, and it would be' well to be followed inf verv Inome eircle. i - -n;"? k , The home of rest for a weary preacher in Oxford,', is the elegant . mansion . of brother D. A. Hunt Here tbe visiting brother' finds a warm " welcome.' Here this wanderer loved to return at inter vals, to find a cheerful greeting, and lively interest In tne success of tne mis sion for which we pleaded. i It was hard to say farewell w to such a kind famuy,r but partings must come.' ! Madison. In Rockingham county, was our next objective point; and to this retreat, among the high hill of that arreat tobacco region, we hasted away. leaving borne on the morning of May 22ndt reaching Keidsviile At 10 'a.-: m. ; iWentworth at 1 p. m., and -Madison at j7 p. m., tne same oay.. . , '-After tea' at the house bf 'brother D. iW. Bosick,-we inquired if anything new !wasoiog on ln.town.iK-i- ; m :. . -. . j- VYessaid be 'Mr. Moon Is , here holding a ' meeting: in the ; Methodist church ; and - a we "had "never heard that good sister '"apeak In public on Che 'stage." we went; In. company; witn sev feral ; brethren and the young , Baptist pastor: Rev; W. Lt. Wilson, to see and hear "something new," as the Athenians 'did on a tjerlainiOccaslonT .During the next week we virited ser eral churches in Rockinzbam county. over Whom ' brother W. H. Wilson is pastor. ' This youDg brother Is laboring over t there among the high hills, and. almost .' solitary and,, alone "holding forth the word of life "to th eager people wno nocK W nis uunistry. c vre saw uie good effects bf that ministry at."Beaver Island." h Providence,-" Mount Her- mon.7. and."Hadison.7n and his praise ts .oh every tongue, whieh is saying only the trutn.i; - ' rvvv:. -A miracle of - grace-was' pointed out ns, in an aged brother, near Jit lier on. now in his Q3rd year., who two ears ago only, gave himself to Jesus in limpie M faith 'anor 'was ' baptized. 0h,' bow ' wnnderf di 1 Is theLoTd'ln all his waysllr How-full patience! Just, think . of i the .Great Father bear ing with a sinner ninety-odd years, and then' laving hhn at last r J What but the eternal election, in Christ Jesus, before the foundation of the world, ever could have, brought . this old, brother to the foot of the cross! The skeptic would ask. "Oppose ' he had died ' before all those long- years bad passed T" - We re ply, confidently, bat he dWn'ti die; neither i would, the -Lord . let Mm ate. before' he came In possession of ; that sTace nnto which he was called from all ete-rttliv.-ftThis Ji'otrt f faith. ' One of God's eleeti cannot die before the day of their salvation, Ail tbe , deviis in nell canuot "pluck them out of my Father's hand," and this old man was sustained in life, till be reached 90 years; and then entered the open door, which was always open for him, ,1 talked with him of his trust in 'Jeans, and , as be grasped my TheBiblical Recorder. ' ADVERTISING RATES. 3 " Space.- 1 time 1 mo. 3 mo. 6 mo. 13 mo. 32500 Hnch...i... 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' -"Oh that men would; praise the Lord for hit grjodness and for his wonderful works to the ehildren of men.", . , . ; : t,; . , " Yes, at the eleventh bourfveiy often i pnt not of ten at JO years, does the Lord show that 'from the beginning He hati chosen unto salvation, through aanetinV cation of the Spirit and belief of the truth, M those whom He -calls, ubylth$ gospel, to the obtaining of the ' glory of our Lord Jesoa Christ . And who wili? reply against Godt f. ... ' T . .. ,', -j:W, B. ' HaBBgLlC .'- . The StiU JTour. i. :-: The' Religious' JSerald remarks that it' Is to be feared that a great many Chris tian people nowadays an forgetting tbe Importance and value of secret medita tion and prayer, j Very much is made of what is called Work." Our most impor tant son m are ' work soxtga- Why ; stand ye here aUth day idle! I a fa vorite text for sermona Men are con tinually exhorted to go into the harvest field and gather sheaves for the Master. To secure a pK-jjer measure of extemal activity amongst ithe people if the aim -of most pastors. t A. v ,. , .Now this is all right if care be taken that behind the external expression there ' it spiritual powe-end -life We by no means .wish to depreeiate' the use of any external agency by whicb men may, be reached and won to Christ. In this, stirring age a church whose memhera ! do not work for the Master' is, to say the - least, an anachroiiismUi Any body wiw bh iwdw iqio reaa zeuowamp, witn the Lord Jesus will want to bring others mto xne same: niessea experience; and will,' or shouId,ever be -ready to lay him self his time, energies,! and money on the altar of Christian service. - What w need everywhere , is more workers -more men who will devote themselves' aa energetically ! and -continuously to spintuaj asairs as they are accustomed' to do the acquisition of pleasure or hon or or wealth..'' : ' ' It deseires. also: to be said that work Is itself a' means of grace. There are many professing Christians living joyless; and unsatisfactory lives, who - would be , made vastly more happy If they, would, strive to do something for others, The unused heart no less than the idle oiiod is the devil's - worksbon.! nWork for Christ, often . scatter doubt: and, fill , the life with brightness. There is a -roa pel of work which needs continually to pe preached. ' 97 Laya-'. 3r-.,l-il- ft- Atotwnue we are perfectiV wiiiine- xo- admit all this, and even disposed to in sist upon It, it is nevertheless true thai in order to secure a tTUly Christ-like life and character and to-nMike-work wnat it may and snonld tje ; there is ra profound necessity fort personal dcvo- tion such devotion a ' can . only 'he. gained and ; cultivated In still hours spent alone with God. Canadian Bap-i Christ the Healer. ' .SO. " Great multitudes followed hinL; and' he healed them all.'! (Matt xli; 15.) ; What a mass of sickness must have. thrust itself under the eye of Jesus I Yet i iwa MBit Tint that wa- Atmtmmt&A "k ' ipatlently watted on every ease, WhaV smgaiar variety ex evils iiuxstnave met' at his feet! What sickening ulcere and , Iphtrif ylng soresl Yet he was ready for eveiynew aiiape' of 'the'mOAASter evil, land was vh tor over it' in every Mortal Let the arrow fly from-iwhat -quarter it tmight, he quenched its fiery power. Tbe neat of fever, or the cold of dropsy ; tlie lethargyof palsy, or the rage of madness-f: th filth -ot leprosy, orthedarkiiees f iDputiw-iuwraii anew wet pi.txuavi word,-and fled at his command. . ,. , t In every corner , of the field 'he . ,waa . triumphant 'over evil; and received 'the 1 homage of delivered eaptivea. Heeame, be saw, heconqnered. - everywhere, h It lis even so this day,-. Whatever my own., ease may be, the beloved Physician can heal nwr and whatever may be the state " iof others whom I may remember at' this moment in prayer,-1 may have- hopek In Jesus that , he will be able to heal N hem of their sins. , My ehild, my dear . jest one; my friend X can have hope for leach, for all,-when 1 1 remember - thea healing' power of my Lord ; and on - my (own, account however severe my strag-,-, gle with sins and inttnnities, , I may yet ' be of good cheer. v Arise,' he callath:4 jthee."'- !-' - -" ; -'-r pHe, whoon earth - walked the bcepi - jtals, still dispenses grace, and works i .wonders among the sons of men; let me" go to him at once In right earnest Leta me praise him this day, as1 1 remember 1 bow he : wrought , his spiritual euresi which bring him -most renown. It . waan by taking upon himself our sickness. , f'Byhls stripes we are healed. " The phnrcb on earth f full of - souls healed r by our beloved Physician ; and the A im ) , habitant of heaven itself confers that- f ' he healed them all." Come th V, my . Soul,' publish abroad the virtue' t4 his ' grace and let it be " to the Lord for ft ' '. name, for an everlasting sign whieh shall hot be cut off." - .' "-'';..;: i Let us sing with Watts: , iA, . . Tis he forgives thy sins, v v ;? -r . 5Tl he 'relieves typsJa,''1ai;f, 'Tis be that heals thy sicknessv - J : And makes thee young again." , j ' , Gpurgeon. Mm $ . Christian Thought' for-' May-June'f eomes to hand laden a usual with' pa V' per of - marked attractabillty. -,.t Dr. - Charles F. Deems, Its ever diligent and efficient editor, evinces great discretion ta the pi-octulug snchartida as com mand attention, and edits with adoiira ble skUl. The articles " Which Nature Sorvivesr by the Rev. James R. Day, D. . -D. of New York,' win be read with avid- " ity, as it la a vigorous- and' scholarly pre- fentation of a theme of no ordinary Im-;f, port. The " Fourteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Compared " will hold the un- 1 divided attention of the multitude of ' readers into whose bands ' it will fall, The title Indicates the subject, and it Is worthfly handled.': "The Will as aFae- tor in Science." by Dr. William Tucker. is a valuable attraction to the -contents.' The Rev. Samuel W. Duffield eontrih-'i n utes a paper on " Jesus Christ as the , Representative Human Redeemer in the Light of Modern Science,' w , whlchwHT awaken, as all the other papers do, re-;U newed estimation of the value of tiJs visitor to its readers. All tbe articles cf this issue are worthy of preservation for -1 fererence and ; study. The price is f3.CJ a year? Clergymen, tI.S0. - eic !e c;;y, 40 cents. wuburB. xezcham, rul er, 71 Bible Bouse, New York. -
The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 30, 1886, edition 1
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