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Tho Biblical Recorder, The Biblical Recorder. ., S 5 4 4 'I i i ADV2RTISIN9 RAT223. PUBLISHED EVERV WEDNESDAY. ReT, c. T. BAILEY, - - Proprietor. g( ff. ATERi - - Basiaess Ma Baser. 1.. P "V; Spacx. ltime 1 mo S mo, I 0 nio.12tco. I Inch....... $1 00 .8 00 3 00 4 IX) $ 8 2" 9 8 SO $15 00 $C7 00- 8 Inches 8 Inches, .... a inches, .... Quarter cot.. 7hird col. , Hall coi :.. One column. Wl 8 50; 11 (XI 15 (H) 21 0: 87 60 27 5i 60 (X A i 00 S3 00 , T 00 SO 00 6 00 7 60 10 00 17 60 37 00 50 00 55 00 OFFICE - S i 00 80 00 7 00 t5 00 Comer HargeU ad SaBAmy Sq, Raleigh, N.C. J .!T'H"v.''t i 60 00 100 00 woo r.s 00 45 00 1S5 001.T5 00 t TXKVS OF SCBSCRHTIOH Special Nodees eharced 80 cwitt a Una. No contracts made for every -other-wk adver- - j5MSS!Sg!nt8 'H .The .Organ of the North '(Carolina Baptisti, Dcroted to Bible Religion, EducadoniLitera Intelligerc ; nh of fire........ 10.00 ;..J ." V ; . - . : . .. I .' . ' ' r . t " ' I "' I ; ! ' ' - -! 'is; .. .. I ' ..-: .. ..- . .Obituaries, sixty words Ion-, are Inserted fret . i . f K I V LEA?. -.:r . ::vN-;V": : vk'". ," ' ; , ... " ciabf of ten (copy extra to sender) 20.00 ; 111 . . " " 11 ' r " . . . ' "" . n , "; . 1 ' '- "" "'"i"-""11" jaSSKSSRlttiS YFEEMBMMQk WEDNESlj AYj ; SEPTEMBER . 26,'; 1888; v;' 1 1 'l ', Wvwza. 13.; li i i ii i .ii 'ill u i lit ' ' m j , i i I j '-" '' I ' ' ' . ' ."" ... I' " ,.' '. ' , ". J , . . , .. ' " . I' '' ' ' - ,- ... of chares. When they exceed this length, one -cent for each word most be paid In advance. H ! The Facts About State Uisi Ions. rke Hukr of Slissioaark: Tfce Ap propriatioaa MadeThe Real Need-3 . xae f uta Diiua) i c uiivb iueti ' iBRS-Ckildrea'a Day --llow la the ; The number of missionaries eommis stoned by the Board tljis yea is 87,' and the number of colportera 13 total 100. The amoonfc of appropriation i by the Board to tha missionaries is f 10,464; 1 The col portage and the many expenses of the Board are not included in this smoont. Of this f 10,464 dua the mis stonariet of the Board there has been paid to P. H. Briggs, Treasurer of the CooTentkavto date, (September 18th) j 3,403.&S. Ten months of the Conven- ; tional year are -gone, a la the next two months, if we pay the missionaries, and ' ro up to the - Convention at Greensboro tree of debt, we must collect more than 17,000. : What part tciU you taJU in thi vwrkt Ob! my brethren, we cannot, va must not be indifferent to this great work this work which i at the very base of all oar work, , The erops are short; I know, and if is most difficult to secure money in a general election year: but this Is . the itod given work which . cannot be neglected. ' We most earnestly beg the brethren at every union meeting held this month, not only to make the people acquainted with the heeds of the State Mission work. Just at this time but to take col lections.. Please do not neglect iL : We have never bad a year of greater bless : logs upon this work. Let every Son-: day-aebool in the State observe " Chil dren's Day, and send us the largest possible collections for the work. Can we not have a grand rally for State Mis sions all over the State on the fifth Son day in September! HWhy nott We do so sorely need it Jov is the time. We cannot afford to wait. The time U too short. If we delay now we shall go np to. the Convention in debt. ..This must not he. The work must go for ward and not " backward. T If ail will now; help, the needed amount; will be secured. What trill noi dot This is an individual matter. : See Mark 12: 41-44. The Lord looks, on, and sees what you are able to do, and what you .do will be owned and "blessed of him. Thirteen new "Associations within; the bounds of our Convention. In the ' past ; ten years! ' In these there 'are more 5 than '25,000members. I Arf very .; large part of this growth is from and by means of the State Milou work- There are greater possibilities before us now : : than - ever before, and hence greater , need that we all, unitedly, come to the; help of this work.: The Corresponding Becretary is constantly on the run how- to reach the Associations. All the work 'is hopeful.' Qod is guiding,. and His shall be the glory, , C Durham. , Sower Reapers In John 4: 37 it is said, "One soweth,' ' and another reapeth.;. This Is largely ; true in regard to onr revival meetings. Christian 'relatives and friends, Sab4 bath school 7 teachers, ' prayer meeting: . workers, faithful pastors sow. spiritual r seeds all the year, and cultivate them," - and water them with their tears,' and pray for the heavenly sunshine and rain ' to be given.: .. ; ' .. ; ', J. . ",' And now the harvest time has eome. r The reapers assemble for a few days to gather in the harvest. . Usually the chief reaper in this blessed work is a neigh " boring pastor, or an evangelist, who has been invited to aid in this work. " As truly to these, as to the disciples men-' , ticmed In John 4: 38, may it be said : "I -, sent you to reap that whereon ye be stowed no labor: other , men; labored,' 'and ye are entered into their labors." But while this Is true, here is one blessed . result. Christ says, "Both he that sow eth and he that reapeth may rejoice to-: gether.f How rich, how precious are these re joicing8t'-:0''1rf;fj,:f A brother noted for wisdom and piety : said to the writer recently : glory In? revival meetings. They are a feast tot my soul.'; But there is one thing eon . neeted with them that troubles nee. I notice that the pastor, or evangelist, who is only an" assistant reaper, generally . gets all, or nearly all, the credit for the - harvest gathered.' :; People say,: Dbn't '. ' you see how much better and how much ' more .successful his preaching Is .than' the pastor'sr : They seem to loose sight entirely of the "whole year's working and cultivating by the pastor and his co-laborers; or that these labor . , ers, though they work hard ' In the bar- ' vest," have any part in gathering It in.! : The trouble of this good brother may not be all imaginary.. It may be thai : some faithful pastors are so compared - with assistant reapers, as not to do them null Justice. ,- Jast here people might be - assisted in forming adjust estimate by eonsfdering thU jaestkn : Is the assis- - tant reaper more suecessful lit bis own - -work than the reaper is whom he assists t ' But there are 'several reasons why it is natural for an assistant preacher to be v greatly praised if, V-AuTl''''t,t I - 1. He is a new preacher, and therefore people r will' listen more attentively! Good hearing often greatly Improves the .. -value of the sermon. x l "'' Z. The new preacher has hundreds of , sermons. ' From these; he ; selects and : preacnes ten, twenty or torty 01 tus best, - The people do not bear ilia .others that are not quite so good.'".-;- f . ; J ' 3. In revivals Christians2 become - thoughtful, 'attentive, prayerful, inter ested. ?To such hearers any tnan ca4 pleach better than to the indiflerenti , To such ; even ; the " pastor's preaching - would appear doubly good." I j "4As conversions occur under the preaching of the new preacher, people hastily conclude that the good preach - ing is doing all this blessed work. They forget all the, seed sowing And cultiva ting that has been done before, and all the praying, singing, talking, done by other workers 4 in . connection .with the new preacher. ' ; ' t ,. , . , ; " But the true castor feels no iealouFvI He is pleased that Lis people appreciate - the preacher he has invited to help him, and that God is tlessirg Lis labors to the conversion of those for whom he lias so anxiously labored as p oster. He will thank Gol for any .trjency Le cay nseto bricg thesd Into the fell whom he loves. : : :. , 7 ... ; , ; .-: . ' The object of tils paper i3 net to take away front as-;.: tant reapers oca iot3 cf the praise izz ttem, tat to fhow eorers and other ez ".tant respers tow Izipor- tant their part cf tLe wurk 13, e-1 to stimulate tLen to greater ac"Tiy la it. ,, , . "V,"l "n I loci at the' err - :TT i.. ' '"oa, The Gospel Provision for Han, Text "And yet there fa room. Lake 14: . m'v.si? :vi , ..This parable sets forth the gospel pro Won for man, and man's relation tolt under the figure of a great supper. ' It will be observed that three forms of' In vitation are issued ' to three etasses of people, and refused In three varieties of excuse. The' excuses beeomt ai once toeaker and more uncivil as they go' oni The "groundn might want' examining before the bargain could be ratified, but "the oxen" could be proved any timei and the marriage did not stand in the way at alL ut the invitations, en the other hand, become -more .pressing as they are repeated, , To the first set (the Pharisees he.) the master bids the eer vants say simply, "Come"; the second set (the Jews at large) he bids them go and bring; whilst as to the third (the Gentiles) his .Instructions are Compel them to come in." It is as if the more that men resisted, the more God's pity flowed; the harder His grace strove. Our text comes ih here as the moving consid eration to the Master's ; Importunity; God wants more. His house will , hold more, His banquet will satisfy unspeak ably more than have come. Let them, the starving ' millions." be gathered. Search street and lane; Scour road and hedge. Let the lame be carried. Let the blind be led. By this way or by that way let the dying multitudes be brought, and let- My house be filled. Tet there i8 roootn.'; v-. ., - 4 There is room in God's house. This is the General Assembly and Church of tbe Oret-bom. u la tn lold- ox Ute Good Shepherd, in which every lamb ia safe. It ia the kingdom of the Prince of Peace, in which every subject is himself a. king. It Is the Temple of the Builder, in which every stone is living, is itself a temple.' And a capacious structure it ia. with its manv mansions.", and its multitude that no man eao number I being gradually gathered in, It is far from being tenantless even now. In the first sinner himself was won in Eden the first trophy of 't Piyine graee. 4 And all through the centuries the grace that briugeth salvation baa been bringing: it tu thousands.. What a roll-call of the saiuts is that sublime chapter, the elev enth of Hebrews. "By faith AbeL" 'by faith Enoch,? "by faith Noah,' "by . faith Abram, "by faiUi Moses, ;tby faith Bahab. And so' with others of whom "time would fafl to ten. f- True, the saints are "a little flock," a minority as yet (Matt. vii. 14). But in this, as In other things,' Christ- shall "'have; the pre . eminence"-Tone' day.j.The . work of . His salvation is bat begun. Its field Is: the world, its constituency the race its; ..work-day till Christ comes. "The ' lit tle one; shall become; a thousand," a nation even "be born at bnce.. f Mean while, there is room. There are lighte up for the wanderer, doors open to ad mit him, and all the rich provision of the goepel awaiting his free participa tion. ;?:VsJ-frrS'Si 'so-- v-; IL There is room in the dbor cf en. trance, One night In December; 1876, the news was flashed through a thou sand wires that the Brooklyn Theatre was in flames, and nearly three hundred people buried in it,? as in "a 1 burning: grave. When theery of fire arose the frightened audienee rushed 5 tumultu-i oualy down the stairs and made for the door in a compact mass. "But that open door, the only thing between 'them and safety, might as well have been a stone wall. In a moment it waa blocked by s solid wedge of struggling, frantie men, and scarcely a human being crossed the threshold alive. It is far otherwlae with the door of -GodV house. l, says Christ, "am the Door," and the capacity of that entrance who shall gauge f t Do you want a wealth that is countless t You ; nave ' it 7 in . the unsearchable riches of Christ.' A thing of prieelesa value! It ia "the preeioos : blood r of Chrhu." . , High as His divinity does that door tower; low as His eondescending manhood do its posts go down; wida as he worth of Hia flnlshed rightaousneM does it open for all who eome. It was low enoogh for . depraved Manassehj high enough for self-righteous SanL; wide enougb for Mary Magdalene- and , the dymg tMef.. - Does the sparrow fear to crush the house it lights on, or the mos quito torlnk Niagara dryt :Ko more need you fear, however great and black ypur sins, the ability of Christ "to save unto the uttermost." - e'-.i-yist i;- TIL: There is room in the inv itation. There are good things that iare tnaficeef sible;.. theigold in the bowels of . the earth J the gems In unfathomable ocean eaves. There are good things that .ar4 forbidden Si the gold of the Bank of Eng land ; the- Crown jewels of Britain, an der lock and key and an armed guardi You may look at these things as a faf your, but they must be left aloneO In the house of God are "gold tried in' thi fire", and priceless gerna---the rishteoua neB that covers, tb faith . that grasps the righteousness, the spirit that works. toe laitn, the love by which the faith works, 1 and all rhe heavenly graces! They cover Its tables, tbjgleattiltt i ebambers, they del ight it every inmatei And they are not forbidden, 1a; exposed to view;; offered to already wiihout price for any. who will receive them (IaaJ lv 1 JEar.i xxii.? 17) iln thdvllshtjrf such proclamations, is there any room foe doubt? any margin for qualifications! any chink into which yon can thrust a peraaventuref j j.o. 'Christ purchased thus, "As Moses lifted nn s&ei ..Tha Spirit applies thus, "If ye, beirj aviL? eonieth nato "a," ts. .Yes, ia the 1bt tation there is room; room ior the worst characters; room far these in any numbers; room for each and room for all to whora the word cf tLla salvation cornea - Go over tLU city;, enter its Jowest alley; visit its very worst aboda, Lay your hand open tie vilcct vctary of Its car2c!::3 Lla. Tiers Ij rc;n f:r tial The- invitation- meats fcizn. Its terms include Lira. It was e.ir:i ty God to reach hla.. "Ttatdssocrsrttlieveth,' &c, Tori3 eaa dc"-r'v, cr f ncypia ture no einser to t'.zL.l t't i:x him that "whosoever" decs r-t r'l' room. Hiatltt cteth c-t3 Hi I t:.J iafia tsfse cast cut." Ca c::;.:zt, la no conceivatle ctrccctanccs caa.. each a ttircfcor. ; , j,.,. . I . - .....,r I .. IV. T!.:ts is Toon in Cod's l.zri. lit is .rare to fLzi a clcccrrho bell.rcs ia Coi's icrs. To da ',3 itn rr:rczV.vi cf a lovir j teart. Lots b I si's fc-?rt i3 ere lit '-3 C"-Iyt3ac:rar:;l;:cr8iat'i era. . JL1 yet t -3 U z.zit': n: true t re a r (.T:'.- n t Lit C 1 l;rt.3 Tr.:r, 1; . :s til r i e-.ca r: i.i. 1?). t 1: r-- ' - t.i r "a 1 a r - - -. 1 t. V c-. 3 f love speaks; and even to the finally Im penitent, Christ Is, to certain eCsots, the siSt ol God 1 TioufiW 10 k - For bad and good alike He has purchased by His deatn ? ciapensatton ox zoroearanoe which Is sobservient to the carry in j? out of God's plan of salvatlon (tlom. il. 4); His suspeWon of judgment, which is a great fact and a universal benefit, Is proof of Divine pitying love ; an outcome of the long tuZertsg which may and ought to be accounted salvation. t O sinful, miserable, impenitent one 1 God loveth even you ; even for you Is room in Ills great throbbing heart He would gladly save you this hour if yon would only yield to His grace, . The door is open, the table ' spread, the banquet readyj ? Only your consent is wanting, that yen may "eat bread in? the king dom of Godrrtvs-'si'ssH;.sti mx FXtonelusteninJoeS sayt 1 Bengel; like nature abhors a vacuum. There are Tacant places In God's' house, and He would have them filled.' The Divine provision made for coals in Christ must not be vahx.f The Father wiU have, His glory the Son Ills Joy; the Spirit Hit fruit.' t lit would b the Joy of God's heart to save yon now, to take you into Hie house, and sat yon down to HU fur nished.table, tBot if yon refuse He wiU bring in others and leave you without. That was a stern deliverance: of Paul and Barnabas at Antiooh (Acts xiii. 46); bat it has its counterpart in many an ; xperienoesUU. , God will assuredly ; His house. With publican and sinner, if Scribe and Pharisee refuse; with the Gentile nations, if the Jews wQL pot It from them. ,' With you this day, if . this day you, will ; with some one else to-mor- row. if yon now refuse, ft.be ware, be) i ware! The opportunity may even' now be passing' from you. ; The eye of God , may; already , seeking Tout some . fitter, guest.. And., all. that 'shall remain for; yon may be a cancelled invitation and the memory of a ohanoe that has been- lost forever Jit. "There is" room tor the wora'and weary, sf ; All faint ou a toilsome way; " -; ? - Who have borne through the desert dreary t--The burden and heat of the day, 1 ' " - For the faint ones and the tearfol il'$ There are homes of rest above; H i, i s For the woe-worn and the tearful to,; ' 'i J ,,.Tbere is room ia a heart of love.-, . J.... -l..,. ... S neie ia room xor sou is rooming . v . s, j . .- ... r rom me wanaenng ways 01 .Tbere can be no fear of spnreing . J, ' a tom ue arms mat anau, taae mem in. To each is a welcome offered. 1 t ' ',' ' ''There is room is the angel call 1 '?,0 haste' to the banquet proffered; ' - ; 1 JThere'ls room in heaven toran.'"' s ffomiletio lagartnz foii8ftemltr j'sfc-sO .' '- !J','!""1 "is .d "5iv f ". Ashe and Alleghany Association, Jpieages for JSTlsaiOaa-Ceaapletloa et a Ckareh Balldlag. .tit 1The Ashe and Alleghany Association convened in its .second annual session, Sept. 6th, with , Apple : Grove church, within six miles of the grand old White Top mountain, whoso amnmit .towers heavenward to an altitude of 6,800 feet above the level of the sea..v ; t!nsn The introductory sermon was preach ed by Bev. W. Honeyeutt, tl Bparta; who fully sustained his reputation as an eloquent and logical exponnder of dlr vine ftrnth .'f -T t n ' BevT. W Honeyeutt waa re-elected Moderator,' and H. A. EUer, Clerk, Both of these brethren are good officers, and discharged ' their respective) dutlee In a manner satisfactory to the body. ' Bro. Ellor bsm been Clerk . for six consecutive yeawrvw"iiiff":Sii 4sivivf,it Thlr Association is now 'composed of fourteen ehurehes wlth an aggregate strength of about 700. Thh-teen of the churehea were represented, and the let ters read I indicated .an ; improved spirit aal: vondition, and.. increased eontribo- tktns to the various religious and benevi olentobjecta. , (tthlii.-dizw fcu.-jl-t; . i BportS''on .th: Tisual'subjects were presented, and elicited; animated. and interesting discussions. t:. v s '-.; u vri j i One hundred and sixty dollars were pledged for Stale Missions during the next Associations! yeajv e V'-t t0 i . t Sermons were rpreaobedy during the session by JRevs. G. Mi Bunham, T. M Honeyeutt and O-- J. vWoodson. ii it I The good people of tho community dispensed a princely hospitality, the beet of order preafled, a spirit ol brotherly love characterized our deliberations and we sincerely hop that .Igreat good was accomplished in the Advancement of Jthe Master'soahse. t Brethren i Thomasoh and Honey cntt are model missionaries, and are jdobi a grand work.- .They have fimlyehthronedJp themselves: 'ln. the hearts and) confidence of; the people: of all denominations, and seem peculiarly adapted i to b their t respective .fields, of Itissanvred that Bro."; Honeyeutt is thinking at giving aphis work at Sparta. and retdrniog to his home, in Yancey, He shooid beJretained by ail mBan; as his place sannot be anppUedV -t f f 1 Brother Thomason has completed thjs ' church ihpmet at-Jefferson, which has been m process of erection for five years. It 1 is I .very '. Imposing strhcture1 and VDeantUutxor suuauon. ve have an organization ' there , cumbering . 18 : the outlook, hi propitious S u dCiJ W, ) aitmAij. A4vA- a I ''."I K di .i itll f :.m "I do not think there Is need Of coV- eriis.the flower-beds to-night. Yl do pot believe therewUlsbe. Jrcst eabngh to t:yuitrv .';;;-;, ;i i- ..'Letter fce sure than sorry,1 ihe gar dener replied ; 1f . the, f . ctt tl.ru! 1 nip ttiera, it ( will then be too late, r yoa kcow."''" w!''"-;t-v - ;".To, thrc avils1 !oftne: step tie' - 3 'the sneer of tLe seorner who do t ct Lc!!9ve bec: t:?9 t-?y ca not ci.;;l-i, or tt.k.x there is .ho dan?er because they would ( have It so; this . same answer woi:Id be w'sar 4Better be sure than sorry." If tLere-ot. J!.f be an eternity. then t-e qiettlon, "here sLalll trend ?rr,'tf," puts e.11 ether qi? tiocs Lithe sLJe.' The trost mcjnp all the "prini- inf hopes cf ne soul. VDetter be gare a tzaj"-' Ttossaads-cf souls are t: r - t: t elvi-T Leed t3 their i i-t.riEta.' -S,'e Co. not think :ri will ta f.-oct tE' :tt ' they ay, r 1 3 ezv3 t! .1 ecrrr." 1! tLaLui t cf t 1. 3 f zz, it will i too ; i its i .3 1 tun: hive frr: '-.i C t l...zl cr r : The 'Silent Deacon OpitUont ort Touch Hot Zline Anointed, . . . ; ,t;MRVJASK a.' ciuruar, A ; ; ' when nex summer comes, with Us heat aud dust and languor, and the tired spirit fainting by the way, cries out tojj the wing of a dove, go op toW i among the hills made sacred to nature, where the harry and anxiety of eom meroe are unknown, and the silent Sun days are never broken by the whlitlng of machinery, or defiled by- Its smoke and" steam. , If ' you have tolled ' bard enough to deserve rest, yon will find It In W ; u not, you wui sees: u any where in in.'M.v.M,..:gwai4 : It Is the most pleasant place in the world; and were it not for the farmer turning his farrows, or easting In seed, yoa might - imagine yourself - already where "Sundays never end." " " Entering the neat, capacious ehurch, fatherly and motherly, faces meet your eye at every hand, and you will soon forget that you are a sUanger. t i s Yonder, in the square pew, sits Dea eon Lee; you woma anow ne was a deaeou if he had not told you. Some men are born deacons what a pity that eome should enter the' holy ofl.ee who are nott. Deacon Lee was not a native of W--r but went there to till a farm left him by an aged relative some twenty tear agoaboat the time Deacon Bell died, leaving a sad void in the church and the parsonage, for he was a pillar in Zktn, and strong arm to his pastor. Alter seeking long to fill his place, the minds of the ebureh settled on tne new comer, who,., oy jus, solemnity piety, and zeal, seemed created for the place, He was a man of few words, rarely ever talking, so that the boys called him at first "a glum old man.? But they soon changed their opinion ; for he set apart' a tree of sammer-sweetings and one of bell-pears for. their express benefit, as .they went to and from school, and sur- Erised them by a line swing, which ne ung for them in his walnat-grove. So the verdict of that and of each succeed-' Ing"; generation ss bf bOys was that, ; although the deacon never talked, be was a kind and genial man, and a lover! of - children.' Every boy,'. for twenty! years back, has been his shepherd, his; watchman, or his assistant farmer; feel ing It a high honor to hitch his horse on Sunday, or to drive his manure eart on Monday i and all because1 they- saw, through the thick veil of reserve, that love burned and glowed in his heart. " Deacon Lee's minister trusted In him,' and the ehurch felt her temporal affaire safe' in nis nanas, ana. tne wona non Wed his stern consistency. ,';';': :,:;.',',' ! ' There was "a ' serpent In Eden and a Judas In that thrice blessd band who walked and talked with nor Bedeemer on' earth, and who saw his glory mingled with hie humanity ; why, then, need we wonder that one man, subtle and treach erous, hid himself in the calm verdure of W-, crawling out only to deceive God's -people with a kiss,: till ready to spring upon them with-: hie poisoned fangsf ' Upright, falthfnl, and earnest aa were the people, they were not -proof againBt flattery audi deception. There earns among them one quite unused to their unostentatious way of serving God, and ambitious, as he said, of seeing them t maka- some 1 stir in tho world." We know from God's Word' that " one sinner deetroyeth much good," and yet we are often annoyed at the wide results of one" "man's evil work In the church. One .may sow . tares which a hundred cannot pluck out; and therefore it be '"comes God's children to stay the enemy ;in his first efforts.; ;r f a i Jle who. aimed at the life of the gospel church inrW ,was "dead, while be had a name to live.!! ..He scorned many of the ; humble . ones whose ; crown is awaiting them on hh?h. -He hated the humbling doctrines of the . Cross, and desired to see man glorified and exalted ; he . rebelled against the , 14 iron , bars,? which be chose to call the bonds of love ;wbich separate God's.ehoeen and obedi ent pnes from the world that lieth in wickedness. He declared .that the mil lennium could never dawn till all Chris tians were as one by which : he meant that for the sake of union, right must yield , to wrong as .11-be were of the number who loved and, longed. for the appearing of Christ 1 : & began steal thily to sow his seeds among the younger and-weaker of the flock, and when he sawthe first token of their taking root he grew bold, and began to cast them in on the strong, high hills.: But hsre he found resistance ; the soil: which ; had - borne such rich harvests of grace repelled his seed from its bosom; and he came to the mad resolve to assail the deacon, and try how he would receive it. If he, with his , piety, seel, and Influence, opened nis bosom to t, the end was easily attained. The minister was hot worthy of eon&i deration In the matter ministers are so -readily put out 61 the way if they do not yield to ungodliness. .If he proved' a .dead sentinel, be would not molest him; if alive and jealous of his- Master's -honor," One ballet would settle bim forever. i'iSztmu,' sillft pursuance ol his liberal views and his deap-laid plan, our valiant re former rode up and .fastened his horse before the unpretending . dwelling of Deacon Lee. - Ushered 1 Into the neat "keeping-room "; to await his coming from the harvest field, his restless spirit' was almost, awed by the silence which reigned thera. The tall "dock in the corner, with its eyer-saillng fhip, ticked painfully load; and even the buzzing of the few fiieaoathe panes annoyed hira. He suffered much the same: oppression -as do those who await long, In a silent, darkened room, the coming of a minis ter to a funeral He wished for and then dreaded the good man, being not quite sure of a warm reception. He h&d jast decided on a clandestine flight, when the door opened, and the deaoon entered, as ealm and neat as If toil had never milled Lis spirits or soiled his gar ments. - After the usual greetings, and a: dad,' awful pause, the visitor began---thlz-li cf the wiles of Satan I by lament ing the low state of religion, asking the food can why this church had enjoyed no revival for three or four years. What eared he for God's set time to visit Zioal He was far mere deeply interested in the cpcnlnj cf a new stags road to the summit, an J la getting np stock in the projected hotel there. ;.;,: 4: v,;; .:V..-K" " ITo w, what do" you think Is the eause cl th'rr itchix dall tare! Do yoa Know! ta per; : .Th3 d.-'aec-n ' tad ia asking. 1 net rr.?y to e!ve bis r "i. r - i ezl. e :.t?r- a r.ttle ttioctht f.-rv.!ye-3wrrel, "I ?. I d-a't" jn t - ..i t .9 c-' rc!i are alive 0 troublor In Zlon, and taking courage, he asked, "Do yoa think Mr. B. a very extraordinary man I" ' , 1 r 1 i& n f to a uou w - 1 v, .1 . " Do yoa think his sermon on melt va were holtlpn ' anvthinir' wonderful ly great!" 5 ' Ll ' " J " 1 "No I don't. W i- - f -l Making bolj, after all this encourage. ment in monosyllables, he asked. "Then don't yoa think we bad better dismiss this man and hire " another ! ! 1 The old deaoon started as if shot with an arrow, and, in a tone far loader than his wont, shouted, V No, I don't P . " Why,M cried the amsted . visitor. " you agree with me in all 1 have said; don't yoa?" 5 J v,s' -ifiNo.IdonV'.l'M .,; 4' Xon talk so little, lr,, replied the guest, not a little abashed, 'J that no one can find bat what yoa do 'mean.' ! 'I talked enough once," replied the old man,' rising to.! his feet, i" for. six praying Christiana Thirty years ago I Sot . my heart humbled and my tongue rldled, and ever since that I've walked softly before -God. I then made- vows solemn as eternity ; and dont you tempt me to break them l , . ,- .. , , t :The troubler was startled at the ear nestness of the hitherto silent, Immova ble man, and asked, " What happened to you thirty: years agof": - "WelL six, I'U tell yoa. .1 was drawn Into a scheme jast like this of yours, to uproot one of GodV servants from the field In which he had planted htm. In my blindness I fancied it A little thing to remove one rol 1 the stars which Jesus holds In bis right hand. If thereby my ear could be tickled by more flowery words,' and" the pews filled - with those who turned away from the simplicity of the gospeL 1 and the men that led: me for I admit that 1 was a dope and a tool flattered ourselves that we were consci entious. We thought : ' we were' doing God's service when we drove that holy man from his pal pit and hia work, and said we considered his labors ended In B where I then lived. 1 We groaned because there' was no revival, while we were gossiping about1 and criticising,' and -erushing instead of upholding' by our efforts and our prayers the instru ment at whose hand . we harshly de-; manded the blessings. Well, siri he" eould not drag on the chariot of salva tion with half .a dozen, of us taunting bim for his weakness, while we hung on as a dead weight to the wheels; he had not the power of the Spirit, and could, not convert men; so we hunted him like; a deer tuL' worn and bleeding, be fled Into a covert to die. - Scarcely had be' gone when God came among us by ill Spirit to show that he had blessed the1 labors of bis dear, rejected servant. Oar own hearts, were broken , and our way-) ward children converted, and I resolved l sit a convenient season, to visit my for j mer pastor and confess my. sin,, and thank him. lor his zaithiuiaess to mf Wayward sons, which?, like long buried seed, had .now' sprung up, " But God denied me that relief,' that he might teach me a lesson every 1 child of nis ought to learn, that he who toneheth one of his servants toneheth the apple of his eye; I heard my old pastor waa UL and taking my oldest eon with me,' set out on a twenty-flve-mile ride to see him. ' It was" evening' when I arrived, and his wife, with the spirit which any woman ought to exhibit , toward , one Who bad so wronged her husband, de nied me admittanee to bis chamber. She aid, and her words were surrowa to my soul,; .'He may be dying, and the sight of your face might add to his anguish P 1 ."Had it come to this, I said to my self,' that, the man' whose labors had, through Christ,' brought me into; his fold, . whose hands had '. buried me 'In baptism, who had consoled my spirit In terrible bereavement, and who had, till designing men had alienated us, been to me as a brother that this man could hot die lh peace with my' face before him. " 'God- pity mer . I cried," 'what have I doner I confessed my sin to that meek woman, and implored her for Christ's sake to let me kneel before hit dying servant and receive his forgive ness. What did I care -then 'whether tee pews by the door ware rented or c6tt I . would gladly , have taken his whole family to my home forever as my own flesh and blood, but no such hap piness was before me," ?. t,? i . As I entered the room of the blessed warrior, whose armor was falling from hi limbs, he opened nis languid eyes, and said, Brother Lee!. Brother Lee I" I bent over bim, and sobbed oat, My pas tor 1 my pastor IV Then raising his white hand, he said , in a deep, ' impressive voice, 'Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harmlV 1 spoke ten derly to bim, told him I had come to confess my sin, and bring some of bis fruit to him, calling my son to tell bim how ha found Christ' Bat he was un conscious of all around ; the sight of my face bad brought the last pang of earth to his spirit.; 4;.;;,: I kissed bis brow, and told how dear he bad been to me ; I craved his pardon for my unfaithfulness, and promised to care tor his widow and 'fatherless little Ones ; but bis only reply : murmured as if in a troubled dream,' was,' Touch not mine anointed, and do' my prophets no t "I stayed by bim"ali:nlghtandrat daybreak I 'closed his eyes. -1 offered his widow a house to live in the remain der of her days ; but like a heroine .she said," I freely . forgive you.. But my children, who entered deeply into their father's anguish, shall never see me so regardless of bis memory as to take any thing from ; those ; who caused it. lie has left us all with his covenant God, and he will care lor us,' , : . ? ,lf 1 WelCsir, those dying word sounded in my ears from. that, eodn and from that grave. When I slept, Christ stood before my dream, saying:, 'Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. These words followed ine.till I fully realiied the eeteem in which Christ holds those men who bad given tip all for bis sake, and I vowed to love them; evermce for his take, even If they are not perfect ' And siace that day; sir,;I. have talked less than before, and have supported my pastor, even if be h not a very extraorwinary man.'1 llj toogue shall cleave to the rocf cf tuyuiouth, and my right hand forget her cunciog,, before I dare to put asunder what God has joined together. ! Vi'hen a tmuLater's work Is done in a place, I believe God will show it to bim, I will not jaia you, sir,, in the rchftue that brought you here; and moreover, ii I hear another word cf thla from your l!'js, 1 shall rex i-y t r ' "-1 to C 'l r yon aa v:'.h l ? v .0 cau':3 , c f .va all I own to ree yers f "". tl trp vt . - --3.... 1 woui 1 -t, J d.l thirt n yea f re, f 1 t i V t cf who could make more stir, and left him free to lay oat roads and build hotels. " There is often great power in the little word-"no,!, but sometimes it require not a little, ooarage ,to speak It as reso lutely as d!d the silent deaoon. . ; " v" Successful Lives, " 'l 1 We hear a trood deal about successful and unsuccessful lives. What is a sue- eessfal life! It may be defined as tba adaptation of ourselves to our situation, as men placed In certain material and spiritual portion ' J !'"s 5 It Is a mistake to try to lift ourselvea above,' all: earthly eurroandiogs. ; The facte, of -: oar physical life are the ap poiotments of : bar God ; and It; cannot be right to' say, as do tome good tnen that these material things have nothing! to do with oar -reel suocehs. -.That Is, one extreme. The. other, lost as far from the golden mean, is the view that these things hare everything to do with It. We make a mistake when we try to rise to some such unreal plane that we shall have no care for bar surroundings. We are not, aS the phrase is,' to get above all worldly things, It is Impost sibleto do it, and It is foolish,, not to say impious, to make the attempt For these external things are not outside' 61 God's plan for oar mortal llfeAPaal gloried, not 1n being ofcoes all' lnflrmi ties, but in them; ?He did not strive to hold all his buffetlnga, and stoolngi, and shipwrecks, as things .withRwhich only 'coarser minds might concern them selves, wnue tie -was lifted above tneu In religions eostaoyHe did not strive to make thU world unreal because the next ; was ' also real. These outward facts were 'the ones set' for him in the Erovidenoe of God, as those amid which e was to work : out saocesa s The eon tention is, that neither shall the inner spiritual life annihilate the external,hor that 3 the external Hfe shall determine the interior life p but that, whatsoever the outer life. It is. to be accepted and employed, , and., that success la to be achieved, not apart from It,' but in it There are men who have made a grander suocess by the absence of . the i more kindly surroundings. And if the exter nal circumstances have been unfavor able to one 'class of virtues, they have been especially helpful to another; and life, because of its deprivation of some coveted blessings,, has been, in the end, richer in ..haman . and divine loves,, in sacred " consolations, and ' in: religious usefulness! 1 Succeeding, then, In other things, but failing to make the very best of our Out waid circumstances, . true sac- cess wopld be laeking.,;; k 'or , suocess must regard the wholeness of our life, i both bodfly and spiritual,' as mortal, as Well as immortal, beings. V bcXst :i Kor must we iorget the. religious -en-virontoent of our mortal life..... In the memorable Journey from .Egypt to Pal- estihe,' there Were no doubt ' good men, who eould not get sway from the exter-i nal facta of the expedition. Questions' of marches and rests, of food and water,! Of direction for the march and defense: against enemies, were to them the first thing? f And such- things were Import tant . to sneeeaa. . But morel practical than them all was the matter of seeur Ing. not' aside from those things, Jtut in them, the favor of God. " " God was their sueoeac-God -everywhere ' recognized i the outward being' only the laminated dial-plate, showing that, there was be4 bind all and abining tnroogn it tne ugnc of God's favor. " When In' the wilderness the 'rock - was Smitten', some : : worldly' Israelite, Intent upon a bodily gratiflca tkn,.wouldisee in the, dissolving stone only, water-r-rsimple water, and nothing more. But' another, with 'a. broader view and a 'more religious spirit;1 would; see, not the lees the water, but all the, mora the. God wbOi. was.near, and was showing, fa-vpr to Israel . Which of the two meq, would have gotten the more out 'Of life t Which would be the greater eaeeeae ta accepting ' all' environment t So; to day, this life of lours has Us infi nite , surroundings, not only of special Providence, bat of goepel grace. , Never God so near to man's enlarged ap prehension of bim, and through his own fulfillment -of - promised -blessing. 1 For all former ages pour their wealth alike of promises fulfilled and unfulfilled Into our laps, until the" abundance "of God outruns all words that man can invent to describe itt And success is the recog nition of God in all our life, both Inward and outward. ;-:' ;.T ".-' 4' i " And a man must actually appropriate these blessings of moral environment to briog - personal: success.- 1 The 1 students in some "commercial coUege 'J learn the theories of business; they understand that there are 'such things asmerehan dise and ourreney, aa banks of . discount ana .aeppsit, prices current ana gooat shipped and delivered to consignees; it is ail welL Bat a ' practical business man uses all these, and so turns theory into euccesa, -Putties htasalf into the atmorphere of these things, feeling their drive and posh, Ihe appropriates all the environment of the business system '-'of the world. '- tint making a moral sucoess, that) man shall be oan object lesson. And. instead of cruel. fears of . failure- there shall be joyful hope of success. j W.Ol -IS-, ft ,,- " AV ..;J ,1 j 1 ,t O how many a glorious record, s i tlaci toe angels ot me kept, , -'' ' I lad I done, instead of 'doubted. f ;v- 1 X' Had rwarred, instead olweplJi ,a .sci.rvAi i D. w. Faunae, D.'Dat tjt it 1 !...,. -j.it jfajl j i ci Thi Danger of theAge -d i'jI dif juJ -;:i:.j f'J vsmi 1 It is certainly a critical: period in the I experience, of the world, and especially 1 01 our own n.oa. . ia material tnmgs I UI TOeitm ? .7 out of the limitations and moderation of the past into all the. resources and we<hcf the, taos luxurious nationi The. temptation to get money and .to spend It to view it as the means of al good and the ena of an aesire, is Decora- Ing stronger, and seemingly more Irre sistible, eoutinuaUy, ;.Th demoraliza tion of character which follows the yielding to this temptation is more and more clearly manifesting itself.1 ? If ou are to be a force In the world for the higher thic- as against the lower, you must show that material prosperity or wealth is not essential to happiness, and that there is- ia the Spirit what no out ward loss er gain can destroy or ere etetVcnsrejational lligazine. : ., V Pr. IL Kerfoot of the Louisville Eeminary', recently said' at. a Virginia' Asicclatioa: "Do yoa know that there are Lc.ia colleges ' in-- -Kentucky with nore capital betlad them'thaa oar eol Ipjps aui eemiaarics fcave! Do yea What AiU the Zlcderti Girl. A writer In Harper's Bazaar, makes a pretty close diagnoels. for a layman, as. to what ails the modern, girl, at least, a. irood many of her. , It Is. well deserving I ol record as an indlcatio cau'saUilp the,' B disease which U so often the despair of m??i.-.vuih v. .v--7- : This modern girl hardly knows what she, wants, whether it . Is higher edaca-, Hon, an aesthetic wardrobe, love or fame. She plays tennis and progressive euchre. and flirts, stud does Kensington work,; and reads Herbert Spencer, end veryt often writes; she dabbles in musio and talks theosopby, and If there are more things In heaven' and earth than are? dreamed of in bet philosophy, one ques tions what they can. be. . Withal she ia as restless as the wind. She does no love the quiet of home; she lives on ex citement; she goes to Europe, to the springs, the : mountains, the theatres.) the receptions, If she can get there, or, to me modiste,' she, can alwayf fall back upon clothes as a diversion, and when every thing'else 'fails, she has nervous' proetratlonand a trained nurse-inui&vS i..?'In tact; the chief trouble with the modern girl, be she rich or poor, is that she does too much.' keens her nerves on the strain; and by and by goes to the other 'extreme, And'literaily does noth- log bat consume drugs,, talk of her ills, and consult, the Christian scientists; or she has no real Interests, fritters away her time lh shallow0 pursultsbeeomes pessimistic ( and dypjpttc, niamattsOedT witnherseu and all the world; cries and questions if life js worth living, and feels especially uiuo vu vwiiuaya. , ; "The remedy for1 all this' Is, perhaps; an object In life: those who are well and nnselflshly occupied, do not question if life is worth living t they, know it is, and whether they are busy la the shoe fac tory,' behind a counter; at the fireside; in the' klteben. or'the dining room, so long.as they arei busy and . not shirking Of reaching forwaid for something mqre congenial, and neglecting present duty; their minds 'are' at 'rest and uninvaded byespondence.-? 1 t ,Mnf ..V. ,U ''One of the best remedies for depres sion of spirits Is the effort to bestow hap piness: ltrbas been known to prove effec tual when all other methods hate failed ; when novels and new .gowne and cod liver , oil and bovinme , and bromide when , admiration, and ;flattery are no 'more serviceable' than an abracadabra or any heathen2 spelt" Melancholy or Other ills of thla natorsv-are the'direct result of a'top stroqg egptism, and an absorbing interest in others is a safe and agreeable 'medicine, and Is usually the last thing a modern girl tries.' Boston Meatm anajrgtcai journal, t sr (ljBliah rjifcumetonesVfJ . ytj.-ia ,11 .i .IA!! mm' Jfif"rfiO 4 It. is, etaxsd that when Leopold 'von Banke began .to collect facts for his history, a singular accident occurred in his native town. A bridge gave way one morning and some-persons 'were swept away in the current beneath. Yon Banke, who was absent at the time, on his re turn Inquired into the details of the ca taetrophej ui-:i "j 1 r v . -tiim--v.! ,"1 saw the bridge faILn said one of the neighbors. .'A heavy, wain bad Just paasea over it, ana weakened It Two women1 were on ft when it feand a Soldier on a white horse. In f , t1! -awltxalL? declared another "but the wain had passed, over it. two hours previous. The foot' passengers" were children,' and the rider was a civilian on a black nonet inii.'-a otiV'te? . veKXem,", argued von Banke, "if it Is Impossible to learn the truth about an accident which happened at broad noon day only twenty-four hours ago, bow can-1 declare, any.faettto be certain which Is shrouded in the darkness of ten centuries r ,4, . . , .'i To this trivial Incident, which to many persons would have- borne no lesson was doe much, ox nis eaution and Impar tlalUV 4 . 7 ' A1 ; lewmomentasr' consideratidn y will eonvinee any one that some of the most momentous arises In history have hinged upon Tery slight eireumstaneee. A glass! of wine, for. instance changed the his tory of France for nearly twenty years. Louisf- Phillip peKmg nf " the French; had son; the Duke of Orleans, and heir to the throne, who. always drank only a certain number of glasses of wine,' because even One more made him tipsy. On a memorable morning he forgot ta count the. namben of bis glasses, and took one morei,.thanr. usual., .-.When entering ..his,, carriage , he., stumbled,' frightening the horses, and causing them to run.1 ' In attempting to leap from the ' carriage; his bead streak the pavement' and he soon died That glass tf wine overthrew the Orleans rule, confiscated their property of 420,000,000, and sent the whole family into exile. " ; If Mr. GreenvUIe, had not carrldd, lh 178$, his memorable resolution as to the expediency of charging stamp duties oni the "plantations of America,' the Western- world might fctlil be-under British rule. ' In connection with this" matter there ia another alight albeit remarka ble, circumstance,, which, may. be told m Thackeray's own- words; 'ftl was strange, says be, that in a savage fori est of fS Pennsylvania, a youna: Virginia oScer should fixe a shot and waken up a war which was to last for sixty years, which Waa- to cover his own -country and pass into: Europe, to : coat' France her . American , colonies, ; to., sever oars from us,, and create the great Western republic; to rage over the Old World when extinguished In the Newt and of ail the myriads engaged in the vast eon quest, to leave the prize of , the greatest fame. with him who struck the 'first blow.- -xr-.t'r. rz-. , iJ"If the ihoge ol Cleopatra had been sherter, says Pascal, the condition of L the: world would haverbeenldliTerent His- meaning Is that if Cleopatra had had a nose short : to deformity, she Would have failed to attractr Ahtonyk who would not have been drawn into the I conduct ; which culminated In the I044 of the battle of Actlum, which loss made way for. the. close ot the' Uoman Ueputuo ia the inauguration of the Ko i man' Linpareti,'u4w- uPjEpepsia cat been the eause of many monieEtoos crises, r A le? of mutton is said to have controlled the tils of Leip sic s cattle: ana the consequences 01 the indi?ei,Uo3 cf a certain duchess are provertiiL-,-.r-'"-. ''t -.- : , The great failure of the potato crop lit Ireland eacnot be called ai:ht cir-cuctsts-o," yet it v ;s comparatively t.:ht ccrsrga ' with - the mome-tous changes which Ittror'-ht about; for the repeal of tha corn la j ws t 3 by ' To the Churches of the Robeson u ; 'J Association, i . ' ; s - j - - , ! The Robeson Association in session at Saddletree church assumed the debt due for the erection of the church building at Bed Springs. Bro. W. IL Fisher ad? vanced the funds to pay the debt that was still due after giving credit for all moneys paid by that session of the As sociation. Some funds were paid in last session for Bro. Fisher's benefit X am informed there is a balance still due to, Bro., Fisher of (73.00, and, owing to heavy expenses for medical treatment he Is in need of the money. ; - : I write to beg the churches to raise the amount due and forward the sames to the next . meeting of the Association at Big Branch. Brethren, this is a debt of honor; let It be paid at once.' We have as an organized body vowed to pay It Perform onto the Lord thy vows.. I , A. B. Pittmak, Mod. ' - ' I - . r. ....... : . . Union Sleeting of Atlantic Baptist ''rr ' Association, " ; " -.'4 :i i . - -, -r This Union will convene at New Berne,71 Sept 28th, 29th, SOtb. i Introductory! sermon, Friday, 11 a. m.t by Bev. C. A. Woodson. . - '' Afternoon Session. "-Oral report fro.m churches. TopicWhat are the best methods of inducicg children to attend church and Sunday school! . . F. Cox and C. A. Woodson. ' ' ' Saturdays-Morning Session. Topic Influence of Literature. 'J. F. Love and it ? II. Lewis. Topic How to Develop the Spirit of MlasioDs.., VV. G, Britt and A. J. Hires. 1 . ' " Afternoon Session Topic Duty ' of -the Church to . the Temperance Cause. J. Mr Wooten and a a Clark.. t ,- :JfTote. Appointments for Sunday, to be arranged by pastor and deacons of New Berne church after meeting eon veneav O. Br CAfiHWBlX, . t J. S. DiLh, . i . v F, W,,HA3TC0CK, vommtuee. South Fork Union.' The South Fork Union meets with Hickory Grove ehurch, Gaston county, Sept 28th, Bev. G. M. Murehlson to preach the introductory sermon, Que ries and speakers as follows : ' J " L Should a person baptized before ' conversion be re-baptized when con verted! Kev. JA. Hoyle, r 8. What is the duty of parents in re gard to-the education of their children t Bev. OL M. Marchison. ' ' 3. 1 What ' are the greatest hindrances to the progress' of ? oar churches at the present time! Hon. W. A. Graham; L Should Baptists recognize teaching' and speaking in Sabbath schools by per soQs hot-' identified with any eJiurchl Eev. W. B. McClure. - 5. What is It to eat and drink unwor thily, and how should a church act to ward a ' member who refuses to com mune W.'W. Bridges. ' . i t - : - r . - J F. Mobbis for, Com. Swift Creek Union. This body will meet with the ehurch at Hickory, Nash county, V. C, Sept 23. The following order will be ob served' - ; i- . - - - - Introductory sermon by Bev, B. D. Harper. " Queries 1. ' What was the tithing sys tem spoken of In the Old Testament and Is.lt: still binding! Be vs.- R, . Peele, M, J. Willoughby.' , . f' . ? 2. Advantages and disadvantages of annual calls ot pastors. Be vs. G. L. Finch, B, D. Harper. : ; , -r., . 3.5 State Missions. W. F. Dales,) W.' F, Dozier. , 4 Baptist Orpbanage,--Revs. T. s?,X Jide, G. M. Duke. ' - ' ' 5. Colportage. Rev. T. P. Llde. j ; , '. Sunday 10 a. m. , Sunday- school mass meeting. Eleven a. m., sermon by Bev. E. vE. Peele. ; Two p. m., sermon by Kev. Thos. sr. lA&e, - Let all the churches be represented on Friday, the first day of the meeting. .4 ; O. Ai. DCKS, . 5 G. L. Fisch. T , ' An evangelist went to a certain church and after laboring there a while without much result began to say bard things: of the church and declared that his rep u tation was at stake and be must have some converts. Self too often asserts its claims in ' the work of the Lord. : Central Baptist.-. , - The four Gospels are the most color: less books in literature. The evangelists keep themselves and their feelings out of their narratives. Read their account of the crucifixion. There is no expres sion of their Indignation, condemnation, 1 or sympathy.: ; And yet the crucified was their dearest, friend. '. Surely their pens must hare been divinely guided. " " ; . xnas tnere snouia De a unnst, ana 1 should be Christless ; that there should : . oe a cleaning, and I remain foul; that there should be a Father's love, and I should be an alien; that there should i be a heaven, and I should be east into helLi grief embittered, and sorrow ' aggravated, more than tongue ean telL Bpurgeon. . . . : , , Tha charms of a place,' whether In the city or the country, in a palace or a hoveL depend mainly upon the beings who occupy It and comparatively little i upon the place Itself. . This well known ' principle' applies to heaven' as well as earth. - The glories 4 of the", heavenly ; world consist ehiefly In, Its inhabitants. 1 God is there in the special manifsta-r tionsof himself. Jesas Christ is there In "his glorious body. The holy angels ' and the redeemed and departed saints of all ages are there. The most select society in the universe Is found ha hear ; en. It is for this reason a glorious world. : A young minister some thirty years' ago began . to preach, who gave great 1 promise of usefulness, lie bad a strong element la bU nature of personal van-; ity. - While he could dissect the fallings and weaknetwes of other tnu, his own great falling was very evident to alL ; Men and women Satterd. So far as these " flatteries eaiae frora people who loved the world, and pretvadei to noth ing else, they with retvlved with some, fctb'.iativa. 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The Biblical Recorder (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 26, 1888, edition 1
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