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The Biblical Recorder. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. ; - gev C T. BAILEY, - Proprietor. 0. W. ATER Business Manager. . ,' I OFFICE : ' 77 CornrHargettand Salisbury Sts., Raleigh, N.C. 'a'TKRM8 OF SUBSCKEPTIOH: One copy, one year...:. ....... 2.00 One eopy, six months.......... LOO Clubs of Are. . . ............ ,-... . 10.00 Claba of ten (eopy extra to sender) 20.00 Remittances nuitb sent by Registered Letter, Postoffice Order, Postal Note, Express or Draft, payable to the order of tbe Publisher. Literary Notices . 4 figr and ITanf or. Trying to be Good. By Mbs. A. E. Maskell, 16ma, pp. 192. 90 cents. American Baptist Pub lication Society. , ; c .': - - ; j Nell and Kan are Bisters, with the rest . lessnees common to young life. . They : want something to do; something la the line of missionary work; something that shall be helpful to somebody. Bat they begin, as most people do, by looking too far off. They are a little like t, Mrs. Jellaby in "Bleak House" the K "distant hides the near at hand." Bat they straggle into the fight way. i Their endeavor to bring the ((mllln children f into the Sunday-school, and their min r fetry to "old Martin," wUl illustrate their . oatside efforts. They find oat at last that home is good missionary soil, and . that to help mother is to serve the Lord. ., Their missteps teach them wisdom, and : their repeated failures show them their lack of strength. They find their way . to Him who has promised His grace. and in His peace a grand substitute for their own disquietude. - The Antiquarian for 1889 will soon , commence its eleventh, volume. :Ten : years ago there was not a journal in the - . country which gave especial attention to - archaeology. The Antiquarian is not the organ of any society, and yet it seems to have retained the patronage of the prominent archaeologists. : The broad ' character of the magazine seems to be ' In its favor. It secures a great variety ' which makes it popular. The technical and scientific character will be contin : ued. The same associate editors will : ' have charge of the different departments in the future with the addition of Mr. - Thomas Wilson, of the National Ma eum at Washington, Mr. G. F. Kunz, of the firm of Tiffany & Co., New Fork; ? and Mr. James Deans, of British Col am qia.' Among , the contributors in this : country from whom we nave already ; received articles we will mention the "names of Prof. Otis T. Mason, Mrs. E. : B. Emerson, Mrs. F. N. Swanwick, Mr. E. T. Creason, and Dr. Earl Flint. We " also mention as new contributors from. : abroad Mrs. H. Gh Murray Ainsley of Bingbampton, Dominick Daly, barrister at law, Nottingham, England, and Mr. " A. Porrer,.of Switzerland. The articles during the coming year will have more ' variety than ever . before, and will be better illustrated, and the magazine will contain more pages of reading matter, j The topics cover the whole field of ar ! ehsBology, including the preservation of the myths and traditions, the account of l customs and religious practices, the com parison of languages and the explanai : tion of symbols and the various works of art, as well as the description of ar chelogie relics and the resume of all new discoveries and finds. ' 4 A Word, to the Outgoing Pastor, My Bear Bro:-8o your time to move ' has come, has itt How to resign is one of the fine arts, and in this line we have many bungling artisans. And no won der, for very little is taught through the press, or even in the Seminaries, on this subject, -j: All the other . branches are pretty. thoroughly taoght, advice given, rules laid down, &c, for the incoming brother, but the outgoing pastor is left to do the best he can. Suffer, therefore, a word or two which may help you.. " Taking it for granted that there are good reasons for offering your resigna ' tion (and these should be carefully and j - prayerfully considered). .-My first sagges . tion is : If you have made up your mind to change your fields let not a few enthusi- astie brethren and sisters who have here f tof ore seemed to care little for you, per t saade you to "reconsider." It is almost ' always the ease that these brethren and - Bisters make a show of affection as the . pastor is leaving, although they have been icebergs before, and will soon re lapse into their normal state of rigidity. ' Of course there are exceptions, but in . very rare cases is it ever prudent lor a ;; pastor to ''withdraw", his resignation. : This is, I believe, the experience of the wisest amongst ns. fVeeonsideration is . the thing, not reconsideration. ' " . Second, pay all your bills before you i ' go, by all means. Some preachers don't i do this. Sometimes, because they can not, and some Instances they forget it. Harm is the inevitable result. No excuse "will be considered valid, and the next , pastor will be judged br you probably. , By all means, dear brother, pay yffur '' bills before you leave, if possible, i i ' Third, be very guarded what you say r in your farewell sermon. I don't know i- exactly what 4 farewell sermon'! should I contain, but I do know that it sometLnes I contains very imprudent and nnfortu- , nate utterances. Xou have known pas j tors who destroyed much of the work of ' their pastorates by harsh, recriminating ; statements in their last sermon. - It may not be well to recount before the public your successes, certainly it is not well. ' on the other handto parade the church's shortcomings, j I was about to say, don't . preach a "farewell sermon" atalL The regular set, conventional farewell set - mon is a do re in most cases, ui course v there are exceptions. The point is, by all means be careful what you say." 'Til - r give them a parting shot," is pretty good evidence that .the gun is in the wrong .' hands. . . . Fourth, don't ' speak disparagingly of ' the church and field after you leave,' as . a reason why you left.' It is astonishing how fields do contract frequently, in the . estimation of the pastor who is leaving. "There was no outcome in the field." "The brethren were very narrow in their views." . ,4There was no opportunity for my development," &c. Remarks like these are. often made, by the outgoing pastor, all of which may be true, but no good will come of publishing them to the world, but rather harm. . "My former pastorate was one of the happiest of my life, and the people are amonghe best on earth," said a retiring pastor a short time ago. Happy, such a , ' So, my dear brother, I give you these , hints free of charge. Advice, I know. . is cheap these days. But I believe these , , thoughts willbelp a thoughtful man. May God bless von In your new field. nd help you to correct the mistakes you Blade on vour old one. if xoa made anv. . nd I presume you did, for the man who "ever made any mistakes, never made uyming else. , Amicus December, 1888. When we shall see the infidels of the country raise half a million of money a par, and pat it into the hands of other -eia to spend, without any other ee - :ty e ast misappropriation ? than 'r CTa C""'?? Ct?r. W ha-ra oiri. rr v Volume-64. New Testament Christian Church. ZrVMBKB TWO. " The members of New Testament Christian churches should be such per sons as make a credible profession of faith in Christ ;n or, in other words, such as appear to have been regenerated by the Spirit of Ood, to have believed in the Lord. Jesus Christ for salvation, and to have submitted themselves in their conduct to the. authority of ;His Word. To such Jesus has given the privileges of His church. It is evident that . only t such can enjoy its blessings and perform its duties. ' . .' 1 : If you will notice the address of the apostles to the churches, you will see the members of churches in their day, were not only admonished to be saints, but are always addressed as saints, which is a circumstance not to be over looked nor lightly esteemed In deter mining who should be members of a church, and be thereby entitled to fel lowship, r iiXf-vs f But one will ask; : Who Is to judge in this i easet I . answer, the . church. Though the New ..Testament may give no direct example, yet, by gathering up the evidence, some written : by .this apostle and some by that one, some to this church and some to that, the case is easily made out. And in the laws of evidence and reasoning this makes the case stronger. Ana as a en urea is a voluntary j society, founded upon the principles of mutual - affection " and love to Ood and men ; " it is reasonable that the church should judge ox the ex istence of qualities necessary to the peace- and enjoyment of the entire church." The very act of intruding upon a church - any one - without the consent of the church, whether by a minister or by elders, is destructive of one vital purpose of Christian associa tion, namely, the fellowship of the brethren. ; Another argument is the power "of withdrawing fellowship. That a church has this right is dear irom the gospels and epistles, and If there were no otner arjruments addacaDie on inis. it seems to me this would be sufficient, for I can see no goocL. reason for admit ting members into a church just to be withdrawn from. s Hot, 11 any man tnat "is called a brother walks disorderly," the churches are admonished to with draw from him. -, The local church must be so situated it can meet, I mean all its members meet, together in one place for the pur pose of worship and communion. A society that cannot associate, an assem bly that cannot assemble, are perfect solecisms." The church of the sooth, the church of the north, the church of America, or the church of any particu lar country or province, cannot be ac cording to the New Testament idea of a church of Christ : For when a church. by reason of numbers or y distance, divides to observe the ordinances in two dUtinct places of worship, there are two churches, and no longer but one, These churches are not branches of some otner and feigner : cnuren court composed of men, neither, but are en tirely free from - all - authority of men; knowing 'no jaw but the Word of God, and owning no king or law giver but the Lord Jesus Christ.. Some seem to think our associations and conventions are, in some way or other, above the. church,' and their authority is superior to the authority of the church. it is a mis take. ' They are - creatures '2 of the churches. : And the local church is the highest authority in ecclesiastical matters of anybody on earth." Some seem to think they can do the work Christ has assigned them by organizing themselves into societies apart from the church, such as . women's missionary societies, yoong men's Christian associ ations, . &c , This . is a mistake. The plan of organization the Holy Spirit has given for Christian churches, is the best for doing the work Christ has assigned His people. And 1 believe it a sad day for His chorea when the members aban don His plan for one of their own. The members ox a church are bound together upon ' principles of mutual. voluntary, consent.".., "No act of civil government has the! right to form them into societies or compel them to associ ate, nor has ecclesiastical decrees, nor ministerial authority", nor has any other power the right to associate them to gether," other than their own .uncon strained choice. . No authority on earth is to constrain them in felJowchip, nor select for them any particular company with whom they shall associate.. . When ever the civil authority la employed to direct the axlairs of a Christian church, it is sadly out of place. It is even a sad commentary on . the morality of the nineteenth century that the civil author ity must sometimes be called on to guard away, the roughs while the eh arch meets to worship. - Civil authority has just as much right to say with whom, you shall associate in any of the avocations of life, as it has. to say with; whom you shall associate religiously. -. It has lust as much right to say what profession you shall enter and follow as to say what church you shall loin. -: i ' Then, a. New Testament Christian Church has Scriptural officers. At this, two questions arise. ; First, how many kinds t and second, how are they chosen f As to the Kinds of cxacers there need be no difficulty if one will impartially study the Word of God. He has instituted but two kinds of permanent officers in His ehurcbes--bishops -or elders, and deacons, --the bishops or elders to attend to its spiritual necessities, and the dea eons to attend to its temporal concerns, That there were but two kinds of officers in the primitive churches is evident, be cause we have no information in the Bible concerning the choice, qualifica tions or duties ; of - any other.. That bishop, elder and pastor are only differ eat terms for. the same office, and cor respond to the pastors of churches now. is evident from Acts 2 : 17, 28 ; Titus 1 : 5, 7, and 1 Peter 5:1, 2. They are called bishops, meaning overseers, be cause they overlook the spiritual mat-; ters of the church, 1 Tim. d: 1: pastors, because they feed the churches with troth, Eph. 4: 11; rulers, because they guide the enureses, Heb. 14; 7: minis ters. because they are the servants of Christ and of the churches, Eph. 6: 21. : The deacons are to receive and dis tribute the funds of the church, Acts 6 1 3, especially what is raised for the yoor, and guide the financial interest of the churches. All other kinds of officers than these two are the inventions of men, and not the appointment of Christ, and which, in many instances, by in tending to add splendor to the church, have corrupted its simplicity, destroyed its spirituality and caused it to symbol ize with tne world. ! Orttna coca of electirgf tnese cziaers, tava no tronl if we will C2.re:a.i.y f r tLairewli. -cn.t tidies no measure cf The Organ of the North Carolina Importance was gone into without the concurrence of the church, not even when the apostles were present. Even the election of a' new apostle was made by the church, and not by the apostles even, exclusively, Acts it zx, so. . xne decrees of the council at Jerusalem were passed by the entire church, and went forth in the name of the ennrcn. and not of the apostles. Acta IS: 23 The apostles did not appoint the dea cons ; they were chosen by the ehurohJ Acts 6. ? " No trace of foreign control over a church of Christ can be found In the New Testament." A church, meeting as we have sug gested, with the officers we nave men tioned, having been organized: as we have: indicated, is complete in Itself. and is subject to no power, Authority or tribunal on earth. The word ox God is our guide, and we are accountable to God for the oonsequenoes, U ' we are too Ignorant or too indolent, with the Bible in our hands, to examine His "Word and know His wilL". - .- - r i Away with that indifferent idea pre sented by some, ' It makes no difference what church one belongs to, so he is a Christian." I do not, I cannot, under take to say every man who does not be long to the right church la not a Chris tian. But I do say, Christ by His own words and the guidance . of the Holy 8pirit established a church in the days of the apostles, and it is right tor us to seek fori that church. ,i Everything re lating to religion is of consequence, and is worthy of our careful study. v t And now this duty of following Christ lies equally at the door of every man; So let me come to the entrance of every heart, and lay down there with all if responsibilities, this important question : Do you belong to the kingdom of God, and have you professed Christ before the world by being baptized into His name! If not. It is high time. Next, Wht of the Ordinances! ' J 1 W. A. Pooi Dote from the West Chowan, In the beautiful new church at An- lander an immense crowd gathered on Thanksgiving day. It was an union ser vice of several Baptist ehurobee. In the morning service Bev. T. T. Speight brought out the religious liberty, the peace : (and kindred subjects) of our country, k All enjoyed it. . :. . . The evening service bad eight or ten speeches by representative laymen of the , various churches present. 4 Point edly and rapidly they reviewed the past; spose for the. present and the future. Some of; the speeches were really elo quent, and not one was long or dry. The singing was inspiring. The collec tion and the dinner were both full and free. - j- 4 7BKB OF DKPT. Three weeks ago Aulander and Boxo- bel en a relies bad a 4tebt of six hundred dollars over them. A grand rally at each point leaves them "owing no man anything." At these two points and at Kieh Sauare f Corinth) it will be onr plan of work for the future. Their hearty response to the "cash system" has encouraged their pastor as much as anything occuring since his settlement.! A KEVTVAIi. A great revival in Foreign Missions has swept over our Association recently. Bro. T. C. Britton who is winning our hearts and heads by bis own true life in our borne work, is now sailing to China. He has been heard all over the Association, and the churches will give a joytui ' support. . xne committee of support has Just met and made a request 01 tne ehnrcnes. All money for Hro. Britton should be sent to W. S. Grand y, Treasurer Baptist State Convention, Raleigh, N. C., stating that it is for Bro. Britton and "Foreign Missions.!' Let as raise his salary in the next two months. What say the churches I - ; FKBSOSAlV.1 ' 4 Bev, Herbert T. Williams moves over the Chowan river, and will give his entire time to Ahoskie and Union churches. Well mated 1 Bev. M. L. Green is rumored as resign ing his two churches in our midst, and will put his whole time in the old Chowan. His churches will probably call i Bev. r- S. P. Bristow. ; Buekhora wants Bev. C. W. Scarborough. Win- ton has its eye on Rev. J. A. Speight. The Episcopal Bishop said that the re vival at i Windsor " would be felt for years te come." Their Baptist bishop Bev. T. .T. Speight has a new hold on bis , people. He is radiant when he speaks of Windsor. ask juv. w. x. Jordan to tell you now to take a collection. . , , . n s- wnm m rsro. d. d. w uiiams moves xor a monthly " Pastor's Meeting." It will be a joy to ns alL -v .;a : i WISX WORDS TE CHUBCH COSTFXBBNCX. "Yesterday I rated with the minority , co-aay x am wun tne majority." ir. sr. u. jeruiins. . Ift ... . . I cannot consent for our church to ' compromise ' a debt, ; I - would Day it au nrst.7 tt. . w. jstcerman. ".The Lord shovels in faster than we shovel out! Albert Vann. . "I try never to ref oe to do what m v cnuren aess me to do." tfeo w.uishov. uur churches love the KKCOKDkr. ; W. B. W. Some Historical Facts Taken from Benedict in his History of the Bap tists, eompiaina of the backwardness of his North Carolinb brethren in com municating historical facts and docu ments. For want . of such facts and documents some of the distinguished author's statements concerning the Bap- list ooaies 01 tms state are incorrect. i Having some data at hand that mar be of interest and service to the present generation, ! crave a little space for tbem In the columns of the Recorder. They are such as relate. .mainly to the churches within the limits of the Eastern and Atlantic Associations First I will speak of the - ::- :-,. $ BAPTIST ADVISORY COUNCIL. rseneaicc , epeaas ox tnis Doay as a small Association formed about 1840. In the minutes of this body for 1833 is a brief statement of its history. It was organized at Newbern 7 (or Me w borne, perhaps,) meeting-house,Greene county. March 11th, 1SC5, by churches secedinar from uontentnea Association in conse quence of an obnoxious resolution passed by that body. The fcllowicg October they met at Eear Creek church, (now LaGrange,) Lenoir county. According to tae minutes lor tiere were eix ctzrcbss rererrrtci, viz: T:?.r Cr; i;ahity. Ii'e'll7. Tlzzzzzt Tl:'-s. rrcr-ec; ts.1 Urica. ILej were t-ia- .rr. i . . 1 Baptists, Devoted to Bible Religion,1 Education, Literature and General Intelligence. RALEIGH, N. 0., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, ated In , Lenoir, Wayne and ' Duplin counties. ' This session was held at Na-i booty ohureb, Wayne county ; Bev.; Alexander Moeely, moderator, and Rev. George W. Wallace preacher ox tne m troduotorv sermon. Most of the churches lying between Tar River and the South era boundary of the State were, prior to the year 1794, members of the old , , ' XXHUEXS ASSOCIATION. . . Amone those ' churches " were "Bear Marsh, which became a member of this old Association October, 1791, and Bear Creek, with which the Association con- vened October. 1792. f r In 1794 those churches belonging to the Kebukee Association which lay south of the Tar River, were organized into therir-i-?!l :-m i ,T-SXVBZ ASS00IATI0H.?rt I I have the minutes of this body for 1832-'. torinted at Newborn by John I. Pasteur and the Interpreter, (afterwards Becofdr) office. Among the churches renresented - during : those years' were INewbern. Greenville ana uancocx s. At the session of 1831 James Grifflu was requested to become their missionary for tne ensuing -year, noan xyson was moderator, and Wm. P. Biddle clerk. ; OAPB FXAB ASSOCIATION, ; formed from the Neuse in 1805, covered a mueb larger area during its early his tory than it does at present. ! The min : utes of this body lor. IBT-J snow tnat six churches from Sampson, six from Uup lin. four from New Hanover, and one from Wanye. - besides several other churches, -: were represented. Among be ehurches represented were New Hop, Beulah, Bear Marsh, Muddy Creek, Island Creek, Bull Tail, (now Well's ChapelX Blley's Creek, WUming- trn. and Thnnder Swamp (now extinct.) Wilmington then bad 23 members; Bear Martb. 88: Island Creek, 42; and BuU Tail (Wells' Chapel), 74. The session of 1823 was held, with tne last named church. . ' , : . ' From the Cape Fear was formed, in 1827, the i , GOSHKBT ASSOCIATION. This Association was made up, for the most part,- of tne enurcues of Duplin, Sampson and New Hanover, The old est minutes I have are those of 1832. This i year the Association i met with Brown's enurch, Sampson eounty, James Ma.t.hia - mrularafiip 1 4 en W Hnfriam clerk, and Biram Stallings, preacher of introductory ; sermon. The session of 1834 was held with Bear Marsh church. : In the year 1844, at Eenansville, Dap lin eounty, the Goshen and the Neuse Associations united to form tne UNION ASSOCIATION. Of this body, Benedict says he can give no account of its origin or progress. At its organization, James Carroll was moderator, and R. Mcriabb, clerk. The tables give 32 ehurohes and 17 ministers, located in the counties of Duplin, Samp son, New Hanover, Onslow, Craven, lienolr. Jones, and Wayne. , f I believe it was in the early part of the late war between the States that this Association dropped the name Union and assumed that of the . , ? ; EASTERN ASSOCIATION, . which it still retains. This is a growing body of about 60 churches, tne aggre gate of whose membership is between 6.000 and 8,000.- ; - In 1884, over twenty churches seceded Irom tnts body xor tne purpose ox form ing a new Association. They met at LaGrange October 29, 1884, and organ- ized, calling themselves the ATLANTIC BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. This is an active,- progressive body of Christians, as will be seen- by reference to their minutes. . . . .. Jno. T. Albbttton. Mt OUve, N. O., Dec 5th, 1888. From Mount Airy, Aeslgaattoa el . Pastor-Notes, The Baptist church here Is now with out a pastor, Rev. O. C. Haymore hav ing resigned, after a faithful and accep table service of nine years. Bro. Hay more is a godly, consecrated man, and under his ministrations the church has become strong and self sustaining. - The brethren are now on the cut ties for a good man to succeed him. " The growth of this town has been phe nomenal since the railroad was com pleted, and It is destined to become an important commercial and manuf aetur . Ing centre. The people Impressed me 1 being Kind and nospitable, and my brief sojourn among them was a contin ued ovation. Brethren Galloway, Nutt, Haymore and others know how to wel come and entertain the heralds of the Cross.-The Sunday-school is in a flour ishlng condition under the supervision of Bro. K . 1. Haymore, who impressed me as tne right man in the right place. He is an active disciple of Coke, but man! I esu a deep interest in the advancement Of the Masters cause. -,-. 1 , ; Romanism in Brazil, ' " As illustrating how everything in Bra zil is made to con tri bate to the interests of Romanism, a correspondent writes that once a year all land owners are required to appear at the adjacent parish cnuren witn axe or noe or brush knife. - Beginning tbere every, man works the road to his own home. Formerly the priest refused to carry the sacrament to any home unless there was a good road all the way. This is Romanism. There certainly are few school homes in that country, or very poor roads leading to tnem, since only, one In seven of the population can .read and write. If 1 S5S??f?i!Jd tneilf wf thjs country, U1USU WVIUU KIUW LU Ui roaUS KO SVerV Lhnnoa t w.imw. . J . I Bible and bookstore and news ofnee. ."The Church" makes everything subser vient to her oppressive domination. JSxcnange. Be Gentle. :Men are given to saying harsh and cutting words to those who disDleasa them.. Anger has a vocabulary of its own. Its words are sharp edged. rasD leg and erul. In moments of ill-feeling the book of words opens with increasing facility at this unholy page, and the evil temper cans tnem OS with growing fa mUiarity. .v The very words intensify the feelings and feed anger. ; A better way is to forget where this page is. Keep no corner turnea aown tneie, no book mark at the unrighteous place. Instead turn to.a bright pae of frank, pare, kind epeech and quote it with test The feel iEj-9 will cool oa under such treatment r-3l2av8EO T,ia rereta. Scftgpei trr-s arsy it?, wrath cf both speaker ana Le?.r:r. 2.zar.ja. , ; Our Dead Still Live, . B : BBV T. DA WITT TAI.MAGK Jbk tateBMly ImtorMtiaa; Dtoeoona, WUok ' "WTU Appeal ( Every Trae ChrlstlM ' Heart The Hope of Immortality Bo- ; yosd tho Omv. ' .. "Vv. . . ' . ; i Beooklyii, Dec. , 9.- Tho Rev. T. De . Witt Talmage, D. D., preached today ' on "Our Departed Still Living." nfa text was Genesis xlv, 27, ,58 : "And when he saw the , wagons which Jo- ; seph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. And , Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive," ; TJr. Talmage said i - The Elgypuaa capital was the focus - of the world's wealth. In ships and ; barges, there had; been brought to it ; iwm India frarmcense, and cinriamon, ' and ' ivory, and diamonds; from the ' north, marble and iron ; from Syria, . purple and silk; from Greece, some of : the finest horses of the world, ;and some of the most brilliant chariots ; and from all the earth that, which could, best please the. eye, and charm the ear, and gratify the taste. There were temples : aflame with red sandstone, entered by ' gateways that were guarded by pillars 4 bewildering with hieroglyphics,5 ; and ! wound with brazen serpents, and adorned with winged creatures their j eyes, and beaks, and pinions glittering with precious stones. There were ' marble columns blooming into white flower buds; there were stone pillars, K at the top bursting into the shape of l the lotus when in full bloom. Along ' the avenues, lined with sphinx and '. fane and obelisk, there were princes i who came in gprgieously upholstered palanquin, earned by servants in scar let, or elsewhere irawu by vehicles. the snow white horses, golden bitted ; and six abreast,; dashing at full run. ; There were fountains ; from stone wreathed vases climbing the ladders -; of the light You would hear a bolt i shove, and a door of brass would open ; like a flash of the sun." The surround-1 ing gardens were saturated with odors I that mounted the terrace and dripped from the arbors, and burned their in- . cense in the Egyptian noon. On floors 01 mosaic the glories ! or rharaoh were speuea out in letters orporpnyTy, f 1 beryl, and flame. There were ; ornaments twisted from the wood of the tamarisk, - embossed with silver breaking into foam. There were foot stools made out of a single precious stone. There were beds fashioned out of a crouched lion" in: bronze; ; There were chairs spotted with the sleek hide of leopards. There were sofas footed i with the claws of wild beasts, ' and armed with the beaks of birds. . As vou stand on the level . beach . of tho sea on a summer day, and look either way . and tuere are : mues 01 breakers, White TwitbT the ocean: foam, dashing j shoreward ; so it seemed as if the sea ' qf the world's pomp and wealth in the j jiypuan capiuu ior . mues aa mues flunir itself no into white breakers of marble temple, mausoleum . and obe- use. . WHAT A CONTRAST! This ; was the' place where Joseph, i the shepherd boy, was called to stand na-rt tr PharaAh In hnmni ; Whal a A - - i T J . J X. I humble starting. . and t the " pit into which his brothers threw him I Yet he was not forgetful of his early home ; he was not ashamed of where he came from. ' The bishop of Mentz, descended from a wheelwright covered his house ; with spokes, and nammeri and wheels ; i and tne sing 01 eioily, in Honor 01 nis father, who was a potter, refused to? drink out of anything but an earthen TesseL So Joseph : was' not ashamed ! of his early surroundings, or of his V old time - father,1 or of his broth-; era. " When ther :. came v up v from the . f annne " icten land to get corn from the king's com crib. Joseph, in- j stead of cMding them for the wayuieyf had maltreated and abused him, sentf them back with , wagons, which Pha-1 raoh furtdshed. laden with corn; and. reww suy awiauva v v J '"v - wagons," was brought bact, that Jo-; sepn, tne son, might see turn, ana give nim a conuonaoie uome au uie ru 01 his davs. Well, I hear the wagons, the king's , wagons, rumbling down in front of r the palac& .' On .the outside of tne pal ace, to see the wagons go oft, etands Jrharaoh in royal ; robes: , and, Deatie him Prime Minister Joseph, with a chain of gold around his neck, and on xus nana a ring given by rnaraon to him, so that : at any time he want ed to stamp ., the., royal seal upon a document he could do so. Wagon after wagon rolls on down - from-, the palace. laden with corn, and meat and changes of : raiment, and every thing that could help a . famine struck people. : One day I see aged - Jacob seated in front of his house. .He is possibly thinkinfir of his , absent boys (sons, however old they get, are never to a father any more than . boys) ; and While he is seated there, he sees dust arisinfl". and ,- he .hears wasrons rum bling, and he wonders what u coining f sow, ior tne wnoie lana naa neen smitten with the famine, and was in silence. : But after a while the. wagons have come near enough, and he seas his sons on the wagons, and before they come quite - up, they- shout: 'Joseph is yet sliver -The old man faints dead away. " I do not wonder at it The boys tell the story how that thebov. the lonr absent-Josenh. has got to be the fireman in the Egyptian J ineneighborhood come up and ask I tnm a Iinnrlfvil r.r,A I . A ' : sad&fieu. - jacob .oorsa on a JotnRinnr. ' One day the wagons are brought up,: for Jacob, the old father, is about to go to see Joseph in the Egyptian palace. You know it is not a very easy- thing to transplant an old tree, ana Jacob has hard work to get away from the place where he has lived so long. ; ' He bids good-by to the old place, and leave His blessinar viih the neighborVand then his sons steady him, while he, determined to help himself, gets into the wagon, stitt. ana aecrepw. xonaer tney go, Jacob and his.sonsand their wives, and their childrenl eihtv-two in all. followed by . herds and fiocks, which the herdsmen drive along. . They are foing out from famine to luxuriance: tiiey are goin j from a plain country tiome to me rmest paiaca unaer tlie sun; Joseph, the prune minister, gets la II3 chariot, end drives down tb meet ths old can. : Jcsoph's chariot- i , - . , , e-r XiOivs up tue xiorcia on uie one J2 d.i covc I vtloA cf ti.3 t Jr- 3 P.- .1888. emigrants stop on the other. Joseph, ! instead of waiting for his father to -come, leaps out' of the chariot and 5 jumps into the emigrants' wagon, . throws his arms around the old man, i and weeps aloud for past memories -: anaTpresent joy.; " The Tafher, jacdb, f can hardly think it is his boy. Why, the amootn brow of childhood has be come a wrinkled brow, wrinkled with the cares of state, and the garb of the I shepherd boy has become a robe roy ally bedizened 1 But as the old. man finds ; out it is actually Joseph, I see the thin J lip quiver against the toothless gum as he cries out: "Now let me die, since i I have " seen thy face ; behold Joseph is yet alive Y The I wagons roll up in front of the palace, f Help out the grandchildren, and -take them in out J of the hot Egyptian' sun. Help old I Jacob out of the wagonT Send word to Pharaoh that the old shepherd has i come. ' In the royal apartment Pha-J raoh and Jacob imeei-dignity f and rusticity, the gracefulness of the court and the plain manners of ; the field, f The long wanting to make the oldl coujitryman at ease, and seeing how white his beard is, and how feeble his step, - looks familiarly into his face, and says to the aged man : "How old art thout" Give the old man a seat f Unload the wagons; drive out the: cattle toward the pastures of Goshen. Let the slaves in scarlet kneel and! twash Jhe feet of the newly arrived, 4 -; wiping them on the ttnest linen of the f 5. T. -- - TS ' M - rWA A I paiace. ; . rrom vases 01 penume let tne t newly arrived be"; sprinkled and re-1 freshed; let rninstrets come in with I sandals of crimson. and thrum the f harps, and clap the cymbals, and jingle f the tambourines; while - we sit down, f at this 'great distance of ' time and space, and learn the lesson of - .the long's wagons. xwjui-umsyn i -f My friends, we are In a world by sin famine struck; but the King is in con stant 'communication with us, his t wagons coming' and going jperpetu-1 ally ; and in the rest of my discourse 1 1 will show you what the wagons bring and what tney take back. , ; : ? f .. In the first place, like those that came from the Egyptian palace, the ' i King's wagons now bring us corn and meat and many changes of raiment. We are apt to think of the fields and the orchards as feeding us: but who! makes the flax grow for the linen, and 1 the wheat for the bread, and the wool; ' on the: sheep's back! Oh, I wish we could see through every grain field, ; ot every sneep 101a, unaer tne ; trees s ' of every orchard, the King's wagons. iney drive up tnree tomes a day morning, noon and night They bring j furs from tho arctic they bring fruits ' from the tropic they bring bread from f the temperate zone. The Kine looks -out, and he sayB! "There are twelve hundred millions of people to be ted and clothed. 80 many pounds of meat so many barrels of flour, so many y ardit of cloth and linen and ; flannel, so many bats, so many socks, i so many shoes ; enough for alL save that we who are greedy get more shoes wan oeiong to us, ana otners go Dare footed. None but a God could feed and , clothe the world. None but a loner's corn crib could appease the. world's famine. 1 JNone but a , long could tell how many wagons to send, and how heavily to. load, them, and when they are to start They are coming over the frozen v ground today. .- Do you : not hear their-rumbling? . The v will etoo .at noon at your table. On, if for a little wbxle they should cease, hunger would come into the nations, as to Utica when Hamilcar besieged it and as in Jerusalem when- Vespasian ; sur rounded itt and the nations would be! hollow eyed and fall upon each other in universal cannibalism ", and skeleton would drop upon skeleton ; - and there ' would be no one to bury' the dead ; and the earth would be a field of bleached skeletons; and the birds of prey would fall dead, flock after flock, without, any carcasses to devour; and the earth; in silence would .wheel around, one: creat black hearse I All life stoTroed : because the King's wagons are stopped. , Oh, thank Uod for bread for bread If ;H!' JACOB BXAHS OOOI NEW8. , I remark again, that like those that: came from the Egyptian palace,.-the Jiangs wagons oring us gooa news.; Jacob had not heard from nis boy for m great many years. He never thought; oftiim but with a heart - ache. -There was in Jacob's h eart a room wh e re lay the corpse of his uhburicd Joseph and ' when the wagons came, the king's rwagons, and told him that Joseph was , yet alive, he faints dead away. Good news for Jacob! Good news for us! The King's wagons come down and 1 tell us that our Joseph-Jesus is yet alive;' that he has forgiven us because! ; we threw him into the pit of Buffering " and the dungeon of shame. He has risen from thence to stand in a palace. The - Bethlehem shepherds were awakened at xnidhight ' by the battling, of the wagons that brought the tidings, r Our . Joseph-Jesus sende us a message of pardon, of life, of heaven ; corn for vour hunger, raiment for our naked-- ness. i Joseph-Jesus is still alive I r I go to hunt up Jesus. I go to the;; village of Bethany, and say : "Where . does Mary live f' They says "Yon ; der Mary lives. I go in. I see where . she sat in the sitting room. -. I go out; where Martha worked in the kitchen,! but I find no Jesus. . I go into Pilate's court room, and I find the judges and the police and, the prisoner's box, but no Jesus. I go into the Aximathean cemetery, but the door is rone, s and , the shroud is gone, and Jesus is gone. ' 1 By faith I look up to the King s palace, and behold I have found him 1 J oseph- Jesus is still alive! i. Glorious religion,'. a religion made not out 01 aeatn a heads, 4 and cross bones," and ' under taker's screw driver," but one bound ing with life, aud sympathy, and glad ness. . Joseph is yet alive 1 , - j . I know that my Redeemer ttres, . " 1 What comfort this sweet sentence gtnet 4 ' He Urea, he Utcs, who once wo dead, " . I . . - Be lives, my erer Uin( bead 1 t i Bs lives to grsat me daCy breath, ' ." I ' He lives, and 1 shall conquer deUL ' . Ue Ue my mansioa to pipare,-: ! He lire to nrlng me safely there. ' He Htss, all glory to his name; , Be Uvea, my Jesus still the same, " ' - Oh, the sweet Joy this aestesfs gtvim, ' ! I know that my Redeemer Ureal - I' I ; " The King's wagons will after a while unload, and they will turn" around, and they will go back to the palace, and I really think thatyou and I will ' go with them; The King will not leave xi3 in this famine struck world. The King has ordered that wo be lifted into the wagons, and that we go over into Goshen, where them shall be pasturag-e for our largest flock of joy, and then we will drive up to the palace, where there are glories await irj us which will melt all tho Enow of ?7ptian marble into foretfulnesa. we win. era oua friexds agaet. . T vjji tUt the Kiss's NUMBEB 2SJ will take us" up to ' see our' lost friends. Jacob's chief anticipation was 1 not seeing tho Nile, nor of seeing' the long colonnades of architectural beau J ty, nor : of seeing- the throne room. , There was a focus to all his journey in gs, to all his anticipations, and thai was Joseph. Well, my friends, I do not think heaven would be worth much if our brother Jesus was not there. If there were two heavens, the one with all the Domo and naranher- nalia of an eternal monarchy, but no Uhrist and the other were a plain heaven, liumblv thatched, with a few caiiflea in tne vara, ssst Cnnst were there, I would say? "Let 1 the King's wagons take me up to the old farm house." If Jesus were not in heaven, there would be no music there; there would be but few jjeoplfti there ; they would be off looking for the lost Christ cry ing though ithe universes -"Where xs Jesust where is Jesus?" and after they had found him, with, loving violence they would take; him and bear him through the gates ; and it would be the Seatest day Jcnown in heaven within e memory f the oldest inhabitant Jesus never went off from heaven but oncey and he was so ' badly treated on that excursion, they will never let him go again. ; u&-'v-s :- Oh, the joy of meeting our brother. Josepn-Jesus ! After we have talked about him for ten, or fifty, or seventy years, to talk with him', and to clasp hands with the hero of the ages; not crouching as underlings in his pres ence, but as Jacob and Joseph, nug ; each other. We will want some new term by which to address luxn. : On earth we call him . Saviour, or Ee deemer,, or friend ; but when we throw our arms around him 5 in everlasting- Sembrace we will want some new name of endearment I can think of what we shall do through the long ages of eternity; but what we shall do the first minute I cannot guess, In the first flash of his countenance, in the first rush of our emotions, what we shall do I cannot imagine. Oh, the overwhelming glory of the first sixty seconds in heaven ! Methinks we wiu just stand, ' and look and look and look. -v'.K'. v' a'-syi ;.ti;,--w , The king's wagons took Jacob up to ' see his lost boy, and sol reaUy think that the King's wagons will take us up to see our loat kindred. How long : xs it since Joseph went out of your household! How manv . veara is it 'now last Christmas, or the fourteenth of next month f It was a dark night when he died, and a stormy day it was at the burial ; and the clouds wept -with you and the winds sighed for the dead. The bell at Greenwood's gate ram? onlv a' few - momenta, but vour heart has . been tolling, l tolling, ever : since, x ou have- been under a deJu- sion, like Jacob of old. ' You . have thought : that Joseph was - dead. , -You put his name first in the birth record : of the family Bible and then you put it in the death record of the family Bible, and you have been deceived. Joseph is yet alive, v He is more alive 1 than you are. Of all the sixteen thou sand millions of children that statisti cians say have cone into the future world, there is not one of them dead.'! and the King's wagons will take you ; up to see them. You often think now glad you1 will be to them. ' Have you never ' thought - my ; brother, my j sister, 'how, glad they wul be to see Jout Jacob was no more glad to see oseph than Joseph was to see Jacob. - Every time th door in heaven opens. 1 ' they look to see if it is you coniingin. ) j osepn, once standing . in the palace. burst : out crying when he thought of "Jacob afar off. And the heaven of vour little ones will not J be f airlv be gun until you get there. All the kind-: nesses shown them by immortals will not make them forget you. There they are, the radiant throngs that went out! , T il i: d. s the sweet darlingaThey are all well j now in tne palace, lne crippled cmid ' has a sound foot now. ' A little lame ? child 'savsi fMa.'wjll I be lame in heaven f' "No, my darling, you wont ' be lame in heaven." s A little sick child ' says : "Ma. will I be sick in heaven!" i "No, my dear, you won't be sick in! J heaven.' - A little blind ' child says : "Ma, will I be blind in heaven! "No, my dear, you won't be blind in ' - heaven. "- They are all well there. 1 ki : in my boyhood; for some time W0 lived three xniles from churchj and on! stormy days the - children staid at home, but father and mother always went to church ; that was a habit they' had. On those stormy Sabbaths when! we staid at home, the absence of our ' parents seemed very much protracted ; t for the "roads were very bad,: and they s could not get on very, fast So we Would go to ths window at 12 o'clock to see if they were i coming, and then we would go at half-past 12 to see if. i they were coming, ana at a quarter to, il, and then - at 1 o'clock. After a - while, Mary, or Dai id, or De Witt; ;;woukl shout: i'The .' wagon's com-1 ing!" and -then we would see it .. winding out of the woods, and over . the brook, and through the lane, and !up in front of the old farm house ; and, i then we would rush out leaving the doors wide open, with many things to tell them, - asking ; them , xoasor wissn tions.- ' Well, my - dear brethren, I think we are many of us in the Kings wagons, and we are on the way home. The road is verybad,' and we get on . slowly $ but after a while we will come winding out of the woods, and through the brook of death, and up in front of the old heavenly homestead; . and our . departed kindred, who have been wait ing and watching for us, will rush out through the doors and over the lawn, : crying: ''The wagons are coming I the King's wagons are coming I" Harkl . the oell . of the city hall strikes 12. ' Twelve o'clock on earth, and likewise it is high noon in heaven. ' l Does not the subject of today take the gloom out of the thoughts that woula otherwise ? be struck , through with midnight! We used to think that when we died . we 'would have to go afoot Baggingjdown in. the nure. andx the i hounds of terror might get after us, and if 4we got througn into heaven at all we would come in torn, and wounded aud bleeding. I remem ber when my teeth chattered and my knees knocked together when I heard anybody talk about death ; but I have come to think that the grave will be the softest bed; I ever slept in, and the bottom of my feet will not be wet with the passage of the Jordan. - "Them that sleep in Jesus will God bring with I was rcadin g of Eobert Bouthey, who said he wished he could die far away from his friends like a dog; crawling into a corner and dying un observed. Thoso were hi3 .wordi. Be it ours to die on a couch surrounded by loyed ones, so tL&t they wiiJa. us The Biblical Recorder. AD V2CRTISHY & HATES. 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' : - , .-: I. In extemporaneous preaching there are many errors In language, which mar the beauty and power of the sermon, so that hi the presence of an educated an- dienoe it can not have the force of a well : written emipoitIoffl,n.'WT-ij-fr-'u . 2. Off-hand preaching is full of Inac curacies of statement misquotations, and fanciful rhetoric which adds to the distrust which a want of elegant lan guage has already made. ; 3. There can never be that consistent and systematic handling of a subject by the extemporaneous speaker, which "would be possible to him in the delib erate preparations of a. written sermon. This off-band preaching is like off-hand shooting, very liable to miss the mark. ' 4." Extemporaneous preaching (except in ease of a few old sermons, which the boys irreverently; style s "sugar sticks") has no guide except , present . memory. And the speaker becoming excited, his speech is very defective in fact, reason, and judgment - I 5. The extemporaneous talk by Its " very rawness is unpalatable to the well informed mind which seeks comfort and ' consolation f'under the drippings of the sanctuary. Preaching should do one's soul good, like a medicine; a healing ointment, a sweet :perfume.i; The gos pel of Christ is the grandest theme for mortal tongue, and we are surprised that any good man, without Inspiration, would even dare to speak "off hand" in tne name of Jehovah 1 I once beard an ex temporaneous preacher, full of fire and zeal for what be thought right, who lost the thread of : his discourse,' and said, r 'Audience, if some tnember will please tell me where X left off, or where I am in my sermon, I will be under many obliga- ' tions to him.n But the audience seemed to be as badly in the fog as the preacher. This ' was extern poraneons - preaching with a vengeance, and will equal any story about: ."Notes In a s crack," or "thirdly flying -out , at the window , 6, Extemporaneous preaching Is gen- erally addressed to the passions' rather than the judgments of men. And the impressions made are like the. running of a wet weather spring which soon dries away. Impressions made under excite ment and in the baste of an unguarded -moment are wanting in that solidity r which characterizes the changes which are wrought out: by clear, well-defined principles. When the mind is calm and -the reason; is clear, the words of truth written out and tboDffbtfnllv ad AntAi tr the occasion, will enable it to think as for eternity.. . . . . 7. It is sometimeif B.i(1 tho. than m more force and spirit In off hand preach ing than there i !l3 manuscript preach ing. There may be more physical force and doubtless is, when a man is pound ing the desk, running over the floor, ges ticulating wildly and perspiring from every pore f But what good results from an excitement brought ibout by a preach er calling out like a lisa-luian lor his Lord and Master to come right down through every obstacle and make one in the midst! -'t ' -L ''f-X, Thefule is1 thatthe ' manuscript preacher studies bis subject carefully, and appeals to the reason of his audience. Surrounded by his books,; .with- ample time to , correct mistakes, his sermons ought to be more edifying than the same man could possibly make them on the spur of the moment , 1 : 2. There Is a subdued assurance In the tones of a man's voice who has examined every sentence before he utters it to which no man can attain without this deliberate preparation. z .--c S. He is into windinir natha. v. fis knnvi hsfnm hand what he is going to say, and he says mat, not someuung else which he has never stndiedl r-1iA ;?s i';"' - " 4. The manuscrint nreaeher Htm hia quotations verbatim, and the audience ... ... can reiy upon mm xor correct Informa tion. He has every advantage as a teacher over the 1erkv ' wordv. ViAruh. Toiced, high toned, excited brother, who oegins to taia- witnout anowmg where it wiu eno. .,. . . - ... -i - y. , 5 The manuscript preacher "does ail things in decency and in order," as saith tne scripture, 1 uor. 14: 40. He appeals with enlightened judgment and chosen language to the spiritual nature of man. He beautifies and adorns known facts with correct language, and points the soul to the blissful home above with words and sentiment called from the broad fields, of Christian literature in which the 'precious promises." shine with a glory which God has given them. 6. The calm, cultured, reasoning cart of a community always admire the care fully written sermon. The broader.'and deeper a man's knowledge of, divine things, the better is be pleased with manuscript Bermons. This is unanswer able, because it Is fact ' The carefully pousnea sermon, renecting the light of truth, Is always enjoyed by tbe calm and intelligent spirit : who visits the house of God to receive spiritual conso lation, and not to listen to an auctioneer t 7. -The more we in y estimate this mat ter, the clearer it seems. - There can be no doubt that alt great arguments, all learned investigations, all properly con densed and Instructive sermons will, in the near future, be well written and well read by their authors to the people whom they would aid in the pursuit of divine knowledge. John A. Williams, D.D. in OctograpMc Review. , It Is said that over the chancel in the mosque in Constantinople which was once the Christian cbnrch of Saint So phia, there was a picture of Christ, a magnificent mosaic. ' When the Moham medans captured the city, they covered the picture with paint and cement to bide it from sight Bat there arose a1 tradition among them, which still sur vives, to the effect that, when the pic ture shall reappear, the powerjof tlofaam medanism will wane iu Europe and soon pass away. It is said also that' of late it has been observed that by reason of the scaling ofE of the plaster the face of Chritt is beeom dlsly vlsitla aain. Whether all this 19 trr ? or not, is is'eer tain that when in the proeeas of t'.cie the selsa and ambitious projects cf men cave i-;ien awcy history, the underlying r.- 1 poses of Ood in Cbrls ; I to view f t.lls 1 C',7 i . . - ::3 ci --- Y
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