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Y) ,; " II" ... IX ". I I- .A -I '. '" ' " .' ' ' '-V l.-l f- m - , , l i ii ni ; - . -a 'tbm organ of tbe norta Carolina baptists-devoted to bible religion, education,, literature Aim GENERAL lntelligenci volume &7 . 4.1 -.!.,'? ! , -r : i RALEIGH, N. C., WEDNESDAY-!MAY54i 1892;.. Number 44 The Biblical Recorder. ptJBLISHED 'EyEBY WEDNESDAyT"; v , OFFICE i , us (up rtalrt) Fayette rllle Btoreetj Raleigh, N. 0. Tkrms Of BUBSOBIPTIOH: 0d copy, one year. . , ....,..,.. $2.00 ntm eoov. riac month . , . , . 1.00 I Clot of ten (oopy extra to lender) , 20.00 Anonymous communications will always ' find their way to the waste basket, No exceptions. f -. In sending letters of business, It is absolutely neo tamry that you give your postofflce address in full. The date oil the dabel of your paper indicates when your subscription expires, and also serves as a rWpt for yourmoney. ; w y 'v' Obituaries, sixty words long, are inserted free of charge. When they exceed this length, one cent for each word must do paid in advance. When writing to have your paper changed, please tsate the postolfloe at which you receive the paper, a well u the one to which you wish it changed. Remittances must be sent by Registered Letter, Postofflce Order, Postal Note, Express or Draft, payable to the order of the Publisher. Do not send The Besurrection. I. SCRIPTURE AFFIRMS TWO RESURRECTIONS. "Marvel not at this: for the hour is com ing, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; thev that have done good, unto the resurrec tion of life; and they that have done evil,' uhto the resurrection of damnation." John 5:28, 29. " And have Tiope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust" Acts 24: 15. This hope the Sadducees denied; hence they sought to entangle the Lord Jesus with the difficult question : "In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them f for the seven had her to wife.";' Mark 12: 23.. , ; ,;7; ' rj. THE TWO RESURRECTIONS DESIGNATED, ? 1. :The "blessed" resurrection. The " first" resurrection. " Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection; on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years." Rev. 20: 0. The 'font" resurrec 'tion.1 "I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his . sufferings, becoming : conformed unto his death; if by any means I might attain unto - the resurrection from (out from among) the ' dead." PhiL 8:2. The t resurrection unto life." "And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the I resurrection of damnation." John 5: 29. I The' ' better resurrection. " " Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection," Heb. 11: 83. 2. The -other is called the .resurrection unto "shame," "'contempt." And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth I shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt." Dan. 12: 2. The resurrection of "damna tion." John 5: 29. The resurrection of " the unjust,". 4 Acts 24: 15. ; The . second death,", Revi. 2Q: 6, 14. t David taught the truth of the two resurrections ; wnen he wrote, " The ungodly shall not stand (rise up) in the judgment, nor sinners in the con gregation of the righteous.'' . Ps. 1; 5. Paul 7 expressed himself as earnestly- striving to attain unto that first resurrection, as though it were a condition distinct from, and more I desirable than to have part in a general res l urrection,1 such as devout Jews believed was appointed for all men. " If by any means I ""iritmh affaln nntrt ia rAonrrfjf t.inn of ftnt from) the dead. Not as though I had al i ready attained, either were already perfect! I but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus." Phil. 3: 11, 12. r. y . j IIL- ONE THOUSAND YEARS. ; voi The two resurrections are to be separated by an interval of one thousand years. , " Bat . the rest of the dead lived not again until the ': thousand years were finished. This is the -first resurrection - Rev, 20: 5.v Thistbou . sand years 1 will be the time of millennial blessing to the Jews and the nations of the earth. It is termed "a day" in various . places In Scripture.. , " Because he hath ap pointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that uip whom, he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men,' in that he hath raised him from the dead." f Acta 17: 81. ; The reason for which gt. Peter gives: "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one flay is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day," 2. Pet. 8: 8, , . j , k.I IV, THE TIME OF THE FIRST , RESURRECTION,' This will' be at the second coming of Christ, But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren; concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have nohope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them alsd which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord -1. .11 . mrVii 1 DM ACjIaAT) ' snaifnov' prevem mem nuivu wv "t For the Lord himself shall -descend irom heaven with a shout, with th voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead io Christ shall rise first." . 1 Thess; 4: 15, 10. Michael would seem to be the angel who has charge of the sleeping saint?. " And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same timei and at that time thy people shall be deliver' ed, every one that shall be' found' written in the book. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake." Dan. 12: 1, 2. Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the Devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said. The Lord rebuke thee." Jude 9. v. the SAINTS WILL ABISE IN OR ORDERS. VARIOUS BANCS " In Christ shall all be made alive. But every man In his own order: Christ the flrstfruits, afterward they that are Christ's at his coming." 1 Cor. 15: 22. The word "order," tagma. U peculiar to this one place, and refers to a series or succession of companies, as military regiments.. The corresponding Old Testament term is found in Job 10: 22: A land of darkpess, as dark ness itself: and oi the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. " The teaching of Scripture seems to indicate that such stages to the blessed resurrection will occur throughout the Great Tribulation, or daring the reign of Antichrist. See Rev. 7: 13; 9: 11 ; 20: 4. 1. There shall be variety of glory in the first resurrection. ' u But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased- him, and- to every, seed his own body. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star dif fereth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead." 1 Cor. 15: 38, 41. 2. There shall also be variety of quality in the resurrection. " Ail flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of . beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celes tial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestial is another." 1 Cor. 15: 39, 40. , .,' 3. Celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies. May indicate the difference that shall exist in that state, between the Church of Christ and the house of Israel. See Isa. 26: 19; Eze. 37: 18. , " : '"' 4. Sun, moon and stars.. May be figures illustrative of the glory of three classes, viz: Jesus, the saints, and IsraeL See Mai. 4: 2; Cant. 6: 10; Dan. 12: 3. VI. PECULIARITIES OF THE TION. FIRST RESURREO- 1. Human relationships mil be set aside. " For when they, shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given, in mar riage; but are as the angels which are in heaven." Mark 12: 25. Since there will be no dying, marriage, the object of which is procreation, will be no more required. 2. Perpetual youth shall be another char acteristic, " And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord de scended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow." Mate. 28: 8. 41 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right aide, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted!" Mark 16: 5. 4 And his (the risen Jesus') countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.'-' , Rev. 1:47. His sainU shaU be like him. "Beloved, now are we the sons of God and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him." -1 John 8:2.- - - , 8, : Luminous beauty shall be another char acteristic. ---fhen6halilhajighteou8hme forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.", Matt. IS: 43, 44 And was trans-, figured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and' his raiment . was white as the liffht." Matthew 17 : 2. 44 And as. he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, ; and his raiment was . white and glistering." Luke 9: 29. ' wVr; 4. Garments of light. The covering of all animals is a part of themselves. For ex ample: the wool of the sheep, the scales of the alligator, the feathers of the fowl In the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were probably clothed like God himself in light, which emanated from themselves. " O Lord, my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty; who co verest thyself with light as with a gar ment" Pa. 104: 1, 2 When Adam and Eve - transgressed, and fell from holiness, they lost their raiment of glory j and dis-, covering themselves .unclothed, In shame hid themselves. . In the resurrection this shining raiment shall be restored as part of the lost heritage, regained in the second 'Adam; -Thus the livery of heaven shall be worn by redeemed saints. And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed there about, behold, , two men stood by them in shining , garments." Luke 24: v 4a 44 lie that overoometh, the same shall be clothed In white raiment; and I will notbtot out his name out of the book of life, but I will con fess hia name before my Father, and before his angels." ;4Aud round about the throne, were four and twenty seats:' and upon the seats T aW four and . twenty elders sitting, clothed In white raiment; and they had pn J their heads crowns of gold. Rev. 8: 5; 4: 4. i 5. Peculiar elasticity shall characterize the resurrection body. ' The phenomena of the 5 rave-clothes, which convinced Peter and ohn of the resurrection of Jesus, was this? they beheld the bandages used for embalm ing lying intact, while the body had emerged from their folds as the butterfly departs from the chrysalis. ! 44 Then cometh Simon peter following himv and went into the se pulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, and the napkin, that was about his head, not ly ing With the linen clothes, but wrapped to gether in a place by itself. Then went in also that other disciple, which, came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and, believed." John 20: 6, 8. ' Later Jesds appeared, and vanished as suddenly from two on the road of Emmaus. " And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished, out of their sight." Luke 24: 81. s. . , Again he shewed himself among the dis ciples when they were gathered , in a room with locked doors. 44 And as M they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them. Peace be unto you. But they were terrified and affrighted, ahd supposed that they had seen a spirit" Luke 24: 86, 87. " Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disci ples were assembled for fear of, the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the. midst, and, saith unto them, Peace be unto you." John 20: 19. So Paul, caught up- to the third heaven, and John, projected into the future scenes of judgment, had foretastes of this resurrection power to overcome r! obstacle and space. 2 Cor. 12: 2 4; Rev, 1: 1619. 6 Power of rapid locomotion. " Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the visionr at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the. time of the evening oblation. "Dan.. 9r 21. " Swiftly " refers tosplendor. As the anger flew, his whole person glittered with splendor; It is said of resurrection , saints they are like angels: 44 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the chil dren of God, being the children of the res urrection." Luke 20: 36. 7 -r-tr, 7. The resurrection body shaU be tangible? though not a body of present physical con ditions. 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body." 1 Cor. 15: 44. 44 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself ; handle me,and seer lor a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have." T Luke 24: zg.1- VIL THE SECOND RESURRECTION. This occurs when the thousand years' reign of Christ are finished. Rev. 20: 5. It includes all the dead,' 44 small and great" that is, the low and the high. Rev. 20: 12. It shall be for final judgment and punish ment. At the first resurrection Christ judges his saints tor reward at his own judg ment seat. At the second resurrection God himself on his great white throne judges the wicked for punishment. Tbewhite throne is mentioned in connection with the wicked; and not in relation to the saved through Christ Rev. George C. Needham's "Bible Briefs.1 V- Revival in Ireland. ' ". The Baptist revival in Ireland is most wonderful. For many years our cause lan guished in the Emerald Isle. But God has raised up an apostle in Dublin whose labors He is richly blessing. A high-church Epis copalian lawyer, a graduate of Trinity Col lege and a young man of brightest worldly prospects, went to hear Mr. D. L. Moody preach and was convicted of sin and soundly converted to God. He studied the Bible to learn his duty, and became a Baptist Called of God to the. ministry, he gave up his world ly prospects and began preaching. He at once attracted crowds and many were conn -verted, until now he has the largest evan gelical congregation' in Dublin. His name is Hugh D. Brown. f t ' He has, as was to be expected, aroused much opposition. The air is filled with "re plies" to nis sermons. ' Tracts with such ti tles as 44 Baptist Absurdity," " Believers' Baptism Annihilated,'' "Baptism of rnfants Demonstrated upon the Grounds of Reason and Scripture, etci etcr are scattered on every hand, The v Irish Ecclesiastical Qai rette (Episcopalian) thus delivers itself con-, cerning Pastor Brown and his workf. , . f " It may be " well" to direct i attention to. other kinds of perversions and to ask who is responsible for filling the Baptist church in Harcourt Street with the scores of former members of the church of Ireland who at tend it! We know of whole families 4 going over to this pernicious form of dissent, which is, condemned by implication in our. Articles, and which is a real thorn In, the side of the evangelical clergy of Dublin. We know of a case where a wealthy individual recently withdrew all her substantial sub-5 scriptions to the church of Ireland in favor Of the Harcourt Street chapel ; and we have heard of certain local churches being spoken of as hotbeds to turn out adherents for the Baptist persuasion.-:': m-m? :p I The work is spreading over Ireland, and the outlook is most inspiring. . Dr. Gordon, to whom we are indebted for some of the above facts, thinks Pastor Brown 44 has come to the kingdom for such a time as this," and that the future is big with hope." It may be that the redemption p Ireland is at haud.-f"' Western Recorder,' " rr. " . , Hysterics, Be'al and Imaginary,f ; There are many questions, wise and oth erwise; that I suppose, more of less, bother livery pastor. The object of this paper is to ftelp some of tiiese questioners. Of course, we do not expect to answer ail questions, but we do hope to clear the mist' from some that are only obscure because of the rub bish that has accumulated upon them, and to give some rest to the mind about others that are unsoivable. , , , REGENERATION AND CONVERSION. ' ' These terms are frequently misunderstood by the average hearer, much to his confu sion; and the pastor's work is sometimes lost because he presumes on a knowledge that does not exist. " Generation means the imparting, of life, and i regeneration means the re-imparting of life. Human Mature is radically deficient, here. Death reigns uni versally. Something has dreadfully disa greed with the race. . Not only are onr teeth on edge for what our forefathers ate, but we have poisoned ourselves deliberately and with malice aforethought. VVe are as a city in- ruins," a natioirln"capttvify3rkIng ; in chains. We need to be re built, -cet free, un bound. From the crown of our head to the Bole of our feet we are nothing, but wounds and bruises and putrefying sores. , f , Regeneration is the , planting of new life in the mass of corruption, the grafting of the Divine life In the human, a spiritual vaccination - against . the contagion of - suv Conversion is the result that follows; a transforming of our life according to the in ward motive given us by the new birth, a continuous putting off of the old man and putting on of the new. ' Regeneration' is QoA" formed within: Tjsrcouversion , is God ioorking in us us both to. will and to do of his own good pleasure. Regeneration is the power to do, conversion is the exercise of that power. Regeneration is the believing with the heart, conversion is confession with the mouth. " BAPTISM. i It is very clear, from the above, that bap tism is no part of regeneration. . : It is, how ever, a figure, a picture or photograph, life size and life-like of this saving relationship to Almighty God. This is why we hold to the form that the Saviour used and gave us, which not only says we , must be porn of Gcd bnt teaches us the very process by which ve realize this change, viz.; by being immersed into the very life of God as we are buried in the baptismal flood." We have no disposition to lash those who do not agree with us because the fundamental principle of our religion is that every man shall follow his own honest convictions of the teaching of God's word ; but we do reserve to ourselves the right to give a reason for the faith that is in us. We believe Christ did and com manded us to do, not three things but one thing; that what he did: and commanded, it becomes us to do, and that nothing' else is baptism. The meaning of the word, the doc trine of the ordinance, and the admission of Pedobaptist scholars is all the apology that we have to offer for contending so earnestly for this part of the faith once for all deliv--ered unto the saints. We think a coin that passes with all should be adopted by all and all disputed coin rejected. Our understand ing of this ordinance also- forbids our ad"' ministering it to those who -cannot receive it upon profession of their faith. The com mand is to be baptized, not to have some body baptized. No adult christened in In fancy can Bay, "I have been baptized"; he can only say, ; 4 1 accept the act of ; my par rents for me;' but their act. was not being baptized but having .somebody baptized. Some claim that baptism takes the place of circumcision; for the sake of argument, sup pose it does. When was a child circumcised t After his birth of course. When, then, should he be baptized I Af tet the, new birth.... : -i COMMUNION. i As baptism is the birth ordinance, so com munion is the life ordinance. Baptism says, 44 1 am born again, I am dead and buried to sin and resurrected to righteousness. com munion savs. . " The life I now live is D faith in the Son of God who, loved me an gave himself for me." Baptism says, 4 4 1; receive the Son of God"; communion says, 44 1 feed on him." , We eat after we, are born, not before, hence baptism precedes and is prerequisite to communion, therefore bap tism is the bar that separates us from our brethren of other churches. We did not put this bar up and we cannot take it down. We could not receive a candidate for member ship who should demand sprinkling or effu sion at our hands and: rejecting him, we could pot consistently invite him to the communion. We should have to exclude, from Onr church one who should change his views on baptism, could we invite this ex-, eluded member to the Lord's table ? i: This is not to unchurch our brethren of other faiths, but to unbaptize them, and to us they are un baptized churches," All we are contend ing for is that they put oa the God given sign of what they have already put within. Of course we do not expect to solve this problem or even, define- this awful reality Suffice it to say, it is the dry rot of the souk Jt is spiritual blood poison which means a death that never dies. Its origin we can ever fathom, this side of eternity; but we may look as deep as we can into this bot tomless pit . It is clear how man was cor rupted, God made him innocent, and free and set before him life and death. It was in the use of this freedom that man was to fulfil his s destiny complete himself. It was in the1 abuse of it that he fell. But . fvtnM . tAt . CinA hava intartaraA tn nnnnt the fall ? No, . not , without taking away man's freedom. In other words, to have made man incapable of falling was to make' him incapable of rising ; ii e. , to add another Bnecies of ane t6 the animal kingdom. To be able to go forward involves the possibil ity" of going backward. ' Service to God ' would be worthless unless we could with hold that service; But man did not fall of himiwOf ; lift xraa lMAivAl hv fJfvl'a Anamv and" his, why did God permit it ? Because man was liable to fall without seduction, like the angels who kept not their first es tate, and had he so-fallen; recovery would have been impossible. But how was it pos sible for a good being to fall, unless tempted from without t We don't know. We only know the fact as a revelation, the Jiow, God has wisely reserved to himself, till we are : able to bear it Yet we are confident of this, ii... il. 1 Jl . . j . m . , LiiiiL liih lnnocencB nun inruom ui ldhkb ijm- ings involved development and trial. . They were all-taught, of God, and, instructed in the right, they could see the wrong, and ' since wrong is the exaggeration of right, L e., going too fat in the right direction, or the ' prostitution of right to evil ends, might not incomplete and free beings do this f It seems so to me. But I desist, lest being wise above that which is written I fall into condemna tion. Still I must say, that it seems to me -: that these " beings wanted to get through their book a little too fast Not being quite so dull as some of the other angels, they" got to be too smart and - presumed to teach the Almighty I This ought to frighten some death. Onr view is objected to on the part of some who claim thit sin is the shadow of rnrA ' an1 tlinmf'tWA riaiAactovwIinf nfavn o 1 : fwvif nuv uuva.vaAo uowooai j nu vvciui But this is to do away with sin altogether, rnak ing right and wrong meaningless terms, - and fthftrantar itRfllf a faroA. . No. no I Cicui is not the author of confusion, 44 an enemy hath done this." R. E Peele. : . ' How to Bead the Bible. -" Yon cannot be holy unless you do in secret live upon the blessed Word of God, and you ' will not live on it unless it comes to you as we sacrea wora ox nis mouin. ine joioie is not a book only, ; but' a speaking trumpet through which God speaks from afar to you, so that you may catch the very tones of his voice. Yon must read the Word of God , to this end, for it is while reading, meditating and studying, and seeking to dip yourself into its spirit, that it seems suddenly to change from a written book into a talking: book or phonograph; it whispers to you or thunders at you as though God had hidden himself among its leaves and spoke to your condition as though Jesus, who feedeth among the lilies, had; made the chapter to be lily beds, and had come to feed there. Ask Jesus to cause his word to come fresh from his own mouth to your soul, and if it be so, and you thus live In daily communion with a personal Christ, you will ? then ; with your feet take hold upon his steps ; then you will keep his way ; then you. will never de cline to go back from his commandments, but you will make good speed in your pil grim way to the eternal city, JSpurgeon, Mans ueeiuiness ana weuare., ; : Not what comes to man in the way of outward advantages, but what issues from him in the way of effort and influence, is the chief , source of 1 his welfare and useful ness. ' He may never see the results of his efforts he may, never know how much he has added the sum of human happiness ; but If he is patiently and steadily treading in his appointed path, and putin; forth his best efforts, no matter how small he may think them, great and abiding results must follow, and his influence for good will never be lost. Selected, i " Give me where to stand,", the old Greek said, 41 and I will move the world." Very forcibly, the late Dr. Frederick Hedge "re plies?; 4 Stand where you are, is the nobler postulate; stand where you are and move the, world,' Heaven's zenith is perpendicu lar to every spot on the earth's round." Stand where, yon are and do your ' work. Scan not your neighbor's horizon., -Confine your vision to your own. Think not if cir cumstances were . different you could do ' better. He who, as a rule, cannot do well where he is, would not do well were he transferred to: another, spot. The spot on which you are to. stand, and move things, young people, is where you are. . God may raise you then to greater vantage ground. Fill your place so full that it cannot hold you, and another, perforce, will open to your entrance. Fowl? Peopled Union. I Some teachers seem incapable of th!V"-j back on their own earthly youth, an I r :v their pupils the impression that tlwy I always been grown up. Feeling in ill not understood, or misunderstood, a has not courage to state his dir.eultir:-;. ; who is not a student of humnn r-' t fail as a teacher. The Five JtT ; of men. In times of aCHction we cc : with the sweetest experioncr ? QoA.-Bmvjan. ) ' :'
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