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1 Star A . Jff kjj KepttWIcan Paper, JrstllsBd myrj Saturdajr by , ill. oxipextbk, ' ;-s.!3. w. toe a. CARPENTER & LOGAN, RUTHERFORDTON, 'N.' Rates of Subscription : One -Copy, 1' year . .$2.00 U: montha... 1.00 . -w .IV -To taoss who get up clubs of fire .-or triors tnesoribers, one eopjr will be furnished gratis i !':; ,. THE TWO WONDERS RIPECf FULLY DEDICATED . -" ' ' t. f ALL CANDID ENQUIRJER& :; H! ;bt m. A. HOLLER. ;- . A'brief comment u tlii IZlb . Chapter : oj? Revelations.) : v There, seems to have Wen much said in the south, in reference "to the eeeand advent 61 ChrFiVfbr my part l.fe PJrr'.ti' .to pinfold, all the ' loysleries of the -times; nor give in-, 'lV't "! 1V " J' . J Ttr . .' ' " r. ." jaiiioie evidence 01 mis presence. uut s ek'ee&n bf the signs- which' - precede His - Doming.';, Without, many intro dnetory .remarks- we enter the confines of . the subject. We think the Lord designs the explanation of all allegories, ih'etepirors,' parables and' dark say Frigs in the Scriptures; when the rerelation of their fulfil lceent becomes lawful. . We cohceive the first vtondtr to hare reference w the exalted potition of the Church and the subordinate relation ot national government . f Tl( second wonder anpoars to refer the unity of. part of theVvCburchand politicians, fur the purpose of drawing ihe Church and government, from their respectiTe-r ranks. The former Is r& presented bj "a woman clothed with the sun ancUhe moon (or nation), under her. feet, and upon her head a crowu ot tw'elre stars'," denoting successloii from the twelre apostles, or the purifying Word of God' handed downv through them. .The latter comes under the liauie of " a great red dragon, hating even heads and ten horns, and seven .crowns upon his heads, and the dragon . a tood before the woman (or church) which Was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child (or Christ) as soon as it (or lie, was born." : The travailing and pain are the trou bles through which the church should pass before Christ will rule the nations and bring all men under, the influence f His saving power. :. This is the ob. jsct of the Church,, as an - instru. ment ; and the ministry as an agency, te bring salvation to a dying world. We trust, the aim, of ministers of all societies, is to .save men 'from their sins proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, yea ! aud declare the glory and millennial reign of Christ. Now i if this be our desire are we working for it 1 nor looking for the attainments without using the moans? The great question is, who are working fur the saving of man, clensing the Church an the coming kingdom of the Messiah t Persons fa sectarian spirit, say, ijny Church is doing must for these aspiring objects." The best way for all, is to com pliib all the, good in the bounds f possibility. And;' let others alone ' aaless we know they act wrong ;- then she word of God demands their reproof. I do hot say that' ' ilet hodisiri ,' is the only Church refered to in the text, but aiuong'others. i t stands' in the rank of the reformers.' 'However e present one presumptive evidence of its legal establishment" (Daniel 8th chapter I4th verse.) ' And he said unto me, unto two thousand and three hundred days ; 1 beh ' shall the sanctuary be leansed.M The'chapter bears date 'five koftdred fifty three years, B. C. and onVting a, day' for a literal jfear, 2300 days' or years'-and 'minus five,hun dred and fifty-three, 23005531747 she exact time of John Wesley V fourth conference' in which the doctrine ol sanctificatidn was '. examined to the foundation'! (see Wesley on perfection) te word sanctify means to cleanse; and the sanctuary refers' to the Church. I speak' tiot' of Methodism " for the sake f partiality1 but as' one, "1 have aotrie conception of vrliat it is1 doing. ' In point tf progress, : we have the advantage of the'Wf sleahs in Europe, from thu fact tfiis is ' free government in which we can 'prsach the "gospel of eace and U edQaj..' However, part of the Church betaine entangled with the dtetrino f bondage. It is well known that several organizations left the M.I E. Church ; 'eoniej because 'the Chnrch did not put down domestic slavery sooner, joibers', because she did when th laws of State; and Uo ; interest of the churc dema nded it, Which of all hodies of Methodism ; answers the dis- eripUonbfth'4 church best."'''' " . " - - ; . ; . Kev.,21 chapter, ; 10, 2:'. The bride being the holy Jerusalem; which Bt. John saw coming' down from Gd ot heaven, with ; twelve' gates, , three eastward, three westward, three north-1 VQL. III. ward ; and , three southward, which " shall not be shut at all by day ; for there shall be no night there." The great apostle of the gentiles has said Jerusalem which is above is frex, which is the mothxr of us all. ' "They shall come from the East, and from the West, and from the North, and from the South, and shall sit down in the Kingdom of God." 'n ; ; The existence of the dragon or: ser pent makes manifest the presence of enmity. .".And I will put enmity be tw'en:tbean the woman, and be. t ween thy seed and her- seed." -Gen. ' 3 chapter, 1 5 verse. Without particularly5; defining : the Dragon we proceed to Btate briefly its nature and object. "His tail drew the third part of the stars of Heaven and did cast them . to the Earth." From which it appears, rather, for bringing down, "than to elevate. ' The Lord through the agency of prophecy has given a statement and. defined his nature and the character of his tail as follows : Isaiah 9 chapter 13 to 10 verse and the 19 chapter, 13 to 15 verse. ' '. , ' " For the people tnrneth not unto him that smittelh them, neither do they seek the Lord of Host. Therefore the Lord: will cut off from Isreal head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. The ancient and honorable, he is the head : and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. For the leaders of this people cause . them to err ; and. they that are lead of them, are destroyed." " The princes of Zoar are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit m the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in evCry work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. Neither shall there be any work for. Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do." In. connection with the drawing of the Stars. "There, was war in Heaven ; Michael and his angels fought against the ' dragon ; and the dragon fought and his angels.1' We will not here stop to sp city the highest literal definition of the preceeding quotation. But descend to a more practical Yiew. As far as the subject relates to man, l cannot conceive: lor a moment, that the dragon can reach any nearer Heaven than in' the church; for how can a pure and holy God, who cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allow ance, permit a great red dragon ever to enter bis heavenly presence and there make war. I alwaya thought when we reached heaven we were done fighting; against the devil the world and the flesh : principalities powers and spiritual wickedness in high places. ' , When we lotk around and see the animus and perverse spirit, (like that of Egypt,) in the church among those who profess to be the sons of God and joint heirs with Jesus the empowered Saviour we are constrained to think the war may doubtless be nearer tome, than the stars of the firmament. If the war be here in the church, it might be a question, when did it come into exist ence 1 In answer to this you are re fsred to Isaiah 30 chapter, 6 verse, and 59 chapter, 4, 5 verses : which might be considered in connection with what is recorded in Ruter's church history,' page 1 10 and '"'1 17, This cockatrice's or adders egg doubtless was lain in the church previous to the meeting of ' the fourth general council of Chalcedou and then was crushed and broke forth into a viper or dragon in I D, 451 and continued to show his face through the greater part of the sixth century.' (See Huter's church history of the sixth century.) When the fierce flame of ecclesiastical discord increased, and their effects du'rinf a greater part of the sixth century were -not-less dis tructive. to the peace of the christian world," . As a viper or adder it has draged it slow length down to the pres ent, but the end is not yet." Satan well knows the sheep must ' first be scattered or divided before he can de stroy tne Sock. Are there not other things which bear ' the.' traces t the dragon at the present? 1 think. there are. " Look at the division of the churches, the war like. Spirit among professed christians, and . the '. horrible i contest that raged between contending armies. Ur m otner words the rebell ion in both church and ? government. Let us briefly examine the subject by comparing recent ! occurrences with scriptural prophecies and see if they SURE EUTHEBFORDTON. K SATURDAY". NOVEMBER 27. do not bear some aiaUgy. As we have previously noticed that the Deky had put enmity between the woman and the dragon, etc. We may with confidence conclude that wherever the serpent can approach the woman land her seed there will be hatred. No identity between the woman and the dragon yet the dragon drew the third part of the -stars ; through the agency of his tail. And as we -have already quoted " the ancient and honor able or rulers and politicians, ho is the Bead nd the prophet that teacheth lies he is the taiLV Uut did those T honors able men affect t the downfall of, the stars, nay the tail, drew' them. The powe r being in the' ebiirch both to bul(d up 'and' iear down, though - the Lord governs jbjvorld. Neai ly all churches have suffers, more lor, less, by division. Yet this drawing power, seems to have been imperceptible,5 or was' passed by with disregard. For example the M. Ev Church has been greatly effected by the slave question. The. board of bishops was divided ; and part left : and with them ten or eleven conferences out of thirty-three. The effect produced in other churches we willj:ot promise to say. However some have suffered more, and others less. From the foregoing it . appears that part of the church thought more of the institution of slavery than they did of the twenty-third article of faiih, the interest of the church, or the peace of the government. It may be observed that they also joined in, j it h the rcbelious politicians, and gave their moral endorsements, and power to bring one-third of the States out the union doubtless one third of the leading men labored to expunge onethird of the stars from our American banner, if it be assumed that f the third of tbeLnhurch. the third of the conferences, the third of the States, and the third of the stars from the flag ; which have been drawn from their ranks ; has reference to the stars, which were extricated by the influence of the dragon. The: question may arise how have they been drawn 1 Ac cording to what has been shown it must be the lying prophets. It might further be questioned, w hat lies have been successfully taught to ef feet the integrity of the church aud government 1 Indeed in all things "let God be true and every man a liar." lion is in opposition to Christianity, "Ah evil man seeketh only rebellion." Nearly allied to rebellion is disloyalty. uBe subject unto the things that be," "Header to Caesar the things that are Caesars." Those men, who stand in the ministerial office and , teach contrarj doctriueto the word of God, evidently occupy the position of the lying prophs ets referred to, and explained, as being the dragon's tail. The might of influ ence which ministers wielded by teach ing to divide the church and nation. As those ministers were influential, they seemed to have their teaching followed by those iinder their charge. For illustration, let us suppose the case of one who held office previous to the rebellion ; one who was undecided up on the question of secession, being de sirous to know the truth and not hav- ing the means or time fto properly in vestigate the subject ' for himself, he meets his minister and iu conversation with him states to him that he is un settled in his mind on the agitated sub ject of separating from the North, and with neutral simplicity, asks his coun sel. 3 . ; ;' ' ' The spiritual guide, of this honest member, after hearing" the statement, remains silent a few moments, aiid then he says, with peculiar solemnity, "in deed, brother f are you not deci ded on such grave matters? By all possible means go against the northern majority ! Then the officer replies, "Indeed, brother , I would have long since boen decided, but 1 am an officer and sworn to support the government.'! Then the minister continues, "our cause is righteous and we must defend our righfs aud our proporty,eur church es and our altars,. our homes and our firesides ! The people of the North are abolitionists and fully bent to take our property, and the northern preach ers have united with them in sentimeut and preach politics !" , ,Tho spirit manifested by the minis ter iu the above supposed case, may bo regarded as a reality. And' such doc trine has been extensively taught. ! And when taught to any officer, as in the above, it was not orJy teaching him, r - ;- j ;- RIGHT TIIEN GO like others, lies, but- to swear lies or turn their oath of office into falsehood. This was taught regardless of the fact that the Lord "will be a swift witness against the false swearers.' Mai., in: 5. And as the dottrine of domestic slavery was held anff taught sacredly, and those who stood not for it were regarded political ; it may not be out of place to insert a few quotations from holy writ. "He that mealefh , a , raan and selleth him, or if he, be found in hia hands shall be put to death." "As ye would that men should do-unto you do 'ye even so te-'them.- njyromi ruls if we Jars willing tp be the slaves of others w e may, hare , some right to hold them and teach the doctrine. - 'But to free them or fast for iV seems to be the condition of success. , Is not this the fast that I have chosen to loose the bands xf wickedness,' to undo the heavyurdehs and to let the oppressed goireejahd ' that r ye break every yoke ? Isaiah irat 1-13 inclu- wive; ; ;- .i;.h "...i., '-';.:- Lies have also been taught--cbncerns ing the rebellious triumph, which need no refutation. By such ministerial teachings, by precept . and ' example, those stars were brought down. The woman fled into the wilderness, where' she hath a place: prepared " ol uod, that they should feel her there a thousand two hundred and three score days. 1260 days oryears, the two wit nesses were to prophecy the same length of time ; and there was giveu the beast power to continue forty and two mouths, 42 x 301260. The con tinuation of the beast and the nourish ment of the church or woman were equal in time ; 1200 days or years, which being added to the six hundred years previously w.t-wl fa. geutence quoted from tne church history of the sixth ceutury. 600 x 1200 1860, or A. D, I860. And then the Dragon raisecf his head in auother ecclesiasti cal revolution which till sixty-one he turned to a horrible war. : (see Kliev. xxi chapter, commencing 'at the 7th verse,) but more particularly refering to the 17th. "And the Dragon was wroih with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed." Showing that the church or seed ot the woman . was divided, and part taken, as before shown, by the Dragon's tail. And this.remnant sig nifying the remainder or that which waa left. Against which, the Dragon went to make war, after he cast the flood from his mouth to carry .her away. ' "The earth or men of the world helped the woman." "And thejearih opened her mouth," which taken liter ally might refer to the thousands ol graves filled by the slaia of the' war. And swallowed up the flood. This is analogue to the rebellion of Ho rah Da tham arid Abiram when "the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up." And there is a. resemblance bev tween the lsrealites murmuring and that of the 'present against the pr iest hood and the ministry. At that day their murmuring concerning the" priest and Moses taking too much authority upon themselves. That the interposi tion of providence was necessary to settle the controversy which was done by Moses taking a roi from each tribe and laying it up before the Lord. And when tne rod ol Aaron budded I etc., "The Lord said unto Moses bring Aaron's rod agaiu before the testimo ny to be. kept for a token against .the rebels." We notice at the time of the perse cution of the w oman by the Dragon. "And to the woman were givou two wings of a. great eagle. ' We may cousider this republio represented by the eagle. And the wings of that proud bird of liberty were given to the wo man to keep hcr'above the flood. And the object of the woman or church was to bring the nations under the influ ence, aud power of the comiug king dom of the Mesiab, Indeed, we are taught to pray for it and say ''Thy Kingdom Come." However men may aud do oppose the dominion of the lie deerner, who would enter their' hearts and bring in the powers of the world to come. For be says behold I stand at the door aud knock, and whosoever will open 1 will come in, and sup with him and he; with me. If men would open their affections to the Holy Ghbst and the Lord's good wcrd, with entire submission to the dictates of conscience, he could incessantly breathe a Heaven ly atmosphere, and taste and feel the grand ujer of sweetness. We quote one more passage from Rev. 13 Chapter 2 II ' - ' ' , i AND (7 AHEAD," Dayy Crockett. verse. And the beast 1 saw was like unto a Leopard, and his feet, were as ther of a bear, a:id bis routh as the moth of a Lion : and the Dragon gave him his power, and h:s seat, and great authority. As we understand iho beast to be the papal power or the Ro man Catholic'church. Also part of the 4lh verse. And "they worshipped the Dragon which gave power unto the beast." From what hai been said we conclude that the rebellion, both, in church and r Stale, - and the malicioui spirit jnanifested ; ire ths works of the Dragon. ' "J--iii- . :-. "We belie re the beast" rtHtrred. to is the Roman Catholic church ; and for' proof we jefer you to Charles P. Jones' work; cn Roman Catholicism. ..We briefly notice ac instance that occurred under our own observation wherein it appears that the - Dragon gave power to the beast ; in the dedi cation of the new confederate flag upon which the stars were forned so as to form a cross. This dedication took place under the eye, and doubtless by the command pr request, of, General Beauregard who was said to' belong to the Roman Catholio church, by a Ro man Catholic official, in the army of Northern Virginia near Manassas J unc tion. And in his solemn ceremony he magnified the cross on the banner say ing "the Cross, the Crvss? and exhorted the solditrs to "stain it with their lood." APPLICATION. From what has been said in reference to the exalted position of ;he Church, aud the inferior ranks of national govs ernment ; the former laboring for the reign of the Redeemer ; the govern- Lmentjbr the freedom of man. Tne advancement of Ibis nation in thaf di rection, , has .proved a great loss to many. From that reason it is felt by many with considerable impatience. Though it may appear, a great loss; yet we should yet yield obedience to the decision of the supreme council held by the King of nations. And ex amine closely this divine law book, and obey the L- rd of kings. And like the father of the faithful, say, "shall not the J udge of all the eajtu do right?" The word of inspiration answers it in the affirmative, 'J list and right is He.' If we unbiasly read in sacred history how justly God has dealt with the ancient, lor Ineir sins, it should bring a balm for the wouuded heart. Abraham the friend of God once bad a bond maid in his family, an Egyptian woman, which ha afterwards seut out free. And her son's name was Tshmael. It was his posterity "the Ishmaelites,"" who jpur chased . Joseph and sold him to an Egyptian, bis mother's poople, by na tion. In which, to my mind, the re tributive justice of Godi manifested. In following the posterity of this great and good man, whosewife Sarah possessed this slave referred, ktbe sons of Israel moved with envy sold their dear brother Joseph. Their father thought he had been torn up and des troyed by wild beast, and mourned for him many days; but his home was iu Egypt. There he must remain. - His master made him ruler over the house ; and hmust manage to profit his lord, he had no mother near to comfort, nor father present to dictate and guide his youth. His fcmitiress offers him the pleasures of sin, if he wouTd comply with her desire. Faithful Joseph yielded not, yet , these inducements were offered from day to day. The wrath of his mislrjess wasgieatly kin dled, so that by her falsehoods he must be cast into prtJoC. How offence was ho regarded by them, but. the Lord still abode with him, and there he was kept several yean, but his 'righteousness C.Hiid not be chained forever, for the Lord elevated him from the prison house aud bondage, and the knees in Egypt must bow before him, as the second ruler of the kingdom. While the amine raged among the cations Joseph prepared plenty inEgypt. His father comes to want; and the eleven remaining stars of Israel must bow before their once hated brother. He made himself known to them, and sent for his near relations to live with him. ' The hom e of the Israelites was in the land of Goshen, separate from the Egyptians. The eleven sorrowed be cause they had sold their brother while feeling ihe lash of a guilty conscience. Joseph told them not to be angry with themselves by their evil, the Lord meant it fir good. And before his 1809. ma death he prophecied the day of visita-i tion, and their exodin from EffVDt But the Lord remembered their sins and brought them in the'irod furnace or bondage. Doubtless they then felt tne weighty yolse Jof servitude and Itaiir evil teachings by the tale of their brother, and mourned for.centuricsljll they multiplied to six hundred thous and. Then the Lord sent Moses a de- Itverer like unto the Son of man. The C A e u TT 1. uod of the Hebrews then visited them in EtfVnt. how inn tiirna anA J in Egypt, showing. signs, and astound nig .wonaers. lie brines uDwn tha ! ; ' ' , ' r"" 3nl Jgptians seven pla-ruea. fWnirine there bye. even last Tptagae. ttthe latter - -The proud iuhauitants DlEgj-ptsaf fered their first borno tiken bv death, peiore tney would give up their slaves Then followed thcm,m the red sea , till the billows passed over their hosts Then the sorig of Moses and Miriam and the: shout of solvation from I Lhe IsVaelites. Singing ithe Lord: U my strength and my. song, and he is be come my sal vatiop," we. read it in the Psalms1 "the Lord showed signs in Egypt and wonders In the land bf Ham.'' It appears from this that some of the dcsccndenls of Ham were iu Egypt, and held the Iseralites in bondage.. If so they were rewarded for holding the Isarelites in servitude. We see the justice of his sovereignty over persons, societies, and nitions. It is said by some that "satan has freed the negroes." "Well, suppose it was tbe Dragon with his artful wisdom that has set four millions of slaves free from their mas ters. Now while the Lord set six hun- dred thousand apart from their tasks and led them to the land of Canaan. From this it would appear that the with a high hand and an out-stretched arm. No one will come to such u .con clusion. Then we must agree that; it was the work of the Lord. Yet some would say we have not seen the risible presence of God ; thSre fore cannot think He has set them free. We answer, neither did the Egyptians behold thatBcing who liberated the Israelites. It is rendored no less the work of God if we fail to see his wander-working powe r. Let. us reason a little about the com ing Redeemer. He said, "Behold I come as a thief in! the night, blessed, is he that watcheth?" fcc Mark His ex pression, "in the night," when no one would think of him. Another, "as a thief," who conceals himself and pur pose. What is the object of a thief and how can we tell that one has been in our. midst '; his object is to take pro perty. The Egyptians could judge of the working C power of God by the death of their first born the . loss of their slaVesl'and the closing waves of the Red Sea. It Christ has come and extricated these from bondage and now invisible; can we not soc some of the traces of his works. We see the death of the many fathers, brother", husbands and- spns, all for the cause of bondage a lack of triumph, and the loss ; of slaves. If His object is to take pro perly when will more be taken, than! in the past war ; those slaves were re-, garded as goods snd chattels and count ing them at five hundred dollars each, the sum would be two billions of dol lars. , - , But says one ou talk about the pre tence of the Savior this would bring us near the end of timf. ? " , We have nothing to do with that for it would be trancending the bounds f permitted by revelati6n. But we do. think if Christianity slops the main spring of man's existence time is bound to come to an end. And I have often wept to see the deadness of christian affection. Miohncl the Prince referred to' in this chapter is also spoken of in the 12th chapter of Daniel as standing for the children of bis people. ?'And one said to" the man clothed in linen which was upon the waters of the river, how long' shall it le to the end of these wonder's ?" The inquiry is not here made con eerning the end of time (as many siip- man..or anJ Pan bo has pother et nosebut th Rnd t.fL.a J. luiustion than that produced by maun. pose) but the end of these ' wondtrs V e quote the angelic answer which ap parently convey to our minds their ap proaching end. .-' And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the orlta.. if . 1 f ' " ier,- wap.n ne neia UP is right hand and his lelt hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth forever, that it shall be for a time times, and a half ; and when he shall h.r MmrAni; . .. . nave accomplished to scatter the poer Rates of At'TerlWif. One inch' to coastituU a rqaars. One su..re, oao JBsertbn ........$ I tf Each suliequent intertlo........ sa Yet anntiuacicg acMlt4U.,. .. '.$ LibMal ticd-jrtuMi d, y speeial cssirtes to larg adc.riinr. Spkciau Xoncw ebared IS per ml tiffc- cr than ordiuary advertkeiiests, 1T All persons orueriag adirvtaete aro bcU rcnMiblo iur the mv Letters must be addrewtd to j CAKPEMTER 4c t,SCta!. " Ruihrfor4t, X a " ' oY ali Dsscairrtd . '" Executed withneatocee sad diarwUn. of the holy people, all theso thing . shall be nniahed." If the oower of th - holy people is not now scattered (diTi ded and sub-divided.) 1 do nottHtdcr stand what scatter means. - Methodism is divi led into nineteen parts and the powers of each are running in different directtins. .Aud their members piay for their own establishmcwt. And the petitions of many nro 'against air or some of the rest. Whilo the Bantist I v - w vaults hire cut into numerous fragments; tha . .1 , . . .... Lutherans are also sundered and like wise, nearly all societies, aside ) ironi. Hriy &11 societies, sstoe Jrom r - .ui:.: nC1 . . conceruing;tho diwl-ios , ii hundreds f dhurches are so far divided that their powers ate scattered almost to the four winds; So, many, a re brok en offliksRorah Dathan and Abiraa from lhe JcwUh churcMnd IIc: brew gov'ernmenjL and lost tbetr chris tian aCinity : that they seem to 'merit the rebuking Jangooge of Inspiration. " Woe unto litem for they have1 gone iii.tbe wavsof Cain, ran greedily; after the errors of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsayings of Korsh, Division is denounced in the word of God. If you serve Baal do not claim it for the sorvice of God. "Ye cannot serve God and mammon." How can you serve a God of unity and labor for division; For their heart Is divided.. (saith the Lord,) now shall they La found faulty ; ho shall break down their alters he shall spoil their images." In connection with the lies which Satan has taught; ho has led man step i y step until ho has greatly succeeded. If resisted by those who are born again ; the next argument he uses is that chris tians never can fall. He has found no better doctrine he his purpose than that, successfully used in the case of ui iuumiii iJTTi utn uu"tBW- Jtr shall not surely die." And tcmpfed the Saviour with the same by saying cast thyself down for it is written Hu shall gi ve his angels charge coneerninsr thceUo bear tliee up, lest at an v lima thou -dash thy foot against a stone." "Again, the devil takclh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdom s of the world, and the glory of them ; and sdyeth unto him, all these things will I give thee,' if thou wilt fill down and worship me.; unposo the bavionr would have yielded and fell do.wa before him could Satan have given him those kingdoms ? And if the five kingdoms ofJudea even all Isrcnl, would have come under the Saviour as an earthly king. Would not, that have been for lniiig a national confederation against the powers of. .Homo, From viewing f these temptations it appears that the dragon or devil would not have- been satibfiod with the prospect of the third part of the nations, third of . the chris tians, third of Uw: church, und the third of the angel. But desiring to divide if possible the Ood head and bring down the third of his dl vine nature. Sunder the unity of the triune God; capture the Saviour, and by that secure eternal death, to all mankind. While we look with sorrow at the pride, and delicacy of a malicious steel ton'gued Dragon quirei Ing with anxety, to pierce the hearts of the innocent and humble, we may, with St. John, the Divine, rise by. faith to j the. sura mit of an exceeding , bach inosntstn and see the Bride, the Lamb's wife, the . - ' Holy. Jerusalem coming down from God out of Heaven ; sending the crys streams through Zion's jasper walls. w at a trntkinrr rlai earth'a redeemed naLiona. a o She is oheding the golden rays ot -her civine Uglits from tbe wings o .right- . . I ! ' .1 L r... eousjies-, iieuuug mose wuu iear iwui name. This Jerusalem, which is above and free, and declared to bo our moth er, invites u nil to come. ' Yea "the Spirit and tue Bride say come, aud let him that heareih say come, and let' bun that is atnirst come, ana whosoev er will, let him take the water of life. freely." ;. ; .- . '. . , PIra for !fTernlBf; Sleepers. As life becomes mora concentrated and its pursuits more eager, abort sleep, and early rising become impossible. Wc take more sleep than our ances tors, because we want more. Six hour' sleep will da very well for a. pouh- al labor ; but for a man who is tiled in the evening with '..a' day of mentaj af. plication, neither early to bed uor ewly to rise wholesdmo. Thi longer the iu -tervab bet ween the actual uso 'of tHe brain and bis retirement to bJ. i h 1 better his chanco of sleep. T9 birrt,'au hour ft or n.Un1V. UnrrMxM : gKd as4wo.hour4befbre iL; jlia best 8,Pt"pf"baliy, lies in tho early, mont m whe" '1 thuvciu mtnl h w pielaway, and he is a perfect rt,
The Rutherford Star (Rutherfordton, N.C.)
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Nov. 27, 1869, edition 1
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