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70s i "in 1 r I'OiLI.SIIED WEEKLY EY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE .NORTH CAEOLINA CON FERENCE, M. E. CHURCH, SOrTH.-nUFUS T. HEFI.IN". E::T- r.. ?A 5) a Year, in Advar,:. Yul. !. Xu. 35. RVLEIGU, FRIDAY, ,5,rOl"ST2?, IS5G. OC ft ST AW AD V T$ o 1 1 r q For tU X C. C5jrit;ai A'ir Where is My Home? horn's ? where (summer bower-. Where i ar t tiro in;' Their w-cnkhofihcoiiVon the perfune'l ail? Jn JoTelv ?!'J'.-!, where siivtr ir'.-ani r-re O, do you a-k of inc if my home i there ? Where il rny home? wh-re loved orj plead my Rtayiny, Whore voi';- thrill my ear the kindest ht? Where harp and lute the son- of love are playing, Lulling the f.oul to ;vrr;et, untroubled rc-.t ? cesary on hi part might be embraced in cue 'juristic fitTvict1'.. I Another principle jnves strength to thi-s view, and jroes very far to demonstrate Lis ap'rtscy from the then true " religion. When he observed thut his brother Abel'.1! : I've bwi a dweller in bright summer bowers, A willing wanderer on the breezy hills; A jcfiMomUe- lover of earth's gorpeou flowers, And itehaniiedlUtenerto iw thousand riil-s. My chil Ihood's hearth ' God knows my soul's devotion I poured on those who linger by its Hide; Sweet sounds of home! they waken wild i: motions Hut from them all rny path ia severed wide. Y':,ere is rny home? wherever God bLa.ll call me, 'Mid friends away, or on a treacherous esi, The earth's delicious t:ea no more enthrall me, Y here Jesii-s leadeth, it is home to me : O, let me walk the earth a willing htranger, Claiming no home, no place of rest as mine ; Expecting soon to be a tireless ranger On hills of light, where rays of glory Rhine. I cannot show t' thee my home immortal. No earthly vision sees its light its love ; Come to the grave-yard, for there lies the portal Which soon will leal me to my home above. A little while, perchance, a few days lor gcr, My kouI must Htay in pilgrim paths to roam; But hope is bright, and O, my faith grows A I draw" nearer to my h:aceii1j home w.j ' re-r,e-tcu in preference io hi- and that hi brother was also 'aeeer.-t- ' c.'V i,f ($41, im Laving offered botttr ao riijce than he did, and that thu was done j with better view-, he became exasperated, j and refused 0 do as God intimated to hirj he could do, and thereby be also 'accept ed.' Gen. iv: 7. By thus refusing to comply with God's suggestions, he finally apostatized from the religion of his Father. The 7th verse of Gen. iv. teems clearly to intimate that Cain, though deeply back slidden from his religious position, was not as yet fully an apostate from God : had he been so, he would not have been directed to offer a sin-offering to God, (Tor so the original here means., with the assurauce that if he did so, he also (should be "ac cepted." This is the view of the best commentators and divines on this text. Viewed in this light, it yields all its force in favor of the doctrine now under discus sion. From this time he became an out cast from God, and we have no intima tions that he ever after repented, or made an' pretensions to worship the God of his father. '.. The incidents mentioned in Gen. vi. indicate very strongly that the posterity of Adam had greatly degenerated, and had become "corrupt" before the Loud. This " corruption" issued in the finl apostacy of the greater portion of the " sons of God." They were drawn away by in fluences which centuries after overthrew .Solomon in his latter days. These "sons of God" seemed to have mingled with the ungodly, adopted their manner of liv ing, degenerated in their feelings and prin- cipies, until, uiiaiiy, every imagination oi Randolph, N. C. MOLLIE. Cnmmuniratinira. -j , , j , . --j the thoughts of their hearts were only evil continually.' This was their final .state, tor soon alter they thus became corrupt, God determined to destroy the world with given. For the N. C. Christian Advocate. The Possibility of Final Apostacy, de monstrated from the Holy Scriptures. N U M 3! K It XIII. Rev. R. T. JLjlia : Having given what I believe a fair statement of the subjects that are involved in this controversy, and the grounds on which rest the principles maintained, pro and con, and having fully met and refuted the doctrine of the final aud unconditional perseverance of the saints, I shall now proceed to the consider ation of the opposite doctrine, viz. The possibility of final apostacy. The position here assumed, is not that the saints will or must aposcacre, T.uc xir there is a fearful possibility that such an event may occur, with any one. It is, therefore, not to be expected that I should attempt, in this discussion, to prove that there is any necessity that auy ot the saints should fail ot heavenly rest, xi x muc that it may be, I shall have accomplished all I pledge myself to do. It may be true that the authorities hereafter produced will sustain a higher position than the one here assumed : be it so. This will only show the strength of the position, and demon strate theruore fully the erroueousness of the doctrine contended for by the oppo- nents of the position liere taken. I purpose, in this investigation, to ex amine the Holy Scriptures, and analyze their testimony on this subject, as nearly as can be done, in the chronological order in which their testimony was originally I therefore begin my invesiigauuu T With Moses. His testimony is the most ancient that can be obtained", upon this question. And t i.; Ti-Wh his trstimonv. because I de- x ut;j,iu :j if sire to bring this doctrine to the test ot the Scriptures from the beginning. By this method, the evidences of Divine truth will be made to bear oa this subject, with increasing light; so that, as we approach the final seaiing-up of the Divine records by that highly-favored servant of the Lord, St. John, "we shall have this important doctrine of heavenly truth demonstrated. I. Genesis. In this book, (as it is chiefly concerned about the history of the heavens and the earth, together witn ttie genealogy of Adam and hisdescendants,) very little can be expected upon subjects of a purely doctrinal character : although this is so, lipro. somethiniT niav be gathered t i sustaia the position now under consid eration. 1. The fall of Adam. Although it does not professedly teach this doctrine, yet, impliedly it gives its entire force this way. For if, when ne was wauout mu, vi aUJ bias to evil, both as it respects his nature and its propensities, he apostatized from the favor of God, and thereby forfeited his life, it may well be concluded that his pos terity, though redeemed by Christ, and even personally reconciled to God, may, nevertheless, by sin apostatize, and forfeit their spiritual life, as Adam did his. And this is the more probable, from the fact that even in this stats men are inwardly depraved, and strongly inclined to evil, as well as outwardly more exposed to tempt ations than Adam was. mis, luueea, agrees also with the experience of good, pious and holy men in all ages. This view, ,i ..f. mY- e considered as h wing m its favor the suffrages of all the good and pious people of God, in all times, and all the circumstances of their experience. The case of Cain and Abel, as giveu Gen IV. furnishes a strong incidental tes timony to this doctrine, inis msiory -. nishes strong indications that Cam, as well as bel, was relisiously educated by bis parents. It would be difficult to account for his devotions, as these are intimated by Moses, if he had not been a true wor shipper of the true God. Idolatry seems to have been unknown to him, and his mind was fixed, for a while at least, upon Jehovah, as the object of his worship. That he became corrupted in his views, appears from the fact that he seems .to have considered that all the offering ne- a flood. These indications in the book of Gene sis show the weakness of human nature since the fall, and demonstrate man's fear ful liability to decline from the ways of the Lord and become utterly estranged from his fear. The history of the ante deluvian world is a demonstration of the mutability of human nature since the fall; and the aptitude of this nature, under all the circumstances of its being, to decline from virtue, and indulge in all the vices known in the earth. This is true, not only with regard to the ungodly, who are far away from God; but it is fearfully true also of all the ancient worthies who lived prior to the flood. In this respect, there fefifrenTlW 4feem baSeuf ? 8 the ungodly from the face of the earth. All, aif are liable to fall. Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and others, whose history is given in the book of Gen esis, evince very clearly that human nature in its most advantageous circumstances is liable to depart from God and run iou? parts of LU KpUtk to the Hebrews, jne their falter, at tht tie accte .as fhown that these thin- prered, j to G xL But, through tae loSu-uce oi od wereapplieableto.theChri.ti.nchurch. j improper and UDrenra;ned arr-etit-, tfcy V careful ttudv of the mediation of 3Ioes re y, draE fr-iy of w1Dfe Ft. Paul, ia I. Cor. rious hs A careful studv of the mediat will great Jv facilitate our understanding of the mediation of Je?us Chri-t." Hon oa the .Scripture?, Vol. IV., p. 10. As, therefore, the Li. story of this book is the history of the church in the wdicr- r.ess, as the great type of the church ua- 1 and ia x&- itnl from Levit viii, zn l were ther .1. ,1 ?. ' . V1 .... ,1, the Cvr Te.ition 1 Le r- I i) On A- and "fctron drink," by which they be came intoxicated; and wLUe under thi infuence, they ' offered strDi-e re before the Iip.i'j which he commanded them not." I-vit. i: 1. It wa in onsfiaeiicof tli their apostacy, Cas I sujfpoe by drunken- tr.e e froni the rr;crri:rig ur.til m.d-div ; ar. i 'll-uo yea ever htn there tn ears ot au tr.e pt-opie were attentive ' tut tr.ev ul me thst Wito the took of tr.e liw." "As III an 1 I ara goirg t we. N w I custom was, He ( Chri-t i werit into th-- 'rr. .n had verv v;v; I iht of that r- .n. ahtath and sfK 1 nr, 1 v;rr hkclv rue the .hv f: STLaoti on the Sfaltath and sfK 1 up to read." lies, a- ioe grcai ip o. me , r - ' . ' t - , ... der the Christian dispensation, eo are we that the Lord sett "fire from His T,...,', .1 1 T. ,, the Lord, that this er-utle be read unto jrr.an w-arr.s to pet rid cf all all the holy brethren." In hannonv ir ::-, and to exhaust lif? tr. .nM.r tho vr.rif.ns f,.atirf.q of this pTZbeace, ana aevourt tbem, an people as adumbrative of the ttate of the died before the LjR1." er. 1. Christian church. This view is clearly,' lhat their apostacy was occasioned by sustained by the above general fcummary, the umj of " wine and ftron dnnic," seems . and more fully bv the various principles j evident from the law that was immediately ; and facts recorded "in the took it-elf. j enacted after this transaction occurred. ; As we have, therefore, the authority of And the Loud spake unto Aaron, aiDg, , St. Paul, in his Epistle to the Hebrews bo not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, , and the first Epistle to the Corinthians, to j nor thy eons with thee, when ye go into understand many of the things recorded j the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye in this book, as typical of the church of J die: it shall be a statute forever through-. Christ, "upon whom the ends of the ! out your generations ; and that ye may put world has come," and as bein- " ensam- j difference between holy and unholy, and . pies to us," ao, we are authorizod to appro- ! between unclean and clean ; aud that ye ! priate many of the principles and facts of; may teach the children of Israel all the this history, to the moral and final condi- j statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto, tion of the people of God in the Christian j them by the hand of Mtsea." Levit. x : ; dispensation. 8-11. 1. We are assured that the Israelites j 3- Th"13 ?reat anJ solemn truth, of the were recognized as the people of God, who j possibility of the apostacy of the people: were religious ly consecrated by the ordi-J of God, and of their fital rejection aud; nance of baptism, and were conducted in ! punishment, (by cutting them off from their journeying by the Divine presence ! temg the people of God.) is also clearly : in the pillar of a cloud bv day and of fire ! taught in this book, in their threatened , by nh'ht. Exod. xiii : 2.-22 ; xiv : 19-21. j excision and general dispersion among the ; Compared with Psal. lxxvii : U-2U ; I. ' nations of the earth. Ttis is clearly set . Cor. x : 1 2. ! forth in chap, xxvi : 1430. These Is-j 2. The 'Israelites, we are assured, were raelites were then in the favor of God as ; partakers of spiritual blessings, as well as : His elect people; but they afterwards for-1 visible temporal favors. Exod.'xvi: 1 5-Co; '. sook Him, and He dispersed them among; xvii : 1-7. Compared with I'sal. Ixxviii : I the nations; and their present condition, , 20-25 I. Cor. x : 3 4. as the degenerate seed of an apostate an- 3. Notwithstanding this, the Israelites i cestry, clearly demonstrates the righteous in great numbers " murmured," and did judgments of God, for this their apostacy. ' wickedly, so as to "displease'' God their .May their descendants, the Jews, return ; Saviour. Exod. xxxii : 1-G ; xvii : 2-7 ; to God, so as to be " again grafted into the xvi : 2, 3. Compared with Num. xi : 4, 5; 1 Ki olive tree." " No nation has ever ! Psal. cvi: 14; Num. xxv : 1, 9; Psal. ; heen so signally elected as the Jews; and; cvi : 28, 29 I. Cor. x : 510. 3e no nation has ever been so signally 4. "liecause, therefore"; they apostatized ! and so awfully reprobated." Dr.A.Clarke by committing these things, God brought : on tne place. j destruction upon them to the uttermost, i I ljere close this number. In my next, j Exod. xxxii: 15-35. Compared with Num. j I shall pursue the same course of investi- -; xxv: 1-9; xxi : 5, G; xiv: 20-35; I. j gatmn as in this, and throw together the I Cor x : 8-10. testimony of Moses on this great question. o. St. Paul considers these transactions j xours, anecuouaierv, as so manv evidences that these oersons PEIER DOL'B. were once the participants of "spiritual" Normal College, July, 1850. blessing.?, and were consequently children of God ; that by their wickedness they forfeited their character as children of God, and progressed in iniquity until their apos tacy was final ; that, therefore, God at last brought judgments upon them, and de stroyed them for their ungodliness : these things.heajs.jjiarp. written-fot ruir hemv also should " fall." I. Cor. x: 11, 12. with these examnk-? makes it the duty of evcrv minister to ssres let him break ur and he off ; th read at least two chapters, one from the r: c:pe sc i h m fails. Oil and the other from the New Tes-! Lands in th S?it-- T '.r..-. 1 nrc tatnent, in the morn:r. Sabbath service. ' rich, cheap an I abundant. T!se eene- ar.d one chapter m the afternoon ; and Jry ilivtrsifj- d ftt n beautiful, j.lctu: hen.- fed- rearr. v in dr i'.'-, v;.'.- j'.t.j i.:.c , I'iju-. ague ii' Ttes an-i wan-iCTinz e- watch- ! the cider i .onions of G-r,r"U and tl..- men on the wall? of Zion" can neglect j Carolina.-, I ceased to marvel at these tlii 5 interesting and edifving- prtrt of 1 who seek a now country. The tcrr.i u- divine worship, especially after the! tion is strong to those who till th- plain instructions of the Discipline, the injunction ot tne Apostle, ana tae ex- ground. Put make the most of all these tilings, (and thev can hard'v be iiij uiieLiou ui iuc .io-iic, aiiu me e.- u.vc iiiiiigs, aiiu ii.ev can narui v i ample of Moses, Ezra. Joihua, the pro-! exaggerated.) there are many offset phet?, and of Christ himself? jand drawbacks for the present. lrethren a reform is r rp,l.-rl in- thi t nerm.mrnt ntifrtic.n i tbn witr ,r.-n. matter. Let the Bishops, Presiding erally scarce most commonly ta-"P-Elders, and " City Pastors." set the seldom tolerably fair. Chills and fever example; and let the " humblest circuit j abound : they are incidental, and will preacher" not wait to be led where all j pas.- away when the forests are felled. should lead, and great good will be th result. APOLLOS. JHmrrilanrnns 51rtirlrs. ami tne country opencu. .Markets are distant almost irj.-icee?-ibb save when there i- a freshet in the rivers. House building, it one asm res to anv thin-' For the X. C. Christian Advocate. The Bible on the Pulpit. j Who does not love to see a neat copy of j the Holy Scriptures lying on the pul- j pit : v nen 1 enter tne " nouse or kjoq. than in a well organized Emigration to the Far West. The rage foremigration amon North Carolinians is not so general as in for mer years. We are glad of it. Still there are many who hanker after the rich lands of the West. We commend to such the following sober views from Bishop Pierce's last letter on " Inci dents of Western Travel," published in the So. Ch. Advocate : " My last letter brought me back to rny starting point ; and now, to those who have followed me in my wander ings, it will not be amiss to close with a few reflections. Besides the intrinsic fitness of such a conclusion, I am promp ted by the express desire of some friends to give my notions of emigration to the est. do the southern Atlantic btates, better than a lo-eabin is difficult and r- expen.-ive. Saw-mills are scarce, and lumber hard to get. Many f f th- fa cilities and comforts of an 4d country are wanting, and on the whole this is my conclusion. For those ju-t setting out in life, without sjx-edy and wry ma terial changes m the obi States, it may he well to rnoTe, if they will take tim and locate juiliciou-ly. Tie old wyht never to move. I leave them out. As to the middle-aged, this is about the truth. If they are willing to sacrifice their personal convenience and enjoy ments for the sake of their children and gnind-chiidreri, let them move. They will lose by the operation, but thrir de scendants will, in all likelihood, be im proved in fortune and outward circumstances." Peter Jone3. tie tell amni labors lor hi pe as .p.e Do -X. J Christian this is a ouestion of vital interest not i while absent from his ho-nr- 1 onlv as it mav affeet the rrv4o fir- ; r.ml.r- v;.,t: i..:-i -. ,i f tcrmine theposition ot the South in the weatner. lie was entertained at Io into sin and folly. The aberrations of these men of God, from the ways of piety anA mth flenrlv show that man, though regenerated by the Spirit, is nevertheless prone to depart from the living God. It is in this view, ' whicii tne entire msioiy of these times demonstrates,) that the doc trine under discussion derives its full sup port. The history, therefore, of these early times, is a record ot tuis trutn, ana suouiu warn the church of God now against the o-rPfit. evil of aoostacv. bv these instances of backslidings and apostacy then. "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall." I. Cor. x : 12. It is true that neither of the worthies above named made final shipwreck of their faith; yet it is equally true, tuai oiueio did, as in the case of the " sons of God" mentioned in Chap. vi. Now, what was fact with regard to them, might also have been fact with regard to these; for, as human nature was "the same in both, like causes would result in like issues. Nor have we any reason to conclude from the history in Genesis that the former were under any necessity to do evil, any more tliiin the atter: nor were tney in a conui- tion less favorable to their restoration to God's favor, (Gen. iv : 3-7,) than these who lived in subsequent times. The wor ship was performed by the former by offer- inns, both euehanstic ana piacuiar iueu, as'much so as in after ages, before the giv ing of the law. "Men who had been in the habit of wor shipping God by sacrifices, as Cain, (Gen. d the sons of God," (Gen. vi.) did or.tinllv nnnstntize to such an extent, that the " imagination of the thoughts of their hearts" became " only evil continually ;" for which reason, God determined to de stroy them, and remove them from the face of the earth. Noah, Abraham, &c, hi."" Vn fVi Ti 1 nflprp1 trSft same kind of ill lUlO 1 v. iiii v j - sacrifices as did the former; and although they were not destroyed on account of their sins as the others were, it was not on ac count of having better helps, but because thpv availed themselves of the proffered mercy, and were restored, and were finally saved. II. Exot7us. " The scope of Exodus is to preserve the memorial of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, and to rep- resent the church ot Gou, amic-tea ana preserved, the providential care of God towards her, and the judgments inflicted on her enemies. It plainly points out the accomplishment of the Divine promises on A nn-iT,h eel p s delirered to Abraham, that ouu - hi posterity wouia De very uuweiuus, . " r x :: . ft vlrl i (compare ijen. a.v : a u . i -v- i. : . i o IC1 tVit ttip-c , witn - amo. i ; x -"" -j would be afiiicted in a land not their own, whence they should depart in the fourth operation with great substance, uen. xv . 13-1 G, with Exod. xii : 35, 40, 41.) Fur : TcmpI Tiassinf? from Egvnt through the Red Sea, the naerness, acutiuivuu, to the promised lana, tnis oook auuui brates the state of the Church in the wil derness of this world, until her arrival at the heavenly Canaan an eternal rest. moment is the fact that nearly the entire ; should t)lace a cony of the Sacred adult population which left Egypt, and had the When the passed though the Red Sea, penshed in ; assemble to worship, they would the wilderness; and this in consequence of P ... . theJtempic their nnal anostacy : as tnis is recuiueu m ---- - ... - luul .l .- J ' . - t ! flr.A mnrA lil-o devotion, more like a oi une : ul 7 - ,o suouiu ian. . xnau in a. cn , Union Population is vastly important ront- uurmg lour wccks oi uierea.-mg G. Another consideration of very great ; church. Every congregation however . to u.. of Qur numeric?tl strength illness by Dr. Pverson. Dr. Hannah, in the popular branch ot Congress, ana j the lungiisn m-iegaie to me .u. j.. in the electoral College. And it is a ; Church, administered to him the holy singular feature of the institution of j sacrament of the Lord's Supper ; a so slavery, that the very prosperity of the ' lemnity which Dr. Ityerson describes J ' . , i ii i i .. i . ir. .. t. . ,.- ,. crainfrv cn t;ir at east, as the rural (us-! as uceniv aueeiing. ii-t ne l-ica ! I 1 1 V ' 1 T 1 1 I 1 1 . the booli oi um. xiv: jj.j. v. ; - ... , f of thoe "murmurers" was ever permitted i religious assembly, were the old ot to see the promised land. V nat an awiui . jjiie piaceu piuiuim.-u-.ijr r' 1 ur Urpd desk. In Masonic Lodges, m cred desk. In Masonic Lodges, m , Divisions of the Sons of Temperance, ! in the tents and encampments of the ; Rechabites, and in every other moral j association, the Bible occupies a promi- j nent nosition. W hv is it that so many i-icitntinn this !!! 7. As an overwhelming and final argu ment, the case of Joshua and of Caleb, (who alone, of all the adults that came out of Egypt,) were permitted to enter anu pos.Seaa au uuiwU i nent position. Why is it mat so many promise. Num. xiv : 24, bS They were i v dedicated thus privileged on account or r j m ' destitute of the In- : and constancy. "But my servant .Caleb, lu. AA 3 $ T f the because he had another spirit with him, spired Record ? It as not so in the , and hath followed me tuny, mm win 1,41-,,.-;. . .... J . 1 i . 0.i..,t. r An T.1 iin,-in th the Statutes of the Lord lay upon the j altar of God. j Among the Jews, as well as among ; the early Christians, the reading of the j Law constituted a chief part of the Di- j - 1 1 ! vine worship; but we nave oecome 11 . 1. ..1 hrino- into the land whereunto he went ; and his seed shall possess it." And in connection with this, the case of the Ten Spies who brought up an evil report from the promised land, is a clear demonstra tion that it was final apostacy wcich wrought this ruin in the hosts of Israel. This is j . they; not universally, but abundantly evinced in Num. xiv : 20-14, rnT,Mprahle extent. A few Sab- I and especially verses 34-3 , . hat a tear-1 , . T A A- X ! ::ed. : r.A li:: jj-rrr f if r.'-t snir. i-lrc ry'T. l tv tr.;. Dr, IIv..-rsfo pii rxf tYf. C!'rit:n ? in th b gh: s-rv-1. 11? -r..: T'...-r.- .(.-r.: :: ihn---- w ' : .-?i ! ot r. " t I: the i ; trt :vir.ce-l by iht l-rrrv? tf rtrtTlcr ef '..- ful thing it is to provoke the Lord to jeal- ousy, and, under such circumstances, ian into the hands ot the living joa . . . baths ago I attended divine service in the country. The day being bright and pleasant, a large congregation asem- iemiuSuuu... 0 r , , . III Levitirus. This book is princi- i bled to hear tne gopei n mucu. . pally desi-ned to explain and set forth the j length it was announced, " the preach- ; laws concerning the sacrifices and offerings j er has come." W'e entered the sane- j which the Jews were required to attend tuary, heard tolerable good singing, to, and the sins for which these were to be ferVent praying, and a good sermon ; ; offered. The immediate object doubtless bufc stijj there was something lacking was, to engage the Israelites in the service i g omitted to read us a lesson from the ! of the Lobd, and guard them against the : g Word of Grod. This omission idolatry and the uncleanness of the nations F regretted by me I love to j around. But it had also another object m , P J o fountain. view i e to tvmfy the creat sacrifice of . uimi1 llum luc . ' tl 1 the Son of GoSV which the world was !,For a congregation -to .assemble on he to be redeemed and reconciled to God. j Sabbath to worship God, and for the ;. (See Heb. ix : x.) " This book is of great j preacher to deal out. his " cut and dried use in explaining numerous passages of j material, and withhold from his hearers the New Testament, especially the Epistle j the unmixed Truth of God, is simply in- . ,1 TT-l .V:V. : n 'fnr.t TX-mil.-? VtP I 1 VI to tne neurens, uita m toicrauie v ir. 1 attfrj?;r. div and r. ghtT do 'eu .?T--t:i-n. r'i!t:c .".'.'I exh '-rti- : -. exc 1 I 'd ar.v thm r( th kr. ; h.t I rver itn-?.u I knew thetr re tr.f .r i.i.irr; ail hv- 1 :i t'rr.: of m::m ' , .:. 1 I t.i :! ;h. i c fr i r . ' ;:nn ; 1 ;r tl'tn .1 iU4.h th.it or.i'r."- sce:n I t-" sr i i oa: hit th m- 1 wh ' ':. r 1 harp on n-..:U It- r vir fTtiri'ii'" tnilv in life thrv re .f hertan 1 "Tie -'-ui, and :n ehinglv and er.tireiv ir.utr.i! s v- p itlii- .- an 1 s-'Kr'ni bv. ia mutual pny ( r- and c-n-iwtioris. in th ' r ntn-n.-- f 1 jvc." in p: :rr.( tfi s;i" - jinr- ti t!.' one side and nncoa-i; t attftition ' the other.'' L hj '''. 1.1 .Ii- -m.V -in I J urnil. The Philosophy of Sain. To iir.der.-t.m-l lh pi:ii - pt-y of th:-, be-m'.ifu! and often MiM;,ne plicn--;:;---non. S'i often witn-1 -ui lh" u- t tion r-f the world., r.nd r-r-enti.il! the very exi-tence f j 1 an-l ani-mal-, a few fact-derive i fj.sin rv.i- tion nil 1 a long train mu-t b- retii'-rnlierrd r . 1. V re the a t rr.o .1 ,he; r vf rv.!. at all tim. s of a -.unf. r:n it :ri.cr:it rc, we should nevi-r hive rain, orbit!, r r-n-iw. The wati-r ab-orbrd by it in evaporation fr-'.n, ihrii .-:.' :b ar.h's surface, would dc.-'M'Tid 1 r nn i.i.pf. 'ft p tiblc v.ipcr, or re.isc t- '.- ab-orbi-d by ti:o air wIk-ii it w::, on -e fully satura ted. 2. The ab-orbirg ' r of ti.c.it-mo-ph-n-, an-I con-ju -fitly it- cir''. ci ty to retain hutiiiiil7, i t rooi ti'.ii if 1 I v gre iter in warm t..:vn in '' i-a-r. The air near tl- ,-rr' :c- - f th'e r-utl i warmer than it i- in th' r' gi-.j.i ofth' clou 1. The high.-r a-reii-l fror;. the earth the c M- r d fl iI th'- at mo'phi-rc IP fi"'1 tl-- p'-rp-hi il -no'., on v-ry high mountain- in t!i" h : .(-: cliiii:ite. Now, h!i'ii from rot, tin-ted ev-tr-o -tion thf air i-( highly H'lftratrd 'ul n?-r,T? rtVrucrh nV t,"f, i-nWiiW- in-r iVoto a higfior to a lower latito b- en 11 ': ; v 10 reia u iivuri mil- 1- ;..- Xp'M;i:.""..t ' vtrv. J,. re tricts are concerned, diminishes white j he was conveyed to his home at Lrant- Mi population, by an inevitable law, under ! ford. To a ministerial brother who . Mr. Editor, why do so many of the f t - . n TT 1 ' brethren omit the reading ot tne iioiy n m n tpllio-ihle without it." The desisrn, therefore, of this book, would at once lead us not to expect anything con- j R t their conCTe2ations ? Th eerning the controversy now under con-, plated case; it is rather sideration ; yet, even m Ais book :, there . aoo e Xcep ion, on most are strong indications of this doctnne in- . B ? t 5Q ? J5 - . t- .1 I If r Ti 1 1 T 1 1 T III . UI VI v. i-1 lHj 7 1. In all those passages wnere me x- a - MOi;toQ nre c.intioned aeainst the customs and manners of the people around them ; assuring them that there would be great danser of bein g led astray, wuich would ov.rr.t thpm trt o-rpat and sore evils. This it because the people are thoroughly : versed in the teachings of God's W ord ? I think not ; for thousands have never j read all the Bible. Is it because their j ntni nroductions are superior to the In- j ! spired Truth ? Surely no man's judg-; is especially true of the contents of chap- j , vQ so depraved as to come to j ters xviii and xix. The laws here record-1 , ins;ATl T it- Wanss the ! ed are peculiarly adapted to their condi tion, and calculated to keep tnem a dis tinct and separate people, and guard them against the customs of these nations. " 2. In God's conduct towards the priest hood. In this there is a very plain indi cation of this important doc-trine, and shows r-le-irl-r that anostaev. either direct or con sequential, will be visited with the se verest penalties. It is here, we find, that no provision whatever is made for the for giveness of this offence ; but that the death of the apostate is inevitable. This is fully sustained in the instance of Nadab and Abihu. Levit. x : 1-11. Compared with Heb. x : 2G-29. These priests were doubt less consecrated, as was Aaron, as is evi- !.-.n o v-Tir-!ninn. is it necanse tne: 1 r-ciAW, nf the. Sc-rintures is a novelty ' 1I.UU.U v- 1 . ; engrailed upon puonc worsnip r iei , us see. mioses iook ine uook 01 iue covenant and read in "the auaience of i the people." " There was not a word of all that Moses commanded which Joshua read not before all the congre- j .,t;r. nf Israel." "And the kin?! atiui. -v.- - o C ., 11 l-.-l X . 1 - J went up mto tne nouse 01 me ioru, ana T T 1 1 11 .1 all the men ot Juaaf, ana all tne in habitants of Jerusalem with him, and n tin psts. and the nronhets. and all Lii " I 7 I I ' the people, both small and great ; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant. "And popuiaw-.-., ui. .1, . .....v. rS thir.rri Aforf ! vi si tpd bim.be said in his extreme etna negroes, more land and so the rich cia tion, " ot a wave of trouble has buy out the poor, and the poor retreat j crossed my breast; I feel that Iain to richer and cheaper regions, to re- j resting on the Roek of Ages." Affect enact, in their turn, the same ruinous j ing scenes occurred now among his operation. It would be well if the lead-! brethren ; the Indians of his own tribe ing minds of the country could be set jcame to him from the New Credit, to orfthe projection of some scheme to j witness and weep over their great loss, neutralize the prevailing tendency a -"They assembled," says Dr. Kyepori, tendency which, while it enlarges plan- i " several times a day in an adjoining tations, "and increases the production of j house, where they prayed and sun-, cotton, 13 converting once populous set- and wept aloud." Many friends came tlements into mere negro quarters. , from day to day to see him, to each oi Under the present system of industrial whom, as long as he was ahle, he ad pursuits and agricultural labor, emigra-; dre-.-ed a few appropriate words. 'Jo tion is necessary inevitable. The evil one. pressing both his hands in hi.-, he is not remediless, if the people could be 1 said, "I am going home, going to my brought to look ahead, and to act wise- Father's house above; all is well ; meet ly. Direct importation would enlarge ; me there." To others he said, "God our cities manufactories would locate ! bless you ; be faithful unto death, and capital and give employment to the! you shall receive a crown of g!ory poor, and an improved husbandry coun- Hearing him say, " Blessed Redeemer," teract the present fatal policy, and en- it was remarked, "You can say, 'I know rich and adorn the country, and alP that my Redeemer livtth.'" "Oye.-," would operate to settle and urn! t: ply the he replied, " I could say that all the people. The change in agriculture is - time." On Friday afternoon betook very desirable might be easily affec- I formal leave of hi children, presenting ted and would be remunerative". But the thv elder one? with the Bib!'--, be we 'are a blind, hasty, restless race ; and ; had long used, and the youngest with the hope of reform Is exceedingly faint, i his Wesk-yan Hymn Book, with other To abate the rage for change of place, 'appropriate tokens of rememlran .e. and to help those to act understanding- He put his dying hands upon each Oi ly, who now think they must go, I will ; their heads, saying, "God bk-s you, also show mine opinion. ; my dear boys. Be good children. First, I will state two striking facts. Be affectionate and obedient to your In a lon- travel through Missouri, Ar-idear mother. Be kind and loving to kansas, Louisiana and Texas, and in ! each other. Give God your hearts, free conversation with almost all I met, jand meet mc in a better world." lle I found but one who was glad he had - then took the hand of his wife, saying, moved. Many were very sorry, and ;"I leave these dear boys to the care of nearly all were restless and anxious to, their Heavenly father, ana jour.-, ior move" again. Secondly; the general j you to train them and teach them the testimony is that moving is expensive, ! good way. God bless you all ! ' On hazardous, and seldom pays. I was j Saturday he continued to sink, and very much struck with the u mettlednm knowing that his death was fast ap of the people. One great change seems i proaching, and being in the full po-- .--to have unhinged them for life. Fe-jsionof his mental faculties, he give, verish dissatisfied persuaded they with the greatest composure, several n- coald do better by another trial, nearly structions'as to what he wishr-d d-ne. evybody was willing to sell out and ills voice soon became mau boo-, xy. go further. This, I take it, is a very: last intelligible words were, iaddrc, 1 g unhappy Vate of mind unfortunate for his sorrowing partner,; Go-1 b.e.r.. . 0.1, character and iatal to improvement, j. ( uear. i-h d.' c'ou-l-i nn- fornr d, and ti.- r i-, rain. It comb-ns-s, if ' ool-1, Jiiid i,k; a .-pong.- filled with wat-r and con j.ri - d. po-irs out the -iter its dimiiii-hi-' rap-icitv cannot hold. How singult:. but how simp!'- the philow.phy of rail . South C'lroini'i A'jri'-iilturi' . From the Wi;nir:gVn inmf-.--' ' Tell it not inGath; publish it not i.. the Streets of Aik'.lon !" V.'e have often aroun d the indignn-ti-m of our reader, bv p'infid rc-"rd-. he lmpo-ition an t ',r.i.n-.--;oi pne I - C TV..-r. r- I I, : -err.r.T ' r rr ir'?: :t r. 1 met quite as many moving uua t urroun-ieu uy iw""!" - as moving to it. "This, however, is not ; children, friends and Indians, his o:..y the fault of the country. Most of these ; surviving sister, his aged mother, who back-comer belong to that class who had been converted by his mstrumen wate life in hunting for a place where j ta-ltv? departed to heaven. I he people can live without work. Disap- j solemnity and affecting character of pointed in their wild calculations, they j te scene 13 alluded to as indescribable, brin up an evil report of the land. J jje W3g 54 vear3 0d) and leaves a Overtaking a perfect caravan of movers . w5dow aDil foVjiis, the eldest 17 and one day, I addressed myself to an old j tbe voung(.5t 9 years of age. His rmr man and said, 'Going to Texas.' ir;;1ge to the daughter of an opulent 'That's tie idee; he responded. j 1: merchant'led, it will be reco!- of t t;e-d upon the j.oor ' oamsln--v o Ne-.v York ai d oilier Northern s'.ier . hv their heart' s cmphyers. Litt! ,i" l we think it woubl bcor.e o-ir d ity. a- ii is imperafively so, to prcnt de tails wsthi'n the limits of oar own cor-pon-tion, ffj'inlling, if ?;ot tiari v;-'-nd-in-r. any thing of the hind h'-ret dore b!i-hed by ih. On Sunday hist w.- e i!ied at th- i ' ' idence of a poor w: lo.v, wh'i i-i ver; well sp'Aen of by tho- w! o knov.- her. We made F.uch irt'piiries a", the Mitun of the ea-e woe-mod to d'.i;: ind, ti." r suits of which are not nece-.-.ary t re cord. Sufh'-e it to fe-iy that 1,-m U or. of the m iny cmh-s of paient and vir tuous suff.-riVg that j.r rent th' ;;.-; v. in our mid-.t. We a.-k'-d h'-r if hhe 'a-l any ,, d at th'n ti.ne. She lepb"! th.it wh; hid frhin-i to m To 00 r ie-- tion, How m'teh di you get fori ..i:n;r them? she said, tea cc'h apiece. Hov. manv can you ma he in '- day? On- 'on)y, and'attend to oth-r i.fe--irv dut'ies. " But I do not get money i take it out in dry goods." Here is 00 cents a -reek to a 'witli three children, fro a '.ne t ; fiv - years of age, in good no, a -eh Jo. hread 11 Is comment i:e.. .- vtry ': ' h:; can we say? What Ungu'ig'J cm d . - justice to the case ? 1' We ar j-eal to the I uhhc, oy e.er. motive that should govern go-, 1 ar.;. hone-t citizens, to put a stop to th : ir.i'pity. If 'he j-ow'.r to do s . ' doubted, we will tell them how. it yv; , b dor:'-, without the vivlation oi i'iv. , without any disorder, and withui: th inOiction of positive wrong upn any. 'irtaas women call u;n yo i, fc' .. hw-ei:iz - S to A:eM th-n. from awful temptations and trial !seechi'-g in-f-n -y ifnp'orcs -oa for bread! And 'this, tooin a community j i-cly cele brated for its univer:-J kindly feeling-. jan l gc-r.trous fympathie?.. i Tat r.. Peuj Is vtlio uppfje that a go-2 prayer is prtfcrr'.d V a g"" act doublle-4-j imagine that Gi.d ha more hearing than ' eye wight. The-end, we fear, will ehow ! that thej from f Je pruav-a. The t are ofttner prayed fur than help ' f-d. The- wson i. we b-.-'i-'Afe that breath is cheaper than bullion.
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Aug. 29, 1856, edition 1
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