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r M PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY A COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS FOR THE NOP.TH CAROLINA C02' FERENCE, M. E. CHURCH. SOrTIL RUFUS T. HEFLIN. Err-?.. Vol. I. Xo. 38. RALEIGH, FHIDAY, SEPTEIXBEa 13, 1556. c ST1A1N ADVO ATE 4 -Si - T r I m C T$ o e 1 r ij . The Spirit Quenched. 'EpT.raim 'y,i.'A ii L'.t H.'i ; Itt lora atone." There i a time, we kiiOw riot when, A point, we know not wl.tre, That riinrki the de-tirjr of men To glury or despair. There h a lin, by ui uneen, 'I hat oro-'M tvfry path ; The hidlen boundary jjtwsn A' patience aol hi wrath. To p.-m that limit is to die lo die a if bjr stealth ; It doc not quench the beaming eve, Or pale th: glow of health. The conscience may le still at case ; The spirit light and pay ; That which is p!eaii g still may please, And care ho thrust uway. But on that f jrchcad God has set Indelibly a mark, L'me .Ti hy in in for man as yet 1 4 blind and in the dark. And yet the doomed man'a path below, M ty bloom in ivlen bloomed; He did not, d-.es not, will not know, Or feel that he in doomed. II? known, he feel that all is well, And every fear is calmed ; II 'j lives, he die), he wake in hell, Not only doomed, but damned. O, where is this mysterious bourn, liy which our path is crossed ? Beyond which, God himself hath sworn, That he who goes is lost. How far may we go on in sin? How lung will (iod forbear? "Where does hope end, and where begin The contines of de. pair ? An answer from the skies is sent; " Ye that from God depart, While it is called to-day, repent, And harden not your heart." fdtrlioits. Education of Husbands. Punch gives U3 an excellent article on the Education of Husbands, worthy of the best days of Caudle, as follows : How suggestive is the new year of bills, and bills of housekeeping ! It is fearful to reflect how many persons rush into matrimony totally unprepared for the awful change that awaits them. A man may take a wife at twenty-one, before he knows the difference between a chip and a Leghorn. We would no more grant a marriage license to any body, simply because he is of age, than a license on that ground only to practice as an apothecary. Husbands ouht to be educated. We would like to have the following questions put to young, inexperienced persons about to marry : Are you aware, sir, of the price of coal and candles ? Do you know which is the most eco nomical, flitch, bone, or the round ? How far, young man, will "a leg of mutton go in a small family ? How much dearer, now, is silver than Britannia ? Please to give the average price of a fourposter. Declare, if you can, rash youth, the sum per annum that chemisettes, pele rines, cardinals, bonnets, vails, caps, ribbons, flowers, gloves, cuffs, and col lars, would come to in the lump ? If unable to answer these inquiries, we would say to him, ' Go back to school.' lie that would be a husband should also undergo a training, physical and moral. lie should be further examin ed thus : Can you read or write amid the noise and 3'ells of a nursery ? Can you wait any given time for breakfast ? Can you maintain your serenity du ring a washing day ? Can you cut your old friends ? Can you stand being contradicted in the face of all reason '? Can you keep your temper when you are not listened to ? Can you do what you are told witlv out being told why ? In one word, young man, have you the patience of Job ? If you can lay your hand upon your heart and answer ' yes,' take your li cense and marry not else. To this a lady writer makes the fol lowing addenda, under the head of Questions to a Girl before Marrying :' Are you aware of the price of cigars, clubs, and oysters ? Do you know how to make a piece of tough, dry meat rich, juicy, and tender? Can you get up' an abundant, taste ful, and savory dinner, on short notice, and with twenty-five cents in your pock et? Can you bear the frequent presenta tion of bills with no money to meet them? Is your wardrobe well stocked ? ex pect not to have it often replenished. Can you bear with the cries of chil dren, pinched by outgrown shoes ? Can you wait any given time for sup per ? Can you maintain your serenity du ring political discussions ? Can you cut your old friends? Can you keep your temper, when you are not listened to ? Can you do what you are told, with out being told why ? Can you bear to hear the eft rcpect- J U'l ' wonder where the money all goes,; j whenever you humbly ask for a barrel In one word, have you Ucicc tlence of Job ''. pa-; Horality of Riches. The death of Joseph Smith, of Rhode j Island, was recently announced in the I papers, and it was subsequently added j that his estate was worth over ?G00,-; 000! Mr. S. had long been an up-, right and apparently consistent mern-f' her of the Methodist Church. No one, ' we believe, ever charged him during; his life with any lack of principle, or, unsoundness of faith. But here comes ; out a fact which detracts greatly from j his virtues, and throws suspicion overj his whole character; ho died worth) Hr.fifi Ci(i( ' TV.,.-. l. a toff t,c r-burr-b I of which he wars a member, a legacy, viz: $1,500 and a house; better than nothing : but think of six hundred thousand dollars, left to four children! I There wa3 the Wesleyan University, j in the prosperity of which the Provi- j dence Conference is deeply interested, and toward the endowment of which j the members of that body subscribed j $0,000, struggling for an existence, in a languishing condition, yet thi3 mem ber of the church dies worth 000, 000, without remembering it to the amount of a dollar ! There, too, is the conference seminary, at Greenwich, which has had to appeal to the public j again and again lor aid, and still, there wa3 the Christian man living within twenty miles of it, with more than half a million of Christ's money hoarded up for his four children ! In the conference within the bounds of which this Methodist lived, there am ;t dozen sink and wnrn-nnt ministers of Christ, who spent the fire of youth and the vigor of manhood in the cause j of God, and under whose ministry this man long and often sat, who are spend ing the evening of life upon the merest pittance, while a Christian brother has this vast fortune ! Here, too, i3 the world lying in the " wicked one," with its myriads for whom Christ died, sitting in the shadow of death, the cry still pealing from the skies, " Preach the gospel to every creature," while this disciple kneels each day and prays, " Thy kingdom come, but holds on to the 600,000 ! There wa3 something wrong, very wronjj, in our teaching ; in the hold which Methodism and religion nave up on the minds and hearts of our people; and in the members themselves, when, in this age and condition of the world, men live and die in the church, worth such an amount of money. Can a man under such circumstances be saved j at all ? If so, how much ? Must he not, if admitted at all, dwell a kind of refugee in heaven doomed to shine in nebulous obscurity forever ? We con fess we do not envy such a man his lot. What, think you, Paul would have said to such a member? What would have been the character of his sermon at his funeral ? Die worth 600,000, and the world in its present condition. But it is not this high figure alone that will put a man's soul in jeopardy. We would not covet the man's condition who dies with one hundred thousand, and does not properly remember the cause of humanity and Christ. Oh, ye rich men ! JSashville Advocate. Eaptizo. Does this word always signify to im- merse .- lo be sure it does, sav3 a Baptist brother ; it means to immerse and nothing else, and "immersion" is essential to' baptism if not to salvation. What does Baptize signify when it is used with reference to the baptism of the Holy Ghost ? It must signify im mersion, for if that is always its mean ing, no other can or should be given to the word, or the rite, whether per formed by water or by the Spirit. We refer to a few passages to show- that laptizo does not signify "im merse " when reference is made to the baptism of the Spirit, but the meaning is pour out, shed, or fall on ; and if baptism by water represents or its em blematic of baptism of the Holy Ghost, should it not be performed in the same way, that is pouring, shedding forth, or sprinkling ? Acts 1: v. "John truly baptised with water ; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence." Here the Saviour assures his disciples that they should be baptized by the Holy Ghost " not many days hence." Thi3 baptism took place on the day of Pentecost, ten days after the ascension of Christ. And how was the baptism administered? By "im mersion " says the Baptist, for the word baptizo has no other meaning, and can have no other. Hear what Peter says : But this is that T?hich was spoken by the prophet Joel. And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith (jod, 1 will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh : and your sons and daughters shall prophecy, and your young men shall" see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams : And on my servant, and on my hand maidens, I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophe-1 cy." Again we read: j " Thi Jesu? hith Gol raise-1 up j whereof we are aii witnesses. " Therefore being by the right hand j of God exalted, an! hivir.g received of j the Falher the promises of the Holy! Ghost, he had .W forth this, which! ye now see and hear." j The Apostle Peter wss sent to Cor nelius and he says, (Acts xi : ".) " As j I herein to tpeak, the Holy Ghost fell j upon them, as on us at the beginning." j Here then we have the baptism of the Holy Ghost, as administered to the! Apostles " not many days " after the j Saviour's ascension from earth, distinct ly brought to view. And what was ; the mode of admistration ? It was not j by dipping, plunging, or immersion, but the Spirit was poured out. hed ' forth, or fell on the Apostles. When therefore it h said in Acts i : 5, "ye shall be baptized by the Holy Ghost," baptized from baptizo, the word does not men to immerse, but to pour out, shed forth, or fall on, in oth er words to sprinkle, as is evident from the passages above quoted. The word baptizo then does not always mean to " immerse," and if there is one case in which this is not the meaning, may there not be another and another ? And if baptism by the Holy Ghost is ef fected by pouring or sprinkling should not baptism by water be administered in the same way ? As baptism by wa ter is but an emblem or representation of the baptism of the Holy Ghost, should it not be administered alter the same mode ? Exchange. A Sad Scene well Described. We clip the follow ing from a paper published twenty years ago. It is graphic, and too often finds a parallel in the present day. Dignity of Coffee Houses. A3 we passed one of these glorious at tractions the other day, a characteris tic scene wa3 presented. It was high twelve. . You all know that between 9 and 12 there is fair time for a temper ate tippler to get half seas over. Such men get drunk by degrees. We say it was high twelve. We were passing with averted eye, as we are wont, when a noise of wrath and strife drew our face "to the left about." There was the magnanimous p'edlar of gin, whis key, and all such wares, in the very act of thrusting a tipsied gentleman, (a very .decent fellow compared with his assailant) from his curty uoor. Poor Silenus, passive as a dish rag in maiden's fingers, plunged backward, with a rapid loco motion, inclining. But his upper parts outdid their fel lows, and just on the midst of the side walk he betook himself to the most violent recumbency. It rained a shower, j and his head, neck, shoulders and back, were immersed by turns, till his supe riors were toward the centre of gravity, his heels high up, and two-thirds of the wrong part of him were in the air. The immortal landlord stood straight in his door-way, grinning and cursing the victim of his avarice and rage. Yres, there he stood, one hand in his pocket, fingering the silver piece which he had filched from the wretch whom he flattered and blessed into a beast ; and now with lips, teeth and tongue was cursing him for having yielded to his vile incantations. You have read Burns. How his spirit rose at the sight of a wounded hare : " Inhuman man 1 curse on thy barbarous art, And blasted be thy murder-aiming eye." Big Brindle. In Nashville, many years ago, there resided a gentleman of great hospitali ty, large fortune, and though uneduca ted, possessed of hard knot sense. Col. W. had bee.n elected to the Legislature and had also been judge of the county court. His elevation, however, had made him somewhat pompous, and he became very fond of using big words. On his farm he had a large mischievous ox, called " Big Brindle," which frequent ly broke down his neighbor's fences, and committed other depredations, much to the Colonel's annoyance. One morning, after breakfast, in pre sence of some large gentlemen who had staid with him over the night, and who I were now on their way to town, he call-1 ed his overseer and said to him : Mr. Allen, I desire you to impound Big Brindle, in order that I may hear no more animadversions on his eternal depredations.' Allen bowed and walked off, sorely puzzled to know what the Colonel meant. So after Col. W. left for town he went to bis wife and asked her what Col. W. meant by telling him to im pound' the ox. Whv,' said she,- the Colonel meant to tell you to put him in a pen.' Allen left to perform the feat, for it was no inconsiderable one, as the ani mal was very wild and vicious, and af ter a great deal of trouble and vexation he succeeded. Well,' said he, wiping the perspira tion from his brow and soliloquizing, this is impounding, is it ? Now I am dead sure the old Colonel will ask me if I have impounded Big Brindle, and I'll bet I puzzle hira as hal a he did me. The next dav the C'onel ave a dinner party, aril as he wa3 not aristo cratic, Allen, the overseer, sat do-vn with the company. After the second or tf;:rd rlxis was Qiscussel, int -si ne-1 tu.nei to the overseer and said Eh, Mr. Allen, did you impound Big Brindle, sir ': Allen straightened himself, and look ing around rt the company, said: ' Yes, I did, but old Brlndle trans cended the impanel of the irx-pound and scatterlophisticatel all over the equa nimity of the forest.' The company burst into an immode rate fit of laughter, while the Colonel's face reddened w ith discomfiture. 4 What do you mean by that, sir ?' said he. ' Why, I mean, Colonel,' said Allen, that old Erindle being drognosticated with an idea of the cholery, ripped and tared, snorted and pawed dirt, jumped the fence, tuck to the woods, and would not be impounded no how !' This was too much ; the company roared again, in which the Colonel wa3 forced to join, and in the midst of the laughter Allen left the table, saying to himself as he went, ' I reckon the Colo nel won't ask rne to impound any more oxen.' Camp Meetings. A camp meeting, to one who attends it with pure motives, is more like hea ven than any other place on earth, and such a person going there and remain ing till it closes, would be very apt to lose all his prejudices against such oc casions. This I never had done, though for eighteen years a member of the Church ; not that I objected to them, but because I thought I was more in the line of duty by being actively employ ed at home. To lay aside my worldly and domestic concerns, an'! attend ex clusively for a week to my own soul, was to me truly a spiritual luxury ; to be employed in hearing the word, sing ing, praying, meditation, conversation on spiritual things ; to hear the cries of penitents, the praises of converts, the shouts, hallelujahs, and amens of believers ; to see the cheerfulness, the sociability which prevailed, resembled heaven or the way to heaven ; for what is heaven but righteousness, peace, and joy, without interruption ? I went to get blessed myself, and to bless others, and my expectations were abundantly realized. More good might be effected to request the pious to converse more witn meir uncouvci- ted friends. A lady desired me to speak to her brother. Another reques ted me to converse with her nephew. I embraced the first opportunity to do so, and before the meeting closed thev consented to go forward for prayers, and both were converted ; one of them to this day is a lively and useful Chris tian. In experience meetings how often do we hear persons declare that at camp meeting they found the Lord. At this meeting I met a brother so filled with the Spirit that he could scarcely speak, and he said, " Praise the Lord ! this afternoon two of my children went to the altar, and both found peace m be lieving." A METHODIST. Frora the Chrisliaa A 1reat and Journal. On Sleeping in Church. On last Sunday night four persons near me were asleep, all of whom I awoke ; two of them three or four times, before they could keep awake. It re minded me of mv doings at a recent camp-meeting. My conscience reproves me if I do not to others as I would they should do to me, for I am confident they wish to hear the sermon,-but sleep has come upon them as a strong man. I have often been in the same dilemma, and a3 often no one has manifested pity toward me, but permitted me to con tinue nodding, to the amusement and annoyance of others, but to my own shame and condemnation when I awoke. At the camp-meeting alluded to, the text was, "Am I my brother's keeper ?" The sermon was full of unction, and I wish in my soul all the world could hear it, but before me was a sleeper, rather too far gone to awaken without my at tracting the attention of others ; but, thought I, the preacher is enforcing the text, and shall I say, Ami my broth er's keeper, and let this brother con tinue to sleep, for fear of man ? cer tainly those around me will not condemn me at the day of judgment if I act a little singularly, and for a moment cause them to miss a few words of the sermon while this brother hears none. So I arose and aroused the brother, and he had not heard a dozen words of the dis course before he was fired up, and ex claimed, " Lord, apply thy word !" That was enough ; I found I was in the path of duty. Another was asleep ad ioir;in'T me. I-had to touch him sever- al times ; his serious look toward me met with a smile on my part, and soon he was all ear to the sermon, and be fore its conclusion wept freely. As he appeared a little displeased because I awoke him, I thought probably he wa3 a sinner, and as he was so much affec ted it would be well to encourage him to turn to the Lord, but on inquiry I found he was already on Jhe Lord's side. To those afflicted with drowsiness (for j it seems to be an infirmity with some) !I would say, avo j the corners of the pew$ ar.1 su erect. A 3IETHODIST. Julv C. 1; SpRE.il) OF Me liMOXISM. This :ti- gular delusion is rreid.'n with wo!i- Tl T . T i Jderful rapiiitr. I camts, as tnev style t hemseivts. evince great activity in makir conrert? to their faith. In Great Britain an 1 Ger many, thousands, mainly from arsons the agricultural closes, have jrlne-1 ' tbpm Tr, TTv ,,; ,r' !a German translation of 'the Book of Mormon. In Saxony they have s j ceeded in forming a society of adhe-; j rents in the city of Dresden, carefully! ' ; avoiding any collision with the police, j J who are ever on the alert for new reii-! igiou3 sect3, suspecting every new doc-' j trine to be a mere cloak for some po-! jlitical plot. The apostles seem to have Possibility of Final Apostacy, de I plenty of funds at their command, ap- j moastratcd frora the Holy Scriptures. ! parently derived from Lngland with 1 iin.u assist int; iieeuv auiunir t,:,.u v, '4. v j- j their proselytes. All through Germa- .ped, I "j.rocecd in n,v invti-x-Jny they are making preparations to t;ons t,f tlfi j.rWijhs of the J I ly Scrip I leave for the New Jerusalem on the ; tures, w ith rcr t to the d..ctriri .f the r 1 . t 1 ..... - ureal oau r,aKe. Resignation. A lady who was apt incfl V.f V.;r,l.; l, 1. lu LuiiiMiiiiii ill umi. t-t-iv 1 n e n r r. best of it, at d trying to bear it pa - tientlv, paid a visit to a sick child. She found .the little invalid pale and feeble, lying upon a couch by the open window, which looked into the pleasant garden where his brothers and sisters were at play. "It must be very dull for you, my poor child," said she. in a pitvin tone"; r,.,, .fi, n"?..-u j 1 -.,, 0 c play again 1 "2so, not long answered the little j sufferer; "I should like it, if it were j Gods will, but He knows best about 1 everything." I ROMAN Farmers. In Rome, the Lcf ,-i.ki ,vi; ,r .: t i ; liiwai, ii-uiai nauiv; ic iuuui; ui UUCieill-i U; i ' , times, a large proportion or the people ' , ' . . , 1 i i were encased in agricultural pursuits. ; XT. , . sn " , ,1. , 1 History intrr?ns 11s that. 1 nnntr tho j . ' ' ' c : I time of the greatest prosperity of the ; !Pnm 1? n: .c .ti. xiuiuau iirpuunc, pcisuna ui nuuie , same time we behold the Jnvme power blood tilled their own lands, and the and laerey signally displayed in cherish highest ambition of the women of that : ing, protecting, and defending His people, republic was to make good housewives. I amid all the trials and difficulties to which The daughters of individuals of all ! they were exposed; and as the land of grades and ranks were inspired with a I naan is in the New Testament consider high degree of emulation as to which j c4 f s tJPV h,e;iVe" the confh-ts and could best perform her duty in the do- f raC;h,ef. have en consnh-r-mestic WrfuJd, Jrrmy ;th;c,i.as..a.(iu,1'!jrilln- Pl coiSjc-t 101 uui country if the young ladies of j IIorne on the Scriptures; Vol". IV"., p."h'. the American Republic would lollow ; their example. j j P.ule3 Drawn vp by a boy Un years of oye. 1. Never to swear. 2. Never to play marbles. 3. Never to spend money needlessly. 4. Never to lie. 0. Never to cheat. 6. Improve my time. 7. Do what I am bid quickly. 8. Keep out of bad company. 9. Refrain from doinj: evil. ess-Jr. vrs' SMMvris.in Warren erun- ty,has been sold to Messrs. Bovd and J . Jones, for SU,000. For flir Clitlkni. Lovely Children. The God of heaven is pleased to see A little family aree ; And will not slight the praise they brin, "When loving children join to sing. The gentle child that tries to please, That hates to quarrel, fret and tease, And would not say one angry word That child is pleasing to the Lord. Two Deaths A Contrast. Two little children died lately, under circumstances so widely different, a3 to show that even little children may be very wicked or very piou3. The first died in a passion. The minister w ho attended her funeral says : " A very little child, about three year3 old, had her naughty will crossed by her mntbr.T nn'l flow intn a vinlprit. Tnasicin. She screamed and cried, and stamped with her feet on the ground, and was .lUv-, "v- 1 like a mad creature with rage. oh ! dreadful to relate, it pleased God to strike her dead in the midst of her passion." The other was Eugenia Catharine Holton, a lovely little Sunday-school scholar, who lived in Tazewell, Geor gia. She had been a kind playmate and dutiful daughter, and it is said, was never known to mis3 her Sunday-school after she became large enough to at - tend. She died like a little saint. She said that she wanted all her schoolmates to meet her in heaven. When asked by her mother if she feared to die, she said, no ; that she was going to heaven. She frequently spoke of going home. When told that she was at home, she said, " No ; this is not my home. My nome is m neaven. Oh, children, which death would you oose ? Live as little Eugenia did, choose and whenever you mav be called to die, you will feel that you are only " going home." I Xerer Svore. Th: se w -e i 1 ya living when the icy steahnr cp:n weepir g. an i Sun liv-sch '"-;. fingers of d'-ath hhv. he n his thus he tried to Even were comfr her ac.':r. hc-rt: " Mother, do not cry f:r ir.e. alwavs tried to be a 1 1-y. I r.eve swore I" Oh that fverv box cou! 1 sar th I r fame to his rent M y deir vw I "'l , V V dreadlul habit A ir.e hive ever fallen into tr. , us:r7 p: me w Tk l l V'h ! . neip 01 oc-us, i.enceionn i snr Original. Ftr lie N. C. CUrif ! :.n A J . :."!c. n u m 1; r. r x v r r t ir i: ,i , j possibility t tnul ."..stay, by examining j the tc.-tiiuuny of ; . H-Jonu.. tbe i bistory f "t fevcutcen years, or, ac-, ; . . ; sevtR or thirtv V(?ars . it is flUC uf t!l0 !m;t i ;mportaiit documents jn the oil covenant ; ! arifj it h&ulj never be separated from the ' I'eutatcueh, of which it is at once h uh j the continuation and completion. The j ! Pentateuch contains a history of thn acts j of the great Jewish loi.-lator, and the j I laW3 uPon w!)i;h t,ie J --' church was j to be o-t&hlishcd ; and the book of Joshua ; 'relates the history of Israel unhr the command ami government 01 .Jo.-hua, tin: . . 1 . 1 dhhjn a the .ji. h,. with the provision ,uade for the sr-ttu-ment ! aDd establishment of the Jewish church in that country. "I'roiu this view of the ar-rument of' Joshua, we may easily perceive that the ; scone of the inspired writer of this book ' 1 , , - . , - . - was, to demonstrate the faithfulness of, L, , , . v i . u ; dod, in the perfect accomplishment ot all 1 u- .1 . .1 ! J lis olten-reneated promises t the pi- ' - , .1 . 1 1 . , tnarens, mat tiieir postentv M1011M on tain possession of the land of Canaan. At the 1 . . ir a. Clarke's Preachers' Manual, p. 20, and Commentary, in his Preface to Joshua. Considering, therefore, this hook as con-1 i tinuing the history of the people of God, , J respecting both their own conflicts and I tnals, under the government of the sue-; cessor of Moses, and as the living type of,, the conflicts of Israel under the reign of j Christ, we are authorized to appropriate the principles herein set forth, to the pi-! ritual condition of "the Christian; and con-j sequently, also, the adverse fortunes con-j sequent upon the sin of this pe p'e. , ! Their sin, upo.-.tacy and ruin, are adum-; Ibrativeof like results in the life and ei-; perienee of the Israel of (iod now; and! consequently, their destruction and di-per-! sion, indicative ot the tmal punishment o! j uu'kr tLe i Gospel. i ThV book of Joshua, from h v-rv na-! ture, cannot be supposed to contain any ! very decisive testimony on the subject now j under review; vet, even here, we fiud a! few incidents very conclusive in their char acter, of the doctrine of apostaey, as view ed in these sheets. As, 1. The case of Achan and his confede rates. They, like Joshua, Ci leb, and other worthies, had actually reached the land of Canaan, (the type of heaven,) and had realized the f ulfilment of numeroui? j promises; yet they rebelled against the i government of God under his prime rnin- j iater; and because of this great sin, they ! were punished with final destruction. See j Joshua, vii : xxn : "20. I. Chron. n : 7. This is a case full to the poin'r, and proves conclusively, tht sin in God's children, when persisted in, will be punished with the sorest evils. This is fully declared by j St. Paul as being the rule, operating equal-j ly under the Gospel as under the law. lleb. x : 28, 20. 2. The instructions of Joshua to his people, immediately before his death, is a clear demonstration of this doctrine. To counteract the tendency to apostacy which 1 ,, , 1 6aw rwa- King m m, ue n-.-u . j f em before him and laid before them sun-1 he urged them rno.-.t vehemently to con stancy and steadiastoess. 1. He reminds them of the judgments which God had brought upon the nations whose land they possessed, as an incentive to th,rn of continual confidence in His mercy and providence towards theui. Josh, xxiii : i!. 2. lie assured them that if they con tinued steadfast in their religion, and would 1 not decline from it, nor turn to the reii Urioa of these nations, that God would " eipel them" from the land, and that they should possess it in their stead. Josh. xxiii : 410. Compared with Exod. xxiiii : j 20-83. 3. He assured thera also, that if they ! did ' in any wise go Lack, i-nd cleave unto j tDe ! the remnant of these nations,' ic., that might 'know for a certainty that the , T r. j -m nn ,,-,, ,iriv r.nt anv j r f these nat;uns from u.fOTe you ; but they j gliajj e fcnares and traps nn'o you,' &c. ' until ye perish from off this good hmd which the Lord your Ccd hath given you.' Josh, xxiii: 11-13. Compared with Exod. Uh. II IV- r. : ; r,r-- tr.;- 5 ih'ir i:.'.cr sh- c:.-d wbi : ' i'i.i'.-r.f-.t f a!) G.I' fr.T. i l thn : hA?hr ,r,- - tV"! t .i t.k s li'.'hfuh '.''TrTin t-k---c G 1 2 Iy the C"';-: -rti.-n .f c -r-t:"T -!(?r-3 m d ih.it ";' ' -v'". Up-'H thc'ii if t!.-T ;rsv tS? r -nar.t e!" t, L r i f, ir G. wV -h fl c-nirian . i ;h"-,i, w, I "fTfJ oir,. r z an S I-t '!".; 'If: ti thcTM.' A - ) liy . t':.' : ri '. :, . ct tU:r !v a G 1 hi i p,;. i i K - i tl. Mii vh-"t fAithfj!. (-, .v:a'. Jy w- I ii-d-stry their, in th i.p..-.hu.- : -f II. s t't(r'i!cr 't:-i r.iir.st apt..t'-! .1 xxiii: 1 ( ' r.ip.jrr 1 with 1 Vut. x iv I: ',)-. IxMit. xxvi: 11-J'. Thu i the t -t::isi.ny of thi mi l .f G.l iorn.b iritivo of the tctiin .it ' ;" M"f, . il!ii!ri"n pro lc.-r. 1 i ih-r mouth, thcr.-frf, of tl.ce witn. . , ''. truth csLblilid byiril rontr - rv Tru. th.y do n t express the !. frii,. i i the precif iaugiiu'e of the ri; but tiieir t-!in...vy i. ihercfr the n cogent, b.-f.ni-e it is - rj evident thi ' prineiph' they incuh- '.V ft.J!islu th: p virion c!" trly and with pre"i; :,. III. JriHii:s. Thi b-iok c .nipri.-'.:s the hi-tory of ;'. Irat !itish ration fmn the death of .!''', -s t) the d'Vith of SitiisJiti, and cont u i ! : ' v embraces a period of ali'it H2J ye tr. Hut if the :id;niiiitra?ion of Jewish af fairs under I'.Ii and S.imii' i b.' inri.i ! !, then this hitory eomprt-hends the ( r :i of about 1 H year. There i-, pThaps. no jri-k! in th" hiJ t'rv of the Jewish t hur'-n which jih-tut.d with a gnv,t-r variety in the f .rtiini .,f this jiei.ple. than the time cmprhe:i I- d in thi. !k. 'The rondilioti of I-n-l does not :ij)pcur k pn jerou, nor th" n i-ti-inrd ci.Mi.: t rso rcliioii, in llii-i his tory, as from the foregoing record it u i.'ht have 'ice-i li.p.-d ; but it ii probib!" ll. t the Wurri.ip it hy sarx tuiry vr r'v'i' uly iiminuiiicd and ntteri led on, a:i I that t'.' i" w;w a J'iou remii'iiit in Jie bind ainid-t the rejicatcd hpfstacien and imiltloV' 1 i lohitries of the n iti iti in pun nd. ' I!y a uprfici il p-adcr of the svred hi-r ry, the wdioli period under th" Ju !" ..:..y easily be n.isUikcn for an n-jlnterr i; '1 serie.t of i ld.itrieH na 1 crin.' fro :i ' li'.t observing that th hisses which i :!. r;d punish nent, and the oivirn: ib !!v. crances which attended rcpent.'ifi"e, i ; r 1 ited so fully and distinctly as to i--y almost the wh.-jlc narrative j wliile ) '.' jif :i'd--, Vilicn und'T the verninfiit of Judges, t!ie peopl followed God, Sfj-1 t1 " '. ,nd eniuyed c:.ce, are u sc 1 over i,i :i Hne-li vo'se, us proiliictive of no ivt.t whicii reij'jired a i;Ttieii!'irdr ' il.' G r- v--. II. , pp. 1 4'i, 1 17. The vin.le sc. nt.t. h u maii'iin t u "reTTr, $ Sc rlj-.tBTsTTl fW'-'r tA in a mo't J;fTectitig tii.tiner theconxe.ju.-nc of tttc -ii ding on the v.or iiip and r. 'v of God, or of rieghcing ti.em, in ie,ij, 1 i f tifitional ;r"-pentv or a Jvefity.' .'-'e't's liibh-. v,i. I . p. 'i:. While I iidmit t!iit p'ition of Sc f some extent, I iuu-,t add, that a cir- ul -1 u ly of tliis boolc v !! al.ii) d 'i.o:. t. it the justice of Gih in t!ie jiatjishvie-jf, ,f the hn.'d!' ajio.';:?e child of G 1. 'ihls book mu-t be rec'.gr.i. d un a full '; -tin of fcpo.t-i';v, as it o-e!irr'd during tie entir-; prriil of its hUt'iTy. Ti nt who sinr ed, and therefore were h- ! i" i captivity, r'-pent 1 and oht'iire-J the f-r-givene of their f-1 rj , is try; t it i!.it th.-re -fc many wli'i, aftT sinnif-.'. d. i riot rep-Nit, and :',(.') -jenrly w- re i.e. f-i-given, is eojii.dly '. 'i hi- nth e bo ,k proof d-jmon -trative of thi. It i', t!;' ie lore, not nece-.-ary th;.t, ia tli'. ir.i..:.gi tion, I s-h)iild, kh in the former insist:' e, analyze t.he h'tA: in regard to thi doeti-.nc. This, howe.er, could le easily ac'-oo.,li-h-td. It may be regarded an an hi-?'.r. al treatise On final ajtacy : and wr .! it shows (jod's boundl'-ss mercy to the chil dren of men, it aho dcmonstratci Hit in flexible justice in the punishment of those who 'turn to their crvked way,' and shows clearly that they shall be puni-.hc 1 in company with the ' transgre-sor an 1 sirmeri.' ' And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners i-hall be together, and they that fori.ke the I i 1 shall b? consumed.' Isa. i : 1. ('om pared ith Heb. x: 2.'J-i. 'I'Le brsyk of Judges forms an important link in the hi-tory of the Israelite", und is very propeily inserted between tho b.yjl; of Joshua and h'amuel, & the Ja lge-; were the intermediate governor between .) & hu and the kings of Israel. It furriihe" ui with a lively description of a flaetuaticg and un-ett!ed natiou a striking piefure of the disorders and dangers which pre vailed in a republic without magi-trj'y ; when the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through by-w;y ft: o); when f-w propheU were appointed V control the pe- pie, and every one d: 1 that which w . ; riihtin his own eyes, (xvii: 0.) It cxhiDitj the conU st of true ici'gioa with superstition, ui-plavs the ben' . :.;al eC'ects that flow from tne former, tt. 1 re presents the miseries an 1 evil conscio-.o'.-es of imjiety. It is a most remarkable Liv torv of the long-fcuffering of God toward the" Israelites, in which we eee the nex-t fcigcal instances of His ju.st'oe and mercy altc-ruitely displayed. TLe people s-n.v d and were punished; they repented and found mercy. .Something of this kind we cd in every page; and thee things are Wiitten for our warning. None hou:i presume, for Gol is jut ; none neod des pair, for Gol is mcrrifu'.' lioroe oq the .Scripture", Vol. IV., pp. 20, S7. 'Tli'refor we ought V ive the more earnest heed to the thing which we h-.ve heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.' Heb. ii:l. Iet us therefore feir, let promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of yoa should seem t- come ishort of it.' Heb. iv: 1. More anoa. Yours aflfctionately, l'ETER DOUIi. it::; : -. x : r.". : . i He ia tuir
North Carolina Christian Advocate (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Sept. 19, 1856, edition 1
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